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Thank you for your time.

My name is Linus. I'm from the Kingdom of Remlest.

The Kingdom of Remlest is a neighbor of the Kingdom of Valschein.

It's close to the domain of Margrave Ashbatten, where Patrick's family lives.

I've heard that the two kingdoms don't get along very well.

What could a spy from there want with me?

Please, order whatever you'd like.

I'll have the offal stew, then.

Offal stew?

It's pre-made, so it should be brought out quickly.

I can't be out too late or I'll break curfew.

F-Fair enough...

Villainess Level 99

I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord

The Hidden Boss Is Solicited by an Enemy Nation

I've been stationed in this kingdom for a long time now,

so I've known about you since you enrolled at the academy.

After gathering intel about you and doing some research...

Research? I'm not a newly discovered species.

I've concluded that bringing you into my kingdom would be difficult.

You don't seem interested in things like status or wealth,

and even if, for some reason, you decided to leave this kingdom,

you'd have no reason to relocate to mine.

Then why reach out to me now?

Because my country doesn't agree with me.

After the incident that resulted in you acquiring a dragon,

they just won't stay quiet any longer.

All they ever do is order me around.

They don't understand how tough my job is at all.

Um... Allow me to commend your efforts.

Let me ask you this, just for the record:

Would you come to Remlest?

If there's anything you want, I'll see that you get it.

And what do they want from me in return?

For you to become a civilian soldier, most likely.

That would make me an enemy of this kingdom.

And if war breaks out,

it'll take place in Margrave Ashbatten's domain.

I will not.

That's what I thought.

There's one thing I'd like to know, purely out of curiosity.

What's that?

Your reason for staying in this kingdom.

I know discrimination against those with black hair runs deep here.

So I can defeat the Demon Lord. He threatens the entire world.

What? If the Demon Lord attacks, wouldn't it just be this kingdom?

What do you...

Looks like our time is up.

Huh?

Someone is about to barge into this establishment.

Probably this kingdom's soldiers.

I think they had someone watching me.

There's still time for you to escape.

Understood. I owe you one for this.

This is the room!

Damn it!

I didn't get to do the shopping I wanted to do for Ryu,

but I did learn some things.

Like how our neighboring kingdom sees me,

and that the Demon Lord will only attack this kingdom, which is new information.

And that, until some time ago,

I might have fled this kingdom if things got to be such a hassle,

but now I don't want to leave.

And I want to become his enemy even less.

What happened today made me realize how I feel about Patrick...

Or so I thought, but...

Maybe I was mistaken after all.

Mistaken about what?

Let's say there's a girl

attending a school somewhere that doesn't have many students,

and she has no friends in her own grade.

But around the start of her second year,

she met a kind boy who would help her study and listen when she needed to talk.

Huh?

I think she'd be likely to mistake friendly love for romantic love.

That's what I'm going through right now.

What in the world are you talking about?

Well... how should I put it?

I'm talking about wanting to be friends with you.

Haven't we been friends all this time?

I thought of you as my friend.

Wh-What was with that "I'm a dreamboat on the inside" line?!

That paired with his looks is making him seem like the perfect hottie!

Wait, no!

There's no way anyone like that can really exist!

Oh, I know!

Maybe he thinks of me as a valuable combat asset if we go to war with Remlest!

I-I'm not going to invade Remlest or anything!

Right, Ryu?

Huh?

If we go to war, I wouldn't mind helping our defensive line, but...

You've got some serious trust issues, huh?

I'm sure the people around you haven't helped that, though...

It's embarrassing to come out and say it like this,

but I would never try to use your strength like that.

You'd probably run away from me if I did,

and I don't want to do that, anyway.

Even if you were level 1, I'd still stand by your side.

Thank you...

But one person alone can level up more efficiently than two.

I never said anything about leveling up together...

They posted the results of our midterms.

You're near the top again, I see.

So are you. You can study, I guess.

I wish he wouldn't say that as if studying is all I can do.

I guess it's nice of them to not post every student's results.

There's be trouble if everyone thought the heir to some powerful noble was an idiot.

Miss Yumiella!

Yikes. It's her.

I'd like to talk to you! It's extremely important!

Make-up exam?

Yes. Could you help me study so I can pass the make-up exam?

Oh, I said that wrong!

I meant I wouldn't mind letting you help me study.

Did you do poorly on the midterms?

Why don't you ask your friends there for help?

That just won't do.

I got the highest score of us all.

That's totally a lie.

They're just trying to make Eleonora feel better.

Fine, I'll do it. You just want me to help you study, right?

Yes!

There aren't many people who can teach me, you know!

Again, the third king was Silas.

What? Then what about the one named Douglas?

He was the second king.

This girl is devastatingly unfit for studying.

All of these points could be memorized, but she's even terrible at memorization.

Oh, that's right.

The current king has a cousin whose name is Douglas,

so I got them mixed up.

So you can handle recent history, then, Miss Eleonora?

Of course!

It involves Prince Edwin's father and his relatives, after all!

So she can memorize things she's interested in with no trouble.

Come to think of it, her knowledge of teas and perfumes is pretty impressive.

Oh, in that case, why not memorize these things by connecting them to Prince Edwin?

King Silas was Prince Edwin's grandfather's grandfather.

He was?!

I mean, that's how royal families work.

Her perception of things is off is all kinds of ways.

Who successfully implemented large-scale irrigation in the town of Matlock?

That was Prince Edwin's great-grandfather's younger brother, so...

Cliff!

Who opened up the Giem region and brought agriculture there?

That was Prince Edwin's grandmother's uncle, so...

Andrew!

Perfect.

Thank you!

I couldn't have done it without you!

Let's study together for the next exam, too!

Oh, so Miss Eleonora passed the make-up exam, then?

Good for her.

Yes,

but it's depressing that I might have to give her private lessons until we graduate.

Patrick, are you free after this?

I'd like to try flying with Ryu again. Would you join me?

Sorry. I have something to do.

Listen...

Can't you tell me what it is you're doing after school and on days off?

Miss Yumiella!

Ugh. Her again.

To thank you for helping me study,

I brought you a present!

I'm sure it'll look lovely on you!

Wait, Patrick!

Have a good time with Miss Eleonora. See ya.

You're back again?

Don't overdo it, you hear?

I need to get stronger.

So you can battle a romantic rival or something?

No...

Not a rival.

She's the one who's strong.

Huh?

I'm only into people who are stronger than me.

I might never make it to level 99,

but to get as close as I can to where she is...

I have to do everything I can!

Seriously... Why did I have to fall for her?

No matter how powerful she is, Yumiella's just a regular person.

She needs someone to be there for her.

She's just a normal sixteen-year-old, like me.

Normal...

Wait... Is she?

It's no use. I just don't know.

Patrick!

Welcome back.

You're injured again.

No need to worry about me.

More importantly, take Ryu home before he causes a commotion.

Patrick, I found out where you've been going all the time.

You figured me out, huh?

Yeah, it's true... I've...

What's she like?

"She"?

Your girlfriend. The person you're dating.

You've been going out every day on dates with her, haven't you?

I guess she gets violent when she's angry.

That's why you're always so injured.

You're completely wrong!

I don't have a girlfriend outside the school!

Then she's a student here?

You come back at different times on purpose?

Wow... People actually do that?

What even gave you that idea?

I don't have a girlfriend!

Do these really look like the kind of injuries a girlfriend would give me?

You don't? So... what, then?

Well...

Oh, sorry for ignoring you, Ryu.

I'm going to take Ryu home now.

Bye.

She hasn't even considered me at all, has she?

Ashbatten.

Prince Edwin!

I'm here a bit ahead of the time we agreed on,

but I saw her riding on that dragon.

I heard everything.

She is a bit strange, for sure,

but you might be right.

Hey, Ryu...

Where do you think Patrick goes every day?

You're right. I'd be out trying to level up,

but I shouldn't assume he's like me.

Yes. While I was listening to Eleonora talk about how much she loves Prince Edwin,

it made me think that this might really be love.

This is the world of an otome game, after all.

There'd be nothing strange about him having a girlfriend.

Thank you for trying to cheer me up.

But when I worked up the courage to ask him...

I don't have a girlfriend!

I was a bit... no, I was really happy to hear that.

There's someone I want you to meet with.

What? Who?

Prince Edwin.

He's waiting to see you in the principal's office.

Thank you for coming, Miss Yumiella.

Good work, Ashbatten.

Sit down.

Um... What did you want to talk about?

I'm sorry.

Huh?

I've been rude to you ever since the entrance ceremony.

My assumptions were wrong and improper.

I let my senseless pride get the better of me.

My father told me there's no way you could be the Demon Lord...

But I just couldn't admit my own mistake before my peers.

My own immaturity caused so much unpleasantness for you,

and I am sorry for that.

Well, he is still a child.

Not just him. All the other students here are still teenagers, too.

Mentally, they all have a childish side.

They all have their senseless vanity and pride.

Those disliked by the central figures in a class are snubbed by everyone.

What I'm going through now

is something I could just as easily have experienced in my previous life.

I'm happy to hear you say that, but why the sudden change of heart?

Ashbatten talked to me.

Patrick?

He offered a new perspective.

He's told me several stories about you of late.

He said that your strength is the result

of an amount of effort that none of us could ever hope to match.

He also told me what you've been like most recently,

and I understood that you're really just a regular person.

I baselessly believed that no one had put in more effort than me,

and somewhere inside, I was afraid of you,

because I thought you were something that wasn't normal.

This has turned into nothing but excuses...

I realize it's selfish to ask, but could you forgive me?

I understand.

I was already well aware that my existence defies all logic,

so I accept your apology.

Oh, good.

I'd like to make it up to you somehow.

Is there anything I can do?

If you'll allow me to join you in slaying the Demon Lord,

that's more than enough.

Ashbatten was right.

Oh, actually, I do have one request.

Could you tell me what Patrick said about me?

He said you have no interest in things like power and wealth,

and that you're too strong to let a bad reputation bring you down.

Also, that you're basically a good person.

"Basically"? What does that mean?

That you're crazy, you act like a nutcase,

and everything you do is questionable,

but you're good-natured and simple-minded...

I didn't say all this! He did!

I thought I should answer your question honestly...

You know, tell the truth!

He gets all conscientious about the strangest things.

Then again, I guess I sort of knew Patrick saw me that way.

How did your talk with him go?

He seemed like a different person.

That wasn't a double of him or something, was it?

He's just been a little off since the entrance ceremony.

Prince Edwin is actually a very understanding young man.

I'm relieved that he's finally come to his senses, too.

All thanks to Patrick, eh?

Yes, it truly is.

His Highness wouldn't listen to me or the king,

but he was so receptive to him.

Because they're the same age, perhaps?

I think it's more than that.

Patrick's sincerity must have gotten through to Edwin.

I think this has finally set the stage for you to help them level up.

If it's necessary.

His Highness and his friends haven't raised their levels, then?

Well, about that...

Ever since you trounced them at last year's martial arts competition,

both William and Oswald have grown even more enthusiastic about leveling up.

So has Prince Edwin, of course.

The problem is Miss Alicia.

The three of them always end up protecting her,

so she can't raise her own level.

It's troubling her, as well.

She's training on her own as we speak, I believe.

It's great that Edwin had a change of attitude,

but I'd still prefer to avoid getting involved with them too much.

Alicia's level remaining so low is a problem, though.

I'll give her some support,

but I want her to be the one who kills the Demon Lord.

Otherwise, I might be forced to marry Edwin.

Miss Alicia?

It seems I still look like a monster in her eyes.

I-It's you, Miss Yumiella? Can I help you?

You seem to be going to great pains to level up.

Would you like to go to a dungeon in the town of Varias with me?

A d-dungeon?

Yes.

The one in Varias is a dark-attribute dungeon,

so with your light magic, you should be able to level up even more efficiently.

A dark-attribute dungeon...

with just me and Miss Yumiella?

I-I'm sorry! I appreciate the invitation,

but I don't think I'm ready for that!

I have to go now!

She ran away from me.

But if she'd actually try it,

I think she'd realize how much fun leveling up is, too.

She hasn't been seen since yesterday evening.

She didn't come to breakfast, so the dorm head went to check on her,

and she was nowhere to be found.

Maybe she felt homesick and went home?

But she left all of her clothes and other things behind.

Patrick, what's going on?

Apparently, Miss Alicia's gone missing.

What?

Prince Edwin and the teachers are all out searching for her.

Miss Yumiella!

Alicia is gone! Do you know anything?

I have no idea.

Is that true? You're not lying, are you?

It's true.

I heard she was troubled because she wasn't gaining any levels, but that's all.

Could it be that she was so troubled that she ran away?

Alicia isn't that weak! You know that as well as we do!

Even if she had a reason, I'd think she would have left a note.

So we wouldn't worry about her.

You're right. She's considerate enough to do that.

That's why I keep telling you

that someone must have kidnapped her!

Kidnapped?

She's our trump card for defeating the Demon Lord.

If there's some force out there that supports the Demon Lord,

it makes sense that they'd want to get rid of her before she can grow powerful.

Let's split up and look for her again!

Right!

This has gotten pretty big.