The sudden slap plunged the entire hall into deathly silence. Mermel lay on the ground, her cheek swollen from the blow. She stared at Olivia in disbelief, her long black hair messily covering her face, murmuring:

"You... you actually slapped me in public? The school rules, the school rules say..."

"School rules?" Olivia crouched down, eyes wide. She sneered coldly as she grabbed Mermel's long black hair. Then, in front of everyone, she shouted:

"What are school rules?! Yeah, I, your senior, just taught you a lesson publicly. So what? Who told you to steal my best friend's underwear? Should I tell Natasha's father, the Duke? This slap is to teach you a lesson. Got it?!"

"Uh... no, it's not like that, I didn't steal it..." Mermel lay on the ground, shaking her head frantically, looking disheveled. She tried to defend herself further, but Olivia didn't give her a chance to muddy the waters. The blue-haired loli just sneered, then tilted her head:

"Huh? Still being stubborn? Then... Slap!"

With that, Olivia delivered another hard slap, sending Mermel crashing to the ground again. The black-haired girl clutched her face and let out a cry of pain. Everyone around trembled, too scared to move. Even Caius, one of the instigators, stood frozen. He never expected this blue-haired loli to be so terrifying.

Among the crowd, only Gawain moved. The Hero stepped forward, watching the scene with concern. For a moment, he didn't know who to help.

Watching the danmu float across the holographic screen, Olivia stood up satisfied. She glanced at Mermel on the ground, clutching her swollen red cheeks and trembling. A hard-to-describe sense of pleasure welled up inside her.

Indeed, what a relief! Ha— damn it, Mermel... I finally got to slap you hard through the screen. Damn!

No helping it. This grudge had built up for a long time, and ran deep. After all, Mermel was a classic childhood friend type—a beautiful girl with long black straight hair. She had been Olivia's favorite character in the early stages of this damn game in her past life.

And so, after the betrayal plot happened, Mermel, with the most screen time, naturally left the deepest psychological scar on Olivia. Now... revenge was sweet. Finally, she could harshly punish this traitor. It was... so satisfying!

Of course, the blue-haired loli hadn't lost her reason. The scene hadn't been quiet for long when Rin, the little imperial princess of Jitou San with her white hair, stepped forward. She whispered to Olivia:

"Senior, there's no need to make it like this. It might just be a misunderstanding..."

"Heh. Whether it's a misunderstanding, you know in your hearts. Today, I just cleared Gawain junior's name! As for your affairs, better not drag us into them again. I'm no one's tool. I don't care about your business!"

Facing Rin, Olivia glared coldly. Then she turned away, grabbed the utterly bewildered Natasha, and strode off proudly.

The onlookers instinctively parted to make way. A few who met Olivia's gaze trembled on the spot. Inside, the blue-haired loli suddenly felt a trace of unease. Oh no... this was bad. Her identity as a delinquent girl might be completely cemented now.

Olivia hadn't walked two steps when a teacher's voice called from behind, telling the gawking students to disperse. The crowd gradually left amidst chatter. After such a dramatic turn, they probably felt too awkward to stay.

As the blue-haired loli pondered, Natasha, who had been utterly confused beside her, finally couldn't hold back. She tugged at Olivia's sleeve and asked tentatively:

"An, An-chan, why did we leave? Is this matter just going to be dropped?"

"Hmm..." Olivia sighed. "Well, I already slapped her. It's good enough. I only succeeded by surprise. Otherwise, Caius would have stopped me. Staying there longer was useless. They'd just keep denying it."

"So is this just going to be dropped? Sh-should I tell my father? Have him arrest those guys?"

Natasha was still unsatisfied. Well, even though her best friend had harshly punished that woman for her, it still felt... not enough!

Unfortunately, Olivia just shook her head and said helplessly:

"It's useless. That white-haired Rin among them is the little imperial princess. Though not favored, His Majesty the Emperor can easily suppress such a small matter. It won't cause a stir... Well, still, tell your father. Even if it doesn't blow up, if reported often, His Majesty will surely be unhappy that Rin hangs out with guys like Caius all the time."

"Okay~" Natasha nodded, but a shadow fell over her heart. Though she knew little about Caius and Gawain's affair before, now she couldn't help but sigh as the blonde bombshell, "That junior Gawain, he's so pitiful~ He almost got framed badly this time. Luckily, An-chan, you're so perceptive~"

"Hmm..." Olivia fell silent for a moment, then her lips twitched. "But... I absolutely don't want to get involved with that Foolish Hero anymore. I can't be bothered with their affairs. Natasha, if Gawain comes to thank me later, just say I'm not interested. After all... saving him this time was just a spur of the moment thing."

"Huh?" The blonde bombshell blinked, then realization dawned. "Huh? What do you mean, spur of the moment? Could it be... hiss, so An-chan, you were planning to help junior Gawain from the start?!"

"Uh... no, it's not like that. I... ah, this... I, I just thought he looked decent, so something seemed off..."

Natasha's words made Olivia's face flush crimson. She stammered, oh no... this was bad. She'd accidentally revealed her true feelings.

"Oh ho~? Is it really just that? But, An-chan, you seem to know the identities of Caius and those three girls very well. It feels like you know them thoroughly. Could it be... that you became interested in junior Gawain's plight, researched his story, and then fell in love out of pity? Have you been secretly in love with him for a long time?"

"No no no... no way at all—! Shut up, impossible! Don't say that anymore—!"