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My name is Kenzaburo Tondabayashi.

I'm an ordinary bureaucrat at the ripe old age of 52.

G'morning. Where's your mom?

She's still asleep.

Seems like she got home late last night.

Well, shucks, Hinako...

I can tell you're sticking to what I've taught you!

Of course, Dad.

The merch!

Of my oshi!

Always shines brightest! When it's used!

Also Bought One

to Keep NRFB

I'm off to work.

The designs on otaku merch have gotten really sleek these days.

Couldn't read the character's name, though.

I use the stairs as much as possible to stay in good shape.

Raising the same arm and leg without twisting my body makes it less taxing.

I learned that nugget from one of my favorite battle manga.

Tsumanuda City Hall

Even in the 21st century,

I find the abacus is still faster when it comes to keeping track of receipts and finances.

I enjoy the curry here so much I could eat it every day.

Thanks for the meal.

Return Dishes Here

Hey, chef! It was delicious!

Thanks. Come again.

It's Time to *Power Up* Traffic Safety

Tsumanuda City

Ahem, so, for our public awareness poster on traffic safety next season,

I propose that we use a design

based on the popular anime: "Mechazoid Warrior Wyvern"!

Huh? Can we even get permission for that?

As it turns out,

the creator of the original manga actually lives here in Tsumanuda City,

and when I reached out privately,

it seemed like there was a good chance we'd get approval...

This isn't going to work.

The art on this poster shows both characters smiling,

but Finis, the heroine of "Mechazoid Warrior Wyvern",

is a cool and mysterious type of character who is rarely seen smiling in the show itself!

We can't ignore the rules of the series, even for a public awareness poster!

It's rude to the anime and its fans!

We have to do this right and let the original creator Sugurono-sensei supervise,

or it could mean trouble down the line!

And most importantly, we have to respect his work!

Projects like this never end well!

Many municipalities use anime as a way to revitalize interest in their regions,

but fail due to...

H-he knows so much!

Clock Out

That's another day of work done.

Kenzaburo

Tsumanuda City

Clocked Out

Staying humble,

but performing my assigned role to the highest possible standard.

That's how I get the most satisfaction from life.

Hm?

I'm not going to make it!

And so, as you can see, I've somehow ended up in another world.

But no matter what sort of person I get reincarnated as,

I intend to perform their role in the world to the highest possible standard.

That said...

A fine day to you, Mr. Principal.

What the heck am I supposed to do here?

From

From Bureaucrat

From Bureaucrat to

From Bureaucrat to Villainess:

Dad's Been Reincarnated!

From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!

Itsumade tattemo role play kara

Nukedasenai yo na

Asa kara ban made watashi wa haguruma

Kochira ijou nashi

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9

Acchi mo kocchi mo miwatasu kagiri ni

Murabito bakkari

Hoshi ni negai o inoru hito ni

Kamisama ga hokusoemu

Nonsense

Shinjiru mono wa jibun de kimeru

Ookina koe ni damasarenai

Tadashii mono bakari janai

Namida o nomu koto mo aru

Aa, kimi mo erande kitanda

Suki na koto o utau tame

Aa, kimi no koe ga kitto

Boku no michishirube da

Through an odd twist of fate,

Episode 2: Dad Becomes a Sorcerer

I found myself reincarnated as a villainess character.

But so far, I've successfully managed to adapt to life in this Otome game-esque world.

The biggest hurdle I face is the fact that Otome games are outside my realm of expertise.

However, even I clearly recognize a few things...

Like them!

These are the "love interests"!

So dazzling!

We had the pleasure of meeting on the day of the entrance ceremony, right, Anna?

Y-yes!

This is the headquarters for our academy's student council.

As I'm sure you already know, I serve as the Student Council President.

My name is Virgile Vierge.

This gentleman is our Head of Security, Auguste Lion.

Yo!

And our Vice President, Richard Verseau.

Our Secretary, Pierre Gemeaux.

It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance.

Everyone here now is in their second year.

I'll introduce you to our other members later on.

Oh, okay! Good to know!

I've seen these gentlemen before.

Their faces were all over the cover of the "Magical Academy: Love & Beast" video game.

Basically, the whole point of this game is to play cupid

and hook one of these pretty boys up with the main heroine, Anna.

Therefore...

the role of Grace, the villainess, is to get in the way of their romance.

That's the gist of it.

Now then, let's get to business.

Grace Auvergne and Anna Doll.

We would like to extend you an invite to serve on the student council.

Huh?!

One problem.

You really want me to be a member?!

I have no idea exactly how I should throw the proverbial wrench in their romance.

Absolutely.

Are you really, really sure about that?

Nothing comes to mind right away. This could be a problem!

Without a doubt.

But wait a second!

This is an academy for members of the aristocracy, right?

Is it really okay for a commoner like me

to join something as important as the student council?

That's a fair question.

What do you think, Grace?

Huh?

Yes, well...

Based on what Grace knows...

Here at our academy,

it is customary for the Student Council President

to appoint new members based on their achievements and social status.

Despite her background,

Ms. Anna earned the top score on the entrance exam.

Actually, the fact she's a commoner makes that feat all the more impressive

and serves as proof of her extraordinary abilities.

It makes her a prime candidate for the council.

So it's only natural that you would extend her an invite, Your Highness.

Whoa.

That's not what I was expecting from you at all, Grace.

Hm?

I thought for sure you'd say:

"Letting a lowly commoner on the council?!

That would be a disgrace to our school and its traditions!"

Or something like that.

I blew it!

Didn't

Occur

to Him

I just acted like I was giving a performance review of my team at work

and assessed her too objectively!

For heaven's sake, Anna!

Quit giving me that "Oh my gosh, she really does want to be friends with me" look!

Okay, don't panic.

I just have to remember I'm playing the role of the cold-hearted Grace Auvergne.

A true villainess wouldn't be satisfied by merely putting distance

between the heroine and her love interests!

Yes, exactly! This is all part of an evil plan!

And the best way to follow through is...

in His Head

Practicing

the Scene

There's one thing you should be aware of, Anna.

If you are going to commit yourself to being part of the student council,

then etiquette and manners befitting of high society are expected.

There is a mountain of tasks and behaviors that you will have to know by heart!

And I shall be the person responsible

for drilling each and every one of them into your head!

You best prepare yourself!

Yes! Perfect!

It's just the kind of draconian attitude I need!

I'll go with that! I need to nail that same tone!

Anna.

If you are going to commit yourself to being part of the student council,

then etiquette and manners befitting of high society are expected.

There is a mountain of tasks and behaviors that you will have to know by heart.

N-now to lay it on thick.

Real mean and bossy!

And I shall be the person...

responsible for drilling each and every one of them into your head.

You best prepare yourself!

Crap, that didn't sound right.

Did I just screw it up?!

O-oh my gosh! Yes!

I'll dedicate everything I have to being a member of the student council!

Great.

We have nothing to worry about if Grace is helping you.

Well, hot damn. I'm seeing you in a new light, Grace.

You actually know how to be mature!

You're a paragon of virtue, Lady Grace.

N-not at all.

I'm merely upholding proper standards as daughter of the duke.

Okay, I'll make sure to file all the paperwork.

Starting next week, you two will be official members of the student council.

It's great to have you.

I feel like I'm living in a dream.

This is reality, Anna.

Get your head out of the clouds.

Y-yes, of course!

I'll stay focused!

Well, I guess that's enough evildoing for today.

Seeing as how we'll be on the student council together,

it won't be hard for me to figure out which love interest route that Anna ends up taking.

The only question is: will it be Crown Prince Virgile?

The lean and buff hunk in charge of security?

The tight-lipped hunk with long hair?

Or the diligent hunk with raven locks?

What were their names again?

Kenzaburo was incapable of memorizing so many foreign names all at once.

All right, students.

Today we will finally begin practical sorcery lessons

where you will use magic circles to cast spells.

A barrier has been placed over this courtyard,

so you needn't worry about your spells having any impact on the outside.

First, use your magic wand to download the basic circle formation.

Then, inscribe an order inside the circle with ancient magiscript.

"O ye specks of light...

fly!"

There you have it!

Please open your textbooks to the basic table of magiscript characters-

Madame Grenat!

Is there a reason why we can't just use regular letters to inscribe the order instead?

Having to memorize a new writing system from scratch seems difficult...

That's a great question.

If you use normal letters for your spell,

then all the other people around you, particularly any non-sorcerers,

I understand

will be able to read it.

Unfortunately, this causes their manaless thoughts to mix in with your own

and thereby disperse the power of the spell.

So, basically,

it's necessary for us to write with words that only sorcerers would understand.

Do I have that right?

But hold on,

couldn't we just come up with an original writing system that only we understand?

That seems like it works better.

Another great question.

The reason we use words to write orders in magic circles or recite incantations

is to tap into the raw "verbaligy" of the words themselves.

"Verbaligy" is a form of mana that latently exists within words.

But in order for a word to harbor any verbaligy,

it must be used across the ages by many people

until it has a rich history.

That's why the words we use for sorcery

are all old-fashion ones that have fallen out of modern use.

Ancient magiscript is the perfect fit. Do you understand?

Now I get it! That makes perfect sense!

Then you may get into your groups and begin.

Hold up.

If words with a rich history that aren't commonly used here

are the perfect fit for sorcery, then...

FIRE

"Fire"!

Let's kick it up a notch.

FLAME

"Flame"!

Lady Grace is a such a genius!

What was that?!

Did she use a secret alphabet passed down in her family or something?

Tch. Like that's a big deal.

I've already taken multiple lessons on how to use magic circles from a private tutor.

Just watch this!

Come forth...

magic circle!

I see Anna has a knack for this.

The radiance of her magic circle is much stronger.

She must have a larger innate pool of mana than everyone else.

That's a Golem!

We've got trouble!

Tsucchii passed out from infusing his Golem with too much mana!

The Golem is headed right for us!

It must be drawn to Anna's power!

Anna! Extinguish your magic circle!

We need to run away!

H-huh? Extinguish it? But how?!

So magic circles won't disappear until the mana they're summoned with gets fully used up?

Well, crap. It's sink or swim now!

I have no other choice.

I'm going to borrow your magic circle, Anna!

"Shut Down"!

You will report to my office later, young man!

Yes ma'am...

It stopped.

Amazing!

What kind of magic was that?

I just wrote that in a panic without knowing if it would work...

SHUT DOWN

But I guess they play pretty loose with the rules in this world, huh?

Well, ya can't mess with success!

He Considered

it a Success

He considered it a success.

My name is Josette.

I currently serve at Duke Auvergne's estate

as a maid-in-training.

But lately, the young mistress of the house has been acting very weird!

M-My Lady?

I've brought the book that you asked me to fetch you.

Thank you. You can just leave it there.

Huh?!

Too sloppy!

Too slow!

Y-yikes, something is REALLY wrong with her!

If you can't do the job right,

then don't bother doing it at all!

Any good servant should know how

to make themselves useful

without being asked!

Can't you work more efficiently?!

Lady Grace always has

Don't miss a single speck of dust!

the appearance of an angel, but the heart of a devil!

It shouldn't be taking you this long!

if you can't even do the

most basics of basics!

You need to try harder

You better finish before the day is over!

No matter what I did before,

You still have work to do!

she always snapped back at me with either a complaint or a lecture!

That's not good enough!

You're no longer needed!

How many times must I say it?!

Get out of here!

Lady Grace has really turned over a new leaf and become much more relaxed lately.

Do you think something happened to put her in a good mood?

I'm not sure.

It would be nice if that really was the case.

But what if this is just the calm before the storm?

What do you mean?

Well, like, what if she already made up her mind to fire us all

and now she's just acting nice until she delivers the bad news?

Ah, I see.

You mean like how they give the livestock a fancy meal

the day before they get sent off to the market?

Yes, exactly!

Like livestock getting sent off to the market?!

W-well, if she really was going to pawn one of us off...

then it would have to be the biggest klutz: me.

Oh no! Now I'm definitely doomed!

Josette!

Are you okay? Did you get hurt?

Sh-she's being too nice!

I can already see my life flashing before my eyes!

Oh, My Lady! I am so sorry!

But...

please at least pawn me off to a place where I can still work as a maid!

Nobody should eat me because I definitely don't taste good!

Knowing that rumors have been going around among the maids,

Bong

combined with all the fatherly experience from raising his daughter...

Ting!

Grace AKA Kenzaburo more or less deduced the problem.

Josette, I don't know what everyone else has been telling you,

but you're not going to be pawned off anywhere.

Rest assured.

Huh?!

Everyone makes mistakes.

Not to mention, you're still a maid-in-training.

If I fired my maids every time they made a blunder,

then it would be impossible for any of them to become a proper professional.

So then, I'm not going to get sold at the market?

No. Of course not.

Wait, are you sure you're okay with that?!

I get it.

Since Grace has always been a cutthroat master to her maids,

I've caused this girl all sorts of confusion by suddenly acting nice.

That was inconsiderate of me.

But having said that,

I could never exert the same level of ruthlessness Grace did before.

So how can I handle this?

If being ruthless isn't an option, then...

Josette.

As it happens, I'm already too full to eat anymore.

Would you mind eating these treats for me, instead?

I'll just pamper her to the extreme!

Huh? WHAT?!

Go on. Take a bite.

DOUBT

HESITATION

CONCERN

CONFUSION

FEAR

I-is this some kind of trap?

But, I mean, she is telling me to eat it...

You can eat it.

I promise it's good.

I promise it's good.

And it does smell really yummy...

You're such a cutie patootie, Josette.

It looks so good.

It's gotta be the best cookie of the bunch.

No, the best cookie in the entire world!

Here you go.

Good girl. Have this tasty cookie.

Aw man, I want to eat this cookie so bad...

There, there. Eat up, Josette.

SWEET

Gosh, it feels like something major happened earlier.

But for some reason I don't care anymore!

The Plan

Worked

Where are you going, Lady Grace?

Well, I was wondering if Meister Walz could fix this teapot.

Meister Walz? Who is that?

I suppose you haven't met him yet.

Meister Walz is a Dwarf.

He is a blacksmith that my family keeps in their employ.

What do you think, Meister? Can it be fixed?

Yer asking me if it's fixable?

I'm afraid that's the wrong question, Milady.

We Dwarves prefer to phrase it this way:

"When can ya have it fixed by?"

And the answer is: 30...

No, actually, I would say 20 minutes.

Of course. That was a slip of the tongue.

Could you start working on it right away, Meister?

Do you mind if I stay and watch?

I won't get in the way.

Whatever floats yer boat.

Dwarves are the greatest craftsmen of any fantasy story.

Getting to see one work up close is a real treat.

Talk about lucky!

But having this level of detail on something that's not even relevant to the game...

it further convinces me

this world isn't just one that exists inside of an Otome video game.

This is amazing!

I can't tell where it was broken.

Like at all!

Thank you, Meister. You did a superb job.

Well, shucks.

It's been many moons since the last time I saw ya, Milady.

So I was a tad more fired up than usual.

Last time?

Maybe yer too old to remember now.

Ya used to come here all the time back when ya were a wee lass.

And ya never got tired of watching me do my work for hours on end.

Yeah, I can see it in her memories.

When she was young,

Grace was the type of kid who loved watching the blacksmith and gardener do their work.

But ever since she underwent lessons on how to act as a proper lady,

Grace visited them less and less

because she felt that it wasn't a very ladylike thing to do.

She became stricter on herself and others

to the point where she treated all of her servants extra harshly.

And that is what ultimately turned Grace into the cold-hearted villainess she is today.

But at her core, Grace is a girl whose nature is much more...

My Lady? My Lady?

Lady Grace!

Is everything okay, My Lady?

Ah, y-yes.

We should be headed back soon.

I appreciate your help, Meister.

Perhaps...

Perhaps...

it would be all right if I stopped by again?

What a mighty strange question to ask.

This is part of yer family's estate.

Yer free to stop by whenever ya want.

Thank you, Meister.

Well then, I bid you ado.

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Meister!

I have another project for you, Meister.

Hm? What seems to be the problem, Milady?

Well, Meister, would it be possible for you to make something like this?

Let me see here... Some kinda calculator?

Introducing this world to the abacus.

Who knows what exactly Kenzaburo has in store?

If we're going to ask Eiji Suruguno-sensei for help,

then you all must familarize yourselves with his magnum opus:

Yokai Detective Ginga.

Which reminds me,

when the neighboring Hanabushi City

did a collaboration with the Sonic Boy Gen series,

they made the brilliant move

of enlisting help from animation director Mr. Ken Nishizaki.

I also think the people

who handled the film adaptation of Planet Girl by Kimihiko Okuya-sensei,

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and the works of Uroko Hebikawa-sensei are good examples of-