“Young Master, are you ready?”
“Yes, Kania.”
One day after I broke up with Serena, the day came when my birthday party was held.
Of course, I don’t really like going to birthday parties, so what can I do? It’s a birthday party hosted by the imperial family.
“I have a wagon ready outside. Let’s go.”
“Yes, thank you as always.”
Still, at least I’m glad there’s a stakeholder at this birthday party. Even with just the two of us, Kania and Serena, the pretentious and terrible time would be able to endure to some extent.
“Frey, are you going to the birthday party?”
“Oh, Irina.”
As I came out of the room with that thought in mind, Irina, who was waiting for me outside, asked me a question.
“Yeah, I guess I’m the main character of the party.”
“Is it okay if I don’t accompany you? There’s no such thing as an assassin anymore, is there?”
Judging by Irina’s attitude, I think I’m quite worried. Well, since the events that happened after she became on the same side as me are incidents, it seems like it has no choice but to do so.
“You don’t have to worry too much. Kania followed suit, and you got a new ability to increase health recovery.”
“still…”
“It’s okay, so I’m taking a break here for a while, and I’ll take care of Lulu’s condition as well.”
After hearing my words, Irina quietly nodded her head. Seeing her like that, I asked a question that came to mind.
“Oh, come to think of it, where did you say you went to while we were away?”
“…Yeah, I’ve got some pretty important stuff to do. I think I’ll be out of the house for a while.”
Irina hardened her expression at my question and quietly nodded her head. Looking at it, I don’t know what it is, but it seems to be quite important.
“Okay. I don’t know what’s going on, but I hope it goes well.”
So I tapped her on the shoulder and gave her encouragement, and soon I started going down the stairs with Kania.
“What is it, Lulu? Did you come out and wait?”
“Yes, yes…”
When we got to the lobby, Lulu was crouching and waiting for me and Kania.
“Today, you are officially accompanying me to my birthday party as a ‘user’. You know that well, right?”
“yes…”
“Of course, the real reason you’re going… is to brag to my shadow friends.”
Hearing that, Lulu began to look frightened.
“You don’t have to be so afraid. They also have pets like you.”
“Well, that means…”
“Yeah, it’s fashionable among the aristocrats to keep people as pets these days. Especially my friends love it.”
Saying that and smiling, Lulu began to look at me with a cold expression. Judging from that, it seems that I am successfully hated by her.
‘Damn bastards… Why do you want to have a secret meeting even at my birthday party?’
As I left the house with that thought in mind, I sighed and fell into thoughts.
Originally, the operation related to my ‘shadow friends’ was to be carried out in secret by inviting them to my house separately.
But, when they heard that I had finally got a pet, they were so excited.
That’s why I couldn’t help but get a headache when I heard that they were going to bring so-called ‘pets’ servants to my birthday party.
‘But… at least I can get things done quickly.’
The good news is that, since the guys gathered themselves, there was no need to coordinate the time and invite them all at once.
So, at today’s birthday party, I must make my plan a success.
“Hey… Frey, I have a question.”
“Questions?”
As I was thinking about it, Lulu, who was looking at me with trembling eyes, suddenly asked a question.
“Maybe… where are you sick?”
“What?”
As he tilted his head at the unintelligible sound, Lulu spoke up urgently.
“Oh no… you just look a little tired.”
Having said that, I gently stroked Lulu’s head, who looked at me, and replied with a smile.
“You already know how to worry about your owner, and have you fully adapted to your pet?”
“Yes? Oh, yes…”
“Yeah, just keep doing that. And I’m fine, so don’t worry about anything.”
Having said that, I carefully climbed onto the waiting carriage and muttered silently to myself.
‘Even if it’s close… it’s worth it.’
Given that Lulu hasn’t had any major misfortunes lately, it seems that her stigma is getting weaker.
Of course, thanks to that, Lulu doesn’t appear to be unhappy and seems to be quite anxious. To the point of asking me how to say hello because I can’t keep looking for misfortune.
She’s never been loved for this long, so she doesn’t even know that her stigma is weakening, but she’ll probably get used to it.
“Well then, let’s go!”
With that thought in mind, the coachman announced the departure with a loud voice.
“Come here, Lulu.”
“Yes, yes…”
After a while, I looked at the scenery outside, which was rushing by, and I called Lulu, who was sitting opposite me, to my side.
“Are you sleepy? Get some sleep.”
“Ah? Ah…”
I lay her on my lap and gently stroke her, who has been dozing off since a while ago.
“Hmm…”
Then, Lulu, who had a bewildered expression at first, quickly closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Besides, seeing him even drooling, he must have been quite tired…
“Umm…”
“…Eh?”
Upon closer inspection, it was not the sound Lulu was making, but the sound Kania, who was close to me, was sleeping.
“…well, Kania must be tired, too.”
Since she is the one who takes on the duke’s work with me, she must be tired. So, I guess I’ll have to give her some rest before going to the birthday party.
– Ugh…
With that thought, I grabbed Kania, who was nodding, and made her lean on my shoulder.
“Umm…”
After a while, seeing her start to smile, it seems like a good job.
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“Fray Raon Starlight, who is the first son of the temporary head of the Starlight Dukes and the main character of this birthday party, is here!”
‘It’s too long…’
As soon as I arrived at the ballroom prepared by the imperial family, the waitress, who was waiting, loudly announces my arrival.
Then, the noisy ballroom became quiet for a moment.
“Uh, uh…”
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Eventually, people’s eyes focused, and Lulu, who was next to me, started making a sick sound. Apparently, people’s gazes are too burdensome.
“What are you doing? Lulu. Don’t come in.”
“Ah… yes.”
But to me, it’s just a familiar sight. Because, in a good way or in a bad way, I always attract a lot of people’s attention.
“”……..””
But today is different from usual.
It’s because the nobles don’t flock to me like the prom last time, they just sit quietly and search for me.
Actually, there are so many things I have done in the past three months that I have no choice but to do so.
Rumors that he was the real culprit in the raid on the commoners’ dormitory, that he was behind the sacred undead knight incident, and that he was an aide to the Demon King.
Of course, they are all wrong, but no… Except for the last part, they are all wrong, but in the world they are all accepted as established facts.
Therefore, no matter how powerful and wealthy a country may be, nobles who think everything arithmetically will want to keep their distance.
Probably, half of the people here wouldn’t even show their faces if the ‘Imperial’ had not personally hosted my birthday.
“Fray! How are you?”
“…Well?”
As I was thinking about it, someone tapped my shoulder and spoke in a friendly voice.
“Oh, it’s you.”
Someone told me, it was one of my trash friends.
“Follow me. I’ve reserved a seat in the room over there.”
“Have everyone gathered?”
“Yes, of course. Frey-nim has finally got a pet, so of course everyone should gather, right?”
Saying that, he started leading me to the corner room.
“By the way, why don’t you come to the shadow meeting often these days? Without Frey-nim, the meeting became very boring.”
We leave Kania on hold for a while and follow him with Lulu, but he asks a question with a sad expression on his face.
“Sorry, I have a lot of work these days.”
“I thought Frey-sama abandoned us because we didn’t come here because of a lot of work.
I answered with a casual expression on my face, and he answered while looking at Lulu, who was crouching next to me.
“By the way, I don’t think it’ll be that long. I’m the main character of this party no matter what I do.”
“The time has come yet, and not all of the invited guests have arrived, so there will be an hour or two to spare. So, in the meantime, play with us.”
“…ha.”
Judging from what you are saying, it seems that my trash friends have been thoroughly prepared.
After all, all of the members of the group are noble children, but at the same time, they are garbage that cannot be recycled.
Maybe they have shame in their appearance, or they are the ones who take pleasure in hiding in my notoriety and committing evil without knowing it.
“I think, here you’ll have plenty of fun before the birthday party kicks off in earnest!”
“Oh.”
As I continued walking with that thought in mind, the guy in front of me pointed to a room and said:
Looking at the soundproofing magic and the undetectable, it seems that they are well prepared.
– Profit…
When I carefully followed the guy who opened the door and entered the room, the gang, who were sitting around the sofa and chairs, chatting, shut their mouths all at once and started looking at me.
“Long time no see.”
In such silence, as they muttered softly in a calm voice, their expressions began to brighten.
“Fray! Where have you been, are you here now?”
“Since you’ve been truant for several months, should you drink punishment? Come here.”
“Look! I told you Frey couldn’t leave us! I told you that, but you can’t believe it…”
After a while, they started chattering while looking at me at the same time, no matter who came first.
“Uh, uh…”
And Lulu, who was watching the scene, froze with a blue tired face.
Because, next to them, there were a bunch of wretched women sitting with dead eyes.
Of course, since it was covered with a phantom magic scroll that must have been applied with money, it would appear intact to ordinary people’s eyes.
However, I am gathering the mana of the stars and looking through the illusions hanging on the women.
“I, that… the hell…”
And Lulu is also able to see through illusions.
The reason she was able to enter Class A because she was weak and talented was because her innate ‘magic eye’ could see through the illusion.
“For Frey-nim, we even used expensive scrolls to disguise our pets as users. Pets are inevitable in our party.”
“…Yeah, not like that.”
As I look around the women with dead eyes with a casual expression, the garbage guy next to me speaks with a smirk.
I answered the guy, holding back the anger that was boiling inside me, and I started looking at the women one by one again.
‘…it’s serious’
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Even though those guys call the girls behind them ‘pets’, they’re all doing terrible things to say the least.
There are bruises and scars all over his body, especially his face, his eyes are lifeless and dead, and his clothes are loose.
And the most upsetting thing is that most of those women are young girls of the age of Lulu.
“…Hyah, Frey-nim. Where did you get these high-quality items?”
While quietly clenching fists and looking at the girls with dead eyes, someone approached Lulu and asked a question.
“Hey!”
Then, Lulu was disgusted and backed away.
“Gee, my pet isn’t quite ready for this yet.”
Gently stroking her hair, I looked around at everyone and said in a low voice.
“So, by the way, I want my pet to play with yours for a while.”
Then, the guys started to make vague expressions.
“Then go all out.”
When I told them with a smile, everyone in the room started looking at me with a bewildered expression.
“Except pets.”
Receiving such gazes, I added words with a calm expression.
“It’s been a while, so I have to pull the mulberry.”
For some reason, it seems like my rumors will increase by one more after today.
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“”Happy birthday, Frey.””
The full-bodied girls standing in a line in front of me all fell flat on the floor in unison.
“Yes, yes.”
And I’m sitting in an armchair, holding a wine glass in one hand and looking down at them with a proud look.
“Um… it’s not fun like this.”
After being served by Lulu, who had been shaking for a while, I smiled and opened my mouth.
“I want to see your broken faces… Let me draw some fantasies for a while.”
As I said that while taking a sip of wine, the girls all at once began to look embarrassed.
– Cheeky!
But I didn’t care and tore the scroll that was shining brightly in the middle of the room.
– Smart!
And at that moment, someone started knocking on the door.
“Stay still.”
Then, the girls who returned to their full body looked startled and tried to get up hurriedly, but I gave them a cold voice.
“Come in.”
Then, when I gave the permission to enter, the locked door slowly opened.
“Fray, long time no see…”
Then the first princess, who came in with a smile, opened her mouth and began to look at the scene inside.
“Hello, Princess. But what’s going on?”
After drinking the wine once more, when she crossed her legs and asked the princess a question in a relaxed voice, she blushed and opened her mouth.
“Ah, I’ve got to talk to you with Clana for a while…”
As the first princess who had said so entered the room, Clana, who had been hidden behind her, appeared.
“Oh My God…..”
Clana, who was astonished to see the terrible situation unfolding in the room, immediately started walking towards me with a disgusted expression on her face.
“Fray, you really are…”
I was preparing to scoff at her with a cold voice, but suddenly Clana, who was approaching me, stood still.
“what?”
After a while, the act of her shaking and trembling had no choice but to embarrass me, who had perfected my plan for the day.
“ah…”
It was because a single tear was flowing from Clana’s eyes, who had been staring at me blankly.
what?
Okay, this is pretty awkward.