episode_0136

A busy working house.

The sisters gathered one by one, led by Isabella, in front of the carriage, which was fully prepared for the outing.

The only one left is Karsein, whom Heron went to pick up.

“I guess I won’t be late even on a day like this. I told you to prepare in advance for times like this… Tsk.”

“Arina.”

“…I’m sorry. Mother.”

When Arina clicks her tongue while looking at the grandfather clock, Isabella stops her.

It’s not too late yet.

“Sorry for being late.”

Then Karssein appeared as if he had called someone.

The family’s expressions immediately began to brighten.

‘You’re here!’

Flora, who should have been hugged by her mother and older sisters and monopolized the love of the youngest child, was anxious that Karssein might not come.

Fortunately, now that Karssein has shown up, my nervousness has completely disappeared.

however.

When he fully revealed himself in the hallway, there was a short silence as everyone seemed a little surprised.

‘Carcein… was he always like this?’

Perhaps because it was the first time in a while that I had seen him dressed up, I felt a different feeling than before.

It was Isabella who broke the silence.

“How did you grow up so well? The way you dress up really suits you. Carcein.”

Isabella was full of smiles as she looked up at her son, patting his shoulder happily.

The skinny body was nowhere to be seen.

The well-nourished face was already noticeably different from the past, and thanks to the well-proportioned fine muscles, the change in appearance made it feel like a different person.

Because of this, the three sisters were unable to say anything with their mouths wide open.

“Hmm. Since there are five of us, I’m thinking of splitting the carriage into two. What do you think?”

Flora, who was staring blankly at Carcein, comes to her senses when she hears about the carriage.

‘If the carriage is split into two…’

It’s like during the snow festival.

Then I could have time to be alone with Karssein.

Raising your hands.

Jumping and jumping.

The youngest child appealed to himself.

“Me, me! I’m going to ride with Karssein today!”

“Really? So, shall we decide that Carcein will ride with Flora?”

The moment I patted my youngest child’s head and gave him permission.

“Now, wait a minute.”

Claire, who had been depressed since arriving in the carriage, began to cry.

“Flora. Today… can I ride with Karssein?”

“Little sister…?”

“That…”

Claire, who was hesitant because she couldn’t say anything, bit her lip and released it.

“I have something to say to Karssein regarding the Rusmire territory.”

In fact, there was no such thing.

Ruthmayer has already been completed in Karssein’s hands, so there is nothing to say.

So this was just an excuse.

“I’m sorry Flora, but this is an important topic. Why don’t you give it up to your sister today?”

“…Okay.”

Flora lowers her head in disappointment.

Claire gently stroked the youngest child’s head.

“Recently, there are a lot of children who want to ride with Karsein. It looks like we’ve become very close.”

“It’s no big deal, though.”

Isabella said she would go first and told them to make their own decisions, and Flora quickly followed her mother.

Isabella, Arina, and Flora are in the first carriage.

In the second carriage were Carcein and Claire.

Arina suggested that we split up.

Then Karssein chuckled and answered.

“I don’t like it.”

“What?”

“Why don’t you just ride by yourself? I don’t really want to ride a carriage.”

The atmosphere that had been blooming brightly was suddenly covered with cold water.

Having created a chilly, frozen atmosphere, he immediately took a horse out of the stable.

“I’m sorry, but I just want to get some air. I don’t really want to ride a carriage.”

“Ha. Are you trying to be strangely stubborn again, Karssein?”

“Well. Isn’t this normal? Rather than having to use two carriages just for me, I would rather ride a horse and the four of us would ride together. Doesn’t this solve everything?”

Arina immediately narrowed her eyes.

“Are you saying that right now?”

“Well, is there something wrong with what I said? This may seem like stubbornness to you, but I just want to ride a horse in this nice weather. At the same time, all other problems are solved, but I don’t know what’s wrong.”

“You…”

When Karssein confidently responded as if he had done something wrong, Arina burst into laughter as if she was shocked.

The atmosphere deteriorates rapidly.

Sparks were flying in the eyes of the two people, as if they were about to meet each other at any moment.

Claire quickly intervenes and stops one person.

The one who stops him is Arina.

“Uh, sister! Sometimes you want to change your mood. Let’s just ask them to come on a horse.”

“…”

When Arina refuses to calm down, Claire persuades Arina by speaking just loud enough for Arina to hear.

“What’s the use of fighting among ourselves on a good day? Mom is watching too.”

Arina looks at Isabella, who walks towards the carriage first.

My mother was looking anxiously in this direction, wondering if something had happened.

In the end, Arina took a step back.

“…Okay. Claire, you’re right. There’s nothing good about fighting on this beautiful day.”

But I must say one thing.

“I will overlook it because my mother is worried, but it is a family outing that she was very excited about. If you try to ruin it, I won’t stay still.”

Arina, who left a warning to Karssein in a sharp voice, walked towards Isabella without even looking back.

“…”

Claire sighs in relief as she sees her older sister walking away, but at the same time, she has other thoughts.

Why is it like that?

I was wondering why my sister was so harsh on Karssein.

While I was thinking that.

-Hey!

Karssein was already setting off first, holding the reins.

Tap, tap, tap.

With the sound of horses’ hooves, Carcein moves away.

“Oh, really! Why is he leaving in such a hurry!”

Claire complained and took her anger out on the land.

Why are you going so fast?

Did a light fall on your feet?

I was so annoyed.

Even so, the kicking gradually becomes slower.

The steps I was taking to vent my anger quickly stopped.

“…I was going to say I’m sorry.”

Anyway, you will get the chance at least once during your outing.

Claire trudged to the carriage, determined to tell the message next time.

***

The Duke’s family arrived in the east under the bright spring sun.

“Wow. It’s pretty.”

Following Flora’s exclamation, the mother and daughter’s eyes turn to the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

It looked brighter than usual, and the cherry blossom trees were gently fluttering their leaves.

Then suddenly, Claire cleared her throat and said, “Hmm.”

“Two days ago, it didn’t open to this extent. At most, there were only a few trees growing sparsely, and there were many trees that had not yet bloomed?”

“Really? So we came at a really good time?”

“That’s right. Flora. It was said that there was a huge crowd of people, and because of that, those who returned also had a hard time.”

It is said that people did not just flock there, but so many that there was congestion in certain areas, and as a result, some inns were completely packed.

“Really, like Karssein said, it would have been much better to wait a little longer.”

Isabella looked at me with a faint smile on her face as she placed a falling cherry blossom petal on her palm.

Arina doesn’t look very happy about what happened earlier, but whatever.

That’s not important right now.

▶Episode IV. Spring outing is in progress.◀

▶I arrived at the outing location with my family.◀

▶Achievement is reflected based on actions, and options appear!◀

The spring outing episode has begun, and I am about to face a choice.

That too.

▶This location is a danger zone!◀

[If you stay for a long time, you may have the option to respond. ]

A bloody choice that pops up in the danger zone.

If you look at it simply, you can see this as an outing place, but if you change the perspective a little more, it means that it is an outing with other nobles.

There are a lot of people.

And among those people are nobles.

This fact alone was enough to threaten Karssein.

‘But the real thing is this way.’

▶The choices in this episode are not affected by existing intimacy.◀

▶Only the intimacy you build within the episode affects your choices.◀

There is always a choice that puts the player in trouble.

The player can neutralize or weaken the power of that option by increasing intimacy.

however.

In this episode, one means is blocked.

The standard intimacy level set in advance has been blocked.

Surrounding threats always come in the form of options under the condition of a high-risk field.

Here, the intimacy is newly calculated based on the new choices and overall actions.

Even though it is dangerous, there is no such dangerous episode.

So in this episode, the influence of intimacy is very significant, and being captured and led around by the duke’s family is semi-forced.

Even if you think about it, it’s easy.

It was the safest to stick with them, and the easiest way to get over this episode was to obediently listen to what they said.

‘But I don’t want to do that.’

Seeing that at the memorial.

I saw a situation where what happened to me was repeated.

Are you stupid enough to stick around and ask their families for help?

That shouldn’t be possible.

never.

Just because intimacy has been blocked does not mean that clearing the episode is impossible.

Moreover, just because it is a high-risk field does not mean that you have to accept all options.

Staying still doesn’t mean the episode doesn’t progress at all, and the only way to clear this episode isn’t to just stick to the family.

I waited for the right time to come.

“Sorry, guys. Can we postpone seeing the cherry blossoms for a while?”

“Is something wrong?”

“Well, it is said that His Highness the 2nd Prince also stopped by here.”

-Tiring!

▶Isabella is about to meet the 2nd prince. How would you react?

[ 1. I go to see the 2nd prince with Isabella. ]

[ 2. He says he will go see the cherry blossoms first. ]

[ 3. Take a seat and say you will wait. ]

[ 4. Insist on one family member except Isabella and tell them that you want to stop by the market. ]

When the option I was waiting for appeared, I chose number 2 without hesitation.

[ 2. He says he will go see the cherry blossoms first. ]☑

“Then I’ll go look around somewhere else first.”

“Carsein. It’s okay if we all go together. What else are you missing? ”

Arina said that as if she was dissatisfied.

“Arina. Up to four people are allowed to attend the 2nd Prince’s audience.”

“…What?”

“Isn’t that right?”

I confidently looked at Isabella and asked.

Isabella was surprised but did not deny it.

“You know exactly. But… how do you know that?”

Of course, it remembers the data in the game.

Let’s try to write a plausible lie here.

“Because Her Majesty the Princess told us in advance.”

You might think it’s strange, but I don’t think it’s an entirely unreasonable statement.

In fact, perhaps that is why it has no effect on intimacy.

“I don’t know how long it will take, but… are you okay?”

“Yes. I’m just taking a walk, so why don’t you come back?”

It would be a disaster if we were to cling to each other and start to cut off the intimacy with one person for no reason, but on the contrary, this situation was a very good opportunity.

“I understand. I’ll come back quickly, so don’t go too far.”

As Isabella headed to the second prince with her three sisters, a status window appeared.

-Tiring!

▶Episode IV. Spring outing is in progress.◀

▶The route has been decided.◀

▶You must purchase items from a nearby street vendor before returning.◀

▶If you do not take anything, a dead flag will be raised.◀

“Huh?”

As soon as I saw the system message, I was shocked.

It’s a game with a variety of scenes, but this one caught my eye right away.

“Doesn’t this mean that what happened during Memorial will be repeated?”

Isn’t that exactly the situation?

The Duke of Bagland takes time as he is having an audience with the 2nd prince.

Karssein was left alone for some reason.

It’s a perfect location for nobles to hang around and start a fight.

I didn’t think it would be strange if the plot I saw in the memorial was just copied.

“Based on that…”

It is inevitable that you will meet nobles.

Of course, with my current stats, I will never be pushed back, but it isn’t really that difficult to make up a situation.

If it goes that way.

“The episode will also be resolved. In the end, I won’t be able to take a portrait.”

The episode ends in the duke’s favorite way.

Still, it would be a good idea to get insurance. I moved along the path I had seen at Memorial, hoping to find a way to confront the options that were coming in another way.

▶You have entered the store!◀

After walking a few steps, a familiar place came into view.

It was a simple shopping mall that Karsein, seen from the memorial, stopped by at the time.

‘It would be nice to have something useful.’

As I was reading the item descriptions while stopping by here and there, I pointed to an item and asked.

“This hairpin. How much?”

[ Turmus flower hairpin ]

[A hairpin made by hardening actual turmus flowers. Maybe that’s why it’s easy to break and pieces get stuck here and there. ]