An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess (自称悪役令嬢な婚約者の観察記録。)

The graduation party that had been interrupted safely recommenced.

While Tia and I were talking,

they kept things moving along. So it's all thanks to them.

However...

An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess

Chapter 11

An Observation Log of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess and the Royal Family.

The Next Day

Problems still remained.

Regarding the treatment of Heronia, a baron's daughter...

I believed in you!

Your Highness would never fall into that villainess's evil clutches.

I knew that you would realize that I was right!

Do not come near me.

What?

I've merely come to deliver a message and chat for a bit.

For now, why don't you sit over there?

I understand.

Your Highness wishes to know about the sacred light, right?

That was my—

That was caused by an out of control light spirit.

What?

Your pet bird was a light spirit.

A spirit?

I knew it! I am the heroine, after all!

I am a saint that all divine creatures acknowledge as—

It would cause difficulties were you to misunderstand, so I'll say this.

Spirits are indeed rare, but a large number of them exist,

and there are people who keep them close

You aren't special.

Th-That can't be true!

After all, there wasn't any mention of spirits in the game!

In order to prevent the government from using them,

their existence is hidden from everyone but the highest of nobility.

It's only natural that a baron's daughter like you wouldn't know about them.

If you speak of this to anyone in the future,

your safety cannot be guaranteed.

Your cooperation is appreciated.

A Few Days Later

Your Highness.

Your Highness?

Your Highness, Lady Bertia has come to see you.

Sir Cecil! What happened to Lady Heronia?

Welcome, Tia.

You wish to know her fate?

Of course I do!

Then, come over here.

What?

You want to hear about her, don't you?

W-Will this do?

Yes, so I'll tell you, as promised.

While I was unconscious,

the light spirit showed me the "correct future" that exists in your memories.

Then you know that you should choose me!

Because that's the future that will make you the happiest!

If that's what you call my happiest, then I don't want it.

That's only because you're still a doll, so you can't feel happiness!

After all, you and I aren't together.

At the very least,

I ceased being a "doll," as you call it, before I came here to see you.

My Maiden of Destiny...

my Bertia has made me human, you see?

What?! What's that supposed to mean?

She's supposed to be the villainess!

It's only because she went and changed the scenario to begin with!

That's true.

The Miss Bertia that the light spirit showed me was indeed a different person.

Right? That is her true nature.

So, you see, she's deceiving—

And I know of one other individual who has changed completely.

What?! Does that mean there was someone else changing the game's scenario?

But who?

You.

I-I advanced the plot events just as the scenario dictated, didn't I?

Just how am I a different person?

The you of that other world...

In the beginning, she was a country lady, unused to the ways of noble society.

By the time I was graduating, she had grown into a wonderfully refined lady.

In comparison, you do not abide by the rules of society.

You never cultivated any refinement.

Just recently, I heard that the professor

was exasperated with your lack of manners at tea.

In these last four years, just what have you learned?

To become the crown princess means that your every move

will be perceived as representing the kingdom.

Your personal mistakes will become the kingdom's failings.

Your lack of refinement will be seen as the kingdom's lack of dignity.

Are you saying that you could fulfill such an important role?

Sh-Shut up!

What is all this?

There is no event like this in that game.

I won't have it.

I won't have it. I won't have it!

I will never accept a future like this!

That's right. Where did Pii-chan go?

If he's with me, then everyone will understand that I'm special.

If you're speaking of your pet bird, he no longer exists in this world.

What?

That life has been extinguished.

It happened back then, when he tried to protect you in your recklessness.

Pii-chan?

This is the result of everything you've done,

and the future the two of you chose.

Y-You're lying.

Pii-chan?

Pii-chan!

Pii-chan? Pii-chan!

It can't be true.

I don't want this! Even if no one else believed what I said,

Pii-chan was the only one... who was always by my side.

This is the first time she's shown me this side of her.

Though the shape of it may have been warped,

there truly was a bond between her and him.

This is where this conversation ends,

but to finish things off, I've been asked to deliver a message to you.

"Even if you can't see me, I will always be with you."

That's what he asked me to tell you.

This is a memento of him.

It's a fragment of his soul.

I'll leave it with you.

Just as his core was about to crumble away,

I borrowed Zeno's power to retain this piece.

It's faint, but a trace of his will remains inside.

Well then, we'll leave the rest for the audience hall.

Pii-chan...

After that, as part of her punishment,

it was decided that she would be sent to a convent.

Father, I have one request.

Please allow me to decide which convent Heronia will go to.

Do you really distrust me so much that you must look at me that way, Father?

Do as you like.

Thank you.

We've brought Heronia here.

Now, you will be told what punishment has been decided for you.

Cecil.

Yes.

The baron's house will cut all ties with you,

and you will be sent to a convent as a commoner.

We are content with that as well.

Now then, I will give you a choice.

Lift your head.

You should listen very carefully to my words.

A convent in the harsh environment of the northernmost point of our kingdom,

or a convent in a temperate area three days carriage ride south of the capital?

Where would you like to go?

The choices seem quite unbalanced.

Due to the harsh conditions at the northern convent,

I've heard that, while rare, some have lost their lives.

Really?

On the other hand, I've heard that the north believes in the Divine Light,

and that its power is strong there.

If someone prays consistently, that which they have lost may regain its life.

That's the kind of miracle they say might occur there.

The light spirit gave his life for you.

And you? How far will you go for him?

North or south? Which will it be?

I-I...

I will...

I will...

go to the north!

Will you?

Then we'll have the arrangements made.

Now, until a specific date has been decided upon,

she will continue to be treated as she has been.

Yes, sire!

Goodbye.

You're no longer the heroine. You're not special.

Just a young lady named Heronia.

If you are abandoning your role as heroine

and living as a woman, alone, for your friend's sake,

then I will welcome your decision.

I'm certain that Tia wouldn't want you to be unhappy.

And so she has left on a journey to a convent in the northern reaches.

That's the heroine for you!

To think that she'd go to offer prayers for a wounded spirit!

Well, I did omit the troublesome bits and say it in a manner that Tia would like,

but I haven't told her any lies.

That decision truly required so much courage!

What a beautiful self-sacrifice!

The heroine really is different from the rest of us!

I have you captive like this, and she's all you're thinking about.

Perhaps I should make a slightly more serious effort.

S-Serious effort?

I've already sent everyone away, and everyone already thinks that we're—

Your Highness, what are you saying?!

Yes, as usual, even if I dismiss everyone, I am unable to send the spirits away.

It was merely a joke.

That sort of thing is a pleasure I will reserve until after we're married.

Oh.

What?!