Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

Chapter 95 : Shouldn_t a Student_s Duty Be to Study_

Drawing a cross in the air with her right index finger, then rotating clockwise to close it—this opened the interface of the new 'Conquest System'.

Looking at the threshold value displayed, which would drive perfectionists mad, the host herself couldn't help but frown.

[Conquest Progress: 99%]

Although some otome games have 'harem endings' to satisfy certain players' tastes, most often only one character can be chosen for a single-route ending.

Before completely conquering a character, there's always the possibility of switching to other routes.

If the system issued a mission forcing her to enter another route, wouldn't that leave her helpless?

This was what worried Yvonne about this system.

She had no choice; she had truly been traumatized by the system before.

No matter what, she had to find a way to complete Elsa's conquest.

Looking at the values, the two's conquest progress had been stalled at the final stage.

It was as if they were one step away from the goal, which was truly frustrating.

So... even after confirming their relationship as lovers, with affection maxed out, the progress bar still hadn't reached 100%?

What exactly was that remaining 1%?

"~Evie~?"

A pink flower waved in front of her face,

"You're looking so intently, are you counting sheep?"

Elsa crouched down, her hair hanging down, looking at her curiously,

"...Sorry, I was lost in thought for a moment."

"Really... you can't be this leisurely even when herding sheep."

"Yes, yes."

Indeed, the two were herding sheep.

Summer is the easiest time for grazing sheep, as vegetation flourishes and new shoots grow quickly. Shepherds only need to drive the sheep to a pasture to graze, and they can nap in the shade.

Although it's enough to keep the sheep well-fed and watered, it's not entirely carefree, because in this world, dangerous 'magical beasts' like rock wolves exist.

The probability of magical beasts appearing decreases greatly during the day, but to be safe, they would be responsible for guarding for a while before the lambs became familiar with this pasture.

"The little sheep are so cute... carefree, without a worry in the world..."

Sitting beside her, watching the lambs grazing on tender grass, she buried her head in her arms folded over her knees, sighing wistfully.

"What, do you want to be a little sheep too?"

Yvonne teased.

"...That's not what I meant."

"Could it be you're unsatisfied with the current situation?"

"No, no, no..."

Elsa hurriedly waved her hands,

"I'm not unsatisfied with the current situation..."

She was so happy now, happy to the point of disbelief.

"...It might be because of the bad dreams I've been having lately."

"Bad dreams?"

This caught her attention.

"Yes, I dreamed of someone who looked exactly like Evie."

"Exactly like me?"

This description was very strange.

Generally, when you see someone in a dream who looks like yourself, wouldn't you think it's actually you?

Why would she use the description 'exactly like'?

"Why do you think it wasn't me?"

"Because... Evie wouldn't do such excessive things to me."

"?! In the dream, I did excessive things to you?"

"Yes, super perverted—"

She joked, sticking out her tongue,

"What... And here I was so worried!"

She was unwilling to reveal the entire content of the dream, mainly fearing it would make her overthink.

Recently, she had been dreaming of bizarre fragments, yet they felt incredibly real.

In the dream, she was stabbed in the abdomen by a woman who looked exactly like Evie.

The pain seemed to linger in her body, and just as she was plunging into death, she would wake up.

And so, similar dreams would repeat every day,

In the dreams, she would meet different deaths each time, but there was only one killer,

Ever since she dreamed of her death that day, it became uncontrollable,

Even if it might be Yvonne's evil side in her subconscious, she refused to acknowledge it as the real person.

Be it the tone, the look in the eyes, or the actions,

Those people couldn't be her.

Only she... only Evie would absolutely never do such excessive things to her, she was certain of this.

But after all, it was just a dream, maybe she was overthinking.

"Bad dreams, huh..."

Hearing her say this, Yvonne became concerned.

Although she had just been fooled, having nightmares, and ones related to herself, made her very worried.

Recently, she had been sleeping with her every night, so if she was still having nightmares, it wasn't related to external factors, but induced by internal factors.

"—Question."

"Hm?"

"Where did the dream scenes take place?"

"Well, mostly at school..."

The location wasn't Emerald Port, but mainly set at Hartwell Magic Academy, where she attended before transferring.

Recalling these details, even Elsa herself was startled, as she didn't expect to remember so clearly.

Could there be something at school that would become a nightmare...

Detective Yvonne began her deduction.

As the saying goes, what one thinks by day, one dreams by night.

Dreams are reflections of reality,

Things the subconscious mind processes, whether they happened before or combinations of various information predicting what might happen, are calculated and re-enacted in the brain, which is why some people have 'premonitory dreams'.

Ah—

Speaking of nightmares related to school near the end of summer vacation, it must be that—!

She took a deep breath, turned her head with a serious face and asked:

"...Elsa."

"Yes?"

"Your summer vacation homework... have you finished it?"

"...Homework!?"

Seeing her 'just remembered there was such a thing' expression of terror, it was clear she had completely forgotten

"What- what exactly was the homework content?"

"10 magic circle diagrams, 3 short essays on observing summer night constellations related to divination, and book reports on 5 designated books... I have the books here, I can lend them to you. You should be good at the diagrams. The most troublesome part would be the short essays. I've collected data from previous observations, we can write them together."

"~~~Evie, you're the best~~! You're really a huge help!"

Seeing such a reliable girlfriend, Elsa gratefully hugged her,

But then thinking of the homework hell she was about to enter, she fell into deep worry again:

"...Is it really not too late to start now?"

"It should be barely possible."

"Ugh..."

"It's okay, I'll accompany you until it's finished. If we really can't make it, I can help out a bit.

By the way, did you bring the magic seal from school?... You didn't? Then the apprentice magician qualification badge will do, the homework needs to be mailed back to school in advance via messenger... Huh? You say you left in such a hurry that you didn't bring anything? Ah... don't panic—if worst comes to worst, I can sign for you—It's okay, don't worry, I won't let you repeat a year alone,

...Really, cheer up."