Foolish Villainess

Chapter 12

"You all seem to see the world in black and white, but all I see it as is grey."

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"You're really hopeless, you know that?" As the silver haired girl sighed behind her fan, the dark haired boy hung his head with a solemn expression.

"Yes, I apologize..." They had been trying for hours now to improve his knowledge of common people and common sense in general. But, he's the male lead, it's to be expected he only changes after meeting the heroine.

Heaving another sigh, Rina looked at the starving orphan with a bit of coldness in her eyes. Ha, who knew this kid could bring back buried memories. "This will be the end of our lesson, reflect on your actions, I will be staying a little longer to deal with this." Nodding, Eren got on the carriage and closed the door behind him.

As the carriage got further and further away from her sights, Rina put her fan away and squatted down to get to the same level as him. "Miss...are you..." The orphan's voice was hoarse and dry as he moved his eyes to look at Rina.

"Heh, kid you're pretty good. I never thought there'd be another day were I remembered my past. I'll take you home, in exchange, why not give your life to me?" Stretching out her hand, Rina offered the kid a new life with a smirk.

Mustering up enough strength he lifted his head to look a Rina. A noble with silver hair and eyes the same color rubies, she wore a black dress with red sleeves and red frills, she looked like a villainess from a fairy tale.

But, the boy had no choice, he didn't want to die on the streets. If only, if he could live a little bit longer under her, he made a deal with the devil.

"Well, everyone, he has agreed. Take care of him." As soon as the boy touched her reached out hand, multiple black hooded figures appeared around them. Was it all a lie? The deal? Was he going to be killed?

"Oh don't worry~ I didn't say you'll work at the household, the Grand Duke would never let me..." Letting out a sad sigh while cupping her cheek, Rina smiled eerily. "Instead, you will be working for my personal little group~"

"Train him well, if I find out there are problems because of this, I will personally deal with the it." Every hooded figure nodded and one took the boy onto their back. "Oh and I almost forgot..." Clapping her hands together, Rina looked at the boy with a bright smile.

"Your name will be...Lou!"

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Rina's personal tools, or the Information Guild was what they were commonly known as. Everyone on the continent knew that the Information Guild was the best place for shady dealings, even a giant in the underworld even if was founded only a decade ago.

Even though the are called a 'Information Guild' they did a lot more than just sell information. Assassinations, ploys, all kinds of dealings, they did all of that. If it was requested to the guild and given enough money as a reward, they would take it.

Everyone knew they they all had exceptional members that could carry out any job. The top 10 were even given common nicknames or aliases they go by when taking a job. But, no knew who the founder was, they all knew of the members, but not the big boss them self.

Who knew, the big boss of that underground giant would be the same woman he ran into today?!?

The orphan boy, now known as Lou, turned pale at the sudden turn of events. The whole group of hooded figures were quiet until one of them spoke out.

"Aren't you a lucky one, kid?" They spoke in a nonchalant tone like it was a normal conversation, but it wasn't. Lucky? Lucky in what? Selling his life just to get into a underground organization? Lou was perplexed at the sentence's meaning.

"The boss gave you a name personality. Only the core members got named by boss, the rest were given names by Earl Grey. Oh, Earl Grey is the top dog in the Guild, don't mistake him for a noble though, he hates nobles." As the figure got more into the conversation, all the others joined too.

All the information coming in today was overwhelming Lou, he felt like his head was spinning. "Anyways, since the boss gave you a name, she probably sees potential in you. Don't let her down." Nodding slightly, the group continued on moving through the trees at lightning speed.

(He's still on the back of a member)
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"I'm home~!" Making her big entrance, Rina slammed the door open as one hand held up a bag and another still on the door knob. All the maids and butlers bowed in two straight lines, so she could clearly see the Grand Duke in the middle of the two lines.

If looks could kill, she would be dead 10 times over, but of course she wouldn't let that happen, the Grand Duke would die first after all. As she lowered her hand and stepped through the door closer to the grand duke, she smiled normally and held a bag of sweets in front of her.

"Why don't we sit down and have a talk over a cup of tea?" A hand quickly swatted the bag away when it got into arm's reach. The grand duke was really angry this time, he was spying on them after all. He could barely restrain himself when he saw Rina scold his beloved nephew.

Pulling the bag away before it could be hit, Rina pouted even though she knew why he was so angry, she teased, "Don't worry I won't drink all the tea this time, I'll leave some for you~." This angered the duke even more, pulling out his sword he declared, "I will really kill you this time you monster!"

"Ahahahaha, you'll have to catch me and stab me through the heart before you could ever dream of such a thing!" Running at incredible speed, the two races through the mansion creating a whole other ruckus to solve later.

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I'm alive~ but I'm still tired~ of living~~~! Heyo guys, back to school and my stamina is so low now that my legs hurt every time I return from school, my muscles are just not prepared...TT~TT
I'll try my best to update whenever I can, pretty busy now.