102 – Third-rate Play – 11
“Wow, I didn’t see that. He just wields violence.”
“You didn’t hit that hard? It’s tough.”
Seol-ah rubbed her forehead and made a sound of pain. If anyone sees it, they’ll think I’m a fan. I have no anger control disorder, and I have no intention of using violence against my friend over something like this. It literally just blew a light night.
Seol-ah yelled at her at my cold attitude, asking her to stop acting and explain.
“No, but originally, I had no intention of getting involved with her. I thought that if Wilhelm and I were far apart, there would be no way to approach us anyway. I had no intention of getting close to the imperial family. I never thought that that perverted stalker would be so sloppy.”
“That’s right.”
I don’t even have the desire to get close to the insidious royal family. As my position is my position, I will have occasional face-to-face encounters, but I want to keep personal and private interactions to zero. Besides, I hadn’t thought of Wilhelm getting soggy. I could never have imagined that a country’s crown prince and his own protagonist would make a shady attack like this on the subject who ran away on a leave of absence because he had no face.
After listening to the story, it was fortunate that Seol-ah was a complete idiot and didn’t tell me important things.
“I’m glad. If I really forgot, I would seriously reconsider my alliance with you.”
“… Really?”
“Just kidding. Did I look cold-blooded enough to end the relationship just because I was a bit brainy?”
Seol-ah swept her chest as if she was relieved. Then she took the initiative, perhaps noticing the oddly incompetent evaluation of her in me.
“Do you have any other questions?”
She’d rather be fooled by the fact that she’s obviously fooling herself. It seems like she’s doing a bad job of removing that label, but she had quite a few questions to ask anyway, so she decided to just fool around. Besides, there were not just one or two things I was curious about from her remarks earlier.
“Come to think of it, if it’s Wilhelm’s brother, shouldn’t he come next year? What do you mean by coming next semester at the earliest?”
“You can just transfer. In the first place, the biggest purpose of the academy is not academic achievement. The justification is to nurture talented people who will lead the empire in the future, but in fact, the academy was created by the imperial family to keep their children hostage so that local aristocrats should not have other thoughts. It’s changed a lot now, so even if it doesn’t mean much, the important thing is that the root was political.”
It was the first time I had heard of it. There must have been a reason why all nobles were forced to enter the school. I had been thinking that it was simply the writer’s expediency setting. Or really, it was originally a convenience-oriented setting by the writer, but in the process of turning into reality, a reasonable reason was born.
“Anyway! So, being only a year younger is not a big problem. Besides, coming next semester is my expectation to the last. In the original work, she enters as a freshman next year according to her age, but I don’t think the princess I read about in the book would ever want to miss this opportunity.”
“A chance?”
“Think about it. It wasn’t until the academy that rumors spread, but probably everyone who knew why Wilhelm took a leave of absence would know. There’s no way the princess doesn’t know her. The prince was humiliated at her academy and took a leave of absence. Besides, this is just our speculation, but seeing that Lisa was beaten up, she must be messing around quite a bit in the palace. So, it turned out that you were the one who was quite involved in Wilhelm’s leave of absence. Is there anyone who doesn’t know that you and Wilhelm were at odds in the first place?”
Seola pointed at me with her finger.
“The heir to the next grand duke’s family who is not on good terms with the crown prince. The skills and the family are great. If you were the princess, wouldn’t I want to hold hands with you?”
“So you’re going to act right away?”
“According to what I saw in the book, almost certainly. Well, it’s a character with an amazing acting ability. Ambitious enough to be ready to seize the opportunity whenever it comes.”
She’s Wilhelm’s younger sister, and her acting skills are amazing. Come on, she really hates being hooked up. She just wanted to live as a stranger without ever knowing her life. Now that I see it, Seol-ah is wise. Her stock price skyrocketed in me.
“Thinking about it, I think it was rather a good thing that you didn’t tell me. In that sense, can’t we just go without getting involved with that friend as much as possible?”
At her earnest request, Seol-ah shook her head with her sad expression. She knew No matter how much I run away from reality, they probably won’t leave me alone. It might be better to just resign. Disappointment is caused by expectations. The sooner you give up, the easier it is. Just ask another question.
“Lastly, what does that Wilhelm side final boss mean? Doesn’t Wilhelm’s ‘side’ mean that there is such an existence on my side as well?”
If such a reactionary character exists on Mikhail’s side, doesn’t it mean that there are people around me who will stand in opposition to Lily? However, at least among the acquaintances in my head, there was no person who would play such a role. In the beginning, the circle of acquaintances was extremely narrow. If I had to pick one, it would be the Grand Duchess, but honestly, I can’t imagine that person confronting others.
However, the person who came out of Seol-ah’s mouth was completely unexpected.
“Selene, you know?”
“Huh? Who?”
“Celene.”
I recalled her name from her vague memory. Apparently, the maid I saw as soon as I first opened my eyes was Selene. She is the one who followed me until the end when I came to her academy, and she is the one who helped me a lot when I was lost in this world and confused.
For me, she is a person who definitely falls into the ally category. It would not be an exaggeration to say that an ally is a benefactor. She laughed helplessly as if she had read my puzzled expression.
“Well, to be honest, the story of Mikhail’s part was completely destroyed because the writer put too much effort into Wilhelm’s part. Thanks, it’s a bit rough. At least, Selene is the only person who opposes Lily. To be honest, just because he fights with Lily doesn’t mean he’s a bad person. Lily is a bad b*tch.”
“Yes. It’s just that Lily is a bad b*tch.”
“It’s kind of like hearing such stories from other people’s mouths.”
I heard that the young master he served is going to be the second husband of some sly woman. Although originally Mikhail was not a very sociable personality, it was not so strange considering that it was Selene’s expression of loyalty. Even if it’s like me right now, even if the mistress of the family hears rumors, she would hate it if she turned into a sly woman. When I think about it like this, I really don’t have any loyalists. It’s only been a week since I went home, but I have to do well.
“Well, that’s right. Conflicts with Selene and Lily are also because we can’t have our precious youngster become the second husband of such a foxy woman.”
No matter how you look at it, Selene is the main character and Lily is the villain. Isn’t that a picture you’ve seen a lot? Mikhail This foolish bastard seems to be blinded by women, so he cuts off loyalists and disgraces the family’s name.
“To be more precise, the final boss on Mikhail’s side was the eyes of Selene and society. Although nominally monogamous, it is not common for a woman to have a mistress, unlike men who secretly have concubines. Shall we say that the process of making polygamy possible is itself a boss? So she didn’t say anything. As long as I’m distant from Wilhelm in the first place, there won’t be any problems between the two of them.”
“You also had a plan.”
“Of course not!”
Though it’s a bit clumsy. However, seeing her showing her breasts so confidently, I decided to just swallow the afterwords.
As I was still looking at Seol-ah’s smiling face like that, I suddenly realized one fact.
“No, wait a minute. After all, there are no immediate plans.”
“Is that so?”
In the end, if you put her words together, there will be no problem on my side, and I need the help of the princess to completely destroy Wilhelm, who is bothering me. It means that I will increase my hand by doing so.
If you think about it carefully, in the end, we don’t actively do anything, and in the end, isn’t it a strategy to ‘do it’ for the princess? No, this is not an operation.
That’s right. There’s no way that the person who scratched the psychopath prince to slow down the development of the novel could have the ability to come up with a plausible plan. I put my hand on my face and sighed. She was furious that she had read something in my gestures.
“Why, what!”
“No, just…. No.”
“Annoying.”
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“Honey.”
“… Great.”
The next morning, the Count seemed to be contemplating how to talk to me. That’s right, it would be quite itchy to say thank you and say sorry after you’ve behaved so coldly. I can understand. It would be difficult to get the words out if you think about each other’s position. Besides, there was also a thank-you note at the site yesterday, so there was no particular complaint about this situation.
But the count’s family didn’t seem to think so. They thanked me to the point of being burdensome in the morning, and soon began poking the Count in the side.
It would be fun to watch the prospective artisan get into trouble without being able to do this or that, but that’s the end of the story. In the end, what was the reason Hestia was held by me in such an urgent situation? It’s not meant to be selfish, it’s to improve the relationship between me and the count. If you don’t put your hand out at this time, when will you?
“Me, Father. Do you have some time after dinner?”
“Uh, huh? Yes, there is No.”
The Count urgently responded to my offer. At first glance, his face was filled with relief and gratitude towards me.
After a simple breakfast, I headed to the Count’s personal study as he guided me. It was the same situation as a few days ago, but each other’s position was surprisingly different.
The thick door of the study was closed and the Count slumped down in his seat. He let out a deep sigh as if tired.
“Thank you.”
“It was natural.”
“No, not that, the work at dinner earlier. Anyway, I’m not a great person with a thick face to the point of just saying thank you and moving on.”
He seemed more comfortable than before since they were together. It is clear that he has no eyes to see, so he is speechless. What is middle-aged self-esteem?
The count cleared his throat for a moment, then bowed his head to me.
“Kuhmm…. I’ll apologize first. I’m sorry you must have been quite offended by my attitude.”
“No, why are you like this? If this is the case, I’m rather uncomfortable. Raise your head.”
The count kept his head bowed to me in the same position for a long time despite my dissuade. After a while, he raised his head and smiled bitterly.
“Did you think he was a great man who couldn’t even apologize properly because he was too careful?”
I barely endured the fact that I almost heard a sudden death. What is this guy, is he using mind reading?
“I can tell just by looking at your expression.”
“No. How could I….”
“As I get older and have more to lose, it is difficult to admit my faults now. It’s just being stubborn. Even though I knew it, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. It’s pathetic.”
He looked at me and put on a bitter expression, as if he had many thoughts. The Count’s complaint continued.
“So is your job. I’ve been doing people-watching all my life, and I’ve had success with it. Of course, I was confident in people’s eyes. Do you know what I felt while doing this? People don’t change anytime soon. So I stuck my first impression of you in my head and never thought to fix it. It’s embarrassing.”
This story, to be honest, stings me a bit. Father, there is no problem in your eyes to see people. It’s not that the person has changed, it’s that the personality has changed. But I couldn’t confess this to him, so I just laughed it off.
“Well, as I get older, I become sentimental for no reason. Okay, this time I’d like to tell a more developmental story. When are you planning to have dinner?”
“Yes? Expression means….”
“Of course it’s a wedding. First of all, I’m thinking about right after graduation, but if you feel a bit burdened, it’s okay to postpone it. In the end, what’s important is the two’s will.”
“No, the story is too fast….”
“Are you saying you don’t want to quickly marry our Hestia?!”
There is a certain degree to flipping the palm of your hand, even just a few days ago, it would be difficult for someone who, just a few days ago, to say that he did not want to acknowledge a son-in-law like you, would suddenly do this.
Still, one encouraging fact is that I certainly made a good impression on the Count.
In Hestia’s initial plan, there was a little, no, a lot of deviation, but in the end, the main idea of helping Hestia in danger and earning the count’s trust remains the same. The third-rate play, written and starring Hestia, ended successfully. Even if it’s a third-rate play, wouldn’t it be okay if the audience was satisfied and gave a standing ovation?
“I don’t mean that….”
“Then what does that mean!”
It seems that one of the audience was a little too immersed in the play.
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