The Yandere Villainess’s Past Life Was That of a Lonely Woman. After Reflecting and Stopping Her Stalking of Her Fiancé, He Somehow Started Approaching Her Instead. - Chapter 15

I focused my awareness on the palm of my hand.

Then I pictured bl00d slowly seeping from my fingertips. Black fluid dripping, drop by drop.

“…Did it… work?”

With that alone, my right hand easily activated dark magic. Not that the act itself was surprising.

After all, Lycoris was a young woman gifted in the use of dark magic.

The strange thing was that it had not activated when she tried to stop Lucius’s actions at the academy.

That sensation, as if my palm had been sealed with wax, was something I had never experienced before.

“Well, for now, this will do.”

As long as I could use it, that was enough. If the dark magic within me had not vanished, then I had nothing to fear.

In this country, there was not only a divide between nobles and commoners, but also one based on magical power.

Magic was primarily the domain of royalty and nobility, so openly ridiculing someone with little magic was frowned upon and criticized.

Though one could argue that ridiculing others in public was rude and disgraceful no matter the reason.

Still, that value system undeniably existed.

At the academy where young nobles gathered, bullying certainly existed as well.

The only reason the eerie, ghostlike Lycoris was subjected to little more than whispers behind her back was because her magical grades were exceptional.

Not only was she the daughter of a count, but her skill with dark magic allowed her to remain high in the social hierarchy.

Otherwise, the very same girls who bullied the heroine would never have ignored me when I clung to Lucius.

The moment they noticed I could not use magic, they would not just whisper from afar but aggressively summon me and confront me outright.

“That would be absolutely awful…”

Graduating from school and becoming an adult, only to end up a student again and be bullied all over, was far too much to bear. Even if I held the role of a villainous noblewoman now.

I did not mind being disliked by my classmates, so long as they did not bully me directly or harass me.

I could live on my own. Group activities in gym class, like pairing up in twos, were painful, but…

I could endure without close friends in real life, without even a real romantic partner.

Though I had no idea how to pass the time in this world without otome games.

“Enough, enough. No point in dwelling on depressing things… First of all, I need to contact the academy.”

I shook my head and switched gears. Now was the time for action, not overthinking. I had to follow up on leaving early without permission. I should call the academy.

I hated being scolded by teachers, but the longer I delayed this kind of matter, the more troublesome and messy it became.

I would have preferred to ask a butler to make the call on my behalf, but given the complicated circumstances, it was surely better if I spoke myself.

“Besides, I think the real fault lies in leaving an injured person alone in the infirmary, so I probably won’t be scolded too harshly… right?”

If they did blow up at me unreasonably, I was ready to snap back.

With that resolve in mind, I picked up my Magical Phone.