I Became the Villain’s Childhood Friend – Chapter 43

Author: lipzoldyck

But why?

I didn’t understand at all. His hands were shaking. The tremors spread to my legs, and I no longer had the strength to stand.

Before I knew it, I looked back at Charis with a completely stern expression, and he was smiling slightly as he looked at me.

At last, I acknowledged it.

That person hates me.

Whatever the reason, that one thing was certain.

“Danae!”

Adele, who was sitting in her seat, urgently approached me.

Only then did I come to my senses and realize that the gloves on my hands had completely melted, as if they had been burned.

My hands, along with my gloves, were stained red with blood, yet I couldn’t even feel the pain.

Because I didn’t understand all of this. My mind was full of confusion.

“T-The clinic…”

When Adele saw the blood, she kept muttering the word ‘clinic’.

However, Professor Urien asked me coldly.

“There is a formula that is the opposite of glass. Does Danae know about that formula?”

“That’s not important right now—”

I silently stopped Adele, who was trying to strongly object to Professor Urien.

“…The work to be evaluated has disappeared, so you won’t be able to get a proper grade.”

Professor Urien frowned and threw our group’s report on the desk.

At that moment, I heard a sniffle.

Gloria, who didn’t receive a proper grade, was left silent and her tears were falling. And Charis was comforting her by patting her shoulder.

Gloria asked me with tearful eyes.

“Obviously… It was fine when we practiced.”

“But why…”

“Danae, let’s go to the clinic quickly.”

Adele grabbed my arm and hurried out of the classroom.

Even while going to the clinic, I couldn’t easily organize all of this.

Did he really do this just to screw me over?

***

Gloria Zenaten comes from a difficult family.

His father gave all his money to buy himself a superficial position. Her merit scholarship was essential for her as her family was in great difficulty.

But is he going to ruin her grades like this just to screw me up?

I couldn’t understand it at all.

But whatever the circumstances, it had already happened, and the rumors about me would have gained more weight.

Although rumors are scary, facts disguised as rumors are even scarier.

All sorts of things would be said, starting with the fact that I was an illegitimate child.

“I don’t think you’ll be able to use your hands for a while. The magic circle you placed… is quite persistent. It will take longer than a normal burn.”

The health teacher, Miss Nirua, said as she bandaged my hand. Adele, who was standing next to me, stamped her foot and asked.

“It will return to its original state, right? It wasn’t just an accident, it was a magic accident, so I wonder if it will leave a big scar…”

“Because the magic circle can’t be completely removed, the remaining magic circle may dig deeper into the wound. But it will be resolved in time, so don’t worry too much.”

Miss Nirua smiled as if it was fine and put a piece of candy in my mouth. Then she also put one in Adele’s mouth.

I smiled, saying to Adele.

“I’m okay, so you can go to class quickly.”

“…Actually, I want to skip class.”

Saying things she doesn’t even mean to say.

Adele spoke well, looking like she was about to burst into tears at any moment.

Miss Nirua, who couldn’t see it, quietly added.

“Adele, I’m listening.”

“…I understand.”

But even so, Adele slowly left the clinic, as if she couldn’t move easily.

Only after seeing the door to the clinic close did I take my eyes off the door.

“Would you like to sleep in bed for a bit? I’ll wake you up in the evening.”

“…Yes.”

Miss Nirua slightly nodded in response to my answer.

“Nice thought. Go to sleep quickly before you feel the pain.”

It felt like I suddenly felt pain at her words. I went to bed and lay down.

However, not long after I closed my eyes, my burned hand started throbbing.

I grimaced and struggled to get up from my seat. And when I opened my eyes, next to me… Gloria was sitting.

Her eyes were swollen, probably because she cried a lot because of her grades.

“Would you like some water?”

As soon as Gloria, who had been sitting there dazed, noticed that I was awake, she hurriedly poured water into a glass and held it out to me. But when she saw my hand, she immediately stopped.

I sighed inwardly and opened my mouth.

“It’s fine.”

“…”

“Are you really okay? Your grades…”

Gloria bit her lip tightly in response to my question. She then quietly put down the glass of water.

“…He said if I receive it well, I’ll get C. The other ones are still fine.”

I paused for a moment.

I’m sure Gloria would know why I dropped the magic tool. As she saw Charis cast a spell on me.

She knew for sure that the magic he cast on me was a magic with a formula that was completely opposite to that of glass.

I asked her cautiously.

“…Why do you think he did that to me?”

Gloria narrowed her eyes at my words.

“Danae, perhaps… you dropped the magic tool and you want to say it was Senior’s fault?”

So whose fault does Gloria want to say?

…Does she really think it’s me?

I opened my mouth calmly.

“You saw it too. What happened to my hand when it touched the magic tool? There was a problem with the magic Senior casted.”

I held out my hand to her. Gloria was visibly shocked, yet didn’t say anything to me.

Does she want to deny that Charis did it?

Gloria shook her head as if she couldn’t believe it.

“Senior isn’t that kind of person, Danae.”

“The person who put magic on my hand is Senior.”

“Senior put a spell on your hand?”

Is she now pretending not to know that? I let out a scoff.

She opened her mouth again.

“Senior couldn’t have done that.”

It felt like I was talking to a wall. But I felt that Gloria felt the same way as me.

“What does Senior have to gain by doing something like that?”

I frowned.

“Then what do you have to gain by ignoring all these facts?”

“Senior isn’t like that. I’m sure of this.”

“It’s really driving me crazy.”

I rolled back the blanket covering my body and put on my shoes. Gloria asked me.

“Danae, didn’t you cast a different spell because you dislike me and Senior? When magic circles are mixed, they produce different effects.”

For a moment, I thought I had heard wrong.

“…What did you say?”

“Am I wrong? You always disliked me, so you could have done something mischievous like this.”

How bad of a person does she see me as? I was a little shocked.

“It’s true that I dislike you, but I don’t dislike you enough to do something like this! I would rather, with you…”

But I couldn’t continue speaking. Gloria was shedding tears like jewels.

In response to her tears, I couldn’t say anything and just bit my lip.

“Like you said, you don’t care about grades at all. You’re different from us who are desperate.”

“…I took it upon myself to ruin your grades?”

“Then what about Senior? He puts his grades on the line just for you to get in trouble?”

My hand was throbbing like crazy, probably because the painkiller had worn off.

I was so enraged by Gloria’s words that my judgment was impaired.

She made me feel so stupid for thinking I could get along with her. In the first place, I couldn’t get along with Gloria.

No, I had no desire to have anything to do with the original story in the first place. Entering the Academy wasn’t my intention at all.

But why did I have to listen to this, it was so unfair.

Gloria would be very upset and have a hard time not being able to receive her scholarship, but I was the one who wanted to cry more than her.

My chest felt tight. I wanted to get away from here right now.

If nothing was going to change anyway, I wanted to find a way to feel at ease right now.

…There’s no need to be here. I looked down at my injured hands.

There was a school rule that said students could drop out even in the first semester of their first year if they were unable to continue their studies due to health problems.

Gloria, consumed by her emotions, took a deep breath and slowly opened her mouth.

“I’m going to tell the professor separately about your grades. Like everyone else said, you didn’t do anything. Anyway, it doesn’t matter whether your grades are bad or good. Because you, aren’t desperate about this school.”

“Do whatever you want.”

I stormed out of the health room, leaving Gloria chattering wildly.

Let’s get out of here right now.

Let’s go to a place that will never be associated with the original characters, wherever that may be.

As I thought about that, my agitated heart began to calm down little by little.

As I hurried back to the dormitory, I found Julia sitting on her bed, anxiously biting her nails within the line she had drawn.

“Hey!”

Julia saw me and jumped up from the bed.

However, without even giving her a glance, I opene the closet and took out my bag from inside. Then I poured all my belongings into it.

“Hey!!!”

Julia, who was looking at me like that, hurriedly came inside the line whom she had drawn while telling me not to cross it.

“What are you doing now?!”