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

REIKA-SAMA -153

While the Athletics Carnival was over, there was still something I couldn't accept. After the Athletics Carnival, I went and asked the costume race team why they had worn reggae curls.

The story they told me was shocking. Earlier I had used Kaburagi's costume criticism from last year as an excuse to get out of participating. Apparently the boys had actually believed me, and decided to humour Kaburagi's expectations by going in my place. What the hell. So it was him again? So it was all his fault again!?

One of the boys even happily told me that that athletics carnival maniac had told them that it was a funny idea. And then the boy said,

"Actually, he also told us to do our best because the 'dragon' and the 'serpent' were going to be difficult. Do you know what he meant?"

The Chinese Zodiac again!

Huh? But if I was trying to complete the Chinese Zodiac Set, did that mean Wakaba-chan was trying to complete some kind of ocean set? During the excursion in first year she played the sea in the play. First the sea, now the fish. I wondered what she was going to do next. Seaweed...? Boats...? Wai-, was the idiocy contagious!? Now I was thinking like that idiot too!

Nooo, I didn't wanna complete the Chinese Zodiac...

I still didn't know who had come up with it but the nickname 'Prince' had managed to stick, at least among some people.

The Arima Onsen was a great place, wasn't it~ Japan's oldest hot spring. In my old life I'd enjoyed bath salts from the Arima Hot Springs in my family bath, but since I was rich this time around I had gone to the real thing.

Haahh, it was a great trip. My skin was silky smooth when I got out of the water. And the eggs cooked in the hot springs that I had for dinner that night were delicious too! Onsen-boiled eggs were an excellent idea. They went great with caesar salad!

Going back to the nickname though, was Fellow Stalking Horse okay with this? Being nicknamed after that tragic prince I mean. On the other hand, I suppose the Pivoine was lucky that he wasn't named Sawara.

Curses were scary.

This school, or rather my grade, was oddly fond of nicknames. We had 'the Emperor', 'the Prince', 'Afrodite'... Hm, and I suppose my... 'Goddess' or something?

Mmn, I still didn't really get it but the boys called me Goddess for some reason, according to Satomi-kun. I mean, I suppose I did have a certain refinement that could remind people of a goddess. Actually calling me a goddess was stretching it though. And kind of scary, besides.

And I still wasn't sure which goddess they meant. The goddess of happiness, Kisshouten(吉祥天) maybe? It was just a character away from my surname. It was the same sort of thing as the 'Prince Arima' nickname.

Oh, speaking of which, Kisshouten was known as a goddess of beauty too, wasn't she. Not that it really meant anything. I just happened to remember, that's all. Really.

No sooner had the Athletics Carnival ended did the mid-term exams arrive. Last time I was rank 30, and the time before that rank 29, so I wanted to get onto that ranking board again this time! Sure, it was not a good sign that my rank was actually going down with time, but I was hoping that the studying I did during all those trips to the library would kick in.