episode_0032

won

All other plans, emotions, feelings, memories. Everything flew away and that one word swirled in my head and heart.

I won.

A thrilling first victory. My heart was pounding so hard that I wanted to run around screaming without worrying about saving face.

“Ahaha――”

Life toward someone is a life of slavery. Helping someone is the business of a hypocrite. Love is a lie and warmth is a leash. And all of those are the paths of losers.

And that was proven by this victory.

When I lived like an idiot helping someone, I had enough of it and then it was thrown away. The same goes for life when you are kind to everyone. When I lived with ordinary people, I got stabbed in the back. Even when I lived without paying attention to everything.

At the end of all the stories, I had to be defeated, and the reward was death.

But look. I did something just for myself, made a plan for myself and followed through, and it came back as such a sweet victory.

It’s a refreshing victory that makes me regret why I lived my life for the sake of others and worrying about what others thought of me!

“Ahahaha!”

A waiting room with no people. I smiled brightly and walked toward the outside of the main exam room, where the carriage was waiting.

As soon as I passed through the dark hallway and came out into an open area, dazzling sunlight greeted me. A warm light that had never shone on me before enveloped my entire body.

He smiled under the sunlight that always shined on the protagonist.

‘okay. Now I’m the main character.’

I know in my head that the sun shines on everyone equally, but it just felt that way.

It’s okay, it feels good, so it’s okay. As I smiled and lowered my head, I saw Mel approaching me.

ruler… … . This is the end of being happy without thinking. Now it’s time to go back to my seat. I threw all my overflowing emotions into the trash can and smiled.

“Lady. Congratulations on winning.”

“Thank you, Mel. They say the entrance ceremony will be in a few days, so let’s go back to the villa.”

“Are you not meeting other people?”

“Someone else?”

I wondered who else heard Mel’s words. princess? I don’t want to meet you here because it’s a hassle, and even if I don’t go first, they’ll come find me on their own. If that’s your personality, it’s okay.

Crown Prince? There’s nothing to think about. Clean it up. Other ladies? Well, I don’t want to meet people who congratulate me on the outside but are jealous and criticize me on the inside, and I don’t want to masturbate to boost my self-esteem by listening to empty praise.

I don’t have anyone to meet.

“No need. Just let’s go.”

“Yes. Okay.”

I said that with a grin, got on the carriage, and headed toward the villa before other spectators came out and bothered me.

On the way back to the villa, I quietly looked out the window and slowly figured out what would happen at the academy in the future.

First of all, the entrance ceremony. Nothing special happened. The first day is face-to-face with the professor of each class. Oh yeah. There was a light practice on the first day of the dance class that only nobles could take.

Our junior, Youngae, who came to take the class through a connection even though she hadn’t even entered the school, was also there.

‘The Lady of Carmel truly has genius talent, just as I heard!’

hmm. I don’t want to see a bitch’s arrogance raised because of jealousy… … . However, I don’t want to come forward and become the object of jealousy. Should I put this one on hold for now?

First of all, nothing is different on the first day except dance class. There really isn’t anything else major to do except for the practicum at the end of the first semester.

“Mel.”

“Yes, lady.”

“If there is nothing to do, what should you do?”

“Maybe I just need to create something to do… … . I think so.”

I’ve already thought about that too. But I was afraid that if I did something now, other things would get into trouble, so I left it alone on purpose. Let’s just listen to the story first.

“For example?”

“Um… … . Check the cleaned area once again, or take care of the work you put off… … .”

There is nothing in particular that I have put off.

Go back to the mansion and check on the head of the family who was taking drugs thinking they were nutritional supplements? hmm. Dismissed. The round trip takes too long.

And anyway, even if I don’t have to go check it myself, the young man at the pharmacy will mix the medicine and give it to me, so there’s no need for me to go check it.

“Or, I think it’s good to spend time with the person you care about.”

The moment I heard those words, a lightning bolt ran through my mind.

Why have I tried to act according to the route chosen by the protagonist so far? All I have to do is decide the route. No, even if you can’t decide, you can make it so that you have no choice but to go down that path.

My heart raced as I saw a new path suddenly appear. First of all, you should give compensation first before thinking about anything else.

“Mel. Thank you.”

“Yes?”

“Thanks to you, I knew what to do. So, I’ll give you a reward.”

I smiled and extended my hand to Mel, and Mel tilted her head and placed her hand on top of my hand. I heard it tastes like a puppy in a different way than Sera.

I chuckled, turned my wrist, clasped my hand around Mel, and pulled her towards me. I wrapped my left arm around Mel’s waist as she was pulled towards me, and placed my mouth on the back of Mel’s neck.

“Ugh!”

“If you make it too loud, everyone outside might hear it. No, the coachman will lift it all before that. What happens then?”

As I whispered in Mel’s ear and leaned to the side and laid down on the wide chair, it seemed as if Mel was looming over me.

Mel tried to pull away, but when I brushed the back of her neck with the left hand that was wrapped around her waist, Mel trembled and fell on top of me.

“Ah, lady… … . You can see everything through the carriage window… … !”

“Hehe. Don’t worry about the commoners. Anyway, they automatically bow their heads when a nobleman’s carriage passes by. What you need to care about now is――”

It’s just me.

I smiled and kissed Mel.

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As time passed and the heat accumulated on the ceiling of the carriage, the speed of the carriage decreased and soon came to a complete stop.

I grinned and took my hand off Mel’s stomach.

“That’s it for today. Will you please move out of the way now?”

“On the leg… … . I lost my strength… … .”

“Really, it looks so cute when you look at it like this.”

After laughing and cooling down the inside of the carriage, he stood up first, got out of the carriage, and walked towards the driver’s seat.

“Hmm? Ah, lady. What happened to me――”

[Mel is asleep until she gets off the carriage.]

The coachman, who had been blinking, soon lowered his head and began to sleep, snoring.

“Mel, I put the coachman to sleep so I can rest as much as I want.”

“No… … . I’m leaving now… … .”

“After resting a little more, I came out, but at best I left the coachman to sleep… … . It has become meaningless.”

Mel didn’t pay any attention to what I said and got out of the carriage. The driver’s snoring stopped.

Mel, who stumbled for a moment, soon stood upright and looked at me.

“I will take you there.”

Although there was still heat on his face, I was a little surprised by his clean-up appearance, which made it hard to believe that he was the person who had been blushing under me just a moment ago.

As expected, he is capable.

If Sera becomes as capable as Mel… … .

‘miss!’

As expected, I don’t like it a bit. I wish he could just remain a cute puppy. So that you don’t regret it even if you throw it away later. If you become smarter, you won’t realize that I abandoned you and come after you. It’s annoying.

As I entered the villa, wiping away my goosebumps, I was greeted by numerous maids and butlers.

Among them, Butler, the highest rank, approached. It wasn’t a very nice sight to see the old man bending over, but I was used to it now, so I could treat it like a normal person.

“Did you go, lady? Congratulations on your final win.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“The festival will start tomorrow. Shall we prepare a new dress?”

festival… … . Oh, I forgot.

“Definitely… … . The dress I wore here was the one I wore when I was 8 years old. Yes, please prepare. If possible, please make it red.”

“Okay.”

“Then I will go up, so if you see Sarah later, tell her to come to my room.”

“Yes.”

I left Butler behind and walked to my room.

“Lady, Butler said earlier that it was a festival. I’m not sure what festival you’re talking about.”

“Ah, I’m sure you don’t know Mel. After the academy’s entrance exams, we always held a festival. It means congratulations and blessings to those who pass the exam, and it means comfort and ridicule to those who fail. It’s a long tradition.”

“I understand the comfort, but are you mocking me?”

Mel frowned slightly as if she didn’t understand, then smiled and covered her mouth with a fan.

“Okay then. If you fail the exam and feel bad, you throw a festival and shout congratulations on your admission. Is that a mockery?”

“Definitely… … .”

“Whatever the meaning, it’s not something we care about. The things that fall are theirs to take care of, and we can just enjoy it.”

After saying that, he stopped for a moment and looked back.

“In that sense, why don’t we go together to the festival? Actually, there is something I want to look into. I think it would be nice to have company.”

“Do you mean me? Sera is――”

“Sera?”

I tilted my head at Mel’s words.

“Do I have to walk the dog until the festival day?”

No, I’m asking because I’m really curious.

So don’t make that face. I feel like I’m a bad person.