035. Curse (1)
035. Curse (1)
Yuna is right in front of me.
Just, at a distance where I could reach her somehow, Yuna was there.
"Serves you right! Why? Not gonna say anything even now? That arrogant orphan bitch who only relied on her face, I guess you finally know your place, huh?"
The female student, who had bandages plastered all over her head because she'd been hit, like, really, really hard by Yuna.
She threw the glass bottle she was holding at Yuna.
The bottle, full of water, hit Yuna's head and shattered with a Jjaeng-geurang!
Yuna was soaked from head to toe.
And after looking around with surprised eyes.
She hung her head low again.
'Hmm.'
No.
They don't have the right.
To spout such bullshit at Yuna, to bully her like that, and to make Yuna suffer while coming up with ridiculous excuses.
That right.
No one has it.
At least, not those bastards.
Even so, if they bully Yuna, treat her like dirt, and do things that could become trauma for Yuna, who has only ever experienced painful and sad things.
They have to pay the price.
Every single one of them.
'All of them, all of them, all of them are people who were saved by Yuna.'
Extras who were saved by Yuna and should be worshiping her.
Such ugliness, without a shred of conscience or shame.
It was so disgusting, so repulsive, I couldn't stand it at all.
They should be kind to Yuna.
Just like Yuna was to them.
So, that means a situation like this shouldn't be happening.
As my logic started to settle like that, my head felt incredibly refreshed.
My footsteps became lighter than ever.
So, I stepped forward.
"Aria. Where are you going...?"
"I'll be right back."
It's good to have a small frame at times like this.
Hehehe. Just, I can push through the crowd and pass right by.
Alisa's hand, desperately trying to grab me.
This time, I let go.
Because I had work to do.
"I'm going to make you the same! I'll make you look exactly like me...!!!"
Because my jaw was twisted.
Because I couldn't show it to anyone, even while wrapped in bandages.
And yet, shamelessly continuing my Academy life under Luka's protection.
Terrible, and endlessly terrible.
Just showing off that kind of face.
And above all else.
Wearing a triumphant expression while bullying Yuna.
I didn't like that one bit.
So, of course my heart felt light.
I lowered my body.
And.
I grabbed a handful of mud.
Because fire must be purified with stronger fire.
And dirty things must be purified with even dirtier things.
To Yuna, I must look very dirty.
Just, I had that feeling, a conviction that wasn't quite a conviction.
Because she'd probably think it's incredibly disgusting.
So.
That should be enough.
I slowly.
Pushed through the crowd, trying not to be noticed.
"Say something, you bitch! How dare an orphan like you do this to me..."
Behind her.
I slowly shook the hem of my Academy uniform skirt.
Then, toward her face as she stopped talking and turned around.
Cheol-peo-deok.
I threw the mud at her.
"Aaaack!!!"
The mud definitely got into her eyes.
I was sure of it.
I immediately threw my body at her and knocked her down.
And again and again.
Again and again, and again, and again, I tried to keep stabbing, stabbing, stabbing, stabbing her eyes.
"Huh...?"
My body felt a little strange.
Should I say a slightly numb feeling was washing over me?
"You son of a bitch!!!"
At the same time as my body was knocked backward.
Kyahak.
Blood flowed from my mouth.
But it's okay.
Because my mind was clearer than ever before.
So I tried to get up again.
That is, until I saw the small dagger.
Stuck in my thigh.
My whole body started to go numb.
'It's poison.'
Yuna was almost in danger. To think she even brought a poisoned dagger.
You really, really have a wicked heart.
Even though you're much uglier than Yuna.
Just because your face is a little ruined, you'd try to kill Yuna entirely.
Without realizing it, the corners of my mouth went up.
"Why are you laughing, you asshole!!!"
Still, it was fortunate.
Because as soon as my thigh was pierced, my body, like, started to not listen to me.
Because it must have been a very, very dangerous poison.
Like... if Yuna had been stabbed, something very sad would have happened.
Hing-hing.
'I have to stop it from being pulled out.'
Because it was stabbed very deeply into the outer part of my right thigh.
While hiding this area as much as possible.
"Die!!!"
Wiping the mud from her eyes, she faced me.
I met the woman running toward me with all her might.
It happened in an instant.
'What about Yuna?'
Maybe her legs lost strength, but she was just, just sitting there, trembling.
Because it must have been a very scary and difficult, like... experience for her.
Hehehe. But it's okay.
Yuna survived.
Yuna experienced it.
And, the experience will temper Yuna even more, even stronger.
...Now, like, even if someone comes with a dagger, she won't be so flustered.
Thinking that, I felt really satisfied and proud today, too.
"A, ah. No, do...."
Like, Yuna stretched her arm toward me with all her might.
Hehehe. Of course, it wasn't a distance she could reach.
That was fortunate.
Because, like, that bitch tried to kill Yuna even using a weapon.
Now everyone will help Yuna.
So Yuna is no longer alone.
As I swallowed, like, the taste of blood lingered in my mouth.
Ugh. It feels like licking iron, so I hate it.
"Die!!!"
I hate it.
I won't die.
At least, I won't die in front of Yuna's eyes.
Because, like, Yuna is too kind-hearted.
Even if she sees someone she truly hates and despises die.
It could leave a really, really big trauma.
So I.
Will not die.
Kung! With a sound, the female student who was running toward me.
Lost her center of gravity and fell forward, cheol-peo-deok, and just as she was about to collide with me.
This time, with a Kkang! sound, she bounced off me and went limp.
Because a translucent protective barrier had been cast around me.
And.
As far as I know, there is only one person who can use magic like this.
"Aria!!!"
Rachel ran over in a hurry and hugged me.
Arcana was standing next to her.
After briefly looking down at the female student who was having a seizure with a cold gaze.
She also ran over in a hurry and crouched down beside me.
"Di, did you, kill, her?"
"No way. I controlled the power. I only shattered all the bones in her body."
What a waste.
I should have killed her for sure.
If it were me, I would have.
There shouldn't be a precedent where someone can survive after brandishing a dagger at Yuna.
Hehehe. Absolutely, definitely, unconditionally.
That bitch needs to be taken care of. Seriously.
I'm a total bad villain, so it's fine for me to do it.
But Yuna shouldn't.
Because for Yuna, murder must remain only as a last, last resort.
Because the path Yuna walks doesn't need to be stained with blood.
Like, like, I can take on that role. Hehehe.
"Aria. Sorry, I'm sorry. That we came too late..."
No.
There's no need to apologize.
Like, like, this seemed like a super huge hidden event that even I didn't know about.
It's a hidden event where, of all people, someone came to hold a grudge against the angel-like Yuna, and of all places, in a spot where, like, tons of people were gathered.
She just brandished a knife at Yuna.
So it's okay.
Even I didn't know.
"A, Aria...?"
Alisa approaches with a tearful expression.
"Kyahak!"
I accidentally spat out blood.
Ugh. I didn't feel it earlier. It seems the dagger is stuck in a bit deep.
But wouldn't it be okay since it's, like, my thigh? My thigh is, like, chubby for my frame, and it was a place with a bit of flesh, so.
"What the hell were you all doing until the situation got like this!!! Are your eyes just for decoration? You should have either stopped that bitch or saved Aria, one of the two, shouldn't you have?!"
Clara, looking around in a hurry, with a very red face.
And with a bit of tears in her eyes, she started screaming until her throat went hoarse.
'Hehehe. That's not those people's fault.'
From the start, the game itself minimized things like surrounding characters intervening.
It must be because those characteristics were reflected exactly as they were.
Probably.
But this was a bit much.
Like, even though Yuna was being treated like that.
To think not a single person helped.
But it's okay now.
"Ugh, ah..."
Yuna crawled over.
With a face full of tears, she tried to approach me.
Ugh.
I didn't want Yuna to see such a cruel scene.
Like, I hope she doesn't even mistakenly think that I got stabbed by a knife while trying to save her.
Hing-hing.
However.
"Yuna Castilla. You are largely responsible for Aria getting such an injury."
Arcana stood forward, wearing a cold face again.
"Wha...?"
"It means this is your fault."
Yuna stopped approaching.
'Ugh... why are you fighting? You two?'
Like, while I felt my body stiffening a little.
Something I couldn't understand at all happened.