The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs - Volume 12 - Chapter 13.2

Part 2

After leaving the place, Marie and her friends came to the tea ceremony room to talk.

This was the result of choosing a less popular location because she did not want others to hear her story.

As Julius and the others take their seats, Marie stands and looks down —— clutching the hem of her skirt with both hands.

“I’ve fooled everyone all this time.”

The five listen to Marie’s words and apparently do not intend to interrupt.

So Marie told them everything.

——That she is a reincarnated person.

——What she has done in her previous life.

——And that she approached the five people to make herself happy.

——Lastly, that she had cornered her big brother from her previous life.

When Marie finishes telling the whole story, she gets down on her knees in front of the five of them.

“I am so sorry. Still, I beg you. Please help aniki —— onii-chan.”

It was in Marie’s own sincere way that she told the truth.

Since they will be risking their lives to help Leon, so she’ll have to face it sincerely as well.

——If it failed, it didn’t matter.

She just wanted to help Leon in any way she could.

Marie, on her knees and in tears, waits for the five of them to shout abuse at her.

They will probably curse at her.

It can’t be helped. Because she had deceived them.

When people think she is a lovely young maiden, she actually has a previous life on the inside.

Plus, approaching them with an ulterior motive would be the most disgusting act for the five of them.

She was willing to accept whatever they would say.

It’s no wonder that they would abandon her and tell her that they would not help Leon.

——It was a much better course of action than to continue to fool them into a fight.

But no matter how long she waited, she heard no cursing from the five.

They don’t look stunned or disappointed.

Wouldn’t they despise her? Thinking so, she was too afraid to raise her face.

It was Julius who first opened his mouth.

“I’ve always thought it was strange. ——But I never expected that Leon was your big brother in a previous life.”

At the sound of Julius’ calm and gentle voice, Marie looks up in surprise.

“Why——why are you all——laughing?”

The five smiled somewhat troubled and looked at Marie.

When Greg approaches Marie, he makes her stop kneeling on the ground and stand her up.

“I’m surprised at the crazy story. But still, Marie is Marie, right? Because you are still the Marie we love.”

“Greg?”

Chris was a little embarrassed and pretended to correct the position of his glasses.

“To tell the truth, I don’t really feel it when you say reincarnation. But if Marie says it, I think it is true. I believe it. I’ll believe it, and I’ll lend a hand.”

“Why? I was deceiving you.”

Although she was happy to be accepted, but Marie couldn’t convince herself.

She was prepared to be abused and even beaten up.

That’s how much she was aware of what she had done.

And yet, even after hearing Marie’s story, Chris says he’ll accept her request.

Brad has his usual cringey attitude, but today he seems to be really sparkling, even to Marie.

“Indeed, the encounter may have been a lie. But I can assure you since I have been with you from then on. There was no lie in your behavior. You may have had ulterior motives, but I have the capacity to forgive you for that.”

Marie is so happy that tears welled up in her eyes.

She was so happy that they accepted her.

Jilk offered a handkerchief to Marie, who was shedding tears.

“I would like to correct one thing, we are not going to help Leon-kun because Marie-san asked us to do so. We would have lent a hand without being told.”

“How can you risk your life? It’s really dangerous.”

Although she was happy that they were willing to help, she could not believe that five people were willing to risk their lives for him.

It is Julius who answers Marie’s question.

“I don’t know what Leon thinks about it, but we consider him a friend.”

“You think of aniki like that?”

When Marie looked around at the five, Greg was rubbing his finger under his nose.

“I still have the urge to pay him back, but I’m not hating him.”

Chris shrugged his shoulders.

“I have a grudge, but I owe him just as much.”

Brad is playing with his hair and looking a little frustrated.

“I’ve been through a painful experience many times. Well, I can’t hate him, I guess.”

Jilk smiled and put his hand on his chest.

“I’m going to have to pay him back what was done to me. And for that reason, I can’t have Leon-kun fall down here.”

The five looked like very wonderful men to Marie now.

“Everyone——”

(Maybe I’ve been overlooking something important all along.)

Marie wipes away her tears and smiles with tear-stained eyes.

“——Thank you. I think I’m going to fall in love with you all over again.”

Marie sincerely feels happy to be with these five people.

Julius blushes a little red in the cheeks.

Then he changes his expression.

“Let us go over the details of the situation. And then we need someone to tell us where Leon is.”