1. "Huh? You're not coming home with me today?"
2. "Yeah, sorry... Someone asked to meet me on the rooftop after school."
3. Did she receive a love letter? As the heroine, she's as popular as ever...
4. "The roads aren't safe at night, so just don't come back too late. I'm going now."
5. "Mhmm..."
6. It's best to let elsa deal with this herself. I shouldn't interfere.
7. She's not a little kid who needs me to watch over her like a chaperone...
Chargement…Chargement…
1. However...
2. This is the world of an otome game!
3. The chances may be low, but what will I do if elsa falls in love with an unknown love interest and opens up a new romantic route?
4. Will she cling to that person like she does to me?
5. No... If elsa pursues a new love interest, then I'll be liberated from my endless series of villainess tasks.
6. "...miss?"
7. That's obviously a plus for me... So why am I so conflicted?
8. I just can't put this out of my mind!
9. Several romantic interests with extreme personalities were specifically designed to satisfy the "Special desires" the playerbase had...
10. What's going to happen if elsa meets someone weird like that?!
11. "Hahaha, miss, there's no need to examine it so carefully!"
12. "These carrots were grown in sandy soil and were just harvested today! Rest assured that none of them have gone bad!"
13. "Ah... I'm sorry!"
1. "My apologies, I'll leave this here for now! I'll come back for it later!"
2. The change in elsa's romantic route is complete- ly on me-
3. So I have to take responsibility for what follows!
4. "Haha, what an energetic young girl! That's the power of youth!"
7. Evie wasn't the slightest bit curious...
8. Am I asking for too much?
9. Even if she only wanted to know more in a friendly way, I still wish she would take more of an interest in what's going on with me...
1. But anyway... Who would write something like this?
2. ...don't tell me this is another confession.
3. To be honest, I don't feel like there's anything particularly special about me...
4. So why are guys so strangely attracted to me?
5. It's also the reason other girls always excluded me, making me out to be some two-faced vixen trying to reel in guys.
6. Ahh... How should I turn him down if this turns out to be another confession?
7. "Oh? You're already here, transfer kid."
8. "Um... You're..."
9. "Alto... I think?"
10. "It's alta! Alta natalie! At least get my name right!"
11. "...so you were the one who sent that letter, huh."
1. "What kind of reaction is that...?! You really piss me off!"
2. "So, why did you go to so much effort to bring me here?"
3. "If you're here to mess with me, I'm afraid I'll have to leave."
5. I really just want to go home as soon as possible and have dinner with evie...
6. "What a rude underclassman! Do you assume the worst in people?"
7. "Actually... I'm here to apologize to you."
8. "...huh?"
1. "My people went too far last time."
2. "I did not want that, and I've already disciplined them."
3. "I'm now apologizing to you on their behalf, and I hope you can forgive them."
4. "Elsa dorothy, you're a phenomenal mage, and I've always admired those with real skill."
5. "If you're open to it, I hope that you can consider this all water under the bridge and join me as a supporter."
6. "Of course, as a token of my sincerity, please take these."
7. "T-these are... The super hard-to-get tickets to the play adaptation of the secret garden?!"
8. Evie is a huge fan of this book and I'd been hoping to buy tickets to go see this play with her!
9. "And they're vip seats, too!"
1. "Hehe... You're welcome. They're yours."
2. "I have my sources... Miss dorothy, haven't you been asking around everywhere, looking to purchase these tickets?"
3. "So, how about it? There are plenty more perks where that came from if you join me."
4. "..."
5. "I'm sorry, but I can't accept these."
6. "What? Why not? Is this still insufficient compensation for you?!"
7. Just how much of a hardass is this newbie first-year?
8. I went to great lengths and expense to get this apology gift and even humbled myself enough to say sorry—what more could she want?!
1. "The gift isn't the issue."
2. "I really do want these tickets, and I'm very thankful to you for going out of your way to get them for me."
3. "But you can't apologize only to me."
4. "All of you treated evie terribly as well, so..."
5. "I'll only accept your apology if evie finds it in her to forgive you."
4. Translator's Notes
5. • Carrots are best grown in sandy and loamy soil.
6. Original Authors
7. Chisè 赤色 Ciwèi Māo Yuèdú 刺猬猫阅读 Mó Xiān Shè 魔仙社
8. This scanlation was only uploaded to Dynasty-Scans and MangaDex. If you're reading this elsewhere, it has been copied by an unscrupulous aggregator site without the scanlator's permission.
2. Web Novel Context
3. Here are some details from the equivalent web novel chapter by Chise to help give some context for this chapter. These notes do not spoil future plot developments, but serve as more information to fill out the story.
4. • This chapter (and its associated plotline) come from new chapters that Chise inserted between her original web novel chapters of 18 and 19.
5. • Their school Jade Star Academy (Cuixing Yuan) doesn't have any official student organizations, but there are adventure guild-like organizations (jieshe) that students set up themselves. It is noted that a guild can be established with at least ten members, and once formed, can take on adventuring tasks for the country and win rewards and fame.
6. • Jade Star Academy may also be a reference to the anime series Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet.
7. • Alta's trying to recruit Elsa to her guild, "Malachite" (kongqueshi). It is also the largest such group in the local area.