Surviving As The Villainess
Chapter 9 - The Improving Effect

Since then, Lucas has always followed me in school. At first I was very upset when I had said it looked like a witch but she still approached me. But over time we became close friends. Yes, the future is unpredictable. Who would have thought that Lucas and I could be as close friends as we are today, especially if we saw our reputation as being very different among other students.

Among other disciples, I was known as the untouchable, cold-hearted, and indifferent queen of all things. People assume I never saw them as human beings and only see them as invisible walls. True, the original Liyuna never greeted or talked to anyone other than Yvette, but it was also one of the other disciples who blatantly avoided Liyuna. I'm sure this is one of the reasons Liyuna became so twisted in the game. If you live in solitude for many years and are always lonely, even good people will change their nature, as well as Liyuna. Moreover, Liyuna who was always showered with affection by her parents, she had never felt what loneliness and solitude were.

By the way, after I got to know Lucas further, it turns out he's a pretty fun and fun person, no wonder he's popular with students. He is easy to get along with anyone and never gets angry. People who are close to him feel comfortable because he is always smiling and very energetic.

Since he's just an extra, I think it's fine to be friends with him. After all, I who became this antagonist also did not want to live without friends forever. I wanted to change one thing in my previous life, which was that I wanted to have a lot of friends. I know it's not easy looking at Liyuna's background, but still I'll try to do my best. But, well, I'm sure I can do it. The proof is that now people don't look at me with frightened eyes, they sometimes greet me even though they never invite me to speak.

The autumn wind was piercing into my bones. The air that a few months ago was so hot that it made me suffer now turned cold. I don't think time moves so fast. I've started to adapt to the environment around me, including me taking over Liyuna's body and getting into the game world.

"Yuna, good morning!"

Yvette hugged me from behind. I who used to feel cold now feel warm from Yvette's embrace.

Now that Yvette no longer calls me 'Miss', it took me a while to convince her. At first she refused very firmly and insisted that she would always call me Miss. But I don't want him to call me that. I want him to call my name without the frills of 'Miss' and yes, he finally wants to listen to me after I beg him. It feels weird if a friend calls you 'Miss', doesn't it?

"Good morning too, Yvette."

I held onto Yvette's arms holding me and she let go of her arms and walked beside me. Today the air is really very cold.

In front of the school gate, I saw Lucas walking towards us. He smiled brightly as usual, making anyone who saw feel calm.

"Why don't you wear a scarf today?" Ask.

I chuckled a little and replied, "I forgot."

"Wear this." Lucas took off the scarf he was wearing and put it on me.

"No need, you'll be cold." I felt bad trying to take off the scarf Lucas gave me, but Lucas stopped me.

"My body is stronger than yours, so don't worry."

"All right, thank you." I smiled at him.

"Senior Lucas, you only care about Yuna." Yvette pursed her lips.

"You want me to care about you too? It won't happen because Yuna already cares about you so much."

"That's right, only Yuna cares about me." Yvette who looks happy, both of her cheeks flushed with pleasure.

The relationship between the three of us is getting better. Lucas who was easy to get along with since the beginning can quickly familiarize himself with Yvette who also has a character similar to him. Yvette is the type of person who always invites anyone to talk, so he has a variety of people nearby, the same as Lucas who always emits a radiant aura that makes everyone want to be around him.

We went into the school together. As usual, people were staring at us. Although this was a sight they had seen several times, still they were not used to it. The strange combination between a popular child and a shunned child actually carries considerable influence.

"Good morning, Miss Castris." A student standing next to the stairs. He slightly lowered his head when he saw me.

"Good morning." Short reply.

Sometimes, a short greeting like this was addressed specifically to me because Liyuna's image had indeed changed a little thanks to Lucas.

This morning we had a sports lesson, so after we got to class we took the gym uniform and changed in the dressing room. The reason why sports uniforms are not worn when leaving school is because the rules in this school do not allow wearing clothes other than the school uniform alley determined on that day, including sports uniforms. Schools assess if wearing sports uniforms outside the school is something that is not polite because it looks less neat.

Sports uniform pants at this school are long dark blue combined with a windbreaker jacket that has a matching color. In it we wear short-sleeved white shirts with our school logo on the right chest. I think this sports uniform is quite comfortable because it does not look like a sports uniform when worn.

"Today we will play big ball, you are free to decide what game you want. Since today the 1st and 6th grades are merged, you can compete against each other in the game." Speak to our sports teacher.

After a discussion, our class finally chose the dodge ball because it was easy to play. Since our current opponent is a senior, we try our best not to lose. But it all ended in vain. We who are still in first grade cannot be compared with the power of third grade children. We quickly got out of the game.

Yvette thrust a bottle of minerals at me, "Yuna, have a drink."

I received a drink of Yvette's mineral water and thanked her.

"Thank you, Yvette."

Yvette sat beside me, we stared at the indoor basketball court in front of us. Boys from 1st and 6th grade were playing basketball there.

"Oh yes, tomorrow night Ravenray will hold an Anniversary Party for their company. Yuna must have gotten the invitation, right?"

"Yes, I got it."

"Let's go there together."

I'm still not sure if I should come or not. Not coming will not matter because surely my parents will come, so I am not obliged to come. Moreover, these were just some of the events of that time. I'm still not ready to meet the other targets. Unlike Allen, Zion was a pretty popular target in my previous life. But that doesn't mean Allen isn't popular, just that their popularity has different reasons.

If not mistakenly remembered, Zion is very popular because he is a person who is quite scary, in another sense he is quite cunning and calculating. Everything he did was calculated and everyone nearby was judged on whether or not it was useful. It's not strange that he got the nickname the iron fist. He was so firm in his decision making and did not waver just because of personal feelings. This trait is in contrast to Allen who is more following emotions and heart words. Allen tends to do things according to his personal feelings. Therefore after she fell in love with Yuriel, she immediately canceled her engagement with Liyuna. In stark contrast to Zion who did not immediately cancel the engagement, he instead made Liyuna wait for years until finally revealed the fact that he was helping Yuriel to get the throne in the Castris family and left Liyuna who was no longer worth it.

Honestly, I don't really like Zion's route. Wasn't it a very evil thing to make Liyuna wait for him for so many years that she felt frustrated and became depressed.

Yes, I remember the ending of Liyuna on the Zion route. On this route, it was Zion who asked to become Liyuna's fiancee, then she made Liyuna feel as the luckiest woman in the whole world and made her feel loved, she said, but Zion suddenly asks him to wait after Liyuna's position is threatened by Yuriel. Shortly after, he canceled his fiancee, causing Liyuna to fall into despair. This made Liyuna decide to end her life.

"Well, we'll meet there."

I decided to accept Yvette's invitation. How lun too I can't leave Yvette alone there, who knows what will happen later. It is better to accompany Yvette so that nothing bad happens.

"Yey!"

Seeing Yvette happy, I also became happy. Yvette is an innocent and kind girl. I don't want him to go to a dangerous place like Ravenray and confront Zion alone. Well, even though it's unlikely that they can be related because the Yvette family ranks too far from Ravenray. Hopefully nothing bad will happen tomorrow night.

After the sports lesson ended, we went to the dressing room to take a shower. Yes, after sports lessons we are required to bathe in the provided bath. Then after that we can go back to class wearing winter uniforms.

The lesson goes on as usual. Elementary School lessons aren't that hard, but I'm a little worried about high school lessons in this country. Although this is a game world, it is still based on the real world and it seems that the curriculum in this country is slightly different from other countries because here it follows the rules of game developers.

Because each route has a different prefix, I also do not know what kind of lessons the teacher taught to High School students. As I recall it was only on the Allen route that had a schoolgirl background and for another target, all set when Liyuna was already in college. This was because only Allen targets were the same age as Liyuna, other than Allen other targets had a considerable lifespan away from Liyuna. When playing this game, anyway, I do not feel strange with the age gap between Yuriel and target because it was from the beginning of this R-18 game with many descriptions that are not suitable for minors because there are many scenes of violence, because there are many scenes, death, and a little about suicide. For some people things like this are quite disturbing but I don't really care about it I do like this genre.

I have not completed the hidden target route, because there are still many things that make me wonder because all conflicts are not finished just by getting happy ending in the route before the hidden target. The third target route raises a lot of new questions. Like the evil organization that always targets Castris and this is what makes Yuriel must take over the throne of Castris because other members are considered useless, even Liyuna's father was unable to fight the organization alone so he teamed up with Yuriel. Well, for this we'd better think about it later. For now it is better to focus on what is going on.

TB