Introduction to the Date Pre-Practice
It was questionable whether a pre-practice was truly necessary, but despite her doubts, Laura had gently insisted that Anna go along with it.
The reason for this, Laura herself hadn’t given much thought to. Perhaps it was just her nature as a villainess, but she only speculated on that possibility.
A villainess is always followed by her followers. In this sense, Anna (since her return to Earth, excluding Leon, who shares blood with her) might be considered her first follower. Maybe that’s why Laura was so lenient with her.
Or maybe she was just treating her like a cat.
What difference would there really be between Anna, who couldn’t even do housework, and a dosticated cat? Laura didn’t feel confident enough to explain the difference clearly.
Anyway, the date practice went ahead for this reason, but both Anna and Laura were starting to realize sothing.
Aurora had no aptitude for date practices.
“You’re so arrogant. How dare you eat at the sa table as ? Are you challenging my authority as the Duke’s daughter?”
“…Then, where should I eat?”
“Do you not know? Nobles eat first, and only after that, commoners are allowed to eat. Didn’t they teach you this?”
“Laura-chan… Could we change the setup? It’s not progressing.”
The roleplay of “a commoner going on a date with the Duke’s daughter” was too difficult for Anna.
So, this ti, they switched to a different scenario.
“Anna, your table manners are terrible.”
“…Huh?”
“You keep placing your fork and knife incorrectly. And even when you use the knife, isn’t it basic etiquette to cut the food into a proper bite-size? Stuffing your mouth to the point of bulging your cheeks is an act that destroys your dignity as a noble. Nobles should eat slowly and elegantly, not shove food into their mouths like commoners.”
When they proceeded with the setup of nobles from the sa rank, Laura kept critiquing Anna’s manners.
Of course, Anna had never been taught proper table manners, not even once. She only knew to hold the fork in her left hand and the knife in her right. She couldn’t even rember whether you should use the utensils from the inside or the outside.
“If you want to associate with my family, you must at least have so basic cultural knowledge. In this respect, Anna, you lack sensitivity. I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough dignity to be my counterpart.”
“Laura-chan, aren’t you being too strict?”
“What do you an? Having a eting with , the Duke’s daughter, ans your family must be on par with mine. That ans you should have the dignity and refinent of a crown prince.”
“A crown prince…?”
The word sounded like sothing straight out of a fantasy novel, but Anna thought she understood what Laura ant. The term or vocabulary was very specific, but honestly, how many people could go on a date with Aurora in this world?
Aurora’s parents were ordinary office workers, according to Leon, but Anna still knew Aurora was different from other won. She had an air of nobility in everything she did.
The idea of Aurora dating or marrying a normal person was… hard to imagine.
“So, Laura-chan… If you were ever to go on a date, would you do it like this?”
“Foolish question. There’s no way I would ever go on a date.”
Laura answered without hesitation.
Anna didn’t really understand it, but Laura’s views on marriage were a bit unusual.
Would a Duke’s daughter ever go on a date?
For nobles, marriage was more of a ans than a personal choice. It was a way to strengthen the family’s authority and influence by making the most advantageous union.
For a family like the Duke’s, marriage arrangents were already happening behind the scenes.
In extre cases, there are even families where the bride never ets the groom before their wedding day.
‘I hated that, though.’
Sacrificing personal happiness to bring profit to the family.
Because that didn’t sit well with her, Laura had rejected all marriage proposals, and sotis even sabotaged them.
As a result, Laura was rather repulsed by the idea of marriage talks.
She didn’t care for matchmaking or blind dates at all, and if she ever had to do one, it would have to be with soone truly extraordinary, soone who could move nations. That’s the only way it would satisfy her. Of course, refinent would be essential.
Laura had a rather passive stance when it ca to love and marriage.
‘Maybe soday I’ll et a fateful partner who’ll shake my values. Or maybe not. Honestly, I’d be fine living alone for the rest of my life.’
In other words, there was no one more unsuitable than Laura for date practice!
“Laura-chan… You’re terrible at this date practice!”
Eventually, Anna snapped.
“Who says ‘let’s go look for land after a date’?”
“But a date leads to a relationship, and a relationship leads to marriage, right? If I’m going to settle down sowhere, I need to see the future. I’m seeing if you have the ability to plan soone’s future. How wonderful is that as an after-date?”
“Who talks like that on a first date! It’s so heavy and scary…! Let’s just keep it lighthearted!”
“Lighthearted? You’re the one talking weird. How can you take sothing as serious as marriage lightly?”
And so it went. Laura’s noble mindset prevented them from having a typical scenario.
Sigh.
Anna let out a deep breath.
“I don’t even know how marriage ca up… Laura-chan, can we change the setup? You keep assuming I’m the ‘guy I might marry in the future’ during our date, but….”
“That’s exactly what a date is.”
“That’s where it’s weird… Let’s just et as won and have fun as ‘friends’ instead…”
Anna reconsidered her thoughts.
Co to think of it, the term “date” was what made it awkward. This punishnt was just a planned live stream where she would hang out with Rui. The goal was to make Rui happy and have fun.
The real issue was how to make Rui happy. Anna wasn’t confident, which is why she wanted to practice beforehand.
Romance and marriage complicated things. At its core, this was just about becoming friends with Rui.
“Okay, let’s do that then.”
Laura nodded, and the two sat down at the table to start their conversation.
About 30 minutes later, they went for the after-date.
Laura and Anna were at the PC room.
“Hey, can you pressure the mid? I’m split pushing.”
“We already won the teamfight.”
“Nice~.”
They ate cup ran and even got so hot bars.
“So, where should we go next for the after-date?”
“Isn’t it usually karaoke?”
“Oh, sounds good. Shall we sing?”
They went to karaoke.
“Ah, a food stall.”
“Do you like alcohol?”
“Not much. How about you, Laura-chan?”
“Only wine.”
“Wow… You really look like soone who’d go well with wine or champagne. But I’ve always been curious about food stalls.”
“Want to go try it?”
“Yeah, let’s do it!”
They went for so soju.
“What kind of date is this!”
After drinking and getting tipsy, Anna finally realized.
And realized too late, idiot…
By the way, Laura, who had physically trained herself, wasn’t drunk at all.
They took a taxi, and Laura grabbed Anna by the neck, pulling her back into the house with ease.
“You said we’d et as friends and have fun. Didn’t you enjoy it?”
“It was fun, but…! Girls don’t hang out like this!”
“Really?”
Laura tilted her head.
The truth was, Anna had said it, but she wasn’t sure herself.
Anna, who had a long history of not having friends (she was a high school graduate), had never really experienced hanging out with girls.
Of course, Laura had no way of knowing this.
“Isn’t this the kind of thing guys usually do?”
“Maybe.”
Laura agreed. It certainly did feel like sothing guys would do.
It was unavoidable.
Anna and Laura knew each other so well by now.
Thinking about it, how many tis had Anna co over to Laura’s house? It wasn’t a one-ti thing.
In fact, hadn’t Laura stayed at Anna’s house for an entire week?
They knew each other’s likes, dislikes, and even had surprisingly similar tastes.
Anna was a total indoors person.
Instead of going to amusent parks or aquariums, she preferred to watch ani at ho.
If there was anywhere Anna could enjoy going out, it would be a PC room or karaoke. She didn’t have much stamina either, so she hated wandering around outside.
Laura was similar.
If she had ti to date, she’d rather play one more round of Quna.
As a result, an awkward pair who couldn’t even hang out like normal girls had been ford.
“Well, what now…?!”
A whole day passed, and nothing had changed.
The drunkenness quickly wore off.
“If I end up alone with Rui like this, I won’t be able to do anything… I’ll either rush into sothing or say sothing weird… The mood will get tense…”
“Strangely specific example.”
“I’ve experienced it before…!”
A heartbreaking comnt again.
But there’s a saying, isn’t there? Life is practical. Isn’t this the kind of thing that saying applies to?
Anyway, even without practice for the punishnt ga, it probably wouldn’t matter, but…
“Wait. Could this be an opportunity?”
A thought crossed Laura’s mind.
“What ti is it, Anna?”
“Huh? Just past 1 AM…”
“Seems like ti hasn’t passed much.”
Considering how many VTubers had switched to night schedules, 1 AM was still early.
For Laura, who rarely slept more than four hours a day, it was still like evening. And for Anna, whose sense of ti was completely gone, it didn’t matter much either.
Co to think of it, she hadn’t stread today because she was hanging out with Anna.
“Let’s prepare for the stream.”
“A stream? What stream?”
“Obviously, it’s the stream for your punishnt ga.”
“How do we prepare for that?”
Anna couldn’t understand.
“It’s simple. If you want to practice for your date with Rui, you just need to call soone to play the role of Rui for you.”
“At this ti…? Who would that be?”
Most people would already be asleep.
Of course, people like Rui and ro might still be awake, but the Japanese VTubers were all in their hotowns right now.
So, there should be no one else available.
“There’s one person awake.”
Laura said as she turned on her phone.
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