Annabell couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
‘Sister, are you willing to offer a Grandmaster-level potion just to get me to break off the engagement? Your possessiveness is simply insane!’
“Additionally, the academy’s annual freshmen training is about to begin.” Sylvia stood up, hands on the table, looking down at Annabell.
“As the Chief Student, you will lead this group of freshmen to the outskirts of the Demon Beast Forest for practical combat.”
“On the way to the Demon Beast Forest, you will pass through Charlotte’s family territory. You can deliver the engagement termination letter to her along the way and tear up the engagement publicly. Understood?”
[Ding! Sylvia has issued a forced plot task for you: Lead the freshmen training and break off the engagement.]
[Note: If the host refuses, it will trigger unpredictable plot collapse and Sylvia’s darkening!]
Annabell’s eye twitched.
‘Darkening? Don’t be ridiculous. A max-affection yandere maid is already enough for me. If you, my soulmate, also darken, how can I live my life?!’
“I understand, Mentor.” Annabell bowed slightly and swept the potion on the table into her space ring without hesitation. “I will ‘properly’ handle the matter with Young Master Charlotte.”
‘I have to go, of course. But not only will I never break off the engagement, I will treat this unlucky fiancée like an ancestor!’
‘As long as I protect Charlotte, this Heaven’s Chosen Daughter, once she makes it big, what do I have to fear from the Plant System High Priest? Dare to use Blue Silver Entanglement on me? My wife will teach her a lesson directly!’
Leaving the Dean’s Office, Annabell went directly to the central plaza of the academy.
Dozens of magic freshmen were already densely gathered there, preparing to participate in the training. They chattered excitedly like a group of groundhogs.
Annabell tapped her toes and flew onto the high platform using levitation.
Her cold, dual-pupiled eyes swept across the crowd, and the entire plaza fell silent.
“I am your senior leader, Annabell.” She spoke in a cold and dignified tone.
“The Demon Beast Forest is not a playground for playing house. Once there, put away your foolish young master and young lady tempers.”
“If you don’t want to die under the claws of demon beasts, absolutely obey my orders. Anyone who dares to hold us back, I guarantee, I will break his neck before the demon beasts do.”
This speech was merciless, fitting the persona of the Villainess Young Lady. Annabell was satisfied.
However, this intimidation did not frighten the freshmen; instead, it made the fervor in their eyes burn even brighter.
“Wuwuwu, the young lady looks so handsome when she scolds!”
“She’s so domineering, I love it!”
“For the young lady, I’m willing to be bitten to death by demon beasts!”
Annabell looked at the group of masochists with shining eyes below and was completely speechless.
‘There are really so many lunatics in this world!’
After instructing the freshmen to rest on the spot and prepare for departure, Annabell briefly returned to her dormitory to pack her luggage.
As soon as she pushed open the door, a faint but extremely pure fluctuation of shadow magic immediately caught her attention.
She saw Emily sitting in the corner with her eyes closed, surrounded by traces of black shadow elements. When she opened her eyes, a strange purple light flashed deep in her pupils.
“You… broke through to Junior Mage?” Annabell said in shock, her mouth wide open.
It had only been one morning! Yesterday this girl was an ordinary person with no magic power. She ate a physique origin, casually read an advanced magic book for a while, and now she broke through the bottleneck?!
Is this the terrifying talent of a destined supporting character?!
“Master!” Seeing Annabell return, Emily immediately knelt and came forward like a dog seeking praise. “Emily did it! Emily is not useless! Please inspect, Master!”
Looking at the girl’s eyes full of anticipation and crazy attachment, Annabell sighed.
‘Even though she’s a yandere, her talent is really useful. I must train her well. She will be my strongest ace fighter in the future.’
Annabell reached out and handed over the subsequent shadow magic tome rewarded by the system. Then, for the first time, she placed her hand on Emily’s messy ash-brown short hair and gently rubbed it.
“Well done. Keep working hard.”
This gentle “head pat” was like a nuclear bomb-level impact for Emily, who had suffered abuse and extreme lack of love since childhood. The girl’s body stiffened, her eyes instantly turned red, and tears fell like broken beads onto the carpet.
“Wuwuwu… Master touched me… Master praised me…” Emily hugged the magic tome tightly as if it were her whole life. “Emily is willing to die for Master! She can die right now!”
“Stop, stop, stop! Who asked you to die? Live well and get stronger!” Annabell quickly interrupted her yandere speech. “I’m going out for a while. You stay at the academy and cultivate well…”
Before she finished speaking, Annabell saw Emily’s eyes go blank, as if the sky had fallen and she had nothing to live for.
This scared Annabell into quickly adding, “Stop, stop, stop, don’t imagine a script where I abandon you. I’m just leading a team to the Demon Beast Forest for training. I’ll be back in a few days!”
“And…” After thinking, to increase credibility, she picked up some basic magic introductory textbooks and threw them to Emily. “Cultivate these as well. I’ll check the results when I get back. If I find you slacking off…”
Of course, nothing would happen.
But after hearing this, the latter’s body shook, and her dim eyes lit up. She hugged the textbooks Annabell gave her as if they were treasures.
“Emily will not let Master down!”
After parting with Emily, Annabell led the team and set off. This time, she absolutely would not break off the engagement!
As long as the engagement is not broken, the “Thirty Years East, Thirty Years West” death flag will not be triggered. In the original game, it was the failure of the three-year pact with Charlotte that marked the true beginning of Annabell’s path as a villainess!
As long as I don’t trigger this Bad Ending development, I’ll be safe!
While Annabell led the mighty army of freshmen on their way, far away in the Marquis Charlotte family territory hundreds of kilometers away, the atmosphere was shrouded in oppression and ridicule.
In the family’s central bluestone square stood a huge magic-testing crystal monument.
Today was the family’s annual magic power testing ceremony.
“Charlotte, come forward for testing.” The examiner’s cold voice echoed across the square.
The crowd automatically made way.
A “young man” wearing white noble attire, with brilliant golden hair and delicate features, walked heavily onto the testing platform.
Charlotte extended her overly fair hands and gently pressed them on the crystal monument.
Dead silence.
Everyone stared at the crystal that had burst with dazzling light countless times before.
One second, two seconds… one minute passed.
The crystal monument was dim and lusterless, like an ordinary broken stone. Slowly, a few cold large characters appeared:
[Magic Power Level: Zero.]
The square echoed with the sound of gasps, followed by overwhelming laughter and ridicule.