Side Story ─ The villainess and female protagonist can't be friends

A beautiful girl was walking down the hallway of the academy, her name was Rachelle, she belonged to the prestigious Olliviert family. They were vassals of the Rosenberg Household.

Rachelle belonged to the group of girls who bullied the poor commoner student Lily, on the orders of the vile villainess Elize.

Rachelle was walking leisurely with her friends as they chatted about common girl stuff.

When someone came into her range of vision.

It was Lily, who was sweeping near the classroom. This was normal for students as they were taught to take care of their belongings but no one was doing it, with the exception of Lily.

Rachelle approaching her, used her foot to knock Lily to the ground.

"Kyah!"

Rachelle taunted Lily who was covered in dust.

"Oops, sorry, didn't see you, hahaha."

Her friends and she walked away.

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But the next day Rachelle did the same thing again.

They were in training class, which could be thought of as physical education. While Lily was changing clothes, Rachelle dumped a bucket of ice water on her.

"Sorry~ but you were in the way and I didn't see you."

Lily was in the middle of the girls' lockers, there was no way Rachelle hadn't done that on purpose.

Lily wanted to cry, but like the kind-hearted leading lady she is, she just smiled and said.

"I-It's okay, it was an accident."

Rachelle was annoyed to see the pure smile of a girl who didn't have a rotten heart like her.

"Tch."

She quickly left the bathroom.

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But the day after that day, Rachelle crossed the line.

"What are you girls doing?"

Rachelle and her friends cornered Lily at recess time.

Lily was frightened, pulled for no reason out of her lunch seat and brought to this place.

Rachelle slammed her palm against the wall near Lily's ear.

She shivered from the loud thump.

"Who do you think you are huh!!!"

"A commoner like you entering this sacred ground for nobles is nothing more than abomination to us all."

"You should disappear forever like the worm you are."

Rachelle was raised like many children of nobles living in the capital.

"Commoners are our playthings," with that horrid thought, Rachelle grew up seeing commoners as her means of amusement.

From her pocket she pulled a pair of scissors.

"Let me show you a little reality."

"No..."

Rachelle's friends grabbed Lily, then tauntingly cut her beautiful blonde hair down to a military haircut.

Lily was crying, Rachelle and her friends left laughing loudly.

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The next day, someone approached Rachelle in the middle of the start of school.

"Hello, good morning."

Students were slowly arriving in the classroom.

The girl who approached Rachelle── was Eli.

Rachelle knew Eli since her family served him a long time ago.

"Err, hi, do you need something?"

Rachelle asked in a respectful but disinterested tone to Eli, who moved her hand straight to her neck.

"...!"

The students present and Rachelle herself didn't understand what was going on.

But Eli had a relaxed expression with her eyes closed.

Little by little she opened them and her beautiful plum-red eyes became very intense to the point of looking like flames.

"I heard from a cute little birdie that you've been bothering my pretty sweet little sister, haven't you bitch?"

Rachelle broke out in a cold sweat as Eli used levitation magic to stand six feet in the air, Rachelle could feel herself being smothered.

"You're wrong... I didn't do anything... please let me go..."

"Oh, yes."

Eli released Rachelle who fell to the floor and hit her back very hard. Eli reached down and grabbed her hair after approaching.

She dragged Rachelle out of the room.

All the students watched in horror at what was happening, but no one did anything.

On the way out, Rachelle noticed her friends tied up near the door, she was so scared that she inadvertently spilled some internal liquid on the floor.

Eli threw her and her friends together and with a smile said to them.

"I know what you little bitches have been doing to my cute little sister."

"...!"

"I've been watching you all this time, but you know what? Lily-chan's heart is so big that's why her chest is several cups bigger than all of you."

"She's so pure, so sweet... so fragile and innocent."

Eli's smile darkened as her eyes glittered in a sinister way.

"That she wouldn't stand for what anyone would try to do to her."

Her eyes glittered to such an extent that it made them uncomfortable to look into her face.

"I don't care who it is, or who you are it or what family it's from. Anyone who tries to hurt my sweet little sister, I─"

She held out her hand and a flame was created. A small but intense ball of fire glowed.

"Lily-chan belongs to Rosenberg Household, she's my adopted sister, but just because the palace doesn't recognize her doesn't mean she's not a member of my family."

The flame got close to the point where the cheek was burning.

Rachelle was crying just from the sensation of the heat.

"So, you idiots are picking a fight with us. In the beginning if you did anything to us we couldn't defend ourselves, but now we have more power, still too we didn't reach our past glory."

"But in our present situation we have enough power to destroy you, didn't you know that?"

"No, I'm so sorry!"

"Oh, you're really going to be sorry, believe me."

The attitude of the villainess Elize, reflected on Eli in a distorted way, no one could stop the vile villainess in the game, except her.

"Eli-chan, stop!"

"Lily-chan?"

Lily came running up in a hurry, her hair grew as her healing magic could do this as well.

Lily pulled Eli's hand away and then── stepped in her way.

Just like in the game, Lily was defending herself against the villainess Elize, only her current situation was different.

"But... Lily-chan, these bitches hurt you."

"I know, I hate them so much! But, that's not why we're going to hurt others. Or don't you remember when you hated Razel-kun?"

Eli's eyes widened like saucers, the flame extinguished and her hand like head lowered.

"I'm so sorry, I got carried away in anger. But, I really don't want anything bad to happen to you."

"I know that too, but that's why I'm practicing how to create shields, so no one will hurt me. I want to be by your and Razel-kun's side forever."

Emphasizing a pose of strength, Lily shouted her enthusiasm and charisma.

"I want to be just as strong as you and Razel-kun so I won't be a bother to you!"

Eli wanted to cry, instead she hugged Lily.

"Aah, I can't help it, you're so cute, super cute, the cutest girl in the world, I want to have you as a doll!"

Her cheeks rubbed and the rubbing hurt Lily.

"Eli-chan, my face hurts."

"Sorry~."

Eli looked up to see the girls, her smiling face faded and she snapped her fingers.

The strings were burned by a small flame.

"You should thank the goodness of Lily-chan's heart which saved them."

"I won't kill you or destroy your houses, but don't come near us again if you value living."

The girls made a dogeza pose begging for her forgiveness.

"We're so sorry, we won't get in your way again!"

"Fine. Let's go to class."

"Yeah."

Eli took Lily's hand and then they walked into the classroom.

Rachelle and the girls thought the same thing as they watched their backs cross the door.

(That girl is a saint... and the other one is a villainess.)

Just like the game, the villainess and the protagonist are an important complement to academic life, only in a twisted way.