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Claire had mixed feelings after sending Flora off in the carriage.

For Flora to react like that, it definitely means that something happened here.

It is said that this incident caused Karsein pain, so it cannot be anything but a serious matter.

Flora already knows that she did wrong to Carcein.

I couldn’t really give any advice because it wasn’t anyone else’s business, but it’s highly likely that he had something to say to Karssein.

That would be the villa of Viscount Gelgeten.

“…But the reality is that the two people are leaving separately?”

When she got off the carriage, Karsein was no longer visible.

The duke’s family has only one carriage.

You can see that Flora and Carcein came in the same carriage.

But one horse in the stable was empty.

Karsein had already chosen to ride a horse and walk alone.

Flora cries and says that she hurt Karssein.

Rather than returning with Flora in the carriage, Carcein rode away alone.

It was reasonable to assume that some kind of incident occurred at the villa to produce these results.

“I have to go. You have to go to know what.”

Since I didn’t want my two younger brothers to fall out like this, I had to figure out something from the nobles attending the tea party.

There was no invitation, but as the family of the two younger brothers, I could probably ask a few questions.

The tea ceremony venue was not far away.

This was because the voices of the nobles were reaching far enough that there was no need to look for them.

“That’s strange. Lady Flora ate nothing.”

“So you’re saying it’s because of Carcein?”

“That would be reasonable. Of course, it’s because you weren’t satisfied, right?”

“No. Then you don’t have to explain why you left. The fact that I didn’t eat it is the same. If you ate something and left, I would at least understand.”

“So, what happened that made Lady Flora─”

“Hey, hey… everyone? Just a moment.”

“What happened… Ugh!”

As soon as Claire entered, the noisy tea party suddenly became quiet.

Another Bagland.

Her presence alone made the nobles tense.

“K, what is Lady Claire doing here…?”

Pitea asked, breaking into a cold sweat.

“It’s not a big deal. Here, my two younger brothers. So, Carcein and Flora attended, right?”

gulp.

The nobles in the venue collectively swallowed their saliva.

“Yes, yes… that’s right.”

“Can you tell me a little about what happened between the two of you at this tea party?”

Claire asked that question, but no one could readily answer.

“Why isn’t everyone saying anything?”

“Yes? Ah, that’s…”

It was a sensitive issue for everyone.

For them, Carcein and Flora were sensitive enough to have a long conversation with their voices raised. I still haven’t figured it out yet.

‘Uh, what should I do?’

‘What should I do? Is there more to it than just talking around?’

‘It can’t be said that Lady Flora was dissatisfied and angry because Karssein just left…’

The ladies began to chatter and choose words to say to Claire.

Then Claire narrowed her eyes and asked.

“I know that Karsein left first, right? Because I met Flora. So, would you like to talk about why Karssein left first?”

As far as Carcein goes, it’s actually just a bit unclear.

He didn’t get caught in any of the traps set by the nobles, and when food containing Kelbia fruit was served, he poured a vial of medicine into the food, claiming that he was an uninvited guest, and then went away.

I don’t know why he took such action, but this time, all he could do was pretend that he had missed a good opportunity.

That means they don’t know anything either.

As the nobles looked at each other and looked at each other awkwardly, Claire just walked into the venue.

She asked after scanning the table.

“I heard it earlier. It looks like there was a dish prepared today, but where is it?”

“Yes, yes?!”

“As you were the tea party leader, didn’t you just eat it lightly? It seems like the time is for eating rather than drinking tea.”

“Well, that… the servants have already taken it, so there is nothing left here. Youngae.”

How could I just leave that food alone?

Flora ate the food and left, saying she had a stomachache. Even shedding tears. Since I barely ate anything, this was still a questionable situation, but there was no way I would have left such an unpleasant thing behind.

However, after hearing those words, Claire looked closely at the tablecloth and around the table, and a familiar color caught her eye.

“Lady Claire?”

Even as the nobles were raising doubts, Claire walked forward with great strides, and as she got closer, she was able to see it clearly.

and.

Anger began to well up in her eyes.

“Ha. Fuck.”

A loud curse flowed out.

This colored liquid was once seen in the Duke’s house.

This is the color seen when the indicator, which discolors only in Kelbia fruit, to which Carcein has an extreme allergic reaction, meets the fruit.

That means that food containing Kelbia fruits was placed here.

That would be enough up to this point, but what did Flora say when she was held in her arms?

He said it hurt Karssein.

As soon as Claire saw those few drops of liquid, all the circumstances came back to her clearly.

“After.”

Claire lifts her bangs with her breath with fierce force.

Nobles are instinctively overwhelmed by that charisma.

The moment you say even a word here. I was sure that that person would incur the hatred of the Vagrand Dukes.

The target of that hatred is.

There was one person.

“I don’t know how they prepared it like this, as if they had exactly guessed the allergic diseases of the guests attending. Pythea gelgeten?”

“Yes, yes…? It fits perfectly… What is that…”

“Don’t pretend not to know. The fact that the indicator is this dark in color means that it contains a lot of Kelvia fruits, right?”

“Ke, Kelbia fruit? Well, those things are used in poetry and as edible ingredients…”

Pythea was horrified and stammered.

But Claire’s anger shows no signs of abating.

“The host did not know about the allergy of the invited guest? under. Viscount Gelgeten is a family well-known in the restaurant industry. There’s no way something like this would happen unless it was intentional. Isn’t that right?”

“Woman, lady… I-I…!”

“It will be difficult to interact with the Gelgeten author in the future.”

-slam!

Claire’s handkerchief, clearly soaked in indicator, hit Pythea Gelgeten in the face.

Claire throws her handkerchief without hesitation and leaves.

The sound of Claire’s shoes echoes vividly.

The place was so quiet.

Everyone in the room, who was watching this situation with bated breath while listening to the sound of shoes, must have realized this.

Now, Viscount Gelgeten will not be able to do any activities.

***

▶Episode III. Clear Remnants of Malice!◀

▶I left the tea party hall without any problems.◀

▶We succeeded in bringing about a result that went beyond the options.◀

▶Arina’s restrictions are completely eliminated.◀

▶There are no restrictions on the management of Ruthmire territory.◀

▶Additional compensation will be provided.◀

Completed one of the two main episodes.

It was an episode that suddenly occurred at a tea party, but looking at this window, it was normal to assume that it was resolved completely.

But strangely enough, I felt dirty.

It was my daily routine to be an uninvited guest.

It wasn’t just at home.

I couldn’t become a classmate at school.

During group assignments, we were not able to form equal groups.

Even if I met students from other classes who were children of office workers or met juniors and seniors at private gatherings or company dinners, I could not sit together with them.

Even if you go to a retreat. Even if you go on a school trip.

It was the same.

At birthday parties that I was forced to attend just because my family was with me, there were many more instances where I was treated as an uninvited guest, like today. Like Karssein, he went through a lot of trouble.

However, as I searched through these vague, shitty memories, there was only one time when that wasn’t the case.

The only place that could be in the same location…

‘It was a part-time job…’

Strange part-time jobs that were completely unrelated to any ties, such as blood ties, school ties, or local ties, were the only places that allowed me to be on an equal footing with other people.

Customers seeing each other for the first time.

Part-time job bosses said they would keep an eye on me to see if I was working hard.

and.

-Huh. Are you working part-time here?

There was only one person who knew that I had a part-time job.

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

I’m here in this game trying my hardest to survive, but I wonder how he’s living.

‘…If I tell you that I entered that game, I’ll be treated like a crazy person, right?’

As I thought about how I would react, I started laughing and felt slightly better.

“Yes. How do I clear this damn game before I can do anything?”

▶Episode III. Certification as a lord is in progress!◀

As shown in the status window, I still have one more episode left.

▶You must contact the Ipheros family and make a deal!◀

The purpose of this episode is to revive the Ruthmire territory.

The degree of revival of the territory depends on the management of the lord, but if it were just about managing the territory, this game would not have been so easy.

There are two things that are mandatory in this route.

First of all, it is a transaction.

Trading with other families is mandatory, and Karssein, the lord of Rusmire, must trade with designated families.

And in this process, choices inevitably arise.

‘Secondly… it’s a condition for executing this deal.’

-Sigh.

Lv. 25

▶The SP you have is automatically ??? Used for stats!◀

▶Strength 4.88

▶Agility 6.13

▶Endurance 6.20

▶Stamina 4.57

▶Immunity 1.30

When I turned my attention to the stats, the situation I was worried about came.

‘As expected, it’s not enough.’

Isn’t there a saying in RPG games called minimum cuts when killing strong monsters? These are the minimum specifications to achieve that.

Perhaps because this game also has stats, a minimum cut is required to kill any mob. If you fight a stronger opponent without hitting that target, you’ll end up turning into Karssein and die.

However, I was not able to fully meet that stat right now. There are two restrictions.

The creator’s measure to completely prevent clearing the game using only stats. From level 20, the stat increase compared to the consumption of action power through exercise is significantly reduced.

This one was pretty good. Because it was an original feature.

However, due to the choice to take charge of the Ruthmire territory from the beginning, I ran out of free action time, and as a result, training time also drastically decreased.

It was an added bonus that time was lost due to another episode appearing.

“As expected, I cleared the episode too quickly and didn’t have enough time to raise my stats.”

If that’s the case, we can’t proceed with this episode right now.

“It is true that it is beneficial to go to the West as soon as possible and contact the Marquis of Aiferos, but with these stats… it is impossible.”

The conditions under which they accept the first deal are unique.

-Hee hee hee!

After letting my tired horse rest for a while, I stopped by a nearby shopping mall.

I was wondering if I could buy something with the money I had left over. Just this time, I made my own combination of Kelbia fruit indicators, and there might be something useful somewhere.

Also, there may be necessary items in Ruthmire territory.

If I buy it with my own money and deliver it to the estate, there will be no interference with the system.

“Huh?”

As I entered the mall and was about to look around at the goods, I suddenly rubbed my eyes as I saw a stat that had changed in the status window.

as soon as ??? It was a stat.

It was still an unknown stat.

I didn’t know what was going up even if I raised it, and I didn’t even know what was changing when I invested all my stats.

However, there was a very small change in that stat.

▶??? 25%

“25%?”

Like other stats, the stat was only expressed as a number, but this time it was indicated as 25%.

“True. I really don’t understand this.”

That time when I was lamenting that I didn’t know what was changing at all.

The laughter of young women came from a nearby cafe.

“What should we do about Lady Harnier? I heard that at this Eastern Noble Meeting, it would be quite reassuring to have a lover take care of you since you can’t even borrow your family’s power. A young lady’s fiancé can’t take care of her, right?”

It could be said to be a fairly blatant statement.

Isn’t Harnier mocking her by saying that she can’t even get help from her fiancé because Karssein Vagrand’s abilities are so far behind?

When you hear something like this, you tend to get fed up.

The guys I saw at the tea party did the same, but they were chewing on me like this outside too, right?

Yeah whatever. I’m in a bad mood right now, but saying a few words here won’t change anything.

Even if the news gets to Arina, it’s okay to say that you insulted your fiancee.

Feeling like I was out of control or looking for a quick drink, I entered the cafe.