episode_0047

“After I went to Del Kishi, my younger brother became a little strange.”

Surprisingly, when they met later, Prince Ban said exactly the same thing as Prince Allen.

“My younger brother originally had a confident personality no matter what he did, and he never felt intimidated even if he won or got better grades in a sparring match with me. No one ever noticed that he was better at something than the first prince just because he was the second prince.◦ #◦

Although it seemed like an obvious statement at first glance, it was also something that could be caught up in many ways for political reasons.

Even though there is a first prince, the fact that the second prince is more capable is a source of political division.

Legitimacy lies with the first prince, but if the second prince is more suitable for the role of king, there will inevitably be a group that wants to attach itself to the second prince and make him king.

Well, in the original work, for one reason or another, those things became meaningless.

Amelia looked as if she had realized something after hearing Prince Evan’s story.

And I also realized something.

If you look at Prince Evan’s words, the second prince might look like a prince drawn from a painting, but in reality, his personality was extremely dark.

You can say that it is possible to feel sick to your stomach when you see that a person who was less capable than you has become better than you over time and has actually risen to a higher position. If you think that you actually put in more effort, it is inevitable that you will feel a stomachache.

However, Prince Allen ‘from the beginning’ was a personality that was conscious of being superior to Prince Evan and felt a sense of superiority.

There is also a reason why he explodes with a sense of inferiority towards his older brother in this episode.

And the cause was the aristocrats close to Prince Allen who had raised Prince Allen like that since childhood.

That’s why it gets annoying when your brother starts to stop paying attention to competing with you. It feels like if you swing your fist here, you have to fight back from the other side to fight, but you just get out of the ring.

Moreover, in terms of ability, there was something strange about my brother.

When competing for horseback riding ability, you can both ride a horse, when competing for swordsmanship, you can hold a sword, and when competing for knowledge, you can both take a test.

But what if it’s a wolf?

What would it be like if you had to deal with a wolf that was so large that you felt instinctively afraid just by looking at it?

It would be incredibly confusing in many ways. It would be even more so if that guy didn’t care about competing with me and just played with the wolf.

“… … Huh.”

“Why are you doing that?”

Amelia exhaled as if there was no point in even thinking about it, and Prince Evan tilted his head and asked.

“… … Prince, did you really come all the way here without any purpose? Did you really just want to travel? You didn’t come here to solve the problem with your brother, did you?”

“In the beginning, I said I would come first, and it never occurred to me that I would follow my younger sister Ina.”

While common sense was being thrown away, it seemed like political sense was being fed to the wolves.

Amelia’s pupils were blank. She looked like she didn’t know what to do with this situation. The prince looked at Amelia like that and shrugged his shoulders and said.

“My younger brother followed me here, so he might have a feeling. It’s not Delki City, but it’s the closest territory to Delki City. And there’s one person from Delki City who’s here.”

No, I don’t think the second prince’s personality will suddenly change just because I am there.

That’s what I thought, but I didn’t think he would understand if I said that to the prince, who was looking at me with eyes that were clearer and more unpleasant than when I saw him before, so I decided to just stay silent.

*

“Elsie.”

Returning to the room, Amelia sat across from me and spoke with a serious expression.

“Don’t worry too much about what Prince Allen says to you.”

I was a little taken aback by Amelia’s serious expression.

“Yes, I wasn’t thinking about anything else… … .”

“You know, right? You shouldn’t request a sparring just because you’re upset.”

“… … .”

hmm.

I know that too.

Since I last sparred with Prince Evan, I have been keenly aware that the story has come to this point.

I don’t know for sure, but in the original work, Elsie probably refused to spar with the prince. Of course, I don’t know how Elsie in the original work, that is, ‘a character who didn’t appear in the original work’, moved behind the scenes in the original work, but if you think about it, I am the prince. The reason I received medical sparring was probably because my memories of the 27 years of my life were still there.

Well, it’s not a big deal, because if she was a ‘seven-year-old’ Elsie, she would have been scared when a ‘ten-year-old’ prince spoke to her. It doesn’t matter what her skills were or whether she could handle a wolf or not.

When I was young, I was scared every time I went to the hospital, and I was scared when someone I didn’t know talked to me. If they had said, ‘Let’s fight,’ I would have been shaken.

However, in my eyes as an adult, the prince appeared to be just a child who had been fooled, and in the end, without thinking much at the time, I accepted the prince’s request to spar.

… … This is a story that I was able to come up with only after thinking about it for a while.

“You must stay right next to me at the banquet tomorrow. Even if the prince talks to me, I will deal with him instead.”

“Okay.”

Even though I answered clearly, Amelia looked a little anxious.

Amelia has been trying to help me ever since she first met me. This is probably because I have become a different character in many ways from the original.

Adapting to the world was not easy.

When I look at an adult who treats me like a child, I think, ‘I must be a few years older than him,’ or when I look at a nobleman higher than me, I think, ‘Is there anything good I did other than being born in that place?’ It was all because I, who lived a social life in modern society, was in the head of a being called Elsie.

At least, it was better when I was in Delki City. I was able to recognize my family as family, and in Delkisian, other than everyone working hard at their jobs, we didn’t pay attention to details such as etiquette.

However, after coming to Grand Duke Grattenmount, the story changed in many ways.

There was always someone nearby who questioned my movements as a noble, and if I didn’t follow those rules properly, they looked like they were ignoring me.

Whenever Amelia discovered such a situation, she pointed it out and corrected it, but that did not mean she could chase down all the nobles on the highway and say something. This was because there were some among them that even Amelia, the Grand Duchess, could not treat lightly.

So what I chose was to just keep my mouth shut in front of people I didn’t like.

If you keep your mouth shut and ignore me, there will be no need to fight. And no matter what the other person says, I was brought directly from the Grand Duke’s house and I was a guest who could not be easily ignored.

The problem is that you can’t keep it in front of the prince or the nobles of the royal capital who followed him.

There is a reason why Amelia told me to stay close to her.

smart.

There was the sound of someone knocking on the door.

Amelia raised her hand and stroked her face.

Perhaps one of the two princes is calling us. I thought this might be too often.

“Please come in.”

But that didn’t mean she could just ignore it, so Amelia shouted at the door,

“Sister?”

“Ted.”

Amelia’s stiff expression softened.

Ted Gratton Mount.

It was a boy one year younger than Amelia.

If nothing else happened, he would become the next Duke of Grattenmount.

In the ‘original’ setting of the novel, the younger brother was also the male protagonist.

… … Although it is a romantic fantasy novel, it seems to have as many male protagonists as any other reverse harem novel.

Well, there are five people: the prince, the crown prince, the son of the northern baron, the lord of the magic tower, and the younger brother of the rival, but isn’t it still a little more than a typical romantic fantasy? Hmm… … I don’t really know because I’ve never intentionally searched for and read such novels.

“Lady Delkisi.”

“Grand Duke.”

Ted, who had a bright expression on his face when he saw his sister, bowed politely towards me, and I bowed my head and accepted the greeting.

Did you say that the relationship was bad in the original work?

Of course, as with most villainous characters, the relationship between Amelia and her family was extremely normal. In the first place, Amelia did not even think about inheriting the family, so there was no need for them to fight.

“You two are going to the banquet tomorrow, right?”

In response to Ted’s question, Amelia nodded.

“After all, I am friends with Prince Eban.”

“Then, please tell me one more time about Prince Evan. I think my father is planning to entrust me with dealing with the princes.”

“Okay, good.”

Because he is a well-educated younger brother.

Actually, his personality was quite good in the original work. He was a great helper.

I wish I could help you a little too.