Chapter 90 (1/2)

Translator: Cryus

Usually during lunch break, I walk down the middle of a busy hallway.

There are always a lot of students, but the crowd doesn’t stop me.

That’s because people look at me as I’m walking, and they give me a lot of space. I can hear their whispers and squeals as I walk by.

I’ve been surrounded by people like that.

“……Hmph!”

I end up scaring them off with a loud snort. Today, I’m heading straight to the dining hall as I skipped classes, so there’s no one around me. Now that I’m alone, I’m probably going to stand out more.

This situation is surprisingly enjoyable.

For better or worse, it’s nice to be looked at. The faces of fear and awe are equally satisfying to me.

Squandering money downtown and keeping low company are actually fun to me, even though they’re actions unbecoming of a lady. My main hobbies now are buying and eating things from various places.

These types of behavior are unimaginable for a good student. I’ve built up to that image, so people are currently gossiping about me. Christina Noir, the daughter of the Duke, doing such things.

Of course, I’ve had to work towards building such a reputation, but it hasn’t been difficult. I might have had the personality befitting a villainess after all.

And I’ve been behaving very much like a villainess. My reputation as a person has been ruined, so only a few dare to stick around with me. I always take these few people with me around the school.

Although they’ve approached me because of my status as the Duke’s daughter, they’ve done no wrong at all. The reason they’re following me is probably because they want a share of the power I would eventually possess. I’m not so childish to deny that people sometimes form connections based on gain and benefit. When the time comes for my ruin, I’ll try to spare them from sharing my fate.

My objective right now is to meet Michelie.

Then, I’ll hurl some abuse at her. I’ll make it clear that she’s not my sister, and that a member of the Noir family leans on no one for support. I’ll say that in a sarcastic way, and set the event for Michelie’s bad start in school.

“……”

Hm.

My stomach hurts.

I’ve lost my appetite all of a sudden. I really want to leave early, but I can’t today. I can’t run off. If I do, then I will have wasted my efforts these past two years. Namely, bearing the pain of not seeing her at all, and also cutting off my ties with Surfania, Leon, and Charles.

It’s alright. Right now, I’m the top delinquent of the Academy, but I’m still a genius deep down. I can do it. I can’t turn back, not now.

“Alright. Come on, Christina. I’m a genius……!”