It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 10

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A corrupted female protagonist is overwhelmingly comfortable.
#10
Daisy watched the successor of a trading company—one whose family business had collapsed, who’d scraped through the academy by sheer will, then clawed her way up from nothing to become the undisputed boss of the black market—and finally opened her mouth.
“I heard it in passing.”
Well, it wasn’t a lie, anyway.
“I’m Daisy Seableheart.”
“I’m aware.”
“Thanks for saving me.”
“It was nothing.”
At Straud’s indifferent reply, Daisy shrugged and lifted her hand to wipe away the cool sweat streaming down her face.
But her hands were already slick with moisture, so she only smeared the dampness around without actually drying anything.
“Damn it, if I only had a handkerchief somewhere…….”
Suddenly.
In that moment, Straud Burnam extended something toward her with an expressionless face.
It was a handkerchief.
“Oh, thanks.”
Daisy didn’t refuse.
After all that running around, she’d been thinking she really did need something to dry the sweat.
After wiping her face with the handkerchief, Daisy began to fan herself to dry the remaining moisture…….
Suddenly.
“Wow, you’ve got a fan too.”
Daisy accepted the fan Straud offered and began waving it gently; a cool breeze brushed her face and the nape of her neck pleasantly.
“I’ll take it.”
“Daisy…….”
“What’s wrong, puppy?”
“I…….”
Growwwwl.
A loud sound echoed through the labyrinth.
“Do you think we could go back and get one more of those chocolates?”
Milo Everett asked with watery eyes.
The chocolate that had been lying at the entrance of the side passage seemed to weigh heavily on his mind.
Daisy shook her head firmly.
“How would we even find our way back there? It’s better just to arrive early…….”
Whoosh.
Straud Burnam extended his hand.
“…….”
“…….”
And for a moment, both Daisy and Milo fell silent.
Piled high like a mountain in Straud’s large palm were the chocolates that Milo had been picking up and eating one by one.
Gulp.
Milo swallowed.
Straud spoke in a cold voice.
“If you’re not going to eat them, there’s no need to bother.”
“No, no! I’ll eat them!”
Milo grabbed a handful of chocolates and stuffed them into his mouth, nearly wailing with delight.
“So delicious…….”
“…….”
A handkerchief, a fan, chocolates…….
Watching this scene unfold, Daisy opened her mouth with a look of disbelief.
“Now that the sweat’s dried, I’m getting a bit chilly…….”
Clink.
Straud produced an elegant little teacup and saucer from his pocket, retrieved a thermos from somewhere, poured out a strong, piping hot stream of tea, and offered it to her with a composed expression.
“…….”
Is this a dream?
Daisy took a sip of the warming tea and wondered.
“If only there were biscuits to dip in the tea…….”
Crunch.
“If only I had a little milk…….”
Clink.
“Oh, there’s a cockroach over there……!”
Screech!
“Why on earth do you carry insecticide around with you…….”
“For situations like this, ma’am.”
Does it matter?
Daisy nodded in understanding as she adjusted her silver-rimmed glasses, regarding Stroud Burnum with his cold, venomous smile.
You, you little thing—not what you look like at all…….
“You’re a merchant trader.”
“Our firm uses carriages and mobile magical circles, ma’am.”
Are you looking down on us?
“No, that’s not what I meant…….”
Then it happened.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
A sharp scream tore through the air from not far away.
The body, loosened by warm tea, tensed in an instant.
“Get, get away! I said get away!”
The voice dripping with terror came from beyond the wall where the side passage opened.
It seemed the one-eyed giant had caught a first-year student who hadn’t managed to slip into the side passage in time.
She’d almost forgotten—the giant was only two corners away.
Once that screaming obstacle was cleared, the giant would be heading straight here.
This was no time to sit drinking tea leisurely.
Which meant…….
“Thanks for the tea!”
Daisy shoved her teacup into Stroud’s hands and bolted.
If she thought rationally about it, it made sense.
The Academy wouldn’t actually kill its students.
At worst, they’d just frighten them a little.
So continuing on ahead was far more advantageous than backtracking into unknown danger.
Besides, this place was a labyrinth.
The moment you lost your bearings, you’d wander aimlessly, not knowing where you were going.
In the original story, Daisy had become a fool and ruined her life.
This time, she was determined to live her own life her own way.
“Kyaaaah!”
But why the hell did I come back here?
Thud! Crash-crash-crash!
The moment she turned the corner, she heard something collapse.
Daisy shouted to the boy who had followed her.
“Burnum! A weapon!”
Stroud Burnum pressed something into Daisy’s hand.
It was a long handle with a large head capable of tightening bolts.
That’s right.
A monkey wrench.
…….
“It’s the closest thing to a weapon we have, ma’am.”
Do you have a complaint?
Stroud Burnum spoke coldly to Daisy’s disgruntled gaze.
Without complaint, Daisy gripped the monkey wrench and turned toward the one-eyed giant rampaging in the middle of the corridor.
Below it, a girl crouched, trembling.
The tall girl with somewhat cold features had her long, naturally wavy purple hair in disarray.
Whoosh—!
“Kyaah!”
The girl ducked to avoid the club swung down violently.
The club passed by with barely a sheet of paper between them.
This insane Academy.
It’s actually trying to kill her.
“Hey!”
Daisy shouted.
The one-eyed giant looked at Daisy before the girl did.
Though it had only one eye, its gaze burned with searing intensity.
“Get down!”
Thud! Thud!
The raging one-eyed giant was gradually picking up speed, charging toward Daisy.
Beyond the giant, the girl raised a finger and frantically gestured toward her own face.
Run away, why don’t you? What are you doing?
Daisy squinted, adjusting her grip on the monkey wrench, while the girl’s lips moved urgently.
‘The eye!’
That’s what the girl was saying.
‘The eye is its weakness!’
Ah.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Now that she thought about it, the one-eyed giant bearing down on her had an enormous eye—perhaps the only vulnerable part of its whole frame.
“Burnum! The pesticide!”
Daisy caught the pesticide the boy had thrown and charged at the giant.
‘Insane.’
She cursed herself under her breath.
The original Daisy would have had plenty to say about this foolishness.
She’d probably be swearing at herself right now.
But she couldn’t ignore it.
The scream was so painfully young and fragile.
Whoosh—!
The giant swung its club at Daisy as she entered its reach.
Daisy dodged the club, planted her feet firmly on the damp stone floor, and sprang upward.
Her body was surprisingly light.
Daisy locked eyes with the massive single eye that took up half the creature’s face and spoke.
“You make a fine target.”
Big one too.
Splash!
The giant shrieked as the pesticide struck its eye in a direct hit.
Kraaaaaagh!
Thud!
The club fell to the ground, and the giant began rubbing its eye frantically with its massive hands.
For the record, if pesticide gets in your eye, you’re supposed to rinse it with plenty of water.
Rubbing it makes it worse.
Tap.
Daisy landed lightly and rushed toward the blinded, stumbling giant.
And then,
she brought the monkey wrench down hard against the giant’s shin.
Oof!
Screeeech!
Off balance, the giant swayed, then toppled backward with a crash.
The impact sent up a cloud of dust.
“Cough! Cough! Ugh, look at all this dust!”
Daisy waved her hand and coughed, then turned at the sound of soft footsteps approaching from behind.
“……Is it dead?”
The girl asked cautiously as she drew near.
“Not sure. Looks like it passed out though.”
“H-how did you knock it down?”
“Well, you told me the weak point.”
Daisy shrugged casually, then studied the girl’s face before speaking.
“I remember now. You’re Monica Raoli.”
She was the girl who’d passed by her side at the entrance ceremony.
“That’s right.”
Monica nodded.
She’d clearly been through quite an ordeal alone; her once-neat appearance was now little better than a beggar’s.
“But how did you figure out its weakness so quickly?”
“A cyclops. I read about it in a book. They live in swamps, though I have no idea why one’s here in the labyrinth. For a creature with only one eye, that eye is both oversized and fragile—blind it, and its combat ability is basically useless.”
Um, well…….
“As for other weak points,”
“Wow! Daisy! That’s amazing!”
Good timing, pup!
Milo Everett bounded between them, cutting off Monica’s explanation, his eyes sparkling.
“You looked so cool taking down that giant!”
“Well, it was rather surprising, I must admit.”
Daisy laughed, letting the compliment go in one ear and out the other.
Both of them were quite skilled at saying things they didn’t mean.
“The pesticide did all the work. Still, being a teenager must mean decent jump height or something.”
My body felt incredibly light.
“…….”
“…….”
Could teenagers really jump like that normally?
While the teenagers stood silent in confusion, Daisy glanced around and let out a short sigh.
“Anyway, where’s the exit?”
“That way will do.”
Monica Raolli spoke with absolute certainty in her voice.
“……How could you possibly know that?”
“Because I remember every path we took to get here.”
“Every one?”
“Every single one.”
Monica shrugged as though this was hardly worth calling information.
Daisy recalled the labyrinthine passages they’d traversed so far.
“…….”
If she could have a navigation system like that, maybe being a fool occasionally wouldn’t be so bad.
“Follow me.”
Monica spoke in a calm, measured tone—so calm it was hard to believe she’d screamed in terror just moments before.

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