Chapter 2: The protagonist appears!

“Surely, she wouldn’t have no friends for ten years.”

A week passed by like a shot.

Of course, I don’t even remember properly having a conversation, let alone making a friend.

Well, I was holed up in my room for 5 out of 7 days, so it’s only natural.

Even on the remaining two days, I wandered around outside, but I didn’t really do anything.

From the start, I’m a character with zero social skills, so there’s that aspect too.

Trea’s personality is like this, for example.

‘You! You did something wrong! Apologize right now!’

If I heard these words.

‘I see. I’m sorry. Then, goodbye.’

I can’t connect the conversation to continue like that.

But what if this problem is related to magic?

‘Y, you… You crazy bastard, you were the one who did wrong first!’

She was a true duelist with romance and sentiment, trying to settle right and wrong with a duel.

And unfortunately, this wasn’t Battle City, but a fantasy world.

It’s all because I possessed a strange character.

I’m perfectly normal, so.

Because of that, I didn’t initiate conversations even when I went outside, and I only responded appropriately to the occasional words that came to me.

Thankfully, Trea’s personality, which looks down on people, is mixed in, so I realized early on that it’s a loss to talk a lot.

Trea’s status is also a problem.

Maybe it’s different inside the academy, but when I go out to the city outside, I’m not a student, but the duke’s daughter.

Commoner students are reluctant to even talk to me, and even decent nobles find me difficult and avoid me.

The only people left are those who have met me before coming to the academy.

…Because of that, time passed without any particular progress for a week.

Ah, there was one progress that I can think of!

There are maids in the dormitory in charge of it, and in my case, since it’s a single room, the maid in charge only manages me.

Even she seems to be my age.

Wow!

During the week I was in the dormitory, I tried talking to her a few times.

‘Hey.’

‘Y, yes?’

‘What’s your name?’

‘It’s Arwen…’

‘Are you from the west?’

‘No, from Howard in the east…’

‘I see.’

‘Yes.’

Hmm, isn’t it important that I spoke first?

It’s a relief that there’s progress in this body.

A slightly disappointing thing is that when Arwen talks to me, it’s only when she’s working on things related to meals or choosing clothes.

After a week, the academy’s entrance ceremony began.

It wasn’t like a normal high school or university, but like a magic school seen in fantasy movies.

Morado Academy.

That’s the name of the academy that Trea attended and that I will attend.

A special thing is that it’s incredibly big.
Very big.

The uniform I wore after a few years felt very awkward.

I haven’t worn it once since graduating from high school.

Fortunately, it’s a fantasy-style uniform, so there wasn’t much difficulty in moving around.

Rather, the outings I occasionally wore when I was in the family seemed more uncomfortable.

Anyway, the important thing is that I’m still sitting alone until the entrance ceremony.

When I crossed my arms and sat on the chair, the people around me automatically avoided the seat.

No, this is a bit sad.

No matter how high my status is, no matter how much of a villainous lady I am.

This is just ostracizing me.

“Is there any seat left?”

“T-there, that seat over there is a bit empty?”

“Hic! Lady Ludbeck is sitting there. Let’s just go somewhere else.”

I need to correct my words.

It’s not a little sad, but ‘quite’ ‘a lot’ sad.

No, if you’re a villainous lady, aren’t you usually accompanied by two or three lackeys who praise you?

Of course, there wasn’t really a description of Trea’s surroundings in the novel.

I became saddened because people treated me like a patient with the plague.

What’s the point of the academy being wide?
Even if this place was narrow, the area near me would be completely empty.

Of course, I didn’t show it.

It’s just that when I turned my gaze to the place where the sound came from, they disappeared in a hurry.

‘Tsk’

I clicked my tongue once in my heart.

I don’t know if I clicked it at the people who find me difficult, or at the original Trea.

That’s how it was when people were slowly finding their seats.

Tap tap.

I felt someone tapping my back.

When I turned my head, I saw a female student wearing a uniform like me tapping my back.

[Can I sit next to you?]

I clearly heard what she said, but her mouth didn’t move at all.

No, it’s not that I heard the words…

‘Telepathy.’

It’s a little different from telepathy magic, but that was the only way to find the most similar expression.

As soon as I realized that fact, I realized who the character in front of me was.

The title of the novel I possessed is [May It Reach You].

It was a pretty bland title to see these days that severely attracts title aggro, but in fact, it was a suitable title to describe the main character.

A mute with the ability to convey her heart to others.

The main character of May It Reach You.

Genius.

Teperi

The main character of this novel came to my side.

As a side note, this novel has become a novel with severe likes and dislikes due to the introduction of the female protagonist and the mute.

“Teperi.”

[You know my name?]

It seems she heard me muttering.

When I pointed to the name tag with my hand, she nodded, saying ah.

Teferi was objectively a very beautiful appearance.

In particular, I felt that ‘beige hair with an appropriate mix of brown and gold,’ which the author had mentioned several times with care, was this.

When I saw it only as a description, I thought it was nonsense, but when I actually saw it, it was very natural and beautiful.

Teferi sparkled her green eyes and asked me again.

[Can I sit with you!]

She approached my side with a friendly manner.

A friend who speaks to me for the first time and acts without hesitation…

But my answer was NO.

“No.”

I deliberately crossed my arms and responded coldly.

If it was my original body, I would have spread my legs, but I decided to hold back.

As I said, my expression is very cold, so if you pay a little attention, you can see it very scary.

Teperi hesitated as if she was embarrassed by my chilly answer.

[Um…that…]

Teperi’s words are not words, but telepathy.

To be exact, it’s about conveying her will or feelings.

Because of that, other people can indirectly experience Teferi’s feelings.

And Teferi is basically a kind person, so the number of people who realize her sincerity and join her increases.

The emotion I’m feeling from her right now is embarrassment.

“And you, are you mute? I can’t hear your words properly.”

I deliberately said it sarcastically.

My expression right now must be the appearance of a villainous lady.

Am I smiling faintly?
Or am I looking down on others?

I deliberately touched Teferi’s reverse scale.

Teperi was a complete mute until she learned telepathy, so she has a trauma about those words.

Of course, she wouldn’t think that I knew that and said it on purpose… but anyway, she’ll buy me antipathy.

Again, I felt emotions from her.

What I’m feeling right now is anger and sadness.

It’s so dangerous to feel the other person’s emotions like this.

[Th, that’s right. I’ll then.]

She disappeared into the crowd, not even finishing her words properly and rambling.

It was very dangerous just now.

I almost said yes, sit here without realizing it.

But there are 3 reasons why I shouldn’t be friends with her.

Even if other people don’t know, I absolutely shouldn’t be close to her.

One.

More than half of the friends who were involved with her died.

My goal is to survive in the end, and that’s the biggest deviation from my goal.

The friends who believed in her paradoxically sacrificed their lives because they believed in her too much.

Two.

There is an incident that happens as I and Teperi get involved.

That was a part that accounted for a certain proportion in the work, so I didn’t want to touch it.

And finally, three.

In fact, this is the biggest reason.

She’s unlucky.

It wasn’t just that she was unlucky.

Teferi has tremendous talent befitting an academy protagonist.

The protagonist from the countryside, who had only seen the spectacle of 3rd-rate magicians on the streets, overwhelms the noble children from the capital.

This is a trite cliche.

And the fact that it’s trite means that it works well, and it comes out as it is in this novel.

I have been learning magic for 10 years, suffering like a dog to avoid dying.
If you only count the time, it’s several times that.

Trea’s body was really terribly untalented.

To the point where I wondered how this character was admitted to the academy in the original work.

It took several times more time than others just to open the magic circuit.

The aptitude for attributes was also poor, so the only thing I could do was magic that used mana itself.

But I’m looking at Teperi, who gets stronger just by breathing next to me?

That… I thought I would be too jealous.

I’m afraid that what I’ve achieved by vomiting blood for the past 10 years will be shattered in one shot because of being the protagonist.

In the original work, the reason Trea harassed Teperi was because of jealousy.

In fact, 90% of the reason was because of her status as a commoner and her dog-like personality.
My reason was a bit different.

So I had no choice but to kick Teperi out with harsh words.

That’s why it’s good to be a villainous noble lady.

Because I don’t have to make excuses to other people.

Because even if I say words that hurt others, people understand it somehow.

‘Sorry.’

The apology that no one could hear didn’t reach you.

I’m glad that the villainous lady suited my constitution.