It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 55

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A villainess protagonist makes everything overwhelmingly easier.
#55
Daisy hurriedly shoved the Boots she’d been holding into her Luggage and stood.
Thunk, thunk, thunk…
Though the Luggage was only about a hand’s breadth deep, the Boots kept striking something inside and falling with a persistent clatter.
Leaving that familiar sound behind, Daisy positioned herself before the door.
And she prayed.
‘Please, just middle. Exactly middle!’
To avoid notice, top marks wouldn’t do.
But to keep from being snared by the Count like a trapped rat, bottom marks wouldn’t work either.
So only the middle ground offered any chance of survival.
Daisy opened the door with palpable tension.
The Dormitory common room was noisier than usual.
Daisy squeezed through the clusters of students toward Sparkle, the resident advisor.
“Oh, so you’re Daisy!”
Sparkle beamed and held out something shaped like an envelope.
“Your foundational course Grade Report.”
The moment Daisy took the envelope, she unfolded the thick white card inside.
The first line, written in ornate gold lettering, read:
『Foundational Administration: F』
‘Of course—what a bizarre mishmash of a world.’
Marveling at how this insane world had adopted Pass/Fail grades despite being a fantasy Academy, Daisy read the next line.
『Foundational Law: F』
She’d expected as much.
She’d slept through so many of that professor’s lectures she couldn’t even picture his face.
Securing a respectable career seemed terribly difficult.
Yet Daisy remained unshaken.
After all, the original Daisy had also failed these two subjects.
In fact, to be honest, she’d failed most of her courses.
The original Daisy had earned only two Passes in total.
Herbology and Magic.
But this time, she needed to do somewhat better.
The scorn and oppression Daisy had endured for scraping by with merely two Passes wasn’t something you could count on one hand.
『Foundational Mathematics: Pass
Foundational History: Pass』
“Oh.”
Daisy’s face brightened.
Fortunately, two more Passes had fallen into place quickly.
She’d earned Passes in Mathematics, which was junior-high-level stuff, and History, which had felt like reading a fantasy novel.
Having picked up two additional Passes beyond what the original Daisy had managed, just a couple more should do the trick…
Daisy’s eyes dropped as hope swelled in her chest.
『Foundational Herbology: Counseling Required』
……
Daisy read it again.
Even after reading it five times, it still said “Counseling Required.”
But it made no sense.
Least of all when she thought back on her Herbology coursework.
No matter how hard she racked her brain, there hadn’t been a moment that warranted counseling.
She’d completed the outdoor practicum flawlessly, and answered every question the professor posed during class without fail…
Pushing down her creeping anxiety, Daisy checked the next line.
『Foundational Swordsmanship: Counseling Required』
“Why this one too…”
Besides that torn book on the first day, nothing had happened.
But it wasn’t over.
『Foundational Magic: Counseling Required』
Having taken a “Counseling Required” hit three times in a row, Daisy pressed her fingers to her temples.
Her mind was reeling.
They marked her down for “Counseling Required” just because she’d made something called “Spicy Chicken”? That made no sense!
No matter how she looked at it, the only reason she’d gotten “Counseling Required” in Foundational Magic was that.
What a petty, discriminatory system.
“When on earth is this person going to the Magic Tower?”
By now, there should have been news of him becoming the Tower Master.
The moment I thought about how all this had happened because Janet Hoer never went to the Magic Tower, my chest tightened.
“Hah…….”
Every grade that followed was an F.
I understood why, and yet anxiety crept in.
If this continued, like the original Daisy, I’d end up with just two Passes.
No—it was worse than that.
Three courses marked Counseling Required.
As I kept reading, the last subject appeared.
Basic Theology.
That wonderful class I’d spent sleeping soundly through.
This one barely needed comment…….
『Basic Theology: Counseling Required』
“…….”
I rubbed my eyes.
『Basic Theology: Counseling Required』
It hadn’t changed.
With that, I finally understood.
‘Counseling Required’ meant a grade even lower than F.
But I felt cheated.
Fine, I’d slept through Theology every single class—I could accept that!
But how could Herbology and Magic both be lower than F?!
“A problem, is there?”
That was when it happened.
Sparkle, who had been watching the whole scene, approached me.
I spoke urgently.
“I think my grades must have been recorded incorrectly.”
“That cannot be, it cannot.”
“It really is! There’s definitely an error!”
“No such thing can be. If there were an error, the headmaster would beat me—forget what I just said, forget it.”
“But my grades in Theology, Magic, Herbology, and Swordsmanship all came out the same!”
“Oh!”
Sparkle beamed with a wide smile and offered congratulations.
“Congratulations, it is! As I thought it would be, it is!”
“‘As I thought it would be’—what does that mean?!”
To my question, Sparkle wore a meaningful smile.
Sparkle’s face glowed brilliantly beneath the chandelier.
“Fear not, I tell you! Your grade report is not wrong, it is not!”
“Pardon?”
I repeated back, as if I didn’t understand.
But Sparkle offered no further answer.
Only turned away, moving toward the other students who were staring at their own grade reports in confusion.
“A problem, is there?”
“Professor, what happens if I only have one Pass?”
“One is enough, it is.”
“Even if it’s only Basic History?”
“Pray that you inherit much wealth, I bid you.”
“…….”
I turned my gaze back to my own grade report.
Or rather, it was less a grade report than a warning of troubled days ahead at the Academy.
‘……Maybe I should have run away instead of graduating.’
With belated regret, I was shoving the grade report into my pocket when it happened.
“Sabelheart!”
A student who had just entered the Dormitory common room called out to me.
“You have a visitor outside.”
“Huh? A visitor?”
Who on earth would come looking for me?
* * *
I stared at the man standing before me.
The man had the skeleton of someone nearly an adult, and every detail from his hairstyle to his shoelaces was flawless.
Platinum-blonde hair that wasn’t particularly short.
Eyes the blue of a cloudless sky.
Sharp features with a cold cast to them.
A school uniform that looked precisely like formal attire.
Shoes polished to a mirror shine, without a speck of dust.
A red Badge clipped to his jacket pocket with perfect alignment, not a millimeter out of place.
Daisy checked the name written inside the Badge.
【Kaelyun Sabelheart】
“I’ve heard the rumors.”
A cold voice descended upon Daisy from above her head.
He skipped even a perfunctory greeting and went straight to business.
‘So he doesn’t want to waste time on me,’ she thought.
Daisy clicked her tongue silently in frustration.
“I assume you already know which rumors.”
Naturally.
At Daisy’s ready nod, Kaelyun’s expression hardened as he spoke.
“How brazen. How easy did you make yourself look for such an absurd rumor to spread in the first place? Did you never think about it even once?”
Daisy’s head snapped up at that.
What on earth was he talking about?
“If you’d just shown a little more sense and behaved properly, this rumor would never have started.”
…….
Daisy found herself without words.
Her breath caught.
Was he really saying this to his younger sister, who was already suffering from the rumors?
But Kaelyun continued in a gaze so cold it would be warmer turned on a stranger.
“The Academy is not merely a place to acquire knowledge. Everyone here becomes a connection and a resource.”
…….
“So conduct yourself properly. Act in a manner befitting Sabelheart. If that’s too difficult, then keep silent as a stone.”
Kaelyun turned away after delivering that final remark, his brow still furrowed with displeasure.
The words he spoke—perhaps the most devastating he could possibly have chosen for her.
“If these rumors continue, you’ll end up alone.”
Alone.
Even as Daisy was ignored again and again, she always wanted to be part of groups her own age.
She hated being by herself.
And yet her own family had just said such a thing to her.
…….
What had Daisy actually answered?
Had she trembled while apologizing?
Or had she said nothing at all, only shed tears?
She couldn’t know.
Because the real Daisy was not here.
“Ah, and tomorrow—.”
“Kaelyun.”
It was Daisy’s quiet voice that cut off whatever he’d been about to say, as something occurred to him.
Kaelyun doubted his own ears at that sound.
“What did you just—.”
But as their eyes met, Kaelyun found himself unconsciously stepping backward.
……What…….
And he murmured softly to himself, as though unable to comprehend it.
Had I just… felt fear of Daisy?
Daisy approached with measured strides.
Her gaze remained fixed on Kaelyun’s legs.
“Now that I think about it, you couldn’t move your right leg properly because of that Curse.”
Daisy murmured softly.
“If you return, I won’t let you be Cursed again—but it is a shame, isn’t it.”
It was utterly incomprehensible.
“So,”
Daisy lifted her head.
Her emerald eyes gleamed with a pale, luminous intensity.
“Just one hit. That’s all I need.”
Crack!

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