I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags… Extra — 21.5

Extra: Chapter 21.5

After my birthday party ended, it finally got a little quieter around . After all, there had been such a fuss about getting into a fancy dress, and I had been so worried that I might ss up my dancing despite all my practice, I’m finally able to breathe a sigh of relief now. Since I have a bit of ti now, I figured I should spend it in my field. I put on my work clothes for the first ti in a long while, and got myself fully equipped and ready to go for the field.

Today I’m going to use the fertilizer I received from Jared as a birthday present to prepare for the sumr harvest. With Keith’s help, I had just finished preparing the fertilizer for using when Jared ca in.

“Oh, Katarina, you seem to be working hard as usual today, eh.”

“Ahh, Prince Jared. Thank you very much for coming to my birthday party and for your present. I was just about to get to imdiately using your present just now.”

“It’s that so, I’m glad to see that it’s been of imdiate use. Since you requested this present from , I’m not surprised. ……Well, I had originally wanted to give you an accessory befitting of your dress, but…… You wouldn’t accept that.”

Jared smiled wryly as he said so. Well, that’s so. He had wanted to give accessories and dresses, but I had refused him outright.

As for why, it’s because my overly doting father always buys mountains of accessories and dresses for …… Actually, I’m a bit troubled by how many there are now.

For the ga’s Katarina, it seed like she could change her dress and accessories every day of the year without trouble, but…… Unfortunately, I’m not like that. In the first place, I don’t like gaudy dresses. It’s because they’re hard to move in.

I can’t think of those sparkly dresses with absolutely nothing useful about them as anything I would wear unless I lost in a punishnt ga. Also, because I’m always in a crouching position while outside working in my field, I don’t need that many dresses. For the sa reason, I don’t need that many accessories either. It would be a terrible waste after all if I were to lose them in my field.

I had told these reasons to Jared and my other friends, forbidding them from getting anything like dresses and accessories for my birthday presents.

As such, Jared had listened to my request, and given fertilizer as a birthday present, but……

“But, since Katarina is turning fifteen, and will beco mine soon, you should really be more aware of your appearance to others, maybe it would have been better to give you dresses and accessories after all,” said Jared with a thinking look on his face.

Becoming his, and being more aware of my appearance? Ehh~ If that’s the case……

“But I think everyone should already know that I’m Prince Jared’s fiancee……”It’s such a famous topic that there really shouldn’t be anyone that doesn’t know. Well, if it wasn’t like that, it wouldn’t serve his purpose as a defensive asure preventing other girls from bothering him.

“Well, that’s so, but…… Even if they know about it, there’s still many people that don’t approve of it.”

Indeed, I’m not a beauty like Mary is, having a villainous face instead, since my specs aren’t high, it’s said that “she doesn’t match up to Prince Jared in anything but status” and it’s a fact that there’s so many girls that don’t approve of us being together……

I don’t particularly have any intentions of approving our betrothal either though…… Rather, if I could get rid of this betrothal that’s only being used for Jared’s convenience as a shield against other girls, I’d really like to, but……

However, Jared has brought up before “this betrothal thing, it’s botherso so let’s change our status already,” while he smiled ambiguously for so reason.

Then, Jared confronted directly with that ambiguous smile of his.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Keith interrupted suddenly, putting himself between Jared and with a rather dark expression on his face. Hm? I’ll get lonely if I feel too left out, you know?

“Ahh, Keith Claes. Don’t you know how rude it is to interrupt a date between two betrotheds? And what’s with that grim expression on your face, it’s such a waste of your fine looks.”

“Unfortunately, the only one that believes this is a date, is you, Prince Jared. And as for why I have a grim expression, it’s because no matter how much I warn nee-san, I always still have to watch out for bad insects swarming around her.”

“Bad insects, I wonder who that could possibly be referring to?”

“……Those that were thinking about doing improper things during the dance party, Prince Jared.”

“Mmm~. I don’t think you need to be worried about those sorts of people.”

“What, how could you say such a thing!”

“I an, since she’s my own fiancee, making her mine and claiming her as my own surely wouldn’t be anything improper.”

“Who belongs to you! Right now, she’s still only your betrothed!”

Sohow, Keith and Jared had beco fired up about so subject I don’t understand at all…… If I’m being left out of the conversation this much…… I feel rather lonely. I might as well get started working on the field. As for why I’m being left out completely, I can think on the reason by myself later.

“Katarina-sama~”

At hearing a clear voice behind , I turned around and saw Mary coming over this way with a large smile on her face. Behind her were Sophia and Alan as well.

“Eh? Everyone, you ca here together?”

Even though they’re all my friends that often co over to play with , it’s rare for all of them to show up together.

“Yep. I invited them to co with .”

“Mary did?”

“Yep. Since I had heard from Keith-sama that soone was planning improper things at the dance party the other day, I thought that I needed to shore up my defenses, I felt it would be better with more people around so I invited Sophia to co along as well. Oh, and Alan too.”

Did an incident of so sort happen during the party? I didn’t even know. And what’s more, Keith didn’t even tell his nee-san, nor did Mary let know…… I’m really getting left out of everything…… I’m so lonely.

And so Mary and her fiance Alan have arrived…… It seems like sothing complicated is going on…… Well, it’s good that Alan doesn’t seem like he’s very worried about what’s going on, but…… Things seem to be so different from the ga.

“By the way, Katarina-sama. Was the book I gave you as your birthday present suitable to your tastes?”

“Ahh, that it was. Mary, Sophia, Alan, thank you very much for the wonderful presents. Man, it was so interesting that I’ve finished an entire book already. ”

For my birthday this year, Mary, Sophia, and Alan had picked out wonderful books all for my sake. Well, it was probably mostly Mary and Sophia that had chosen them. After all, because Alan would never know what to get for as a present each year, Mary would always help him pick sothing out.

This year, Mary had decided to give books as well, so she discussed things over with Sophia who gave books every year and the three of them picked out books for together.

Since I’ve received this many recomnded books, I’m really happy about it all.

“I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying them so much. As expected, it’s better to give presents like these rather than watching you dig around in the soil and maybe even injure yourself.”

“Is that aid at ? Lady Mary Hunt.”

Jared who had been so passionate with Keith earlier had noticed Mary’s arrival, and greeted her.

“Oh my, if it isn’t Prince Jared. So you were here. How do you do?”

Mary perford a wonderful curtsey like a proper lady. As expected of a lady among ladies. I have to take notes from her.

At receiving such a wonderful greeting, Jared flashed a beautiful smile back at her.

“Heh heh heh. I wonder what you could have been referring to, Lady Mary. I’ve heard about it, you know. That soone seems to be going out of their way trying to interfere with my relationship.”

“Well, it’s rude to say that it’s interfering with your relationship. I’m rely trying to get along better with Katarina-sama.”

“Lady Mary. Since you’re Alan’s fiancee, wouldn’t getting along better with Alan be the better thing to do?”

“Indeed, that’s why I’ve considered things properly and also invited Prince Alan to co along with as well.”

“Lady Mary. Even though you used to be so lovely…… Year after year, your personality gets even more wonderful.”

“Oh? I’m so honored to be praised by you. But even so, I’m not even close to Prince Jared’s level.”

“No, no. There’s no need to be so humble.”

Now it’s Jared and Mary’s turn to get all fired up about sothing…… And what’s more, why is it that Keith encouraged Mary by saying “Mary-sama, please keep up the good work?” And when Alan’s na was ntioned, he said “eh, huh?” like question marks were floating above his head.

Once again, I’m being left out…… Huh? Isn’t this everyone here now? What’s more, they’re talking about sothing I don’t understand again…… Sohow I’ve beco so lonely…… I can’t help but feel like I’m being teased a little.

“By the way, Katarina-sama. What was your present from my onii-sama?”

Sophia asked with a smile on her face. Her adorable smile blew away all of my worries.

“Ahh. I liked it very much. I’m very thankful for the necklace that Nico made for .”

That was my reply to Sophia.

“NECKLACE!!!!????”

For so reason, the others that had all been leaving out of the loop simultaneously raised their voices. Then -

“Katarina, what’s this about a necklace?”

“Nee-san, didn’t you say that you didn’t need any accessories and that you definitely wouldn’t accept them?”

“That’s right. Since you said that things to wear were useless because they would get lost or dirty, you definitely didn’t want them?”

“I also heard the sa thing from Mary……”

Everyone seed to be shocked as they raised their voices. Mmm. Indeed, it was like that. I had no interest in dresses or accessories so I had refused all of them. However……

“……I’m actually really happy about it because it was a necklace that appeared in a story I really loved. It doesn’t have any jewels in it, and it wasn’t sothing expensive, so that’s why I accepted it.”

That’s what it was. What Nico had given was the sa necklace as the one the main character of my favorite romance novel had.

While I have absolutely no interest in accessories, as an otaku I’m still weak to collecting things of characters in stories. I had been so excited at being able to get “the sa thing as the main character.”

“If you’re all that interested in it, I’ve actually been wearing it secretly under my clothes today.”

When I brought it out from under my work clothes to show everyone, everyone’s faces darkened for so reason. As I expected, it was wrong to wear accessories under my work clothes, eh……

“Hehe. I gave onii-sama advice on this. After all, he’s the only one that’s older than everyone, and has the least ti to spend with us so it was unfair.”

Sophia said so with a lovely smile appearing on her face. At seeing her smile, everyone was frozen still in complete silence for so reason.