(A few days later)
I opened my eyes, clutching my head that felt like it was going to burst, and a message window greeted me.
[Enter the Academy.]
[If successful: ??]
[If failed: Game over]
I’m asking for time to calm my troubled mind.
I closed the message window and got up, and the room caught my eye.
A gorgeous room with frills everywhere a teenage girls dream, making me feel like I was going crazy.
I wanted to take off all the frills and throw them away, but I was holding back because I thought the people in the mansion would say things like, “Our young lady must have completely lost her mind.”
My reputation was already at rock bottom, and I didn’t want to know that there was an even worse bottom below.
“Excuse me, young lady.”
When I rang the bell next to the bed, the door opened as if it had been waiting, and a maid came inside dragging a tray.
When I first got possessed, I didn’t know this, so I just opened the door and went outside.
I still remember the maid’s shocked face at that time.
I was so flustered that I didn’t know what to do, and then I just banged my own head, and I wondered why.
Today, the maid’s face was clearly tense.
She came in front of me and lowered her head while holding her trembling hands.
“You sloppy maid.
Can’t you act right?”
I tried to use a comfortable voice to appease her, but the body I was in moved its own mouth, creating a sharp voice.
I could see the maid’s shoulders flinching as she lowered her head.
That damn [Mesugaki] skill.
Here we go again.
When I chose the [Mesugaki skill, I didn’t know it, but this skill had a special additional effect hidden inside.
That was that it forced the user to speak and act like Mesugaki.
Whether I wanted it or not, I would always use an arrogant tone and act in an overbearing manner.
“It’s okay.
Raise your head.”
“Heh.
Are you going to keep looking at the ground?”
“No!
So…”
I looked at the attendant who couldn’t keep her eyes still in embarrassment.
I should have just said nothing.
“I’m sorry!
I’ll comb your hair first!”
The attendant’s voice was filled with urgency as if she had taken my thoughtless actions as a reprimand.
I was about to unconsciously answer, but I quickly covered my mouth with my hand and sat down in front of the vanity.
The mirror on the vanity showed the character I had created, Lucy Allen.
With long, dark pink hair and mischievous eyes, the little girl who seemed to have a provocative smile was more beautiful than what I had seen in the customization window.
If it weren’t for the fact, I was the little girl herself, I would have simply admired her for her beauty.
But now that I’m actually her, all I can think of how fucked up she is.
Three days have passed since I became a girl named Lucy Allen.
At first, I was so embarrassed that I did all sorts of strange things, but now that a few days have passed, I’ve calmed down a bit.
In the process, I also learned several facts.
First, the fact that the brat named Lucy Allen had already become a public enemy in the mansion before I possessed her.
I had no choice but to act in a high-handed manner because of my [Mesugaki skill, but our Countess Allen, who was a brat who thought and acted beyond compare, mistook the power her father had for her own power and acted as a tyrant in the mansion.
The number of times her personal servants were replaced was more than ten, and dozens of people ran away from the mansion because they couldn’t stand the brat’s bullying.
Her teacher had already changed four times, and the current teacher always carries a resignation letter in her bosom.
At this point, the word “bitch” would be a polite expression.
Wouldn’t the words “crazy pyscho bitch” be more appropriate?
If Lucy’s parents were normal, they would have raised their child well before this happened, but Lucy’s father, who treasured his only daughter very much, was far from normal.
Didn’t I say that I committed many strange acts on the first day?
But even though he saw it with his own eyes, he laughed and said,
“Yes, yes!”
No matter how precious his daughter is, if it’s like that!
No matter how much I think about it, it seems like Lucy became a mess because of her father’s influence.
A brat who grew up selfishly under parents who always said yes and no.
It’s really disgusting.
If I met them in real life, I would have said harsh words to them.
But that’s me?
Damn it.
Anyway, my reputation is the worst because of what my original body did.
If I didn’t have the title of noble, it wouldn’t be strange if a witch hunt happened at any time.
Given the situation, my reputation must have hit rock bottom not only in the mansion but also in other places.
I don’t know because I haven’t been out in high society yet, but aren’t there voices criticizing Young Lady Lucy Allen’s evil deeds here and there?
More than eighty percent of the reasons why people start out as nobles at Soul Academy are because of the reputation benefit, and to start off with the reputation at the bottom?
I’m not a person who cries often, but I’m about to cry.
I’m going to hear all kinds of criticism when I enter the academy, right?
Most of the characters in Soul Academy are good-natured or value noble duties.
The contemptuous gazes of many heroines…
This might be a good thing?
No.
No.
It’s okay when you see it on the screen, but it’ll definitely be heartbreaking when it becomes reality.
In fact, there was another problem that was more important than this.
It was unclear whether I would be able to enter the academy or not.
I could overcome it somehow if I took away my feelings, such as reputation and such.
However, entering the academy was a completely different matter.
Since Soul Academy starts as a student at the academy, I didn’t know how the academy entrance exam was conducted.
So, the moment that message came to mind, I immediately looked into the academy entrance exam.
Soul Academy’s entrance exam is divided into a written exam and a practical exam.
The written exam is 400 points, and the practical exam is 200 points.
The total score is 600 points, and the cut-off score for passing is usually 427 points, and the highest cut-off score for the academy exam so far was 453 points.
But you know.
In the character’s dialogue, it was mentioned that the main character’s class was the best class in history and broke the highest cut-off score?
So at least 453 points.
Considering how much they made a fuss in the game; I think it would be safe to say that they got over 460 points.
Whether the cut-off line is high or not, they would say that as long as they did well on the test, it would be fine.
I thought the same at first.
I knew all the settings of Soul Academy.
No matter how difficult the written test was, I thought I could quickly overcome it with a little studying.
That was my mistake.
All I knew was the game’s settings.
It had nothing to do with what I was studying at the academy.
How could I know the achievements of the third king of the Soladin Kingdom?
What else was it?
The equation for Meskedina’s fire magic?
How am I meant to know that!
There were other subjects that were on the academy exam, but they all made my head spin.
I never thought I would be happy to see mathematical formulas in my life.
I was somewhat familiar with them.
Of course, being familiar with them didn’t mean I could solve them.
I was in a liberal arts school and it had been over ten years since I had studied math.
I had no idea about what they were talking.
There was only one thing for sure.
This wasn’t something that a possessed person like me could solve by studying for the remaining three months until the academy exam.
If I had that kind of brain, would I have spent over ten thousand hours playing a game with no news of a sequel?
On the other hand, the practical exam was relatively familiar.
There were two subjects: training and exploring dungeons created by the academy.
This was something I had done tirelessly in Soul Academy.
That doesn’t mean it was easy.
I’m an ordinary person who has never even swung a fist properly.
How good would I be in a fight?
I used to be so scared of catching chickens now that I had to fight other people with weapons and go into a dungeon to hunt monsters.
Is easier said than done.
It was obvious that I would be too scared to do anything in a real fight.
Sigh.
In fact, even if it weren’t for that message window, there would have been no reason to be chased like this.
Since I was the daughter of a noble, there were plenty of ways to live well without having to enter the academy.
However, the message, especially the word “game over if you fail,” was the problem.
In a game, game over meant death with a high probability.
I said high probability because I wanted to deny reality, but in reality, game over meant death.
It was bad enough to be possessed by Mesugaki without even playing it yet, so you want me to live like this and die in vain after three months?
I can’t do that.
Absolutely not.
No matter how urgent it was, the fact that it was impossible to pass through normal means didn’t change.
That’s why I desperately searched for a way to survive, and at the end of my efforts, I was able to find one way.
A special admission for excellent practical students.
It was a system where three people who showed particularly outstanding performance in the Soul Academy practical exam would pass regardless of their written scores.
This was also almost impossible.
The other people who took the Academy exam had been preparing for the Academy exam for years.
Of course, they would be much more familiar with combat than I was, but there was one thing.
There was one thing I was confident I could do better than anyone else.
Dungeon exploration.
Who am I?
A veteran of over 13,000 hours of Soul Academy!
I memorized all the types of dungeons that appeared in the Academy exam.
I could draw a map with my eyes closed!
I was confident that I would excel in dungeon exploration if I could secure even the minimum combat ability.
So, it was clear what I had to do in the remaining three months until the Academy exam.
Spec up.
No matter how bad I was at fighting, I had to obtain overwhelming specs that would cover it all.
And this was an area was confident in.
What do you think I focused on the most while holding onto Soul Academy for several years?
If I were to give you a spoiler, it would be spec up.
No matter what character you play as or how you play, spec up is essential to clear the game.
Since I haven’t entered the Academy yet, my means are limited, but that doesn’t matter.
There are still plenty of ways to increase my specs.
“Miss, it’s over.”
When I came to my senses, I had already finished getting my hair done.
Already?
Lucy Arlen’s hair is incredibly long.
No matter how small Lucy is, her waist-length hair is not light.
However, the maid succeeded in the feat of neatly organizing her hair in a short period of time.
How could this be?
I couldn’t even think of touching my hair.
‘She’s really great.’
“Not bad.
For a sloppy maid.”
I unconsciously let out a voice, so I thought I was in big trouble, but fortunately, my words and actions came out soft for what was equivalent to a scalpel.
She wasn’t scared this time, was she?
I thought to myself as I looked behind me, and the maid was looking behind me with a stern face.
What’s wrong?
Was my tone a bit too much this time too?
My worries were unfounded.
The maid quickly regained her composure and bowed deeply.
“Thank you, my lady!”
After finishing my meal, I immediately stood in front of the office door where Lucy’s father was to take the first step of my grand plan.
I felt uncomfortable because I had such an important and difficult task ahead of me that would put my dignity on the line.
However, I couldn’t help it.
This was the easiest and most efficient way for me to improve my specs.
I took a deep breath and knocked on the office door.
“Stupid father-”
Operation the beginning of the Mesugaki-style aegyo (cute acting).
Shit.
I feel like I’m going to throw up even after I say that.