I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags… Volume 3 3 — Captive Part I

Volu 3 Chapter 3: Captive Part I

I open my eyes to an unfamiliar ceiling.

I jerk upwards and look around. The room is about the sa size as a dorm room and the furniture seems fairly expensive. Uh, where was this again?

If I rember correctly, I magnificently played the villainess in the play and was praised for it. I then got carried away by the praise and starting posing in front of the mirror… that was when soone suggested that I should go to the ballroom since it would be starting soon… huh? What did I do after that?

Also, it was nightti when I left, but right now, bright sunlight is coming in through the window.

As I was wondering what was going on, a woman appeared after softly knocking on the door. She was a plain girl with brown hair and blue eyes.

“Ah, you’ve awakened,” she says on seeing that I’m awake, looking relieved.

“Um, yes…” I respond without thinking, even while wondering who this person was. She’s a woman I don’t recognize (though since it’s we’re talking about, it’s possible that I just forgot her after eting her once or twice).

Jared and Keith usually help out in situations like this, but it seems they aren’t here. For now, I’ll just have to ask her straight-out.

“… Um, and you are?”

“My sincere apologies for the belated introduction. My na is Lana.”

“Lana-san?”

Hmm, from her reaction it seems we haven’t t before. Thank goodness I hadn’t forgotten her.

“Please, call Lana. I will be serving you from today on.”

Ah, is Lana-san a maid? Now that she ntions it, she is wearing a maid outfit… but…

“Um, but I have a maid that’s served since I was young…” I say. Wait, where is Anne?

Normally, she would swiftly slip over like a shinobi as soon as I woke up and brush my tangled hair and stuff.

“My apologies. As that maid is not here I will be taking care of any of your needs in her stead.”

“… I see.”

I see, so Anne isn’t here. That’s discouraging.

… Wait, speaking of which –

“Um, where is ‘here’?”

It’s a bit of a late reaction, but I have no idea where I am. I don’t even know when I ca here.

“My apologies. I am not permitted to answer that question,” Lana says, looking troubled.

“What? You’re not permitted? What does that even…”

Lana continues looking troubled after I raise my voice at the unexpected answer.

“I believe you will understand in a mont or two,” she says. That instant, the door was knocked again and new people appeared.

One is a fairly handso glasses-wearing young man with blue-tinged hair and eyes. Rather than being conventionally handso like Jared, he’s more of a lady-killer overflowing with sex appeal.

This lady-killer is wearing sothing that only fairly old grandpas would wear in the Claes household – butler’s clothing.

Admittedly though, the old grandpa butler of the Claes household actually pulled the look off pretty well and I even secretly praised him by calling him ‘Sebastian’ in my heart… but he doesn’t hold a fla to this glasses-wearing young man.

Soone small stands behind the young man put Sebastian to sha.

She was in the young man’s shadow when they entered and completely lted into the background thanks to the flashy young man’s aura… but looking at her again, I can see her brown hair and eyes, short height and large eyes – she’s a girl like a cute animal that makes you want to protect her despite yourself.

While I am forgetful and terrible at rembering nas and faces, even I rembered her. After all, according to my ntal tiline, we just t… Prince Ian’s fiancée, Selena Burke – we greeted each other at the school festival, in the area where the academy was showcasing its talent.

Why is she here? And seriously, where am I?

“What a relief. You’ve safely awakened.”

Even as I grow even more confused due to Selena’s arrival, she looks at my face and makes the sa relieved face Lana had.

“Katarina-sama, I sincerely apologize for our violent conduct towards you. However, I pledge to safely bring you ho once everything is over, so please live here until then,” she says, bowing deeply.

Huh? What does she an by ‘violent conduct’? Why am I in this unfamiliar place?

Once I desperately trace back my mories… I recall that after following the person who had been leading to the ballroom, I had been taken to so other place instead. Then soone had suddenly grabbed my arm and shoved cloth or sothing to my face… that’s when my consciousness faded… huh? This feels like the kind of scenario I’ve read in a manga before. And whenever sothing like this happened in a manga, it was always a…

“… Kidnapping…”

On hearing the words that slipped from my mouth, Selena looked like a deer in headlights. She then bowed deeply again, looking terribly apologetic.

“I am truly sorry. However, I pledge to not harm you.”

For real?! To think I was seriously kidnapped!

I had thought that kidnapping was sothing that only happened in my previous life’s manga… this is totally unexpected.

However, although I was an average salaryman’s daughter in my previous life, I’m now (technically) a Duke’s daughter. There should’ve always been a fair risk that I be kidnapped. But up until now I had been desperate in destroying the oto ga destruction flags and hadn’t even thought about stuff like that. To make things worse, I had let my guard down in my happiness after finally dealing with all those destruction flags.

Argh, if I should’ve paid more attention to Keith’s warning if things were going to turn out like this.

I wonder how much ransom money they’ve demanded for my return. I am (technically) a Duke’s daughter, so it’s probably a pretty high sum.

My father is crazy for his daughter so he’ll probably imdiately pay any ransom… but I wonder how much my mother would pay?

If it’s just too high… she seems the type to say “It can’t be helped. We have Keith, so we might as well give up on our idiot daughter.” I’m surprised at just how realistically I can imagine her saying that! No… mother, don’t abandon ! I won’t break your precious flower vases and plates while playing catch indoors anymore! I’m begging you!

I desperately plead with my ntal version of my mother.

“… Um, so about how much will my ransom be?”

Please be a sum that my mother would agree to pay!

However, Selena just looks confused at my question.

“… Ran – som?”

“Yes. Ransom money for my kidnapping. About how much has it been set to?”

“… Ah, no. We do not plan to ask for that kind of money,” Selena responds hurriedly.

“Uh… you don’t want money? Then why did you kidnap ?”

They don’t want money? Then why?

I’m not really proud of this, but it’s not like I’m a beauty like Maria and the others (what with my villainous face), nor am I talented in magic, nor am I particularly intelligent. I think the only use you could get from is my family’s money…

Well, I’ve got the basics of agriculture down pat so I’d probably be able to be a farmhand for a farr’s household, but I can’t imagine that I was kidnapped for sothing like that.

“… That is…”

She struggles with my question. Just when she opens her mouth…

“Selena-sama, we’ve confird Katarina-sama is safe, so let us return your room.”

The lady-killer butler who had been completely silent up until then speaks as if he’s cutting off Selena’s words. He puts a hand on her shoulder.

“Rufus… you’re right. Well then, I will be returning to my room.”

Apparently the lady-killer butler is called Rufus. The way he’s escorting Selena is erotic.

Wait, I still have a lot of things I want to ask! It doesn’t feel too good being left in the dark like this.

“Um, wait a second…”

I call out to her, but Selena just looks troubled again and says:

“I’m sorry. Lana, I’m leaving Katarina-sama to you. Katarina-sama, if you need anything, just ask Lana. She’ll do whatever she can.”

Selena leaves the room, led by Rufus. I look towards Lana, who was left in the room, but she quietly shakes her head.

In this way, still completely in the dark about everything, I ended up having to live in this room in who-knows-where.