My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 3 (Light Novel) (eBook)

Satoru Yamaguchi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
270 Seiten
J-Novel Heart (Verlag)
9781718332041 (ISBN)

Infos

After being reborn as the villainess of an otome game, Katarina has done everything in her power to avoid the Bad Ends awaiting her at the end of the school year. Now, she has successfully finished the events of the game without being exiled or killed! Not only that, but she has made a close group of friends in the process.
Now that the greatest crisis has passed, Katarina is excited to attend her first school festival in this world, and to sample all the delicious foods there... Just as she feels like she can finally relax, she is kidnapped! Is this the setup of a new romance event, and potentially another Catastrophic Bad End?!
Find out if Katarina can survive in the next installment of this disaster-avoidance rom-com!

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Chapter 1: The School Festival at the Academy of Magic

I, Katarina Claes, was living the good life. My days were pleasant and cozy, and I was usually in a great mood. The reason for this was, of course, because I was now free from the fear of Catastrophic Bad Ends.

On a certain day back when I was eight years old, I accidentally hit my head on a rock, and somehow all the memories of my previous life flooded back into my mind — and it was then that I realized something terrible. Namely, the fact that I was now living in the world of an otome game, and had been reincarnated as the villainess character, Katarina Claes.

To make things worse, Katarina was also the protagonist’s rival in four of the game’s potential routes, and she had no happy ends of any kind. If the protagonist got a good ending, Katarina would be exiled from the kingdom. If she got a bad ending, Katarina would end up getting killed by the protagonist’s love interest. The future that awaited me in this new life as this unfortunate character was nothing but a sea of Catastrophic Bad Ends.

When I realized what was coming, I was thrown into despair. But on the bright side, the plot of the otome game didn’t begin until eight years later, when I’d go to the Academy of Magic! I realized that if I worked hard, I might be able to do something about those Bad Ends.

So, ever since that fateful day eight years ago, I worked as hard as I could. I trained fervently in the way of the sword so that I would stand a fighting chance if any of the protagonist’s love interests came after me with a weapon. I also practiced my magic as much as possible so that I could use it to survive if I were exiled. To that same end, I prepared to make my living as a humble farmer by eagerly reading up on agriculture.

Eight years passed as I was occupied with all these countermeasures, and before I knew it, I had become fast friends with both the game’s four potential love interests and the other rival characters from the game. Although I wasn’t sure why we all got along, the other characters and I finally began attending the Academy of Magic last year, entering the main stage of the game.

It was at this academy that we met the game’s original protagonist, Maria Campbell. In only a few days, the enchanting Maria was able to capture the attention of my fiancé, Prince Jeord, and my adopted brother, Keith. So impressive was Maria’s charm that I lived in fear of her embarking upon the reverse harem route — but despite myself, I also became captivated by the gentle and lovable Maria. While we should have been enemies in the original setting of the game, we instead became close friends.

After this, there was a dangerous episode caused by Sirius, a character that I had completely forgotten about. Fortunately, mainly thanks to my reliable friends, everything was resolved in the end. With that, and some other events along the way, we arrived at the graduation ceremony at the end of that year.

The graduation ceremony was the final event of the otome game — the event in which Maria, the protagonist, would form an eternal connection with someone. Who was it, this person she had chosen for the end of the scenario? Or was it everyone, the reverse harem in which we had all become captivated? I watched on with bated breath. However...

Unexpectedly, the game ended with Maria... not expressing her love for anyone in particular. Instead, we got the “Friendship Ending.” As the name suggests, we all simply remained friends. And so Katarina, the villainess and a rival character, did not face any Catastrophic Bad Ends.

Why would we get such an ending, despite Maria’s charm...? And then there was the fact that Maria had said the words she would usually say at the end of the game to a love interest, only to me instead. “So... please, Lady Katarina. Let me stay with you... for now and always.” I couldn’t wrap my head around it... Why did Maria say that to me?

Well anyway, the game ended safely. I, Katarina Claes, successfully overcame the Catastrophic Bad Ends!

It has been nine years since I regained my memories. Now that those terrible Bad Ends are finally behind me, I can finally live the rest of my peaceful, cozy life.

“The school festival, huh?”

“Yes. The school festival.” The one who responded with a familiar faint smile on his face was my fiancé, Jeord Stuart, the third prince of the kingdom.

With his blonde hair and blue eyes, he was the very image of a fairy-tale prince — except for the fact that he was a terrible sadist at heart. If I somehow managed to anger Prince Jeord, even accidentally, I’d be in for some pain. I knew that from experience.

Prince Jeord, however, was seen as a gentle and handsome prince in most circles. He was very popular, especially with noble ladies of our age. The backlash I faced just from being his fiancée was pretty harsh.

Due to his stellar academic performance, Jeord was promoted to the position of Student Council President after we became second-years, and so now he was in charge of all kinds of large-scale projects and duties. That’s how we ended up talking about the “school festival.” This event was the talk of the academy recently, but...

“I don’t remember there being a festival last year, though.” I had started at the Academy of Magic last year, and we’d mostly spent our time listening to lectures or attending practical lessons. I didn’t remember there being any festive events.

“Yes, of course. School festivals occur once every two years, Katarina. As such, there was no festival last year.”

Ohh, once every two years. I guess the Academy of Magic doesn’t have yearly festivals like my school in my previous life did. As the Academy of Magic only featured a two-year curriculum, this meant that it was guaranteed to happen once during a student’s time at the academy.

But wow, a school festival! Thinking about the ones I’d attended in my previous life, I couldn’t help but feel excited. I eagerly asked about the activities and events that would be included.

“Hmm... I suppose there will be outdoor food stalls, and stands where students will be selling their arts and crafts. A student-organized orchestral performance and a play are also on the itinerary... Ah, yes, and there will be a ball held in the evening.”

Oh! This is better than I imagined! A true school festival! And students are allowed to put up their own food stalls and art stands? How exciting! Maybe there’ll be okonomiyaki and takoyaki too! I hadn’t seen any of these foods in this reincarnated life of mine, but maybe they’d be for sale at the festival.

How nostalgic... In my previous life, it was always my goal to have a bite of every single kind of food. Okonomiyaki, takoyaki, yakisoba, chocolate bananas, candied apples, sweet chestnuts, cotton candy... and then...

“...Katarina. Are you listening?”

“...Ah! Yes, sorry.” I had completely forgotten about Prince Jeord as my mind was suddenly assaulted by images of food and festival stalls.

“...Well. In any case, I will be busy making the preparations for the festival from now on. For some time, I will no longer be able to have tea with you in this fashion — just the two of us. Please do relax and enjoy yourself today, Katarina.” Jeord gave me his usual smile, piercing a piece of food with a fork as he did so. “Here. Have a taste,” he said, lifting the pierced bite to my lips.

“Thank you very much!” Just as I was about to chomp down on the morsel, however... the food, fork and all, vanished from before my eyes.

Ah... my food...! My eyes quickly darted over to the person responsible. It was Keith Claes, my adopted brother, who had a grave expression on his face at the moment.

“Prince Jeord. Have you not been ignoring my presence for quite some time now?”

Hmm. Why does it almost seem like Keith is glaring at Jeord?

Jeord, however, simply responded with his ever-present smile fixed in place. “So you say, Keith. But then... consider that I had not invited you in the first place. Why, then, have you invited yourself?”

That was true, Jeord had only invited me. He sent me a note that said: “I have arranged for a scrumptious spread of food.” But just when I was about to leave, Keith, who had obtained information on this event from some unidentified source, had insisted on coming along with me — which is why we were both in Jeord’s quarters. A little strange, considering that Keith hardly had an eye for delicious food in the first place.

“But of course, Prince Jeord, I have come along out of sheer worry for my adoptive sister’s physical and mental health. It is a most important issue to me.”

Huh? So Keith wasn’t here for snacks after all? Hmm... So he’s that worried about me? What a good brother Keith is, always looking out for his sister. However...

“Surely you jest, Keith. Katarina is merely heading to another room in the same dormitory building — for tea, no less. Are you not being overprotective? It would do you well to give your sister some space, instead of always clinging to her side.”

Hmm. Yes, exactly. We are, after all, in the same dormitory. I’m sure I’d be fine even without Keith worrying over me.

With his flaxen hair and blue eyes, Keith was quite...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2019
• Reihe/Serie: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Reihe/Serie: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Illustrationen: Nami Hidaka
• Übersetzer: Shirley Yeung
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Airhead • Fantasy • Game • Humor • otome • reverse Harem • Romantic Comedy
• ISBN-13: 9781718332041 / 9781718332041