episode_0145

Harnier sighs as he walks toward the carriage.

Today, the last day of the break, a party is being held just before the Eastern Noble Meeting begins in earnest.

Although it was nominally a party, it was impossible to miss because so much was said about it, including the number of participants and their attendance.

But I can’t help but feel like I don’t want to set foot there.

-Who are you trying to charm again this time?

-I must feel so sorry for the lady who got stabbed in the back. A close relationship is broken by being bitten by a single flower snake.

-You’re a person who’s skilled at seducing and seducing other men, right?

As a woman who has become an enemy of the entire social community due to Lady Heli, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in that position.

No matter what he did, he was a sinner.

Whenever a man is involved, scandals or vicious rumors spread, and even when he tries to explain them, they close their ears and force the relationship to end.

In addition, men were busy sending scandals or trying to lure her in with sweet words, and when she tried to shake off this, the vicious cycle would begin again and bad rumors would spread among the ladies.

It’s probably the same here too.

As social women also attended the meeting, it was obvious what would happen at this party.

But that wasn’t the real problem.

“Ugh…! Why did you say that to those people?”

One day, Harnier faced a crisis when she was surrounded by ladies from the social world.

As there were already people trying to capture her relationship with another man and chew on it, the top that was raising funds to escape from the status of Marquis of Theresia was in danger of being discovered.

In that situation, there was only one way to avoid the crisis.

Having a fiancé.

In order to avoid arousing the marquis’ suspicion, the best course of action was to claim that there was a man she was seeing.

However, I didn’t think too much about the future.

-If you are that close, you could at least show me your dancing moves with your fiancé, right?

-There is nothing better than dancing on stage to show the distance between men and women. If you’re that close… you’ll never avoid showing it off.

-Do you think you could present it in person at the upcoming Eastern Noble Meeting? Lady Harnier.

While appealing for the presence of a fiancé and a close relationship with the man, it ended up exposing a loophole.

Thanks to that, I had to dance without stopping at this party.

Because it was such a big problem, Harnier ended up putting his hand on his forehead.

“Ha. Dancing is possible, but… Prince Karssein would have no idea.”

Because he was not familiar with noble etiquette, he had to be taught frequently, and because he was reading the wrong etiquette book, he had to select a different book and send it to him.

There is no way my fiancé, who doesn’t know much about noble etiquette, would be able to do it easily if he had to dance awkwardly.

To make matters worse, there is not enough time.

I tried to catch the day and tell Karssein about this, but…

In the meantime, because the Marquis was suspicious and had eyes on him, he couldn’t send a reply properly and couldn’t set a date.

If things continue like this, it will be discovered that this is a lie.

Harnier looks at his watch.

“The remaining time is…”

No matter how long you try, it’s only about a few hours. It’s not that long.

Including the time spent heading to the party venue in the eastern part of the country, the practice time would only be a few tens of minutes.

Without even having time to write a letter to the Duke of Bagland, Harnier grabbed the hem of her skirt and began to walk toward the carriage.

“Tsk…!”

Harnier, who was walking to the carriage due to the sudden pain, closed his eyes tightly and stopped.

No wonder they deliberately used such blatant measures to prevent the marquis from attending today’s party.

“No. There’s no time to stop for something like this.”

Harnier stops in place and overcomes the pain by suppressing a faint moan with deep breathing.

It was the second crisis.

If you don’t overcome this naturally, the tower you worked so hard to build will collapse.

Grinding his teeth, Harnier got into the carriage.

As I climbed onto the carriage, enduring the pain, I thought deeply about other options, but nothing came to mind.

No matter how hard he tried to come up with an alternative, the only conclusion he could come up with was that from the moment his statement was revealed to be false, he would be criticized by both the late writer and the social world.

Before I knew it, I felt the pain continuing again.

Harnier was able to get off the carriage and face the gorgeous party hall.

‘…After all, it would have been unreasonable to think that it would have arrived now, right?’

Well, it has to be that way.

It is said that Duke Bagland has not shown much interest in such parties since ancient times.

So, most people said that everyone just stopped by for a moment in this busy, chatty atmosphere and then returned to their seats.

I was hoping that Karssein would arrive first, but things couldn’t always work out that way.

‘I have no choice but to wait and see the gap. The one who arrives from the Duke’s house even a little earlier…’

When Harnier was wandering around the party hall with a nervous heart.

A rustling sound was heard from a nearby place, followed by cheers.

‘…no way.’

Harnier’s eyes widened at the nobles’ cheers and he quickly moved to the source of the sound. Because there is a possibility that the Bagland duchy has arrived.

It’s quite possible.

Bagland, who stood at the top of the nobility, received a lot of jealousy and envy, but more than that, they were a family that looked up to them and was anxious to reach out to them.

however.

When I went to the source of the sound, I found that the Bagland Duke family had not arrived there.

“Oh my…”

“Who is that person?”

“How can you be so heartwarming…”

The owners of the cheers were definitely the ladies who attended this party… but the reason for their cheers was completely different.

‘…Carcein?’

All kinds of ladies were surrounding him, starting with the lady who fell hard and put her hand on her chest.

***

What is it?

What on earth happened?

I picked the safest time and arrived by carriage.

I had a vague idea of the places marked with a level of danger, so I chose this route after understanding the building structure and the route.

I was hoping that no other options would pop up, and I hoped that there would be no variables caused by encountering the nobles here.

So I just chose this path and moved alone.

“What is your name?”

“You have a very strong body… Are you a driver?”

“I would like you to tell me the name of your family. I would like to invite you to our salon.”

For some reason, more people were flocking in.

‘Ha, Mr. ‘What the hell?’

The time zone was not wrong.

If you get off the carriage at 5:15 PM, you can move around without meeting all the characters, and since you are not with the Duke’s family, there is significantly less to notice.

Not only that, but this is a road that is used more frequently by commoners than by nobles.

Those who are reluctant to use the same path as the commoners and wish to stand on it will never want to go this way.

The danger level is also green, corresponding to the safe zone.

No other episodes occur here, and the options are also quiet. In reality, it was a path that was often used in games.

Considering the perfect clear reward, there is no way something like this could happen.

‘But why are so many people flocking here?’

I just can’t figure it out.

That’s why it’s frustrating.

If you’re not careful, you may be seen by someone passing by and have a choice.

If it is a character related to the start of the sub-episode, the sub-episode will be forced to proceed and the penalty will be incurred until the main episode.

What if you even catch the duke’s eye here?

The worst could have happened.

Shit. First, we have to forcefully get rid of these women…

How do I get rid of it?

If you use force to shake it off, a sub-episode about Karssein using violence inside the party can proceed.

There was definitely something like that among the cases I saw as a perfect clear reward.

If you even raised a sword to threaten, the news would reach Arina and you could be dragged away, and there was also the threat of being accused of being a pervert if you touched a young lady by mistake.

I couldn’t touch or do anything.

“Over there. How about changing places and having a quick chat?”

“There are also refreshments ready?”

“I’m curious about who you are, so please introduce me carefully.”

Fuck. The introduction is a freezing introduction.

When you say Karsein Bagland, women immediately get scared.

It won’t work. For now, let’s leave, even if it means forcing ourselves to do so.

If you stand in the same place like this, it’s clear that 100% of the options will pop up.

In order to avoid being affected by unclear variables, I had to get out of here, even if it meant accepting some penalty.

It would be okay if you just curse me out loud.

They’ll point fingers at you and say you’re an uncultured bastard, as if they’ve never done that before.

“Don’t block the road, get out of the way, this─”

Right then.

Someone came through the group of women and grabbed my hand.

“Oh my? What are you doing?”

“Who is that person? The person you are talking to is standing upright, but suddenly appears…!”

“You are truly rude!”

The ladies’ voices of dissatisfaction did not last long.

“I think that’s what I want to say to you.”

I don’t know the names of any of the ladies here.

At best, I can only tell how much they hate me by looking at the intimacy box.

But there was definitely someone here whose name I knew.

“I don’t know what you’re doing to my fiance?”

Harnier Theresia.

On the surface, she is the woman who is to be engaged to Karssein.

In a three-dimensional sense, he was connected to a contract, so he was the person who could help me out of this absurd situation.

***

The ladies’ reactions to Harnier’s appearance were very different.

Some people frowned, and some vaguely guessed my name, saying “Then that person is…?”. And some people clenched their fists and showed sudden hostility toward Harnier…

“ Let’s go. Carcein.”

Anyway, with her help, I was able to easily avoid a dangerous situation.

…But is it because of my mood?

Usually, I hold Harnier’s hand and slowly escort him, but today it was the opposite, and Harnier was holding my hand and going.

It’s not an escort, but it’s something. It almost feels like it’s being dragged along.

“Hey, Harnier. Can’t I let go now?”

“…”

When I asked that question, Harnier stopped walking and glanced at me,

“Hmph. They follow me silently.”

After saying that, I started walking again.

what. It’s not usual.

I thought there was something strange, so I asked as if I was just wondering.

“…Harnier? Why are you doing this?”

“Don’t say anything and just follow me.”

“No, you should at least tell me where you are going…”

“Don’t say anything?”

This time, I walked away without even looking back.

‘…If I just walk like this and end up in a dangerous zone, I’ll be in trouble.’

But, there was no need to worry about that.

The place where Harnier took me and stopped was a secluded terrace that was not easily seen by nobles.

Looking at the location, the risk level is also within the safe zone.

There are only a few nobles passing by. As long as I didn’t have a major accident here, it didn’t seem difficult to kill time like I did at Claire’s coming-of-age ceremony.

– Sweet.

Just when I thought I could take a breather with this.

Harnier closed the door and looked at me with a strange gaze.

“Why are you doing that?”

Did I do something wrong?

The eyes felt sharp for some reason.

I was nervous and asked that…

“It must have been great to be among the ladies?”

Harnier glared at me and answered.

No, why are you even doing this?