Reincarnated As The Villainess's Best Friend

"I think I made a huge mistake."

The night fell silent once again, only interrupted in random intervals by the sounds of an owl hooting outside, or the crickets chirping in the grass.

"Calm down, Rin. You might be overthinking it."

I glanced through an open window. The moon was nowhere to be found, and the darkness outside was briefly pierced by the lights from nearby houses.

I wondered if the other tutors were discussing the same thing we were. Why wouldn’t they? It was the only thing everyone talked about for the rest of the day.

Even though the next two matches lasted barely two minutes, with both winners using just a single spell, everyone in the school still talked about Lucy.

"You saw what she did," I said, trying not to sound overly concerned, even though my body shook at the thought of it. "She’s becoming the Shadow Queen."

"It’s too early to make that conclusion."

"Is it?"

I turned to Miss Fumiko, rather abruptly.

"She summoned a Hellspire! How did she even do that?"

"It’s her bloodline affinity."