My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Um... So here...

Episode 5 I Visited the Heroine's Parents' House...

Here, you just do this.

Oh, okay! I get it!

Thanks, Miss Campbell!

I should make it through my next class now.

I'm glad.

You write such thorough notes, though.

You're quite a hard worker, aren't you?

No, not really...

If you need help with anything else, you can ask me anytime.

Thanks!

Oh, I nearly forgot.

These are for you, if you'd like.

Did you make all these yourself?

I'd love some!

It's delicious!

Thank you.

Maria-chan and I have grown a lot closer since then.

All the others have been captivated by her sweets, too.

Here you go.

President! Thank you so much!

Delicious.

The student council president makes great tea, doesn't he?

Yes.

I'd never guess that he was the son of nobility.

He beat Nicol to the top of his grade

in both academic marks and magic ability.

I heard his fan club even has more members than Nicol's.

Man, he's fast!

He only had a side role in the game, but he's actually a beast!

Thank you for the tea again today.

You're welcome.

You know, the tea you make...

has a very gentle flavor.

But the truth is that when I'm outside the student council office,

I don't see much of the president or Maria-chan.

And we want to be better friends with Maria!

It seems like she keeps her distance from us outside the student council office.

Oh, Miss Campbell—

Well, you can't blame her!

All these people, including Catarina, are among the highest nobility in the nation.

It's probably hard for her to just strike up a conversation.

In the game, the conquerable characters

approach the heroine more and more as their affection levels rise.

But no one's approaching Maria-chan right now.

In fact, Catarina seems to have the highest affection toward Maria right now.

She always seems to be alone when not in the student council office.

It seems like Maria-san is being bullied by the other noble kids...

That's a huge problem!

Emergency!

Huge problem!

Unthinkable!

Catarina witnessed such a scene once,

but that was only the tip of the iceberg.

We have to do something!

No objections!

Sister, did you need something?

There's something I want to discuss!

H-Huh?

Oh... So that's it.

What can I do to help protect Miss Campbell?

Perhaps... we could stay with her as much as possible?

With her?

Yes.

If she's with you and me,

they won't find it easy to bully her, considering statuses and all.

That's it!

I'll make a move myself to spend more time with her outside the student council!

Thanks, Keith!

All right! It's lunch time!

I'll invite Maria-chan to eat with me.

She always ate lunch out here by herself in the game, if I recall...

You're just a commoner!

Don't get full of yourself just because you joined the student council.

I truly pity the student council members who feel they have

no choice but to pay attention to you.

I bet your score on the achievement test

was biased because your light magic is so special.

Don't get cocky!

Come forth, Earth Bump!

Did you see that?!

That's the power of my Earth Bump, the fruit of my years of training!

Enough with your false accusations!

This school grades students based purely on merit.

There is no bias.

Maria-chan is always working her very hardest,

and her test showed the results of that effort!

Besides, the student council members and I

don't hang out with her just because of her light magic!

We do it because

she's a hard worker who puts her all into everything, and we like her.

If you girls keep this up...

doom will befall you.

Just like it befalls the villainess Catarina Claes in the game!

We're sorry!

They're all such fools.

Maria-chan, are you oka—

Maria-chan?!

I know that was scary... but it's all right now!

Um, Lady Claes... My name...

Your name?

Oh! I'm sorry!

I just started calling you "Maria-chan" as if we're best friends...

No, I don't mind that at all.

In fact, instead of "Maria-chan"... well...

Please just call me "Maria"!

Thanks, Maria!

If you'll allow it,

may I also call you "Lady Catarina," like the student council members do?

Of course! Call me whatever you like!

You and I are friends now, after all.

Wait, what's wrong?!

I never thought they'd go so far as to use magic against her.

Oh!

Come to think of it, the Catarina in the game...

...did the same thing!

One day, during lunch break,

Catarina and the girls she used as her minions surrounded Maria,

and one of them tried to hurt Maria with fire magic!

Then Keith produced an earth doll with this magic and saved her.

And then Keith gently embraced her.

You know, Keith in that part...

He's normally a playboy, so he's not really used to acting like that.

That gap is just so hot!

Emergency!

Huge problem!

Danger!

So did we steal another major event from her?!

First it was Geordo,

and now we've taken a crucial relationship event from Keith...

But maybe that's for the better.

I mean, if those two work out, Catarina could be doomed.

In other words, since the event with Geordo,

we continue to unintentionally maintain distance from our own doom flag.

Am I amazing or what?!

Amazing!

Super amazing!

Amazing... I'm amazing...

That said, I still need to keep tabs on the progress of Maria-chan's

relationships with the conquerable characters.

Which makes this the perfect time for girl talk about relationships!

So, Maria, who do you like?

Huh?

I... am deeply fond of you, Lady Catarina.

Huh?

Me, too! More than anyone else!

Me, too! I feel the same, Lady Catarina!

Thanks, everyone...

That does make me happy, but that's not the kind of "like" I meant...

You're all welcome to have some of these if you'd like.

I'd love to!

Delicious!

Maria-chan's as cute as can be again today.

Even if I swiped a couple of relationship events from her by pure coincidence,

it's just a matter of time before the conquerable characters fall for her.

Maria My Love

M a r i a

Maria

Time to beef up my strategy!