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Besides, he probably only thought of Rosia as a kind and gentle younger sister.
And in fact, this was just the beginning.
'It'll get worse from now on.'
If Ayla overlooked this, she was sure that people would gradually cross the line they shouldn't.
The first time is always the hardest, but the next time is easy.
As the intensity increased, nobles would eventually raise their hands against Ayla.
And around that time, they would realize.
'Ayla is someone we can bully as much as we want.'
After finishing her thoughts, Ayla looked at Rosia with a nonchalant gaze.
The moment their eyes met, Rosia pretended to be startled and opened her mouth with a trembling voice.
"Why, why... are you suddenly looking at me like that?"
With that one sentence, the Young Ladies around her hardened their expressions and immediately glared at Ayla.
"What's wrong with her all of a sudden?"
"I know, right? She's suddenly glaring at someone who's just standing there. Has she already forgotten her manners?"
As ridicule spread among the students, some Young Ladies protectively surrounded Rosia as if they were worried.
"Are you okay? Were you surprised?"
"Ayla has been acting strange ever since she became a commoner."
In the midst of it all, Rosia was acting like the perfect victim, pathetically hanging her head.
But Ayla could clearly see it. The corner of Rosia's mouth was twitching.
'It seems like she's enjoying this situation very much.'
A beautiful and pitiful Miss. And a presumptuous commoner who doesn't know her place, bullying her.
Ayla didn't react to her new role for a long time.
Because she knew very well.
That showing them the reaction they wanted and shouting would only give them pleasure.
'How childish.'
Ayla slowly turned her body and took out the Magical potion she had prepared in advance from her bosom.
Then, pretending to take something out of the drawer, she naturally put her hand in and poured the Magical potion on the corpse of the rat.
As the liquid seeped into the cold body, its shape gradually changed.
As if a lost life was being revived, it instantly transformed into a flower.
Ayla always carried various Magical potions with her in preparation for people's harassment.
Magical potions that made her take on protective coloring, Magical potions that set off firecrackers to attract attention, Magical potions that reduced noise, and so on.
As the problem was solved in an instant, Ayla took out a book and a flower from the drawer as if nothing had happened.
Some of the students stirred when she didn't show any reaction.
Ayla leisurely turned around and found a student among Freya's group who was making a flustered expression.
"T, this can't be happening?"
Her name was Coco Valencia.
The Valencia Noble house was only a Baron family, so she wanted to catch the eye of a high-ranking noble at all costs.
'That's why she pretended to be so close to me when I was the Princess Consort of the Blanche Noble house.'
But after her status became that of a commoner, Coco was the first to ignore and despise Ayla.
That's how she gained Freya's trust and became her right-hand woman.
'And later, she even started to enjoy bullying me.'
In the original story, she handled things well enough to please Freya.
But this time, she failed from the very first step.
'I'm so glad that the culprit is that girl.'
Thanks to that, she was able to ruin her relationship with Coco, who was Freya's faithful subordinate, from the beginning.
'She was told to bully me, but since she failed, she'll get a glare from Freya.'
But this was something she didn't need to care about at all.
No matter how their relationship went wrong, it was a good thing for her.
Ayla raised one corner of her mouth in a sneer and left to attend class as if nothing had happened.
As soon as Ayla left, some students hurriedly searched her drawer.
Among them were Freya and Rosia.
The students who searched the drawer thoroughly soon muttered in a flustered voice.
"It's clean? Why isn't there anything?"
"Didn't you say you clearly put it in earlier? I wondered why she was so calm."
As her friends said one thing each, Freya looked at the student next to her as if she were interrogating her.
"Coco, what's going on? You're the one who asked to take on this task, right?"
Freya was smiling, but no one among them thought she was genuinely smiling.
Rosia also frowned as if she was somehow displeased.
Coco waved her hands in a flustered manner at the suspicious gazes directed at her.
"No, I, I definitely put the rat in there. You have no idea how much I suffered from touching that disgusting thing!"
One student said sarcastically.
"If you put the rat in there, why isn't there anything in the drawer? Did someone steal it, that disgusting thing?"
"I, I don't know either."
"Then there's only one conclusion. You didn't do your job properly."
At the children's questioning, Coco stammered and looked at Freya.
Her gaze towards her had already become very cold.
Coco was driven to madness when she realized that fact.
She wanted to grab Ayla, who had gone to class, and ask her why the rat she had put in had disappeared without a trace.
But the only person who could explain this absurd situation had already left leisurely.
In the end, Freya said to Coco, who couldn't make any excuses.
"I'm disappointed, Coco."
The other children were the same.
"If you can't do it, you shouldn't have said you would."
"You're just a Baron trying to get close to Freya, so you went too far."
Coco became frustrated. She was now receiving the sharp glares that Ayla had received.
Coco clenched her fists and looked at Ayla's drawer with resentful eyes.
On the way to the classroom, Ayla carefully buried the flower she was holding in the flower bed.
Thanks to knowing in advance and preparing, she overcame the crisis more easily than she thought.
'But this isn't the end.'
Such pranks were just ridiculous.
If she couldn't recruit someone who could protect her, she would suffer the same humiliation at any time.
She briefly raised her eyes and looked at the sky.
The round shape of the moon, faintly rising in the lightly clouded sky, was visible.
'It's a full moon.'
Evening primrose, one of the ingredients for the Antidote that would cure the Princess Consort's illness.
It could only be collected on the night of the full moon.
'I have to go get the ingredients tonight.'
She couldn't delay any longer. The Princess Consort would soon be returning to the academy.
Before that, Ayla had to make the Antidote she would drink.
It was late at night.
In an instant, the day was over, and the pale darkness swallowed the last light of the evening.
Moonlight streamed through the leaves, casting shadows.
Ayla quickly moved her steps, covering her body with a black robe.
Secretly leaving the academy dormitory was not a difficult task.
Because there was a side path that Ayla used to sneak in and out of to avoid harassment in the original story.
Before long, Ayla reached an empty lot in front of the old building behind the academy, where people rarely visited.
There was already someone waiting for her there.
"Felix."
At the quiet call of her name, Felix turned his head.
The black robe completely covered his shoulders, revealing a neat outline under the dim moonlight.
At that moment, Ayla unknowingly stopped breathing and stared at him intently.
'What is it, they're definitely wearing similar clothes...'
Ayla's gaze, which had been scanning Felix, inadvertently turned to her.
'Why am I so different from him?'
Somehow, she felt that her appearance was more unsightly than usual.
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