The Villainesses in the Romance Fantasy Novel Became Obsessed with me

A dense forest.

Idle trees.

Falling leaves.

Rustling insects.

A deserted land.

‘No one would notice if a person disappeared here. Aside from feeling unwell, this is perfect. If I can’t kill her myself, I can leave her to the animals.’

‘Revenge for Damian… If my best friend is hurt… I have to avenge him… I couldn’t do it then, but now I can…? Even if it’s just a wooden sword… I’ll avenge Damian. I’ll kill this artist. That’s only right…’

Nadia and Yuri both saw this moment as the most opportune time to eliminate their obstacle without any repercussions.

Neither had the word defeat in their minds.

They ruled as apex predators in the academy.

They were confident they wouldn’t lose to an ordinary person.

“Even if I’m a useless failure… I’ll sacrifice my life for revenge… Because Damian is my precious friend…”

“Stop monologuing and come at me. It’ll be troublesome if someone comes.”

Thud!

Nadia threw her sketchbook to the ground.

At the same time, she focused her eyes on Yuri, who was holding a wooden sword.

She was ready to use her ability the moment Yuri attacked.

But before making a move.

Yuri spoke.

“Before we fight, I want to ask one thing…”

“Go ahead.”

“Why did you strangle Damian…? I need to know the reason…”

“Oh, that?”

Nadia smirked and answered.

“Because Damian said something he shouldn’t have to me.”

“What was it?”

“… Why should I tell you that?”

Nadia frowned at Yuri’s persistent questioning.

“It’s too precious a memory to waste on someone like you. I want to keep our memories just between us.”

Nadia wanted to possess even her memories with Damian.

Yuri closed her lips at that answer and nodded.

Her eyes showed determination.

“So, you won’t tell me… That’s fine… I’m done with questions now…”

Grit!

Yuri wielded the wooden sword tightly.

She closed her eyes to heighten her senses and focused her mind.

One mistake and she might never see Damian again.

She needed to finish this properly.

‘I… I’m a timid and useless person… But if I want to be of help to Damian, I need to do this right…’

‘I’ll avenge Damian.’

‘I’ll kill her so she can’t hurt you again.’

‘The one thing I’m confident in is… This…’

Yuri opened her eyes and looked at Nadia standing in front of her.

At that moment.

“Die…!!”

She pushed off the ground and lunged forward while holding the wooden sword sideways.

A horizontal slash.

‘I’ll crush her bones…!’

She aimed a powerful slash based on her strong physical abilities.

Nadia extended her hand to use her ability.

Simultaneously, Nadia’s eyes glowed green, and Yuri’s body was suspended in midair.

Nadia’s face contorted in pain.

“… So heavy.”

If only my condition were better, I could have sent her flying.

Nadia struggled to control Yuri, letting out a low growl.

However, she couldn’t show weakness, so she put on a facade of fake confidence.

“Hmph. You’re ot just all talk, huh? Now I see why Damian keeps you around.”

“Sh-shut up… Don’t mention Damian…!!”

Yuri refused to back down and pushed forward against Nadia’s power.

‘… I’m being pushed back. This is bad. At this rate, she’ll reach me with her sword. My hand needs to hold out a bit longer.’

Nadia frowned at the worsening situation.

The Verdium family’s power, the ‘Invisible Hand,’ wasn’t visible to others, but Nadia could see it clearly.

In her view, a massive hand was blocking Yuri’s charge.

The problem was that she was being pushed back.

‘Tsk. If it weren’t for the limitations, I could crush her like an ant.’

If she could survive, that was.

She had to endure.

Seeing that Yuri’s strength was greater than expected,

Nadia decided to switch from defense to offense.

If the attack led to Yuri’s death, it carried the deadly risk of Nadia dying as well.

“This is fun.”

Nadia muttered with a feigned smile.

“Don’t die. Stay alive. You should be killed by an animal, not by me.”

“Wh-what does that mean…?”

“You’ll see. Just give it your best shot.”

Nadia grasped forward with her extended hand.

For a moment, Yuri was freed and lunged toward Nadia.

“Die…!!”

However.

“Huh…?”

Crack!!

Right in front of Nadia.

Yuri was supressed and froze, blood pouring from her nose.

Her bones were crushed, and her arms and legs were severely twisted.

Seeing this, Nadia spoke dispassionately.

“Struggling needlessly. Annoying. You’re no different from an ant before me. Damian is the only special one.”

“Ugh. Ugh… It… hurts…”

“Of course it does. I’ve crushed your body with my hand. This is your punishment for interrupting my drawing time. How does it feel?”

Nadia sneered into Yuri’s ear with a victorious smile.

“You should have lived within your means. Why did you challenge me as if you were something special by Damian’s side? Your death will be marked as a disappearance. No more, no less. No one will find your body. Damian will be shocked for a while, but he’ll be fine. I’ll take good care of him. Don’t worry.”

“…”

Swoosh!

Nadia held Yuri in her grip and moved deeper into the forest.

Yuri hovered in the air and followed Nadia without resistance.

She had already lost consciousness.

Yet, she still held the wooden sword tightly.

“Impressive mental strength.”

After walking a short distance, Nadia came to a cliff.

The height seemed sufficient.

‘If I throw her down, the animals will take care of the body.’

Nadia was bored. She stood at the cliff’s edge and raised her hand skyward.

She was ready to hurl Yuri down to be impaled below.

However.

Yuri, whose bones should have been too twisted to move, suddenly spoke.

“L-let me go…”

“What? How are you still conscious—”

“Let go of me…!!”

Crack! Crack!

Using her extraordinary physical abilities, Yuri regenerated her twisted bones and freed herself from Nadia’s grip.

A shocked Nadia tried to grab Yuri again.

But…

‘I can’t see. She’s too fast. And my vision is fading. Did I use my powers too much?’

Damn it.

Because she wasn’t in good condition, Nadia couldn’t track Yuri with her eyes.

Her power required the target to be in her line of sight.

She was unable to capture Yuri’s quick movements.

Eventually.

“Revenge… I will take it…! I… I will be someone who helps Damian…!!”

Smack!!

Nadia had no choice but to endure the attack.

Yuri’s wooden sword struck her body, sending her flying.

She hit a tree, taking another impact.

Her mind was spinning.

“It’s not over yet…”

Covered in blood, Yuri continued to attack Nadia.

Nadia curled up to defend herself as best as she could.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

“Die…!! How dare you hurt Damian…?! Don’t you know how precious my friend is…?! Everyone… Everyone has left my side… But Damian has stayed by my side…!! You hurt him…?! You deserve to die…!!”

Yuri swung the wooden sword without hesitation.

Blood flowed from her body, and her heart felt like it was being squeezed.

However.

Yuri didn’t care.

She was focused solely on avenging Damian.

“Die…! Die…!! Die…!!!”

Yuri’s wooden sword never stopped.

***

“Haa… Haa… Haa…”

I was breathing heavily.

If you ask why, I didn’t have the leisure to explain, but I could give you an answer.

Currently,

During the field trip in the forest, two villainesses had disappeared.

This situation was quite stimulating for my imagination.

‘Of all times, the two people I need to watch the most have disappeared. Damn! This is bad.’

Two people who didn’t appear in the original episode.

Of all people, those two were missing.

I couldn’t predict what kind of variables they might introduce.

‘… I can’t predict, but I can imagine.’

Yuri, who suspected the marks on my neck.

Nadia, the culprit of that incident.

I hoped it was not the situation I was imagining.

“Please.”

I quickly ran through the forest, searching for Nadia and Yuri.

Then.

I saw a familiar red-haired woman ahead.

I approached her, grabbed her shoulder, and asked.

“Charlotte!”

“Eek! Wh-what? Oh, Damian? What are you doing here?”

Charlotte reacted with surprise.

I urgently asked her.

“I’m looking for someone. Have you seen Nadia and Yuri? Have you seen them?”

“… Those two are missing? Are you sure?”

“Yes, they suddenly disappeared. I have no idea where they are.”

“I see…”

Time was of the essence, but Charlotte had lowered her head. She appeared to be deep in thought instead of answering.

Charlotte kept her head down, hiding her expression. After a moment of contemplation, she looked up and pointed in a direction.

“I came from over there, but I didn’t sense anyone. They might be in that direction. By the way, I have good hearing. You should trust me.”

“Really? Thanks for the info. I’ll head that way then.”

The chances of finding them were low no matter where I went.

So, trusting Charlotte’s words seemed like a good idea.

Even though she was a villainess, she wasn’t in a position to lie to me.

Following Charlotte’s direction, I ran off.

Roots and branches hindered my path, but.

I had trained for scenarios like this, so navigating the forest wasn’t difficult.

Running quickly, I soon reached an area where the trees no longer blocked my view and revealed a wide expanse of sky.

“A cliff.”

And then.

Caw-caw!

The cawing of crows echoed from a direction where commotion could be heard.

It was a gut feeling.

A feeling only I, who had always kept a close watch on the villainesses, could sense.

“… I have a bad feeling about this.”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

I ran as fast as I could toward the source of the commotion. I even felt a taste of a bit of blood in my throat from the exertion.

The sharp pain in my heart indicated that my bonded counterpart’s life was in danger.

Could my ominous premonition always be right?

When I arrived at the scene of the commotion,

“Die…! If you hurt Damian…! You deserve to die…!! You must die…!!”

“…”

“… Yuri?”

Covered in blood, Yuri was ferociously swinging her wooden sword at Nadia, who was slumped against a tree.

The wooden sword was now stained red. It was originally brown.

I immediately ran towards Yuri and tackled her.

“Die— Ugh. Who— who is it…!?”

Thud!

Yuri fell to the ground and flinched when she saw my face.

“Damian…?”

“Yuri…”

“Damian… Why are you here…”

“What are you doing right now…?”

My question made Yuri’s pupils shake violently.

She quickly averted her gaze and stammered an excuse.

“I-I was… Trying to avenge you… Trying to help… Ugh, ugh…. Ugh…”

“Are you avenging me by beating someone with a wooden sword? Did you think that’s what I wanted?”

“D-didn’t I help… you…? Is that it… No, that’s not… What… Did I do…? No… Damian… I didn’t… it wasn’t me…”

Yuri looked confused, darted her eyes around, and trembled.

‘… This isn’t the time for this.’

The important thing now was Nadia’s condition.

I needed to check how she was.

She was beaten with a wooden sword by none other than Yuri.

“… Stay here and wait.”

Leaving Yuri on the ground, I approached the fallen Nadia.

She was unconscious, curled up on the ground.

‘Even while being unconscious, she instinctively tried to protect her head.’

But.

She had lost too much blood.

Her bones appeared to be quite broken too.

“She’s still breathing.”

Thank goodness.

But.

I couldn’t let my guard down yet.

I needed to treat Nadia immediately.

Whatever it took.

“You can’t die. You have to live. Nadia…”

I held her hand warmly, then picked her up in my arms.

Behind me, Yuri stood looking confused.

“U-uh, Damian…”

“… We’ll talk later.”

“N-no, that’s not it… Damian…”

Yuri fidgeted and then said something shocking.

“Why am I here…?”

“What?”

“Why’s she hurt… And why’s there blood on me…?”

Again.

Just like when she killed her relatives in the north.

Has she forgotten the incriminating memory again?

‘Damn it.’

I bit my lip hard in frustration at this chaotic situation.

“… We’ll talk later, Yuri.”

For now.

I needed to treat Nadia first.

Blaming Yuri was not the priority.

‘Please just stay alive…’

The battle between the villainesses.

The result was a one-sided defeat.

I witnessed firsthand why they shouldn’t fight.

And I realized that they could never get along.

They were too similar. Yet too different.