My Sister the Heroine, and I the Villainess - Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Translator: CasBrin

“No way…!”

A word of regret came out of my mouth .
It was mainly in regards to how careless I had been up to now .

Even if it was a waste of time, a person can’t help thinking ‘if only’ . No matter how much you regret the past, time can’t be reversed . Humans make mistakes . Even a genius like me can make a mistake . That’s why when a mistake is made, it is worth asking yourself; ‘what should I do’, ‘How do I fix my mistake’ . Instead of wasting time fantasizing of a future where you never made that mistake, it’s more constructive to think of what to do about your current situation .

Even knowing that, when I heard the what type of contest Endo had chosen for our match – I had some regrets .

“Mwuhahah hahaha! What’s up with that face? I thought you were full of cheek, but you’re surprisingly obedient!”

Seeing my expression, His Highness Endo laughed . It was an expression convinced of victory . Originally I had just wanted to smash his pride, but now I wouldn’t settle for less than his face twisted with tears .

However, right now I couldn’t answer back .

“Hahaha! What’s wrong Christina Noir? If that noisy mouth of yours has fallen silent, perhaps you seem even a little bit like the lady you’re rumored to be!”

“Urk…!”

I couldn’t stop the small sound from leaking out . Endo had chosen the one thing a prodigy like me had no chance of winning .

The mistake I had made? That was not deciding the game we’d compete in at the start . Even with my pride, signing a contract before reading the terms had been too hasty of me .

However- but- even if-
I had no excuse .

“…Your Highness”

“What is it, Christina Noir?”

“To choose a sword fight for our match . Is your head quite alright?”

Exactly . Out of all the things His Frickin Highness could have picked, he chose to challenge a lady like me to a sword duel .

I really wish he would use his head . Well, normally just having some common sense would be enough .

A guy who would challenge a much younger girl to a sword match? Surely such a thing is impossible . That is what I had thought .

Unfortunately, I have to tell you that in this wide world there is a shameless human being trying to do just that .
His Royal Highness Endo . Drop dead .

“Ha, it’s the grumbling of a loser . My head is the best out there . ”

His Highness, who suggested such an unconventional match, wasn’t going to listen to my complaints . His face said he didn’t doubt his victory, or the appropriateness of this match at all .

“What’s wrong with choosing an advantageous game? The one who said we didn’t need to decide the game beforehand was you after all . ”

“I am well aware of just how much of a malicious coward you are, Your Frickin Highness…!”

Even if it’s to win, normally a person would have some limit to how far they’ll go! In this world there are both clear rules and unspoken agreements that one followed whether consciously or unconsciously .
His Highness had smashed apart that system .

It was unexpected . His proposal went way beyond my expectations . Because it was His Highness Endo who acts like he’s so much better than other . I had been so sure it would be a reasonable match . If it were any other person, they wouldn’t suggest a game where they would wield a sword against a woman or child . It was an unspoken rule of this world that woman and children should not hold swords .
Which is why it is the best way to win against a genius like me .

“Your Highness . This is a warning, but if you really intend to have a sword match against me, the one who will suffer most would be you, correct?”

Mainly because what he was going to do was hardly the makings of a gentleman in the eyes of society .
If we really fight with the sword, I have no chance of winning . However, if His Highness Endo actually hits me with a sword, his reputation will hit the ground .
But he still ignored my warning again and again .

“How foolish . Whatever they say, it’s not actually going to hurt me . It won’t change the fact that I am superior . ”

I think this guy is broken .
The only scary thing about Endo is how limitless his stupidity is .

This is what they meant in my previous life when they said someone was; ‘unable to read the situation’ . Basically, Having grown up being surrounded by praise, he couldn’t understand that other people could negatively affect him in anyway . That’s why he mistakenly thinks anything he does will be okay .

Thinking like that will get you in trouble one day . So far he had been young enough to get away with his behaviour . But once he became an adult, those around him wouldn’t turn a blind eye anymore . At that time Endo will realise a thing called; ‘know your place’ for the first time .
But the future where that happened had nothing to do with me . So what if he’ll suffer in the future? I wasn’t going to suffer now because of such a far away revenge . Even if I could expect His Highness to suffer a lot at such a future, losing to him now would have no meaning .
The ball is in your court now, Endo .

“If you’re going to complain that much, maybe I should choose a different type of contest…”

“What?”

For him to say he would abandon his own advantage is beyond surprising . Rather than surprise my face has become a scowl .

“Isn’t this expected? To be extra sure I proposed a sword fight, but I am a supreme being . No matter what the game is, I will not lose to the likes of you . If you are opposed to a sword fight, then why don’t you pick a different game?”

This guy is too vain .
Even if it’s just a little, I’m still thankful . I will teach His Highness that arrogance can be fatal-

“So we’ll change the conditions of the game…but doing that would be betraying a promise made with the future king . We can’t have that . That wouldn’t be a good thing for someone as powerful as me . Indeed, indeed, to go easy on you because of your grumbling, now that would be foolish . I suppose all that talk about your pride was just crap, Christina Noir!”

“…what did you just say?”

The humiliation was too much, my brain stopped completely .

Pride .

The pride of a genius that my mother entrusted to me and the pride of my position as a noble is what makes the blue blood run through my veins . To a genius like me, the only emotion I had was pride from those two factors . Aside from Mariwa, no one had ever dishonoured my pride . ‘Pride’, to me, was sacred . It was what I was born into, held, and raised with .
He was trampling on that .

“Ha, haha, hahahaha”

What emerged as I perfectly understood the humiliation being forced upon me, was laughter . The voice was too smooth for the emotions, and as my laughter echoed endlessly in this place, I finally went past my limit .

“Hahaha, hahahahaha, hahahahahahahahaha! A sword match it is . The one who’s gonna get hit will be you, bastard!”

I am a noble .

Even if it put me at a disadvantage, I will hold onto my pride . I glared at His Smarmy Highness .

To a noble there are times when even if you know you will lose, you cannot quit .