"Talk"

'Thought'

"Please Accept My Love And Lend Me Your Power!"

A young man, probably around 15 years old, who also appears to be noble, was currently kneeling and offering both chocolate and flowers to a certain young lady, who was also around the same age and status, but the difference between them, besides being female, was her uniform: it was red, she had long black hair, black eyes, and an expression and aura of pure "darkness" that made the young noble boy shiver with slight fear and worry.

"I am only interested in strong people."

The Noble Lady, also known as Yumiella Dolkness, politely declined the young man's proposal, which let out a sigh of relief, for being spared by the evil-looking lady, and disappointment, for losing a chance to have her and her power. However, the villainess-looking girl just watched him run away like a coward before looking back up at the sky, watching the clouds pass by.

'Being a Level 99 hidden villainess is sure exhausting...'

From the outside, Yumiella looked like a heartless monster of pure darkness, but in reality, she was just someone who wished for nothing more than a quiet and peaceful life.

'It has only been a week since I arrived at this Noble School thing and a lot of things has already happen.'

As Yumiella tried to relax, she couldn't help but recall everything that had happened to her in these past weeks or so.

'Firstly, I accidentally revealed that I was Level 99, where in a world the highest would be 70.'

The first memory that comes up would be the entrance ceremony on the first day of school, and Yumiella touching a magic sphere that revealed her power level of 99.

'Next, I was accused of cheating by everyone, including the main characters of this game world.'

The next memory would be Yumiella being called a cheater by everyone at school, including the students, teachers, principal, and even the protagonists of this world.

'Then, after showing off my power and proving I was actually Level 99, I met the King of Midgar, Klaus.'

Then Yumiella remembers meeting the King himself, something she didn't expect to happen.

'Once proving myself again, this time getting the approval of the King's daughter, Iris, I have become this Kingdom's sword and basically became famous, I'm not sure how well known I've actually became.'

And after meeting the King, Yumiella has now become someone of great importance, instead of a hidden boss that was kept in secret.

'But it's enough to keep receiving confession and partnership proposal from nearly every student here.'

Yumiella tiredly snapped back into reality and noticed another "Mob" character walking up to her, no doubt declaring his love for her or gaining her favor in some shape or form.

'Bwahhh... I wish I could just leave and have tea with my actual friends, which being the side yet important characters of this game, that being Rose and Alexia, hmm...'

Yumiella, despite being so exhausted from today, still prepared herself for the confession and got ready to reject him.

"P-P-P-PLEASE, DATE ME Y-Y-Y-YUMIELLA-SENPAI!"

This "Mob" then gave the most humiliating and embarrassing confession ever known to men and especially women, if it were any other normal ladies, they would either laugh at him or look disgusted.

"Sorry, but I'm only-"

'Wait a minute, Senpai?'

However, for Yumiella, instead of just outright rejecting him, like she did for many others, she suddenly stopped herself when she realized that the "Mob" had just called her "Senpai", which stood out to her very much.

'Using honorifics, bowing instead of kneeling.'

And after getting a closer look at the "Mob", more things just stood out to Yumiella. Even the tiniest thing he did felt familiar to her, like she recognized the hints she'd been given.

'And using that cliche way to propose to me that you'll only see in romance manga...'

Yumiella, now filled with too much curiosity and suspicion, decided to ask him something, but whatever it was, it might make people think she was crazy.

"Are you from Japan?"

But the question that Yumiella had asked, made the "Mob" look at her with wide eyes in shock and surprise, not only because of how unexpected the question was, but also as if they actually understood what she was talking about.

"Huh?"

I would like to assume you've seen the beginning of the Eminence In Shadow and LV99 Villainess anime or manga, if you wish for extra context and want to understand where or when this takes place, but anyway basically this story is about the Hidden Hero (Shadow/Cid Kageno) and the Hidden Villainess (Yumiella Dolkness) becoming great friends, maybe even romance, while the people around them (Cult/Shadow Garden/Protagonists) do serious story stuff without them knowing or probably not caring all that much.

(I am open to suggestions and ideas on how to do this story and such)

/Should Yumiella Know About The Cult?\

YES: Since she played the game, she would reasonably know what the Cult was, of course this place isn't a game but a real world, but she still knows this world and the story.

or

NO: I wouldn't say it would be a reality check for Yumiella, but she thinks she knows everything since she played the game in her previous life, but in actuality, she's equally as clueless as Cid, not realizing how real this world is, having its own life, lore, history, rules and all that outside of the game she used to play, just because she knows the world, doesn't actually mean she "KNOWS" this world, if that makes sense.