Chapter 15: The Great Five Family & The Villainess (Part 1)

'The Human Kingdom, Luxion. This kingdom have been standing for 500 years and lead by the greatest king who fought together with his friends who ended up becoming the five great noble families.'

"Is that all you got?!" A boy shouted, tauntingly.

*TAK*

A sound being hit with wooden sword can be heard.

'One of them is Welford, their family has been a great help for the kingdom from generation to generation. They were once an adventurer who tagged along with the old kings in the war a long time ago.'

"Agh–!" Someone yelled, followed with another one.

'They are also the biggest family who supports the royal family. So you can't imagine how powerful they are."

"I see, so that explains how they're surprised about me being friends with their daughter."

'Yeah and just you know, that Alex kid are one of the great noble family with the name Schafer. They are a family who produces great mage from generation to generation.'

"Oh, that explains it."

*TAK* *BUAK*

Someone fell down to the ground and by the sound of it, they landed badly.

'Indeed and are you done?'

"Yeah pretty much."

Rei replied after Ray explained about the five great noble families as he was standing there between the other kids who were lying down on the ground with exhausted look. As you can see there is James, Hans, Bob, and Alex. All of them were lying on the ground, whimpering in pain.

"Ugghh..."

Today Rei trained with the other kids in the village, they asked him to teach him a simple swords technique and how to fight.

The reason they asked him was because they wanted to become strong like him after they found out their own jobs. Surprisingly, James' job is [Warrior], Bob is [Guardian] while Hans and Alex, both of them are [Mage].

And now they're currently holding their painful arms and legs after they got the lesson literally beaten into their body.

Rei was standing between them and rested a wooden sword over his shoulder.

"I guess I overdid it..."

'You pretty much beating them up into pulp.'

"Hahaha..."

Ray replied as Rei put a blank look on his face while laughing and watching the kids trying to get back up with much difficulty.

"Ugh... just as expected aniki...you are so strong!" James said while trying to get up while Bob and Hans just nodded their head.

"What is Ray-san actual job is... four of us couldn't hit you at all." Alex asked while looking at Rei.

"Y-yeah, aniki... I never ask about it!" James asked as well.

"Oh, I bet it's [Swordsman]!" Bob guessed confidently.

"Of course not you idiot! He is probably higher than that!" Hans retorted.

"Hahaha, it's actually neither of them." Rei shook his head amusedly.

"Then what is it aniki?" When James asked him, they were looking at Rei curiously.

"Did I never mention it to you guys? My job is [Blacksmith]." Rei answered with a smile.

"Huh?? HAAAAAHHH!!?"

The four of them went silent with their wide eyes and jaws that almost touched the ground.

"B-b-blacksmith!?!" They yelled in unison.

"W-wait? y-you were [Blacksmith]?!" Alex stuttered while in shock.

"Believe me or not, I'm a Blacksmith." Rei shrugged nonchalantly, as if it wasn't a big deal.

"With that kind of movement??! H-how?!" Alex continued.

"By training a lot of course, doing push ups, sit ups, running and sword training everyday."

They kids were still in a daze, they seemed to be struggling to process what's happening and his explanation.

"B-but aniki! I have never seen you sword training before!" James said.

"Of course I did, remember when you first sneaked out from the village through that hole and saw some marks around the trees?"

"Y-yeah?" James recalled and nodded quickly.

"Those marks are made by me, I always go there early in the morning everyday. That's the proof of it." Rei spoke as he sighed.

"And just so you know, you can do it as long you guys never give up. Continue to pursue your ideal strength and work hard for it." Rei gave them some advice.

"There won't be easy way to get strong in this world. Even if you do, there will always be people who are stronger than you, so keep that in mind."

"For now, I will be giving you guys something to do. James, you will be swinging your sword for around 100 times each days to increase your strength as a [Warrior]. Bob, you will train how to block any kind of attack to increase your durability as a [Guardian]. Meanwhile for Hans and Alex… since you're a [Mage], you are the weakest and always runs out of stamina very quickly, so both of you will have to run for whole day to increase your stamina."

"Are we clear?" Rei finished with smiling.

"Y-yes sir!" All of them shouted in sync.

"Good, that's all." Rei smiled, feeling quite good with himself.

Alex looked up at him with nothing but admiration of how strong he is despite having an inferior job unlike himself.

"Now then, how about we call it off for to–"

"A-ano…Ray-san!"

Alex cut his words as he stood up.

"Yes?" Rei turned his head around to look at Alex.

"If we're done with our training, will you teach me–no us, how to fight again!" Alex asked him with such determination on his eyes.

Rei looked at him as he slowly smiled.

"Of course, that was my plan to begin with. But now you all must go back home to rest and also…drink this."

Rei threw four bottles that was filled with green liquid inside of it. They caught the bottle and wondered what it could be.

"Ray-san, this is??" Alex asked, a bit confused.

"That's a healing potion of course." Rei said calmly.

"Heal potion?! W-wait where did you get this?!" Alex was surprised once again.

"Oh! this is...!" James said when he noticed where the item came from.

"Yeah, this is a healing potion made by my mom. Even if she looked like that, she was an [Alchemist] before." Rei explained to them with a grin, but the only one who was still shell-shocked was Alex.

"Alchemist?!" Alex freaked out, he should be tired hearing these mind boggling information which invaded his head but he's really not.

"Is [Alchemist] that rare??" Rei asked him while blinking his eyes.

"Of course it is! To think someone was able to create a healing potion like this—! You need a [Priest] to heal an injury!" Alex explained.

"I see, well…Alex-kun. How about we have a talk together? I wanted to know about the outside world." Rei suggested, genuinely curious.

"Ohh! I wanna hear it too!" James agreed while the other two nodded quickly.

"W-well sure? hehehe~" Alex said while rubbing the back of his head and his cheek began to blush, feeling flustered at the sudden attention.

Rei smiled as he wondered a bit in his head while looking up the sky.

'Outside world huh...I wonder how Iris-san is doing."

**

Meanwhile in the Human Kingdom Luxion, Iris was found in the terrace of her room and sitting on the chair while holding a book. The weather is clear and nice today, that's why she chose this particular spot to sit and spend her time.

While wondering the same thing as she looked at the book she's holding.

'I wonder how is Ray-sama doing...'

Iris thought, deep in her daydream.

Until suddenly, a voice from her side snapped her back to real world.

"Ojou-sama... ojou-sama!"

She flinched, "Y-yes?!"

It was Silvi's.

Silvi is Iris' personal maid, she has been working for her ever since she was born. She has a white silver hair and violet eyes and a slim body.

She was standing right beside of her all this time while Iris was busy daydreaming.

"Mouu~ Ojou-sama, were you daydreaming again? How many times was it?"

Silvi nagged while pouring a cup of tea in front of her.

"Ehehe~ sorry, I just can't help it~"

Iris chuckled while rubbing the back of her head. She was wearing wearing a white dress and styled her hair into pony tail.

"So…what is it exactly? May I know what you've been thinking about?"

Silvi asked politely while tilting her head to the side.

"Eh? Ah…Ahaha~ it was nothing~"

'I can't say that i was daydreaming about Ray-sama...'

Iris deflected while trying to hide the truth.

The maid sighed and couldn't help but to smile at her.

'She must be thinking about that boy again.'

Silvi guessed and then when they looked at each other, both of them just laughed it off.

The laughter eventually went down and they went back to what they were doing again.

As Iris resumed her reading, she began to review about herself once again.

'Let's start again, Iris Mei Welford—the first daughter of the Welford Family. Including myself, The Welfords have four family members, the father—Henry von Welford, the mother—Eliza luth Welford, the first son—Albert dragh Welford.'

'The Welford family is the powerhouse of the Human Kingdom Luxion. They have been supporting the royal family ever since the kingdom was established.'

Iris took a sip of her tea while reading the book, she suddenly sighed.

'..It's been three months ever since I woke up into this world…yet I still feel conflicted since this world is based off of the Otome game that I played…'

Iris flipped another page of her books.

'Otome game, [Fantasia Love, Doki-doki ♡ in Magic Academy] is currently the most popular game for otaku girls like me.'

''And I have two roles in this world. [The Villainess] A.K.A [Iris Mei Welford] and [The Other Worlder] A.K.A myself [Hanamachii Yomi]'

'Of all characters, I got stuck into Villainess body and somehow she looked exactly like me. Is it a coincidence?'

'Moreover, she has so many death flag in the future...I need to stay low so I won't die.'

Iris sighed once again which makes Silvi worried over her.

'But I never thought...Ray-sama could be that strong...even though I know he isn't that strong, but he's power was irregular. Especially his eyes...I remember Ray-sama should have both golden eyes but why does his right eye red...? And those attitudes...'

"The more I think about it, the more he resembled him...is he fine in the real world?" When Iris thought about this person, she saddened. "It's my fault..."

Iris murmured softly then sighed once again before she closed her book. She glanced over the flower bookmark that Rei gave to her and it made her smile.

"But if he wake up...then he would look like current Ray-sama~ fufu~"

Iris giggled, Silvi who was watching by her side just simply smiled seeing her young lady this happy about something.

"Now then! Let's start training~ training~" Iris said after she put the bookmark on her book and closed it.

She decided to get back on her feet after that and stretched her body a bit.

"Silvi! Prepare my equipment and snacks! I'm going to train again!~"

Iris ordered with a smile while Silvi—the ever faithful servant, bow her head.

"Yes! Ojou-sama!" Silvi replied and started preparing the snacks and her equipment.

When Silvi finally left her alone in the terrace, Iris spoke quietly.

"Status."

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[STATUS]

NAME: Iris Mei Welford/ Hanamachii Yomi

JOB : Magic Swordsman

TITLE : [The Other Worlder], [The Villainess], [Quick Learner], [Magic Master], [Sword Master]

[Level: 12]

[HP: 2020/2020]

[MP: 650/600]

[FATIGUE: 0]

EXP: 0/9000

STATUS POINT : 0

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STRENGTH : 32(+15)

AGILITY : 32

VITALITY : 32

INTELLIGENCE : 60(+15)

SENSE : 24(+15)

SKILL

<PASSIVE>

Magic Mastery Lv3; Sword Mastery Lv3; Super Growth LvMax; Darkness Magic Lv3, Light Magic Lv3; Magic Eyes Lv2; The Villainess LvMax; Etiquette Lv4

<ACTIVE>

Status Appraisal Lv2

Foresight Lv2

Restraint Lv3

Shadow Movement Lv2

Shadow Blade Lv2

Heal Lv2

Holy Light Lv1

Sword Dance Lv2

Vital Strike Lv2

Omni-Slash Lv2

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Iris saw her status and she exhaled once again.

"No matter how many times I see this, just as expected [The Villainess]…she have an abnormally strong status. Especially her ridiculously high Intelligence because of her titles and mine."

"And her current skills are already strong enough...which giving me a headache. But why does she have a [Light Magic]?? If I remember, the only one who have this is [The Heroine] in the game?"

"Bug? No...is it because of me being here?"

Iris closed her status and walked out from her terraces towards her room.

"I shouldn't think too much about it. Right now, I need to make myself stronger...and I will live...live to go back to his side as soon as possible."

'Because...no matter who it is...if they try to get in my way...I won't hesitate to kill them...'

While Iris vowed to herself with nothing but determination, her eyes that was blue-sky in color, changed into red-blood for a moment as she waited for Silvi and went to the training place.

The path of the young blacksmith have been sown, giving birth to another path for this young villainess to finally step into her next arc.

To be continue...