E7 - The Hidden Boss Attempts Dancing
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[00:01] Yumiella
It's winter, and my first year at
the academy is nearing its end.
[00:07] Yumiella
People have only grown more scared
of me since the martial arts competition,
[00:10] Yumiella
putting my loner status on full display.
[00:14] Patrick
Morning, Yumiella.
[00:16] Yumiella
Good morning.
[00:18] Yumiella
I can't remember the last time
I spoke to anyone but Patrick.
[00:22] Yumiella
But I haven't had to deal with Alicia or
the conquerable characters for a while,
[00:26] Yumiella
so life is peaceful.
[00:28] Yumiella
Or so I thought...
[00:31] Edwin
Alicia's belongings have
been going missing lately.
[00:34] Edwin
Do you know anything?
[00:35] Yumiella
So long, my brief moment of peace.
[00:38] Yumiella
I don't.
[00:39] Edwin
Are you sure?
[00:41] Edwin
You'd be better off confessing
now than getting exposed later.
[00:44] Patrick
Your Highness!
[00:46] Patrick
I don't think it's right to assume
someone is guilty without any evidence.
[00:52] Edwin
There's someone else I have my doubts about.
[00:54] Edwin
I'll look into them first.
[00:56] Patrick
You're not going to ask me?
[00:59] Edwin
I know you couldn't have done it, Ashbatten.
[01:05] Yumiella
In the game, I'm the one who bullies Alicia.
[01:09] Yumiella
But of course, I didn't do this.
[01:12] Yumiella
Which means it must have been someone else.
[01:15] Yumiella
There are many at the academy
who dislike Alicia.
[01:19] Yumiella
Because she's a commoner,
[01:21] Yumiella
because she's close to the
prince and his buddies...
[01:25] Yumiella
If the bullying escalates and
Alicia stops coming to school...
[01:32] Yumiella
It could have a negative impact
on my leveling progress.
[01:36] Yumiella
This calls for a stakeout.
SIGN Villainess Level 99
SIGN I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord
[03:18] Yumiella
What are you doing?
[03:20] GirlX
U-Um...
[03:21] GirlX
You've got it all wrong!
[03:23] GirlX
I was just worried about...
Miss... Alicia...
[03:34] GirlX
M-Miss Yumiella...
[03:36] GirlX
P-Please don't kill me!
[03:39] Yumiella
I'm forever asking myself...
[03:41] Yumiella
Just what do people think I am?
SIGN Demon
Lord
[03:45] GirlX
I was only doing it for Miss Eleonora!
[03:53] Eleonora
And you think I ordered her to do that?
[03:58] Yumiella
No, I only came to inform you that
your friend was doing something bad.
[04:03] Yumiella
She did admit that she did
it of her own accord.
[04:07] Yumiella
But...
[04:09] Yumiella
If Prince Edwin hears about this,
[04:13] Yumiella
he might think she was
acting on your orders.
[04:18] Yumiella
I don't think you should punish her.
It would make others suspicious.
[04:23] Yumiella
I intend to keep quiet about it, as well.
[04:25] Eleonora
U-Um...
[04:28] Eleonora
But then Miss Alicia and
Prince Edwin will...
[04:31] Yumiella
I doubt anything will happen.
[04:33] Yumiella
A commoner can't marry
into the royal family.
[04:36] Eleonora
Y-Yes, that's a good point!
[04:38] Yumiella
I lied.
[04:40] Yumiella
If Alicia defeats the Demon Lord,
[04:41] Yumiella
the king will regard her as the
second coming of the saint
[04:44] Yumiella
and have her marry the prince.
[04:47] Yumiella
Which is why I recommend
ignoring Miss Alicia.
[04:51] Yumiella
You wouldn't want to suffer a setback
over something as silly as this.
[04:55] Eleonora
Of course! But why did you tell me all this?
[05:00] Yumiella
Because I'm praying that you and
Prince Edwin find happiness.
[05:05] Eleonora
Oh!
[05:07] Eleonora
You really do have good judgment!
[05:09] Eleonora
Anyone can see that I'm the one
who's best suited for Prince Edwin!
[05:10] Yumiella
She's too easy.
[05:11] Yumiella
Stop the bullying of Alicia,
[05:13] Eleonora
I guess you feel the same way!
[05:13] Yumiella
and protect the responsible party...
[05:16] Yumiella
I've achieved both of those goals.
[05:20] Patrick
That's kind of unusual for you.
[05:22] Yumiella
How so?
[05:23] Patrick
Normally, I would've expected
you to turn in the culprit.
[05:27] Patrick
Wouldn't getting Prince Edwin to scold
Miss Eleonora resolve everything?
[05:32] Yumiella
Well...
[05:34] Yumiella
She might have been me...
[05:39] Patrick
What does that mean?
[05:40] Yumiella
If a version of me that
kept her dark magic secret
[05:44] Yumiella
and never did any leveling up
lived in some other world...
[05:50] Yumiella
If the parents I'd never even met
told me to befriend other nobles,
[05:55] Yumiella
I might have been desperate to get Miss
Eleonora to let me join her clique.
[05:58] Yumiella
I would have been her number one underling,
[06:01] Yumiella
the one she'd force to do things
no one else wanted to do.
SIGN Alicia
SIGN (Hey, is that... my desk?)
SIGN Edwin
SIGN Why don't you explain yourself?
What were you trying to do to Alicia?!
[06:08] Yumiella
I'd be forced to do all the bullying,
SIGN Yumiella
SIGN (There was nobody on my side.)
[06:10] Yumiella
and when I got caught, Eleonora
would run me out of her group,
[06:14] Yumiella
and I'd have no one on my side.
[06:17] Yumiella
I'd hate my parents, I'd hate
Eleonora, I'd hate Alicia...
[06:23] Yumiella
Alicia Ehnleit.
[06:25] Yumiella
She has light magic, and I have dark magic.
[06:29] Yumiella
She is loved by all, and I am loved by none.
[06:32] Yumiella
Maybe the Yumiella in the game is
actually the victim in this world...
[06:38] Yumiella
Then I'd start leveling up
in order to get revenge.
[06:42] Yumiella
But dark is weak against light,
SIGN Alicia
SIGN Miss Yumiella?! But why...
[06:45] Yumiella
so in the end, Alicia would kill me.
[06:49] Yumiella
I started thinking about what-ifs like that,
[06:51] Yumiella
and it made me want to help her.
[06:56] Yumiella
What? I was only speaking hypothetically
about a world like that existing.
[07:01] Patrick
There's no difference.
[07:03] Yumiella
Huh?
[07:05] Patrick
The only difference between the you here
and the hypothetical you is your level.
[07:11] Yumiella
That's a big difference, though.
[07:14] Patrick
Do you have anyone on your side now?
[07:17] Patrick
Do you hate this world?
[07:20] Patrick
If you do, I...
[07:24] Yumiella
It's all right. Just having an acquaintance
to talk to every now and then is enough.
[07:31] Patrick
I see...
[07:33] Yumiella
I should head back to the dorm now. See you.
[07:35] Patrick
Okay... See you tomorrow.
[07:39] Yumiella
Just getting a conversation
partner was hard enough.
[07:44] Yumiella
I don't know if I'll ever make a friend,
[07:46] Yumiella
and I can't even imagine
getting a romantic partner.
[07:52] Patrick
An acquaintance, huh?
[07:57] Yumiella
A few days later...
[07:58] Eleonora
Miss Yumiella! We meet again!
[08:01] Yumiella
Ever since the bullying incident,
Eleonora's been following me around.
[08:06] Yumiella
What a coincidence.
[08:07] Eleonora
I was just about to have tea!
[08:10] Eleonora
I'll invite you as a special exception!
[08:12] Yumiella
These "special exceptions" have
been going on for three days now.
[08:17] Yumiella
I'm sorry. I have things I need to do.
[08:21] Yumiella
I'm genuinely scared.
[08:22] Yumiella
I have no idea what Eleonora is thinking.
[08:25] Yumiella
According to the queen,
[08:27] Yumiella
the leader of the anti-king
faction is Duke Hillrose.
[08:31] Yumiella
And Eleonora's his daughter.
I'd rather not get close to her.
[08:36] Yumiella
All right, I need to just
turn her down flat.
[08:39] Yumiella
If it makes her hate me,
I'll just have to deal with it.
[08:41] Yumiella
Miss Eleonora, I would appreciate
it if you'd stop inviting me.
[08:45] Eleonora
But why?
[08:47] Eleonora
I have delicious sweets, too.
[08:49] Yumiella
Level 99 craftiness!
[08:51] Yumiella
If you're friendly with me,
Prince Edwin won't like you.
[08:56] Eleonora
I don't want that!
[08:58] Eleonora
Could you help me out?
[09:00] Yumiella
She's not making sense at all.
[09:02] Yumiella
Fine, I'll go. Will that make you happy?
[09:05] Eleonora
Terribly happy!
[09:06] Yumiella
I can't take her anymore.
[09:11] Eleonora
Here, Miss Yumiella. Eat some of these.
[09:14] Yumiella
Very well.
[09:18] Eleonora
What do you think?
[09:19] Yumiella
I'm... not sure. It doesn't taste like much.
[09:22] Yumiella
It certainly doesn't taste bad, but...
[09:25] Yumiella
It doesn't taste that good, either.
[09:27] Eleonora
I'm the one who made those, you know!
[09:31] Yumiella
Now's my chance to make her hate me!
[09:34] Yumiella
Ah, no wonder. I thought it
tasted kind of disgusting.
[09:42] Yumiella
If I say they taste good,
she'll get clingy again.
[09:45] Yumiella
Come on! Get mad!
[09:48] Eleonora
Yes, you're right!
[09:49] Eleonora
This was a failed batch,
if I'm being honest!
[09:52] Yumiella
Huh?
[09:54] Eleonora
But my friends all say they're the
most delicious things in the world.
[09:58] Eleonora
You're the only one who tells me the truth!
[10:02] Yumiella
Wait... Did I make the wrong choice?
[10:06] Yumiella
Um... Why did you suddenly
decide to start baking?
[10:11] Eleonora
I heard that Miss Alicia gave
Prince Edwin homemade sweets.
[10:16] Eleonora
So I thought I would, too.
[10:18] Yumiella
Homemade sweets, huh?
Ever the skilled communicator.
[10:22] Yumiella
Wait, no!
[10:24] Yumiella
What I need now is the resolve
to make her hate me!
[10:27] Yumiella
I don't think you need to do that.
[10:30] Yumiella
In fact, I don't think it's possible for you.
[10:32] Eleonora
Yes, of course!
[10:35] Eleonora
I did it because all my
friends said I should,
[10:38] Eleonora
but it's not at all like me, is it?
[10:41] Yumiella
Huh?
[10:42] Eleonora
You understand me so well, Miss Yumiella!
[10:46] Yumiella
There's some bug happening
that makes her like me more
[10:49] Yumiella
the harder I try to make her hate me.
[10:52] Eleonora
All my friends think I could never make
a mistake because I'm so perfect.
[10:58] Eleonora
If our opinions differ,
[10:59] Eleonora
they decide that I must be
right and they must be wrong.
[11:03] Yumiella
They're just scared they'll
get on your bad side.
[11:03] Eleonora
I'm such a terrible woman!
[11:06] Yumiella
And she's so stupidly gullible,
[11:10] Yumiella
I actually worry someone might
manipulate her for evil purposes.
[11:11] Eleonora
That's what they all say, anyway!
[11:14] Yumiella
Maybe someone already is manipulating her?
[11:18] Yumiella
Like, what if someone's ordered
her to get rid of Alicia?
[11:23] Yumiella
I wanted to ask about when that girl hid
Miss Alicia's things the other day.
[11:27] Eleonora
I-I wasn't the one who ordered
her to do that... I, um...
[11:32] Yumiella
No, it's obvious the final
order came from Eleonora.
[11:36] Yumiella
The question is, who put
her up to it, and why?
[11:39] Yumiella
What did you think about it, then?
[11:44] Yumiella
About hiding Miss Alicia's things.
[11:46] Eleonora
I-I...
[11:48] Eleonora
I didn't think it was a very good thing.
[11:51] Eleonora
But they said it was the best thing to do...
[11:55] Yumiella
The idea to bully Alicia came
from one of her followers.
[11:59] Yumiella
The rest of them fell in line,
[12:01] Yumiella
and Eleonora was just convinced
that they had to do it.
[12:05] Yumiella
So it doesn't seem like it's
part of some bigger conspiracy.
[12:10] Yumiella
I was misled by her bloodline,
[12:12] Yumiella
but Eleonora isn't a bad
girl... I don't think.
[12:17] Yumiella
You shouldn't trust your friends too much.
[12:20] Eleonora
Oh!
[12:20] Eleonora
It won't be a problem at all
if you become my friend!
[12:25] Yumiella
Not happening.
[12:27] Eleonora
I want to get all kinds of advice from you
[12:30] Eleonora
about my relationship with Prince Edwin!
[12:33] Yumiella
I don't know much about
that sort of thing...
[12:37] Eleonora
But...
[12:38] Eleonora
You said there was no question that Prince
Edwin and I would marry, didn't you?
[12:44] Yumiella
I can't tell her I was lying...
[12:47] Yumiella
How did it come to this?
[12:52] Yumiella
Then, a few days later...
[12:57] Eleonora
Miss Yumiella! I've come to visit you!
[13:01] Yumiella
Wow, you're actually inviting
yourself over to my room now?
[13:07] Yumiella
Why did you let her in?
[13:09] Rita
I couldn't refuse the
daughter of Duke Hillrose.
[13:15] Yumiella
Huh? This isn't the tea we usually have.
[13:19] Rita
I can't serve cheap tea to the
daughter of Duke Hillrose.
[13:23] Eleonora
It's delicious!
[13:27] Yumiella
What is that girl's deal?
[13:29] Patrick
I tried talking to her a bit, too.
She doesn't seem like a bad person.
[13:33] Patrick
Maybe you could try
approaching her yourself.
[13:38] Yumiella
I'll think about it.
[13:41] Yumiella
Well, see you.
[13:42] Patrick
Hang on a sec.
[13:46] Patrick
Are you going to the party for
the end of the school year?
[13:49] Yumiella
No. I'm not interested.
[13:51] Patrick
Oh... Okay.
[13:54] Patrick
If you change your mind,
feel free to come by.
[13:58] Yumiella
The year-end party...
[14:01] Yumiella
I hear it's an actual soirée meant to help
us practice for joining high society.
[14:06] Yumiella
It has nothing to do with me,
so I think I can skip it.
SIGN Edwin
SIGN Alicia, let's go someplace where we can be alone.
[14:10] Yumiella
But in the game, it includes an event
where the heroine leaves the party
[14:14] Yumiella
with the character who has the
highest affection rating.
[14:18] Yumiella
It'd be my chance to make sure Alicia
is actually following Edwin's route.
[14:23] Yumiella
Maybe I will drop by.
[14:25] Eleonora
Miss Yumiella! Have you picked
out a dress for the party?
[14:28] Yumiella
There she is!
[14:30] Yumiella
We can't just wear our uniforms?
[14:32] Eleonora
Absolutely not!
[14:34] Eleonora
You wear a beautiful dress and dance!
[14:37] Yumiella
But I don't have a partner.
[14:39] Eleonora
Huh?
[14:40] Eleonora
What about Master Patrick?
[14:42] Yumiella
Why did Patrick's name
come up in this scenario?
[14:46] Yumiella
I've learned how to dance in class.
[14:49] Yumiella
And with the physical abilities
I have thanks to being level 99,
[14:52] Yumiella
I imagine I'd make a pretty
slick dancer, but...
[14:55] Yumiella
Patrick has nothing to do with me.
[14:57] Yumiella
Also, I don't have a dress.
[14:59] Eleonora
Then I'll let you borrow one of mine!
[15:01] Eleonora
Let's choose one together!
[15:03] Yumiella
Actually, I might have one
after all, so that's okay.
[15:06] Eleonora
Your room it is, then!
[15:08] Yumiella
Why?!
[15:12] Rita
You want a dress?!
[15:14] Yumiella
Does she have to be that shocked?
[15:16] Eleonora
I'm here to visit!
[15:18] Yumiella
I need one for the year-end party.
[15:21] Yumiella
Do I have any dresses?
[15:23] Yumiella
If not, I'm fine with wearing my uniform.
[15:26] Rita
Absolutely not! This is a party!
[15:28] Eleonora
Exactly!
[15:29] Rita
Let's do your makeup, as well!
[15:31] Eleonora
Let's!
[15:32] Yumiella
Makeup isn't necessary...
[15:34] Rita
Worry not!
[15:35] Rita
I practiced on my younger sister back home,
[15:38] Rita
so I know I can handle hair and makeup!
[15:41] Yumiella
So once again...
[15:43] Yumiella
Do I have any dresses?
[15:47] Rita
You do have some, but...
[15:52] Yumiella
How lovely.
[15:54] Yumiella
I just adore how extravagant all
these frills and ribbons are.
[15:57] Eleonora
It looks like you have a solid
collection of children's dresses.
[16:02] Rita
The lady of the house ordered them.
[16:05] Yumiella
I know I've never met my mother,
[16:07] Yumiella
but just how old does she think I am?
[16:10] Maid
Miss Dolkness, delivery for you.
[16:12] Rita
I'll get that.
[16:14] Eleonora
This one is cute, though!
[16:17] Yumiella
Sorry to say it, but I'll
skip the party after all.
[16:19] Eleonora
Wait, no! We still have my dresses!
[16:23] Yumiella
"Sorry to say it"? It's not as if
I was looking forward to it...
[16:27] Yumiella
So why did I feel sorry for saying that?
[16:32] Rita
It's from the queen.
[16:34] Eleonora
Huh? The queen?
[16:37] Yumiella
She does send me sweets every now and then.
[16:40] Rita
This one is bigger than usual, though.
[16:43] Yumiella
Don't tell me... Could
she time it that well?
[16:57] Eleonora
Miss Yumiella, you look lovely!
[17:00] Yumiella
Thank you.
[17:04] Yumiella
There she is.
[17:06] Yumiella
Looks like the event hasn't
been triggered yet.
[17:09] Eleonora
Didn't you ask Master Patrick to escort you?
[17:12] Yumiella
Why would you bring up Patrick?
[17:15] Eleonora
What? I mean, aren't you...
[17:17] Patrick
Yumiella!
[17:30] Eleonora
I-I wouldn't want to get in your way!
[17:33] Eleonora
I'll just be over there!
[17:35] Yumiella
No one asked you to be considerate.
[17:38] Yumiella
Patrick and I are only acquaintances.
[17:40] Yumiella
That's how he feels, too...
[17:43] Patrick
So you came.
[17:44] Yumiella
I decided I might as well participate.
[17:47] Yumiella
I was just thinking I should
leave after all, though.
[17:52] Yumiella
I just feel kind of embarrassed
in this dress...
[17:58] Yumiella
What is it?
[18:00] Patrick
N-Nothing.
[18:02] Yumiella
It's obviously not nothing.
[18:04] Yumiella
Really, what's wrong?
Were you looking for someone?
[18:08] Patrick
It's nothing.
[18:09] William
Where's Alicia?
[18:10] Oswald
I can't find Ed, either!
[18:12] William
Did the two of them slip out?!
[18:14] Oswald
Let's go look for them!
[18:17] Yumiella
Well, I've achieved my goal in coming here.
[18:24] Edwin
I can't believe we went through with that.
[18:26] Edwin
Will and Oz must be flipping out right now.
[18:30] Alicia
I found a place where the
stars look just amazing.
[18:33] Alicia
I really wanted to show it to you.
[18:37] Edwin
I never would have guessed
you could be so bold.
[18:40] Alicia
Yeah. I'm a little surprised myself.
[18:47] Yumiella
Well, I think I'll go now.
[18:51] Patrick
Wait!
[18:59] Patrick
Um... Just for one song...
[19:02] Patrick
Would you dance with me?
[19:05] Yumiella
He looks like such a noble right now.
[19:08] Yumiella
I should probably say,
"With pleasure," or something.
[19:12] Yumiella
Sure...
[19:14] Yumiella
Well, that came out sounding awfully curt.
[19:20] Patrick
That's so like you.
[19:22] Yumiella
But he laughed it off, so I guess it's okay.
[19:34] Yumiella
In my head, I'm pretty sure
I'm dancing perfectly,
[19:37] Yumiella
so why do we feel so mismatched?
[19:40] Yumiella
I envy Patrick for taking
the lead so flawlessly.
[19:45] Patrick
Relax a little. It's okay
if you step on my toes.
[19:48] Yumiella
Even if I crush them?
[19:49] Patrick
Don't! Stepping on and
stomping on aren't the same!
[19:56] Yumiella
My body's starting to move.
[20:03] Yumiella
This might be fun.
[20:05] Yumiella
I wonder why...
[20:10] Yumiella
Oh, well.
[20:19] Yumiella
They're staring too much.
[20:20] Patrick
Huh? Are they?
[20:22] Yumiella
Like they think this dress is stained
with the blood of my enemies,
[20:25] Yumiella
or like they're shocked to
see a battle robot dancing.
[20:28] Patrick
Robo... huh?
[20:30] Yumiella
I'm saying that's what
they're talking about.
[20:33] Yumiella
I can tell without even hearing them.
[20:36] Patrick
No.
[20:37] Patrick
It's because you look beautiful.
[20:39] Yumiella
Wha—
[20:41] Yumiella
Calm down.
[20:42] Yumiella
I'm not the type to swing between giddy
and depressed over empty compliments.
[20:46] Yumiella
But...
[20:47] Yumiella
My palms are getting sweaty! What do I do?
[20:51] Yumiella
Saying that to just anyone will
make people lose trust in you.
[20:54] Patrick
Well, I mean, you are kind of dense...
[20:57] Yumiella
You know I can't come up with clever
responses to empty compliments.
[21:01] Patrick
Or maybe I'm the one who's dense.
[21:04] Patrick
I finally realized today... that I...
SIGN Scoot
SIGN Wipe Wipe
[21:14] Yumiella
Um... what?
[21:15] Yumiella
Oh! It's not that I didn't want to
hold hands... I just got sweaty...
[21:20] Patrick
I know. It's nothing.
[21:23] Yumiella
He looks a little unhappy.
[21:25] Yumiella
I'm sorry I suck at dancing.
[21:28] Yumiella
Patrick...
[21:29] Yumiella
If you don't mind... maybe
for the next song, too...
[21:35] BoyA
Miss Yumiella.
[21:37] BoyA
Would you dance with me?
[21:39] Yumiella
Huh?
[21:41] Yumiella
Sorry, but I won't dance with
anyone other than Patrick.
[21:45] Yumiella
Time for my finishing shut-down line!
[21:48] Yumiella
I'm only into people who
are stronger than me.
[21:52] BoyA
Uh... R-Right...
[21:54] BoyA
I'm so sorry!
[21:56] Yumiella
Good. I turned him away.
[21:59] Patrick
Into... people who are... stronger...
[22:02] Yumiella
You okay?
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