I Reincarnated as the Villainess in a Yuri Game, and While Trying to Avoid the Ruin End, it's Somehow Turning into a Romantic Comedy with the Heroine - Chapter 3

“…Phew.”

I somehow managed to get through the Homeroom, which was fraught with difficulties. I ended up making contact with the protagonist, but I probably didn’t leave an impression bad enough to get me expelled.

I guess that’s safe.

Telling myself that, I decided to focus entirely on cheering for the Fleur-lis story.

“Alright, everyone, let’s begin the lesson.”

While I was taking a breath, class began.

“Um, excuse me, Yuzuriha-san?”

“…”

However, for some reason, Akari-chan next to me called out. Even though I didn’t intend to get involved with her any further…

“What?”

I considered ignoring her, but I didn’t want her to repeat my name over and over like before. I reluctantly answered.

“C-Could I perhaps look at your textbook…?”

“…Pardon?”

Akari-chan was fidgeting, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment. Her desk was completely empty.

“I apologize, since I transferred in so suddenly, I wasn’t able to prepare my study materials…”

No, I know this development. But the person Akari-chan should be borrowing from is definitely not the villainess, Yuzuki Yuzuriha. Since the protagonist is starting to act strangely, I have to correct things here.

“Why don’t you borrow one from the person in the seat in front of you?”

“T-That would be difficult since I haven’t spoken to them yet…”

…Please stop this. My affection level is now set as 【Yuzuki Yuzuriha > Unknown Classmate】. Originally, Akari-chan was supposed to be scared of Yuzuki Yuzuriha and borrow the textbook from the girl in the front seat. I sincerely wish she’d act according to the original story.

“They’ll lend you a textbook, at least.”

“It’s hard to borrow from the person in front, right!”

Akari-chan seems to be assuming she’ll share a book with the person next to her, Yuzuki Yuzuriha. However, that would close the distance between us in various ways. That’s extremely bad.

“It’s fine, the person in front will still lend it to you.”

“I can’t do that, I’d feel too bad!”

“Then you should feel bad about asking me.”

“I do feel bad. So please let me look, by the bond of being neighbors!”

She urged me on immediately, without pause, at a speed that clearly suggested she didn’t feel bad at all. I don’t need that kind of neighborly closeness.

“I’m sorry, but there’s an invisible wall standing between you and me.”

“It’s invisible, so there’s no problem.”

Too positive. Why doesn’t she consider this rejection a problem?

“Just take the textbook, go on and borrow it!”

I just pointed and instructed her to borrow it. Akari-chan looked flustered but wouldn’t stop staring intently at me. Why?

“…Do you need a textbook?”

Then, the girl in the seat in front of Akari-chan turned around.

—Luna Marie-Rose

Glossy, silver-white hair and ice-blue eyes. She has translucent white skin, a small, model-like face, and the golden ratio of slender limbs. She is one of the heroines.

“I can lend it to you. Luna has memorized everything already.”

Luna Marie-Rose is a talented scholar. She’s British, moved to Japan last year, and enrolled in this academy. She’s fluent in Japanese and so brilliant that the entire textbook is already inputted into her brain.

…That’s all fine, but.

“Here you go.”

She handed over the textbook.

…to me.

I’ll say it again: this was originally the scene where Akari-chan borrows it. It’s also the first contact with a heroine. Yet, why is it turning into an interaction with me?

“Oh, you have a textbook?”

Luna tilted her head, looking at my desk. I have one; it’s Akari-chan who doesn’t. It seems my repeatedly mentioning “textbook, textbook” made her misunderstand. But there’s still time; I have to correct the route.

“That transfer student doesn’t have one yet.”

I pointed at Akari-chan, and Luna shifted her gaze. Akari-chan, stared at, straightened her back and froze solid. Hey, I get being stunned by her beauty, but your reaction is too different from mine! I know that a villainess and a heroine would react differently, but when it happens right in front of me, it’s surprisingly jarring.

“Is that so? Here?”

Luna fluttered the textbook up and down.

“No, Yuzuriha-san said she would show me, so it’s fine!”

Why would the protagonist refuse!?

“…? I see. Understood.”

Luna turned back to the front.

Huh? Is the meeting with the heroine over? And in the form of a refusal?

“Please, Yuzuriha-san.”

Akari-chan moved her desk and linked it to mine. Why doesn’t she show that initiative and willpower to Luna?

“…No, I’ll just lend you the textbook, so you don’t need to link the desks.”

Linking the desks is too full of “we’re best friends” vibes. I have no intention of interacting with her at that distance.

“But then Yuzuriha-san will have trouble taking the lesson, won’t you?”

“…I also have the contents of the textbook completely memorized.”

Since I had no choice, I decided to borrow Luna’s genius scholar setting. A transfer student on her first day shouldn’t know my academic record.

“Ahaha, that’s a funny joke.”

“Hey, your reaction is too different from Luna’s!”

Why was that just lightly glossed over?! Is it my looks? Is she judging me by my appearance?!

“…Did you call me?”

Luna reacted—to me.

“I didn’t call you!”

“But you said my name.”

“Well, I don’t have a reason to, or rather…”

“You don’t call someone by their first name without an honorific unless you’re close in Japan. Luna, this is the first time I’ve been called by my first name since coming here, other than by my mom.”

“…Gasp.”

S-Stop it…

Don’t pull out a sad episode while smugly showing off such vague knowledge of Japan… I know too much about the game, and it’s going to make me tear up.

“H-Hmph! You might not know this, but in Japan, people sometimes use a first name without honorifics when talking about someone they consider beneath them! Mine was that, Luna Marie-Rose!”

H-How’s that?

This is the despised villainess move.

Originally, Yuzuki Yuzuriha basically only tormented Akari-chan, so I’m not sure what she’d do with a heroine.

Still, no one would be pleased to hear that response.

“Beneath you…? Based on what criteria did you decide that?”

“Eh.”

Grades: Utter defeat.

Appearance: No chance of beating the heroine’s visual correction.

Upbringing: The Marie-Rose family is a prestigious family that controls a major British company, so I can’t compete.

“…The weight of my soul?”

After all, I have two lives’ worth of soul. I’ve won with this (?).

“Soul… meaning heart. I see, Yuzuki has a big, spacious heart.”

“Eh, hey, w-wait…”

I can’t shake the feeling that my words were converted incredibly positively and interpreted in a friendly way.

“You’re very unique.”

Luna gave me a kind smile. Don’t show me that heroine smile.

“M-My first name, ‘Akari,’ is also fine!”

And the protagonist next to me is trying to close the distance without reading the room…!

“Kohinata, I’m showing you the textbook, so be quiet.”

“My last name!?… Oh, wait, does that mean by Yuzuriha-san’s logic, I’m the one who’s superior?”

NOOOOO!

“Calling by last name is a sign of a stranger!”

“Ehhh, seriously…?”

Akari-chan looked dejected. Well, it’s pitiful, but it can’t be helped.

“Luna is a more friendly relationship.”

NOOOOOO!

“B-But, I’m having the textbook shown to me right next to you!”

Akari-chan proudly opened my textbook and showed it off to Luna. Wait, what is this adversarial dynamic? Isn’t this strange?