The Villainous Lady Aims to Overthrow the Heroine: First Part

“H-how could such a thing…”

A lone little girl sat in her own room, devastated. She was so devastated that, if a person that knew the usual her saw her right now, they probably wouldn’t believe what they were seeing. The gold threads that seemed to flow all the way down to her waist were dropped onto the floor and her clothes were getting wrinkled but, to the girl right now, she was too occupied to be concerned about such matters.

Belfreya Alunst is a 9 year-old little girl. Born into the aristocracy, up until now, she has lived a privileged life of no inconveniences, a typical noble lady. With parents that spoil her, she easily gets everything she wants. With a well-proportioned appearance, she has been predicted to become quite a beauty in the future.

Due to living in such an environment, she grew up to have a selfish and haughty personality. If there were any servants she didn’t like, she would ask her parents to fire them. If there was a dress she liked, she would sometimes arbitrarily decide to buy every single copy of said dress. If someone has a lower social status than her, she would treat them as slaves even if they are the same age as her. In these nine years, Belfreya has done whatever she wants so much that it would be impossible to count everything she did.

However——that was all until yesterday when she remembered her previous life’s knowledge.

“For me, to be in that thing called a “game”…and as a villain…”

To the Belfreya who, up until now, had never heard of the term “game” or possessed any knowledge about villains, these memories were too sudden. Based off of her recalled knowledge, this is probably what was known as her past life’s memory, she thought. And, fortunate or unfortunate, Belfreya only recalled her previous life’s knowledge; she still had her own consciousness.

Still, due to the large amount of recalled knowledge and memories, her own self-consciouness was quite stimulated. Among everything, the thing that astonished her the most was the fact that the world she was in was actually an otome game from her previous life. In addition, there existed another her with the same name, circumstances, and appearance. As the Heroine’s rival.

“Villains, they’re the bad guys…”

To the Belfreya that now knew her previous life’s morality, she couldn’t deny that what she had done up until now wasn’t exactly that. Thinking with her past values, she was undoubtably an outrageous young lady. No doubt that she was a villain that people held grudges against and hated. Three strikes.

To put Belfreya’s current state of mind in words, it would be “Eh, seriously?”. To herself, she thought that she had not done anything wrong these nine years. Something like servants, even if you fire them, they were quickly replaced with new servants. A 9 year-old kid like her didn’t understand the importance of money. As nobility, she thought it was natural for her to stand above others.

Finding out for the first time that it was not natural, she was shocked. Hence, she understood why she was the villain in this game-like world. Indeed, if it was her, she would have unmistakably continued living her life like the game dictated. For this reason, Belfreya accepted this crazy knowledge about games and such.

However——

“I admit it. Certainly, I was the villain. This heroine girl, while having a lower ranking than me, ended up in a good relationship with my fiancé. If it was me, I would definitely have harassed her. Because she’s a heroine, her face too might be prettier than mine. Her personality should be good too.”

The trigger that caused Belfreya to remember her past life was the moment when she met her one-year older fiancé, Syulein Edward, yesterday. In that one moment, while thinking about how it was her first time meeting such a beautiful person, her heart started racing and she was assaulted by déjà vu. From there on, the knowledge kept flowing into her.

Having suddenly fainted, until now, Belfreya had been resting in bed. After organizing all her new knowledge, she had involuntarily fell prostrate onto the floor. And, after putting her own thoughts into words, her resolve strengthened.

Until now, Belfreya Alunst has never once lost. However, in the future, she understood that she would have her fiancé stolen, be expelled from school, and casted out of society. In other words, she would be headed straight down for the loser dog life. Towards such a future, something inside her started to flare up.

“Like I’ll just sit around and give in just because of that! I’m definitely not going to accept it! If I get serious, I’m definitely going to win! Just watch, my eternal rival! I’ll beat you in everything, looks and popularity!”

Even if she reflected on everything she did up until now, Belfreya’s pride was still high as usual. It is said that people with high pride also have large ambitions to reach the top. In other words, she extremely hates to lose.

Grieving over her sad future or avoiding the Heroine, such running-away attitude is inexcusable. I’ll fight the Heroine face-to-face and crush her. Her hatred of losing has now locked onto this unseen Heroine (powerful enemy) as a rival that she will bet her own life to defeat.

Of course, now that she knows about ethics, she’s going to put the rabid dog (villain role) to sleep. The rival she was aiming for won’t be defeated by such a level. She [the Heroine] is what her previous life would have called “cheat”. To be able to compete with such an opponent, she shook with excitement. And, towards her own future of winning against such a person, she was extremely excited. Right now, Belfreya was at the shiniest moment of her life.

“With that decided, I have to polish myself. For the decisive battle seven years later, I have to do everything I can to the most of my abilities. Right now, the Heroine is also polishing her fangs and raising her charm after all. Fufufu, I’m burning up now…”

While seething with a spirit that couldn’t possibly be considered a 9 year-old little girl’s, Belfreya lifted the corner of her mouth. Like this, her training aimed to overthrow the Heroine began.

“Edward-sama! I have a request!”

“Yes, I’m full of energy! If I was unwell, I wouldn’t be able to undergo training after all. From now on, I’m going to take good care of my health!”

“Oh, yeah. Edward-sama, I have a request.”

“Please tutor me! Edward-sama, I believe, according to the setting, you’re very smart. Make me into the school’s, no, this country’s top talented woman!”
“Listen to what I’m saying!”

Putting romance on the backburner and having first resolved to polished herself, Belfreya’s action power was incredible. Although she had the knowledge, she was still a 9 year-old little girl. Her romance outlook was now based off of the otome game this world was based off of. In other words, she thought that, if a girl’s statuses weren’t high, no guy would find her attractive.

In addition, for someone like herself who was on the highway to villainy, she decided that she lacked the charm necessary to raise the favorability meters. For the Belfreya right now, no matter how nice she was to Syulein, she couldn’t go beyond friendship. After all, she recalled many times that in the game, there was no way to become lovers while at base status.

Hence, she thought to get closer to her fiancé, Syulein, after she raised her status. Raising the favorability meter while training, such halfhearted and naive attempts would only cause her to lose to her rival. The Heroine is a terrifying opponent that, not just at first sight, but, within the short time period of school-life, was able to capture him. Although Belfreya was a villain, she had been engaged to him for seven years; the Heroine is an extremely tough opponent to be able to kick her down. She swallowed hard at the enormity of the Heroine.

Despite that, completely avoiding contact with him would be like throwing away her advantage. So then, what should she do? While thinking that, Belfreya decided to involve him by making him help with her training. Inside the game’s school, Syulein was the student council president, the person that adorned the chief position. Just the man worthy to stand next to that cheat Heroine. It would be a waste not to use a person like him.

“What do you mean by studying? Rather, why me?”

“Wha…… E-even if you try to suck up to me, it won’t work!”

“O-okay.”

Losing to Belfreya’s overpowering energy, Syulein had no choice but to agree. This arranged engagement to this one-year younger girl was one-sidedly decided by his parents. After having heard this girl’s rumors, Syulein had even felt hatred. Upon meeting her though, this happened.

“Therefore, please tutor me! For the sake of defeating my rival, I must become a beautiful and intelligent siren-class girl capable of ruining a country!”

“My rival is my rival. Another name you can use is Heroine. She is my arch-enemy that I must defeat even if I have to bet my entire life on it.”
“I can feel my head hurting…”

This was how Belfreya, (9 years-old lady) who is currently burning up like a hot-blooded protagonist, and Syulein, (10 years-old worldly-wise man) who had originally been troubled over their engagement but is now troubled even more over his fiancée, finally got acquainted with each other.

After this event, with a very unlady-like energy, Belfreya chased after him every day with a “Tutor me——!”. He gave in after three days.

Belfreya (10 years-old), Syulein (11 years-old)

“Hey, why are you collapsed in front of my house?”

“Are you an idiot!? You’re really an idiot, aren’t you!? You’re not satisfied with just studying!?”

“Exactly just how tenacious can you be against this rival? Do you have some kind of grudge?”

“……I’m her fiancé, right? Since she’s engrossed with someone else, should I stop her? Wait, it’s not like I really wanted this engagement… Besides, the other person is a girl. But, somehow it feels different……”

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Belfreya (11 years-old), Syulein (12 years-old)

“……Hey, what are you doing this time?”

“Buy, you… So, why is a noble young lady selling bread in the town market?”

“Listen. To. What. I’m. Saying!”

“Are you an idiot!? No, you were an idiot! What are you going to do if you get kidnapped!?”

“Divine punishment——!!”
“Ouch——!!”

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Belfreya (12 years-old), Syulein (13 years-old)

“Wo-wow… Edward-sama, look at this! It’s such a beautiful lake.”

“——Make me into a goddess too. Make me into a goddess too. ……Ah, well, since there’s a goddess here, I thought she could share various things. While we’re at it, I’ll also scoop up some water to use on my skin.”

“Ah, there’s a fish! It looks good for maintaining fresh and healthy skin! Wait please, today’s lunch. I’ll use these survival techniques I forged to compete with the Heroine who can survive in any environment through her guts to—!”
“…………”

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Belfreya (13 years-old), Syulein (14 years-old)

“Hey, your calculation here is wrong.”

“Right. Next is this problem but there’s a little trap with it. The difference depends on this one part here whether you see it or not…”

“What’s wrong? Weren’t you aiming to be beautiful and intelligent? Is this the limit for Belfreya’s head?”

“…I see.”

“It’s nothing.”

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Belfreya (14 years-old), Syulein (15 years-old)

“Fufufu, I finally get my debutante debut. Now then, let’s show them the results of my training!”

“That’s a big misunderstanding, Edward-sama. My target is the young and lively same-sex!”

“The Heroine is surrounded by many friends and is the owner of a beautiful and sometimes helpful flower garden. I have comprehended all the recent female trends and prepared invitation tickets to a popular snack shop. I will definitely catch those girls’ hearts. ……I have to apologize one more time for all the horrible things I did until I was 9 years-old. That’s why, now is the time for me to unleash a little of this status that I trained for five years!”

“I have to save my full power for the last boss, the Heroine…”

“Ehehehe. ……Roger!”

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——Like this, the months slowly went by.