My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 13 [Complete] by Satoru Yamaguchi

Author:Satoru Yamaguchi
Language: eng
Format: epub

I had stopped by the orphanage several times since first visiting it with Cyrus, so when we arrived, the teachers and the children all greeted me with smiles on their faces.

And since the children were fairly used to having visitors and weren’t shy about greeting them, they were also deeply curious when they saw Cezar was with me.

In particular, I noticed some of the more precocious girls looking at my companion—a wild-looking, handsome man—with sparkling eyes as they asked him questions. That was really adorable.

I got a different kind of attention.

“Miss Katarina, let’s play.”

“Let’s play tag.”

“Let’s play hide-and-seek.”

These were the greetings I received as I was surrounded by kindergarten-aged children.

Since I couldn’t really help the children with their studies, I tended to almost exclusively take charge of playing with the little ones, so I was really popular with them.

This was delightful in its own way... But whenever my friends—who were all beautiful—came to visit, the most precocious of the boys all paid more attention to their appearance than usual, and were always snatching bashful glances at my friends. However, when they saw me, the first thing out of those same boys’ mouths was something to the effect of, “Hi, Miss Katarina. Did you bring us any presents?” And as soon as I handed over whatever gifts I’d brought, they would always run off, leaving me feeling a little despondent.

I was certainly “popular” in a sense, but it saddened me to think how big the disparity was between how the kids treated me and my friends.

That said, there was one exception to that pattern of behavior among the boys.

“Hey, pip-squeaks, can’t you see Miss Katarina has only just got here? If you’re gonna play, at least let her relax for a little while first.”

The one who said this was Liam, a boy who used to be a repeat offender for running away from the orphanage.

When I first came here with Cyrus, Liam was a pretty wild kid, and had a terrible attitude to boot. But I’d been told that now, almost as if a curse had been lifted, he had transformed into an earnest big brother figure, dedicating himself both to his studies and volunteer efforts.

Liam was the only one who didn’t run off after snatching whatever gifts I’d brought. Instead...

“Why don’t you go and take a break in the cafeteria?” he suggested. “I can at least get you some tea.”

He was really turning into such a thoughtful young man. As someone who knew what a terror he’d been before, I was delighted beyond words.

“Are you going to make me some tea, Liam?”

“Even I can handle something like that. Ah, but I won’t be able to brew tea worthy of a lady like yourself.”

Not only Liam, but everyone at the orphanage besides the director thought that I (and my friends) all belonged to normal merchant families, and I never denied this. This was because I worried that, if they knew I was a noblewoman, they’d feel nervous and less able to approach me.

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