The Villainous Daughter’s Butler ~I Raised Her to be Very Cute~

On the first day at the royal city Academy’s new term, the young Ladies of the noble course gathered inside one of the training rooms, located in one of the buildings built on the vast school grounds.

These young Ladies were basically brought up like princesses and trained to be ladylike from a very young age. But, it had been decided that just for the first Physical Education lessons of their middle school years, it would be compulsory for them to learn self-defense.

There were several reasons for this, but mainly it was to make them realize that they were being protected.

Just like how the difference in physique between girls and boys didn’t show yet in middle school, one’s self-defense skills largely depended on one’s talent and environment. Therefore, there were times when tomboyish young Ladies would win even against boys who aspired to become knights.

However, in the years following middle school, differences in physique due to one’s gender would start appearing and their progress, brought on by their training, would begin to show. Therefore, the chance of a tomboyish young Lady winning against a knight-in-training with her strength alone would become one in a million.

Of course, it wasn’t like the female students would definitely lose against their male counterparts. There were also instances of female students becoming knights, doing great deeds and being called heroines. However, that was nothing but the fruits of their gruelling, bloody training.

There were a lot of subjects that the young Ladies had to be educated in, including etiquette. It was reckless to teach them self-defense in order to protect themselves in spare moments between other lectures. It could be called a case of ‘Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.’1 Therefore, the young Ladies would be taught to recognize their limits so that in an emergency, they would run away.

Such was the reason behind the young Ladies of the noble course learning self-defense once they reached middle school. Also, the teacher in charge of this class was a former knight, a man in his forties called Terrence. He used to be an outstanding knight but he was attacked by a night burglar when he was on duty guarding a certain young Lady. Although he had driven the attacker away, he was seriously injured and was forced to retire.

Under normal circumstances, he would have been able to drive the attacker away without any problems. However, the young Lady he was guarding proclaimed that she could fight as well and was acting thoughtlessly, getting herself into a tight spot. To save this young Lady, Terrence had to become her shield leading to his future as a knight being severed.