I Favor the Villainess

"... go"

I cone-shaped a rock - the magic of a rock cannon that struck out monkey-like demons.

Demons explode scattered and later only magic stones remain.

When I picked it up without expression, it turned into a leather bag.

……

A few days have passed since the battle with Master Manaria.

The College is preparing for Amor's festival.

What exactly are you doing is exterminating demons around the ceremony venue of the festival.

Because magic stones are used in the balance of love, demons follow them.

For this reason, every year before the festival, college students hunt demons in general.

Originally, crusading demons is military business, but because of the number of them, college students are also driven out.

Fortunately, demons around the ceremony venue are not so strong that even college students can defeat them.

Nevertheless, some freshmen are still unfamiliar with fighting demons at this time of year, so freshmen team up to turn to extermination.

I was a team with Master Claire and Master Manaria.

"Aren't you a little overwhelmed?

Lady Claire has been calling out to me like that, seeing how I keep slaughtering the demons pale.

"No, it's okay"

I ripped out the bushes in search of my next prey.

There was an indeterminate demon - Green Slime.

……

For a moment, Lelea's mind turned, but I slaughtered it again with a rock cannon.

Slime, struck out of the nucleus, returns to earth.

"Oh, no, it's rough."

The strange voice belonged to Master Manaria.

Seeing, Master Manaria turns her hand around Master Claire's shoulder and stares at this one as it were.

"Hey, Master Manaria. It's time to fight, isn't it?

"It's okay. There's no way the three of us can beat the demons around here."

That was not a chronic mind or anything, but a word that came from absolute confidence.

In fact, Master Manaria would not stand in the way of the extermination of demons by himself.

"But this man is still sick, right?

Master Claire says in a worrying voice.

I hated that very much.

"I'm fine"

"But..."

Indeed, the wounds received from Master Manaria were not shallow, but they are now recovering.

Since then, Master Claire has become concerned about me.

I would have made a small leap in that before, but I can't be honest with you right now.

I bet Master Claire to challenge Master Manaria to battle, and losing is drawing my tail.

"Look, Claire. My hands are stopped."

"Yeah, yeah."

"Look, there's Large Wasp over there. Claire would be able to get rid of it without a problem, wouldn't she?

……

Encourage Master Claire to escort Master Manaria.

Lady Claire was still caring to look at this one, but eventually when she took her gaze off she began exterminating the demons.

When I walked away from the two of them, I slaughtered even the demons, like hitting the obsession in the back of my chest.

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"Hey, you"

When the extermination of the demons of the day was all over, Lady Claire called out to me.

"What is it, Master Claire?"

"You must be my servant. What do you do when a servant leaves the Lord?"

One day today, I had almost ignored team formation and hit the extermination task by myself.

I was with Claire and Manaria at first, but it was hard to be with them and they acted differently.

I hear Lady Claire is blaming you for that.

"Isn't that nice? With Manaria, it should be enough to protect Claire."

"That's not what I'm talking about. I'm saying it's your job to serve me."

Master Claire is right.

Correct, but now I didn't have the looseness of heart to just ask it honestly.

"I'm sorry"

"Do you really know what went wrong? By and large, it's extremely dangerous for a sick person to act alone."

If I had been a little more calm, I would have realized that Lady Claire would have shown me around at this time.

But I had a hard time continuing the conversation and tried to cut the conversation off early by apologizing.

And Master Claire had spotted a sincere apology.

I'm getting a little fed up with Claire's sermon with it.

"I'm not worried about you, but if a servant dies, I'm not awake."

"I'm sorry. I'll be careful."

Lady Claire's hand grabbed my arm trying to end the conversation and leave the scene.

"You've been weird since the fight with your sister, haven't you? What the hell happened?"

"... nothing"

"You lied. You've been so loud to me, you've been lurking quite a few days."

Lady Claire doesn't know who Manaria and I fought for.

Like the others, I just think I've done a magical arm comparison.

"That battle was between you and Claire."

"What?"

I had no choice but to explain the rush that led to the battle.

Even myself, there was a surprisingly dead voice in my emotions.

In inverse proportion to that, Mr. Mirumira's complexion changes.

"That's why I don't deserve to be next to Claire anymore."

"What are you talking about at will!

At the same time as I finished explaining, Master Claire was refreshed.

"Bet on me and fight? What are you thinking! I'm not!? Take it personally..."

Lady Claire has a good point.

If they make it a prize on their own, that would piss them off.

There is a concept of prizing a woman named Price Girl, but even I ferociously dislike it.

But there was something completely wrong with me at this time.

That's why I said this.

"Really? Doesn't it feel good? Seeking from lovely people like Manaria."

Now that I think about it, it is utterly silent.

Lady Claire's eyes were completely seated.

"Correct it. My servant is making such a tantrum to the Lord. This is why the civilian servants..."

I guess Master Claire was also a buying word for the selling word.

Usually I would have noticed that.

But at this time, I had a very bad epilepsy.

"Well, I, I'll stop"

"... what?

"I will stop making Lady Claire's maid. I guess it's not for me as a civilian."

That said, the expression disappeared from Master Claire's face.

With a flat voice, Master Claire continues.

"... are you serious?

"Yes."

"You want to stop being my servant?

"Yes."

I wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

"Yes... I see."

It was then that I realized that Master Claire's voice was trembling somewhere.

"Master Claire?

"Salaries are calculated on a daily basis until today, and we'll pay you later, so come and get them"

Master Claire's tone was clerical.

"I've had a lot of dissatisfaction, but you've served me well so far. As a François maid, I'd like to thank you."

And so I couldn't help but smile.

"Thanks for everything, Mr. Taylor."

Calling me by my family name and saying so, Lady Claire spilled a single Shizuku tear.

"Claire."

"Have you been there yet? I'm sorry you've been so selfish. Taylor's lucky day ahead."

I made a mistake.

An irrevocable, deadly mistake.

It's too late to regret it.

Master Claire turned away from me.

"... excuse me"

All I could do was say that and leave the spot.

My feelings were messed up and I was already just the one wanting to run back to my room and into bed.

"You leave me alone, too... Liar."

The last words that Master Claire spilled drove my heart deep and deep.