Volume 1 Chapter 56, Part 2 Mean Villainess, Reaching a 'Safe Ending'
"Anyway, let's think of a solution while we walk."
"Yeah."
Leve and I said as we stood up.
"Oh, well, the workshop is old, but it's not like we need to do anything about it."
"But we do need to take some action, regardless. Whether it's due to its age or the tantrum, if it gets crushed, Flora's father won't be able to work, right?"
It would be tough for a commoner to lose their job. And who knows, maybe Flora will resume making games someday if she has that workshop.
...I can't say that out loud here and now, but that's what I'm hoping for.
With these thoughts in mind, we started walking.
I didn't have the courage to walk beside Flora, so the 3 of us walked side by side with Leve in the middle.
"Flora, do you think you'll ever make games again in the future?"
It was Leve who asked this, not me.
"I can't do it now, but I've thought about doing it again someday," Flora replied.
Leve smiled at me, and I could see his lips form the words, "That's great."
"If there's a chance Flora might make games again in the future, we should definitely do something about it. It's for Ms. Elena too."
"Yes."
"For Ms. Elena..."
"When Rolus told me that the writer had quit making games, and Ms. Elena didn't know about Flora at the time, he said Ms. Elena was really upset."
"I collapsed to my knees. Even now, remembering her despair makes my heart ache."
I glanced at Flora through Leve, and she was covering her face with her hands.
Perhaps she was feeling embarrassed.
"Hmm. Well, this might be a bit much, but what if we lend Flora's father the house my father owns in my territory?"
"That's a great idea, Leve."
"Oh, no, I couldn't possibly ask for that much."
"Flora, don't worry. I'm sure my father would agree if I asked him to do it for Ms. Elena. Besides, my parents adore her."
That's right.
I thought I was being loved as a childhood friend of Leve.
"If it really comes to that, we could borrow from Leve's father. If that doesn't work, I'll ask my dad."
My dad would do anything for me.
"Yeah, but if Flora starts making games again in the workshop I lent you, I want to make one request."
"A request?"
"Yes. I want you to promise not to make that witch's game again."
"──Huh? What are you saying, Leve!"
The witch's game is the one I've been looking forward to the most!
I've been eagerly waiting for its sequel, stretching my neck so much I'm sure it's grown by 5 cm!
"You don't know how scared I was by that witch..."
"But forcing Flora to promise like that, making it a condition for lending her the workshop, that's not fair! You're no different from Flora's foster parents!"
"It's not the same! I don't care what else she makes, as long as she doesn't make that witch's game again!"
Leve and I continued our heated argument, our voices growing louder.
Flora tried to stop us, waving her hands frantically, but there was no room for her to get a word in.
"You said it was for my sake just now!"
"It's for both your sake and Flora's, Elena."
"If I can't see the sequel to the witch's game, Leve, then it's not for my sake at all! You know how much I've been looking forward to it?!"
Leve seemed at a loss for words after my passionate argument, and he fell silent, his face contorting.
His silence confirmed that I was right, and it wasn't for my sake.
"That's cruel, Leve! Which is more important to you, me or Flora?!"
"I'm sorry, Elena... it's Flora."
Our voices echoed through the corridor between the school building and the hall, where this conversation took place.
The intense exchange, like the aftermath of a struggle, caused a stir among those around us.
The rumors seemed to be true, they thought.
So, Flora had taken him away in the end.
Although none of the three had any intention of doing that, the only thing that was created was that the heroine outdoed her rival and obtained a handsome guy.
It was as if it had been destined by fate.
But that doesn't matter now.
I have more pressing concerns.
"I shouldn't have lied, Leve. Now that I think about it, I was just being selfish, wasn't I?"
"Yeah. It was scary, you know."
Leve pouted.
"Were you that scared?"
"I was scared. But, Elena, you did it on purpose, didn't you?"
"Well, it's funny to see you and Rolus scared like that."
Of course I did it on purpose. It was hilarious.
But now I've done it so many times, they don't get scared anymore.
Which is a shame, because I'm looking forward to the next one.
"Haha, hehe. You two are quite the pair."
Flora laughed as she said this.
So, it seems that without realizing it, I had brought about the game's ending.
That day, when I returned home, I saw my mother's smile, and I understood.
And from the whispered words, "I'm glad I got to see the scene where Leve chooses the heroine!" I could guess the conversation that followed.
We were in the hallway at the time, and from there, you could see the courtyard where upperclassmen and their parents were starting to gather.
My mother was probably among them.
──I wanted to see that scene.
In the end, even though I thought it was game over when Flora became the heroine, I managed to fulfill my role as the NPC.
Phew, that's a relief.
So, all's well that ends well.
And with that, my role as the Mean Villainess comes to an end.
I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
Now, I don't have to worry about being mean or boosting my 'mean points' anymore!
One day, while I was feeling this light-hearted, something happened.
Rolus was gone.
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