Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

Chapter 128 : If You Can Talk, Say More

"Heavens—Goddess bless... How... how did it end up like this?? Vice President... Vice President—!!"

Early morning, after opening the door with the safeguarded key, seeing the hellish scene before her, the receptionist lady screamed and rushed forward, her heart filled with anxiety, trying to dig out the person buried in the collapsed mountain of books.

What to do, what to do—!?

She didn't want to become the first eyewitness to a crime scene first thing in the morning!!

Goddess bless, at such a critical moment, the Vice President couldn't be in trouble—

Fortunately, things weren't as bad as she imagined. The weight of the collapsed book mountain wasn't entirely on this 'victim', but had fortuitously formed a small space that could accommodate her body.

"Phew..."

After removing the topmost layer of books, light snoring could be heard. A petite woman was lying on an open ancient book, her abundant silver hair, curled like a sheep's wool, scattered across the yellowed parchment pages.

Seeing her sleeping so peacefully, the receptionist lady felt like she had dug up a rabbit's burrow on the grasslands.

This silver-haired woman had a stature similar to the small folk race, but with the long ears characteristic of elves.

"Wake up, wake up—Vice President!! —Miss Brin!!"

The receptionist lady tried hard to wake her, but no matter what she did, there was no response. Finally, she had to call out her real name.

"Mm...?"

Calling out her name finally had a remarkable effect. The little squirrel's silver-gray eyelashes fluttered, and at last, her eyes blinked open.

"...Is it morning already?"

Muttering this, Brin rubbed her eyes, let out a small yawn, and crawled up from the desk.

After confirming that the other's vital signs were intact and she had just fallen asleep, the receptionist lady finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah... It's good that you're alright. Really... this is quite dangerous, you know."

Helplessly, the receptionist lady started tidying up the desk for her superior,

"...It's not even the end of the month yet, why are you pulling all-nighters again? This isn't a good habit, you know?"

The receptionist lady waved her wand, and the books piled like a small mountain on the desk floated back to the mobile bookshelf.

"Wait a moment, I still need to use these few~~ Put them down quickly!"

As the receptionist lady tried to take away the books on the desk, Brin hurriedly stopped her.

But helplessly, her height and arm length combined didn't even reach the shoulder of the tall receptionist lady. When she raised the books, the scene looked as if the receptionist lady was bullying a child.

"...I'll categorize and put them back for you later—Please get ready quickly! This year's batch of newcomers has already arrived! How can you be so casual? They've been waiting outside for a long time!!"

After confirming that her subordinate had specially set aside those few ancient language books she was still taking notes on and the reference books, Brin reluctantly got up.

"...What does it matter? Anyway, this year we'll be taking in those noble brats from the academy again... If you ask me, the academy recommendation system should be abolished."

To be honest, Brin had no interest in these people at all. She picked up her staff that was standing upright by her desk and put her hat back on.

Just thinking about dealing with those arrogant new generations made Brin inwardly click her tongue in annoyance.

Based on previous years' situations, it would be good if one out of 20 could stay.

Most of these noble brats were just here to experience life and add to their resumes, hardly any of them wanted to stay and work properly in the society.

That scoundrel of a President... Every time, every time it's like this!! Leaving all the troublesome work in the society to her, while running off to travel elsewhere,

Under the pretense of gathering material, actually using the society's funds for public expense eating, drinking, and traveling—Such a trash President, someday she would impeach him! Count your sins!!

"But Vice President, it's different this time! I heard from the personnel department that they've exceptionally admitted two commoners without titles this time!"

"Hmph... I've already said, one of them is that only daughter of the Smollett family, right?"

What kind of 'without title' is that,

"But... there's another girl who's a true commoner!"

The receptionist lady held a wooden board with the information of these newly joined interns, wanting to show it to the Vice President,

But Brin snorted at this, waving her hand to indicate she wasn't interested.

"What kind of people they are, I'll know when I see them with my own eyes."

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"Look—Who do we have here, isn't this the young lady of Smollett?"

The noble elites from other schools were now gathered together, casting contemptuous and disdainful glances at the two.

...

This is truly a terrible situation...

How could I have forgotten about this?

Yvonne felt somewhat regretful.

Although she knew the newly joined interns wouldn't just be herself and Elsa,

She never imagined she would encounter them all at once here—

Apart from the two of them, everyone else was a senior student from the capital's local academies.

"After being exiled, you've even stooped to mingling with commoners... Pff pff pff, what a suitable pair indeed."

"Hee... A stray cat and a defeated dog, aren't they just a match made in heaven?"

Yesterday's flattery had turned into today's mockery.

Hearing these sarcastic voices, Yvonne held her throbbing temple with her hand, inwardly reminding herself not to be so easily provoked.

Actually, in the original plot, she should have been standing with these people, coldly mocking the protagonist,

But now the situation had changed, with Elsa standing in front of her instead.

As the protagonist, Elsa didn't cower behind the capture target this time, but stepped forward.

For things to turn out this way, it truly had quite a comedic effect of reversal.

Sensing the protagonist's formidable aura, the young ladies who were just swaggering arrogantly unconsciously took a step back.

...What is this lowly stray cat trying to do??

Did those few words just now provoke her? No, no... They are nobles after all, a mere commoner couldn't do anything to them—

She wouldn't dare—How could she dare?

"I say—"

"—!!!"

Unexpectedly, she took another step forward.

This series of actions was quite intimidating,

Just the action of raising her head scared these noble offspring, who had grown up in greenhouses without experiencing any storms, quite badly.

The current Elsa could already exert 'pressure' by releasing a part of her magical power, which was one of the practical skills taught to her by the Witch Lady.

...This is really unbecoming.

They were supposed to be top predators, but now they were frightened by a weak rabbit from the bottom of the food chain on the grasslands.

Just being stared at by her, this group of noble young ladies huddled together in fear.

Yvonne felt both angry and amused, choosing to watch from the sidelines.

They held their breath, waiting for the words that would come out of her mouth next:

Is it coming? If it's provocative words, we can punish her according to her crimes!

—!

However, contrary to these young ladies' expectations, Elsa cupped her slightly reddened cheeks with her hand, and with a shy expression, said something that left them baffled:

"Could you say a bit more?"

"............"

The noble ladies who had originally planned to gang up and bully them looked at each other in confusion after hearing these words, their spines chilling.

Facing such harsh mockery without being affected at all... and even asking for more, what kind of person is this?

Saying such completely meaningless words in this situation only made her seem more abnormal.

This is... such powerful mental strength!!

To be able to say such things with a smile,

How scary... Too scary!!

These villainous supporting characters didn't know that although it was essentially still cold mockery, such words sounded incredibly pleasing to Elsa's ears.

These people actually said she and Evie were well-matched, very suitable...

Nothing could make her happier than such a description

Elsa, with her built-in filter, was already on cloud nine after hearing these words,

So even in the eyes of these passersby, she and Evie were a perfect match~~~

"But Evie isn't a defeated dog, hmm... if we have to use a dog to describe her, she'd be an elegant, cute Golden Retriever with top-notch feel!"

—That's still a dog!!

Yvonne couldn't help but inwardly retort.

But it was fortunate to have Elsa on her side, otherwise today would likely have been truly perilous,

Due to the grudges left by the previous generation, the Liodrule and Bernalson families were very hostile towards Smollett and Leinster, and their affiliated forces were the same.

The forces of the four clans were thus allied in pairs, openly and covertly engaging in confrontation, maintaining a delicate balance all along.

But now things were different, the original balance had been broken, and in such a situation, her position was more precarious than ever.

However, she had come prepared for this,

Mere avoidance was of no use.

To find a way to break the death flag, she had to take this step.

"It's so noisy—"

A childish voice with a mature tone came from the top of the spiral staircase,

Everyone at the scene turned towards the source of the voice.

"And you call yourselves nobles—Haven't you learned etiquette? Or do I need to use a silencing spell to seal your mouths before you'll quiet down?"

Hearing such a sharp and caustic warning, everyone unanimously closed their mouths.

Short interval footsteps sounded.

A witch with silver curly hair, holding a staff of ancient divine wood taller than herself, appeared before everyone, followed by the receptionist lady with a face full of anxiety.

The silver-haired young girl slowly began her self-introduction:

"I am Brin, the Vice President of the society—and the manager of 'Myriad Leaves Gold's' 'Library'."

As she spoke, she swept her gaze across, quickly noticing Elsa among the crowd, who emitted a different magical aura.

Oh? This is unexpected...

Who would have thought such a person would appear this year.

This little girl is indeed quite interesting,

But the girl beside her is very ordinary, with mediocre magical power levels, ranking at the bottom among the 20 people.

Hmph, most likely got in through the back door.

As expected, these so-called nobles are all the same.

"From today onwards, you will be interning at the society. Do you have any questions?"

"Um..."

A thin man among them raised his hand.

"Will we really be asked to complete some dangerous magical beast subjugation missions?"

"Listen..."

Brin held her forehead.

"Aren't you overestimating yourselves a bit too much? The society isn't stupid, we won't let inexperienced rookies do such things. To put it bluntly—collecting your corpses would be more troublesome than the mission itself."

"............"

To dare say such things in front of noble children, she was indeed quite bold.

The receptionist lady frantically signaled Brin from behind to use a gentler tone, but Brin acted as if she hadn't seen it, continuing to do as she pleased

"Those without resolve can leave now. As long as you sponsor a small fee... we can issue you an internship certificate, you know?"

She grinned mischievously, extending her small hand, making a 'give money' gesture.

"Wait a moment, Lady Brin...!!"

The receptionist lady finally couldn't hold back, standing behind her Vice President to remind her.

"...If you act on your own like this, it will be very troublesome for us!!"

If this continues, forget about recruiting people, everyone will run away before we even officially start!!

Knowing full well that her actions would lead to such results, Brin remained unfazed.

"What does it matter, these people never work properly when they come every year anyway,"

Less is more.

Brin just wanted to research magic quietly, not wanting to lead these so-called 'many people' at all.

It would be better to have them pay some money to supplement the society's funds, and she could have some peace and quiet.

"It's fine. I'll explain to the President."

"You... do you mean it?"

The noble students looked at each other, and finally, someone repeated this question.

"Of course."

Brin nodded.

As the Vice President of the society, her words carried some weight here.

Since she had given her promise, she wouldn't easily go back on her word.

"Hmph... as expected."

Looking at the money bag in the receptionist lady's hand gradually filling up, Brin shook her head repeatedly,

Half of the people had chosen to pay and leave.

After all, these fellows were only here for a resume, and if it was a trouble that could be solved with money, it wasn't a big deal.

In the end, this is what nobles are, I suppose.

"Well then—among those remaining, is there anyone who can speak foreign languages?"

Brin raised her voice, asking the less than ten people left. This was related to the selection for the first mission,

"—Yes!"

The person beside her suddenly spoke up.

...Eh?

Before Yvonne could react, Elsa had grabbed her hand and raised it.

"Wait...??"