Reincarnation of Villainess Noble Lady (Ch. 143-299)

REIKA-SAMA -285

My cousin, Ririna came to play. We have room, so I don't mind her staying, but… "I have summer classes, so I won't be at home."

"It's okay. As long as Taka-nii-sama is here." She makes snide comments lounging on my sofa.

"Onii-sama is working on a weekday, and won't be back until late."

"…What. You're telling me to leave?" she puckered her lips, and looked away. Oh, she's pouting.

I closed my study guide and stood up to prepare tea for two. It's night, so it's herb tea without caffeine. "I didn't say that. You can stay as long as you want." I place some rose hip tea in front of Ririna and sit across from her.

"I was going to do that anyway." She's so obstinate. Even so, she sipped on the herb tea and looked around my room, bored until she stopped. "Reika-san. What's that bag in the corner of the room?"

Oh, that. "Those are supplies I use to make handicrafts. Wool felt." I bought the materials for the wedding doll for the school festival, but I've barely touched it. I need to start soon.

"Oh. So when's cram school start tomorrow?"

"I'll be going to Zuiran's supplemental classes instead of cram school tomorrow." It's a waste to skip cram school, but Zuiran's classes are more closely related to the internal entrance exams than I realized, so I want to attend them as much as possible.

"You're attending Zuiran's classes, too? You're working hard."

"Of course. I have entrance exams. If you fool around too much just because it's summer vacation, you'll have problems next term, Ririna."

"I'm fine. I was third in the last test."

"Third!?" That's right. Ririna gets good grades despite her appearance. I barely made 18th after doping and battling stomach pains… "How do you study, Ririna? You don't attend cram school, and only have a tutor, right?"

"Right. I don't really do much. I guess that I preview and review material to and from school in the car. I want to relax at home, so I always finish all my homework at in the ride home."

"I think you've told me that before." I've often heard that studying in a vehicle is effective. I've even heard of people who ride on a train the long way just to study. Ririna lives far away. Considering her family, had she entered Zuiran in elementary school, she would have almost definitely been in the Pivoine, but she was unable to attend due to regulations limiting commuting time for grade school students. She's still annoyed that she wasn't able to enter the Pivoine since junior high.

Thanks to being able to study during her long commute, she's able to achieve good grades, so some good comes out of that misfortune. Wakaba-chan gets good grades, too, and she said that studies on the train. Maybe that study method really is effective. I followed their example and tried it before, but maybe I should try it again.

"If it's Zuiran's supplemental class, maybe I should go…"

"You, Ririna? It's probably all right. Tomorrow, I'll attend classes at Zuiran and take the wool felt and drop by the club."

"Reika-san's in the handicrafts club, right? And you're the president?"

"Yes, but I'll be stepping down soon." Even if I step down as president, there's the school festival, and I intend to continue at the club. "And I'm thinking about nominating Minami-kun to replace me."

"Minami-kun?" He's ostensibly in Ririna's group. He's easy to pick on as a boy in the handicrafts club, but Rinira's protecting him since he's my kouhai. From what I heard, if anyone messed with him, Ririna stormed in and shouted, 'You guys, do you think you can get away with making Reika-san and I your enemy!?' Instead of a monster parent, she's a monster child. Should I warn her not to make me an accomplice to her?