The Villainesses in the Romance Fantasy Novel Became Obsessed with me

Why were things not following the original story?

‘Is it because of the butterfly effect I caused?’

Damn it.

My head hurts.

The situation was getting more chaotic.

If Bluebell died at the hands of that group, my plans would be even more messed up.

“If I don’t find Bluebell quickly, she might end up dead due to her tantrums.”

The group was aiming to check the crown prince.

Icarus.

A group formed to bring down the crown prince who tries to approach the sun.

Managed by a member of Lionel’s family, this group killed people easily to achieve their goals.

‘If Bluebell causes trouble and gets in their way, they are likely to kill her. And Bluebell is very likely to cause trouble.’

Alright.

My chaotic thoughts had been sorted.

Now it was time to erase unnecessary thoughts and take action.

There was no time to analyze cause and effect.

Any further delay would only shorten Bluebell’s lifespan.

‘Since I don’t know when this time bomb will explode, I need to get there early.’

Before the time bomb known as Bluebell exploded.

I increased the speed of my legs.

Yuri, who was running beside me and could be considered a landmine, called out to me.

“Damian… Are you tired…? Should I help you…?”

“No thanks, I’m fine. I’ll let you know if I get tired.”

“Th-then…”

Yuri didn’t show any signs of exhaustion.

Probably because she trained regularly.

This speed appeared easy for her.

“I could help Damian… It’s a shame…”

“….”

Since I was out of breath and didn’t respond, Yuri began to mutter to herself in disappointment.

“I’m your best friend, so I could help you for life…”

“….”

“If Damian struggles… Will he ask me for help…?”

“No. That’s a bit…”

As expected, Yuri’s thought process was strange.

***

The group’s name was Icarus.

The men in black hoods had locked the kidnapped women in a dark warehouse prison.

The clueless students were trembling with fear.

“What’s going to happen to us now…?”

“I don’t know… I haven’t even paid off my student loans yet… I miss my mom…”

“We’re doomed. We’ll be sold to a brothel and never see the light of day again. My life is over.”

Most of them spoke in despair.

Having been kidnapped and locked in a cage with bars, it was hard to think positively.

Except for one girl who still had a flowery head.

“Idiots. Sit there and cry for the rest of your lives.”

Even in this situation, Bluebell stood straight and maintained her composure.

The reason was simple.

‘I can’t become like those idiots who just cry. I’m above you, you fools.’

She was being watched by many people.

And she didn’t want to be seen as the same as them.

She also had a belief.

‘Damian will come to rescue me, right? Of course, he will. If not, it means he doesn’t like me. By now, Damian’s mind must be full of thoughts about me. Great!’

If he liked me, he’d risk danger to save me.

Bluebell believed in Damian and wanted to test how much he liked her

“I hope he pays more attention to me. I haven’t liked that girl Yuri since he started helping her. Think only about me while you’re on your way here, Damian.”

She wanted to mess with Damian.

She was half-intentionally kidnapped by Icarus.

However, she didn’t feel as good as she expected.

“I didn’t think I’d really get kidnapped. Now that I’m kidnapped, I feel bad. I hate being locked behind bars. How dare they think of locking me up?”

Bluebell turned to look at the other kidnapped individuals.

Most of the female students were crying.

However, there was one girl crying and raging at the same time.

Elisha.

She sat in a corner with her brown hair, seething with anger.

“That bastard Damian sold me out…? I’m going to tell Lionel…”

“… Damian?”

Hearing a familiar name, Bluebell approached Elisha.

“Did you just say Damian?”

“Y-yes. Why…?”

“What did Damian do to you?”

“… He sold me out. That bastard.”

Elisha explained in detail to Bluebell how she ended up there.

After understanding the situation, Bluebell nodded.

“Typical Damian. He’s always been like that. Deceiving people like a fox.”

“Exactly! That guy is totally crazy, right? How could he do that to me?”

Finding a sense of solidarity, Elisha poured out her frustrations.

“At first, it was fun watching the situation unfold! But then he sold me out and said we’d meet again with a smile? I was dumbfounded. He’s like a psychopath. No emotions. That bastard.”

“… But.”

Bluebell frowned as Elisha’s words crossed the line.

“Can you stop calling him a bastard? Only I can insult Damian.”

“What? There’s no way—”

“Only I can do it. Only I can blame Damian. No one else is allowed to.”

“…”

“Answer.”

“Alright…”

The prince’s girlfriend. Elisha nodded reluctantly under the pressure of the villainess Bluebell.

Today, she felt like crying.

At that moment, a man in a black hood appeared through the bars.

“Everyone, stay silent. Don’t make a sound. If the prince finds out, you’ll all be dead.”

The students cried even harder at the mention of death.

Among them, a girl gathered her courage and asked.

“Why did you kidnap us? At least tell us your purpose…”

“Y-yes… We’re scared…”

“Please…”

The girls pleaded, but the man in the hood ignored them.

“Stay quiet. If you survive, you’ll find out later. Now, who is Elisha here?”

“T-that’s me.”

“Come out for a moment. I have something to do.”

The man opened the iron bars.

“Come out.”

“…”

Elisha was reluctant. She didn’t want to leave alone. She had a bad feeling about this.

But she couldn’t resist.

“…Alright.”

Bowing her head quietly, Elisha followed the man out of the cell.

The other girls watched her with pity.

“Hey, take me too.”

Thud—

Bluebell grabbed the man’s arm.

“Why is she getting special treatment? Take me too.”

“So there’s the noisy girl. Stay put and sleep.”

“What?”

At that moment, the man shook off Bluebell’s arm and pushed her hard.

Bang—

Bluebell hit her head against the bars from the forceful push.

“Aah—!! My head—!!”

“You should have stayed quiet. You have no fear.”

“You bastard—!!”

Bluebell growled, enduring the sharp pain in her head. She was ready to attack the man, looking like a fighting dog.

“I’ll remember your voice. If you get caught later, you’re dead.”

“Big talk.”

Bang—

With no intention to waste time, he ignored Bluebell and left with Elisha.

Bluebell muttered, touching her injured head.

“I’ll kill him…”

As known, Bluebell’s grudges were the longest.

…

Time passed slowly with Bluebell injured and locked up.

Even Bluebell, who bared her teeth without thinking, began to show anxiety.

“When is Damian coming…”

Crack— Crack—

She bit her nails, expressing her unease.

“When will you come to save me, Damian… You haven’t forgotten me, have you? I’m not someone you don’t need anymore… Right?”

In the dark warehouse, being inside the bars made her increasingly fearful.

And that anxiety and fear.

“Dammit… Am I useless now…? Damian, you bastard… Am I just going to be kidnapped and die…? Will you really not come…? Are you not coming to save me…?”

—brought Bluebell to depression.

Depression overwhelmed her like an unexpected tide.

***

Icarus.

I know where they were hiding.

It was in a warehouse within three blocks outside the academy grounds.

“Yuri.”

“Yes…!”

“Break the warehouse door.”

“Got it…!”

Bang—!!

The first warehouse.

“… I don’t hear any voices.”

This wasn’t the place.

All I knew was that it was a warehouse within three blocks.

I headed to the next warehouse with Yuri.

‘Her physical abilities are getting stronger, like those Northern guys.’

Even breaking the door with bare hands, Yuri’s hands were unscathed.

“Break this door too.”

“Okay…!”

Bang—!!

The warehouse door broke with a loud noise.

It was dark as there were no lights.

However, I could hear faint human voices inside.

With better hearing than mine, Yuri said with certainty.

“Someone is crying… Damian…!”

“Good. Well done, Yuri.”

“Hehe… Thanks…”

She did a great job as a door breaker.

Out of respect for Yuri’s effort, it was time for me to take over.

I grabbed the wooden sword I got from Yuri tightly with both hands.

“Let’s go.”

“… Do we really have to save her?”

“What?”

“Uh, nothing… Let’s go, Damian…!”

She seemed reluctant but followed me into the warehouse.

The prince, as in the novel, was searching from afar, so he wasn’t in the warehouse.

He’d probably arrive after I cleaned up the situation.

“I heard something break… Hey, there are intruders here—!!”

A member of Icarus, hearing the door break, rushed in with a sword.

————

I swung my wooden sword at him.

Slowly, as I had learned.

And accurately at the target.

I aimed for his exposed ribs.

Crack—

“Ugh—!”

“Next, the head.”

Thud—!

With a dull sound, the man lost consciousness and fell.

‘He won’t get up for a while.’

As he fell, Yuri clapped and cheered.

“Wow. You’re amazing, Damian…! So impressive…!”

“Really? Did it look good?”

“Yes…! Controlled and smart swordsmanship…! Cool…!”

“…”

Smart swordsmanship.

Not that I was smart.

I kept that painful comment in my heart and headed towards the weeping sound.

‘Hopefully, that crying isn’t from Bluebell’s death.’

Bluebell would stay alive only if she stayed still but never did.

He hoped she was still unharmed.

I knocked out the members of Icarus guarding the warehouse as I moved forward.

There was no need to kill them.

Capturing them would increase my merit.

‘Five merits so far. Nice.’

I had trained hard in swordsmanship to avoid death, so no one from Icarus could match me.

Without any special abilities, my swordsmanship was top-tier in the swordsmanship department.

‘Aside from those with inherently fraudulent bloodlines, I’m not inferior to anyone.’

I was just surrounded by incomparable people like Yuri, Nadia, and Lionel.

But I took pride in my own skills.

As I continued to knock them down one by one, I finally reached the prison where the female students were gathered.

There, in the corner, Bluebell, whom I had been looking for, sat safely.

“Bluebell.”

She was alive.

She breathed out her name with a sense of relief.

Bluebell lifted her head, which had been facing the floor, and met my eyes.

“Damian…?”

Her eyes were swollen as if she had been crying.

As I moved towards the prison to comfort her.

“You’re late…!! Did you want to see me die…?! Should I just die in front of you now…?!”

Bluebell screamed at me like a mad dog.

Even though she was imprisoned, her personality remained the same.

‘How did she survive with that attitude?’

She grabbed the bars with both hands and shouted.

“You bastard…! Why are you so late…! Am I not important to you? Did you forget about me and then suddenly remember and come to find me? You bastard…!! Get in this prison with me!! Feel my miserable feelings!!”

Bluebell had tears streaming down in her eyes.

She seemed strong on the outside, but she was the most delicate inside.

She seemed genuinely scared of being kidnapped.

‘Nine, ten… Elisha isn’t here. At least no one is dead.’

That was a relief.

Even with Bluebell here, no one died like in the original story.

Although there might be changes in relationships.

‘The outcome isn’t bad.’

I spoke to Yuri, who was glaring at Bluebell without saying a word.

“Yuri. Break these bars.”

“… Do we really need to save her? I-I think we don’t have to…”

I looked at Yuri in silence.

Feeling guilty, she immediately responded.

“Sorry… I’ll break them…”

Even Yuri seemed to think this wasn’t right.

She crushed the prison bars with her bare hands.

Then, the female students walked out, shedding tears of gratitude.

“Th-thank you… Thank you for saving us…!!”

“Our family will never forget this kindness…!!”

“Why’re they so emotional…?”

Except for Bluebell, who maintained her composure till the end.

She turned away, wiped her tears, and slowly walked out of the prison.

Then, without hesitation, she approached me.

“… Damian.”

“Yes.”

“You’re late, you idiot.”

Who told you to provoke the kidnappers and get kidnapped?

I wanted to say, but for her mental health, I held back.

“Sorry.”

“Hmph. At least you know to apologize. It’s fine.”

“… I’m sorry too.”

Bluebell seemed to realize her mistake and muttered quietly.

‘At least she knows she’s wrong.’

Not knowing the value of her life.

Not staying still.

Getting kidnapped and making me worry.

‘She probably thought a lot while being locked up.’

It was rare for Bluebell to apologize.

And it was a very good sign.

“… I should’ve stayed still. Sorry for causing trouble.”

‘You’re growing, Bluebell.’

But that thought was short-lived.

“You were still too late! Damn it! Did you even think about me properly? You should try being in prison! You’d understand how hard it is! I thought I was going to die because you wouldn’t come! You should get in the prison too!!”

It wasn’t the right direction, but growth was growth.

To soothe Bluebell’s depression, I hugged her.

“You endured well, Bluebell. I’m glad you’re safe.”

Then, Bluebell’s tense body relaxed.

She placed her hand on my back, seeking comfort in my warmth.

“… I’m not okay. Some bastard pushed me. When I find him, I’ll kill him. He disrespected me.”

“Alright. For now, just rest.”

As we embraced, feeling each other’s warmth.

It was a gesture to comfort Bluebell, but—

‘… I shouldn’t have saved her.’

Yuri seemed visibly displeased.

Quite a lot.

After a brief moment, a female student asked.

“But didn’t you say your name was Damian…? There’s someone else missing. Shouldn’t we save them too?”

“Elisha?”

“Yes.”

I answered as if it was obvious.

“No need to.”

“… What?”

“The prince will save her.”

And if I saved Elisha…

‘I’ll be in more danger. Elisha should be saved by the prince.’

Sorry to the original heroine, but this was the right decision.

“Get off Damian… Stop bothering him unnecessarily…”

“No. I’m staying. I don’t want to be alone today. You get lost.”

“…”

The more the villainesses transformed, the stronger their obsession with me grew.

‘It’s better if the prince saves Elisha and doesn’t get jealous of me.’

With the prince’s jealousy, I’d surely die.

Even handling the obsession of these two was exhausting.

“Damian. I have a favor to ask. Will you listen?”

“Tell me what it is.”

“So stingy. Just say you’ll do it next time!”

“… I’ll think about it.”

“First, let’s find the bastard who pushed me. I want to hit him. My head hurts because of him. I want to hurt him too. Let’s find him quickly, okay?”

“…”

Bluebell held grudges longer than I thought.