"The Idea of a Woman Stealing Someone Else's Partner is Ridiculous," I laughed. But After Being Reborn, I Became a Victim of Such a Woman. However, My New Fiancée was Absolutely Amazing. - Episode 4
The day after that incident, I thought school life would be a little awkward from now on. But thanks to the people around me protecting me, I didn’t feel bothered at all.
The three noble ladies who ran after me yesterday were from the branch families of the Rokujou no Mori and Hachijou no Mori houses. Their names were Ayame Amagasaki, Kozue Hachijou, and Youko Hachigoe.
I often helped Hachigoe-san with her studies.
Hachijou-san was a gossip-loving chatterbox and also Hachigoe-san’s relative.
Amagasaki-san was a friend of both of them.
These three especially protected me thoroughly.
They completely denied all the rumors. Almost all the girls who attended the party declared that Shirakubo Yuuna was the one at fault.
Some of the boys believed the ridiculous rumors and tried to talk to me, but the three girls smiled and said, “Did you really believe such nonsense?” and “That’s just a baseless lie spread by those who can’t beat Yuukizaka-sama in academics.”
Hearing that, the boys, who had been grinning creepily, twitched their mouths and backed off.
It was satisfying to watch, and thanks to them, I was comfortable at school.
However, because I had no interest in fools and was too busy enjoying my spirit arts studies, I never really paid attention to the school’s social dynamics… But now, thanks to Shirakubo Yuuna, the entire school was in chaos.
Normally, it was common to get engaged upon entering high school.
When I enrolled, my family decided on my engagement to the Arisugawa family because I met their conditions.
Well, that was just how things worked.
As long as the families’ conditions matched, personal feelings didn’t matter.
Since I was born female, my dream of marrying a cute girl was crushed from the start.
Marriage is meaningless to me now.
It’s just a graveyard of life. I don’t care anymore.
However, most noble daughters want to have a good relationship with their fiancés and be loved by their husbands after marriage.
Instead of having a messy marriage where both sides take lovers, they dream of a loving, devoted relationship.
Well, I also think that kind of marriage is better than having a wife who takes lovers.
My biological mother was the worst of the worst.
She not only ran away with all the family’s money but also left behind a mountain of debt and fled with a servant. That kind of behavior is trash, regardless of gender.
Having such a horrible mother, I do understand why noble ladies admire loving marriages, but it’s not possible for me.
Because of this desire for a devoted relationship, noble men and women tend to cherish their fiancés.
Cheating is seen as the lowest of the low.
Flirting with the opposite s3x is considered a betrayal of one’s spouse.
And the current school situation… Shirakubo Yuuna was talking to every male student and getting close to them, which was seen as “abnormal.”
It was just like those manga from my past life, where a girl pretends to be cute, flirts with every guy, and gets treated like a princess.
Not only me, but even Hachijou-san’s fiancé fell for that woman’s tricks and asked for a broken engagement.
And it wasn’t just her. Several others had engagement cancellations in progress.
Because of this, the entire school had turned into a battle between “Shirakubo Yuuna and the male students” versus “the female students.”
That’s how much of a classic “man-stealing woman” she was.
I never thought such a person could exist in real life.
If I were still a man in my past life, would I have been deceived by her?
I admit, as a girl now, I sometimes feel, “Oh, cute girls! I want to be nice to them!” But I don’t find Shirakubo Yuuna cute at all.
Why is that? Is it an instinctive disgust?
Looking around the school, the atmosphere was tense—female students openly showing disdain for the boys who worshipped Shirakubo Yuuna.
… I was so absorbed in studying spirit arts that I didn’t even notice.
And yet, that idiot who declared our engagement canceled at the party was still lost in his fantasy.
He was completely out of his mind.
Our engagement was an agreement between our families.
Even my father said that the rumors those fools started about me being a “promiscuous woman” could damage the relationship between our families.
That could even affect the main family’s reputation.
If that happens, it would be the worst possible outcome.
But I doubt those idiots have thought that far ahead.
Meanwhile, Shirakubo Yuuna was apparently saying things like, “All the boys are fighting over me, and the jealous girls are losing their minds. I’m such a sinful woman!♡”. She was completely beyond help.
Does she not realize that her family is just barely above middle-class status?
If she ever tried to seduce a man from one of the Ten Guardian Families or even someone from the head clan above them…
Well, she’s already halfway to disaster, and at this rate, she’ll self-destruct soon.
That’s how these kinds of stories usually end in manga from my past life.
If that happens, would I end up with a high-status husband?
No way. I have no intention of marrying a man.
I just want to dedicate my life to research and spirit arts!
“Unbelievable! I can’t believe so many people actually believed such a ridiculous rumor!”
“It’s all Shirakubo-sama’s fault. Are you all right, Yuukisaka-sama?”
“Yes, thanks to everyone, I have no problems at all.”
“When will you have a discussion with the Arisugawa family about the broken engagement?”
“Well…? My father said he was going to report to the main family this morning, so I suppose it will be after that.”
“I see… If the main family is getting involved, then they must be taking this matter very seriously.”
“With so many engagements being broken at the same time, I think the main families are sharing information. Some of them are bound to take this seriously.”
The noble ladies nodded to each other.
Seeing their serious expressions, I thought to myself, “Wait, will those idiots get what they deserve sooner than I expected?”
I guess I have a pretty mean personality.