Reincarnated Villainess From Scratch

Chapter 4 The spiritual guide that appeared out of thin air

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But even with her newly found determination, Alicia still has no idea how to escape her bad ending.

According to the information obtained from her other self, it is already past four in the morning. And since the time when she will be executed is nine in the morning, there is only five hours left until her end.

She has wounds all over her body now, and she’s so hungry she didn’t even have the strength to walk.

‘Even if the other me… said that I can break through this situation, but in the face of such desperate, there really isn’t anything that I can do.’ Alicia thought helplessly.

The only clue she has is to pay more attention to her possible choices.

After thinking about it, Alicia found that the situation had already developed to this point and the only choice left was whether to eat the pork chop rice given by the guard.

‘I have already tried the choice to eat the pork chop rice and it is a bad ending. So, let’s try the choice of not eating.’

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While still being convicted, Alicia was already hungry. Maybe she hadn’t eaten anything the day before.

And now that it was the next morning, the girl no longer felt hunger, but she felt endless fatue and powerlessness.

Although just not eating for a day will not starve her to death, but because of the weak physique of a young noble lady and the physical damage from being beaten by the guards, now Alicia really feels that her life is near its end.

If enduring the hunger is ineffective, then the only way to find a breakthrough is from other alternative choices.

‘I feel so tired of thinking…’

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After a while, Alicia felt her spirits come back and she could think normally again.

‘Is this the legendary life return?’

Suddenly, a flood of memories flooded into her mind and those fragmented memories record the life of Alicia.

Alicia, who was born with a golden spoon, was loved by the Duke’s family, and her environment made her arrogant and vainful.

Later, she fell in love at first sight with the second prince, Edward, when she saw him at the tea party, and then pursued him fiercely.

Although the second prince was eventually engaged to Alicia, his attitude towards her was very indifferent.

After enrolling in the Magic Academy at the age of fifteen, he walked very close to the baron’s daughter, Ifty. Out of jealousy, Alicia begins to bully Ifty in every possible way.

That’s right, the accusations of the conviction are true and it is indeed Alicia herself, who did these things.

However, she was not the only one who bullied Ifty, everyone else had their parents as their backers, only she was convicted because of her parents’ ‘accident’ (treason).

These are game settings, Alicia herself knows it very well.

But when she really experienced the memories of Alicia, she felt and understood the feelings of the Duke’s daughter.

She is not just a character in the game, but a real person.

‘You are Alicia!’ The souls of the two have become one and no longer separate from each other.

At the verge of death, Alicia completely abandoned her identity as the otaku, Hanane, and truly recognized her new identity, the villainess.

In this very moment, the Duke’s daughter’s hands and feet were already frosty, she was shivering from the cold, and she felt that she was slowly losing control over her body.

But after having reincarnated twice, Alicia was not afraid. She knew her mission had only just begun.

‘Next time… Next time, I’ll be sure to look for opportunities to break through. I must escape and survive!’

Just as she was full of determination, strange patterns suddenly appeared on the walls of the prison. Those patterns were like arrows, pointing somewhere on the wall.

At the very last moment before she fell into darkness, she engraved the pattern in her mind.

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[Refusing to admit it, huh? Unexpectedly, you have yet to say anything even when all the evidences are presented! What a vainful Duke’s daughters.]

Sure enough, when she regained consciousness again, the scene of conviction is right in front of her.

Alicia’s… third reincarnation.

‘That texture on the wall, what is it? Is it a dying vision?’

Years of gaming experience and intuition told her that if something is an illusion, it would definitely be the key to breaking through the situation.

Although it is absurd to think about breaking through the current situation, Alicia decided to return to the previous cell as soon as possible to find out what it is.

In the end, she repeated the previous two reincarnation experiences and was sent back to her prison cell without struggling at all.

However, the texture on the wall has disappeared and the black marble wall is so solid that it seems there never was any pattern.

But, Alicia rushed to the area very quickly, just in case she forgets the area of the texture due to short-term memory loss.

‘If I remember it right, that arrow-like thing does point here.’

She touched the wall and saw that when her finger touched the end point, the corresponding wall suddenly disappeared, leaving a small groove.

[Bingo!]

Excited, Alicia hurriedly reached inside, and finally got a jet-black orb.

Before she could study what this orb was, it unexpectedly emitted an ominous black light from the inside out and floated up automatically.

[Wow.]

The girl was startled and took a step back. She quickly covered her mouth, fearing that her voice would attract the attention of the guard.

Much to her relief, the guard did not come, but the orb began to spin rapidly after it floated up.

In an instant, it took a sharp turn and merged into Alicia’s body as if it was just an illusion. Because the speed was too fast, the girl did not respond.

‘Ding Dong, congratulations on obtaining the Dark Magic Guide Fragment, you have already qualified to be the Demon King.’

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The voice in her head made Alicia shudder, but before she could think anything else, a small figure flew over.

[Hey, why are there flies here?]

[How rude, are you the noble Demon King that this guide is in charge of?]

[Wow, you can talk!]

Taking a closer look, the fluttering figure has a cute little face like a loli, with arms akimbo and a milky voice, complaining to Alicia.

[Is this… an elf?]

[It is said that I’m not such a low-level creature. Listen, my name is Hesperus, the god of the dark stars, and I now descend to be the guide of the demon king of the star of Albert.]

[Your name is too long to remember.]

[Uh-uh… You can call me by the name of this world, Yuri.]

Alicia confirmed that the flying little thing could communicate. Surprised, she felt that she had found an artifact.

[Then, Yuri, since you are so powerful, you can definitely help me escape this god-awful place.]

[Ehehe… I am only a guide, the test of this world is still up to you to complete.]

[Me? But I don’t have any fighting ability at all!]

It is very unfortunate that Alicia has no magical talent. She knows because she double checked it with the memory of Alicia and the game settings.

Even if she entered the Magic Academy through the power of the Duke’s family in order to be in the same school as the second prince, Edward, she could only perceive earth magic and she tried her best to generate some small mounds.

[Don’t worry, this will give you dark magic.]

[It’s useless, I don’t have any magical talent at all.. um eh eh?]

Yuri touched Alicia’s chest with her pocket-like hand, and instantly the girl felt the resonance of the orb in her body.

She was pleasantly surprised to find that she could manipulate the dark magic power emitted by the orb!

‘It’s unbelievable that I have mastered magic power… I not only had the talent to live to this day but also obtained such an adventure.’

But soon, Alicia found a problem.

[Even if I have magic power, I don’t know any magic spells. Isn’t that still useless?]

[You have said too soon.]

Yuri snapped her fingers, and suddenly, just like this, a voice appeared in her mind:

Dear Demon Lord candidate, you are now level 0 and have 1 skill point, you can choose to learn:

Add 20% to the physical attack of the physical skill [Crazy scratching].[Staring] Mental attack, there is a 1% chance to stun the enemy.[Dark arrows] Dark magic attack, dark magic attack bonus 100%.

What’s this all about!

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Translator’s Notes:

Empty as always. Hehe.