So The third life is a healing one?

'I want to leave!' I said to myself as my eyes twitched at what I'm faced with. A name that starts with a capital J ends and with the letter s. He looks handsome but boy is this bastard a hassle alongside his entourage. It's a Julius Rapha fricking Holfort along with the generic mob of fan girls gossiping or chatting around them.

No even, a bastard would feel human for this sad excuse of one.

The inauguration ceremony for the first years, which I'm included in, already ended and just when I was about to leave for my lodge, I got caught in the mass of girls flocking towards them with him.

"Kyah prince Julius is looking so good as usual!" A girl squealed

"I hope he's still single." Girl 2 whispered

"Sharon, he's mine back off." Girl 3 said to her

"What do you mean by he's yours?" A group of girls said in hostile unison before staring at one another.

'... I'll just escape later...' I surrendered my fate to the immense pressure of my peers clustering towards the entourage while I'm just clamped along for the ride.

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"Here's your meal next!!" A grouch sounding voice commented as she gave me a tray of food.

Thankfully I managed to get out of the pain-in-the-ass crowd of fan girls and headed to the cafeteria where I finally got my lunch. After hearing so many flattering comments and descriptions of those female and a few male folks about the prince and his entourage, food is a good way to punch those disturbing thoughts away. I walked around to find a free chair and it took seconds to spot one. I strolled to the seat, sat down and prayed before eating.

I have to say that I should've complimented the chef! My meal consisted of sweet roast beef with a hint of spice paired with rice, and it was simply divine. It's similar to a famous restaurant I had eaten in Fontaine that slow-cooked the beef while continuously adding a brush of a sauce or one that I had in Hokkaido. But this was better than the latter and on par with the former.

'I should eat this often' I thought in a blissful trance. Of course I wouldn't eat this every meal time of the weekdays I have in the academy, but maybe just every afternoon or four afternoon meals per week. 'That kind of meal schedule would be my liking for a while.'

It's a shame though that the taste is a bit unappetising and unpleasant due to unpleasant thoughts. My mood soured further.

'I assumed I could just enjoy life but that prince is giving me the most annoying feeling.' I ate a piece of beef.

In the otome game, it was detailed that Prince Julius doesn't like his position as a prince, having it pretense that his freedom isn't present because of it, which makes me pissed off as it leads to hurting Angelica, who became a villain due to the absence of affection from her fiancée.

I'd blame the heroine but she isn't to blame as she got caught up in a more horrible predicament that being the five targets. I can't stress this enough that reality is different from imagination and it really shows.

The specific details from the otome game are very present but there are obviously larger details not mentioned by the game. Extras, who had no emotion, character uniqueness, possess traits like any other human from Maria's knowledge are an obvious instance.

Among them being that the hardship would never be so difficult for the main heroine is false in reality. Sure it's easy in game if you were to deny it with all your might or the certainly horrible individuals that you need to begrudgingly possess but this reality makes it worse.

So anyone in the heroine's position would get fame but also threats and problems that would take on a heavy toll. The latter being mostly Julius. The albino-haired girl knows that the prince is popular in her previous life and it's due to his glaring flaw.

'He's fucking retarded' Maria grits her teeth in frustration of the mental imagery of Julius's face emerging. 'He thinks what others, commoners to be more precise have it easy, they're position is enviable? I get the appeal of the position by a slight bit but how dare that bitch ass of a scum in prince clothing despise something so valuable when he's living comfortably.

Many people would covet Angelica's position of being Julius's fiancée me included, I'd barf and rather get exiled than marry now since I have reason to believe I'd earn a painful death due to the heroine role is stuck to the former by this world's settings.

No, thank you very much. I'd rather once steer clear from all that horrid drama. "Um, excuse me" I turned around to see a blonde hair girl shyly looking at me with blue eyes

"Is it alright if I seat with you?" She asked softly while I'm having slight crisis. I mean seeing the heroine is giving me increased stress that I'm screaming to the heavens the simple question. Why is anime logic working right now!?

I don't need the meet the protagonists this instant please!, "Sure go ahead." I nonchalantly respond while my mind is going into serious mode.

'Okay calm down Maria and analyse the situation. You are sitting with Olivia, the heroine of the otome game and the kindest girl you'd possibly know from info so you won't die from being associated with her... hopefully. So just act natural and talk with her.' I said to myself knowing that I might have been played into the rules of anime. Curses.

"So how's school life for you Ms?"

"Oh I'm Olivia, um..." God her voice is so hard to find endearing with that face of hers

"Maria Lou Lafan, but you can call me Mary." I said as she smiles.

"Thank and yes school has been good so far. You?"

"Same I guess" I took a drink as I'm calming my nerves, "A lot of lectures I'm going to sleep on and exams I'll be hating alot so there's that."

"I see." She blurts and that was the only thing left from her part as this conversation spark seems to have been snuffed out.

Why did this happen? I was so good at lasting a conversation but I'm having problems with the present dilemma!? I guess that's a reminder for me that I'm not the same and not in a good way right now.

"So I gotta go somewhere and I hope I see you next time." I said as I stood up and walked away, not turning back. I could hear some whispers and I hope to the lord's above that it ain't more problems. Because the heroine is the last thing I want deal with as I know that I'm doing a horrible task of not screwing up damnit!

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Unfortunately for Marie there's some voices that's causing trouble.

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New Life Current Progress:

Focus: 50 (-50 from distracted)

Reputation: 20

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