The ti for the banquet had arrived, and I walked towards the banquet hall, dressed in a suit as usual.
Soon, I reached my destination and opened the door.
-Buzzing.
The nobles in the banquet hall, who had been chatting and laughing, glanced at .
I turned up the volu to listen to their conversation.
“David von Kaine has definitely changed his appearance.”
“That’s right. Until last year, he would have been drinking alcohol by now.”
“But… he’s beco so handso, probably because his image has changed.”
As expected, becoming a duke had completely changed his image.
‘Power is indeed important.’
Until last year, passing students would have cursed at him, but with his recent achievents and becoming a duke, their attitudes had changed.
Even the noble young ladies blushed as they glanced at .
At that mont,
“Kaine-nim, why are you alone?”
“Would you like to join us?”
The noble young ladies smiled and put their arms around .
-Squish!
I felt a soft sensation on my arm.
In the past, I would have been delighted, but after dealing with so many won with big hearts, I didn’t feel as excited.
“I’m sorry, but my companions will be joining soon.”
I didn’t feel as happy or excited as I usually would.
After all, compared to the won who had confessed their feelings to in the past, the won in front of seed insignificant.
I smiled and apologized, but the young ladies didn’t seem to hear properly, and their faces turned red as they stared blankly.
“Um…”
“Oh, yes! I’m sorry.”
Why was she apologizing?
As I wondered, one of the young ladies turned pale.
‘Damn.’
The newly ford alliance of won, who had just arrived, stared at the young ladies and with cold eyes, like a girlfriend who had caught her boyfriend cheating. 𐍂Ἀ𐌽ỘВĚś
“Hmm, Kaine? Are you feeling good?”
At that mont, Skaya smiled nacingly.
The young ladies, who had turned pale, forced a smile and removed their arms, then said,
“Ahaha, Kaine-nim. See you later.”
“It was fun, Kaine-nim.”
They uttered lines that could be misinterpreted and left in a hurry.
‘Damn, they should at least clean up their ss.’
They had caused trouble, but I was the one who had to clean it up.
I glared at the female alliance, who were glaring at with cold eyes, and quickly explained,
“There seems to be a misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding?”
The won narrowed their eyes.
“I rejected all the won who approached today. I didn’t feel excited at all.”
I explained without taking a breath, and the won’s attitude softened slightly.
At the sa ti,
“Hello, Ange-nim, Mira-nim, Lisanna-nim…”
Rain and Kim Soo-yong appeared, with their arms around each other.
Of course, Rain will be called by Lisanna a ‘washing board’ as usual.
‘They still don’t get along, huh.’
As I thought, Lisanna looked at Rain’s flat chest and smirked.
“Hmm, washing board… I an, Rain-nim, you don’t have to worry. Your dress won’t be too tight.”
“…”
“Our junior, Lisanna, should be beaten up at the banquet so she can co to her senses.”
“Co on, washing board.”
As expected, Rain and Lisanna started arguing, as usual.
However,
“Both of you, be quiet.”
“Both of you, maintain the dignity of a Saintess.”
Ange and Mira couldn’t let that slide, and Rain and Lisanna cowered.
I ignored them and turned to Kim Soo-yong.
“I didn’t expect you to co.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Well, I thought you wouldn’t like these formal events.”
After all, Kim Soo-yong was an ordinary college student before coming to this world.
So, he would feel out of place here.
“Well, that’s true, but Rain insisted on coming with .”
Kim Soo-yong scratched his head, feeling awkward in this place.
At that mont, Rain, who had been lectured by Ange and Mira, spoke up.
“Soo-yong, you said you wanted to co to a banquet like this at least once.”
“Ahaha, that’s true, but I didn’t expect it to be this big.”
“Excuse , who asked you to speak?”
Ange interrupted their conversation, and Lisanna smirked at her, feeling smug.
‘She’s also quite childish.’
As I thought this,
“Young Master, but I don’t see that person here.”
Lise approached and whispered so that only I could hear.
The ‘person’ she was referring to was none other than Origin.
“She probably can’t descend today because she used a lot of power yesterday.”
“Oh, I see.”
I nodded in response to her question, and Lise struggled to control her twitching lips and nodded.
‘She seems to be enjoying the Goddess’s absence.’
However, her enjoynt wouldn’t last long.
Origin wasn’t absent because of her descent but because she was fulfilling my request.
‘She should be almost done by now, right?’
I looked around, and in the banquet hall, there were our companions, the nobles, and Andrew.
Andrew was talking to the nobles, so he probably didn’t have any plans yet.
‘I’ll strike first while he’s not doing anything.’
I spoke to Lise, ready to play my role.
“Lise, I’ll be right back.”
“Huh? Where are you going? With …”
“To the bathroom.”
“Oh…”
Lise let out a soft exclamation, and her cheeks turned red like an apple.
What was she imagining to make her face turn red at the ntion of the bathroom?
“Anyway, I’ll be right back.”
“Ah, yes. I’ll let the others know.”
“Okay.”
With that, I left the banquet hall for a while.
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In the room assigned to her, the Goddess was checking her appearance in the mirror.
At that mont,
[The Goddess of Battle asks if you’re just having fun.]
[The Goddess of Play says she wants to join.]
The other Goddess spamd ssages.
The Goddess of Fate opened her mouth in response to their ssages.
“I’m not just having fun. And you, Play, can’t act well.”
[The Goddess of Play says she can do it too!]
“No, you’ll probably go off in a different direction while acting.”
Fate dropped a heavy fact, and Play, who had no coback, stopped sending ssages.
At the sa ti,
[The Goddess of Happiness asks why you’re here.]
Happiness had also joined them, and Fate ignored her ssage.
‘What does it matter if I’m here or not?’
Fate had never liked her, and she didn’t want to talk to her.
Happiness was inflexible when it ca to what she wanted.
Fate ignored Happiness’s ssage with a sullen face.
“Co in.”
At that mont, Kaine arrived.
As soon as he heard Kaine’s voice, Fate’s unpleasant emotions lted away, and she shouted excitedly,
“Yes! Co in!”
-Creak!
Kaine opened the door and looked at Fate, who was fully prepared.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yes!”
Fate nodded with an excited face.
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At the sa ti,
Andrew frowned as he watched the nobles enjoying the banquet.
“I don’t understand why the Cult keeps causing terror.”
“That’s right. With the power they have, why do they only cause terror?”
“And they’ve never succeeded in their terror attacks. They just get beaten up. Because of them, Kaine beca a duke. Sigh.”
Most of the nobles here were ignoring the Cult, and Andrew wanted to tear them all apart.
But if he did that,
“Kaine-nim, where are you? Lise-nim?”
“He said he was going to the bathroom.”
“Oh, I see…”
If he did that, he would be torn apart by the Saintesses gathered there.
Not to ntion, there were other important figures in the Cult’s sights.
So, it was only natural to cause a quick terror and escape.
‘When would be the right ti?’
Andrew was eating the exquisite food on the table, deep in thought.
-Boom!
Suddenly, an explosion sounded in his ears.
“Huh? What’s going on?!”
“Is it another Cult terror?!”
The nobles, startled, looked around.
Andrew was also a little surprised and scanned the surroundings.
‘What’s going on? Who caused the terror?’
He had planned to cause a terror himself, but soone else had done it instead.
Andrew couldn’t understand the situation, so he turned his head towards the source of the explosion.
“Huh?!”
Andrew’s eyes widened in surprise.
The explosion had occurred in the very place where he had secretly planted a magic bomb.
‘What? Did soone target ?’
But why would anyone want to explode it?
Andrew had planted it to cause a terror, but he couldn’t think of any other reason why soone else would want to explode it.
Andrew was puzzled by the unexpected situation.
“Terror?!”
“But there are Saintesses here! Why would they do it here? Are they trying to commit suicide?!”
The nobles also looked puzzled, and at that mont,
-Boom!
Another explosion occurred, and this ti, it was on the roof of the banquet hall building.
-Whoosh…
The explosion caused a cold wind to blow in from the roof of the building.
In the moonlight shining through the roof, soone appeared.
And it was none other than…
“Hmm. Are you enjoying the banquet?”
… Andrew, wearing a mask.
‘Huh? Why am I there?!’
Andrew was startled by the unexpected situation.
To calm himself down, he took a deep breath.
“Hmm…”
He needed to calm down.
After all, soone had been impersonating him for so reason, although he didn’t know why.
‘It’s not bad anyway.’
Andrew had wanted to remind the royal family and humanity of the danger posed by the Cult, so this was actually a good thing.
He didn’t know who the impersonator was, but…
‘It’s better this way.’
Thanks to this, he didn’t have to risk his life as originally planned.
As Andrew calmly assessed the situation,
-Stomp, stomp.
Another set of footsteps echoed.
Everyone in the banquet hall, including Andrew, listened carefully.
As they looked towards the source of the sound,
“Andrew-nim, I’m sorry I’m late.”
A man with narrow eyes appeared in their field of vision, apologizing politely.
And the man Andrew saw was none other than…
‘What are you doing here, Jade?’
Jade was a high-ranking mber of the Cult and Andrew’s subordinate.
What was he doing here?
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