Chapter 3 - Enrollment
I came across a floating island. There was nothing particularly prominent on this small island. At a small mountain there was a forest and a river on the level ground section which was spacious.
When I found it, it was an overly featureless floating island, but this is where I decided to hold my independent territory. One of the reasons for picking this is that no matter how much it develops, it’ll only be at the scale of a semi-baron, but more importantly, this is an unpopulated island where nobody lived, so I made it mine.
Wouldn’t that be the best for the future, or rather, the rest of my life? I’ll graduate from the academy, become a feudal lord, and then be a shut-in under the pretext of developing the land.
I can let the servants look after my family while I leisure around here.
On the lower part of the island is a dock where I can hide my airship.
It’s where I store Luxon.
Paper mache was heavily plastered onto Luxon, which would be used to start the modelling for the construction of a new airship. The ones making it are robots built for manufacturing. A red one-eyed orb with a metallic body was floating near me.
It was about the size of a softball.
“Is it really necessary to make a mock one?”
[All of this preparation is necessary. Besides, I cannot deny the possibility that the woman named Zola might do something.]
Luxon said it was going to self-destruct before, but when it realized that I could speak Japanese, it started following me under its interest.
Quite the simple fellow.
“Apart from that, what’s the situation of the island?”
[There is a mineral filled with heat in this floating island. It’s possible to make a hot spring by pumping water through it. It seems income can be earned by making it a tourist attraction in the future.]
“I’m not interested in tourist attractions, but a hot spring is good.”
My parents seemed surprised when I said that I would be living independently on an empty island. Land development is a plain, but difficult job.
They asked many times if I knew what I was doing, but I didn’t give up on becoming independent. In the end, they backed down said for me to tell them if anything troubling happened, but…in the first place, with Luxon here, development is not a problem.
This thing is definitely a versatile and capable fellow.
What’s amazing is that since in the game’s frivolous setting, it was an item for “making resupplying unnecessary,” Luxon can prepare any resources now that it’s become real.
It can’t create something out of thin air, but it seems that this thing can even turn the surrounding rocks into gold.
With such a cheat ability, I can’t fathom how they lost to the new humans.
However, after listening to its story, it seems that Luxon booted up when the functions of the base were almost nearly gone. It was waiting and on standby for orders, but it seemed it would try and gather information when the descendants of new humans, the adventurers, occasionally arrived.
That’s the reason why it understood our language.
That doesn’t matter now, though.
With how capable Luxon is, I’m heading smoothly towards independence without being sold off to perverted old women. It’s all about the results.
[We have begun construction of the estate, and have moved forward on the development of a harbor. The surface is also expected to be comfortable in a year or so.]
It would be terrible to leave this territory unmaintained. The ground is uneven, it’s overgrown with vegetation, and it’s not something I’d call comfortable.
Being able to make it habitable in a year is one of Luxon’s many abilities.
Its performance is something I can’t imagine was just one thousand yen in my previous life.
I regret not having spent more on the game, but having just Luxon itself is still most satisfactory.
“I have a request. I still have a bad experience with adventuring. I had to save my own hide many times just looking for you as a mob. I just want to live a peaceful life without its ups and downs now.”
[I will respect my master who has obtained my ability and wholeheartedly decides to be a shut-in. No ambitions, and selfish. An admirable human.]
“Was that sarcasm?”
[Cynicism.]
I flicked Luxon.
It seems that its hard exterior is covered by a relatively soft material, as it didn’t hurt that much. It floated back to its original position.
[Aside from that, were you able to prepare for your entry to the academy?]
I shrugged my shoulders while replying to Luxon’s question.
“It’s done. I got a lot from the merchants congratulating me for my entry, so I didn’t need to prepare anything. My father was quite surprised at how friendly they became.”
[It’s because the economic activity of the territory has risen. Perhaps new humans are the same in that merchants are honest with money…]
I spread the funds from the treasure I got towards developing a harbor and developing the territory of the household.
I started with repaying the debt of the household, and the island became more lively once I invested into the stagnating territory. The economic activity was going well, so the merchants gathered and handed presents to my household.
The territory became quite prosperous in a few months.
“All things considered, is there a meaning to going to an academy?
[Outward appearance, the implication is that the qualities of young nobles will increase when going through education. There are many young nobles all over the place who can’t be a shut-in at their territory like you, master. Therefore, there are a lot of nobles in both the world and the aristocratic community that generally lack common sense. They want to gather them all in one place and educate them. Also, prideful nobles want to make a display of the kingdom’s grandeur and reduce rebellious spirit. This also puts countryside nobles at a disadvantage, but if they send out children towards the royal capital, it will propagate their pride, make them strive to pursue knowledge, and welcome new acquaintances too. Both have their merits and demerits, but I believe there’s quite the large significance in its existence.]
“…That was quite lengthy.”
[I believe the main reason for the existence of the academy is to create a sense of belonging to the same country. A strong unification in case of an emergency. It seems there are other continent nations that exist based on what you’ve told me, master.]
If that’s what its selecting as the meaning for an academy, does that mean that’s all to it?
I can only reason that an academy exists because it did in the otome game. What Luxon said might be right somehow.
[I’ve also heard that people search for marriage partners at an academy. It’s a place of socializing for youthful nobles. Please be careful, master. If you’re reckless, you’ll be exposed to shame.]
What does this thing think of me?
“As if mobs can stand out that much. They’re treated as part of the background. Anyways, my life isn’t going to change for the better at the academy.”
[Mobs, you say? I understand what you want to say, but that judgement is──]
I interrupt Luxon.
“Well, I’ll find a suitable partner. Rather than going for the unattainable goal of a noble’s daughter, I’ll find a daughter of a knight household who will be independent in the future. That would be nice.”
Just a smoothly sailing life.
I’m not going to stupidly go for a high-status woman, just looking at Zola makes me feel repulsive about it.
My life likely won’t change for the better from here on…but even so, I think that a happy life awaits me.
◇
“…Huh?”
I was called to my father’s workroom, but what was waiting for me was an incident beyond my imagination. “Well, why are you surprised? You discovered and conquered an unexplored dungeon. In addition to discovering a lost item, you found a new floating island.”
There was a letter addressed to me from the royal palace.
It was written that my achievements so far as an adventurer have provisionally granted me baron status. Rather than being independent as just a knight in the future, I’ve been given the status of a baron. “W, why!” “This is just a guess, but you’re going to be the head of a baron household after you graduate so that you’re not under guardianship.” My household is of a baron. Baron households can become guardians of only knight houses or semi-baron houses, so Holfault Kingdom’s rules say that I, who’s now arranged to be of an equal rank, cannot be under guardianship. “My territory is not at the scale of a baron!” “You think I don’t know?!” It seems my father was also astonished. At best, I thought that my independence would be recognized and that I would be at the knight rank, or a semi-baron if I’m lucky. “Perhaps it’s the academy…”
“Maybe it’s so that you enter the class for the heirs of baron households and above.”
A majority of the nobles who go to the academy are youths from knight houses. The knight rank and semi-baron rank are considered knight houses, and those considered nobles are from baron houses and above.
At the academy, there are two types of classes prepared, a class for the future successors of nobles, and a class for the many others.
Knight houses attend the regular class and the nobles attend the advanced class.
My older brother is in the regular class.
Normally, since the second and third son aren’t going to succeed the house in the future, they would take the regular class. Houses of high rank or income would have their second and third sons go to the advanced class, but nobles from the countryside don’t have the leeway, so they normally go to the regular classes.
However, there’s an exception for girls. If they’re from a baron household or higher, they can enter the advanced class regardless of whether their house is affluent or humble.
…Since I had planned on being independent, I thought that I was going to enter the regular class at the academy.
However, now that it’s been decided that I’ll be a baron…I’m going to be placed into the advanced class.
“I was fine with the regular class.”
“Impossible. You’re going to be the head of a household. A suitable education is necessary, so even if you don’t like it, you’re taking the advanced class.”
“And what about my bride?!”
“…Of course, it will necessary for you to be with a young lady of respectable origins.” I crumbled down onto my knees from the despair.
“I don’t want thiiiis!” “Idiot, stop crying! There are few women that are like Zola. Besides, there will be a woman who thinks well of you at the academy…probably.”
My father said the word “probably.” It seems he himself doesn’t have faith in it, now does he? “Isn’t a girl from a baron up to an earl household the biggest trap? I don’t want it. I absolutely don’t want it!”
My father panicked. “You, stop calling daughters of nobles as traps! If someone hears you, it’ll turn into a major incident. I mean, your older and younger sisters are also daughters of a noble household. Do you see them as people that cruel?” “That’s what I’ve been saying, though! They’re seriously the worst! If you look at them and think that they’re good women, then take a visit to the hospital!” “You, saying that towards your sisters…”
If possible, I’d rather go for the daughter of a knight household. “I’m not doing it! I prefer a gentle, kind woman. A daughter from a baron house and above is impossible!”
My father covered his face with both of his hands. I suppose there was a part about it that he agreed with. Actually, though they’re nobles from the countryside, even when I look at my older and younger sisters, I get the feeling that makes me go “Eh?!”.
I drew away from them after they held a calm expression while saying “Men are resourceful, aren’t they? I’ll look for another man with a good face. Or perhaps a slave! Hey, Papa~, I want an elf lover too──no wait, an exclusive servant. I want a slave.”
It seems that using my money, the second daughter purchased a slave, boasted about it, and became the target of envy.
My mother panicked after seeing her daughters like that, and my father, my older brother who just returned, and I calmly looked at that spectacle.
Whether it be an older or younger sister, they can do nothing but harm.
“Anyways, the class you’re going to is the advanced class.”
I felt as if my plans for happiness had been snatched away, and I sat down there while holding my knees in place.
My father looked at me with a shocked face, and it seemed that he was then trying to cheer me up.
“I, it won’t be all that bad. When you enter the academy, you’ll be with the heirs of prestigious nobles, including his Highness the crown prince. If you can build connections, your future will be peaceful.”
“No, they’re not going to take any notice of people like us.”
The prince in the otome game liked plain looking people, and probably disliked the nobles gathering around him. I’m seeing the prince and the other capture targets with a narrow view of that sort.
“…I understand, but it seems I didn’t speak clearly. Thanks to you, the territory has gotten a little better. Just two more months and we’ll be more wealthy.”
As my father apologized while in low spirits, I felt down about having to think of what will happen in the future.
Holfault Kingdom’s royal capital was placed at the center of the continent. That location held a dungeon since the olden days, causing monsters to gush forth. Yet at the same time, that dungeon was a goldmine of resources for its output of demon stones. It’s become a source of income and materials for the kingdom, and is the primary factor for why it rose up into a powerful nation. The continent is very large, and doesn’t have just one or two sites for pumping water from the sea. There are numerous spots where water is being drawn, and the soil is rich. The floating island draws up seawater and spreads it throughout the land. I’m not sure how they filter the salt water, but since it’s just part of the lackluster setting, there’s no point in paying attention to it. It’s known as a beautiful continent that harmonizes with nature.
The scale of the royal capital is very large. I believe that the population of the urban district alone reaches a million people.
It’s a modern town with things like a sewer system and electricity. Such a place is where nobles attend the academy. A small floating island located slightly away from the urban district became a harbor for airships, and is where incoming airships anchor.
I was on an airship that my household purchased, the type that was fifty meters large. The latest models of airships have a deck laid out at the top, but the rest is covered in armor. Its form resembled a submarine. My older brother was yawning while carrying his travel bags.
“It’s nice to come here directly from our house. We don’t have to transfer flights like on regular air services.”
Before this, he had to transfer flights between home and the academy.
My older brother, and the second son, is a third year student at the academy. My older sister and the second daughter, “Jenna,” is a second year student. A city slicker sister that follows fashion, dyed her hair brown, and bought a slave after realizing that the household had money.
He was a skinny, yet muscular beastman demi-human with cat ears, and he wore a suit more elegant than what I had.
“I would have preferred a more extravagant airship. I hate how my friends have a luxury liner, and yet I only have this cheap-feeling thing.”
I wanted to say that this wasn’t her airship, and that if she didn’t like it, then she didn’t need to ride on it.
My older brother averted his eyes, seeming to have the same thoughts.
“Even though our mother is upright, when it comes to these girls, it’s a different story.”
My older brother and I carried our traveling bags and headed towards the boarding terminal for an airship of the regular air service, and then my older sister followed afterwards with her slave carrying her luggage.
“One moment, did you guys hear what I said? Leon, if you still have money, then give me some. Your older sister’s entertainment expenses are not something to laugh at.”
Ignoring the noisy animal that was my sister, I talked to my older brother.
“Brother, are you dissatisfied with me being the only one going to the advanced class? If you want, how about I say that my achievements were actually your doing?”
“I wouldn’t stoop so low as to take the credit for your achievements, brother.
I don’t want to go to the advanced class anyways. As you know, only those kinds of women are there.”
Both of us looked behind to see our sister still mumbling complaints. “…She had the nerve to buy an expensive slave using my own money. How scum-like.”
When I murmured that in annoyance, my sister’s slave glared at me. It seemed his cat ears twitched and had heard what I said. My brother placed his hand on my shoulder. “You’ve been burdened with going to the advanced class. You have my sympathies.” Going to the advanced class means being of the status where one receives a fitting education or has slaves. Therefore, rich households make a display of themselves by having fancy slaves accompany their daughters. On the other hand, if a boy pointlessly tries to walk with a fancy woman slave accompanying him, he’ll receive cold looks. …What a cruel world this is. My brother gave his words of gratitude while a little embarrassed. “Well, thanks to you, I can study without taking a part-time job. Now if I could only find a partner, then I’d be very grateful.” “Then, I think I can help with──” “I won’t ask for anything unreasonable. Whoops, it’s easy to get lost at the terminal, so there’s a need to memorize it.” Guided by my brother, I moved to the terminal of the regular air service, and confirmed that there were many other students heading to the academy.
Most of the people that use the airship harbor are from the knight up to the viscount households. It seems that earl households and above have exclusive harbors prepared for them by the city, and that’s where they get on and off of.
In terms of my previous world, it would be closer to call it a bus terminal or a railway station rather than an airship harbor. It has a closer impression to that than of a harbor.
One has to wait until the regular air service arrives. When our sulky sister behind us was in a panic for some odd reason. My brother put his hand over his forehand. “What’s wrong?” My brother pointed to a crowd of people. “They’re followers of duke households.” Upon looking, a grand group of people cutting in line caught my attention.
There was group of females followed by beautiful slaves behind them. Then there were boys after them.
My sister made an unpleasant expression. “It seems a great number of prestigious nobles are going to enroll, and their followers also make up a large group.”
The heir and daughters of the duke households called out to their followers who were people under their household’s guardianship or classmates involved that were waiting for them. They’re there to protect the heirs and help them out.
In the future, those followers will be people that support high-ranking nobles. Though it’s assumed that the academy treats students equally…the reality is that nothing but influence matters.
“I see…so they’re henchmen that get cocky because there’s a boss in town?”
My brother and sister panicked after I said that. “Y, you idiot!” “Are you an idiot?! Hey, are you actually an idiot?!” The two were worried about whether the followers heard what I said. Then, they were relived after the followers didn’t turn their attention towards us.
“Those demi-humans with good ears may have heard it, though. You should be more alert. Things would’ve gotten serious if they had heard you.” I apologized in light of my brother’s warning. “I’ll be careful in the future.” My sister was getting irritated. “You really need to be careful. I won’t forgive you if you cause trouble for me.” …Can this animal only think for itself? Then, an airship that was like a small bus had arrived, and stopped by our harbor.
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The academy was in the royal capital.
It was able to reserve a large plot of land in a place with a large population density, making the school buildings large and the scale of the student dormitories vast as well.
My brother headed towards the dorms for the regular class, but I headed towards the dorms used for the advanced class.
…I’m feeling down.
The student dorms were unthinkably extravagant, the entrance was pretty much like a hotel lobby. There’s even someone at a reception desk, and the people working here are pretty much like hotel employees. They wore uniforms, were thoroughly trained, and were operating briskly.
“Wow, it seems just like it did in the game” It’s a gorgeous student dormitory. That’s the impression that came out of me.
Though some would say that this is their long-awaited academy, it doesn’t change that this is prison for me. In the game, the dormitory interior appeared as a background. I’m not really that excited. I went to the reception desk to know what room I would be using. “It seems you are Leon Fou Baltfault. Your room will be over here.” The staff member explained with a map of the dorms and handed me a key. “Be sure to look over the rules inside of your dorm. Afterwards, if you have any questions, then voice out to one of the people in charge.”
The way it was explained in an uninterested manner oozed with the sense of this being just a job to the person. Upon which, I was pushed aside by a student who came in from behind and wanted to talk to the reception desk. “Hey, guide me to my room.” Surrounding the student with the very big attitude were boys who seemed to be followers. It seemed that the person is from a rich viscount family. The staff member, hearing the person’s name, silently nodded.
“Welcome! I will show you the way at once. Now then, I can carry your baggage.”
It was clearly different from how I was treated.
What an academy this is. Perhaps it’s because of this being the world of an otome game, or perhaps it’s because of this being a society of nobles…but there’s some genuine preferential treatment going on here. It’s also affected by one’s popularity in the class, but the scale of their household and their influence have a big impact on the matter. Despite the academy singing praises about equality, there’s clearly a difference in how people are treated.
“I want to go home already.”
I headed towards the corridor of my dorm while raising a complaint, and arrived at the dorm I was going to use for three years.
I unlocked the door and entered the single room, but it wasn’t that wide.
The room had been cleaned, and my luggage had been sent and placed here already.
When I opened a box and set it down in the room, I noticed that there were things like notebooks and textbooks for the academy, so I placed them on my desk.
“So this is where I’m residing for three years…”
I flipped through a textbook. Textbooks concerning magic are difficult, so I can’t understand what’s being written in here right now.
This is the world of a game, and yet I’m fed up with things like this. I wanted a gentler world.
[Since you’ve arrived, I’d like it if you released me quickly.]
A voice called out from inside the bag I brought. When opening the bag and taking out what’s inside, Luxon appeared and surveyed the room.
“Ah~, my bad. I forgot.”
[…As expected of my master. Your ability to remember is something praiseworthy.] I continued to tidy things up while listening to this thing’s sarcasm. “So, how was your cruise?” [All surfaces of my main unit are in excellent condition. I have no impression of the cruise. Though my only surprise is the magic technology, it’s still at a level reproducible by science…I will continue investigating magic technology in the future.]
In other words, there was something noteworthy about it. “So you’re an AI that can’t be honest. Are you a tsundere?” [Oh? Are you trying to seek a womanly part within me? Unfortunately, the concept of gender does not apply to me, so I cannot respond to your feelings, master.]
I mustn’t get angry at this thing. I was ready to punch it, but I took a distance and returned to tidying up everything.
Upon which, I heard a knocking sound.
After leaving the student dormitory──or rather, after having been taken outside by upperclassmen that were gathering the first year students, there was a stylish bar outside of the academy.
“Eh, I’m quite glad that I can meet first year students of the same position this year.”
The one making the greeting was someone from a baron household who would be its successor.
Not so wealthy upperclassmen from the countryside had invited underclassmen of similar circumstances like me to a welcome party they opened.
I talked to a nearby first year student, Daniel Fou Darland.
Daniel is a healthy boy with tanned skin. He looks like a pleasant young man with short hair, a tall height, and some muscles.
“W, why are you guys doing a welcome party like this?”
“You don’t know? People in the same group gather together to talk about their troubles and to exchange information. Things like marriages or other important matters, you see.”
It’s certainly sounds nice being with a group of similar people, but I’m thinking that it’s going to turn into a free-for-all when a favorable woman shows up.
Tilting his head, a boy wearing glasses sitting across from me, “Raymond Fou Arkin,” pushed up his glasses while explaining.
Unlike Daniel, he seemed to have a bit of a rebellious personality with his intellectual glasses.
“Even if it turns into a scramble for a woman, we’d get along as a group of similar people, so we wouldn’t do anything absurd. If there’s a dispute, we’ll negotiate it amongst our group. Well, moments where we would compete against each other will probably be rare though.”
After coming to that understanding, the greetings from the upperclassmen finished, starting the party.
It seems this welcome party was a treat by our upperclassmen.
Then next year, it seems that it’s our turn to do it.
One of the upperclassmen came over to me. “Well, since we’ve got a massively successful adventurer here this year, I’m looking forward to it. Oh right, I’m ‘Rukul.’ Nice to meet you, promising first year student.” Rukul seems to be a third year student. He’s already found a marriage partner, and I can see that he’s quite content, since all that’s left is for him to return home. “Promising first year student?” When I tiled my head, Raymond clicked his tongue. “I prefer if you didn’t play dumb. You’re the third son of a baron household and was quite successful as an adventurer prior to entering school, right? Talks about it have reached not just the royal capital, but even over at my home.”
Daniel was surprised. “The one in that rumor was you?!” I cast down my face. “I had no choice. If I didn’t get money, then I would be on a course towards a marriage interview with a perverted old woman.” Perhaps sympathizing with what I had said, everyone didn’t pursue the matter anymore. It seems it really is easy to talk with them since we have similar troubles. Rukul talked about the academy while smiling. He also listened to Daniel’s and Raymond’s worries, but they were really just zealous questions about marriage rather than about studies. If us boys aren’t married by the age of twenty, we’re treated like a disgrace, so we have to frantically get married somehow while attending school.
I also asked some things I was worried about.
“Come to think of it, my eldest brother is the one that’s going to succeed my household, but perhaps he was in your group? Ah, his name is Lutart.” Rukul and my second oldest brother are both third year students. I was thinking that perhaps he knows about him, but── “The upperclassman Lutart that graduated last year? He wasn’t in our group.
He said that he didn’t want be grouped with the lowest level.” Lutart…you’re also part of that lowest level. Rukul talked about what happened back at that time. “He mixed in with a rich group of people from viscount households and above. Though it seemed that he forced himself onto the group, it couldn’t be helped because that’s what he wanted. Were you close with him?” When I shook my head, Rukul said “I thought so,” and lifted a stein to his mouth.
Rukul then talked to us. “Since we have a few days until the entrance ceremony, I’ll show you around the royal capital in the meantime. So don’t mess around too much to the point that it would put your body into disorder.” The three of us nodded our heads, and the smiling Rukul then made a somewhat serious expression. “Also, it seems that there’s an honor student enrolling in your year. I heard that they were letting someone enter, even though they’re not a noble, for the sake of picking up this talented person.” Raymond had a bit of an unpleasant expression when he heard that. Daniel didn’t seem to be interested.
I suppose this reaction is normal for young nobles. “An honor student? For the regular class, right?” Rukul shook his head in response to Raymond’s question. “The advanced class. Quite troubling, especially when His Highness the crown prince is entering too, isn’t it? I also heard that this girl is a commoner with no connections whatsoever, but…I don’t know if that’s actually the case. If you guys know anything, would you mind telling us?”
…That commoner girl is going to be the center of the academy in the future, the protagonist. I wasn’t surprised, considering that I already know the honor student is a commoner, but the other two were astounded. They’re shocked at how she has no connections.
I suppose they thought that she would be the daughter of a merchant or some other kind of girl with a similar background.
I pretended to be surprised as well. Did she become a saint in the future? Anyways, I should probably keep silent about how she’ll establish a very grand bloodline and how the nobles will eventually change their attitude about her.
Even if I did say it, nobody would believe me, and I don’t intend to get anyone involved in the first place. I’ll just let her enjoy her fun youth with the crown prince and the others. That’s also for my sake too, after all.
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It was the day of the entrance ceremony. This is quite the grand auditorium, isn’t it?
At any rate, the entrance ceremony began in a place that was like a large theater. There were a surprising number of noble students present, some of whom were yawning.
The combination of the scents from women’s perfumes created an overbearing smell.
I suppose there’s no hope unless one gets used to this smell. Amongst the crowd, the crown prince “Julian Rafua Holfault,” with short navy blue hair, spoke greetings on behalf of the first year students.
The crown prince is first in line to the succession of the throne, but in the game, he’s the only prince that appeared, so he’s pretty much the prince that will rule.
He had a beautiful appearance. He was tall, lean, and had a nice body balance. His navy blue eyes within his fair skin looked like they were sparkling. The surrounding schoolgirls understandably sighed in affection.
──It was a different story for the others, though. Daniel and Raymond were sitting next to me, but as expected, it didn’t seem like they were going to voice out their complaints. I silently listening in on their conversation.
Upon which, from behind── “I finally arrived. I’ve already been waiting for the prince these ten years.” I turned my head around towards a voice I had heard, but I couldn’t find out who had said that. There were several girls around that were murmuring about the crown prince’s beauty, so I couldn’t pick out the one that did it.
It wasn’t a particularly loud voice, but it strangely got through to my ear… then my wandering gaze stopped when reaching at a certain girl.
Blond hair and blue eyes. She had gentle, long hair, and was a short girl that was looking at the prince with a sparkled gaze.
She looked more like a cute girl rather than a beautiful woman. However, it was her gaze that I was uneasy about. Within the surrounding gazes of yearning or of favor, it was obvious that the little girl’s eyes looked like an animal aiming after its prey.
Her delicate body felt childish in some aspects. She looked younger than others of the same age, but the glint in her eyes was the only thing that was sharp…my impression was that she was very unbalanced.
Daniel looked over at me.
“What the, did you already find your partner? Oh, she seems cute. Do you like that girl?” I calmly shook my head towards Daniel, who was teasing me. “No, if I had to say, then…I dislike her.” I set my sight back to the crown prince and readjusted my posture, but this strange feeling wouldn’t settle down. “I, Is that so. I think she’s cute though.” What I felt when I first saw the girl was anger. I don’t know what I was angry about, but she was irritating for me. It’s not hatred. It’s something more complex…and at any rate, I don’t think she’s someone I would view as a partner of the opposite sex.
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