BJ Villainess

Ozworld responded calmly, like someone exchanging pleasantries. “Now, you no longer seem to be pretending to get along with me.”

“Yeah. I just don’t feel like it right now.”

I wasn’t going to feel like that forever, and Ozworld asked. “What can I do to make you feel that way?”

“I’m not sure. It’s the first time I’ve hated someone like this.”

When I kept speaking aggressively, Ozworld was silent for a moment and then suddenly burst out laughing.

“You’re finally showing your most honest side, Miss Theresa.”

“Crazy b*stard.” It was truly insane to think he evaluated me as being honest to someone who detested him so much.

I turned to leave, not wanting to deal with him anymore, but suddenly, I was yanked back as if caught on a fishing line. Ozworld supported my waist to prevent me from falling.

“Be careful.”

Hearing such nonsense made me even angrier.

“Are you really crazy? What are you doing?!”

“I have something to give you.”

“I don’t need it. And never do this to me again.”

Ignoring my words, Ozworld took a book from his desk drawer and handed it to me. “It’s a recipe book. It contains content that will be covered in future lectures. Your friend wanted it very much. Can you give it to them?”

The friend who wanted this book was none other than Reini.

Ozworld’s lecture enrollment was fiercely competitive, and unfortunately, Reini failed to register. So, I would share the recipes from the lectures with Reini after they were over.

Reini would be thrilled to receive this book, as it appeared to be a unique, non-commercial item. However, I threw the book at Ozworld’s chest and sneered. “Why? Are you trying to bribe me by bringing up my friend because I don’t listen to you?”

Ozworld frowned at my extremely aggressive attitude. “Aren’t you afraid of losing my likeability?”

I was shaking with anger but didn’t respond further.

When Ozworld’s likeability turned into a black heart, I wasn’t sure how it would affect this world. I predicted it would show me the worst-case scenario. Even though it was humiliating and unpleasant, the risk was too great to continue being emotional.

As I finally suppressed my anger and stopped expressing hostility, Ozworld smiled contentedly. “I like your honesty, Miss Theresa. But being so troublesome is not good for the broadcast in the long run.”

“

.”

For someone who was worried about the broadcast, his actions so far had been incredibly trashy.

“You’re the one who needs to act properly, not me.”

I slammed the laboratory door shut and returned to the dormitory. Fortunately, Ozworld didn’t follow me.

“The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it is.”

Ozworld was an unpredictable madman. He enjoyed it when I resisted but quickly got bored and said it was tiring. But if I behaved obediently, he found it dull and attacked me.

I had no idea how to keep up with his whims. I sincerely wanted to kill him.

“Do I have to attend school like this for the rest of the semester?”

At this rate, I didn’t think my sanity would last. But I didn’t want to become a typical nuisance character, causing trouble for my struggling allies because I couldn’t tolerate Ozworld and exploded.

“

. It’s driving me crazy.”

I collapsed onto my bed, tearing at my hair. The stress was so overwhelming that I felt like screaming. Then, a thought occurred to me.

“Should I just skip all the lectures?”

It was an impulsive idea, but it seemed very plausible. Anyway, staying at school didn’t offer a sure way to avoid Ozworld other than hiding in the dormitory. But if I continue to behave like that, Libby and my friends will worry. It seemed the best solution was to leave school altogether.

“As long as I attend enough to avoid expulsion and do well on exams, it should be fine.”

I could use my activities to fight corruption as an excuse for not being able to attend school. If I worked hard in these activities, the school might even accommodate my situation.

Alright. The decision has already been made. I immediately changed into active clothes and dashed down the stairs.

Eloise asked with surprised eyes as I suddenly rushed out. “Where are you going, Milady?”

“To free myself from the shackles of school and save the world.”

“…??”

Eloise tilted her head with a ‘What is she talking about?’ expression, then cheerfully shouted. “Come back before dinner~!”

* * *

Two weeks had passed since I skipped school. I was dressed in a thin robe with a hood, riding a horse radiating golden magic.

“It seems we should stop here.”

The horse understood my words and stopped in place. It probably sensed the demonic energy emanating from the front. The horse I rescued on the first day of my purification activities had become my companion in patrolling eroded areas.

I dismounted and touched the blackened soil to check the progress of the corruption. “It’s better than I thought?”

Ghost whales were working hard to purify the land, so it was rare to find soil too contaminated to handle.

“Still, this level of erosion suggests there are quite tricky monsters here.”

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Romance Pass’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]

[You’ve become an expert in erosion… I hoped you’d become a love expert…]

As I gauged the boundary between normal and eroded land, I saw a village.

“Oh gosh… The monsters might escape to this side.”

While traveling around for purification activities, I realized a few things. First, the monsters I encountered were only a small fraction of the total. The most difficult type to deal with was intelligent monsters. Intelligent monsters often specialize in concealment. Purifying an intelligent monster without injuring it was a very high-level task.

“And with the village involved, they might take hostages too.”

What a headache.

Early on, when faced with this situation, I would indiscriminately spread purification magic over the area and replenish my magic with potions. But that only worked a few times. I overlooked the fact that using magic also consumed physical strength, leading to several collapses from extreme fatigue.

Now, I didn’t waste magic carelessly. Instead, I developed tools that were useful for such situations.

While hammering stakes near the village, villagers began to gather.

“Hey! What are you doing there?”

I turned around. Now, I know how to handle such situations.

“I’m a wizard here to purify the monsters.”

My robe was clearly wizard-like, so this explanation usually sufficed. But this village was particularly wary.

“If you’re a wizard, why are you installing strange things? And what kind of wizard comes to help a poor village like this?”

A stern-looking young man with a harsh expression pressed, and others agreed.

“Wizards are usually nobles, and they don’t come to places like this!”

“If you were sent by the Wizard Association, you’d have proof that you’re a member of it!”

There was a way to handle this as well.

I lowered my hood. Seeing my face, the villagers covered their mouths, recognizing who I was.

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘I Know This One’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]

[Face verification.]

Since the day Libby and I returned home in grand style at Euges’s request, our faces had become known nationwide. That’s why I usually kept my face covered. However, it also meant that showing my face quickly dispelled suspicions.

The young man who had led the charge against me was flustered and tried to kneel. But I anticipated this and raised my hand to stop him.

“Don’t apologize, don’t beg for your life, and don’t ask me to kill you.”

“T-Then what should we do, Princess…?”

“Just evacuate to a safe place. I’m going to purify this area.”

At first, the villagers seemed confused by my words. Then they exchanged astonished looks, and finally, some were overcome with joy or amazement. I was used to this reaction now, though it had initially made me feel embarrassed.

After giving them time to absorb the information, I sent them away and activated the tools.

These tools had the function of disrupting the monsters’ perception. Then, I took out a new tool: purification grenades.

“That’s why people need to use tools.”

Being smart makes life easier.

I pulled the pins and threw the grenades into the forest, successfully purifying all the monkey monsters.

“You’re the last ones, right?”

Magical animals nodded with gentle expressions at my question.

“Good. Now it’s time to purify the land.”

I couldn’t purify the eroded land myself. Only magical animals with strong purification abilities could do that.

I gave my companion horse a lot of mana and asked it. “Could you purify this area?”

The horse neighed softly and disappeared from sight, leaving a trail of golden magic. When it returned, the land would be back to its original state.