Volu 8, Chapter 3 “Unexpected”
Part 1
For so reason, the place where Nix and Dorothea-san had just been having matchmaking was enveloped in a strange atmosphere.
I sat down and drank a cup of tea, but for so reason, the aroma and taste seed lighter than usual.
Winter is over and it’s almost ti for warr seasons, but for so reason, it’s strangely chilly.
I sipped my tea silently in a room filled with nervousness and tension.
However, the woman in front of ―― Claris-senpai, who graduated from school, smiles happily.
“I’m relieved. If that’s the case, then it wasn’t matchmaking between Leon-kun and Deirdre-senpai.”
“I have a fiancé, so I don’t think I’ll be having matchmaking or anything.”
For so reason, Claris-senpai misunderstood that and Deirdre-senpai were having matchmaking.
When she ca to Bartfalt territory by airship, she ca straight to the mansion.
She was accompanied by a senior student who had previously been with in an air bike race and an unknown person who appeared to be a female student from the school.
Deirdre-senpai, who was sitting next to making a good argunt, was hiding her mouth and giving Claris-senpai a displeased look.
“The court nobles are good at being sarcastic, aren’t they? Do you really think the Roseblade family would do such a thing?”
It seed she think she forced to do the matchmaking with her, and Deirdre-senpai was angry.
Claris-senpai countered calmly.
“Isn’t the problem in the first place to make people think it’s not surprising that you do it? You should reflect on your usual behavior.”
The sisters say they want to make people into their pets, so I guess she’s trying to say that it’s not strange for them to bring up matchmaking to soone who has a fiance.
Deirdre-senpai said back, raising one corner of her mouth to keep a smile on her face.
Inwardly, she felt as if her gut was churning.
The servants of the Roseblade family behind , for example, have been staring at with narrowed eyes for a while now.
“That doesn’t sound like the words of a desperate person who had her engagent broken off.”
If there is a weak point in Claris-senpai, it’s Jilk ―― that Jilk broke off the engagent with her and then she beca a delinquent during the sumr.
In the anti, she had a lot of fun, and it was said that she behaved in an unladylike manner.
The gazes of the two people behind Claris-senpai had beco much more stern.
I turned around only my upper body and asked for help from our servants.
However, the servants quickly averted their gaze.
People like Yulia-san looked carefree, not understanding what was going on.
When I turned back, it seed she decided to wave her hand for the ti being.
As I was being soothed by such a sight, Ange opened her mouth after taking a sip of tea.
“Take your staring contest elsewhere. Now, what business does Claris have with us?”
I was relieved to find Ange in charge of the place, and Luxion muttered beside .
[Master, aren’t you relieved that Angelica is in charge?]
“It’s my style to leave things to those who can.”
[You really are a useless master, aren’t you.]
“I’m just not stupid enough to jump into a situation I don’t understand.”
I don’t know why they are being so unfriendly in the first place.
[You just don’t want to know, do you?]
“Don’t you think it’s a bit arrogant to expect humans to know everything?”
[It would be arrogant of to think that I could live without knowing anything.]
As I was whispering with Luxion, Claris-senpai took a sip of her drink, took a breath, and started talking.
“Actually, we have a lot to discuss. Why don’t we talk by ourselves?”
By “by ourselves,” she ant that she wanted to talk to us without any servants.
When Ange turned her gaze to Deirdre-senpai, she opened her fan to cover her mouth and directed her gaze sowhere else.
“I don’t mind. I also have a lot to talk about.”
She glanced at as she did so, so she must have been displeased with Nix’s behavior toward Dorothea-san.
I should probably tell her that Nix didn’t really an it, but that it was my instruction.
This is how we got the servants to leave their seats.
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Part 2
“Sohow I can’t stand it. Well, it was my parents who arranged the eting. But as for , it’s hard to shrug. Even though I’m alone, everyone around is so intimate, it’s hard.”
When the servants were gone, Claris-senpai looked down with a gloomy expression on her face.
The reason was the two people who had just been waiting behind her.
Although he was a graduate, he was introduced to one woman by the Atley family.
I whispered to Livia next to .
“Senpai is the one who competed with in the air bike race, right? Didn’t that manly man like Claris-senpai?”
It seed that Livia thought so too.
“That’s right. I’m sure he has complicated feelings.”
After graduating from the school, the senior, who was active in air bike racing, was involved in work that involved the use of air bikes.
He seed to be a very reliable person, and he ca to our house today as an escort for Claris-senpai.
He was the one who previously tried to take revenge on Jilk for Claris-senpai.
From the previous situation, I could tell that he still cared for Claris-senpai as much as ever.
Noelle listens to us and gives us a complicated look.
“The nobles of the kingdom have it hard, too.”
As the three of us were whispering to each other, Claris-senpai turned to face us.
“You don’t have to worry about it.”
Apparently, she heard us.
As I try to avert my gaze and cover it up, Luxion asks straight out without reading the air.
[There must have been n who had already graduated from the school who longed for Claris. Wasn’t there an approach from them?]
Since Claris was well-liked by the boys around her, I thought at least one of them might have confessed to her.
However, it seems that the situation is different.
Claris replied with a wry smile.
“T-There’s a difference in status.”
The people around her were boys from regular class.
They are too different in status to match up with Claris-senpai to be a suitable marriage partner.
Deirdre opened her fan to cover her mouth, but I could tell from her eyes that she was enjoying it.
“I wonder if it was respect instead of love? You’re worried about being left alone while everyone else is getting married. Isn’t that the result of unladylike behavior?”
Having Jilk break off their engagent, and the past of playing around at night, weighed heavily on Claris-senpai.
Aside from the barons and viscounts, the Kingdom of Horfalt had a strong sense of chastity for so reason when it ca to the families of the counts and above.
The reason for this was very unfortunate, but Claris-senpai is avoided by n from families who could be her marriage partner, saying, “A girl who has been playing around is a bit”.
Perhaps she is aware of it, she glares at Deirdre-senpai.
“Yes! Everyone around is getting married, and I’m just alone! And yet, everyone around is so nice to that it makes even more miserable!”
Ange crossed her arms in front of Claris, who was depressed, hiding her face with both hands.
“So you’re here to complain? How about you tell what you really an?”
However, Ange was still wary of what Claris-senpai had to say.
When I was wondering why, Claris-senpai straightened her posture and showed a smile.
The depressed figure I had seen earlier was nowhere to be seen.
Noelle and Livia were surprised to see such Claris-senpai.
“Isn’t that person a little scary?”
“She’s usually a gentle senior. She’s a graduate now, though.”
Ange, who had looked over at Claris-senpai and Deirdre-senpai, responded with a fearless smile.
And I guessed the reason why Claris-senpai had co to our house.
“The Roseblade family is getting close to the Bartfalt family, so you ca all the way out here to check them out, didn’t you? Because you and Leon are not strangers to each other.”
I didn’t think the Atley family would bother to make a move for our house matchmaking.
But if Ange says so, there must be a reason.
For so reason, Claris-senpai looked at and smiled.
“That’s one of the reasons. But if the other person is that Dorothea, it will fail anyway, or has it already failed?”
When I moved my shoulders to show my reaction, Claris-senpai let out a sigh of relief and looked relieved.
“Judging by Leon-kun’s reaction, it looks like it failed. That’s a relief.”
And Claris-senpai, who reaches for the cup, is about to take a sip of the tea when Deirdre-senpai tells her.
“Ara? When did the Roseblade family fail? Onee-sama is more serious than ever.”
“Haa!?”
Claris-senpai swallowed her tea, trying to resist the urge to burst out, holding her chest, and she looked at Deirdre-senpai.
“Y-You’re kidding, right? That Dorothea’s on board?”
When Deirdre-senpai slowly gets up from her seat, she closes her fan and turns to Claris-senpai and declares.
“Even from , her sister’s point of view, I can assure you that she is serious about this. The Roseblade family is serious about getting Nix-dono.”
Stunned, Claris-senpai apparently thought that the matchmaking would fail.
But what does this an?
Noelle pinched my clothes with her fingers and tugged on them just a few tis.
“What does that an? Isn’t it supposed to be a fail?”
“I-I don’t even know what happens here”
After all the horrible things we’ve put her through, what does it an that Dorothea-san’s on board?
Luxion says to us who are confused.
[This result was also unexpected even for . Master has always betrayed my expectations in the past, but this ti, the result was diagonally downward. Unfortunately, we seem to have drawn a ridiculously low success rate.]
As a result of the diagonal downward thrust ―― it appears that Nix has won Dorothea-san’s heart.
“It’s a lie, right. How could we succeed that way?”
What excuse am I going to give Nix?
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Part 3
“Why do we succeed?”
When I was released from the tense tea party, I passed on the ssage from Dorothea-san to Nix.
As a result, Nix is holding his head.
I was also holding my head.
“I don’t know, too?! If you tell soone to be your pet with a collar, no matter how much you think about it, you usually deserve to fail! And yet, the other party ―― “
Dorothea-san’s ssage was “I want to see you again.”
I was entrusted with not only a ssage but also a very polite and long letter.
It was politely accompanied by a gift.
In addition, it also contained an apology for her rudeness in that situation.
It’s like she’s a different person than she was on matchmaking.
By the way, I heard from Deirdre-senpai that Dorothea-san ―― was like a maiden in love.
Nix closes in on , grabbing by both shoulders and rocking back and forth repeatedly.
“You said it! You told that I was an expert in failure! Why did this succeed!”
Instead of who is being shaken and wobbly, Luxion answers in an amused electronic voice.
[If the premise must not succeed, then it has failed spectacularly. That’s a Master-like result. It’s an amazing result if you’ve achieved a success that I, with my lack of information, could not have led. You have succeeded in a situation where you almost failed.]
If we wanted to succeed, it would have been very difficult even for Luxion.
It seems that I who succeeded in that situation is amazing.
It seems like a complint, but I don’t feel like I’m being complinted.
I pushed Nix away from and took my distance, adjusting my breathing as I did with my ssy hair and clothes.
“Beco a pet! There is no way you think that’s the right answer, right! Aniki also agreed with my opinion!”
“That’s true, but! I’ve sacrificed so much and worked so hard, but why the answer you chose is correct one! That’s a big mistake for !”
I thought about it for a while ―― and ca to a conclusion.
“Why don’t you just give up?”
The answer I gave him made Nix look more and more like a demon.
He jumped on and we started the first sibling fight in a long ti.
“You got it good! You’re so lucky to have such a beautiful woman with such a good personality! And yet, why am I ―― Damn iiiiit!”
For so reason, Luxion seed to be happy to see get blown away by Nix’s right fist in the cheek, is it my imagination?
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Part 4
The Roseblade family airship.
Dorothea was walking around in her room restlessly.
“Oh no, I should have brought better clothes for this. Besides, I wasn’t too particular about my hair when we first t――Doesn’t Nix-sama hate ?”
Deirdre was puzzled to see Dorothea, who had never been interested in anything, now worrying about small things.
“I think there is no problem. In the first place, didn’t onee-sama say that you didn’t understand won who cared about clothes?”
Dorothea was the one who made fun of the won who usually dressed up, saying that it was enough to be clean and sowhat neat in appearance.
And yet, now she was the very image that she hated.
Dorothea hugs Deirdre.
“Deirdre, did you deliver the letter and the gift properly? Are you sure you didn’t get a ssage from Nix-sama? P-Perhaps he hates and won’t reply?”
“Wouldn’t you like an answer right away? In the first place, why don’t you just get off the ship and tell him directly?”
“N-No! ――What if he thinks I’m a nasty woman?”
The servants around her were holding their hands and swallowing their words, “You say that!”
Deirdre was patient, and after a short pause, she continued her talk.
“I never thought that onee-sama’s ideal man would be in such a place.”
Dorothea folded her hands in a prayerful gesture and thanked the saint.
Saint ―― a woman who is said to have been closest to the god worshipped in the temple.
She is the sixth adventurer who is said to have been involved in the founding of the Kingdom of Horfalt, and has long been adored by the people as a saint.
In the Kingdom of Horfalt, founded by adventurers, she is now a goddess.
Since the saint was an adventurer, it is also popular among the nobility for having the blessing of adventure.
“Thank you, Saint. If I keep wishing, my dreams will co true. I never thought I’d finally et a wonderful man. Why didn’t I et him while I was still in school? If I had t Nix-sama, my school life would have been much more enjoyable.”
Seeing Dorothea’s cheeks dyed red, Deirdre muttered a sigh.
“It’s a relief to know that onee-sama is serious.”
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Part 5
“That was not matchmaking?”
Nix had beaten up, and I was in my room being treated by Livia with healing magic.
The pain from where I was hit is still there, but it’s a lot better than if I hadn’t done anything.
The area that had turned purple had also recovered to the point where it was now only slightly red and swollen.
While watching , Ange, who looks stunned in her chair, points out our misunderstanding.
“Yes. The Roseblade family has not officially applied for matchmaking.”
“But Dad and others!”
“If you want to apply formally, you have to go through a more complicated procedure. In this case, it’s really just a face-to-face eting. If they get along, maybe next ti.”
“Deirdre-senpai and the others were serious!”
“The other side must have been serious. If the chemistry was right, they would have made formal matchmaking or even an engagent.”
―― EEEEEH.
Did I, and even my family, mistakenly believe that we were being offered matchmaking?
Glaring at Luxion.
“Did you not even notice?”
[I could have predicted it, but since Master was working on the premise of matchmaking, there was nothing I could do. Also, I was not ordered to gather information on the noble society. I didn’t have enough information to make a judgnt, and I couldn’t be sure.]
He thought it was suspicious, but didn’t point it out because I didn’t suspect it.
“You’re not as useful as I thought.”
[No matter how good the artificial intelligence is, if there is a problem with the person handling it, it will not be able to show its full potential. It’s not a problem with my performance, but with Master’s lack of ability to use it. I demand improvent.]
He makes an appeal that he is not at fault.
“Why don’t you improve on that character of yours?”
[I’ll take that into consideration]
I stood up to grab Luxion, but Livia grabbed my arm.
“The treatnt is not over yet.”
“It doesn’t hurt anymore, so it’s okay. More importantly, I need to sanction this traitor.”
“Leon-san, don’t! Don’t move until the treatnt is finished.”
After Livia scolded , I reluctantly sat down and she resud my treatnt, and Luxion approached in a showy manner.
He ca just barely out of my reach and went out of his way to agitate .
[I’ll summarize the results. In other words, Master has encouraged your brother’s matchmaking to fail by doing sothing unnecessary. Not only his partner, but even you have made a mistake by letting your brother do sothing terrible. Do you feel a little remorse?]
“It’s not over yet. I’m sure we can turn things around from here.”
I haven’t given up yet.
When Luxion shook his one eye, saying yareyare and left the room, Ange followed.
and Livia are left alone in the room.
As Livia treated my injuries, she rembered the days when she had just entered the academy.
Seeing my injuries heal, her cheek relaxes a little and she puts on a gentle face.
“This treatnt reminds of when we were first-year students. Do you rember when I first started working with Leon-san and we took on the dungeon for the first ti?”
Back then, while I was looking for marriage, I took care of a lot of things because I was concerned about Livia’s situation.
Believing it to be the right thing to do, I even helped with unnecessary things that hindered Livia’s growth.
She was supposed to grow up to be a strong girl, but I still regret that I made her ntally fragile.
However, afterward, Livia showed that she had grown strong on her own.
I’m sure that Livia would have solved the problem on her own even if I hadn’t been there.
It’s the exact opposite of , who can’t do anything without Luxion.
“I rember. I was careless and a monster attacked and I got hurt. Shortly before that, I invited Livia to a tea party, and we started talking a lot.”
When I saw her being bullied, I couldn’t leave her alone, so I called out to her.
Thinking back now, I think that was a big turning point.
If I hadn’t called out to her there, we wouldn’t have been in this situation.
――I don’t regret it, but I think I did sothing irreparable.
Livia rembers those days and looks happy.
“I was invited to tea parties many tis. The day before the tea party, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep.”
“Is that so?”
I hadn’t expected her to react like a child who can’t sleep the day before a field trip just by attending my tea party.
“For , it was very special to be invited to a tea party. Then things happened, and I beca friends with Ange.”
The part where Livia summarized a lot of things would be the ss with Julius and the other, the five idiots.
Perhaps not wanting to talk about it, she ended it with a single word.
Even Livia’s reaction to the five idiots is cold.
Originally, those guys and Livia could have been lovers.
“Before everything happened, you weren’t close with Ange.”
“That’s right. Ange is a princess, and I never thought we’d get along like this.”
“Certainly not soone we could get close to.”
Livia grasps my right hand from above and below with both hands and then looks up at .
“It’s the sa with you, Leon-san. Back then, I never imagined we could be like this.”
I never thought I would be engaged to Livia, and I never imagined that I would be engaged to two ―― no, three people.
In the beginning, I was thinking of keeping a subtle distance while maintaining a close relationship with her because she was the protagonist of that oto ga.
Soone was going to make Livia happy, and I had no doubt that it was the right thing to do.
Looking back now, what was I doing?
Those five idiots are gonna make Livia happy? Not possible.
The five of them were beautiful and talented characters in the ga, but their current figures are so disappointing that I can’t even look at them.
Even Livia has strongly rejected the five idiots, saying, “Not with those five”.
“I didn’t see it coming, either. I was supposed to be a baron back then ―― but now I’m a marquis, what a mistake. If I told that to myself a few years ago, I never would have believed it.”
If I were to be told by myself from the future, “You will be a marquis in the future and have three wives!”, I would think it was a joke.
There are so many things that happen ―― For so reason, four of the captured targets are now my subordinates.
In addition, the prince also ca along, and it was far from unexpected that I had to take care of these idiots.
Livia rests her forehead on my shoulder.
When I felt the gentle scent and was nervous, she happily told how she felt.
“I can’t believe it either. I still think maybe this is a dream. For , Leon-san was a strong and gentle knight.”
“A gentle knight? You’re not wrong, but I’m a little more cowardly than most.”
I am aware that I have a tendency to use any ans necessary.
But that’s because I’m aware that I’m an ordinary person.
Therefore, it is only natural that I must be prepared to win.
“Etto ―― I can’t judge whether it’s a little or not.”
Livia, who sounded troubled, looked up and gave a big smile.
“To , Leon-san is still a kind and strong knight.”
For so reason, I wanted to hug her and reached out to touch Livia’s shoulder, but my body stopped moving, wondering for a mont if I should really touch her.
Then, Livia leaned in closer to .
However, Livia looked a little sad.
“So, take a rest now. Leon-san is trying too hard in many ways.”
“I think you’re being too worried. But if Livia told that, I’d just quietly obey.”
“Is it true? Are you forcing yourself?”
“I’m not going to lie to you “
If Luxion were here, he would say, [Oya? Are you lying right away?] But here is Livia.
Hearing my joking reply, Livia giggled.
“I’m not going to lie, huh? I’ll trust you now. But if you’re lying, I’ll tie you up to make sure you get so rest.”
―― I’m a little horrified, but you’re thinking of , right?
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Part 6
Luxion left the room and went out into the hallway to wait for Ange.
Ange stopped when she saw Luxion.
“Do you have a question?”
[Yes. Angelica seed to be aware of the Roseblade family’s intentions. So why didn’t you correct Master’s misunderstanding?]
“That’s right ―― “
Angel realized that it was just a face-to-face eting, but of course, the Roseblade family had other intentions.
She realized this but didn’t tell Leon anything about it.
” ―― It was a good opportunity. For so reason, Leon has low self-esteem. No, it’s too low. I was just waiting for him to realize his own self-worth at this point.”
[May the Roseblade family marry Master’s brother?]
“Even you must know that. ―― Leon was too active.”
He saved the Kingdom of Horfalt from a crisis and even defeated the Republic of Arzel, which was said to be undefeated in their defense.
He may be called a hero, but that doesn’t an everyone will be happy about it.
Naturally, there were people who wanted to get in the way, but there were also people who wanted to get close to Leon and take advantage of him.
“From now on, all kinds of people will try to get involved, even if they don’t want to. I don’t mind being vigilant, but I don’t want him to be unaware of it. ―― However, the collar thing was too much. I thought that once he screwed up and got bitter experience, he would reflect on it.”
Ange was puzzled, too, as she hadn’t expected him to have succeeded.
Luxion warned Ange.
[I will not tolerate you if you do sothing to the detrint of the Master.]
Ange smiles at Luxon’s line.
“You are fine like that. Besides, if you were aware of it, why didn’t you tell Leon about it?”
Wouldn’t Luxion have noticed?
Ange’s guess was correct.
However, Luxion did not answer clearly.
[Master needs rest]
“I agree with you, but you could have at least told him during his rest, right?”
[To reduce the extra burden]
Hearing that, Angel moved closer to Luxion and touched him in a caressing way.
“What is it?”
“You like Leon, too, don’t you.”
[It’s Angelica’s misunderstanding. Protecting the person who has registered as a Master is just one of my important duties. I don’t have any feelings of likes or dislikes as humans do.]
“You usually say you hate him, though”
Luxion, thinking that Ange was teasing him, emitted a sowhat sulking electronic voice.
[I’m just trying to match Master. Now if you’ll excuse . Also, it seems that Angelica needs to rest. Your judgnt is deteriorating.]
As Luxion quickly flies away, Ange calls out to him one last ti.
“Leon’s right, you know. You’re not being honest.”
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Part 7
When I finished treating my injuries and went outside, it was already evening.
“It’s been an intense day.”
There was a lot going on, starting with Nix’s matchmaking, and even Claris-senpai ca over to join the tense tea party for so reason.
I let out a sigh, worrying about what will happen tomorrow, and then I hear so talking.
“Today’s ojou-sama was also cool.”
“She is dignified. I wish I could be like that.”
I was curious about their happy conversation, so I went to take a peek, and there they were, a graduated senpai who I t on an air bike race, and a girl student.
The girl was younger than , maybe a junior at school?
When I show my face, senpai notices and raises his hand.
“Yo! No, you’re already a Marquis. Pardon , Marquis.”
I hurriedly urge senpai and the girl to raise their heads as they bow to .
“I’m not used to being so formal. Anyway, what were you talking about?”
When senpai and the female student raise their heads, they look at each other and then at .
Senpai scratches his head and tells with embarrassnt.
“It’s about Lady Claris”
“Claris-senpai?”
The female student was also embarrassed and twined her own arm around senpai’s arm.
“Actually, we t through the Atley family. We got to know each other through an introduction by the Atley family, and we hit it off when we talked about Lady Claris. I’ve only recently been able to help in many ways, so isn’t Lady Claris wonderful!”
When I replied to the sparkling junior with a troubled, “U-Un,” senpai snorted and leaned forward to make an impassioned speech.
“That’s right! That person has been taking good care of since I was a student, and she was also very kind. When I graduated from school, she even took care of matchmaking for . Then she introduced to a nice girl who admired a young lady. The topic of Lady Claris naturally ca up in our daily conversation. The others seem to be the sa way, though.”
“I-Is that so?”
I knew inwardly that Claris-senpai’s complaints were not all lies.
The boys around her are getting married one by one, but the one who cos up for the talk with the other party is Claris-senpai herself.
The people around her are getting excited, but it seems that the person in question doesn’t have any plans to get married.
I can’t help but feel a bit bewildered.
So I ask what’s on my mind.
“Are? By the way, you all like Claris-senpai, don’t you? Didn’t soone confess to her or sothing?”
Both senpai and the junior girl looked dubious at my question.
Then they both looked at each other and nodded their heads.
“No, I understand that there is a status difference. But still, you like her or that kind of feeling you have or sothing.”
Listening to my explanation, senpai shakes his head.
“We? We awe her. That person is not soone to whom we can direct such impure feelings. As long as Lady Claris is happy, that’s all that matters to us.”
The junior girl also put her hands on her chest and nodded deeply.
“Yes, of course. Lady Claris is a goddess to us. When my family was in trouble, it was Lady Claris who reached out to us. She’s kind but strong at the heart, and she behaves perfectly, which I admire.”
A junior girl folded her hands and talked about her mories with Claris-senpai.
――What is this treatnt?
It seems that Claris-senpai is too precious to be directed to impure emotions.
I think Claris-senpai will have a hard ti with this.
There must have been one or two boys among the seniors who were close to her, who supported her, and whom she could tolerate.
But it would be a shock in a different way if such seniors started saying that “We awe you so we don’t have impure feelings”.
In my previous life, is it more than an idol? But an idol is essentially an idol, aren’t you take her as a being to worship?
The two of them talk about how precious Claris-senpai is in front of .
The junior girl ca up to .
“More than that, what did you think of Lady Clarice, Marquis? She took extra ti to prepare for today. Did you complint her like beautiful, lovely, or adorable?”
“N-No”
As I step back, senpai quickly closes the distance between us.
“That’s no good! Please call out to her now. If the Marquis praises her, Lady Claris will be pleased. In order to et the Marquis, Lady Claris was more enthusiastic than usual in her preparations today. She is really lovely!”
I was terrified when an athletic senior used honorifics and gave a forceful lecture with bloodshot eyes.
I was totally freaked out.
“I-I will tell her later!”
As I leave this place as if to run away, I decide to tell Claris-senpai that she was beautiful today.
If I don’t tell her, I’m going to be in a lot of trouble tomorrow because I’m intimidated by the two of them.
And as I walked away from the two of them, I felt sorry for Claris-senpai.
“Surely this makes you want to complain about it?”
What’s terrible is that everyone around is praising Claris-senpai.
Even though she doesn’t want it, they are probably talking about Claris-senpai more excitedly than necessary.
Moreover, they’re all couples.
Even though she is alone, she gets angry when people around her are flirting and talking about her.
She wishes she could complain, but all around her were people who adored her.
“I’ll at least keep her company when she’s complaining”
I think I’ll let her vent her frustrations at least while she’s staying at my parents’ house.
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Part 8
On the way to the room where Claris-senpai was staying, I saw my big sister and little sister there in their plain clothes.
Two people were facing each other in the hallway, arguing about sothing.
The older sister, Jenna, looked down at the shorter sister, Finley, pointing a finger at her.
“Just be quiet!”
“Why?! She’s just a custor, right?”
“You fool. The Roseblade family and the Atley family are the most prestigious families. If you embarrass yourself, you’ll ruin my reputation as well!”
Apparently, Jenna has been telling Finley to be quiet.
Finley, who had not even attended the school, still knew about the prestigious noble family but did not really feel it.
That attitude must have seed to Jenna as if she was not feeling tense.
But I thought.
“Did you still have a reputation to lower?”
Jenna glared at as I laughed and talked to her.
“So the rumor that you were even laying a hand on Claris-san is true.”
“Ha?”
I tilt my head at Jenna’s words, and Finley gives a look of utter disgust.
“Haa?! You have two fiancées, and you cheat on them again? You’re the worst.”
Again? What do you an again?
I’m not cheating!
“Let correct a mistake. I’ve never cheated on anyone, and I have three fiancées to begin with.”
I held up three fingers in front of them and said, “Don’t mistake that part!” I emphasized strongly!
Jenna and Finley, who had been arguing earlier, huddled together and had a whispered discussion.
“Finley, you should be careful with n like this.”
“What do those ladies see in this brother that makes them like him? He’s the worst kind of scumbag. If it were , I would never choose him. They have bad taste.”
“You’re right, they all have bad taste. I wonder if the ladies have seen so many beautiful n around that they find a face like Leon’s unusual?”
“It’s an extravagant worry. Normally, I would definitely choose a beautiful boy.”
My sisters can say all they want, but I want to say it from , too.
“Even boys don’t choose you, ugly-minded girls, either. Besides, did anyone ever pick Jenna before you graduated?”
“Hmph!”
Before I could finish, Jenna took a big step and slamd her fist into my face.
Instead of slapping , she slamd her fist into .
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Part 9
“What happened to your face?”
In front of Claris-senpai’s room.
Claris-senpai, who opened the door and faced , was surprised to see the bruise on my face.
“Sotis facts hurt people, don’t they?”
I tried to explain to her that I had asked Jenna, “Did onee-sama get married before graduation?” When I think about it, this story is a minefield for Claris-senpai as well.
I’d like to give myself a complint for having been so quick to cover it up.
―― When I think about it, I’ve said too much to Jenna.
I’ll apologize later.
Sohow, I feel like I’ve been apologizing to my family a lot lately.
In my previous life and now, I’m troubling my family, aren’t I.
I’m saddened by the fact that I’ve lived longer than I look, but I haven’t grown up inside. ――Well, people don’t grow up easily on the inside, though, no matter how old they get.
Claris-senpai touches my injury.
“It would be quicker to ask Olivia-san to treat you, right.”
It seed that Claris-senpai had thought about patching up, but she didn’t want to do it because of Livia’s presence.
“This will heal in no ti.”
“Boys beco pretentious right away. Anyway, what do you need?”
Claris-senpai, who had already changed her clothes and was dressed rather roughly, I smiled and complinted her on her appearance today.
“Today, Claris-senpai looked wonderful.”
” ―― Eh?”
“I heard you spent a lot of ti on your hair and clothes. It was lovely. Well then, I’ll be taking my leave.”
When I waved my hand, Claris-senpai, who looked dazed, also gave a small wave back.
Now, I won’t have to worry about being complained about by the picky senpai tomorrow.
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