Chapter 10 The Empress’s Perspective (4)
Lunch hour.
Quinnier de Viet was heading to the restaurant, listening to her friend Anne.
“Queenie, did you hear that too? The 3rd Princess has transferred to another school.”
“What are you rudely, the 3rd Princess? Then what do you do when you hear it?”
“Hey, where’s your identity in Constell?”
That’s it though.
Although Quinnier thought Anne’s words were true theories, he was realizing in real time that human affairs were not like that.
Aten Terst.
As soon as she heard the news of her transfer, the surrounding students were in an uproar.
How to approach it, what kind of gift to give, what to invite to dinner after school, etc.
The third graders who should be examples of Constell were added.
‘Well, I understand the heart.’
In fact, even Queenie herself is naturally looking for a way to approach Aten Terst.
As a merchant, he knows the value of personal connections better than anyone.
It’s a connection with the royal family, so even if it doesn’t go well, it’s something you should try.
So I talked to Anne and arrived at the restaurant.
“… … Eh?”
“her?”
The two looked at the scene of the restaurant from a distance.
A very unusual landscape was unfolding before their eyes.
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No, it was a sight I had never seen before, to the extent that such expressions were insufficient.Anne asked with a fuss.
“I, that’s a Frontier, isn’t it?”
“… … yes, yes?”
Frontier was sitting in front of a table.
There was nobody around.
Well, Frontier has a bad reputation, so that’s no surprise.
… … There was only one person sitting right next to him.
“It’s over there. Queenie.”
“yes.”
“I’ve only heard of it, but I haven’t actually seen it. Queenie.”
“yes.”
“Aten-sama said he was white from head to toe, didn’t he? Hair, eyebrows, eyes, even skin.”
“… … yes.”
The two looked at the woman sitting next to Frontier again.
“… … Then, is that Aten-sama?”
* * *
tired.
It’s not even been in battle, but it’s been a long time since I’ve felt this tired.
I was eating while feeling the eyes pouring down on everyone.
… … I don’t know what it tastes like.
I glanced to the side.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Aten is sitting next to me.
When I was in the classroom, Aten sat still in the seat next to me even after lunchtime.
Then when I got up, he got up, and when I walked, he followed.
Then he came to the restaurant and sat next to me.
With your back upright, in a perfect posture as if drawn in a painting.
It must be one of the etiquettes thoroughly taught in the imperial family.
… … However.
“Aten.”
“yes.”
“Aren’t you eating rice?”
I can’t eat rice with that posture.
Aten listened to me and stayed still for a while, no, after being dazed, he opened his eyes as if he had suddenly realized.
“okay. You have to eat.”
“… … No, you don’t have to.”
You don’t have to, but you put rice on the plate. with your hand
Aten listened to me and then started eating.
It must have been that I entered the command to eat.
what is a robot
If you look at the face that is eating quietly like that, it is the ‘Snow Nyeo’ that is often compared to itself.
Cold and seemingly merciless, yet beautiful without a single blemish.
A cold beauty that radiates that beauty because no one is allowed to approach it.
‘If you know why you are doing this to me, you will feel a little more at ease.’
Wasn’t Philly sent to get information about Dragon Heart from me?
Then, isn’t it the right thing to ask me secretly just because I’m kind to you?
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Not talking to me, not trying to do anything.It just keeps following me.
It’s like they’re spying on me.
What is this, are you bothering me?
A new trick of the Aktober bastards?
“what… … ? Frontier?”
Then I heard a familiar voice.
When he raised his head, Cybel stood there with a puzzled face.
Cybel, you’re here!
The savior has come down!
“uh? Aten Terst? uh? Frontier, when are you with Aten? … .”
“It’s not about what I did.”
I don’t know why either.
Even in our conversation, Aten focused only on eating.
Cybel tilted her head slightly to say hello.
“Uh, um, Atten Terst? hello.”
Cybel’s gestures and facial expressions arouse a liking to all people of all ages.
Receiving that greeting, Aten put down the spoon and wiped her mouth with a napkin.
Aten said in a voice as cold as ice.
“It is true that my name is Aten Terst, but you may be mistaken.”
Oh, if you do it like this, you definitely look like a snow girl.
The image I saw in the game is still maintained.
Can you see the scene where he ignores Cybel with his imperial, overbearing tone, cold voice and attitude?
“Tea, are you mistaken?”
“I’m just a freshman who just transferred, so the name ‘sir’ doesn’t really suit me.”
“… … uh, yes?”
“Just call me comfortably. I’ve heard that Constell doesn’t respect the ranks.”
Cybel was dumbfounded by Aten’s words.
But I was dumbfounded as well.
Soon, Cybel smiled broadly and approached Aten and the street.
“Wow, Aten is kind! I was worried that it might get cold!”
“Um, is that so?”
A Cybel that instantly hits the highest affinity level.
Aten who accepts such a cybel comfortably.
Seeing them both, I clasped my face from the side and despaired.
what’s this.
Is this that Atten Terst?
Where did that cold Atten show when playing as Aster?
“Then, Aten, did you come here right after you transferred? So where do you sleep?”
“As of yesterday, we have set up a mansion nearby.”
“Then you don’t know what’s here?”
“Yeah, I did get an explanation from my personal assistant once.”
“Then why don’t you go shopping with me after school? I will guide you all the way!”
… … Although the conversation is connected, it was truly a conversation between the rich and the common people.
The content is understandable, but the scale is not.
“Um, I’m sorry, but shopping seems to be difficult.”
yes it is
Still, I wouldn’t go shopping with a girl I’ve never met for the first time.
But while saying that, Aten was looking at me.
… … What you looking at.
“Because I will accompany Mr. Frontier after school.”
“… … yes?”
I heard a strange noise and asked that question without realizing it.
Cybel looked at me with her mouth open.
“Wow, Frontier. Are you great?”
“What did you mean?”
Wrong by any means are you?
‘No, this is not the time to talk to him.’
I came to my senses and said to Aten.
“No, what are you talking about, Aten-sama? Do you mean that you will follow me after school?”
At my words, Aten put the napkin in and sighed.
“Mr. Frontier, that’s not it.”
Oh too?
Aren’t you always following me after school?
As if living up to my expectations, Aten spoke softly.
“As I said before, I’m just a first year student at Constell, so I don’t need to add ‘nim’.”
“hey!”
“However, it’s rare to be called by such a name all of a sudden.”
Why can’t the conversation work?!
* * *
-Aster, beware of the Frontier de Roach.
Aster was deep in thought.
Baldur’s horse in the sanctuary.
‘What do you mean?’
Aster is not swayed by rumors and reputation.
I tend to trust my own eyes and ears more.
That judgment was never wrong.
Frontier did the same.
‘Human Sloth’ Whatever it is, we actually met and chatted a few times, and as we explored the dungeon together, I knew enough about his qualities.
Frontier is a real human being.
At least, it wasn’t enough to give him the humiliating nickname “Human Sloth”.
‘I’ve seen far more laziness than that, people pretending to be sincere, and people who gossip about incompetent subjects.’
Aster was one of Constell’s most highly valued Frontiers.
Because of this, Baldur’s words were not easily understood.
However, it was not possible to pass on the words of Baldur, the master of divine power.
‘To beware of Frontier simply means that Frontier is my enemy.’
But Frontier has only helped.
From the fake Mystyltain case to dungeon exploration.
The dungeon actually recommended to accompany him in return for the Mistiltein incident, but it made Frontier suffer more.
In the meantime, even saving Cybel.
‘If Frontier is my enemy, why?’
Intentionally?
to deceive me?
If not, should I not believe in God?
Aster bit his lower lip.
Aster is strong enough without Baldur’s divine power.
However, he is well aware of how great a blessing it is to have received the power of Baldur himself.
A world where God exists.
How heavy it is to not believe in God’s words, Aster was fully aware of it.
“Aster, Aster.”
Aster stopped thinking about the voice calling him.
In front of me, my classmate, Lunia Freecell, was serving ice cream.
“Choco?”
“… … Uh, yes.”
Aster, who didn’t care about anything, inadvertently received ice cream.
Luni asked while eating strawberry ice cream.
“What do you think?”
“Um, Lunia, what do you think of Frontier?”
“Ugh, Frontier again. Just talk to him these days. Did you forget that you came here because of him?”
Yes.
The beginning was when Cybel Forte obtained a ticket to a lower level dungeon.
At the time, Cybel named Aster, and Aster named Frontier.
“If you didn’t, I could have gone to the dungeon with you!”
“That’s why you followed me shopping like this as an apology. And the dungeon reward was nothing.”
The only meaningful thing was the sanctuary, but only those with credibility can benefit from it.
Lunia is out of the discussion due to lack of credibility.
However, Luni didn’t like it, so she raised her eyebrows while biting the ice cream.
“Ouch! Idiot! Compensation is not an issue! I don’t notice.”
“… … okay?”
‘Then, are you saying it’s a pity that you haven’t experienced battles in dungeons or disarming traps?’
Aster was thinking like that.
It was definitely the idea of a game protagonist.
“So, again, what do you think of Frontier?”
“… … You are great too.”
Lunia looked at Aster as if it was ridiculous, and then sighed.
Lunia raised one eye as if thinking about it and said.
“Well, I have never met him in person, so I can’t say anything. According to the reputation, it’s a disappointment, otherwise it’s just okay. Between minus and breadwinner?”
“It’s very salty.”
“Lazy and incompetent. He also said that he believes in that because he is a noble nobleman.”
Lunia is Aster’s childhood friend.
A person who becomes a heroine with a very high probability.
That’s why he’s the person who talks the most with Aster.
I heard a lot from Aster about Frontier.
He is a man different from the reputation.
A decent man who has a sense of responsibility and consideration, and doesn’t leave injured people alone.
‘I’ve heard it, but you have to believe half of what Aster says.’
Ronia knows Aster well.
Aster is so nice.
He prides himself on having eyes that see people, but Aster has not yet met a real villain.
‘After all, Aster should be by my side,’
When Luni thought that far.
She stopped walking when she saw the scene in front of her.
I stopped thinking.
Because it was a very bizarre sight.
“… … Aster, I was just talking about his appearance.”
“yes?”
“Is that white man, Atten Terst?”
“… … What?”
Then Aster looked ahead.
There was Aten walking across the street in pure white.
and next to it,
“… … Frontier?”
“Eh? He?!”
Lunia was surprised by Aster’s murmuring and asked.
That guy walking next to Aten is Frontier?
That sleepy face?
As rumored!
‘Besides, Atten-nim is chasing after him.’
What’s wrong with that?
“yes?”
Then Frontier looked over here.
He found Aster and raised his hand.
“Hey, Aster.”
Lunia was a little embarrassed by that innocent attitude.
I didn’t know because I only heard about it, but it seems that Aster and I became really close.
“Frondie. Beside, no, who’s behind you?”
“Oh, you can see.”
The moment Frontier was about to introduce Aten, his hand stopped.
It was because of Aten’s cold face.
“… … Aten?”
Frontier called her, but Aten didn’t answer.
Her cold eyes were facing Aster.
It was then that Frontier remembered.
what you already knew.
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Nothing has changed.Just the fact that his ‘viewpoint’ was wrong.
──When you play as Aster and face Aten for the first time.
She always meets her cold eyes.