I Favor the Villainess Chapter 83Persuasion and explanation

The practice for the Offering Dance continues.

Since the academy resumes soon, I’d like to shape up a bit during the summer holidays.

“You’ve gotten considerably better, Rei-san”

“It’s thanks to Claire-sama tough love”

“I wonder if you could stop calling it that!?”

“Like this there won’t be a problem with stamina. Just…”

The head priest paused,

“Rei-san has a fatal lack of sense of rhythm”

That’s right.

I… or rather, the protagonist has no talent for dancing.

It came to light when she danced with the princes on social occasions, but I’ve carelessly forgotten.

On the occasion when the protagonist dances with the prince with the highest favorability, she steps on his feet over and over.

It happened regardless of the ballroom dancing classes in the academy.

Well, as it was an otome game, the reaction to being stepped on a foot was only “this girl, hahaha”.

By the way, on the edge of the CGs you could see Claire-sama blowing her nose.

Cute.

“S, still, Lily thinks it’s improved since the first time”

“But there is not much time left”

Lily-sama supported me, but it’s as Claire-sama said.

The Harvest Festival takes place right after the academy resumes.

There really isn’t much time anymore.

“Well, I’ll manage somehow”

“Even if you say that about yourself, Rei is…”

Claire-sama looked astonished.

But well, it’s okay.

I have a plan.

“By the way, have you gathered enough dancers?”

“Ye, yes. For now, we’ve gathered the necessary number. Now it’s just a matter of raising everybody’s skills”

“I see. In that case you can be relieved for now”

“At present, the matter of concern is that Rei-san’s skill level may not catch up”

“I’ll do my best”

I brushed off the head priest’s scolding.

Probably, because there really isn’t a problem.

“Just because you might not dance in the real performance, does not mean you are allowed to ease up?”

Claire-sama said to me in a quiet voice.

“I’m practicing proooperly”

“Truly? Considering that, I am not seeing any progress?”

“That’s the limit of talent”

This body is truly not cut out for dancing.

Even though it’s suitable for magic or studying.

“The reply from Yuu-sama came”

“!”

“It said Yuu-sama will participate. Isn’t it great”

“I see”

To solve Yuu-sama’s problem, I’m creating a little conspiracy.

To prepare for that, I had Claire-sama send a letter to Yuu-sama.

If Yuu-sama replied no I’d call off everything, but since he – no, she replied yes there’s no other way.

I’ll put forth every effort to it.

What’s left is――.

“Persuading that child, I guess”

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“Hey, Misha”

“What?”

My dormitory room at night.

While lying on my bed, as if it was a trifling matter I brought up the subject with Misha, who was writing something at her desk.

“Don’t you feel like becoming a nun?”

“… Ha?”

Misha said reflexively and turned this way.

Well, no surprise there.

“What are you saying suddenly”

“No?”

“There’s no way”

“I see”

She grumbled “Honestly, what was that” and again turned towards the desk.

“But, what if you could be together with Yuu-sama?”

“… What do you mean”

“Interested?”

Misha seemed to continue writing for a while, but perhaps because she became unable to concentrate, she soon stopped and turned towards me.

“Rei, what are you thinking?”

“Close friend’s happiness”

“Don’t deceive me”

“I am not doing something like deceiving”

I sat up with heave ho.

“I may be able to do something about Yuu-sama’s body”

“How”

“I’ve talked about that matter before?”

“That’s not it, how do you plan to persuade the Royal Palace?”

“I won’t persuade them”

“Ha?”

I can see lots of question marks float over Misha’s head.

“How will you manage that”

“Shock therapy”

“… It seems you’re thinking of something good-for-nothing again”

“That makes me sound bad”

Even though I’m working 100% in good faith.

However, it might be 100% in bad faith for the Royal Palace.

“Actually――”

I explained the outline of the conspiracy.

“You… what are you thinking”

“But, I think it’s the only way”

“If your participation gets exposed, you’ll get executed?”

“I’ll do it skillfully”

“…”

Misha put her hand against her temple like she’s having a headache and sported a difficult expression.

“Why are you going this far?”

“Didn’t I say it. It’s because we’re close friends”

“That’s mostly a lie, right?”

“Come on, that’s not true”

“Liar. You don’t think of me as your close friend”

I became a little irritated by her asserting tone.

“Why would you say that?”

“You’re not the Rei Taylor I know”

I was shaken a little having been told that unreservedly.

“Wha, what are you saying, Misha”

“It was probably on the day we entered the academy. You became not yourself”

“!”

This is bad.

This flow is bad.

“Until then I thought you were unusual, but you were still within the limits of a normal commoner girl. But, from that day, you’ve become an obviously different person”

Her coldly shining red eyes pierced through me.

“At first I thought it was neurosis due to the change of environment. But, that doesn’t seem to be the reason, you show absolutely no signs of returning to normal. Surely, you’ve become a different person”

“Misha, do you understand what you’re saying?”

“Even I’m aware I’m saying something stupid. But, it’s the only explanation I can think of”

Despite being perplexed by her own words, Misha clearly laid out her reasoning.

“Hey, who are you? Where did my close friend Rei Taylor go?”

I already can’t talk myself out of it, I thought.

I thought Misha wasn’t a person who concerned herself with others much, I absolutely didn’t expect her to think so deeply of me.

What should I do.

How can I persuade her?

“I am… Rei Taylor”

“… Is that your answer? Then, I’m sorry, but I can’t participate in what you told me. Stop putting Yuu-sama in danger”

No good.

After all, I can’t deceive her.

“I understand. I give up. But, I don’t think you’ll believe me in the slightest”

“That’s for me to decide”

“… You’re right. Then, I’ll talk. It may sound absurd, but I’ll be telling the truth”

“Then”

Resigned, I decided to tell everything about myself.

That I have memory of living in a different world.

That this world is perhaps the stage of a game from that other world.

That I transmigrated as the heroine of that game.

That in this world I keep struggling to save Claire-sama.

I talked about everything.

Several times Misha opened her eyes wide revealing her surprise, but she listened without interrupting my story until the end.

“This world is a game? And the stage of it…”

“Can you believe me?”

“… Honestly, it’s an extraordinarily difficult story. The civilization in the world you are from was far more advanced than this world’s, right?”

And then, Misha asked the questions she had about the story.

With her medieval-level scientific knowledge, she had trouble understanding concepts like otome game, but I still took my time to carefully explain them.

“… Then, you’re Rei Taylor, but not really Rei Taylor, is what you’re saying”

“I wonder. I certainly have Rei Taylor’s memories, but I think because the original me mixed in, I must look like a different person to Misha”

“…”

Following that, Misha stopped talking and pondered for a moment.

Surely she’s examining the authenticity of my story.

It was a while later when she opened her mouth.

“In this world, a revolution will occur one day, right?”

“Yup”

“When that happens, depending on the circumstances the Royal Family may face annihilation”

“Right”

“… I see. Then, my answer is decided”

Misha corrected her posture and faced me.

“I’ll cooperate. I believe what you’ve said”

I was so relieved that my strength drained and I fell on the bed.

“He, hey, Rei”

“I’m so glad…”

“Were you that nervous?”

“Of course. If you hadn’t believed me, I’d seem like a completely insane person”

“That’s true”

However, Misha continued.

“Your words are consistent with various things that have happened until now”

“For example?”

“The results of the tests. You weren’t a child who could study that much”

“Woah, that’s a shameful evaluation”

Then, Misha started suspecting there was something strange at that time.

“There are other things. Detoxifying the poison from Naa Empire”

“Ah, cantarella. Yup, I thought I was truly glad to have transmigrated”

Otherwise, Sein-sama would leave this world at that time.

“But well, I’m glad you believed me. Misha is surprisingly a soft-hearted person”

“What’s surprising about that. Besides, I think your story is not that unbelievable for the people of this world?”

“What do you mean?”

“Your world was scientific… So I wonder. The idea of transmigration would be unscientific, but isn’t the presence of magic in this world the biggest proof it itself is unscientific?”

“… Aah”

It’s that kind of thing.

In short, the common sense regarding the mysterious is different.

In my previous world, saying I’ve transmigrated would be seen as a strange delusion, but that’s not the case in this world.

Since magic, that’s a supernatural phenomenon, is present in everyday life, even if I say I’ve transmigrated, it would be logical, it’s perhaps something like that.

“Actually, there’s a legend of spirits’ lost children in this world”

“Ah, there was something like that”

Spirits’ lost children is an ancient legend in this world.

Sometimes in this world, people who don’t know where they’re from appear.

And, these people are endowed with special powers.

“You were also like that, right?”

“Yup”

That’s why the protagonist possesses extraordinary magical power.

The Taylor parents are actually foster father and mother not connected to her by blood.

Even so, they love her as their real daughter.

“Well, I was able to understand various things. Thanks for talking, Rei”

“I also feel a little weight came off my shoulders. My heart was beating hard”

“Is that so? Then, it must’ve been hard when you told your parents, right?”

“He?”

“He you say… Surely you’ve told your parents?”

“I haven’t done that?”

Misha held her head.

Huh?

Did I say something strange.

“You should have explained it to your parents first”

“Is, is that so?”

“It is so. Did you not say anything when you came home?”

“Hmm… Not really”

“… From what I remember Rei’s parents are both big hearted people”

Explain it to them properly, Misha warned me.

“We stayed up a little late. You have practice for the Offering Dance tomorrow, right? Are you okay?”

“Yup. I’ll sleep soundly today”

“I will wake you up tomorrow morning, so feel free to do that. Good night”

“Good night”

I extinguished the lamp and lied down on the bed.

When I used the sound sleep water magic on myself, drowsiness came at once.

Unexpectedly I talked about myself to Misha, but with this I obtained her consent.

Now all that’s left is to wait for the performance.

Now then, will it go well.

No――.

(I’ll absolutely make it go well)

While dozing off, I firmly swore so.