An Otome Game’s Burikko Villainess Turned into a Magic Otaku Volume 1 - Ch 8

I, who was a high schooler, was constantly controlled by the gazes and opinions of those around , skilfully went with the flow, and lived however it led . So that I could look even a little better to others, I paid attention to nothing but the eyes of others, and did nothing but keep up appearances. But what aning did that have? In this world, there was no aning in being reasonably good. From when I was three years old until I was five, I averted my eyes from reality, and lived by nothing but my desires and whims. Were I to accept this world in the true sense of the word, there was no way that it would be alright to stay that way.

Im reflecting on my actions. The way Ive been up until now is no good. If I dont change myself, my wishes wont co true.

Up until now, have I ever devoted my body and soul to anything? Paying no heed to flattery from others, and earnestly facing reality without running away

Right now, Im wholeheartedly studying magic. The amount of study is incomparable to any Ive done before. I dont want to feel that way again. I dont want to despair due to my lack of power. Without being content with only the tasks given by my tutor, wholeheartedly reading magic textbooks from morning until night, and occasionally showing up at the Magic Building Ai and the other servants backed away from due to my enthusiasm. But I dont mind if people back away from . Ive decided not to worry about the eyes of others anymore. If I dont, let alone Royce-sama, I wont even be able to protect myself.

In the incident that happened in the castle town last year, had I ssed up, Royce-sama, Achille and I would have died. I wont let sothing like that happend again. If I dont master magic more than anyone If I dont beco strong enough to protect my loved ones from everybody else Even though this is supposed to be the world of an oto ga, theres no saving, loading or resetting.

This world is my reality.

I felt impatient. Protecting Royce-sama from destruction was not sothing so simple.

Im not certain if they could understand my zeal, but when I turned seven I was allowed so work at the Magic Building. My job at the Magic Building was to be an apprentice Red. It was a job within the red robed magician group that I saw at the castle before. The colour of the clothing worn by magicians working at the castle depended on their jobs. Blue was a magical research job, involving the developnt of new varieties of magic, items or dicine. Black worked as the guards of people of influence. Red had the most personnel, and were responsible for all of the work not covered by Blue or Black. Doing things like solving problems that arose in the countrys cities and villages, heading to certain places to do magic inspections, eliminating monsters that troubled the citizens; it was a pretty hectic job.

It seems that even monsters appear in this world. Its seriously too fantasy. They mostly live deep in the forest or in caves; dark places with no human presence, and if you lived normally in a town, you would almost never see one. They didnt appear in the setting of the oto ga. If sothing like monsters appeared in the academy, it would be undoubtedly a major incident, so thats basically the end of the story, but

Starting from simple inspections, then eventually making my way to exterminations of lower class monsters, I would be learning the jobs of Red, little by little. During this ti, it was made sure that Royce-sama had capable adult guards with him. As expected, guarding the prince wasnt a job you could leave to a little six year old, so until we entered the academy, there was no need for to stick to Royce-sama. My contact with him was limited to visiting a few tis a week. It seems that Achille was also working a simple administration/odd-jobs job. That was because he was an apprentice like , though.

While living like this, one day, I had an encounter. An encounter with the enemy of Royce-sama that would appear during the K of Spades route; the heroines rival, the Q of Spades.

i Zakro, the Q of Spades, was the loyal servant of the son of the kings younger brother, the K of Spades. She and her younger twin brother served as the guards of the K of Spades.

i was a taciturn woman who loyally followed her orders, clad in a mysterious aura, and amongst the rivals she was the one with the best personality. Incidentally, the one with the worst personality was Camille. After all, Camille was jealous towards the heroine who was growing close to the K of Hearts that she was one-sidedly in love with, and was a rival who harassed the heroine as much as possible.

However, when it ca to i, because her love for her lord was too strong, she ran wild and persistently tried to get rid of the heroine who was deceiving her lord. Once the heroine cleared the K of Spades route, the fact that i tried to harm the heroine was revealed and she was fired, and like that it beca unknown what happened to her. Up until the end, she remained a sowhat mysterious rival.

That i Zakro was now bawling in the middle of the corridor.

FUAAAAAAAAAH, NOOOOOOO! WHERE AREEE YOUUUUU?

That mysterious, devoted-to-her-duties, silent beauty is also the sa age as right now. Theres not a trace of mysteriousness here.

So i was working from such a young age too, huh

Her deep blue hair and dark skin were just like in the ga, and tears overflowed endlessly from her golden eyes.

The enemy was a little girl It might get annoying to get involved. I have no idea what to do with crying children. But Ill feel guilty leaving her alone too. And I look like a child too, right now

Whats wrong? Are you looking for soone?

WAAAAAAAAAH!

Just like Achille did to recently, I tried patting her on the head. It seems that it was effective, and the girls sobbing receded just a little. Just by knowing her future self, seeing her crying face feels plenty wrong.

Wheresss, Raiga-sama?

Ehh

It seems like shes looking for her master Raiga Transbaal; in other words the K of Spades. Was i all LOVEMaster at this young an age? But wow, it really is too weird seeing this gap between the always calm, mysterious i from the ga, and the i right now.

Youre looking for Raiga-sama?

Uuu I had an afternoon nap, and then Raiga-sama was gone (sob)

i and afternoon naps It really is a mismatched combo. I stayed by her side for a while comforting her, so her crying cald down a lot.

After a while ca the pitter patter sounds of multiple people coming down the other end of the hallway.

ii!

In an instant, I could tell who the owner of those footsteps were How troubling.

Raiga-sama!

Before my eyes stood the K of Spades, Royce-samas enemy, Raiga Transbaal. Because hes Royce-samas cousin, hes an iken as well, but that overpowering atmosphere of his has not a smidgen of friendliness. Behind him was is younger twin brother, J of Spades Kai Zakro, standing there inconspicuous as the air. Her face still dirtied from crying, i reached her hand out to him.

Why are you in a place like this? I told you not to leave the room, didnt I

Fueeh, because, when I woke up Raiga-sama wasnt there.

i You musnt bother Raiga-sama

Ah! Even though hes young, the little brother is speaking just like in the ga. Kai the little brother was taciturn and mysterious just like his older sister.

You. What did you do to i?

Raiga glared at I, who had been reduced to decoration. When he did, i grabbed Raigas arm and shook her head side to side in protest.

The pink Oneechan didnt do anything wrong!

Hang on, is the pink Oneechan referring to ? Certainly I didnt give my na, but

She listened to when I was crying!

Is that so?

Raiga made a complicated expression. He was clad in a difficult-to-approach aura, but this expression of his held so amity.

Youre Royces hanger-on-er, right?

He knows about ? The information network of the royal princes son sure is amazing, huh Its still better than being called a flunky, I guess.

Im not a hanger-on-er; Im his future guard, you know.

Like I care Oi, i! Dont wipe your snot on my clothes!

The dignity of the royal princes son is being ruined. As I thought, I feel like I dont really understand their relationship.

Did i-chan always have this kind of personality? At a glance she looks like the calm type, but

Could it be? I wondered about a certain possibility in my heart. Raiga might know sothing about it.

The one who reacted to my worsd wasnt Raiga, but surprisingly Kai.

You What do you know about i?

I dont know where he got it from, but he was holding a long needle in one hand. Oi, oi, are you trying to threaten with a deadly weapon? Were in a corridor used by other people, you know? The twins i and Kai were characters that looked docile, but were prone to quickly resorting to violence.

Stop it, Kai.

Held in check by his lord, Kai readily withdrew. He really does feel like the by my lords orders type, huh. After making sure that Kai sheathed his weapon, Raiga turned to and spoke.

i has been like this since I t her. Dont make weird complaints.

Im sorry. I was just thinking that they werent a very similar pair of twins.

Just because theyre twins, doesnt an their personalities have to be the sa, right?

You are right

Were heading back.

Yes!

Leaving the frozen behind, Raiga left with the twins in tow.

Does Raiga not know, or was that acting? But Kai knows sothing for sure. I cant say anything since I only know how she was in the future, but perhaps i is a human from the sa place as I dont have any confidence in that though

persistently tried to get rid of is . Since I mostly read action fantasy, it almost always ans kill, but Im hoping thats not the case here. ><

(sob) gusu which is a sobbing noise

her crying cald down a lot her style of crying mostly beca less extravagant (i.e. less bawling more sniffling)

Youre Royces hanger-on-er, right? [] Its still better than being called a flunky, I guess. Theres a world of difference between a pouch and poop. Hanger-on-er is hang-on pouch, whereas flunky is actually goldfish poop. Both refer to people who follow another around like a sycophant. I omitted the last line, since it wasnt significant, and would be like impossible to translate anyway. Ruins the flow to leave it in with an explanation, but fyi, there was such a joke present.

Also theres no but its like a set phrase thing in JP (___LOVE or ____) so I had to try and find a way in Eng that wouldnt just look like two words awkwardly stuck next to each other.