episode_0065

Diane’s eyes widened for a moment at Adele’s declaration,

“Large.”

He made a sound of suppressed laughter.

It was a reaction so unpleasant that it was textbook-like.

Even in this world, words like a knight’s pride are treated as stories from a children’s book. Commoners view knights and other noble classes as images from a fairy tale, but the children who live in the world of that story actually realize how ugly and dirty it is inside. I know it well.

… … To be exact, it is a story about children from a noble family living in a place like the royal capital.

In fact, in the case of local nobles who clearly plan not to have many children, there is not much to be that dirty. Isn’t that the case even in the Gratton Mount estate? If you go to Delki City, you will have a personality that makes you doubt whether the writer is a noble in the first place. It’s messy.

However, both the Carlins family and the Hoover family are deeply connected to the royal capital.

From the perspective of someone like Diane, who is willing to do dirty work to get what she wants, the pride of being a knight must have seemed very childish.

“Oh, is that so? Then, let me confirm the knight’s pride. Won’t you give me a chance to know who the noble person who gave you that invitation is?”

Although he was still covering his mouth with a fan, his eyes became narrower and he had an open, mocking expression.

“I think that being suspicious of someone and not dispelling that suspicion is no different from insulting the person who gave you the invitation.”

“I—”

Adele pursed her lips before speaking. Her tightly clenched hands were trembling.

Why do you put up with it so much without mentioning our names?

—Well, the reason is clear: Adele doesn’t want to use our names because of this childish pun.

In front of me, Adele is like a passionate fan meeting an idol for the first time, but in the end, it doesn’t change the fact that she is the daughter of a knight with a lot of back and forth. Did you say that the fun of watching the original work was seeing that hard personality change and grow flexibly while intertwining with the various male protagonists?

But at the same time, it also acted as a sweet potato element.

That was the reason why Amelia chose to ‘hand out an invitation in person’ both in the novel and here, and that was why Brother Harvey fell in love with Amelia when she went to hand out the invitation in the novel.

A knight in decline goes out of his way to visit the family and build connections without even being afraid of being suspected. In the novel, the excuse is ‘creating a completely new faction’, as in the declaration ‘I will protect the weak in the name of the Archduke’. It was accepted and unintentionally became a factor that exalted one’s name.

“There is no need to check, Lady Hoover.”

When Amelia said that, Diane looked this way with a puzzled expression and then shook her shoulders.

Amelia walked gracefully to the nearby area and had a cold smile on her lips. Her sharp eyes, which were already sharp, became thinner as her smile faded, making it look as if the blade of a sword had been sharpened.

I know it’s just a smiling face, but to someone who sees it for the first time, it just looks like a belligerent expression.

No, I think it would be appropriate to have a belligerent expression here and now.

“I was the one who gave the invitation to Lady Carlins.”

“Grand Duchess.”

After hearing Amelia’s words, Diane lightly bowed her head and greeted me. Amelia also accepted the greeting with the same elegant attitude. It was hard to hold back my admiration as I watched from the side. No matter how much I practiced, I couldn’t do that.

“Grand Duchess.”

“Adele.”

In response to Adele’s greeting, Amelia lightly called Adele’s name.

“I met and became close friends with Lady Carlins by chance some time ago. We talked then and I wanted to maintain our friendship in the future, so she handed me a spare invitation. Is there anything wrong with that invitation?”

“No—”

“I’m sorry if there was a problem. From the time I was born until recently, I have been living in the Grand Duchy of Grattenmount, far away from the royal capital. I often went out, but even when I did, the only time I went was to the Delkisi estate where I was related. So, I may not know the etiquette in places like this. Maybe I did something wrong?”

Amelia pretended not to hear Diane’s words when she tried to deny it, and said that with her hands folded in front of her chest.

The eyes were still sharp, but in fact, if you look at the outside, it looked like a villainess acting to keep the other person in a corner. It felt even more so because the acting was ‘not even trying to hide what she was trying to act’.

Of course, the target I was trying to protect here was the female protagonist.

“Oh, no, Grand Duchess. Of course, you have to pass on the extra invitation to the person you want to spend time with.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“… … .”

And there was someone who immediately joined this woman’s conversation.

Of course it was rude behavior this time, but the person who spoke ‘this time’ was rude enough to even point it out.

“… … … … Prince.”

what.

Amelia, who was speaking with her hands folded in front of her chest, seemed to have lowered the temperature of her words a little when she answered the crown prince.

Is it because I was interrupted while I was in the middle of a conversation?

“The act of giving an invitation means that the sender of the invitation guarantees the identity of the person who received the invitation. In this case, the royal family guarantees the identity of the Grand Duchess, and similarly, the Grand Duchess guarantees the identity of Lady Carlins. That also means. And if that person was difficult to guarantee, he or she would not have been able to come in here even if he or she had received an invitation. The inviter is responsible for the safety of all invited people. ”

That’s why you can’t enter if you don’t have an invitation, even if you come with someone who received an invitation.

And, of course, the royal family is always checking the list of nobles in the royal capital. If you are a noble who just arrived in the royal capital tonight, it may take some time to check because the list is not up to date, but on the contrary, if it is not that urgent, there is a ‘list of people who are allowed to be here’. That means it’s probably already been done to some extent.

The Kalins family is a knightly noble family that has been living in the royal capital for three generations since the time of Adele’s grandfather. There is no way their name would not be on the list. If they did not receive an invitation, they would of course not be able to come in, but as long as they had an invitation, they could not be prevented from coming in.

Why don’t you have an escort? … The problem is that it’s just embarrassing, it doesn’t mean it’s illegal.

… … By the way, it looks like the crown prince used this as an auric again.

Are you really testing how to use Aurors around me to be useful? Because we have to spar two more times in the future? I’m persistent.

“By the way, Lady Delkisi.”

After clearly explaining why Adele was allowed to be here, the Crown Prince immediately lost interest in his surroundings and turned towards me.

I can see a mark on his handsome face. The scar on the corner of his eyebrows has not gone away even now. Could it be that the wound is deeper than I thought?

If it had been treated with magic before it became a scar, it could have been erased, but to say that it was allowed to happen like that was intentional.

… … why?

Do you even believe in things like scars of glory or something like that?

It’s a bit late, but now I’ve come to think about it.

“I think the dance is over. It’s time for the next song, so won’t you dance with me this time?”

“Uh… … .”

“You don’t look that tired to me.”

Are you singling out Nadelkisi now?

Of course, people from Delki city do not have the stamina to be that exhausted.

While contemplating whether I should at least try to be a relative, I turned my attention back to Amelia.

And the crown prince immediately recognized the movement of those gazes.

“The Lady of Delki City may not know it, but dancing with the same person over and over again at a ball is a behavior that should be avoided. A ball is a social venue. You can increase your friendship by keeping pace with people you wouldn’t normally meet. The goal is to go out. Dancing with one person multiple times not only shows that one’s sociability is poor, but also prevents the other person from developing friendships with others.”

The crown prince raised his hand with a sly smile on his lips.

“So, won’t you dance the second song with me?”

No, what’s so persistent?

Normally, once you’ve been rejected, it’s polite not to apply again. No, before courtesy, does he have no self-esteem as a crown prince? There’s nothing more likely to cause a scandal than clinging to a woman.

Amelia was looking at the crown prince with an expression of bewilderment, as if she was somewhat embarrassed by this situation, and the crown prince was not even looking at Amelia—no, he was looking at me without paying any attention to the people around him.

I quickly looked around, and suddenly my eyes met Adele.

And Adele happened to be standing alone, without anyone to escort her.

… … Of course, that feeling didn’t show on my face, and I probably didn’t think I was particularly lonely, but that’s how I felt when I was standing alone in the ballroom!

“Well, I—I decided to dance with Lady Carlins too, so, yeah.”

I opened my mouth to make an excuse, but my brain was just starting to work, so something strange came out.

“Yes?”

“Huh?”

“Hmm?”

And three people responded at the same time.

ah.

This is ruined.