The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"It's the same public ball that the academy holds every month, which you attended before. But as you know, Lady Ella, Prince Raymond and Prince Barnard are both close to the academy faction, so academy activities are often dominated by their factions."

It turns out to be the college's annual dance; no wonder it was held as usual.

But has this Susie Yun really become so arrogant that she needs a prince to send her an invitation and extend an olive branch?

No matter how strong Susie Yun is, she is only at the level of Skadi's swordsmanship. She has great potential, but her background is just that of a commoner. Under the current circumstances, she is probably not important enough to be fought over by the crown prince.

Although she's pretty, she's not exactly stunningly beautiful. Ella didn't even receive an invitation!

Ella pondered this carefully. The original Ella only had a small faction around her, and was even an appendage of the Second Prince's faction. She didn't know as much about the deeper intricacies between the royal factions as she had imagined.

To figure out the mystery behind this, she'll probably have to find a way to attend the ball and investigate.

Chapter 51 Butler Lilia

The accommodation area of ​​the National Noble Academy is also divided into different areas according to the students' circumstances.

The multi-story buildings, which are connected like city streets, are the residential buildings for ordinary students.

The hotel-style corridor layout features two adjacent rooms arranged side by side.

Generally speaking, students of higher status would share a room with a servant who came from their home, while students of lower status who were not assigned servants by the academy would share a room with one other student.

Outside this ordinary dormitory area, right next to the main college building, there is a spacious villa estate area that resembles a park.

This area is naturally where the higher-ranking members of the academy reside.

For example, students of the Crown Prince's school and specially appointed professors would live alone in a house with their own garden, accompanied by a certain number of attendants.

Ella belonged to this category. As soon as she entered the huge manor area, looking at the intricate network of paths and all sorts of gaudy buildings, it seemed like her terrible sense of direction was about to kick in.

Fortunately, her little followers knew the way very well and skillfully escorted Ella all the way to her house.

It was a small, sloping-roofed villa adorned with flowers, surrounded by a waist-high birch fence encircling a circle of shrubs, with a neatly manicured front yard inside.

A cobblestone path winds its way from the front gate of the courtyard to the two-story house built of white sand bricks.

Oil lamps emitting a warm yellow light hang in the exquisitely decorated marble porch. Even though the place has been unoccupied for some time, it remains clean and spotless.

Upon Ella's arrival, the door opened, and a short-haired brown girl in a black and white maid dress walked out of the house, jogged to the courtyard gate, and opened the door for Ella and her group.

These are the attendants that Ella brought from the Duke's mansion when she first enrolled in the academy.

Since Ella was not allowed to bring her servants with her when she went to the sanctuary for further studies, they all remained at Ella's small manor in the academy to be managed and maintained.

Ella was supposed to have a butler named Dean to manage the daily work of the servants and Ella's schedule, but for well-known reasons, this butler, Mr. Dean, has now run away.

But this didn't mean the position was vacant. As Ella and her entourage followed the brown-haired maid into the courtyard, a seemingly frail girl with black hair and a black dress gracefully stepped out of the room and into the courtyard, smiling and softly greeting Ella:

"Your Holiness, you're back."

The young girl was someone the students had never seen before, but her ethereal and quiet demeanor and lovely face drew gasps of admiration from the group of students.

Especially her pair of deep blue eyes, inherited from the royal family, were like exquisite gems set on her fair face.

"By the God of Light, she's also from Dongyang? What a beautiful girl!"

"Wow! Is this your new butler, Lady Ella!"

Ella sighed, "Well... this one... well, he can't really be considered..."

"Greetings, esteemed guests. It's a pleasure to meet you all. I am Ella's new butler." The delicate black-haired girl gave a faint smile. "Please call me Lilia."

Originally, if Lilia had entered the academy using a spot from the Sanctuary, she should have lived alone in the dormitory area.

After all, apart from the high-ranking officials of the royal palace, very few people knew that the royal family had a second princess, Lilia, who was born out of wedlock. Most students only regarded the third princess, Erica, as the emperor's second daughter.

But after hearing Ella mention that she needed a butler to accompany her, Lilia volunteered and pestered her relentlessly, determined to take the position and live with Ella.

In any case, it was no secret to the crown princes that Lilia and the saintess had a close relationship after the last meeting at the palace.

As an illegitimate daughter, Lilia poses virtually no threat to the royal selection, since no faction would choose to support an illegitimate daughter to ascend to the throne.

On the other hand, it's not easy to find a trustworthy personal butler at this time, so it's not a bad thing that Lilia is willing to help with these chores.

Therefore, Ella agreed to Lilia's small "request".

At Ella's invitation, the group of female students went inside and started a tea party in the living room after dinner.

Ella was a newcomer to the academy, and there were still many things she didn't remember well from her original Ella's memories, but she needed to learn from her followers. Therefore, she was quite enthusiastic.

Especially regarding the academy ball the next day, she planned to go and see what Prince Raymond was really up to by inviting Susie Yun.

The followers were flattered and chatted animatedly at the table, creating a lively atmosphere.

……

Leaving aside Ella's lively evening gathering, Ye Xiao was strolling along the narrow corridor of the dormitory building with his cloth bag on his back.

Although they are all dormitory buildings, the environment of different buildings and floors will vary depending on the circumstances of the students living in this area.

For example, on this floor where most students are from commoner or lower-class aristocratic backgrounds and where only regular students live, Ye Xiao could even smell the pungent smell of water pipes coming from the rooms next door as he walked down the street.

The walls were covered in stains and scratches, and papyrus sheets were pasted everywhere like patches of plaster. There were club advertisements and love letters with incoherent words, but they were mostly meaningless.

Although it was Princess Skadi who arranged for Professor Andrew to send him here, Ye Xiao's commoner background meant that he wouldn't be able to stay in a very nice place.

Or rather, the dormitory area's interior design isn't actually that bad; it's just that the students on this floor are of relatively low quality, resulting in a somewhat shabby environment.

After walking a short distance, he even saw several burly students surrounding a trembling, thin, short man, whispering to each other outside a door.

It was nothing more than collecting protection money, and Ye Xiao hadn't intended to get involved. But looking at the accommodation guide in his hand and then at the room numbers behind those people, he could only say that sometimes coincidences are inevitable.

His gaze, which followed his pause, naturally attracted the attention of the other students. One of them glared fiercely at Ye Xiao: "What are you looking at?? If you keep looking, I'll bully you!"

Ye Xiao sighed, rolled up the accommodation guide, put away his coat, and rolled up his sleeves, ready to go up and reason with them.

But just then, a furious shout rang out: "Stop!"

Ye Xiao turned around and saw a male student wearing a dark blue aristocratic coat and a light gold short ponytail holding a wooden stick and pointing it at the group of people gathered at the door.

This guy's cheerful voice clashed with his smart clothes and the dark, messy atmosphere of the corridor.

When the group of students saw the newcomer, they initially thought he was some idiot who didn't know what was going on, but one of them actually recognized his clothes: "Hey, is that Scott family crest?"

"Tsk, why would the Scott family meddle in such trivial matters?"

"This is bad luck, let's avoid it for a while."

Muttering to themselves, the group actually left, cursing and swearing.

"Hmph, you petty scoundrels who bully the weak."

The suddenly appearing noble youth put away his short stick, glanced at Ye Xiao, and then raised an eyebrow, revealing a set of white teeth as he laughed heartily: "Oh, the cat-wielding swordsman? We meet again, what a coincidence! Hahahaha!"

Chapter Fifty-Two Roommates

"Um, who are you...?"

Ye Xiao didn't have much of an impression of this guy.

"Brother Cat, you really have a bad memory, hahaha. I'm Reno Scott." Reno stepped forward and patted Ye Xiao on the shoulder. "Remember? We sparred in the ring this afternoon."

"Ah..." Ye Xiao finally remembered that this person was the opponent in the exam duel after meeting Su Xiyun.

Because this guy was a noble candidate on the list to avoid in one-on-one situations, I think I either surrendered directly or pretended to be knocked away, anyway, we didn't have any interaction.

"Remember now? Hahahaha!"

"Hey, stop patting me, bro, it's giving me a headache." Ye Xiao patted Renault's shoulder in a friendly manner. "Mr. Renault, right? Anyway, thank you for your help. I need to go back to my dorm to pack my things, so I won't chat any longer."

This young nobleman seemed to be a rather honest and cheerful person. Ye Xiao remembered that he had been quite polite during the duel, so he didn't have any ill feelings towards him.

Ye Xiao had no intention of continuing the conversation with the other party. Although this was a realistic statement, the other party did not seem to be an important person.

Ye Xiao wasn't here to make friends at the academy; there was no need for such useless socializing.

"No problem, my friend, hahaha!" Renault laughed. "If you ever run into any trouble next time, just ask me for help!"

"Uh, this wasn't something I encountered..." Ye Xiao wanted to say that those people had nothing to do with him, but after glancing around, he noticed that the short student who had been bullied was gone, so he scratched his head and said, "Okay, thanks."

"Keep it up! Once your swordsmanship catches up to mine, those guys won't be a threat to you anymore, hahaha!" Renault laughed as he bid farewell to Ye Xiao, then turned and walked towards the other end of the corridor. "See you!"

"..." Ye Xiao shrugged, turned around and looked at the door number again, then used the brass key provided by the admissions office to probe the keyhole and insert it.

He tried turning the door twice but it wouldn't turn. He pushed the door open and realized that it wasn't locked.

Behind the door, a dark room came into view.

The short student who had just been bullied was now kneeling beside a wooden bed in the room, tears welling in his eyes. He was furiously clutching a straw doll, muttering incantations as he stabbed it repeatedly with a needle in his hand.

On the bed sat a rather strange-looking wooden statue with a pair of bull horns and an ugly appearance. Beneath its gaunt, masculine face, its short body was sculpted with an unusually full chest.

Beneath the statue lay a yellow linen cloth painted with bright red magic circles, and a circle of white candles surrounded the statue, their flames flickering and illuminating the student's ferocious face in the darkness, making it appear extremely sinister.

Wow.

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow, took a half step back, and glanced at the house number again.

After confirming that the person inside was indeed my roommate, I felt a chill run down my spine.

On the first day of school, I discovered that my bullied roommate was performing a bizarre ritual in front of a demon statue by his bed. There probably couldn't be a more wonderful campus life than this.

Well... but since they were bullied, it's understandable that they would look for something to comfort them.

Ye Xiao wouldn't gossip about other people's private hobbies, so he ignored them and went inside, placing his luggage on the bed against the wall on the other side.

"...That's my bed."

Just then, the short roommate's quiet voice suddenly came.

"Because no one has ever lived in this bed... I set it up as an altar."

"Oh, sorry." Ye Xiao smiled awkwardly and picked up her luggage again. "Um... that bed, could you please remove it?"

"Hmm." The little man placed the straw figure on the burlap and blew out the candle.

The room instantly turned pitch black.

In the darkness, rustling sounds rang in my ears, occasionally punctuated by somber, indistinct whispers.

However, Ye Xiao could tell that it was his roommate muttering something to himself.

Then, an oil lamp on the desk slowly lit up.

The bed where the ritual had been performed was now completely empty; the demon statues, candles, and other items seemed to have been put away.

However, upon closer inspection, a faint red stain on the pristine white sheet reveals a clue.

Ye Xiao's roommate silently walked past her, clutching a hemp cloth bag filled with her belongings. She pulled out a rustic-looking box from under the bed, opened it, and stuffed the contents inside.

Clearly, his roommate had no desire to communicate.

Ye Xiao then put her luggage on another bed.

He was also someone who was usually too lazy to talk. Not to mention that Ella was originally an evil god, he himself was also a daring person.

So he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and simply took off his coat and lay straight on the bed.

"You won't tell anyone about this, will you?"

In the silence, my roommate's deep voice rang out again.

"No," Ye Xiao replied, then pulled a golden retriever from her collar and tossed it next to her pillow.

The kitten wrinkled its nose twice and bared its teeth, punching Ye Xiao's arm a few times.

"That's good. If you dare tell anyone, I will curse you for the rest of your life."

"Uh-huh."

Unlike the lively tea party at Ella's place, the lights here were turned off shortly afterward.

The room returned to darkness.

The atmosphere was a bit quiet, but this rare moment of peace and quiet wasn't so bad.

Then, nothing more was said that night.

……

The next day.

"bang bang bang"