episode_0061

Oh, what should I do?

Amelia is so pretty.

This was a natural story. In the original, the villainess of a villain story is often as unique and better than the heroine as the heroine, or even just in terms of design. In the first place, the novel in which the villainess is the main character is a villain story.

That’s not to say that Adele isn’t pretty, but Adele isn’t a girl I want around in the first place.

We can probably become friends in the future. Adele was extremely impressed that I was from the Del Kiss family, and was even shocked to receive the invitation. If we don’t become friends, it will be more difficult for us.

But even so, the person who is always by my side, who can visit each other’s rooms without hesitation, who puts makeup on my face or lends me clothes, is Amelia. If I feel a crush, I can’t help but feel for her.

Didn’t you say on Wiki that it’s not easy to feel good about childhood friends because you haven’t seen each other for so long?

I don’t know if it was because Amelia was a character in a novel by my standards, but she didn’t look strangely disheveled in front of me for that long time.

However, I never thought that she was acting or acting pretentiously. Amelia just shows such elegance in her actions. Unlike me.

If I see Amelia leaning against me like this, giving off a sweet scent, wouldn’t an opportunity come to me too? … I often think about this. Amelia liked women in the novel as well. Of course, she also liked men, but the person she ended up dating was the same woman, Adele.

If so, it’s not like I haven’t had the delusion.

“… … .”

Amelia, who was leaning on me, said nothing. She just entrusted herself to my hands and walked together in silence, trusting me.

… … That’s why I can’t act according to my delusion.

Amelia believes in me.

As a childhood friend.

Moreover, as Amelia in the novel becomes involved with Adele, she naturally learns that she can also like women, but she did not realize this fact from the beginning and seduce the heroine.

Literally, it just happened to be like that.

That means that if I approach her sexually before Amelia finds out about it, I might just be treated as a strange person, or worse, a dangerous person.

Because my strength is much stronger than Amelia’s.

furthermore… … There were some things I hadn’t told Amelia yet.

Amelia seems to think that my past life was a woman just like hers, but I still had my identity as a man.

Although there are parts of me that have become accustomed to and adapted to a woman’s body, the most fundamental part, the part about ‘what gender do I like’, is still the same as when I was a man.

In such a situation, what if my identity is discovered without my knowledge?

Could it be that the ‘childhood friend’ relationship I’ve built with Amelia so far is being tainted?

“… … .”

Yeah, well, so, this was the best thing for now.

In the first place, the emotion I’m feeling now is ‘because Amelia is pretty’… … Won’t it get better with time?

I just hope it gets better.

*

So the next evening.

“How about it?”

Amelia, wearing a blue dress, turned around in front of me. The hem of the wide skirt rose slightly with centrifugal force, slightly exposing Amelia’s ankles. Like the dress, the blue shoes shined beautifully.

The dress Amelia wore was of a somewhat conservative design. In fact, among the dresses in this world, there has not yet been a dress that showed off the shoulders. Like the fantasy settings of other web novels, it did not follow the Middle Ages perfectly, but the worldview was still much more conservative sexually. It was borrowed as is.

That may be because the relationships between the characters around you will become clearer. As far as I know, I heard that in reality, medieval gender concepts were very tight on the outside and rotten on the inside, but that’s not something to be discussed in this world.

The reason the dress is said to be ‘still’ conservative is because eventually, there came a time when dresses with exposed shoulders became popular, out of that ‘not yet’ style.

It was Adele who made that dress popular.

Adele, who did not know how to back down from a duel as she came from a knightly family, was not the kind of person who would give up her rights just because someone tore off an important part of her dress.

Well, that story isn’t happening right now, so I decided to skip it for now and focus on what was unfolding right before my eyes—

“It suits you incredibly well.”

I answered that way.

It really suited me well. The clothes I usually wore went well with it, but sometimes it was okay to wear flashy clothes like this. Since the original is so good, it would probably go well with whatever I wore.

Amelia must have felt the sincerity in what I said, so she covered her mouth and laughed softly.

The person inside must have been someone who lived in modern society like me, and their every action was very befitting of a great noble family of the kingdom.

Did I spend my life running around the forest too much?

“You look great on me too.”

The dress I wore was a red dress. It was a dress that Amelia had chosen to match my eye color, and in terms of design, it looked a little more modern than the one Amelia wore. The skirt width was a little narrower than the conservative dress Amelia wore. The dress itself clung a little tighter to my body, showing off my body well.

In particular, if you look at how it goes down almost from the waist to the hips and thighs, and then spreads out underneath… … In fact, it looked more flashy than the dress of Amelia, whose family was higher than mine.

It was already quite a problem for the design to stand out, but I can’t say anything about this since Amelia chose it herself. Amelia knew much better about aristocratic society than I did, so she probably chose it after considering how much was ‘not a problem’.

The real problem was different.

“But, is it really okay for me to escort you?”

“It’s okay. It’s not common for a woman to escort another woman, but if the other person is an ‘escort’, they usually just do it. It’s not like I have a fiancé in the first place.”

Yes.

Normally, when attending a dance or banquet, you take a partner of the opposite sex with you.

Going to the ballroom alone was good to talk about in many ways. Usually, your fiancé or husband was your partner, but if that doesn’t work, it’s common sense to bring your own men.

In the original, it wasn’t a problem because Amelia took Brother Harvey with her… … .

If you are a family like the Grand Duke of Grattenmount, if you search for a branch in the royal capital, you will easily be able to find an older man who will not be mistaken for a fiancé if you enter as a partner.

… … Yeah, well, Amelia knows much better about this, so let’s stop bickering.

“Adele is… … .”

“Yes, Adele will come alone.”

It is impossible for a branch of a common noble family to exist. Among the children, the one who may become a commoner by the third or fourth generation is a common noble, but since the family is a knight who is on the verge of collapse, the only person who would ask for an escort when going to a ball is his father.

But his father is also busy working.

Even if you use a dress that belonged to your deceased mother, you cannot create a ‘person itself’.

But Adele is always confident.

There is something I want to do, but I am not the type of person to give up for trivial reasons.

Moreover, although it may be a ‘fake invitation’, the one that has now fallen into Adele’s hands is an invitation to the ‘Grand Duchess’.

As long as we guarantee your identity, there won’t be any major problems.

Besides, it’s not a big problem if the escort is only there when you enter and exit. Once you’re in the ballroom, you’ll be able to blend in naturally by talking to someone.

“All we have to do is take Adele and walk around with her. If there is a man in between, the picture would be strange, right?”

That was Amelia’s plan.

If you listen to it, it doesn’t seem like there’s much of a problem… … .

Is it really okay?

“I heard it’s okay. I’ll guarantee it.”

Amelia said, pounding her chest with her fist.

“Then, I will believe it.”

In response to my answer, Amelia nodded confidently.

*

“The Grand Duke of Grattenmount’s eldest daughter, Lady Amelia, and the eldest daughter of Baron Delkisi, Lady Elsie are entering!”

The soldier next to the door shouted loudly.

We entered the gorgeous castle that reminded me of the Palace of Versailles during the Renaissance, which was different from the castles in the north where the color of the stone was clear.

The eyes of those around us were focused on us like porcupine thorns.

“… … .”

I might have expected it to some extent, but if so much attention was focused on Amelia, she couldn’t help but get nervous, so her hand, which was lightly placed on top of my hand, became slightly stronger.

I gently held Amelia’s hand as if to encourage her.

And before I could see Amelia’s face—my eyes met someone far away.

At the head of the table, next to the king and queen, was the country’s crown prince, Prince Allen.

This person was fine. Even though he knew I came in, he turned his gaze to the side.

But the problem was his older brother, Prince Evan, who was sitting next to him.

No, he was the crown prince now.

Although he was the crown prince of a foreign country and was here as a guest, he was still the son of the king and queen, and his seat was right next to the crown prince.

And his gaze, sitting in that fancy chair, was looking directly into my eyes.

At that moment, I thought that things here would not go as Amelia expected.