Chapter 3: Chapter 2 - A Villainess Who Can’t Control Her Emotions
My body fell, rolling on the hard floor.
The kick from a little girl named Reina Adelheid Von Blutfeld felt hard and painful.
Not only did she throw a teacup at me until I bled, but now I was getting physical attacks from her hard and strong kicks.
The physical abuse I received was truly painful at my young age.
"M-My Young Lady... can you not be so rude for just one day?"
"I’ve just recovered from the pain you gave me back then!" I said as I got up from the floor.
Puukk...
Puukk...
My hand immediately patted the skirt of the maid uniform I was wearing and saw small dust flying.
"Hmph! I came to apologize to you, but you just walked away from me. It’s your own fault you fell!" she said coldly with a flat look in her eyes.
"Anyone would be scared and want to run after that kind of violence, you know!" I retorted, standing up and answering her reflexively.
"Hooohoo... are you starting to dare to contradict your own Master, Liliana?"
"Hiiiieeekk!!"
I’ve known this from the start.
The villainess character that I created in my novel is basically a cruel character who doesn’t know the meaning of love and affection.
Even to apologize, they have to resort with physical violence that injures someone first before properly and correctly apologizing.
Who knows what was going through their minds?
It really wasn’t the mindset of a cute and innocent little girl!
This little scream of mine made my Young Lady. No... I mean my "Master" smile and exhale slowly.
"No need to be afraid like that, I just kicked you reflexively."
"That’s not a reflex, but a deliberate action to do!" I argued once again in a harsh tone.
"Aaahh... Uuuppss..." My hand reflexively covered my mouth after my loud words were heard.
"You dare to contradict your own Master, huh?"
"What an amazing ability, Liliana."
Graapp...
My arm was suddenly held by my Master, who was still smiling and showing horror from her flat facial expression.
Griittt...
My Master’s hand gripped my arm so tightly that her nails dug into the skin of my arm, leaving painful scratch marks.
"Kuuhhh..." I tried to hold back my pained voice so he wouldn’t hear it.
"I-Its hurt. M-Master..." While trying to calm myself, who didn’t know what to do, I endured the pain that was happening at this moment.
Piiip...
Piiip...
"Please forgive me, Liliana..."
"I don’t know why I threw that teacup at you..."
"At that’s time..."
"Even though the tea tasted good... I threw the teacup at you. Because it tasted too good... I thought about sharing the cup of tea you made."
"However... I threw it instead. I-I really am a clumsy Master, huh?"
Krraaakkk!!
I can’t say anything about this.
Clumsy?
What part of it was clumsy about throwing a hot cup of tea at me?
It was clearly seen as an act of violence, not as a clumsy act!
Piiip...
Piiip...
Slowly, I could see my Master’s own tears rolling down her cheeks. Her face, once cold and blank, now looked like a fragile girl who didn’t know how to properly apologize.
I could feel my facial expression filled with doubt and dark shadows.
I should be angry about this, right?
However...
Do I have the right to scold a little girl who doesn’t know how to apologize properly?
"Liliana..."
My master called my name over and over again until I let out a small breath filled with emotions that I managed to suppress well.
My right hand immediately reached out towards her cheek and stroked it gently.
My Master’s cheeks felt supple and warm, making me smile after seeing her fragile side like this.
Caress...
Caress...
"M-Master Reina..." I dared to look her in the eye directly.
Her alluring and cold red eyes seemed to pierce my heart with fear, but I managed to hold on well enough and looked into her eyes as if it wasn’t a difficult thing to do.
"I don’t know why my beautiful and sweet Master did such a thing to me. I thought that the tea I made yesterday wasn’t very good—"
"THAT’S DELICIOUS... IT’S REALLY DELICIOUS, LILIANA!"
Before I could finish my gentle words, my Master interrupted me with words that made my heart feel happy.
"E-Eeeh?!" I suddenly felt nervous and forgot the words I was going to say next.
In the midst of the confusion, I saw several Maids peeking from a distance, and my current position seemed to be being scolded by my own Master.
Even my mother looked worried and bit her index finger.
"I-I’m flattered that my tea tastes good, Master Reina."
"IT WAS GOOD! SO GOOD THAT IT MAKES ME WANT TO TASTE IT AGAIN BUT I’M WORRIED THAT I WILL REFLEXUALLY THROW THE TEA CUP AT YOU AGAIN AFTER DRINKING IT!" said my Master in an excited tone and with heavy breathing.
"M-Master Reina, please at least restrain yourself from throwing a cup of tea with hot water in it at me if it tastes good..."
"THAT’S THE PROBLEM, I CAN’T CONTROL MYSELF FOR BEING TOO SENSITIVE TO EMOTIONS!"
Griitt...
My Master’s words felt real as she squeezed my arm tightly. Her fingernails seemed to dig deeper into my skin, making my body tremble as I endured the pain.
I don’t know how much pain I can tolerate, but at least it’s still well controlled.
Caress...
Caress...
"I-I understand..."
"Then, we can practice managing the emotions you are feeling so that you can control them well."
"Oh! I thought of a pretty good idea to deal with this, Master Reina!"
"How about Master Reina practice controlling her overflowing emotions towards something that Master Reina likes?"
My mouth seems to be talking nonsense that is not based on a sense of responsibility.
Kirraa...
Kirraa...
With my position looking into her eyes from a close distance, I could see the glint of light shining from within Master Reina’s eyes that seemed to be begging me to teach her how to control her emotions.
"I-Is my uncontrollable emotions can be trained, Liliana?" my Master asked me with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Y-Yes, it can be trained, and it would be best if Master Reina could master it quickly. The Duke and Duchess would also be pleased with this!"
Or it will be a big problem in the future, where your Academy life is filled with unbearable jealousy and explodes at the wrong time.
Uh, that also my own fault as a author.
From the beginning, I’ve written about her cruel nature and behavior based on her inner feelings. A villainess who’s too honest with her emotions but finds it difficult to express them through her "proper" actions.
If it based on the writing of her character and behavior in my novel, throwing the teacup is a form of appreciation that the tea I made with my own hands... it was a symbol my tea is tasted good to her.
It’s my own fault for writing about her character and behavior, which is difficult to understand normal things to do.
With this great opportunity, I try to change the fate of this innocent Villainess girl by writing down her new characteristics and behavior.
My goal at this time is only one, namely to turn a Villainess girl into a girl who can compete with the Heroine girl.
Wouldn’t it be very interesting in the future, where the boundaries of character and behavior between a Heroine girl and a Villainess girl are balanced?
I think that’s a pretty good plan for now.