Breaking Up With the Heroine in an Otome Game - Breaking Up With the Heroine in an Otome Game chapter 99

99 – Dinner with Roxanne and the Subjugation of Villains

099.

Noon. Private office at the church.

“….”

Roxanne was quietly seated, engrossed in her work.

After the downfall of Seong Yura, Roxanne had risen rapidly and had a lot of things to take care of, so she devoted herself to her work, even staying up all night.

She was juggling her academy studies in between, making it truly a series of all-nighters.

“Phew… shall we call it a day here?”

Roxanne stretched slightly, intending to straighten her somewhat drowsy body.

As she extended her upper body and waist, her chest naturally swayed.

Oddly enough, her shoulders felt heavy.

Why were only her shoulders so stiff?

“Ah.”

Suddenly, she looked out of the window.

A hazy twilight descended on a summer evening.

She gazed up at the slowly spreading twilight hues beyond the horizon.

The sun, which had been scorching just a while ago, had set, and the moon, enveloped in a subtle chill, peeked out.

Already, it was nighttime….

Perhaps due to busily handling work since morning, her sense of time seemed to have dulled. At this rate, she might receive Cynthia’s nagging mixed with concern again. Cynthia had a subtly worrisome personality.

– Ding-dong.

“Roxanne, are you still working? Can I come in for a moment?”

It was a familiar female voice.

It seemed like Cynthia had come.

“Oh, it’s fine. Please come in.”

As soon as Roxanne gave permission, the door handle turned.

With a creaking latch sound, the door to the office slowly began to open.

After a while, a woman looked at Roxanne’s face with a worried expression and took slow steps inside.

“Take it easy. Don’t overwork yourself. You might collapse.”

The woman with smooth short hair, exuding a faint fragrance of herbal tea, extended a cup of tea to Roxanne.

“Have some of this. It’ll help relieve your fatigue.”

“Thank you, Cynthia.”

Cynthia Gwyn.

Even within the church at noon, she was infamous as the third executor of a powerful organization.

As one of the sharpest swords of the church, she had a record of defeating all kinds of villains and monsters threatening the church and its people.

Her skills were as formidable as any high-ranker in England.

Since the incident involving Saint Yura, Cynthia had been deeply involved in Roxanne’s activities and ended up becoming her escort, using the pretext of potential danger.

From the perspective of England and the headquarters of the church, it was somewhat regrettable to have such a powerful force like Cynthia staying in South Korea, but they couldn’t stop her stubbornness.

She had always been a headstrong leader.

“Surely you won’t be staying up late again tonight?”

“I plan to stop here for today. Luckily, there isn’t much to do.”

Was all the hard work over the past few months finally paying off?

She felt the workload gradually decreasing.

Of course, overall, there was still a mountain of tasks to be done, but there was a slight breather.

“Phew. Thank goodness. Lately, with the ranking matches and final exams, you’ve been really busy, Roxanne.”

“Yes… Thanks to the reduction in final exams, I could breathe a sigh of relief.”

The academy had reduced various schedules and strengthened its defenses due to the Union attack incident.

To be able to respond immediately in case of any emergency.

“For the best academy in South Korea, the Union seems quite fearful. They seem scared of another attack by villains this time as well.”

“It was really fortunate that nothing happened.”

If the villains had invaded again and breached security once more, the Union Academy would have truly faced a crisis of survival.

“Oh, right, Cynthia.”

“Why?”

“I have a little something to ask you personally. Is that okay?”

In response to Roxanne’s question, Cynthia momentarily tilted her head.

A personal question?

From Roxanne?

“What is it?”

“Well… I wanted to invite a friend for a meal.”

Roxanne hesitated for a moment, then slyly glanced at Cynthia.

“But since it’s my first time with this kind of experience, I’m a bit unsure about how to proceed… Should I invite them to a nice restaurant?”

“Wait.”

“Yes?”

“Friend~?”

In Roxanne’s cautious tone, Cynthia raised her eyebrows, spreading a mischievous expression on her face.

After all, Roxanne’s friend was probably not a student from the academy, right? The ones who tormented Roxanne!

“Hah. Roxanne… You’re not talking about those guys who bothered you because of Seong Yura, are you? Right? You’re not inviting them to a meal?”

Cynthia sighed and shook her head with a disdainful expression.

“They were just sly guys making excuses, blaming it all on Seong Yura now that it’s over.”

Those things are not friends, my friend.

Is it a valid excuse to say that I was tormented because of Seong Yura?

Although Seong Yura’s influence was powerful, and as a mere trainee I couldn’t resist her, it was not forgivable that I abandoned Rok Sanneu just because of that.

If you are an aspiring hero trainee, you should definitely resist evil.

Those so-called trainees from the prestigious Hero Academy, who are renowned worldwide, daring to succumb to such trivial pressure and do something wicked to our Rok Sanneu?

Those guys would be nothing more than laughable if they came now and tried to act all big.

Even if Rok Sanneu and the heavens forgive them, Cynthia cannot forgive them.

Hmm. Whatever.

“Listen, Rok Sanneu. You shouldn’t consider those guys as friends.”

Thwack! Cynthia raised her index finger assertively.

With a serious expression, she decided to give advice to this naive girl as her senior in life.

Foolishly kind-hearted Rok Sanneu might forgive those guys, but they would only take advantage of her and suck her dry.

“You shouldn’t be friends with bat-like people. They’re only sticking to you because you’re popular these days and because you have a pretty face. True friends are those who can help you when you’re struggling and in need.”

“In that case… can I consider her a friend?”

Huh? Cynthia blinked her eyes repeatedly.

Wasn’t there someone who helped Rok Sanneu during her academy days?

Rumor has it that everyone was trying to please Seong Yura.

Surely there must have been a trainee with enough guts to help Rok Sanneu despite Seong Yura’s watchful eyes.

If they had a background as influential as Seong Yura’s, there would be no need to help Rok Sanneu and create friction with her.

“On the path of determination, during midterm exams, and even at Seong Yura’s mansion… I received a lot of help.”

“Ah… talking about that guy? Was his name Lee Jinhyuk?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

I roughly knew about him.

He’s quite a famous guy.

“I saw him briefly during the ranking battle. Um, he was quite an impressive guy.”

Honestly, I thought he’d be easily beaten when fighting with Baek Yurin, but he fought quite well.

Even when Cynthia saw it, she thought Baek Yurin had the skills of a top hero in active duty.

He seemed to have skills at the level of a superior rank.

It’s quite interesting to see such a guy being rewarded with a big prize.

He did surrender in the middle, but he left a strong impression.

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“You’re planning to be friends with that guy?”

“Oh, yes… he asked to be friends.”

Roksanu, scratching her cheek as if feeling a bit awkward.

“I’ve received a lot of help. So, as a way of repaying, I decided to grant what he wants, and he asked to have a meal together.”

“Hah… look at this?”

Cynthia chuckled with a smile that seemed to say she knew something.

“After all, men are all wolves, aren’t they? Wolves.”

“Cynthia?”

“Roksanu, can’t you see it clearly? He’s targeting you.”

“Yes, yes? No, that can’t be. Why would someone like me…?”

As Roxanne blinked her eyes wide, Cynthia sighed deeply, feeling an indescribable emotion.

Someone like me?

Roxanne, are you saying that after seeing your face and body?

This is deception, pure deception!

“…Roxanne, you look at yourself in the mirror, right? Yes?”

“Yes.”

“…What do you think when you see your face?”

“?

Roxanne seemed to not fully understand the essence of the question, as she raised a question mark above her head.

Oh, come to think of it, Roxanne hasn’t had much contact with boys her age since she was young because of Sung Yura, right?

Sung Yura must not have left Roxanne alone with boys who had wicked intentions.

Anyway, Sung Yura herself is quite an eccentric person.

“Until now, because of Sung Yura, you haven’t had any boys approaching you, so you might not have realized it, Roxanne, but you’re really beautiful. Honestly, I haven’t seen someone as beautiful as you even in England.”

“No, not to that extent…”

You must also know that you’re beautiful.

It’s just that you haven’t fully realized it.

“And there are many beautiful women around Jinhyeok. I’m sure they have feelings for him.”

“No, Roxanne, look at your appearance and s*xy figure! Any man would fall head over heels for you, don’t you think? And your chest, too. Do you think there’s a girl with such a chest around Jinhyeok? Perhaps men have fantasies about breasts…”

“…That’s s*xual harassment, Cynthia.”

As Cynthia gazed at Roxanne’s chest, confessing her mixed feelings of inferiority, Roxanne gently covered her chest, blushing slightly.

Cynthia was great, but she had a tendency to say strange things from time to time.

“Anyway, what I wanted to say is that Jinho might have a romantic interest in you.”

“Oh.”

“Think about it, Roxanne. What guy would go out of his way to be friends with a girl who isn’t interested, or buy her a meal?”

“Is that so?”

“The noon church’s saint candidate said she would grant any request herself, but he settles for just buying her a meal? Oh~, he’s considering a long-term relationship.”

“….”

Roxanne, increasingly confused by Cynthia’s unconvincing persuasion, began to feel uncertain.

“Oh, come to think of it….”

“Did something come to mind?”

“Well, there’s just a saying that I thought was a joke and didn’t pay much attention to.”

After successfully arresting Sung Yura,

there was a time when they sat on a bench in the academy park, exchanging small talk to convey their gratitude.

After chatting for a while, Jinho’s childhood friend appeared and, as a sign for them to talk, left first.

But then, he remembered leaving his phone on the bench by mistake.

When he went back to the bench, the two were in a strange conversation…

“Jinho and Soyeon, his childhood friend, were having a conversation for a while. It was about someone they like.”

“Mhm.”

“I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but… Jinho told Soyeon that he likes me…”

“Hmm.”

Cynthia let out a small gasp, appearing slightly surprised.

“W-Well, you did say it was just a joke, of course.”

“What joke.”

Cynthia flicked her fingers, as if emphasizing.

“This is for real, seriously. Seriously. Roxanne, I’ll say it straight. He’s into you, no doubt about it.”

“Uh… well…”

Roxanne seemed unsure about how to react.

“You might not have much experience in this area, but trust me, it’s so obvious that it’s strange if you don’t notice?”

“But…”

“Oh please. You don’t believe me, huh?”

Cynthia was confident.

Jinhyuk, the guy, is interested in our Roxanne.

“Did he say anything else?”

“Oh, it’s a bit embarrassing to say it with my own mouth…”

“No, what’s the matter?”

“Well… he said you’re pretty and nice… Uh, it’s a bit embarrassing to say it myself.”

“Well, our Roxanne is indeed pretty and nice. Yeah, yeah.”

“C-Cynthia, don’t say such things.”

“Why? Did I say something wrong?”

Seeing Roksanne looking embarrassed, Cynthia started speaking with a slight upward curve of her lips.

“Alright, so I said I’d treat that kid to a meal, right? Let’s check our schedule and when we have time, let’s invite her to the church.”

“To the church?”

“Yeah. It’s about the meal, I’ll take care of the expenses, whether it’s hiring a top-notch chef or whatever.”

“No, I’m the one extending the invitation, so I should cover the cost.”

“Just accept it when I offer.”

Cynthia continued speaking.

“And since it’s come to this, I should properly see her face too.”

“Cynthia, you know it’s impolite, so please refrain. It’s to repay her kindness at least a little.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t do anything unnecessary. I’m quite grateful personally, you know? She’s the one who helped arrest Seong Yura and provided all sorts of corrupt information from the church.”

We owe Roksanne a lot, so we won’t treat her lightly.

But…

“Regardless, we must make sure of one thing.”

Whether he’s a decent man or not.

***

The day of the promised meal with Roksanne.

“Oh, the appointment time has already passed.”

I glanced at the clock and fell into contemplation.

Many things happened until today, but I was able to become quite friendly with Roksanne through occasional conversations.

Therefore, if the atmosphere during the meal is quite pleasant, I should ask once.

Regarding the suppression of the villainous organization to which Sung Yura belonged.