I Will Create a Good Ending for the Yandere Villainess

Chapter 92: Affinity Ranks? (edited)

Lillian walked down the steps, garnering the gazes of those on either end. She stared at those who were down at the fact they couldnʼt get a higher evaluation and those who were quite proud of what they got.

Because of this, she couldnʼt help but think about what she might get. She eventually dashed away this thought once she reached the ponytail man.

Mirage stared at her with a calm smile before holding up the sphere towards her.

”Lillian Ker Arius... our number one.”

A wry smile stretched across her face once she heard that.

”It was only but luck, sir.”

Mirage shrugged.

”Please place your hand onto the Evaluation Sphere and we can begin.”

Lillian nodded and did as he said. She placed her hand on the sphere and noticed how smooth it was—not a single noticeable imperfection on its surface.

She poured her mana into the sphere and waited, watching as it glowed faintly. She turned her gaze back to the teacher and asked:

”Do you happen to know what I had before?”

Mirage raised an eyebrow—still smiling.

”Before? From what was written on your profile, your affinity was around 125... so around about an E rank. Hopefully, you trained enough to get it a little higher, hm?”

Lillian remembered the couple of Affinity Pills she had consumed and couldnʼt help but let out a nervous chuckle.

”Hehe... maybe...”

However, she did hope it was above an E. The ”small” amount of training she had done with Marionette back in the Trial mustʼve increased it a bit as well.

She stared anxiously at the sphere, waiting for it to finish and send back a response.

She wasnʼt too worried about using up her mana since it didnʼt take that much and in addition, the volume she can store is much greater compared to an Aspirant.

ʼWell... Aspirant me, at least.ʼ

”Thatʼs enough now. You can pull your hand back.”

Lillian then perked up at Mirageʼs words to stop. She pulled back her hand and waited as he seemed to digest what was sent from the Evaluation Sphere.

Soon enough, his eyes were focused on the sphere and then turned towards her.

And then suddenly, his voice resounded quietly inside her mind.

{You have managed to achieve exactly 500. Rank D. Excellent work at achieving an entire rank up.}

Lillian smiled brightly and thought, ʼNot bad! Thatʼs not bad at all!ʼ

She then wandered back up to her seat with a smile—something that got Millisʼs attention as she leaned over and whispered excitedly:

”Hey! What did ya get? It seems to be good with that smile on ya face...”

Lillian giggled and whispered back:

”Iʼll tell you when you get evaluated.”

Millis in response pouted, leaning back into her seat and folding her arms.

Lillian smiled at her reaction and leaned her elbow onto the desk, placing her cheek into her palm.

Why was she so happy about her evaluation? It was because...

”Reph Von Lionbright.”

Lillian broke out of her daze once she realised who was up this time. Her eyes narrowed on the Prince as he got out of his seat and shuffled past the girls trying to get his attention.

With his hands in his pockets, he stepped down towards the teacher with a nonchalant expression.

After getting a nod from Mirage, the Prince yawned before placing his hand on the sphere.

Shortly after, he pulled back his hand once getting the signal and waited as Mirage digested the information passed to him from the Evaluation Sphere.

Mirage then stared at the Prince. Lillian suspected they were having a telepathic conversation.

She then watched as the Prince shrugged and the teacher nodded before grabbing a small stick of white chalk from his desk.

On the black chalkboard behind him, he drew a large white arc that resembled—

”The Second Prince had permitted me to show you what he had gotten.”

Lillian stared at the chalkboard, ʼRank C... exactly like in the game. At least that hasnʼt changed.ʼ

She stared as the classroom whispered and murmured about what he got with expectant and wonderous looks.

She then watched as the Prince walked back to his seat, this time not falling asleep instantly but instead staying awake.

ʼHe got around 1400... I think it was 1442... meh... little details like those shouldnʼt overly matter unless itʼs for research purposes.ʼ

People in this world are most likely to achieve Rank D in their lifetime. Of course, thatʼs only if they lazed around and didnʼt put enough effort.

While the time it takes between each rank-up does vary for people, youʼre still capable of increasing it nonetheless.

People like the Second Prince, however, who have been able to achieve Rank C at such an age were impressive—especially with how high he had been evaluated for.

It was frustratingly hard to get an additional one hundred in this world. Lillian had only been able to increase as much as she did due to the pillsʼ effects.

Next was, Millis, who just like the Second Prince, had achieved rank C and had even allowed it to be announced to the class.

Lillian hummed in acknowledgement of what she did.

ʼPeople flock to strong and attractive people. So her announcing this would allow her to have more interactions with the class...ʼ

Millis went back to her seat and smiled at Lillian, ”So? Wanna tell meh what ya got now?”

Lillian rolled her eyes at her with a smile before whispering into her ear, ”I got Rank D.”

”Ehh... for real? I thought yaʼd be in Rank C at least, not gonna lie.”

Lillian shrugged, ”I wouldnʼt have struggled as much if I was. Iʼm surprised you even lost to me.”

Millis chuckled, ”I know right? Thatʼs sooo... crazy...”

Soon enough it was Marionetteʼs turn.

Lillian turned to Marionette and saw her standing up.

”Excuse me...” Marionette muttered as she shuffled past her and Millis.

Lillianʼs nose twitched at Marionetteʼs smell. It was nice...

She soon mentally slapped herself at how weird she was getting before watching as Marionette elegantly descended the steps.

Marionetteʼs beauty drew the eyes of almost everyone in the class.

Eventually, she stopped before the teacher and placed her hand on the sphere once getting the signal.

Soon after that, she took off her hand and stared into the teacherʼs eyes as they telepathically communicated with one another.

Shortly after, Marionette shook her head, getting an understanding nod from Mirage before allowing her to go back to her seat.

Lillian watched as Marionette shuffled past again and sat down, after fixing her skirt.

Lillian tilted her head at her, leaning towards her and whispering, ”What did you get?”

Marionette glanced at her before whispering back, ”... Iʼll tell you after class.”

Lillian nodded and leaned back. She already knew what Marionette had gotten. It was Rank C.

She was just curious about what number she had gotten... Now that she thought about it...

ʼWhat number did Millis get?ʼ

She turned to Millis and saw her focused on the teacher.

She then shrugged, ʼI can find out later.ʼ currently, she was too busy with being happy about what she had gotten.

Later on, after Mirage had finished evaluating everyone, including Gram, which he somewhat struggled to do, he began to draw on the chalkboard.

Scrape. Scrape. Scrape.

While he was doing this, his voice echoed across the classroom.

”If youʼre in this class, then I am sure most of you know what each Affinity Rank means. But on the off chance that you donʼt...” he took a subtle glance towards the savage, tied-up man in the corner before continuing, ”Then we shall go over it.”

He then stepped away from the chalkboard before walking over to a large white ʼEʼ.

”Those of you who had received an evaluation between 1 and 200, would have gotten Rank E. This basically means... well... the basic control over your element. Nothing fancy.”

He then stepped over to ʼDʼ.

”The hard-working few that managed to get a number above 200 are much more capable in shaping and controlling their elements.”

Next was ʼCʼ.

”Rank C, however, will allow those to apply their elements onto themselves. Iʼm sure you guys have seen someone turn their body into literal fire before or something like that. People in this rank have gotten an evaluation above 500.”

Mirage then stood before ʼBʼ.

”On the off chance that you guys might get to Rank B, which Iʼm sure you guys will if you work hard enough...” Mirageʼs voice trailed off a bit before picking back up.

”Anyway, this one is a strange one. This Rank is all about Branch Meanings. If you donʼt know what that is, then it just means you guys will be able to create extra meanings to your elements. Confusing I know, but if you research about it, youʼll get it soon enough. This level can be achieved once you are above 2000.”

And lastly, he stood before an ʼAʼ.

”And finally we have Rank A... not much is known about this since we never get much nowadays due to the wars. But anyway, on this leave, you will be able to summon your Mana Realm into the world. Its size will depend on how high your evaluation is. Which is above 5,000.”