The villain daughter did all kinds of things

To get into the Merson Group to research and manufacture magical devices, you need to be an outstanding student at the main campus of the Federal Magic Engineering Academy. A graduate from a branch campus in a third-tier city should just stick to working in a small workshop as a blacksmith.

Julia's performance filled Amelie's eyes with a smile.

That's it, this is definitely Yulia.

She's almost exactly like the female protagonist in the original game, maybe even nine out of ten.

After confirming that Julia's personality was almost identical to that in the original game, Emerald began to test Julia and Marcy.

These two were an official couple in the original game. Now that Marcy's fate has been changed, will they still be attracted to each other? Could they fall in love at first sight under some kind of destiny, and sparks fly when their eyes meet?

Emery observed very carefully, and even took the initiative to guide the conversation, getting Marcy to join in and chat with Julia for a few minutes.

The reaction was lukewarm.

Marcy clearly had no interest in Julia, and was even a little impatient. Julia, in her usual carefree manner, temporarily lost her emotional intelligence, never once asking Marcy's name, and only occasionally calling her "Miss Maid."

Without the shared hardships of being hunted by Emery's men in the original game, Julia and Marcy's first encounter failed to spark any romance.

This made Emerald nod inwardly, plotting her next move to test the limits of this world—for example, taking advantage of Marcy and completely dominating Julia.

If even something as trivial as a cow taking away the original protagonist's first wife goes unpunished by the world, then Emerald can continue to try even bolder actions, such as directly seizing Julia's opportunity and taking all the benefits for herself.

Having achieved her observational goal, Amelie lost interest in listening to Julia boast about her seemingly mediocre classmates and quickly made an excuse to end the conversation.

Before parting, Emerald suddenly smiled rather flippantly, took out a business card, and, as if mailing a letter into a mailbox, stuffed it directly into Julia's collar:

"That's all for today, Yulia. You're very cute... Well, I'll consider your classmates a little, but I'd much rather you work for me. This is my special business card, which can also be considered my token. If you ever encounter any financial troubles in the future, feel free to come to me for help."

Without waiting for a somewhat stunned Julia to reply, Emerald winked at her again and then drifted away with Marcy.

"Wh...what is it?!"

Several seconds passed before Yulia came to her senses, her face instantly turning red with anger:

"I thought such a beautiful young lady would be different, but it turns out she's just after me! Ugh! These rich people are all the same... She even said I could go to her if I had financial difficulties... Isn't that just trying to lure me into a compensated relationship? How despicable! It's people like her who corrupt society!"

Julia grew angrier the more she thought about it. She had no intention of keeping Amelie's business card anyway, so she took it out of her collar and was about to tear it up.

However, Yulia has not yet obtained her initial opportunity. She is just an ordinary girl with a magical affinity, not even an awakened mage, and cannot tear off Emeryte's special name card at all.

"Rich people are so extravagant! They even waste so much effort on something as simple as a business card!"

Yulia was even more annoyed, her cheeks puffed up, and her golden twin tails swung back and forth.

If you can't tear it off, just throw it away.

However, Yulia wasn't too stupid; she knew that these special name cards shouldn't be thrown away carelessly, lest someone with ulterior motives pick them up and use them.

She specifically found a few stones and a small bag, put all the business cards and stones into the bag, and then threw the bag into the center of the artificial lake on campus.

After watching the small bag sink into the water without leaving a trace, Yulia nodded in satisfaction, turned and walked back to her dormitory, ready to forget about that malicious woman.

However, Yulia, who had already left the artificial lake, did not notice that the specially made business card soon flew out of the water on its own, turned into a streak of light, and disappeared in the direction Yulia had left.

. . . . .

Meanwhile, back home, Emerald and Marcy were discussing Julia.

"Do you have any special feelings for that female student, Sisi? For example, do you think she's very pretty and charming? That her helpfulness and enthusiasm are attractive? Or are you just curious about her?"

"???"

Marcy was somewhat surprised and bewildered, then asked in confusion:

"Why do you ask that, Miss? That female student is indeed quite pretty, but I think she's not as good as you. Besides, she's quite noisy and keeps nagging. To be honest, I don't like her."

"What if I recruit her to work for me in the future? What do you think, Sisi?"

Emery chuckled softly and asked again.

"This……"

Marcy hesitated for a moment, then stole a couple of glances at Emerald before cautiously saying:

"I don't know what you see in her, Miss. I can't see any outstanding talent in her, and she even seems to lack confidence... When you asked her to recommend classmates, she didn't mention herself once from beginning to end. I think that's a bit too cowardly. She's probably not very skilled."

"Of course, she's quite pretty, at least the prettiest of the students who came tonight. Her only value to the young lady is probably her beauty."

"But if you just want a vase, Miss... don't you already have me?"

Chapter 23 You're peeking at my smelly socks, aren't you?

"You've got two points wrong, Sisi."

Emerald simply smiled and pinched Marcy's cheek in response to her caution and worry.

"First of all, given that girl's outspokenness and inability to stand being alone, she can't even be a pretty face. You've been through all that etiquette training these past few days, Qianqian, you should know how hard it is for someone with a fiery personality to stick to it, right?"

"And the second one..."

As she spoke, Emery placed her hand on Marcy's shoulder again, her azure eyes fixed on her with an exceptionally serious expression:

"Ever since you awakened the Flame of Life, your value to me has gone beyond just being a pretty face. The Flame of Life has many wonderful uses and is of great help to my cultivation... I need you, Qianqian, to use the Flame of Life to help me cultivate. You should be willing, right, Qianqian?"

"Yes! Of course I'm willing, Miss!"

Marcy's expression instantly turned to joy, and she nodded repeatedly:

"Don't worry, I will definitely master the use of the Flame of Life as soon as possible to help you with your cultivation!"

"very good."

Emery smiled with relief and patted Marcy's shoulder gently again:

"Then you should go and rest first. You can take a break from etiquette training for the next couple of days and focus on mastering the basic usage of the Flame of Life. Once the cultivation materials I ordered arrive in a few days, they can help me with my cultivation."

"Understood, Miss!"

. . . . .

The next morning, in the girls' dormitory of the Magic Engineering Institute.

"Huh? What's this thing doing here?"

Yulia let out a strange cry early in the morning, staring wide-eyed at the desk.

The business card that she had sunk to the bottom of the artificial lake on campus with a stone last night was now sitting right in the middle of her desk.

It was just a business card, but Yulia seemed to see a mocking expression on it:

Minor fish? That's all?

"Just a mere business card!"

Yulia was furious. She rushed over and grabbed the business card, but instead of recklessly trying to destroy or throw it away, she examined it more carefully. She even took out two monocles from the drawer, which were specially used to analyze precision magical devices.

"...Good heavens, good heavens, good heavens!"

After observing carefully for a moment, Yulia held her forehead, sighing with admiration:

"Can rich people be this capricious? This isn't a business card; it's clearly a remotely controllable magical device! A magical device inscribed with three spells! Plus its tiny size and exquisite craftsmanship... tsk tsk tsk, I doubt an average person could afford this little thing even with several years' salary, yet it's just a rich person's business card? Hmm?"

"Wait! Something's not right!"

After her initial surprise, Yulia immediately realized what was happening, and gritted her teeth in anger:

"Even if you're using a magical artifact as a business card, shouldn't you at least include these three spells? A protective spell that prevents the business card from being soaked in water, burned, or violently destroyed is fine, but this spell that can lock onto my location and automatically track me, and this spell that can remotely spy on what's happening here, are definitely suspicious, aren't they?"

"That rich young lady is such a pervert! Not only does she lust after me like those rich perverted old men, but she's even more perverted by using this little thing to spy on me! What... what is it about me that I have? I am pretty, but that young lady is pretty too! If she wants to see a beautiful woman, why doesn't she look in the mirror? What's the point of spying on a poor student like me?"

Despite her outbursts of complaints, Yulia was stumped when it came to actually dealing with the business card.

You can't throw it away now; this thing can automatically track Yulia, and no matter how far you throw it, it will fly back on its own just like last night.

Destruction is also not an option. The protective spell isn't very strong, but it's just enough to limit an ordinary person's strength. If a non-magician wants to destroy a name card, they need to use specialized tools, and those tools are currently unaffordable for Yulia, who is just a poor student.

If you can't throw it away or destroy it, then you can only carry it with you at all times.

Yulia shook her head repeatedly after just thinking about the option, getting goosebumps all over her body.

She simply couldn't tolerate a pervert secretly spying on her all the time through magic, even if that pervert was a super beautiful rich girl!

Damn it! If I couldn't afford to offend that pervert, I would really want to punch her! Her flat belly looks just right for a spanking!

Yulia thought angrily, as if something had been stirred up in the dark, and she felt her whole body getting hot, and her fists hardened without her even realizing it.

However, Julia only fantasized about it briefly and didn't take it to heart. She was still very self-aware and knew that she absolutely couldn't afford to offend Emerald.

But what should be done with this business card?

Yulia still looked worried.

Should I report it to the school or even the police to report that young lady harassing me?

This idea was only briefly considered before being swiftly rejected by Julia.

Yulia is helpful and a bit of a saint, but she's not stupid. She knows there are many bad people in this world, and most of the time, officials, businessmen, and powerful people are just as corrupt.

If she dared to report this to the school and the police, the principal would most likely just try to persuade her to seek help from Emerald, while the police, which is no different from a gang, would probably just tie her up to Emerald's bed!

She's not going to walk right into a trap!

So what should we do?

Yulia continued to think... Now that things have come to this, isn't there only one way? To use her knowledge to find a solution to the problem.

Yulia is not a mage yet. Her only skill is creating melee magical artifacts, and she can only inscribe a maximum of two spells onto them.

However, just as one must be familiar with the principles of an engine to build a car, Yulia has also systematically studied a lot of theoretical knowledge related to magical devices.

So she continued to study Amelie's name card, intending to find a way to bypass the name card's locking spell so she wouldn't have to carry it with her.

After half a day of research, Yulia actually made a discovery and came up with a solution.

She discovered that the business card could automatically track her by locking onto her scent. By covering the business card with her own scent, such as underwear, she could temporarily fool the card's tracking mechanism until the scent dissipated.

"Hum~"

Yulia smiled smugly, pulled open the drawer under her wardrobe in her dorm room, took out a wad of white tank top stockings that she had just worn yesterday and hadn't had time to wash yet, and stuffed the business card inside.

Afterwards, Yulia tried leaving her dormitory room and walking around the dormitory building a few times. Sure enough, the business card didn't follow her. It must have been fooled by the scent on the white stockings.

"Haha, I told you I'm a genius!"

Yulia stood with her hands on her hips, extremely pleased with herself:

"As long as I cover my business card with my freshly taken-off socks every day, that perverted rich girl can only peek at my smelly socks!"

Chapter 24 Emerald Wants to Become Stronger

Four days have passed in the blink of an eye since Emery's speech at the Magic Engineering Academy. There is only one week left until this year's graduation party, when the original game's storyline will officially begin.

On this day, the training materials that Emerald had purchased through her family's connections finally arrived, and Marcy also gained a basic understanding of how to use the Flame of Life.

While Marcy didn't know any of the secret spells of the Scarlet Moon Clan, she could already attach the Flame of Life to her palm and use it for healing through hand contact.

Emerald believed the time was ripe; it was time to become stronger and to test the world's attitude by taking advantage of Marcy.

“I need your help in my spiritual practice, Marcy.”

In the mansion in Locke City, Emery looked serious and spoke frankly to Marcy:

Did your mother teach you about this? Do you know what to do?

"This……"

Marcy hesitated for a moment, then shook her head sadly.

“My mother rarely tells me these things. She seems very worried that I will awaken the power of the Crimson Moon Clan’s bloodline and expose my identity, causing her trouble… Miss, please tell me more about it.”

"That's it..."

Emery wasn't surprised. She asked Marcy a few very basic questions, and Marcy's answers were mostly half-baked and wrong.

There was nothing else she could do but patiently explain the system knowledge of magic practitioners in this world to Marcy.

Due to differences in their respective cultures, each nation has a different understanding of magic and different names for magic practitioners. For example, the Federation calls magic practitioners "magicians," the elves call them "magicians," while the magic practitioners of the Sky Cloud Empire, far across the White Sea, call themselves "mystical cultivators."

In her previous life, Amelie had read several cultivation and fantasy novels, but what she understood best was the Federation mage system she had learned in detail since childhood in this life. She also gave up the cultivation and magic knowledge in the novels, which she didn't know was true or false, and has always explored the world in the way of a mage.

The basic theories of magic practitioners that Emerald is now teaching Marcy are entirely based on the magician system of the Allen Federation.

According to the Federation's research, life in this world can be roughly divided into two categories: those who can use magic and those who cannot.

The more numerous a race is and the higher the proportion of magic users, the more influence it has in the world. Humans, whose magic affinity rate is now close to 80%, are one of the strongest races in the world today.

The most common type of magic affinity user, as the name suggests, is someone whose body is compatible with magic. They can withstand the flow of magic within their body to a certain extent without getting hurt, which is also the basic requirement for using magical devices.