episode_0151

Heli, who realized that this whole situation was artificially created, immediately frowned.

A gift of mismatched shoes, the same way he sent it to harass Harnier.

A time that was deliberately dragged out to accumulate pain and physical and mental stress.

A movement that gets on your nerves by pretending not to know, pretending to make a mistake, and subtly stepping on, bumping into, or interfering with your feet.

And from the climax of the song to the finale that makes you fall down on stage and end up giving you shit.

It was all planned.

Just one moment. Just for this moment.

He noticed that this situation that Harnier might have experienced was perfectly recreated and conveyed.

But, does it change anything just because you notice it?

no. I can guarantee you that there won’t be one.

“…I’m sorry. Maybe it was because he was so nervous, but he looked like he couldn’t show it.”

Heli said that and held out her hand as if asking me to hold it.

‘Ohh. Is that how you are trying to fix it? ‘You used your brain quite a bit, didn’t you?’

Well, that might be for the best. You can’t say that your skills were lacking, and you should just brush it off as an excuse for being in bad condition.

But it looks vivid to my eyes.

Clenching your teeth tightly.

Without hesitation, I took Heli’s hand and lifted her up.

The stage ended immediately due to an unexpected situation.

The lights that had been illuminating the people on stage went out.

Nobles going down one by one.

There, as the eyes and ears of the nobles are covered, quiet hostility approaches in whispers.

“Do you think you can get away with something like this?”

After all, the bitches who do these mean things have nothing on their heads.

In this case, you just need to scratch the inside more.

“Foot, what can you do? It’s been a year since I fell while dancing on stage.”

“This shallow bastard…!”

“Oh my. Are you okay? Do you think the sound will leak out like this? What would you do if there was even a rumor that Lady Heli turned out to be a cursing old lady?”

“Shut your mouth. man of humble birth! Even now, get on your knees and apologize… No, bow down and bow your head. And after you get out of here, do as I tell you! Otherwise, everything will be exposed!”

Heli huffed and threatened me like that.

But what can I do?

It’s not scary at all.

“I’m not scared at all?”

“What?”

“Try to expose it somewhere. I don’t care if things like that are known.”

I have nothing to lose.

I was prepared for something like that anyway.

“Ha, ha…! It looks like you’ve gone crazy, huh? I know everything! The most important witness and victim of this incident! Do you know what will happen to you if everything is revealed?!”

Heli spoke on the spot, his blood racing.

“They will say that you intentionally brought small shoes, and while you were dancing, you intentionally stepped on their feet, pushed them with their shoulders, and interfered with their next move! In the end, you even said that you tripped on it and tripped it on purpose…!”

Heli’s distorted expression, which was giving off so much heat, suddenly hardened.

‘okay. ‘That’s impossible.’

It is also said that Karssein brought small shoes on purpose.

They say that while dancing, people intentionally stepped on their feet, bumped into them, and got in the way.

Even the hidden truth that Karssein stepped on.

You can’t say anything, right?

Because all of this happened because of your shallow carelessness.

If you point out Karssein’s mistakes, you will be denying the situation in which he did well in the most difficult dance with Harnier. If you drop the ignorance like before, Harnier’s dancing skills will stand out even more. In the worst case, other nobles will ask you why they don’t think your skills are lacking.

The same goes for sabotage, such as intentionally stepping on people’s feet and pushing them.

If Helli had to say something like that, it would have been enough for me to just say that my skills were lacking.

Lastly, if you bring small shoes, it is obvious that shoes with the same design will become a hot topic.

According to the nobles’ implicit ritual, this was a possibility of retaliation, so why was it ignored? These silent questions will come to Heli. Moreover, since the opponent was Karssein, it was obvious that it would cause even greater anger.

So Heli couldn’t say anything.

Because everything was self-defeating.

However, the last one is an exception.

“Double Writer, if this news gets out, you won’t be safe either, right?”

This news is flowing to the Bagland duchy.

This was the exception. If it’s Karssein’s fault, everything will be exaggerated and distorted, and he will be severely punished.

But even that.

I wasn’t afraid.

“Do whatever you want. I’m not scared of that at all.”

“Huh…!”

“Why? Are you surprised you weren’t scared? I’m not really scared of being scolded by my family for something like this because it’s something I’ve experienced before.”

and. There’s no way I can listen to your bitch, right?

After whispering that in his ear, Helly’s face eventually blushed profusely, and he exited along the street behind the stage, leaving behind the words “Let me see.”.

-Tiring!

▶All schedules for the break before the Eastern Noble Meeting and Symposium were completed.◀

▶Emergency mission completed!◀

▶Settlement the results.◀

“When you see this window pop up… Is this the end?”

I wondered when it would appear, but it seems that the clear window opened late because I continued to do other things while receiving an emergency mission.

“The result is… obvious.”

Since you caused trouble in the ballroom, you will probably be given a penalty for this.

Arina is the one who will come to take issue with this.

Arina is also responsible for creating options based on penalties.

Arina also has to suffer a loss in intimacy due to her choice.

Since this is a place full of nobles, Arina is the only one who comes to visit because she has ruined the prestige of the dukedom.

I will have to deal with being restricted or having my intimacy reduced.

Because it’s the price you pay for foolishly prioritizing emotions.

“Even these things are similar. I wonder if it’s a bit too much. This damn game.”

So I scratch the back of my head and complain.

-Why… did you help me? If you do something like this, you will be scolded later.

A memory from reality that vaguely comes to mind.

okay. I did something stupid like this back then too.

Perhaps, the reason he took such a drastic attitude was because he saw Harnier and came to associate him with a person who was useless.

Ji-eun was my first and last friend.

Because I was in a very similar situation to that kid.

-Tiring!

▶The risk level in the ballroom area has been changed to restricted.◀

▶The time limit is changed to 5 minutes.◀

“…Should I go back now.”

If you continue to stay here, the penalty will gradually increase.

It might be a good idea to go back and take some time to take a closer look at Harnier’s condition.

– Rattling.

“…?”

As I was walking away from my thoughts, something caught my foot.

I wanted to know something, so I picked it up with my hand and a window popped up.

◆Light blue button

[It is a button with a picture of two horses on a light blue background. ]

“If the item window pops up, does that mean it can be used anywhere?”

I don’t know where it’s being used…

Should I hold it for now?

***

Inside the quiet terrace.

There was a quiet silence where only the sound of music playing in the ballroom could be heard.

“…”

Harnier looks down at the newly brought shoes.

These shoes were the opposite of Lady Heli’s malicious gift.

They were the correct size and, unlike Helly’s shoes, which had uncomfortably high heels, they had the right height to be worn comfortably. The material appears to be soft and is definitely different from the one that Lady Heli brought.

If you keep looking at those shoes… your face will naturally get hot. I suddenly remembered how I lifted my body and brought it here.

“Why, why are you giving meaning to this? Well… I got weird too.”

Try to cool off by fanning yourself.

But I can’t stop the constant chattering inside. Why are you doing this?

“You helped me… just because of the contract?”

okay. It will happen.

I guess Karssein also moved because he wanted something from this.

If it’s a transaction, you can do as much as you want.

All you have to do is pay a reasonable price.

…Maybe so.

Why do I think that’s not the case?

Did he really do this for something in return?

If that’s the case…

-Kongdak, Kongdak.

─♬

“Ah.”

The sound of music in the ballroom suddenly changed to music in the party hall.

Only then did Harnie come to his senses.

“Hmm… Now that I think about it, shoes are just shoes, but I guess I need to put some medicine on them first.”

They even gave me medicine, but I had to apply it.

But here too, clothes are a problem.

A maid personally selected by the Marquis decorated Mina on her behalf, and while dressing her, she intentionally made her chest tighter.

Of course, it’s less frustrating than Helly’s shoes, but these are just as frustrating.

If I had taken a moment to adjust my clothes, I would have been able to curl my legs and apply the medicine myself, but I can’t do that now.

A sudden thought comes to mind.

When Karcein comes back, should I ask him to apply it…?

“What are you talking about? ”

That’s nonsense.

Why are you asking that person to apply it?

Harnier repeatedly shook his head.

“Yeah, right. You should ask someone else! You don’t have to be Karsein!”

I decided to put these thoughts aside and immediately looked for someone else.

Come to think of it… I heard there’s a female knight assigned by Karssein waiting outside? If it were him, it might be okay.

– Sweet.

The terrace door opens right then.

Harnier welcomed.

“They came in just in time. Sir Radiel. Maybe it’s because the clothes are a little uncomfortable, so I’d like to apply some medicine─”

But the welcome was short-lived.

It wasn’t Radiel who opened the door and came in.

‘Ha, why not now…!’

Harnier froze at that moment, keeping his mouth shut.

Now that I’m thinking that way. He came in here!

“I was wondering why you didn’t apply it… Was it because of your clothes?”

Karssein, who guessed what he was going to say until the end, approached while scratching his head.

“Give it to me. I’ll apply it.”

“Oh, no! I can do it myself!”

Harnier took a hasty step away. I was so embarrassed that I was saying nonsense.

“You just said that the clothes were uncomfortable. Didn’t you say you couldn’t apply it because of that?”

“Well, that is…”

“That’s it, give it to me.”

“Ah…!”

Carcein takes the medicine that was held in Harnier’s hand without much thought.

Harnier, who had the medicine taken away without any time to stop him, was busy looking away while holding on to his pounding heart.

“Tsk…!”

“It looks like it hurts a lot.”

“No, that’s…”

It was never painful.

At best, I can only touch my finger with the medicine on it.

But I can’t answer.

All I could do was hold on to one side of her skirt and step back.

As if that was so frustrating, Karssein just grabbed his leg.

“Stay still. a little. If you don’t apply something like this, it will fade away.”

Now, I couldn’t run away at all.

All I had to do was kneel down and wait for him to finish applying the medicine.

After the medicine was fully applied, a bandage was carefully applied.

Why is that time so long? Harnier had to bury her face in her hands and close her eyes.

As I buried my face in my hands, something tingled and covered my feet.

“Well, what are you doing…?”

“I was wondering if the size might not fit. If you try them on like this and they don’t fit, won’t I have to bring something else?”

Are you trying to fit my shoes on just because they don’t think they’re the right size?

You know what that is…!

“Hmm. It doesn’t seem to be uncomfortable. I wondered what would happen if it didn’t hit.”

“…”

Harnier laughed helplessly at that moment.

‘is it so. You weren’t the type of person to deliberately aim for something like that.’

If it were other nobles, they would have deliberately approached him and used an obvious trick. I don’t think Carcein would have ever aimed for that.

A person who calculates so quickly. A person who completely changed the situation of a territory.

Actually, I don’t know anything about this.

Even if you read the book of etiquette, you probably wouldn’t have noticed that this was the situation.

“Hey, Carcein.”

“Tell me.”

“Would you like to sit here for a moment?”

Harnier tapped the palm next to him.

There were so many questions I wanted to ask.

But at this moment, those questions are not coming out of my mouth.

“Thank you. For helping me.”

It’s a shame…

Leaning gently on his shoulder, avoiding eye contact.

That was all I could say.

Then, he answers again as if nothing has happened.

“If something like this happens, let me know next time. I’ll help you as much as I can.”

okay. So there was no need to ask any other questions.

Maybe he was anticipating this answer.

-Kongdak, Kongdak.

Deep inside the chest.

Warmth radiates from there.

With a running sound that makes you wonder if it leaks out.