Not a Villainess but a Maid

#074 The price of kindness

I heard the story about the ‘curse’, first from Diamond and second from Emerald.

When I played this game, I had never heard of a system called ‘curse’ in this game.

The only means of combat that exist are magic and cold weapons. I heard that the number of weapons using gunpowder is increasing recently, but it is clear that it is still premature for weapons such as guns to become widely available.

It was natural for my curiosity to grow, and eventually I took action to find information.

So, I waited for the weekend to come, and as soon as dawn broke, I opened my eyes and woke up as if I had been waiting.

‘… Good. ‘There will be no one in the library at this hour.’

Just as I thought about that and was about to get out of the blanket, I realized that my body was firmly pinned to something.

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‘… Uh?’

I lifted the blanket slightly and realized that Ruby’s thin arms and legs were holding me tightly.

I recently started combining Ruby and my bed into one bed, and I was quite satisfied with it.

Being close to her put her mind at ease, and Ruby was also much less restless at night than she used to be.

But in a situation like today where I had to sneak out, it was bound to be difficult.

‘Keuuu…’ !’

I tried to pull her body away from her, but instead her ruby limbs held me tightly.

Non-violative, non-violent. I tried to twist my body to get it out, but it had the opposite effect.

I was especially sensitive because it was morning, and as the skin under a piece of cloth without any underwear touched and rubbed, an inexplicable strange feeling came over me.

“Huh… “

She was so startled by the inexplicable sound that came out of her mouth that she covered her mouth. I almost woke Ruby up.

If I don’t move, I can never get out, and when I tried to move, my body started shaking from a strange sensation.

“Lady… Please… “

“Umm… “

Ruby was now unconsciously rubbing her cheek against my face, enjoying the feel of her touch.

Although she didn’t know what it was, it seemed clear that she was having a happy dream.

Honestly, I had just woken up, so I felt hazy, and I was full of thoughts about wanting to stay like this, but I was more concerned about what I had to do.

In the end, I flipped her over by applying force to her body.

“… 100 Million.”

The result was that it ended up being crushed underneath Ruby’s body.

It feels good to have something soft and slightly heavy pressing against her body, but it also feels good to be immersed in a subtle body odor…

I can’t move… !

In the end, she had no choice but to spend hours awake, waiting for Ruby to come off on her own.

***

After trying so hard not to fall asleep, I was able to sneak out of her room.

After her long wait, I was fortunate to be able to capture the moment Ruby turned over her body.

As expected, the first place I went to for information was the library. It is a place that is used as a club room, and in fact, it is a place that I visit every weekday.

However, there were various difficulties on weekdays. Since the only books I normally read were romance novels, the act of searching through books one by one to find information in the library was sure to be viewed as quite strange by the club members.

That’s why I came here on a weekend when there were no people, but the library on weekends was so quiet that it felt awkward.

Yesterday, the large desk where club members gathered and talked loudly was empty, and all I could see was the sight of dust slowly flying in the sunlight shining through the window.

‘When I actually got here, I felt at a loss. ‘Where should I start searching?’

It was safe to say that the academy’s library contained an enormous amount of material that I couldn’t possibly read.

There is no better place to find information, but the vast amount of information also meant that it took a huge amount of time to find what I wanted.

Although Coral and I spent half a year classifying most of the books, in my memory, there were no books that dealt with something unfamiliar like ‘curse.’

‘Do you want to be in the magic book? Or history?’

I dragged the large ladder with a whimper, climbed on top of it, and stretched out my hand to the tall bookshelf.

At that time, someone spoke to me from behind.

“… Amber?”

“Evil!”

I almost fell backwards due to the wind, but I managed to keep my balance and stop.

“What are you doing here?”

The owner of the voice was Coral, who was looking at me with curious eyes as I climbed up the ladder.

“… Coral, you came out today too?”

“Yes. “I almost live here.”

This is difficult. Originally, my plan was to keep no one knowing.

When she thought about it, Coral wasn’t the kind of person who wouldn’t keep her secrets, and in many ways it would be good to have her help.

“Can you help me?”

“Yes! “Tell me anything.”

I carefully climbed down from her ladder and began to tell her about her curse.

Coral, who heard her story from me, responded with a puzzled expression.

“Curse? It’s a curse….”

“Is there anything you can guess?”

“Wait a moment.”

Coral rummaged around inside her for a while, then she took a thin book and opened it on her desk.

It looked like a type of children’s book with a cute cover.

“… “This is a children’s book, right?”

“It’s a picture book containing stories that have been handed down from a very long time ago. “I thought I saw something similar to what you described here.”

Coral pointed to a girl she drew in a children’s book, and she explained it to me.

“The main character here is a girl named Helen, and her story begins when she sees her mother dying from an illness with her own eyes.”

“… “The atmosphere is very gloomy, isn’t it?”

“Most stories from that time are like that. “They say it’s a cruel fairy tale, right?”

Coral said as she turned the next page.

“Anyway, something strange happened to Helen after she lost her mother. “She had never learned any magic in her life, and she realized that she could hurt someone just by looking at her.”

“… “She hurts by staring?”

“If you look here, it is described like this. [ It was like magic, but definitely not the kind of magic. It was something closer to the supernatural than to magic. ] Called.”

“Then, by any chance, was there any description of what happened after you wrote it?”

“Um… Helen said that she always made people who she had a grudge against suffer, and she had to endure a tingling and burning sensation inside her body every time. “I think she also vomited blood afterwards.”

‘The price of the curse…’

It is not magic, but it is very similar, and is a technique that shows overwhelming power at the cost of vitality.

That was the definition of the curse based on the information I had heard so far.

According to her story, Helen was able to use her curse after witnessing her mother’s death with her own eyes.

‘Could it be that witnessing death is a condition for being able to use a curse?’

Considering the circumstances that happened to Helen, she could only think that way.

Of course, it’s an old story, but I actually witnessed Diamond use the curse right next to me.

“What happens to Coral and Helen in the end?”

“When her actions are revealed, the village people accuse her of being a witch and she is burned at the stake.”

“She was accused of being a witch?”

“Yes. Helen said that after she was burned to death, she was reincarnated as a monster and expressed her hatred towards people for eternity. “The ending is a bit absurd, isn’t it?”

“… “

After hearing the story, my thoughts became more complicated.

Why on earth is Emerald so interested in curses, and why can Diamond use them?

There were still a mountain of things left to figure out.

After that, no particularly useful books were published, and I sat down at my desk to relax with Coral.

Coral spoke while looking at me secretly.

“… By the way, Amber.”

“Huh?”

“What happened with Ruby?”

At those words, I suddenly remembered the events of that day and my face heated up.

“What’s wrong with you… ? “Nothing happened.”

“Really? But the ghost behind your back… “

When Coral looked behind me and said that, I shivered and asked.

“Why is the ghost… ? “Did you say anything?”

“… He keeps sticking out his lips. “I thought it was a bit strange, so I asked.”

“Well, well…” ? “Isn’t it a sick ghost somewhere?”

He probably saw what Ruby and I did, but luckily he didn’t seem to be the type of ghost that could talk.

Thanks to that, she was able to treat herself appropriately.

I will have to find a good exorcist sooner or later and have him exorcise me.

I said as I stood up.

“Thank you for helping me today. See you later, Coral.”

“… Huh.”

But somehow her expression seemed a little dark.

Thinking it might be because of my mood, I grabbed the door handle of the library and turned it.

Click, click.

The door did not open. As if it was blocked tightly with something.

“Coral, this door won’t open?”

When she said that, someone else’s voice other than Coral’s echoed throughout the library.

“There is no way it will open. “Because I didn’t let you go out.”

‘This voice… ?’

A princess with silver hair and a ponytail walks with a confident gait from the corner of the library.

“Ame… !?”

And then, a blond noble lady appeared next to him and spoke.

“I’m sorry, Amber. “I was so curious that I couldn’t hold back.”

“Even Diamond… ?”

Diamonds and amethysts surrounded me, and I shouted towards Coral in the distance.

“Coral, you tricked me!”

“… Sorry. Amber. “I had no choice but to do this.”

“Why…” ?

“Ghosts don’t lie. “She’s telling you with her whole body that something happened between you and Ruby.”

‘Damn, ghost guy… ‘

I could tell with my intuition that the three pairs of eyes looking at me were filled with curious desire.

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Amethyst pulled taut a rope that she didn’t know where it came from.

“Now, would you like to tell me what you did with Ruby?”

I didn’t think I could just get away.