My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 12 [Parts 1 to 5] by Satoru Yamaguchi

Author:Satoru Yamaguchi
Language: eng
Format: epub

“It’s me, Katarina Claes. May I enter?”

“Come on in,” called someone from inside. As I entered the room, I found that, just as I expected, the voice belonged to Raphael, who was sitting at a desk and working. While Larna pushed her duties as our department chief to one side and delved deeper into her own magical research, it was in actuality her deputy chief, Raphael, who kept the department running. As a result, his workload was no joke.

I felt bad about asking him to instruct me in my Dark Magic training even under those circumstances.

But Raphael would always say, “Please, don’t worry about it, Miss Katarina. Spending time with you like this makes for a pleasant break, so far from being a drain, I actually feel more energized when I return to my other work.” He really was a good mentor.

Raphael paused his work and stared intently at my face.

Not understanding the meaning of the look he gave me, I stared back at him blankly.

“Have you had a change of heart about our training?” Raphael asked.

“A change of heart?”

“Yes, Miss Katarina. You always seem a bit downcast before our Dark Magic training, but today I don’t get that impression.”

It appeared that my feelings on the subject had been uncovered not only by Mr. Hart, but by Raphael as well. But how? Was my face really so easy to read, just as Sora had claimed?

“Um, it sounds like I’ve been making you worry all this time. I’m sorry.” I felt the need to apologize.

“No, no. In the first place, you were forced to engage in this training by orders from above, so it’s understandable if your heart isn’t in it,” said Raphael.

That’s true. I had been told to take part in this Dark Magic training because, even if I decoded the Dark Covenant, I was unable to leave any record of its contents unless I learned to use the spells within. Therefore, the top-ranking officials of the Magical Ministry had declared that they wanted me to try and learn to use its magic, at least the parts that were not dangerous. I was only studying it under those orders.

I had actually planned to have Sora, who could also use Dark Magic, teach me. However, as Sora was far too lacking in any sense of how to teach others, the task had instead fallen to Raphael. Raphael had been able to use Dark Magic himself in the past, though he no longer could.

“Well, my lack of enthusiasm was more to do with my feelings about Dark Magic itself, rather than the fact that I was ordered to learn it by higher-ups.”

I explained to Raphael how I had felt that Dark Magic was not a good thing, and how my impression of it had changed as a result of what Mr. Hart had told me.

Once I had finished telling Raphael all of this, he mused, “What reason did the creator of Dark Magic have for creating it? I guess I’d never really thought about it.

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