The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 243

Chapter 243

My Name is ‘Misa’ (1)

◎ You have acquired the qualification to view a hidden side story.

◎ [666th Side Story] To the Original Form….

-Would you like to view it?

I thought that finding the key would bring an end to all the misfortunes.

The nightmares that followed.

Living while seeking justice.

I believed that if I had the key, the story would finally come to an end.

“Haa…”

Michail took a deep breath, trying to calm his troubled heart. The time had come to receive the answer to all the efforts he had made, clinging to a single hope. But it wasn’t easy to calm his mind.

The reward for all the effort he had put in until now.

With the hope that he had risked his life to know standing right before him, Michail exhaled a shaky breath and nodded.

“I’ll view it.”

The Blue Window whispered coldly into Michail’s ear as his vision began to change.

-The viewing will now begin.

Michail envisioned a happy future.

And then.

That hope crumbled.

***

Upon returning to the mansion, I took a deep breath in the dark room.

“…My mouth itches.”

[Q. Michail’s Guardian.]

◎ Reward: You can now view the [16th Side Story] ‘The Danger of Truth.’

The secret I had been delaying and delaying had reached its limit. Blocked by the hill called ‘restriction,’ I could no longer play the game of secrecy. I looked at the status window in front of me and gave a bitter smile.

“I’m not someone who usually follows orders.”

Even when the young lady wet the bed as a child, I spread the rumor all over the mansion. Now, the restriction that made my lips itch sparked a sense of rebellion in me for no reason.

“Suddenly, I’m annoyed.”

I usually didn’t listen to the status window much, which hadn’t done much for me anyway, but now I was being cautious, and it felt like I had lost my initial resolve. It was a bit annoying.

“…Should I just say it?”

The thought of blurting it out in a fit of anger crossed my mind, but I let out a hollow laugh and shook my head.

‘No, I held back because I didn’t want the hassle… I can say it later.’

If Michail’s awakening were delayed, I would be the one most inconvenienced, so I shook my head and sighed.

“Hmm…”

Then, should I take a look at this restriction?

What could be so important that it’s hidden so tightly? I stared at the status window, filled with curiosity.

-◎ Reward: You can now view the [16th Side Story] ‘The Danger of Truth.’

The reward for a quest I completed back when I was a temporary teacher in Hamel. I had been putting off receiving it, but now I nodded slightly as I looked at the reward.

“I’ll view it.”

I accepted the darkening of my vision, warning myself that if it wasn’t a big deal, I would blow it off immediately.

My vision turned black.

It wasn’t as surprising this time, probably because I had gone through it once before. The first time is always the hardest, after all.

‘What are they going to show me this time?’

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much.

It seemed strange to look forward to something like this, and I could roughly guess what kind of events would unfold.

Shock.

Regret.

Apologies.

That’s all I thought it would be.

I figured the process would be long, which might cause problems with the awakening. As my darkened vision gradually brightened, I raised my head and let out a hollow laugh at the sight of myself standing in a familiar place.

‘Hah.’

A familiar building.

Frozen people.

And there, standing in the center of their gazes, were me and the young lady.

‘Damn it…’

The moment I opened my eyes, I cursed.

There were no good memories in this place. Naturally, curses slipped from my mouth at the god’s malicious hobby.

The courtroom.

I was standing in the very place where we met our end at the Academy.

The young lady, glaring at the people with an expression ready to explode at any moment, and me, clenching my fists and holding back my anger, were both there.

Chartia, who was leading the proceedings, and Michail, Yuria, the Crown Prince, and Ruin, who stood in the witness stand. It had been a long time since we were all gathered in one place, and they were all looking at us with cold eyes.

I looked at them, frozen in the past, with equally cold eyes.

‘…I don’t know how to feel about this.’

I thought I had made peace with it, but seeing myself standing there from a third-person perspective made me laugh bitterly.

‘This is really… messed up.’

I stood there for a long time, eyes closed, recalling the events of that day.

-Expel the wicked villainess.

-Throw her out!

-Don’t let her set foot in the Academy again!

-Booooooo!

The accusations, the scolding, the curses that filled that day came back to me, and I felt a wave of melancholy. I regretted not cursing them more back then.

Even though it hadn’t even started yet, my mood was already sour.

I took a deep breath and raised my head.

-The viewing will begin in 10 minutes.

Getting angry wouldn’t change anything, but it seemed I still had a long way to go before becoming an adult.

Time passed.

The seemingly immobile time finally began to move, awkwardly taking steps, preparing to leap forward to deliver the truth called ‘restriction.’

Just as I was growing tired of waiting.

-The viewing will now begin.

A cold voice cautiously announced the beginning of the story.

“Ah. Ah…”

Chartia’s voice echoed.

The strong and cold voice of the student council president filled the courtroom, signaling the start of the recollection for me, standing in the center.

“Now, we will begin the 307th Academy Disciplinary Committee.”

At Chartia’s announcement of the villainess’s judgment, the audience began to murmur.

“Young lady…”

“I told you, Ricardo.”

“…”

“If you treat them well, they’ll just keep crawling all over you. I could’ve done worse, I could’ve just killed them, but I held back, and this is the result.”

“Young lady.”

“I’m going to kill them.”

The whispered conversation between me and the young lady from that day quietly echoed. Our voices, filled with injustice and anger, rang out, but no one paid attention.

Chartia silently carried out her duties.

“Today’s case concerns the violence, verbal abuse, threats, bullying, and use of black magic by first-year student Olivia on May 15th. We will now determine the level of disciplinary action.”

I hadn’t realized it back then.

-Murmur, murmur.

-Again?

-The rumors have already spread.

I hadn’t realized how blatant their gazes were. Now, seeing it from a third-party perspective, I could feel it piercing my skin—there wasn’t a single person on our side in that courtroom.

I knew it, but still.

I let out a hollow laugh as I watched the young lady, her veins bulging with anger, and my past self, who was worried about her, with a wry smile.

‘Haa…’

One by one, the students claiming to be victims came forward as witnesses.

“Yes, Olivia made us do all of it…”

“I did tell you to do it, but you all went along with it too!”

“Kyaa!”

“Ricardo, make that bitch kneel right now.”

The young lady’s unfiltered response darkened the atmosphere of the courtroom, and naturally, public opinion flowed against us.

I wasn’t upset.

We had done wrong. Even now, I didn’t think we had been falsely accused, nor did I want to argue about it. I just regretted not cursing out the witnesses back then.

I had no intention of being a hero, so I shook off the dark feelings and silently watched the events of the past.

The next witness was Yuria.

“First-year student Yuria. Can you tell us about the situation where Olivia threatened and harassed you?”

-Nod.

Next was Michail.

“First-year student Michail. Can you testify about Olivia’s wrongdoings?”

“Yes, and I will also testify about that man, Ricardo.”

As the accumulated evidence of our wrongdoings piled up, the young lady and my past self were left speechless, their mouths tightly shut.

The young lady, blinded by love, shed tears at the betrayal of someone she trusted.

My past self, who had shown mercy, smiled bitterly as I waited for the trial to end.

And then.

“Now, I will announce the decision. The Academy Student Council members hereby order the expulsion of Olivia, the main perpetrator of this incident, and sentence Ricardo to one month of reflection and a one-year ban from ranking competitions for his involvement.”

The moment the verdict was delivered, all the accusations and scolding from that day poured down on me.

“What did I do wrong!”

The young lady’s outcry.

“Get out!”

The students’ resentment.

And the criticism from those we had trusted rained down on us.

-Don’t ever show your face again.

-I will never forgive you.

-Idiot.

That day, I had laughed and flipped them off, but one man had followed me to the end, hurling curses.

“Are you still not going to apologize?”

Just like back then, Michail approached me, and I stood there with a bitter smile.

And, as always, I responded with a smile.

[The perspective is shifting.]

[The perspective is moving to the moment when your kindness was misunderstood.]

The perspective shifted.

It was the day I saved Michail for the second time from Jung.

“Don’t act so high and mighty.”

And on that day, I gave a different answer than I had in the past.

“Michail.”

“…”

“I’m disappointed.”

“What are you disappointed about? I never asked for help from someone like you…”

“Lee Minhyuk.”

“Huh?”

“Do you not remember?”

Michail’s face began to crack.

At that moment.

Michail began to breathe in the alternate future shown by the Blue Window.

“I…”

The face of the boy, once obscured by darkness, began to reveal itself.

Michail clenched his fists and slowly raised his head.

Under the Academy fountain.

As he listened to the voice of the man who called himself ‘him.’

Michail tightened his grip.

“Actually, I…”

And then.

‘Huh…?’

-Tuduk.

Tears began to fall.

End of Chapter