Page 198 of The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen

The atmosphere in the student council had not been good lately.

Things about the heretics were bursting one after the other, so the executives were getting tired because when one thing was put to rest, another thing would burst, and when another thing was put to rest, something would burst internally.

The student council’s credibility was falling day by day. The bursting incidents showed no sign of decreasing, so the students’ complaints were naturally directed at the student council.

They complained that the student council, which received a fixed amount and a massive amount of support from the foundation, was doing nothing.

Honestly, it was true. The results they had shown so far had been disappointing. Student Council President Sharcia couldn’t deny the students’ opinions.

“Haah...”

Recently, a strange rumor had begun circulating in the academy. It was said that one of the academy’s professors was related to the heretics.

With the ranking battles just around the corner, the workload was piling up. On top of that, with the ominous rumors, Sharcia let out a deep sigh as she pressed her throbbing forehead with the growing number of tasks.

“Do you have any thoughts?”

“...”

“The guys we put in the leadership are busy drinking, and even though we’re short-handed because we’re preparing the budget for the ranking battles, the head of the accounting department is out playing... Do you have any thoughts or not?”

Sharcia was angry now.

Her people were out playing when they were busy. She was quite angry with the guys who had started drinking, saying it was a celebration or something, even though the ranking battles hadn’t started yet.

Some of the kids are still half-asleep and drowsy, and some are even slumped over the table to sleep.

Chartia sighed in frustration at the officers who were showing the worst conduct of all the student council members in history.

“Because of you guys, the student council is being mocked as a group...”

The officers who were hanging their heads at Chartia’s complaints were looking at each other and murmuring. They were saying things like, ‘She’s mad again today.’

Chartia let out a deep sigh. She didn’t have the energy to say anything more about it.

The guys who had become lazy in the face of the important event of the ranking battle didn’t seem like adults at all.

Chartia spoke to the standing executive officers in an irritated voice.

“I seriously doubt that you guys are adults.”

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s funny how you’re old enough to drink, but you can’t do your jobs properly. Isn’t that right?”

“I’m sorry.”

“I’m not asking you to apologize. You guys have your own thoughts, so you did it that way. Am I wrong?”

“...”

“Or why did you do that! The rumors about the executive officers are already terrible, so why did you go to a bar with a lot of people and make things ? Nоvеl?g?т ? (Continue reading) worse! Sigh... No. No.”

Chartia swallowed her deep irritation at the officers’ hardening expressions.

Rather.

Yes, it would have been better if that guy was still here.

Chartia thought of a man who came to her mind and touched her throbbing forehead.

-I’ve caught the underwear thief.

-Hey... What if I turn the second son of the Count’s family into a prisoner! Even if he is an underwear thief, I can’t do that!

-It’s okay. The young lady is a duchess. If you have any complaints, you can come and ask her. I don’t know if your neck will still be attached by then.

-Are you crazy?....

-Isn’t this crazy guy even crazier for stealing men’s underwear? Anyway, I did what you asked me to do, so are you going to punish me or not?

-...

-I’ll be going then.

Surely if that guy was still here, many things would have changed.

The officers’ loose lifestyle and petty crimes were all taken care of by that guy. He was a worker who was not well-liked, but he was better than anyone else when it came to getting things done.

-If you have any complaints, take it up with the young lady, not with me. If you can’t do it, just suck your thumb in the back.

He was a crazy guy, though.

If Ricardo had stayed here, Chartia would have depended on him a lot, so she shook her head and shook off her regretful thoughts.

‘It’s a shame... I really wanted to keep making him work.’

There was no way to bring back the guy who didn’t want to come back to the academy, so Chartia swallowed her regret.

Besides, she was the one who had hurt Ricardo.

-Wuuu... Don’t ever come back to the academy!

-Get lost quickly!

-Get lost!

-I know we did something wrong, but do we deserve to be treated like this?

-...

-I can’t understand. Those students. The academy. And I can’t understand the princess either.

-...

-They should have just left it alone. But what can we do? Since we were the ones who made the mistake, we have to accept it.

Shartier, who had hurt his feelings with her reckless judgment in the past, bit her lip and began to talk about an important agenda.

We can solve the problem of job neglect later. Rather than that, we had to focus on suppressing the rumors circulating in the academy.

Shartier was concentrating with all her nerves, because if things continued like this, the student council’s popularity would plummet as it did when Olivia dropped out.

Shartier didn’t want to repeat the nightmare of that time. It was scary to hear everyone’s accusations and distrust, and to be blamed by the students.

Shartier spoke to everyone with a sense of alarm.

“Have you heard the rumors circulating in the academy lately?”

“...”

“You must have heard the rumor that there is a pagan among the academy professors.”

One of the leading students who had been keeping silent answered with a small laugh.

“Hey, isn’t it just because there have been a lot of incidents lately? Our academy is very picky about selecting professors.”

“...I know, that’s why I’m not talking like this.”

Shartier clenched her fists and swallowed her frustration.

Shartier thought it was strange that such rumors were circulating in a place where all the students knew about the strict hiring process. Others might say that it was just a fuss, but as Shartier, who was responsible for the safety of the students, it was not a problem to be taken lightly, so she had to react sensitively. Of course, everyone here had to think that way.

“Don’t take it lightly, everyone. Think seriously. If something happens like it did at the ball, who’s going to stop it this time?”

Shartier said, glaring at the faces of the executives sitting at the table.

“Are you going to get help from a dropout like last time?”

Shartier’s words, which had hit everyone, made the student council executives blush and shout in loud voices as if they had stepped on a landmine.

In particular, Rohan, a third-year student in the swordsmanship department who was in charge of the vanguard, clenched his fists and shouted at Shartier.

“Isn’t it because we had something to do! I explained everything at the time, so why are you talking like that!?”

“Someone who says they had something to do. You ran away without even evacuating the students? You all survived without being able to take down a single pagan troop that entered, and you’re telling me how amazing you are? I worked so hard to keep the rumors from spreading...”

‘I want to blow it up right now...’

-Will you keep it a secret?

-...

-Don’t you have an image? Even now, the student council’s image must be hitting rock bottom.

Shartier thought about what Ricardo had said at the ball and shut her mouth. It was a favor from a guy who always gave credit to others for the work he did. She couldn’t just say whatever she wanted. As someone who had received help, she couldn’t say anything that would not repay him.

Besides, if rumors spread that the student council was powerless and collapsed, malicious articles would be written, just as Ricardo had said, so she was in a position where she couldn’t brag about whose work it was, and everything seemed contradictory.

Shartier spoke, gathering her complicated thoughts.

“Do it right. The ranking match is in 3 hours.”

The student council executives slowly began to nod their heads at Shartier’s heavy gaze.

Except for one person.

“That...”

Except for Ruin, the executive of the magic department.

Shartier looked at Ruin, who had raised his hand, with a puzzled look. It was strange that the guy who always put his feet on the desk was sitting up straight and raising his hand.

Shartier looked at Ruin and said.

“Why, do you have something to say?”

As everyone’s gaze began to focus on Ruin, Ruin awkwardly lowered his raised hand and shook his head.

“No. Nothing.”

“What is it?”

“It’s just, I was wondering what I’m going to do after the ranking match today.”

“Are you kidding me?”

Luin clenched his fists and thought,

‘I can’t. I can’t tell them even if it kills me.’

‘How can I tell them I got tricked and fell for it? How can I tell them I got tricked while trying to learn black magic?’

Luin swallowed the confession of conscience rising in his chest and lowered his head. Sharctia uttered a final message of warning and encouragement to the executives.

“As you all know, the ranking game is an important event where both freshmen and seniors participate.”

Sharctia said while casting a spell to control the crowd.

“Don’t let your guard down and win. Got it?”

The last student council meeting before the ranking game ended like that.

*

Sharctia, who was left alone in the meeting room, sat down on a chair and started to pick at her nails, feeling inexplicably impatient.

“What is it?”

Something was unsettling. It was as if a sense of unease was constantly lingering in her mind, as if something was about to happen.

Unable to concentrate on her work because of the creeping feeling that something was going to happen at any moment, Sharctia bit her nails and fell into deep thought.

Like that, 10 minutes passed.

Perhaps even 20 minutes passed.

A small envelope began to appear before Sharctia’s eyes on the desk.

A brown envelope neatly sealed with wax. It was the letter Ricardo had left when he came to collect his money last time.

-Why haven’t you paid me yet?

-Sorry, I’ve been so busy.

-Do you know that my lady’s and my livelihood depend on this money?

-What...?

-Just kidding.

-Are you out of your mind?

-No. Oh, by the way, this is a letter with my feelings in it. It’s a letter filled with my resentment for not being paid, so please read it.

-No, I don’t want to. Take it back.

-No, I won’t.

Although she had been too busy to read it, Sharctia began to reach for the letter with a small smile, thinking that it was good that it was complicated.

“You won’t be able to read it anyway. Why did you write a letter?”

It wasn’t even funny.

I’m sure it’s full of insults.

Sharctia began to open Ricardo’s envelope with a light heart. Sharctia carefully took out the letter as the contents of the envelope slowly became visible.

“Your handwriting is terrible...”

It took her two hours to finally read the letter.

[Isn’t the psychic professor a bit creepy? I ran into him on the street today, and he was laughing hysterically while reading a strange book. It’s not my taste...anyway.]

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As soon as Sharctia read the letter, she grabbed her coat and ran to the stadium.

[You should be careful for now.]

[I’m busy this time.]

*

The stadium was filled with the cheers of the crowd.

Ruin, who was looking down with anxiety, clenched his fists as he looked at his first opponent.

-The opponent that the Magic Department’s senior Ruin will face this time is...!

“Damn it.”

-Mikhail!

Nothing ever goes smoothly.