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Chapter 82 Part 1 – First Dance

Good evening, everyone!!
I have the appearance of an adult, but the inside of a little girl.
With sparkling red eyes and fluttering red hair.
My name is Scarlet Ruby Noel Hydrangea, the protagonist of this story.
If this is your first time here, I’m pleased to make your acquaintance.

I am a beautiful girl who has a loop life memory of being slaughtered for 「108 times」. I was also a queen. I was chased and killed by my own citizens though!! However, I remember all that knowledge and experience!! I know what will happen in the future!!

…… From now on, I will break away from the loop life where I keep getting killed and aim for a leisurely and comfortable life as a recluse. The future is there for my sake. How glorious it is to embark on life that is as good as being promised with success. Aah, how I wish I could share this joy with you all.

So, here is my glorious life story.
If you think you already know this, just skip it!!

As soon as I was born, I almost got killed by an immortal mad dog the size of a small mountain. The mad dog that cannot be killed even by high heat that can melt iron was obstinate about eating me and fiercely chased me around. After that I also nearly got killed by a perverted white-clothed demon who unleashed an invisible attack that stopped my heart …… In addition, I became the rightful owner of a cursed ruby with a shady history that attracted attention from people all over the continent ……

Umm …… God, as soon as I set sail, my new life is about to be capsized by a sudden raging storm?

How can an episode introduction be full of the word, 「kill」.

Even though in this world, there is no preferential treatment for humans like magic or skills.
Even if I do have a knowledge cheat, isn’t my life getting a bit too buggy?
And it’s mainly in the direction of misfortune ……

But there were boys who gathered to save me from the crisis. Yes, this is it. This is what a heroine should be like.

But those boys are members of the five heroes who brutally murdered me in the previous 「108 times」 loop life …… I swore I would never get involved with them again, but why do they keep coming to me on their own …… And finally, even Alisa, a bad friend who led the people to revolt against me who was a queen in the previous loop lives, appeared and suddenly declared that she had found her destined prince, namely me …… I’m a woman though.

Today, I will let out another trauma shout to my life that is going out of control. Why the hell is this happeninggg!? Not to mention that the other two heroes that I have not encountered yet in this life are a mad scientist with a strange voice wearing a pince-nez glasses and a perverted, narcissistic wolf tamer with the face of a beautiful girl that makes no distinction between men and women …… Just the thought of these guys making an appearance gives me a headache ……

Okay, that’s the end of my brief self-introduction!!　
Ah, this is just a part of it, there are many more misfortunes that happened to me.
I really haven’t had a decent life experience.

…… Now then, our current situation.

My mother, whom I’m proud of, is cool, slim, beautiful, and also a genius archer.

However, my mother became a recluse for 10 years after attending a ball where she was severely bullied by the nobles. 14 years later, she received a letter just as she was about to overcome her trauma. It was an invitation to a ball from Countess Rosenthal, the leader of the bullying.

Mother said,

「As Scarlet’s mother, I don’t want to be a shameful person. It’s okay to look disgraceful. It’s okay to tremble. However …… I will no longer run away from the horrors of the past.」

and so, she decided to attend.

Mother, you’re so cool …… And, I’m glad you think so, but at the end of my 「108 times」 loop lives, I usually run away from my pursuers for dear life ……

Besides, I’m worried.

After all, Countess Rosenthal, the organizer of the ball, is a vicious woman who tried to kill me when I was a young lady in the previous 「108 times」 loop lives. Although it’s mostly because I got dragged into it by Alisa …… Come to think of it, it was a ball then too ……

That stupid girl messed around with the young lover of Countess Rosenthal, who was a powerful person in high society, and told the Countess herself the insults that guy had said about her in bed. To make things worse, she then hurled a ridiculous sentence to the furious countess, 「Because Alisa has Scarlet-sama supporting my back!!」.

I spit out my drink and shuddered. No wonder she’s been glaring at me!! I immediately dragged Alisa away from the place and ran away. After all, Countess Rosenthal is more famous for having an irritable personality than the fact that she was a powerful person. It was feared that if you made enemies with her, you would never know what she could do to you.

But it was already too late. On the way back, I was attacked by assassins sent by Countess Rosenthal and my carriage got overturned. I suffered a full-body hit and a blow to the back of my head because I took Alisa under my wing. Isn’t it too cruel to try to kill me out of the blue? I really had nothing to do with it ……

Although I somehow managed to scramble back to my house, I covered my head with the futon and trembled, wondering when retaliation would strike again. The number of Scarlet-chan substitute dolls that were placed by the window as a countermeasure against assassination were increased to No. 4.

My last ray of hope, Matzo and Ethelreed, had gone abroad and were absent at that time. I didn’t really feel alive until Countess Rosenthal suddenly died of an epidemic while on a trip. (※Actually, Countess Rosenthal died miserably as a result of Alisa’s retaliation, but Scarlet is unaware of this. From the book edition episode)

…… Anyway, to me, Countess Rosenthal is a wicked woman who is flamboyant, selfish, and easily irritable. On top of that, she also has the vindictiveness of a poisonous serpent. She is the upwardly compatible version of Ambrosine.

That’s why I was truly surprised when I met the current Countess Rosenthal. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

Not only did she gain the power of the evil eye and recreate that night of bullying 14 years ago, but above all, even though she is much younger than she was when she tried to kill me, there is not the slightest trace of that devastated atmosphere around her. Her words and actions also make it seem as if she is trying to provoke my mother, but is this an attempt to put on a show? I’m not stupid, so I can guess that much. The purpose of this is to make the red nobles gasp so that they will never underestimate my mother again …… So the Countess was not the leader behind the bullying 14 years ago, but rather was trying to stop it?

In addition, even Bradd and Seraphy are trying to figure out the Countess’ true intentions ……