Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

"...Blank?"

There are actually magic books like this?

Yvonne reached out her hand, taking the book Elsa handed over. As soon as she placed her hand on it,

Upon contact with the blank pages, text began to rapidly appear.

Startled, she quickly withdrew her hand, and the moment she moved away, the speed of the text's crawling slowed.

"What is this..."

The square, regular text that appeared was unfamiliar to Elsa, but Yvonne was quite shocked to see it,

"Wait... it's actually Chinese?"

'Chinese', presumably the written language that existed in Evie's previous world.

"By the way, why does it react when Evie touches it? It was perfectly fine when I was holding it..."

Elsa wondered, could it be that the book chooses people?

"...I don't know."

Yvonne was also at a loss.

"Wasn't it said that there are dangerous books in the library? Maybe we should take it to Brin for a look."

Bebe was still waiting for them at home,

If it's a helpful book, they should take it.

"Just a moment..."

Putting on her round little glasses, Brin looked left and right, checking the classification mark on the book's spine, then looked at the contents inside, and finally concluded:

"There's nothing particularly special about it, it's just an empty book."

"...I see."

Both of them let out a sigh of relief at the same time,

Fortunately, it wasn't some dangerous book.

"Come to think of it... actually, such semi-finished products aren't valuable... if you want it, I suppose I could give it to you."

Flipping through the blank pages, Brin said casually,

Occasionally there are products like this, where people wanting to create magic books only made the carrier itself, but didn't imprint their own traces on it.

"...Is that really okay?"

"Of course. Probably someone who wasn't ready with a story but had already made the book, resulting in this lone product... These semi-finished products aren't valuable to begin with, and such things just take up space in the library... It's up to you whether you want it or not."

Brin casually flipped through it, then saw the page filled with dense small characters written by Yvonne's hand.

"When you have a strong desire to 'write down certain stories', text like this will appear, just like this—"

She opened the page Yvonne had just written, surprise flashing in her eyes,

"However, the text you wrote is really strange... Could it be some kind of exotic race's writing?"

Which race could it be... Even the well-informed Brin had never seen it before?

Seeing that Brin seemed quite interested in the Chinese characters printed on the paper, but knowing that her identity as a reincarnated person was not information that could be disclosed at present, Yvonne nonchalantly stepped forward and closed the book, putting it away.

"Thank you, we'll gratefully accept it then."

"Eh, are you leaving already?"

"Sorry, we have urgent matters to attend to, ah... please give our regards to Teacher Yuna—"

"Why don't you come visit in person when you have time? After all, you live in the royal capital, it's not far..."

However, by the time Brin looked up again, the two had already disappeared from her sight.

...These two sure run fast.

With a fork in her mouth, Brin sighed, preparing to continue eating the bento Yuna had made for her.

"—Miss Parcy!"

As soon as they entered, Yvonne and Elsa went directly to where Bebe was.

"Young Miss! Miss Elsa! Ahhh~~~~ You're finally back!!"

Upon seeing the two, Parcy almost burst into tears,

Today, she had also been suffering along with Bebe.

"How is the child?"

"Still the same as the past few days... refusing to sleep no matter what."

Accompanying Bebe, Parcy was also very worried.

"Mama..."

Seeing the two again, the little one let out a whimpering cry for help.

"It must be tough, right?"

Yvonne tenderly stroked her little face, which had become a bit feverish from crying,

Plagued by nightmares, she refused to fall asleep no matter what.

But the problem is... how long can such a small child like her hold out?

"I'm scared..."

"It's alright."

Yvonne gently patted her body.

"This time you can sleep."

"...Really?"

Still tightly holding onto Yvonne and Elsa's hands, unwilling to let go.

"It's true, I promise you."

"But... the monster..."

Remembering that terrifying monster, she trembled all over.

To calm Bebe's emotions, Elsa picked her up.

"This time, Mamas will go into the dream with you and beat up that nasty monster in one go—How about that?!"

"............"

When she heard about beating up the monster, for some reason, she looked a bit hesitant, but finally nodded in agreement.

With the assurance from both of them, Bebe finally closed her eyelids.

Having gone so long without sleep, she was extremely tired and quickly entered into a deep sleep.

But even asleep, her expression was still one of pain.

"We can start now."

"Mm."

After some consideration, they felt that "Little Red Riding Hood" was more suitable.

If things go as expected... that monster should appear as the 'Big Bad Wolf' in the story.

After a flash of light, the two entered the magic book.

"Is this... the dream space? ...Whoa, it feels so casual..."

No wonder Elsa made such a comment, blue sky, white clouds, green forest... it was like a world casually drawn in a child's simple sketch.

But there's no helping it, after all, it's a fairy tale world for children... can't expect too much.

At this moment, the two were inside a small wooden cabin in the middle of the forest.

"So this is Grandmother's house? Then who am I... What?? I'm the grandmother?"

Yvonne looked at Elsa across from her, then looked down at her own attire, finally fully realizing what role she had taken on in "Little Red Riding Hood".

"Wait a minute... why am I the grandmother, and you're the hunter, Elsa??"

"Maybe it suits Evie better. Even as a grandmother, Evie is an elegant old la... pfft."

"Hey—you just laughed, you definitely just laughed, didn't you? Really, be serious..."

The hunter lady took the bow and arrow from her back, quickly checking the weapons she could use.

In the original Little Red Riding Hood, the hunter shot the wolf with a gun, but this world doesn't have guns, so the weapon in Elsa's hand has been replaced with a bow and arrow.

At this moment, Yvonne noticed the poor child wearing a red hood beside her, trembling non-stop.

Yvonne crouched down and patted Little Red Riding Hood's head to comfort her,

"Let's calm down and think about the strategy... According to the Little Red Riding Hood story, the 'wolf' should come to eat the grandmother first."

"So? We just wait here for it?"

I must say, her use of idioms is quite good now.

"Yes, let's wait here."

Elsa, dressed as a hunter, crouched down and patted Little Red Riding Hood's head.

"Don't be afraid! Mamas will protect you!"

Strange...

From earlier, Yvonne felt something wasn't quite right.

Her gaze lingered on 'Little Red Riding Hood', who was clutching Elsa's clothes, her face hidden by the red hood.

—!!

Knock knock knock—

Just then, a terrifying knocking sound abruptly rang out at the door.

"Evie, take this!"

Elsa unhooked the short sword from her waist and threw it to Yvonne, then vigilantly raised her bow and arrow,

Rather than a hunter, her fully concentrated form with the drawn bow looked more like a solemn shrine maiden to Yvonne. Perhaps... a shrine maiden outfit would suit her well too.

But now was not the time to think about such things.

The small wooden door of Grandmother's house wasn't sturdy, in fairy tales, even a small wooden house could be blown down by the wolf in one breath—although that might be an exaggeration, but now this monster... might really be able to do such an exaggerated thing.

Bang crack—!!

A black claw pierced through the wooden door,

...How, terrifying!!

The pressure felt upon its appearance was unprecedented,

A hideous black werewolf with a gaping crimson mouth full of sharp teeth burst in, saliva constantly dripping from its mouth.

However, she stepped forward, shielding Yvonne and Little Red Riding Hood.

"—So you're the one who's been haunting our child's dreams?!"

Elsa muttered an incantation, imbuing the arrow with magical spells, the end of the arrow beginning to glow,

Although Yvonne could only see her back, she could feel her anger from her tone.

She absolutely would not allow anyone to harm her child!

Even if it was some unknown 'curse' or 'monster'!!

The black monster stood before them, panting heavily, but showed no intention of attacking.

Strange...

Yvonne had felt a sense of incongruity from earlier.

Little Red Riding Hood took a step back,

"I'm sorry, Bebe....!"

To confirm her suspicion, she lifted Little Red Riding Hood's hood, and upon identifying the true identity, her heart trembled,

Like a figure drawn with crayons, just like the background of this story, extremely crude.

This child was not Bebe.

A sense of oddity suddenly surged up.

She finally realized where the problem lay.

The arrow aimed at the magical core was ready to be released,

"Wait—Elsa, wait a moment?!"

Yvonne hurriedly rushed forward, shielding the 'monster',

"No... we can't kill her!!"

"Evie, what's wrong?!"

Elsa quickly lowered her arrow,

"This... this is Bebe!!"

—Monster.

—Cursed child.

Brings misfortune, that's why she was abandoned like this.

Although these were things from when she was born, she still remembered, remembered very clearly.

"So... I'm not Mamas' own child?"

Leaning against her, the huge black monster whimpered, the long fur embracing her almost engulfing her,

The origin of the nightmares.

During playtime, she overheard the maids' careless words.

They had no real connection, no blood ties.

Although at her age she couldn't fully understand these complex things, this sensitive child's inner worries deepened day by day, eventually turning into a terrifying monster.

"Because... because...!"

She lay on Elsa's shoulder, trembling and crying,

She had always vaguely known about her origins.

Knew she was abandoned, so when she learned that she had no blood relation to the two of them, that's why she was so upset, right?

The monster was herself.

"Am I a monster?... Will I bring misfortune? Will Mamas... like those people, not want Bebe anymore?"

"That won't happen. That kind of thing won't happen."

Seriously answering their child's questions, both of them reached out to her at the same time,

"You've already brought us so much happiness."

"How could Bebe like this be a cursed child?"

The terrifying outer shell turned into black dust, dispersing in the illusory dream.

Tremors came from her body, hot liquid flowing from the black beast's eye sockets,

"Wuu... waaaaaah——"

Finally, she cried like a child.

"Actually, Mama was once an abandoned child too... so I can understand this pain."

A sensitive and delicate heart,

"Will you really not leave me? Even if we're not real family, can you still stay with me?"

"Mama has taught you, right? 'People should take responsibility for their words...' Look... has Mama ever lied to you until now?"

She choked and shook her head.

"Right? So... in the future, Mama won't lie to you either."

"Really?"

"Really. If you don't believe me, let's make a promise."

After their fingers intertwined.

The monster finally turned back into that little angel.

The incident was finally resolved satisfactorily.

"Let's all three sleep together tonight!"

Elsa suggested.

"Yay~"

Bebe looked at Elsa, then at Yvonne.

Then she tugged on both mamas' clothes.

"Mama, Mama Mama..."

"What is it?"

"Um... if you want to kiss, don't mind Bebe, okay?"

"—!!"

Hearing such words, both of their faces turned bright red.

"Evie!! (whispered)"

"What are you calling me for?! (whispered)"

"Look what you've let the child see!"

Seeing how close the two were, Bebe hugged her pillow and smiled happily.

"Hehehe... Will Bebe have a little sister in the future?"

"...You child!!"

"It's far too early for that sort of thing!"

Lying between the two of them, she made a contented sound.

Although very tired, this moment still felt incredibly healing.

No, not just this moment.

When accompanying this little one. When playing with her, when witnessing her growth...

There are many, many more.

There will be many, many more to come.

It's so good to have this child.

Yvonne couldn't help but think.

Before her, there was such a vivid little life, allowing her to feel her existence so tangibly, to witness her growth.

Her very existence would infuse Yvonne with an endless supply of nourishment called 'happiness'.

It's so warm.

Winter will be warmer too, right?

"This is how it should be~"

Bebe placed her hand, which was holding Yvonne and Elsa's, on her little tummy, layering them together.

"Hold hands—"

Yvonne smiled wryly, somewhat troubled about where she had learned this trick, and was about to ask Elsa if she had been instilling strange things in the child, when their gazes happened to meet.

Not good.

Why, in this situation, did she find her so cute?

"Want to kiss? Want to kiss!"

Bebe, for some reason, though she was very sleepy just now, seemed to have keenly sensed something and started excitedly trying to bring the two together.

"Why are you so eager for us to kiss, you precocious child!"

"Because... if you kiss, won't you have a little baby?"

"Bebe wants a little sister!"

"......"

"......"

Elsa and Yvonne exchanged an awkward glance.

Setting aside how two women could have a child, the idea that kissing could lead to pregnancy was too absurd.

If kissing really could result in... even with all the wealth in the world, they couldn't afford to raise that many.

Imagining such a scene, Yvonne couldn't help but shudder.

"Aren't Mamas going to kiss?"

Seeing her expectant gaze, Yvonne arranged her pillow, while Elsa tucked in the corners of the blanket.

"...It's late."

"Your Mama Yvonne is right, time to sleep."

The two rarely reached an agreement so readily.

"...Wuu?"

When she's a bit older... we should properly educate her about these common sense matters...

After lying down, both thought simultaneously.