Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

“Do you prefer your eggs salty or sweet?”

“Hmm… I think salty is better.”

Hmm… Her taste is similar to mine.

For some reason, finding commonalities between them brought a small sense of joy to Yvonne’s heart.

“—Then I’ll add cheese.”

She usually couldn’t afford to add it, but since it was a rare day off, a little extravagance wouldn’t hurt, right?

Yvonne beat the eggs, mixed them with three tablespoons of milk and a slice of freshly cut salty cheese, then slowly poured it into the pan that had just been used to fry bacon. She skillfully stirred the mixture with a wooden spatula until it was smooth and cooked.

Eggs cooked this way won’t have burnt spots, but instead a pleasing golden color.

The eggs themselves are soft and tender, not too oily.

This is the “scrambled eggs” method from Western cuisine. She used to order it often for breakfast at McD’s, but of course, the fast-food version couldn’t compare to her homemade, more refined version.

As the main stage of the game, the overall style of the Oz Kingdom leaned towards traditional Western fantasy. When it came to food, there was inevitably a sense of adapting to local customs. If bread was the staple, she wanted the side dishes to be as Western as possible too.

The originally dry, shriveled bread became a mouthful of happiness when topped with a layer of these Western-style scrambled eggs and paired with crispy fried bacon.

“…It’s delicious!”

While eating the delicious meal Yvonne prepared, a strong sense of anxiety bubbled up in Elsa’s heart.

It seems I need to find a way to marry her as soon as possible.

Fufu…

Watching Elsa eat with her cheeks puffed out, Yvonne couldn’t help but smile.

In the past, this house would have been much quieter.

Her mind wandered back to when she first arrived in this city, unpacking and eating alone.

It-it’s not like I felt lonely or anything…

If she, as the villain, couldn’t avoid Elsa no matter what she did, then living together like this… wasn’t so bad.

This was Yvonne’s true inner feeling.

Since Elsa moved in, her life had changed dramatically.

Yvonne had seen a line in the Japanese drama “The Perfect Divorce” that resonated with her deeply: “A meal eaten together is a proper meal; eating alone is just feeding.”

Loneliness is often painful, but having someone’s company makes a world of difference.

“Let me help you.”

After breakfast, Elsa had somehow made her way to Yvonne’s side and took the half-washed dishes from her hands.

Perhaps due to her experience as a maid, Elsa’s housekeeping skills were surprisingly impressive, more so than Yvonne had imagined.

In both her previous life and this one, Yvonne was quite inept at tidying up, but Elsa excelled in this area.

Apart from the daily headache of completing bullying tasks, their quality of life had noticeably improved. The room, once cluttered with books, was now neat and tidy, making the indoor space feel much larger.

“Come to think of it, summer’s already here…”

Working together to wash the dishes, Elsa stood beside Yvonne, drying the clean plates with a cloth. As if remembering something, she mentioned:

“At times like these, kitchen hygiene becomes especially important. Otherwise, you might get ■■, you know?”

The back kitchen of the ‘Sea Breeze’ restaurant had ■■ before, and it took a lot of effort to thoroughly eliminate those nasty bugs…

Crack—

“Stop talking about that!”

Upon hearing that name, the former young lady visibly flinched, nearly dropping the plate in her hand.

“…Eh?”

“I-I just don’t want to hear that name right after eating…”

She hurriedly explained, but her overreaction only piqued Elsa’s interest.

“Could it be… Evie, are you afraid of those bugs?”

“I-I just simply dislike them!!”

Those multi-legged creatures are disgusting, shiny and oily, and they move so fast. For most women, they rank alongside snakes and spiders as top three nightmares, maintaining a long-standing position on the fear list.

If anything, girls who aren’t afraid are the rare ones! How big-hearted does one have to be to face such terrifying creatures?!

“It’s fine~ During the poorest years at the orphanage, my younger siblings and I caught wild ones in the fields and roasted them to eat. They’re quite tasty… If you think of them as food, doesn’t that make them less scary?”

You’re the scary one…!!

As she reminisced about this experience, she even licked her lips with lingering satisfaction. Yvonne felt goosebumps all over her body.

If it were her, she’d rather starve to death than eat such things!

“Alright, if you’re really worried, Evie, why not put a pest-repelling charm in the cupboard?”

“…A pest-repelling charm?”

Can magic even handle pest control?

“Mm-hmm, our restaurant uses this kind of repelling spell. It’s quite effective, you know.”

“I see…”

Hearing that there were ways to deal with these fearsome creatures in this magical world, rather than being helpless against them, Yvonne finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Should we say, as expected of a young lady? She’s still somewhat lacking in common knowledge of the common folk.

…How cute.

Elsa looked at the finally relieved Yvonne with a motherly, loving gaze.

All the plates had been washed; they just needed to be put back in the cupboard.

“Oh, by the way, you need to be especially careful there. After all, damp places like cupboards are high-risk areas.”

“Stop talking about it!!”

Surely… it can’t be, right?

Looking at the wooden cupboard handle, Yvonne felt nervous and couldn’t help but swallow.

It can’t be, it can’t be.

At least until now, she had never seen those things in her home. This place was still untainted territory.

Thinking this, Yvonne took a deep breath, gently pulled open the dark cupboard, preparing to return the dishes to their place.

Just as she opened a small gap, a shiny, multi-legged creature as long as a person’s pinky crawled onto the back of her hand.

Her heart stopped.

“Eeeeeeeeeeeek—!!”

Its wriggling antennae even touched her skin a few times. Seeing this hopeless sight before her eyes, the villainess let out a scream that nearly lifted the roof. She cried out, violently shaking her hand. The black thing was flung off, and before she could even think to use magic, the culprit quickly disappeared into a corner of the kitchen.

“Th-there’s… there’s—”

Her face turned pale, her trembling finger pointing in the direction where the creature had vanished.

“Evie, I know, I saw it all. First of all… calm down!”

Never expecting her words to come true, Elsa could only rush to her side, at a loss for what to do.

“No… don’t touch me!!”

Yvonne trembled, holding out the hand that the ■■ had crawled on far away from herself, as if that hand no longer belonged to her.

“…Would it be better to amputate it?”

She muttered with lifeless eyes, uttering such terrifying words.

“There’s no need to be so dramatic!!”

“These plates… no, this house can’t be kept anymore. I think we should start the moving process as soon as possible…”

“Evie~~ Yvonne!!”

Elsa shook the dazed Yvonne, and finally, having no other choice, cupped her face in her hands.

“Elsa… what should I do…”

It was the first time she had shown such a helpless expression to her.

“There’s no need to be so afraid, it’s just a bug.”

“But… but…!!”

Her eyes were brimming with tears, seemingly ready to spill over at any moment. There was no trace of the usual cool young lady.

“…Generally speaking, if there’s one in the house, there might already be countless others hiding somewhere, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

Elsa struggled with how to comfort the distraught Yvonne, and finally made a promise:

“Don’t worry, I’ll bring you a pest-repelling charm after work.”

“Ah…”

Yvonne suddenly remembered that Elsa had work at the ‘Sea Breeze’ restaurant today.

Come to think of it, it was almost time for her to leave. Elsa was about to stand up when she realized Yvonne was clutching the corner of her apron.

She bit her pink lip, her eyes moist, her golden eyelashes matching her hair color also tinged with moisture, trembling slightly as she pleaded in a low voice:

“…How can you bear to leave me alone here?”

Thump—

A sound like something being struck resonated in Elsa’s heart.

Ahhh~~

What’s going on—

What’s with this adorable child—

I want to protect her so badly—I want to hug her tightly!!

Elsa screamed inwardly, barely able to suppress the urge to pounce on her.

“Then… Evie, do you want to come out with me today?”

Restraining her inner excitement, Elsa proposed a more reasonable suggestion for the current situation.

“…Mm.”

Yvonne nodded with a choked voice, tears still glistening in her eyes, her hand still clutching Elsa’s like a lifeline, unwilling to let go.

How can she…

How can she be so cute!!!

Is this what they call a blessing in disguise?