It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 5

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A villainess who’s gone dark is overwhelmingly convenient.
#5
“What did you just say?”
“Sable Heart is the Bear’s Labyrinth?”
“The student council president’s younger sister?”
“Isn’t something wrong here?”
Deaf to the flood of stares, Daisy descended the podium unsteadily and took her seat.
Then she looked down at her name badge.
Somewhere along the way, the badge had turned black—the color of the dormitory.
【Daisy Sable Heart】
Lord above.
Daisy prayed with a composed expression.
Have You lost Your mind?
The contents were decidedly less composed.
‘I asked You to keep me away from the psycho crow, and instead You stick me with a crazy bear? What, so I don’t get exploited, I should just get myself torn to shreds? Is that it?’
A villain who destroys the entire world? Fine!
But having that villain sleep in the next bed is a different matter entirely!
‘My quiet, ordinary academy life…….’
Daisy slowly lifted her head.
“…….”
Her gaze fell again.
Busted. Completely busted.
Every single student in the school was staring at her.
If people could die from being looked at, she would have been dead a hundred and twenty-two times over by now.
No—this wasn’t the time for that.
She needed to get her head on straight.
From now on, she’d have to survive not among psycho crows, but among mad, reckless bears.
Original Daisy said ‘yes’ to everything and lived a pathetic, exploited life before dying.
So then?
Daisy clenched her small fists firmly and resolved.
‘From now on, every proposal and request converges to a single answer: no.’
Daisy Sable Heart would never be a pushover.
And,
‘I’ll blend in as much as possible. Without drawing attention…….’
“Very ordinarily.”
Daisy’s gentle eyes, resolved to be as ordinary as possible, gleamed in a decidedly extraordinary way.
“…….”
“…….”
Daisy didn’t know.
That the freshman around her had instinctively averted their eyes the moment they met her gaze.
Hey, did you see her eyes?
She’s insane.
Don’t make eye contact.
Definitely the Bear’s Labyrinth.
Having received the quick acknowledgment of those around her—unusual for someone worried about being a pushover—Daisy thus became a resident of the Bear’s Labyrinth dormitory.
* * *
The shock from the final sorter’s proclamation wasn’t felt by the freshmen alone.
A great stir erupted from the stands where the upperclassmen sat.
Surely just now…….
Yes, Sable Heart to the Bear’s Labyrinth…….
“…….”
Kael Lunn’s sharply-etched platinum eyebrows twitched as he heard the upperclassmen’s murmurs.
His gaze fixed on a single point.
On the platinum-haired girl looking down at her black badge.
Daisy Sable Heart had gone to the Bear’s Labyrinth.
Her. Daisy.
“Hey, isn’t that your younger sister…….”
The person beside him, startled enough to ask, fell even more startled upon seeing Kael Lunn’s face and closed their mouth.
It was not the face of the student council president who was always composed and rational.
‘What on earth.’
Kairen couldn’t believe it.
He’d been certain Daisy would head straight to the Raven’s Hall.
At the longest odds, he’d even considered the Bee’s Garden.
But……
“Wow, your sister actually went into the Bear’s Labyrinth?”
In that moment, a voice tinged with amusement sounded from right beside him.
When Kairen turned his head, a man with silver hair and golden eyes was smiling, spinning slightly.
“……Your Highness.”
“I told you to call me Ash.”
“I thought you weren’t attending the entrance ceremony.”
“So did I.”
The man called the Crown Prince blinked his long silver eyelashes with an innocent expression.
Each blink made his face beautiful as stars tumbling from the sky.
People often described the Crown Prince, Ashburn Pendulum Wishmore, that way.
Rubbish.
Looking at the Crown Prince’s hateful face, Kairen thought so.
Of course, he had no intention of saying it aloud.
But Ash, as if he’d heard that very thought, opened his mouth with an even deeper smile.
“What’s going on? The Bear’s Labyrinth? I thought she was a well-behaved, gentle girl.”
“…….”
So had he.
‘Brother.’
‘…….’
‘I’ve been asked to deliver this…….’
Kairen’s brow furrowed as he recalled that gentle face, which had been faithfully ferrying letters since before the entrance ceremony.
Daisy’s expression as she looked down at her black badge didn’t seem like the Daisy he knew.
Now that he thought about it, when had she stopped coming by with letters every other day?
Ash, watching the scene unfold, let out a bright laugh—keke—and spoke.
“Hmm, this is interesting.”
No, it wasn’t interesting at all.
* * *
Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap!
“Assigned to the Bear’s Labyrinth, I see!”
Suddenly, a loud burst of applause sounded above Daisy’s head.
A winged sparkle, hovering about five centimeters in the air, was clapping its hands in delight.
“The Bear’s Labyrinth is truly a wonderful dormitory! Truly wonderful!”
At that cry, an ominous sensation suddenly swept down Daisy’s spine.
Could it be that this sparkle…….
“That’s right. I’m the dorm supervisor of the Bear’s Labyrinth.”
Wink.
The winged sparkle winked.
“…….”
Why did dark premonitions always come true?
“I had no idea you held me in such high regard.”
“I don’t hold you in high regard.”
“How touching.”
“I really don’t.”
“The Goddess will absolutely adore you!”
“I’m sorry, what do you——”
“Come now! New students of the Bear’s Labyrinth! This way!”
Before Daisy could finish her question, she was being pushed forward by the winged sparkle.
Among the waves of many colors, black badges weren’t all that common.
Which made sense.
If there were too many black badges, the Academy itself would collapse before the world did.
‘About twenty of them?’
Daisy was roughly counting the black-badged new students gathering around when she noticed something.
She flinched at the sight of a girl whose eyes were red as though she’d been crying for quite some time.
The girl was staring at her as if she might kill her.
“What……?”
Then, suddenly, Daisy realized where she’d seen that girl before.
It was Lydia Penmarche’s left arm.
Lydia herself was nowhere to be seen.
‘I should have known.’
Daisy lifted her platinum eyebrows, studying the black name badge beneath the tangled chestnut hair.
She’d been abandoned by Lydia the moment they were assigned to Bear’s Labyrinth.
“So this is all…….”
The girl mumbled, her face twisted.
“This is all… it’s because of you… because of you……!”
What would Daisy have said in the original work at a moment like this?
She probably would have apologized.
But Daisy wasn’t like that.
Dorm assignments being based on an MBTI test, for crying out loud.
“No, wait—why is any of this my fault?”
Daisy said flatly.
The girl lifted her head in surprise, apparently not expecting an answer.
“W-what?”
“You answered the question, didn’t you? You chose your answer.”
“I… I didn’t…….”
“So what, Lydia Penmarche picked for you?”
“No!”
What do you mean, no—
“No! I’m saying no! I didn’t!”
The girl suddenly let out a shrill cry.
At the piercing note mingled with tears, the other freshmen nearby turned to stare.
“I’m saying no! I didn’t want Bear’s Labyrinth!”
Waaaah!
Daisy was taken aback by the sight of the girl stamping her feet and sobbing almost uncontrollably.
“What, what’s wrong? Why are you crying…….”
“Look, seems Daisy Sabledeart made the girl cry.”
“Wow, what’s going on with her personality.”
“It’s the Bear’s Labyrinth effect, isn’t it.”
…….
A sense of crisis swept over her.
Daisy’s sole objective—’graduate quietly and ordinarily’—was rapidly slipping away.
To escape all these prying eyes…….
“Wahhh! Ugh… hic!”
Daisy suddenly opened both arms and pulled the girl into an embrace.
Then she patted her back, trying to comfort her.
“There, there. You’re sad because you got assigned to Bear’s Labyrinth. I know.”
Her voice was mechanical, hollow.
“You were already sad about becoming a Bear’s Labyrinth, and then Lydia abandoned you on top of that, making it even worse. I understand.”
The girl twisted, trying to break free.
“Hic… who’re you making fun of, huh… wahhh…….”
“Oh my.”
Daisy tightened her grip regardless, holding her harder.
As they drew closer, Daisy growled in a low voice near her ear.
“Quiet.”
Hic.
A hiccup sounded from within her embrace.
She’d barely said anything, yet the girl was startled.
Lydia’s left arm seemed far more fragile than Daisy had expected.
Daisy squeezed harder to prevent the girl from bursting into tears again.
Crunch.
“……ugh, h-hic…….”
Daisy didn’t realize.
That at this very moment, she was crushing the girl faster than the girl could cry.
What… what is this?
The girl, Nora Spence, blinked her eyes, which had popped out from the pressure, thinking to herself.
Was Daisy Sabledeart really this strong?
No, that couldn’t be right.
The Daisy Seiblehart I knew was, in other words, a hamster.
Not cute—just a trivial, effortless creature.
A stupid hamster you could squash, knead, poke at, and who’d never say a word back.
But that hamster was suddenly trying to crush me with tremendous force.
A hamster is insignificant.
But a hamster trying to crush me?
‘Dear God, if you’d just remove this insane hamster, I swear I’ll be good from now on.’
“I really just want to graduate quietly.”
To graduate quietly, I first can’t go around bursting people.
That’s what Nora wanted to say, but couldn’t open her mouth.
The moment she did, she felt certain she’d explode.
“So cooperate, will you.”
……
“You understand?”
Daisy’s low-pitched question seemed laden with implication.
‘Even if I don’t understand, I’d better say I do.’
Whimper, whimper…
“Don’t cry. Answer me.”
Sob, sob… yes…
“Good.”
It wasn’t good at all.
“Alright then, cut it out now.”
Bang, bang.
As Daisy’s hand struck her back with savagery that made her insides lurch, Nora decided he was a hamster.
A crazy, brutish-strength hamster.
Shortened: the Brute Hamster.
For Daisy, who fancied himself kindly, it was an aggrieved christening indeed.

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