It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 93

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A dark-hearted heroine is overwhelmingly convenient.
#93
Three hours before sinking beneath the dark waters of the lake.
Upon arriving at Nella Lake, Daisy opened her mouth.
“Damn it.”
Oh, you startled me. I thought I’d said that.
Daisy regarded the one who had voiced her exact thought before she could even speak it aloud.
It was Anemone Miller.
‘So she managed to switch Field Study locations after all.’
Well, it wasn’t surprising.
No one needed Herbology grades quite as desperately as Anemone Miller did.
She’d clearly been intent on making a proper impression on the Herbology professor.
That is, until just moments ago.
“Should’ve gone to the temple instead.”
Daisy understood Anemone’s regret thoroughly.
Because the moment she arrived at the lake, she’d had similar thoughts.
Professor, have you lost your mind?
Nella Lake was truly beautiful—and damned near impossibly vast.
You could walk all day and not cover half of it.
And they were supposed to find five varieties of herbs in a place like this…….
‘I’d rather find sand-flowers on a beach—no, scratch that.’
Daisy shook her head hastily.
With that Herbology professor, she wouldn’t put it past him.
“Wow! It’s really beautiful!”
Students arrived in steady streams along the lakeshore, gasping in wonder.
“Look there! Just like mermaid scales!”
At those words, Daisy turned to look where the students were pointing.
The lake, flooded with sunlight, shimmered with countless colors in mystical light.
Azure, deep blue-green, emerald, jade, orange, turquoise…….
It looked remarkably like a pendant made from mermaid scales she’d seen once in a Jewel Shop.
A mesmerizing color that had nearly beguiled her into buying it.
Of course, the moment she heard the price, she’d set it right back down.
‘Good Lord, twenty thousand gold for this one piece? Did they melt down gold itself into it?’
‘Well, gold would be cheaper, actually. There’s nothing as rare as genuine mermaid scales! What good is knowing where they live? To obtain quality mermaid scales, you have to harvest them from living mermaids, and as you know, mermaids aren’t exactly friendly creatures.’
Most people could wander mermaid habitats their whole lives without seeing a single tail fin.
That’s what the jewel merchant had lamented.
Daisy nodded, thinking he had a point.
There was no way you’d stumble upon a mermaid so easily—creatures that supposedly dwelt in the deepest parts of a lake this vast.
“Oh, I wish I could see a mermaid!”
“Give it up. You won’t spot one even if you swim all day. Mermaids despise humans.”
“But couldn’t we at least find a scale or two along the shore?”
“……Then I’m going first!”
“Hey!”
Among the students bolting excitedly away, Daisy spotted familiar faces standing bewildered.
Naturally, they were the ones taking Herbology.
Plop.
Boris Hagel dropped the Transplant Spade in his hand, his expression shocked by the scale of Nella Lake.
“Five… varieties?”
Watching Boris Hagel mutter in disbelief, Daisy nodded knowingly.
Without the Herb Map Monica Raoli had given her, she’d have wandered all day herself.
…….
After observing Anemone and Boris for a moment, Daisy turned away without hesitation.
Granted, working with them would make gathering herbs faster.
But Daisy had no intention of doing group work now that she was here.
‘Solo is best, after all.’
Throwing away the chance for a quiet, peaceful solo venture would be something only a fool would do.
With that thought, Daisy moved forward.
Even with a map, the lake was so vast that she needed to move quickly…….
“Oh, right before that.”
Pausing briefly, Daisy downed the Lucky Potion that Straud Burnum had given her in one gulp.
Something strange didn’t quite stir within her—instead, a sweet-tart fragrance lingered across her tongue.
But then,
“The first herb… ah, found it.”
Daisy flashed a broad smile the moment she spotted the glimmering gray moss near the water’s edge where the other students had spread their mats.
The thought came with it that the Lucky Potion’s effect—boosting fortune just a touch—was proving quite useful.
* * *
The fourth herb lay quite far away.
As she ventured into a quiet forest where sunlight filtered through in scattered patches, the bracing scent of trees greeted her.
Daisy drew in a deep breath.
Air so clean it almost stung her lungs filled her nostrils.
“Ah, this is nice.”
If she could just dig quickly and lie down in the forest, that would be perfect.
Indulging in thoughts unbecoming of a student, Daisy scanned her surroundings to search for the herb.
Of course, quiet though it was, she was hardly alone in the forest.
“Ah, it’s so quiet. That spot by the water had way too many people.”
“It’s a shame we can’t see the lake, but the forest is pretty nice too.”
Students who’d come into the woods to escape the crowded lakeshore were spreading out mats and savoring the forest’s tranquility.
Daisy noticed that most of the badges pinned to their chests were yellow, and she let out a sigh.
“Damn it, I knew it—the Bee’s Garden really is where the I-types go. Where exactly did that cursed MBTI Test go wrong?”
Oblivious to how spectacularly wrong nearly everything was, Daisy moved on, searching for the herb.
The X marked on her map gave only a rough location; she’d need to arrive nearby and search for the exact spot where the herb grew.
But Daisy wasn’t worried.
The Lucky Potion was doing its job quite well.
‘Like right now.’
She promptly spotted a Bruerd tree with its characteristic spiky leaves and smiled.
Then a nearby student’s whisper reached her ear.
“Did you see that senior who came to help earlier?”
“You mean the one in the green one-piece dress that went down to her ankles? She was really pretty. Kind of like… forget-me-nots, you know? She’s from the same Dormitory as us—how haven’t we seen her until now?”
Forget-me-nots?
As Daisy tilted her head at the familiar reference, another student spoke up.
“Nah, it’s the senior next to her who looked more like a forget-me-not. Because of the blue hair, right? That person’s hair was brown.”
“We’re talking about the impression, not hair color. By that logic, everyone with red hair is fiery? And forget-me-nots are silver, anyway.”
The student who’d been left momentarily speechless by their friend’s spot-on retort pouted defensively.
“B-but… that blue-haired senior was pretty too!”
“Well, looking just at her face, you’re not wrong, but honestly,”
The student glancing toward Daisy nearby lowered her voice.
“Didn’t she seem kind of… gloomy?”
It was a very soft murmur, but not so quiet that Daisy couldn’t hear it.
Gloomy—that was quite a cutting assessment.
‘But that’s not my concern.’
With that thought, Daisy snapped a fresh sprout from the tree.
She was about to turn and leave when she suddenly stopped.
…….
After a brief hesitation, Daisy broke off two more Bruerd Sprouts.
Yes, just in case.
As Daisy nodded to herself, whispers from the students continued behind her.
“Yeah, she did seem kind of gloomy…”
“Her expression…”
“She kept staring at something…”
Daisy paid no attention and checked her map.
An X was marked near the broad rocks close to the lake.
‘Looks like I’m going there again after all.’
It was the place where Daisy had fallen into the water in the original story, so she wasn’t particularly eager to return.
But thinking that this would be the last herb and finish the Herbology assignment gave her a bit of motivation.
‘Right, I already confirmed that Lydia and her crew are somewhere else anyway.’
So there was no reason she’d fall in the water this time.
Daisy wrapped the Bruerd Sprouts carefully in cloth and quickly made her way toward the rocks.
“But what were those seniors’ names again?”
“The brown-haired senior was Christine. I’m sure of it. I made a point of remembering.”
“Oh, right! So the gloomy senior was…”
“Hmm…….”
“Well…….”
One of the students lost in thought muttered uncertainly.
“Celine, I think… something like that was her name.”
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Celine Tillie, her long blue hair cascading down her back, stood on a broad rock overlooking Nella Lake, its surface rippling in shades of dark teal.
For a habitat notorious for aggressive mermaids, the scene was far too serene.
Irritatingly so.
‘I’m sorry, Celine. I’m swamped with assignments, so I had to cancel my assistant work at Nella Lake this time.’
‘But… but we agreed to go together……!’
‘I’m really sorry. As soon as I found a replacement, I forgot to tell you about switching. But the girl who’s going instead is actually great. Oh, though she’s a commoner, so maybe that’ll be an issue…….’
“…….”
Celine gnawed at her lip, recalling that conversation from not long ago.
Swamped with assignments.
It was nonsense.
She had time to go to Bluehair every week, yet she cancels the assistant work she’d arranged in advance?
For all the excuses she’d rattled off, Celine understood easily enough.
Her friends—or rather, those she’d thought were her friends—were trying to distance themselves from her.
The reason was obvious.
“Daisy Sablehart…….”
The name she hadn’t forgotten once since that day flowed from between Celine’s lips like a curse.

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