A Third-Rate Villain’s Sweet Life Exploiting Academy Bugs – Chapter 23

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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In the end, only Yeriel and I were left to spend the night in the Black House dormitory.

Fortunately, it seemed that Aria wouldn’t be moving in for the time being due to the issue of dormitory procedures and the influence of Melissa and the Cheong-gwan dormitory supervisor.

‘That was surprising…’

To think that Aria, who was blunt and disinterested in others, would show this level of action.

It must be because her past with demons remained as a trauma to the point of making her rush…

-Tick.

After all the lights in the room were turned off, Yeriel, wearing pajamas, said to me in the hallway.

“Have a good night…! If any problems arise, feel free to call me. I’m the dormitory supervisor…!”

“Okay.”

After exchanging awkward greetings, as I was about to enter my room, Yeriel spoke to me once more.

“Um, you know.”

“?”

“I’m sorry. Actually, I heard about you in advance from the professor. So they told me to contact them right away if there were any problems…”

“…”

“I don’t easily believe such bad rumors…! I wanted you to feel comfortable and at ease…”

“They’re all true though.”

“Huh…?”

Rather than having it revealed later, it seemed better to clearly draw the line and show the appearance of ‘washing my hands of it’.

“I have 49 demerit points and I’m on the verge of expulsion. But I’ll stay quiet while I’m here. There’s no need for you to go out of your way to cover for me.”

“Ah, okay… Sorry.”

Somehow, she kept apologizing.

“Then, good night…”

With that, she held her cardigan tighter and went up to the 3rd floor.

Her back view seemed a bit lonely.

In this setting that had changed,

Yeriel had skipped a grade and was in her 2nd year.

She was probably quite popular within the academy,

but since it was the first time she could accept freshmen this semester, she must have been guarding this place alone all along.

And yet, she must have kept her smile without losing it.

With such a character who is naturally devoted to everyone from birth, no one suspects her of being a villain…

But from the moment she was born, she was cursed with the fallen angel’s curse.

When she realizes her true feelings and falls into frustration and despair, she becomes a fallen angel… It was a very clichéd and annoying curse for gamers.

In the end, the moment she confirms that her feelings for Edwin, who was reincarnated in “Reincarnated Hero”, were romantic, and starts regretting and becoming exhausted, she becomes a fallen angel.

And this curse is a level 9 curse, so it can’t even be dispelled with the curse dispelling method skill I just acquired.

Unfortunately, for the sake of adjusting the game’s difficulty, it’s best for her to be isolated here.

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And so, the morning of the first regular class at Claris Academy arrived.

-Murmur murmur.

Before entering the lecture hall,

at the entrance, there was a huge poster announcing the grades of the students.

I quickly checked only the names of the main characters.

As expected here.

“Huh?”

Edwin was also the same as in the novel,

but I, who was on the verge of being expelled, was in grade B. Isn’t this wrong?

-What? Wasn’t Lev Denec expelled?

-Seriously, what’s with that guy…

-I heard a demon appeared at the test site, is it because they felt sorry for him because of that??

The reactions of the students were also not good.

Selena, who should have been in grade S, also had her name in grade A.

According to the original story, even though she was a half-elf without wind archery, she showed her skills without holding back and won victory in the test.

But I ended up catching the rag and receiving a huge bonus point.

Like this, the future had changed due to the intervention of my existence.

Considering that personality and demerit points were not taken into account,

it could be seen that the academy was truly based on meritocracy.

-Tremble…

And as if on cue, Selena in front of me checked the results and clenched her fists.

It was a pure lump of anger itself.

She had a tendency to not blame anyone and work hard every single day.

-Plop.

As if her mind had calmed down to some extent, Selena raised her head.

And she approached me, who was standing blankly, without changing her expression.

She was burning with fighting spirit once again while looking at me.

What great mental strength…

Though it must be really frustrating to lose to a human archer, not even the same elf.

She passed by me halfway and said,

“I will work harder.”

Admirable. As expected of a foundational character.

So I also replied to her.

“No, I think you worked hard enough.”

My words were sincere without any pretense.

At those words, Selena completely turned her posture towards me.

“Are you telling me… to give up?”

“No? I know you worked hard.”

“……”

“Stick out your fingers. You’d be a fool not to know that.”

Selena’s fingers were wrapped in countless thin bandages.

It was hard to see them as the fingers of a girl in her prime.

She probably practiced for over ten hours a day.

Since she didn’t have wind archery, she must have worked harder and harder to make up for that gap.

She silently hid her hands behind her back.

“Is it… sympathy?”

“Yes. Half sympathy and… but I also have a favor to ask of you.”

“A favor?”

“Yeah. There’s a way we can help each other….”

At that moment, a guy intervened between us.

“Hey, what are you trying to pull on Selena?”

A fairly good-looking blond elf man.

This was the guy.

To be precise, his family.

The reason Selena couldn’t use wind archery.

“Are you hitting on her right now? A human archer, and a stupid one who gets bullied at that?”

“Yeah, I’m hitting on her? If you have something to say, wait your turn? Did you eat your manners for breakfast?”

“This bastard is so insolent!”

As I responded in a childish manner, a fist flew at me in that instant.

-Swish.

Even if it was Lev Denec’s body, I could dodge this much.

Because I already knew it from the scene in the novel.

As the guy’s fist cut through the air, I ducked to avoid it and immediately tripped him.

“Whoa?!”

With his center of gravity completely forward, he tumbled down like that.

-Thud.

“You son of a bitch!”

He wasn’t a martial artist or a close-combat warrior.

Just an archer. There was no way he could have a proper posture with a single punch.

-Stomp!

As he tried to get up, I gently pressed the back of his neck with my foot.

The effect was tremendous!

With my strength enhanced as much as a vanguard character, I had enough strength to not give him a chance to escape.

“Ugh!!”

He began to writhe, making strange groans.

“Damn it! Get off! You bastard! I’ll kill you!”

Hmm, to think a noble elf would have a fit like this, he must have eaten a lot of human food after coming to the academy.

‘What should I do?’

There was a reason why Gaelon rushed whenever he saw Selena.

First of all, it’s hard to believe, but he was a 2nd year. In other words, as my senior,

he could be considered the second villain to be disciplined by the main characters after Lev Denec.

But he had a bit of a presence,

because he was the one who explained why Selena couldn’t use wind archery.

Behind her, who had been excluded knowingly or unknowingly since childhood because she was a half-elf, was the Sharpti family.

And the scheme of that trashy family was to subdue Selena, who possessed innate talent, and make her a concubine.

And in order to facilitate this, they cast a curse to make her unable to recognize the spirit-sylph.

Therefore, it was also very appropriate to use my curse dispelling method on Selena.

-What should we do…

-Shouldn’t we stop them?

I removed my foot before the kids made a bigger commotion.

Come to think of it, I had a lot of demerit points…

Even if it was pathetic, I had to take the initiative.

“You all saw it, right? He attacked first.”

As he got up, he started shouting loudly.

“Da-damn it! As expected of a filthy and cowardly human, you used a grappling technique?! You’re someone who would lose if we fought with bows!”

“Then let’s fight with that.”

“What?”

“Then let’s fight with that.”

My confident attitude made him flustered.

“What? Are you backing out now that you’ve said it?”

“Huh? Are you seriously saying that right now? Do you think a mere freshman like you can beat me?”

He started mocking me with his face covered in dirt from the floor.

“You think you can beat an elf with that kind of luck.”

“Why are you talking so much? Are you going to do it or not?”

-Flick.

At those words, as if implying a duel challenge, he took off his finger guard and threw it at me.

-Ching!

A common event in the academy has begun.

“Set the date and place. I’ll give you that much mercy.”

Who’s giving mercy to whom?

And Gaelon started glaring at me with his head close to mine.

“If you lose, you’ll only be able to live under my feet as long as you’re in the academy.”

“This weekend. 4 days later, Green House Arena. Is that okay?”

Even after hearing my answer, he glared at me for a while and then disappeared.

It’s a pity, if he had hit me then, I wouldn’t have been able to dodge it.

And Selena approached me with a dumbfounded expression.

“Are you in your right mind?”

“?”

She muttered to me in a tone that seemed to know the outcome of the match.

“Gaelon got a perfect score in archery. The Sharpti family is the most skilled in wind archery even among elves.”

But seeing as she didn’t particularly point out fighting with him, she must have gotten tired of Gaelon’s constant pestering.

I spoke nonchalantly.

“It’s fine. You can teach me, can’t you?”

“…?”

Selena’s pretty brows furrowed.

“Teach you? …Me?”

“Yeah.”

“If it’s the basics, on your own…”

“No, wind archery.”

At the following four syllables, her eyes widened a little.

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