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While the head of the house is drinking and getting drunk, surrounded by idiots who are trying to gain a place in the duke’s power.

His mother is showing off her jewelry among several wives, raising his self-esteem, and his younger brother is becoming more arrogant among several ladies.

I walked around the banquet hall, avoiding people’s gaze, looking for one lady.

“Umm… … .”

The kid who killed me by dropping a flower pot on my head was one year my junior at the academy. Since you are probably 13 years old by now, you would have already made your debut in the social world. Why can’t I see it?

As I was groaning and looking around, the butler came up to me and whispered.

“Lady Charlotte. Is there anything you are looking for?”

“No, it’s okay. I have something to think about for a moment, so don’t worry about it.”

“Yes, lady.”

At my words, the butler retreated. I sat down in an empty seat nearby and looked around the inside of the banquet hall, but strangely enough, even after washing my eyes and looking again, I couldn’t see the child I was looking for.

‘Didn’t it come out?’

no… … . This banquet is held by the duke, a nobleman next to the royal family. It’s not a place where the daughter of a count family can’t come just because she doesn’t want to.

Are you sick? hmm… … . When I thought about it, there was a possibility that I was sick. I forgot that. I was so focused on tormenting Sarah that I forgot about this. I still have a long way to go.

It’s still a possibility, so it might be a good idea to look around a little more. I sighed inwardly and stood up. My ankle throbbed a little, perhaps because I had sprained it earlier, but I held it in and walked around the banquet hall.

and.

“Ha… … .”

In the corner of the banquet hall, I could find a girl with dark blue hair braided down one shoulder, sighing alone.

Yes, the Academy junior who killed me, whom I had been looking for so long. Lemina Jane Carmel de Rachel. She is the daughter of the Count Carmel family. For a mere count, the name is quite grand. Oh, did I mention that my father was a baron?

Anyway, how are you?

“Hello.”

“Ah… … . Oh, hello!”

When I greeted her with a grin, the Lady of Carmel stood up in surprise and accepted my greeting.

“Can I join you?”

“Ah, yes… … .”

By now, this kid is wondering why someone better than him is sitting next to me. Could it be that he came here to deceive himself? You must be thinking that way. It’s obvious even if you don’t look at it.

Above all, wouldn’t it be more strange not to notice that the eyes are showing a mixture of wariness and jealousy?

“Do you like the food?”

“Yes? Ah yes. I’m really enjoying it.”

“Hehe, that’s a good thing. Since you are here alone, I came here to see if there was anything uncomfortable.”

“Ah, ah… … . is that so… … .”

“Okay,” he said, covering his mouth with his fan and looking toward the center of the banquet hall. As if the time had ripened, those who had found their mates and started dancing were dancing to the music of the musicians.

“Lady Carmel.”

“Yes?”

“Do you know how to dance?”

The Lady of Carmel’s specialty is dancing. As I said, the Lady of Carmel was the one who always took the top spot in the Academy’s dance class during several regressions.

The moment I brought up the topic of dancing, an area in which I was confident, the Lady of Carmel raised the corners of her mouth and smiled.

“Yes, I am really good at dancing. The dance teacher from the royal capital also said that he had nothing to teach me and that I had to learn on my own.”

“Oh my, if you were a dance teacher in the royal capital… … . Are you talking about Mr. Flores?”

“As expected, Lady Rochelle knows! Well, Master Flores used to teach the royal orchestra, so there’s no way Lady Rochelle doesn’t know about it.”

“I can’t believe Mr. Flores said that. Lady Carmel is amazing. I still have a dance teacher because dancing isn’t really for me. Hehe, I’m a little embarrassed.”

When I said that, I felt Lady Carmel’s eyes change in an instant.

From jealousy to pity, from pity to contempt. From contempt back to laughter. It was an emotional line that changed in an instant, but it couldn’t fool my eyes, which had been trained through several regressions.

“Remina, please feel free to call me Remina.”

“Then please call me Charlotte. You can feel free to call me Charles, right?”

“Yes, Charles!”

“Hehe, I can’t believe I made a friend in a place like this. I’m happy.”

“I’m happy too!”

Really… … . Perhaps because they are still young, they are too easy to handle. He looks down on me and considers me a ‘friend’ just for showing me something worse than him.

It’s funny. If something like that could be called a friend, the nobles would consider all commoners and slaves inferior to them to be friends. Or did he fall into the ideology of the chosen people and see them as foolish idiots who should be led by him?

I’m so disgusted I’m dying.

“Ah, Charles! If it’s okay, would you like me to teach you how to dance later?”

“Remina’s lecture that taught Teacher Flores… … . I have nothing to give you, what should I do?”

“It’s okay! We are ‘friends’, right? It is absurd for friends to receive money from each other!”

“Hehe. is that so? I’m really looking forward to Ms. Remina’s teachings.”

I smiled and laughed at Lemina from behind the fan. How should I destroy this child? … . A good idea occurred to me when I saw Remina’s eyes sparkling as she talked enthusiastically about dancing.

What kind of face would you make if I took away that dance that you can proudly show off to others? Will I be jealous? Are they going to kill me like they did that time by dropping a flower pot on my head? no… … . That’s no fun.

Being able to hate someone means that your heart is not broken.

“Oh, look over there. Lord Arcien is looking for his next dance partner!”

“That’s right. Oh yeah. Miss Remina, how about you go? With Ms. Remina’s dancing skills, she will be able to steal Arsien’s heart.”

“Well, is that so?”

“Of course. Of all the ladies here, she is sure to shine the brightest.”

“That… … . Well then, I’ll come visit!”

Lemina said that and approached Arsien. The two talked for a moment, then held hands and started dancing to the music that had changed to a waltz.

As I said, there is a younger brother who has a shitty personality but a face as beautiful as a sculpt, and Remina, who is crazy jealous but has a God-given talent for dancing. It was truly dazzlingly beautiful.

Seeing the two people sparkling and receiving everyone’s attention, a good idea suddenly occurred to me.

Oh yeah. That would be nice.

“A dancer who lost her legs… … .”

If you take away a leg from someone who has nothing to boast about but dancing, what kind of face will they cry?

I chuckled behind the fan and watched the two people dancing.

Dance as much as you want, because one day you will never be able to dance again.

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In a small village far away from the duke’s house where the banquet was in full swing, a girl woke up.

The girl stood up, rubbing her eyes, and looked around, but all around her was black darkness. It’s only natural, because it’s the middle of the night here.

Scratching her cheek, the girl moved through the darkness, groping the wall, pushing the wooden plank that appeared as a door, and taking in the beautiful night sky.

The silver and red moon in the sky and the beautiful cluster of stars surrounding it could be described as beautiful in itself.

The girl, who was briefly in ecstasy at the sight of the gorgeous night sky, reflexively closed her eyes tightly and covered her face with both arms from the sudden night wind, and when she opened her eyes again. Surprised that he was wearing a mat, he looked at his hair.

“Silver… … .”

The girl’s hair was pure silver, shining even more brilliantly under the moonlight. The girl who was absentmindedly examining her hair turned around and looked at the shack she came from.

The girl was startled by the sight of the old shack, wondering how on earth she could live in a place like this. And then I was surprised again.

“I lived in a place like that, but how on earth was I able to keep my hair this color?”

The girl, who was blinking and touching her soft hair, looked up at the sky once again.

Two moons, red and silver. His silver hair… … . The girl, who had been thinking absentmindedly, looked down at her skinny hands and trembled.

It wasn’t because it was cold. It wasn’t because I was afraid. What was contained in that trembling was pure joy and astonishment.

“I really possessed the female protagonist in the game… … ?”

The girl, who slapped and pinched her own cheek in disbelief, stood there dazed and looked up at the sky as she felt a tingling pain in her cheek.

“It’s not a dream… … .”

After standing for a moment, the girl trembled and curled up.

Is it sad? Was it sad that he ended up living a life other than his own? The girl who was curled up did not get up for a while.

But, no. The girl wasn’t sad. I was so happy that I didn’t know what to do.

“Yay!! Possessed! I was possessed!! Ahahaha!”

The girl jumped up, stretched out her arms toward the sky, and cheered wholeheartedly.

The frantic girl’s cries were drowned out by the distant sound of a cow mooing and the sound of reeds brushing against each other.

Thanks to this, the girl was able to express her joy to her heart’s content until she collapsed from exhaustion.

A girl’s night illuminated by the bright moonlight, for some, a dark night painted black with their own malice, very slowly.

It slowly got deeper.