Are you crossing the line? (3)

-Kkaang!

The sound of iron clashing with iron echoes through the reddening afternoon sky.

“Ppuiit… !

-Kkaang!

And below her, a silver-haired beauty, as if painted in a painting, pouting her cherry lips, her crimson eyes gleaming, and stretching out both arms and waving her hands magically like a witch from a fairy tale.

“Kihyo clothes!”

-Kkaang!

“Okay. Coty Royal Labyrinth, pass.”

“Ahhh! The girl passed!”

The princess of the empire and the villainess, Coti, breaks all ten targets floating slowly in the sky with a slightly smaller dark sword than normal that she made, and she approaches me, not caring that her skirt is flipped up, as if she is happy to have received the notice of acceptance from Chunshik hyung.

“Did you see?! A commoner! A girl succeeded in her second attempt!”

“Well done. Congratulations.”

“Wooheehee! Girl passed! Girl has class with commoners tomorrow too!”

As I expected, the princess passed the practical exam today straight away, receiving an A+.

Of course, I was a little later than other students, but anyway, passing is passing.

Among the approximately 150 students in the Black Magic Department from the first to third year, roughly 100 or so passed today.

The rest failed to clear all 10 questions in the two challenges presented by the teaching assistant, so they had to continue today’s practice until tomorrow.

And unlike them, the princess who was in the top 100 was spinning around in place and singing, “Pass, pass~” as if she was so happy about something.

“Are you that good?”

“Of course! It’s been over 10 years since the girl stopped studying! But she passed on the first try, so I wonder if the girl actually has a talent for black magic!”

I nodded in agreement to her words, which seemed to be a genuinely happy smile, to show that I understood.

But knowing her from the novel, I honestly have some concerns.

When the princess was dumped by Raoul in the empire and was causing trouble here and there, she was causing trouble not with black magic, but with yellow magic, blue magic, and magic tools she bought with money. According to Nora’s description of her at that time, she was tragically untalented in magic.

But the princess you see now isn’t at a level where you can talk about it like that. In my opinion, she’s on a similar level to Nora, or maybe even a little bit better.

Even if I, a reincarnated person, told you, does it make sense that she, who was described in the book as being tragically untalented, would change like this in just one day?

‘What on earth is it, something has changed since you were with me? Is there some kind of positive synergy?’

I’m really curious, but the princess in the status window that only I can see has not changed at all…?

[Level: 18]

[Name: Coti Royal Labyrinth.]

[Role: Imperial princess. Hard-working villainess.]

[Status: Responsibility, Superiority. Pride. Commoner. Black.]

[Characteristics: (Blue Magic Lv. 2) (Yellow Magic Lv. 2) (Black Magic Lv. 1) (Physics Lv. 1)]

The villainess who was just in a state of being evolved into a hard-working villainess, and the incomprehensible word “black” was added.

Moreover, when I checked before going to the amusement park, I found that there was a physical skill trait that was clearly not there.

If you look closely, there has been no change in level so far, so I thought it was just like that, but wasn’t the previous level 16?

What the heck? Are you secretly training or something?

‘But even so, it has nothing to do with magical talent…’

“Huh? A commoner? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Ah, I just like it because you like it.”

“Wooheehee! I see! So the next subject will be taught by a commoner to a girl?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know what kind of training you are suggesting, Master.”

“Wow. I wish it was a task that even commoners can do well.”

Well, I hope not.

I’m starting to feel like I want to give my teacher a growth booster, so now I want to receive training from my teacher in areas where I’m not good at.

Of course, it’s not that I don’t want to take classes with the princess who wants to learn more from me, so I guess I’ll just have to keep these thoughts to myself for now.

So the class ended without any additional successful candidates after the princess, and we returned home at sunset for the first time in a while.

“Rudis! Over here!!”

“Ah, Sister. Did you wait? You could have gone first.”

“Hehehe. That can’t be possible.”

Blonde-haired Yuri Nuna was waiting for us at the entrance to the training grounds, and we joined right away. She was smiling, but I could feel her seriousness, so when I tilted my head, she looked at the princess instead of me and raised the corners of her mouth.

“Haha. Miss Koti. You changed your major without saying a word to me~?”

“Huh? Why does the girl have to talk to Suin?”

“… A little disappointing? But our department was pretty ‘good’, right? “

“It’s good. Whenever a girl tries to grab the hair of those annoying guys, there’s always a nagging watermelon that interrupts, so it’s hard.”

“Oh my~ Is that so~? So, you’re causing trouble and fighting with people here again?”

“Oh my! The girl is having a fun class with the ‘commoner’ now!”

“Is that so…?”

What is it, what is happening?

Is the princess showing resentment that she didn’t tell her older sister about the change in major?

But then again, I just heard a teeth-grinding sound?

The princess is answering her older sister’s questions with a bright smile, and her older sister is also looking at the princess with a beautiful smile, just like usual, except for the sound of her teeth grinding.

The only problem is that the air feels stiff, as if there is turbulence between the two of them.

While I was tilting my head without understanding, the princess looked at me first and quickly moved her cherry-like lips.

“Commoner!”

“Yes.”

“I have something to talk to Su-in Su-bak for a moment, so go to the school gate first. See you tomorrow.”

“At…?”

“Yeah. I have something to talk to the princess about. Would you please go to the entrance first?”

“Yes?”

Yesterday, the princess asked me to escort her to the dormitory, but today, the princess pushed me on the back and greeted me as if telling me to hurry up. And the older sister accepted her actions as they were.

What, didn’t you clearly say you were waiting for me?

Although I felt something mysterious and strange, I left the place for the time being, following the two people’s words.

*

“You’re more rational than a chewing gum.”

“Is this a story about a commoner’s teacher?”

“… How did you know?”

“I heard two people talking in the forest in the corner of the academy before.”

“You have a bad personality. Were you hiding?”

“The girl also needs to know what kind of people her rivals are. And her original personality is bad.”

“… … “

As soon as Rudis left, Yuria swallowed dryly and thought as she saw Coty, who had a slightly stern and confident posture, expression, and gaze instead of his usual slightly dazed and cute gaze.

‘… You’re calling me a love rival out loud?’

Until now, he had shown affection for Rudis and would growl at me while I was guarding his surroundings, but today was the first time he had shown his affection and obsession towards him so blatantly.

Yuria, convinced that something had changed inside her since their last date, raised her already high level of vigilance several notches higher.

“Why are you looking at me with that expression now? Girl, you must have been showing enough affection for the commoner before.”

“… You’ve become so active that you’re on a different level than before?”

“Net. The commoner stole the girl’s heart by beating her. On the day of their date, he heard her secret and didn’t let her go, but even said he would save her.”

“Ugh… “

Looking at the princess, who crossed her arms and raised the corners of her mouth confidently, as if to emphasize her ample chest, which was similar to mine, I thought that my fears had become reality.

The princess changed her department to get close to Rudis, and I don’t even know what her secret is, but Rudis didn’t tell me about it.

That is, their relationship has become so deep that they share secrets between just the two of them.

‘And you’re saying you’ll save me? Could it be that in the same situation as when my daughter and I were in? No, unlike that time, you said you’d rush in even though you knew the danger was real? Rudis… ?’

-Ugh.

My heart hurts.

I wished him happiness and hoped his future would be brighter, so I pushed him on his back and congratulated him on entering the academy.

Now I regret the choice I made back then, and I hate my past self so much that I want to kill myself, wondering why I didn’t know it would turn out like this.

“Woohoohohoho…! Keluk!”

“… What’s funny?”

“Keluk! Keluk! Ooh, that’s funny! Right now, I have a watermelon fox expression, as if a girl stole my commoner, Rudis! “

-Crack!

I increasingly dislike the princess who talks as if she doesn’t know the speed and laughs at me.

I thought she was cute, honest, and kind.

It’s scary, frightening, and annoying to see him getting closer to my heart faster than I, who am closest to him.

I unconsciously clenched my fist and glared at her as if to threaten her, but the princess raised the corners of her mouth as if to mock her even more and moved her lips that were as shiny as cherries.

“Girl, I don’t really hate watermelon foxes!”

“… What?”

“I don’t think the watermelon fox hates girls that much either. Don’t you think?”

“That, that… “

If the other person had been a piece of shit who was hostile to me and my daughter from the beginning, there would have been no way to like him, but I couldn’t hate this kid that much from the beginning.

Of course, right now, I find it annoying that she confidently smiles in front of me, showing off her white teeth, as if she’s won everything, but even so… it’s hard to hate this girl who came to Rudis’ side without showing any signs of hatred or discrimination, even though she’s been having a hard time these past few years because of the discrimination my daughter and those around her have been having.

“So the girl has a suggestion!”

“What suggestions?”

“Watermelon girl! No, Yuria! Form an alliance with the girl and form a united front!”

“… What?”

I was a little annoyed by her confidently speaking as if she was already in the same position as me or even ahead of me, but once I looked straight into her sparkling crimson eyes, indicating that she would listen to what I had to say, she immediately continued talking.

“I think Yuria is a pretty good person. However, I don’t know what her teacher, Fianna Stone, is thinking! Even now, she appears as a little girl and tries to be by his side, but she looks like a devil trying to turn commoners into lolicons!”

“… So, are you saying we should kick him out together?”

“Oh my! The girl is not such a cruel villainess!”

“?”

She said that she had seen her grab the hair of others more than five times using her title and name, and when I tilted my head in genuine bewilderment at her claim that she was not a ruthless villainess, she continued talking with a wicked smile like a real villain.

“Girl, I will never allow more than three women, including me, to be by the side of a commoner. It’ll be hard to manage more than that!”

“… You, no way.”

“The girl is a princess, so she is definitely the first wife! Instead, I will accept you, Yuria, as a second wife before that master. What do you think? “

-Wooduk.

A fist that rings out at will, and the joints at the tips of the feet.

If the opponent was not the princess but that bastard, he would have immediately kicked the ground, rushed at her, and struck her in the head with his fist.

As if she was already her man, and that she was asking me to come under her because she was going to give me a little bit of consideration and compromise, she was so arrogant and confident that I started to really want to live, but she didn’t show any signs of being pushed around at all, just kept her eyes still and continued talking while pulling the corners of her mouth even further.

“Girl, even if I die, I won’t take my place. If you want to take that place away from me, then it’s a real war.”

“… Do you know that you’re crossing the line quite a bit? How long will I, how long will we be by Rudis’ side… “

“Even though you’ve been here for that long, you’re still on the same level as the girl. Do you really think you can beat her?”

“… Ha, I really made a mistake.”

“Oh, right. I saw it properly. The girl is a very considerate princess.”

“Awesome.”

“Stop clenching your teeth. If you do, you’ll ruin all your beautiful teeth.”

“You keep making me mad!”

Up until now, I’ve been trying my best to be tolerant of her because I thought she was the same age as my daughter, but there’s no reason to tolerate it any longer.

I won’t go as far as using a sword, but I have to show them that there is a real difference in level so that they won’t attack me any further.

‘Honestly, it’s a bit much to show off your skills… but if this guy’s behavior goes any further, the next time he pounces on that piece of gum, he might get in real pain.’

After finishing my excuses in my head, I approached the princess, who was still crossing her arms and looking at me with a questioning gaze, at a speed that I could never react to, and swung a sweet-smelling blow that I absolutely could not avoid.

Or maybe he won’t let it happen, but rushing in like this without knowing how strong his opponent is will definitely not help him in the future of his life.

The moment I dropped my fist on the crown of my head.

-Whew!

“Wow! Are the negotiations broken down?”

“… Huh?”

It’s different from the pranks we’ve shown so far.

I used my level 5 martial arts to get close and swing my sweet chestnut. But she dodged it lightly as if she had ‘seen it’ and then looked at me.

“Uh, how…?”

“The girl is currently training to acquire the martial arts trait. And the magic is decided to be black magic. Do you understand? The girl is moving with all her heart to have Rudis.”

“You… !”

The movement just now was definitely a very well-trained one.

Of course, this was an attack that was swung with considerably less strength, but the level she had reached in this short period of time was by no means negligible.

It was as if he had been training in martial arts for a long time.

“I told the girl a little while ago, she crossed the line. I’ll take those words back, Yuria. I’ll show you for sure that if the girl is sincere, there will be no line between us. “

The silver princess who said that with her eyes narrowed and a bitter smile on her face looked exactly like the villainess from the novels Rudis knew.