The Lady Who Was Rejected with 'I Love Someone Else' Turned Out to Be the Strongest Sorceress – The Fate of the Prince Who Abandoned Her and the Lady Who Found Freedom - Episode 27

“What do you mean by that?”

“Did you come all excited because Prince Edgar called for you? Haha, how foolish.”

Without answering my question, Vanessa was babbling about her own wild guesses. She sneered and glared at me with eyes full of hostility.

In the meantime, I can see that she is concentrating her magical power and preparing for an attack. However, perhaps because she hasn’t been honing her skills, she seems weaker than during the previous lesson. An attack driven by emotions loses its precision. With such attack magic, she won’t be able to defeat me.

“Regret coming alone without any caution!”

A spell unleashed without a word. Are you really planning to go all out in a place like this? I could dodge it, but I’ll take it with a defensive spell. She doesn’t care if the school’s facilities get damaged. Does she not care what happens?

Really, I can’t understand what she is thinking.

“Just taking it? Don’t you have the energy to fight back? I knew it, the test results were a lie!”

Vanessa mocks me as I continue to endure her attacks with defensive magic, taunting me all the while. I’m confident I can withstand her until her magic runs out without taking any damage, but it’s still incredibly annoying.

If I counterattack, I can take them down. But it seems like it would be noisy later. Maybe if I counterattack, they’ll spread rumors that I bullied them. What a childish plan. Or do they have some other scheme in mind?

This time, how should I handle the situation? Since we’re in the square, it might be safest to wait for someone to come after hearing the commotion.

“In the end, you got your engagement broken off, and the duke’s family lost all its face. How pathetic.”

“……”

Vanessa’s provocations continue. Of course, I’m holding back from retaliating.

“Do your friends truly like you, or is it just because of your family background? No one genuinely cares about you, do they? Even now, you’re just being manipulated.”

“…sigh”

Vanessa relentlessly throws words that get under my skin. Patience, patience. I wish someone would come quickly.

“Prince Edgar is being kind to you out of rivalry with his brother. He doesn’t care about you at all. It was just convenient for him. He helped you because he was worried about public opinion. You mistook it for kindness. Hehe. It’s laughable.”

Why do I have to be told that much? It’s ridiculous to keep putting up with it. Just as you wish, I’ll fight back.

For a moment, anger took control of my body. But I quickly calmed down. I controlled my emotions. It would be ridiculous to get serious with someone like this. I canceled the spell I had cast towards Vanessa just before it hit, at a distance where it wouldn’t reach her defensive magic.

However, the defensive magic she had cast also dissipated. Even though the magic hadn’t hit. In other words, she canceled the effect of her own magic.

“Ah! Gah!?”

“Ah”

Vanessa, who fell while deliberately screaming, hit the ground with her head. A loud, concerning sound echoed. I don’t think that’s the sound of hitting her head.

The feeling of irritation I had suddenly disappeared. Or rather, I became worried. You didn’t get hit in a bad spot and die or anything, right? Did you go that far on purpose? Isn’t that a bit too extreme?

Perhaps, they were planning to provoke me into casting a spell, pretending to be hit, and then falling down. But I don’t think they ever imagined they would end up hitting their head hard on the ground and fainting.

It was such a natural fall. It looked really painful. They hit their head and even let out a strange sound. Could it be that they really slipped and it wasn’t an act?

“What are you doing?”

When I tried to confirm Vanessa’s survival, Prince Alfred came shouting loudly. Behind him, he brought several students. They are the witnesses, I see.

“As I thought, you were bullying them after all!”

Prince Alfred, excitedly shouting loudly that he caught the bullying scene, was more concerned about Vanessa not waking up. I was genuinely worried.

I wonder if he doesn’t care about her lying on the ground.