Prologue
Betrayal's always happen suddenly.
An expected betrayal is neither frightening, nor painful.
But traitors usually look for the best moment to betray you.
That's what's happening right now!
"Leon, if you don't explain properly, you'll get a 'no'."
Olivia had her neck bent over quite a bit, but her eyes were open.
Her eyes released a pressure not allowing me to lie.
In front of those eyes, I, Leon Fou Bartford, was shaking.
I opened my mouth to give an excuse but my throat was so dry I couldn't say anything.
I was very nervous.
"C-calm down, both of you. Let's talk. That way we can resolve any misunderstandings."
Besides, this is a trap set by that damn Luxion!
Needless to say, my words didn't hold any weight to them. Angie, Angelica Rafa Redgrave, was
looking at a baby cot that was in the corner of the room. She touched the crib with her hands
and smiled. But that smile gave me goosebumps. She's angry. She's furious.
If I had to describe the emotions of Angie right now, would the perfect analogy be that of a
volcano before eruption? Or is she about to explode right now?
"It would be better for you to think carefully about your next words in order to make sure your
excuse is reliable. Of course, I mean the excuse you’ll give us about why you would be bringing
another woman to this house prepared by the Commonwealth for your studies here, and even
have a baby cot."
“L-let me explain my current situation.”
As I could not stay forever in Marie's house, I decided to return to the house they had prepared
for me.
Right now, we have the priestess chosen by the sacred tree, Noelle Bertre, under our care. Her
real name is Noelle Zel Lespinasse. As the priestess's guardian, I decided to bring her home to
protect her.
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I did not have any other intentions, I swear! I just wanted to protect her from the idiots of the
Commonwealth. Noelle, the new priestess, is now someone desired—and not for good
intentions—by all the nobles of the Commonwealth. That's why I have to keep her safe, the best
path to take was to keep her close to me. She herself understands that and desires it, so up to
here, there is no problem.
“I’m not making any excuses.”
Noelle lowered her head.
She had beautiful blond hair, a hairstyle with a single side tail with pink tips. She was a little
ashamed in front of Livia and Angie.
"I-I apologize, everything is my fault. It's my fault for letting it happen... "
The more reserved Noelle became, Livia and Angie’s eyes turned fiercer. That's why I need to
stop Noelle before things get out of control.
"C-calm down a little Noelle, ok? Let me talk to them, I will explain everything"
I'm so afraid that I’m stuttering!
I'm not being unfaithful, I’ve been put in this situation by accident! In this situation, it’s hard to
deny it, too!
The two came to my house at the worst possible time. Both saw the moment I was embracing
Noel, and yes, looking at it without context, it seemed without a doubt like cheating. Not to
mention the baby cot that is in this room.
A short time after I arrived in the Commonwealth, I got a new friend named Jean, and because
of several circumstances, I ended up taking care of his beloved dog for a while.
However, it was a very old dog and needed special care, so I bought a baby cot for her to sleep.
The only problem is… that the name of that dog was Noelle.
Having the same name as the girl by my side, made this situation even more complicated. That
is why, in the eyes of Angie and Livia, I had not only brought a girl to my house in the
Commonwealth, but I even had prepared a baby cot.
Assuming, just assuming we had 10 people watching this, the only possible outcome would be
that 10 of those 10 come to the conclusion that I was being unfaithful. In fact, if someone else
was in my position, I would even think the same.
But seriously, I wasn’t being an adulterer.
The situation came to this because of Luxion’s betrayal.
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Normally, in this type of situation, my fiancé’s would definitely not be here to witness this scene.
In that case, why did it end like that?
Conclusion: It was because of Luxion.
I tried to use 100% of my brain to find the most optimal solution in this case. Okay, I do not have
to worry about this. I'm somehow insecure, but if I speak with a stern expression, I'm sure both
will understand me.
"Girls... think about this carefully. It’s not true, but assuming that I really am cheating, wouldn’t
you find this setting truly weird? "
At the time I said that "it is not true", I felt as if Angie's and Livia's eyes released an even colder
aura than before. My back couldn’t stop sweating neither could I stop shaking.
"Weird? Would you stop trying to change the topic?" Angie's voice was cruelly cold. I swear on
my manhood from now on, no matter what happens, I will never cheat on her. I must not make
her angrier. That was what my mind, my heart... no, what my soul itself understood on this
occasion.
"It's certainly strange."
"Livia?" Angie stopped looking at me and turned to Livia. It seems that she did manage to
understand what I tried to say.
"Leon-san did not even go to welcome us this time when we came to sightseeing the
Commonwealth of Alzer again. Last time we didn’t let him know and he went to receive us
anyway, right?"
"Well, because Luxion should have notified him, right? ... ah, I understand." Apparently Angie
already understood. Finally they got what I wanted to say.
"If he had something to hide, he would have had time to hide all the evidence, but if not, it's
because Luxion did not notify him, I see".
Luxion is usually specific and noisy with his reports, but this time he had not said anything.
Basically, he clearly betrayed me!
Livia nodded and then continued talking about what seemed strange to her.
"Also, Claire-chan was acting a little strange lately. If Leon-san had something to hide, he would
have told her to gain time for him, don’t you think? If there is really evidence, I don’t think he
would have left it to be exposed."
Yes, exactly! Normally, some of those two would have informed me about this before. Both of
them are extremely skilled, so they would have helped me with wiping out the evidence of my
infidelity... obviously, it's not like I really need to hide something. Yes, I have not been unfaithful!
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"Can’t you see?! This is clearly a betrayal from those two damn AI’s!"
It seems that the worst part had already passed after both of them reached the answer alone.
This is the power of love!
When I finally had time to breathe, the woman with glasses who was seeing everything from
behind on the room, murmured. "... but that does not change the fact that Leon-sama was
playing intimately in this room with Noelle-sama."
“T-this woman is a…”
Her name was Cordelia Fou Easton. A trusted maid that Angie had sent to help me on my daily
tasks. In truth, I believed that she was a reasonable and cool maid, but it seems that she was
another traitor.
Wait a moment. Is it just me, or there are lots of traitors around me? Angie glared at me again.
Her gaze that had smoothed a little before, turned cold once more.
"In that case, would that mean that Luxion wanted to give a lesson to his condescending
master?"
Then Livia supported the new theory of Angie. "That's possible. I guess he wanted to put Leon?san in a tightening situation, so that Leon-san stops having fun and taking advantage of his
freedom."
"Luxion is quite filial. Leon, you must be happy to have a servant who cares so much to
straighten his master towards the right path..."
"T-that is not quite true..."
This is not going well. I thought about several things I could say which may change the flow of
these events, but my body doesn’t react.
I looked everywhere looking for someone who would be willing to help me, and in the end my
eyes ended up falling with all my hopes on Yumeria-san.
Would she notice?
Maybe yes, because even in the middle of this heavy atmosphere, Yumeria-san took a breath
and exclaimed. "I... I think Leon-sama is also a man, so we should forgive him, even if he fell to
temptations!"
...and her words threw more fuel to the fire.
If I had to describe this situation, it would be represented by a bomb about to fall into the fire.
With this, it seems that I have really been being unfaithful. Yumeria-san did notice that and
began to try to amend her mistake.
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"T-that’s not what I wanted to say! I mean that perhaps he took his jokes a little too far, but ...
well, I... I mean Leon-sama has eyes only for you two! Umm?... Shouldn't it be only for one?..."
Certainly, if we talk about what is normal and what is not, having 2 fiancées at the same time is
nothing normal. While I thought about that, the situation became much worse.
Besides, this war was already a loss. No matter what I or Noelle would say, Livia and Angie will
not believe us.
Also, Cordelia-san was not interested in meddling, obviously she didn’t bother with helping
Yumeria-san to clarify herself. Not to mention that the artificial intelligences that should be
helping in this case, Luxion and Cleare, had fled somewhere, it is very likely that they have set
me up. No, in fact, it's already a fact that they betrayed me.
"I knew it, people should not trust artificial intelligences."
Among all the things that human beings have built, artificial intelligences are always the most
susceptible to betray them.
Apparently, Luxion was not the exception. He betrayed me! I definitely won’t forgive you, I will
not forgive anyone from the two!
"Luxion, do you listen to me? I know you did it. Remember that we, the humans, always end up
on top! So I hope you are ready!"
I said it out loud while laughing at the end to Luxion, who surely was watching this from
somewhere else.
Now, the only thing I could possibly do was laugh. If I did not, I might possibly end up crying.
Seeing me laughing at nothing, Noel was left surprised while Cordelia-san felt repulsion. But
what really dealt a blow on me was Yumeria-san’s face who was really worried about me.
"Leon-sama, don’t snap, return to yourself! Everything will be fine, I’m sure everything will be
solved!"
What is going to be fine? Doesn’t matter, thanks for the concern anyway. I love that kindness
that you exude. After seeing me laughing without control, Livia and Angie took each of my arms
and gripped me.
Anyone who saw this without context, would say that I have two beautiful flowers, one in each
hand, but in reality, they were preventing me from fleeing. Both had empty smiles on their faces.
From my arm you could hear the sound of my fiancées tightening them.
"Leon-san, it’s better to tell us everything... if not, you will be treated like a bad kid.”
"Ready to tell us everything? It will be better if you brace yourself, we have all the time in the
world so I will not let you sleep."
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That "I will not let you sleep" would have made me feel embarrassed and even excited if she
had said it in another situation.
Yes, if she had said it in a normal situation!
And so, both took me out of the room, dragging me from both hands. Then, Noel extended her
hand towards me. "Leon?!" I turned my face, yes, just my face and tried to smile with all my
remaining forces to reassure her.
"Do not worry Noelle, I'm sure they will understand me after explaining everything."
I am innocent. I have not been unfaithful. That is why Livia and Angie will understand me.
Yes, if they just let me talk-
"Leon-san, this time you have been a bad kid!"
They surely will…
"I should have lectured you a little more about relationships with girls before letting you come
here. I will not tell you to don’t have fun, but from now on, you'll have to do it knowing what will
be waiting for you."
....Will I make it back alive?
"Luxion, why did you betray me?" While both of them took me from the arm, I shrugged my
shoulders and looked at the ground. As if I were a newly caught criminal. But I swear I have not
been cheating!
I have not done anything wrong!
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In the Academy of the Commonwealth of Alzer, the summer vacation had already begun.
There was a girl who took advantage of those vacations to enter a dungeon. She was Leila
Bertre. She had pink hair with a hairstyle similar to Noelle, a single-sided tail, but on the
opposite side of her.
Both were twins so they seemed quite alike, however, they had some clear differences. One of
them, and the most important thing, is that Noelle's younger sister, Leila, is a reincarnator.
"Here, it's right here. I know, I have seen it before."
Right now, she had a backpack on her back and her clothes were dirty with mud. In her hand,
she carried a pick.
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From her appearance it is obvious that she has gone through a lot to get to this place. It seemed
that she had to endure more than she expected from how rough she was breathing.
Seeing her like that, his companion, Serge Sara Rault, got a little worried.
"Hey, are you okay? You’re not used to this, don’t overwork yourself."
"Don’t worry. It will be fine once we arrive..."
"Ummm... though, I’m surprised you have known about this kind of place. "
Serge was a boy with a slightly tanned skin, and black hair combed backwards. He was tall and
fit with well defined muscles. In short, someone totally contrary to Leila's fiancé, Emil Laz
Pleven. But there was a reason why Leila decided to search within this dungeon with Serge.
Serge scanned his surroundings, everything was covered by roots of the sacred tree. The roots
were stuck and spread around all the metallic walls.
After that, they came to what seemed to be a passage, but the door placed behind did not open.
First, because the door itself was broken, and second, because the roots of the sacred tree
filled the area.
Serge took a lantern and started looking around.
"I never thought that there was a dungeon like this under the sacred tree. Leila, isn’t this a great
discovery?"
The two were in a dungeon that was very beneath the sacred tree. In short, they were
underground. Leila was drinking water from her bottle and then cleaned her mouth with her
sleeve. At this moment, she didn’t even have the leisure to worry about her appearance.
"Don’t tell anyone, it would be troublesome if someone else decides to come to explore. Also...
Serge, are you listening to me?" Leila glared at Serge who was looking at her with a smile. But
Serge just laughed.
"Don’t be like that. I just thought that you’re a fantastic woman."
"What?"
What is he blabbering about in this situation?
Leila did not know how to react, but Serge gave another step. He walked until he was in front of
Leila.
"I mean you're fantastic the way you are now."
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"I know I don’t have manners." Said Leila annoyed, thinking that Serge was making fun of her.
However, on her inner thoughts, she was already thinking what was the next thing she needed
to do.
Leon, found Luxion in the Kingdom of Holfart, so there should also be one here.
Like how Leon found Luxion in the Kingdom of Holfort, there should be another powerful item in
the second game. A pay to win item equal to Luxion.
There must be one. If there is none, I'll be in trouble ... I will not have anything to go against
Leon and the others.
Leila was afraid of Leon, who had a powerful weapon on his hands. If Luxion attacks seriously,
if it is an order from Leon, he would destroy the Commonwealth along with the whole continent
without sparing a second thought. When Leila learned about that, she could not stand still
waiting to be slaughtered.
That's why she decided to go into this dungeon in order to find her own powerful weapon. But,
as expected, she couldn’t do it alone. However, she could get up to this point thanks to the help
of Serge, who wasn’t just another noble but an adventurer.
Leila continued to walk through a dark corridor. Many times she almost fell due to tree
branches, but every time, Serge caught her before she reached the floor.
"Do you want to rest?"
"I-I'm fine. There’s not much left, let's continue a little more."
The object was just in front of her. Little by little, she had reminded all the information from the
second game she had possessed.
A little more. Yes, it should be just behind this door.
Both of them arrived in front of a humongous door. Leila approached it and entered a password
on the control panel.
Luckily, I have the password.
After entering the digits that she had remembered after squeezing her brain dry, the door
reacted. The automatic door opened, and on the other side was an immensely spacious room.
Serge was looking at Leila surprised.
"How did you know the way to open this door?"
"I have some secrets. Forget about that, now, walk."
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Leila pointed the lantern to the room which was full of tree roots.
It's broader than the one that was shown in the game according to my memories.
After that, Leila began to look for an airship... No, a spaceship. This huge room was actually a
dock. In the past, it was here where the old human civilization kept their weapons.
At this moment, it was already abandoned and filled with broken futuristic ships. But Serge got
really excited.
"Leila, this is awesome! If we report that we found this, our names will go down in history!"
In addition to discovering a new ruin, they had also discovered ancient objects. Serge was
excited and happy to be the adventurer who had achieved that. But Leila doesn’t.
"You haven’t seen anything yet. Follow me".
Serge obeyed and walked to Leila who advanced before him, and, arriving almost to the end of
the passage, she suddenly noticed something. She pointed the lantern to a corner of the room,
and there she realized that a weapon had ended up buried here. Something with a humanoid
figure, strongly tied by tree roots.
"Is this... an armor?" She did not see that in the game. Although, it may be some other pay to
win item and she simply does not remember having seen it before. Of course, Leila didn’t get
too interested in the weapons from the second game. In fact, she considered that the
adventurers and weapons were just for the sake of making the plot advance. And while she was
immersed in her thoughts, Serge approached the armor.
"It does not look bad. The bad thing is that it has been cut down perfectly. The guy who had
piloted this should have died ipso facto."
Leila found herself afraid as soon as she heard that. The soul of the pilot may still be wandering
around here. Following this line of thought, she felt as if this place was a graveyard.
"S-stop fooling around!"
"It looks good, can we bring it with us? Although it is completely black and broad. I believe the
armors from ancient times were always like that, though this one is also huge."
It was bigger than the traditional armor of this world. Facing this armor, Leila immediately
remembered another quite similar.
"...Umm? This one and that ‘Arroganz’ look pretty alike."
"Arroganz? I think I've heard that word before. It means... Arrogance, right? "
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"Huh? You kidding?" By hearing the meaning of 'Arroganz', Leila didn’t know what to feel
towards Leon.
Is that guy a chuuni? Who the heck would call his own armor arrogance?
She thought about that while looking at the armor trapped in the middle of the tree branches.
Then, Leila got goosebumps.
W-what the hell!
...This armor utterly scared her.
She was about to take a step back in fear, but Serge became even more intrigued by it.
"Leila, let me take this boy. I'll have it as a souvenir if I’m not able to repair it." But Leila
immediately rejected Serge's suggestions. It's not that she had a special reason, but her
instincts were screaming that she wouldn’t get into that armor.
"Of course we won’t! Come on, walk".
"Wait, don’t be like that!" She took Serge from the arm and advanced. Serge wanted to resist for
a moment, but immediately calmed down. They both walked out holding hands.
Then, they found a huge spaceship with an ominous presence. It had a simple shape and a
geometric design, though a part was trapped between roots. The color, apparently, was dark
green. Unlike the other spaceships around there, this one has been left intact and doesn’t seem
to be others. Serge was watching that spaceship with a dumbfounded face.
"I did not think it was possible for a airship to be crafted that big, not even in ancient times."
While he was flabbergasted, Leila lost interest in him and immersed herself again in her own
thoughts.
No, this is a spaceship... or rather, a space vessel
She tried to remember a little more about what to do from now on from the game, but her
memories were still vague. The spaceships of ancient times ...those were aircrafts with high
performance on delivering supplies and also perfect for battles. Their capacities were far above
what the ones of the current era could manage, and judging by the dimensions from the one in
front of her, it could be said that it was as outstanding as Luxion.
With this I will not lose against Leon.
Leila started walking, leaving back Serge who was still spacing out. As he realized that she was
leaving him behind, Serge pursued her. But suddenly, Serge ran towards her and pulled one of
her hands to put her behind him.
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"There’s something approaching from behind!"
"Huh? W-what?"
Everything was so fast that Leila couldn’t process it.
In less than an instant, Serge was already fighting with the monsters that had appeared with his
own hands. The monsters were crushed on the ground and became black smoke and then
disappeared.
Isn’t this guy just slaughtering them? Isn’t this a little too one sided
Serge was killing some of the monsters with his bare right hand. While the other hand held a
spear, which swung in a perfect circular shape, killing the monsters around him. He seemed to
be quite confident in front of the monsters.
"So nine of them, I see. Leila, you stay back".
"C-can you defeat them all?" Serge held his spear with a fancy pose, wanting to show his
reliable side to Leila.
"A piece of cake!"
Then he began an unilateral fight. Serge swung his spear, and with each cut, a monster fell,
defeated. Serge always admired the adventurers, that's why he trained a lot and became a
warrior who could even be matched with his other self with the best specs he could achieve on
the game.
That is why he could easily defeat all the monsters that showed up. Leila felt a bit disgusted
after she saw the destroyed heads of the monsters that Serge had defeated with his spear.
However, for her it was more than enough having Serge to take care of those monsters similar
to flying sharks. After all, she could not do it alone.
It was a good idea to bring Serge with me. He’s stronger than I had expected. He might even be
stronger than Leon and those idiots.
The Kingdom of Holfort was the home of the adventurers, for that reason, Leon and his group
had a certain degree of skill. But for Leila, Serge did not fall behind. Moreover, he seemed so
reliable in front of her.
Who would have thought that Serge was such an adept fighter.
"And this is the last one!" Said Serge after leaving all the monsters beheaded. And after
checking that there were no more monsters, he lowered his spear.
Leila thanked Serge, looking at him with great surprise and a bit of interest.
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"You are strong, now I see you under a new light!"
"Well no one would survive in this kind of place without being able to do at least this much. Have
you already fallen in love with me?"
"No, not even a single bit, but at least I consider you a completely different person now. Thank
you for protecting me, Serge."
Both of them joked, and little by little, the uncomfortable environment started fading away. Then,
Serge saw the supply ship again and began to think in silence, so Leila asked him.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Well, I thought that this treasure is amazing, but I get the feeling that it was a little too easy up
to now."
"And what about the fights we had so far? You can’t even imagine how many times I thought I
was going to die on the way here!" For Leila, who was not used to adventures, it could even be
considered a great achievement reaching her destination without dying in fear without leaving a
body.
But to Serge, who was already accustomed to this, it seemed too lacking.
"In fact I was surprised that we arrived here after walking in a straight line. Did you already know
that there was a treasure around here?"
If I answer yes, he surely will get curious about how I knew it. After reaching that conclusion,
Leila decided to make an excuse.
"I didn’t think that there would really be something here... I just heard rumors in the past." She
acted as if she was genuinely surprised, and then she focused on the ship to avoid Serge's
gaze. At that moment, the door opened by itself.
Unlike the previous door, it was slowly and silently. Then, from the other side, emerged a
floating sphere as big as a softball, with a single red eye. The object stayed still at the same
height of Leila and Serge's view. Everything was so unexpected, that Serge didn’t need to think
twice about raising again his spear and pulling back Leila at the same time.
With his spear in hand, he shouted at Leila to stay back.
"Leila, stay back!"
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However, Leila was relieved. That was because the sphere in front of them was not Luxion... it
was another blue drone.
"Serge, calm down. We'll be fine."
"R-really?"
Serge lowered his spear a bit, staring at the blue robot’s movements. Leila was convinced that
the thing in front of them had no bad intentions. That was because, if he was an old Luxion's
companion, then he could not fight in that form.
"I want to have a talk with you." She said and then the blue robot responded with a lively voice.
"It has been a while since the last time I received visits." It was a robotic voice, but somehow
masculine. The difference with Luxion is that this robot felt much more human than the first one.
Serge was surprised, but Leila continued talking.
"I want this ship. Give me the rights of ownership."
She said with a haughty attitude and the robot responded with intrigue.
"Do you want to be my master? ...Umm, there are several things that I find shady about you and
your request, but the truth is I can’t stand being waiting in this place for so long, but I can not
move without permission. So a master appearing is a very tempting situation!"
Why would this new human know about his existence and the rights of a master? The robot
seemed intrigued about that, but more than that, he wanted to leave this place as soon as
possible, so he had accepted gladly. Meanwhile, Serge got really worried about that
conversation.
"Leila, are you sure about this? What is that thing in the first place?"
But who answered Serge’s question wasn’t Leila
"—Oops, I forgot to introduce myself, I apologize for my rudeness! My name is ‘Ideal’, a ship in
charge of supplies." Leila released a small sigh. A sigh of relief.
Good, it has the same name as the one I bought on the game.
The name of the powerful pay to win on the second otome game was Ideal. That’s why she was
convinced that this powerful weapon was the same drone she had encountered before. So,
Leila took a step forward confidently.
"In that case, let's do it immediately."
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"How do you know about the privileges of ownership? The truth is that I’m really intrigued and
something seems fishy, but it's okay. Let's move forward to the next topic for now."
The blue drone, Ideal, turned his red eye brighter and scanned both of them. Then Ideal began
to wander around Leila making circles quite intrigued.
"What happened?"
"I got very shocking information. It seems that today will be a great day. "
"You think so?"
By seeing Luxion, she thought that this other AI would respond with a much more lack of
emotions, but for the moment, it was quite friendly.
In addition, his attitude towards Leila, who would be recorded as his master, was adequate.
"It seems that you both are really tired. I’ll prepare a room, so go on, you can enter," said Ideal,
entering ahead to guide them, leaving the two of them shocked once inside the ship.
It was in a pretty clean state. Serge was surprised while passing a hand on the wall beside him.
"It's the first time I see a lost item kept so clean and well-conserved".
Having Serge's words picked his interest, Ideal turned towards Leila and asked.
"Lost item? Well, in the current era, the technology that was used to build me should have been
lost. It seems that it will be fun to take a walk. "
"Fun? Can you even feel that being an artificial intelligence?"
Leila was flabbergasted by the fact that Ideal was really impatient to get outside.
"...yeah, you're really intriguing people." Said Ideal in front of both of them, and then returned to
guide them.
Then Serge said. "Hey Leila... What is that artificial intelligence thing you mentioned before?"
Leila sworn inside her mind after hearing that question.
Damn, I left my guard down.
"I-it is nothing. We should take the offer of that thing and rest a little bit here."
"You're right. Though I was a little worked up about exploring the inside of this ship."
Serge sounded seriously excited, with his gaze looking around the entire place.
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Then, Leila looked at the floating sphere that was in front of her.
I got it, I finally got my own cheat item. With this I won’t have to fear Leon.
That's what brought Leila the most happiness, much more than having gotten this kind of lost
item.
"Wait a moment please".
Ideal took them to the room, which was more like the resting area of a company. There was
some furniture, vending machines and even decoration plants. Serge sat directly on the couch
without taking away the dirt on his clothes.
"This couch is amazing. Leila, come sit."
"Seriously you're like a barbarian. But yes, you're right." Leila sat down and relaxed her
shoulders to alleviate the pent up fatigue.
After that, Ideal went to some other place, leaving them the both alone in the room.
"If you excuse me, I will take my leave"
"Where do you have to go?"
"I will make some preparations to go outside. Also, I will bring you some food in a moment."
Ideal left and Serge smiled.
"What a thoughtful guy."
But, is there something to eat in a place like this that was abandoned so many years ago. While
Leila was wondering about that, her gaze was obstructed by Serge. Then, he brought his face
near to hers.
"W-wait!" She quickly tried to cover her face with both hands, but Serge grabbed one of them.
Serge's look was serious.
"...Leila, why did you get engaged with the weakling of Emil Family?" Leila felt a little awkward
hearing him asking that. That's because she knew that Serge was madly in love with her.
"This doesn’t have anything to do with you, you were never at school, so we could never hang
out too much. Do you have any problems with that?"
Leila already knew what Serge wanted to say.
"You know what I feel for you, right? Leila ... I love you, you're the only woman I love."
Those were straight words coming from his heart.
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However, Leila looked away.
I love you? There is no more empty phrase than that. thought Leila, rejecting the confession
after remembering a little about her past self.
"...you made me wait too much. I am already with Emil."
She got up and then moved away from Serge, but he didn’t give up. Serge grabbed Leila's
shoulders and brought them close to him.
"I swear I'll make you happy. I want you to stay with me."
When she saw Serge so serious, she doubted for a moment ... but in the end, she pushed him
aside with her hands.
"Serge, stop joking. Also, you are a son of the Rault house, do you get it? We are not fit for
each other."
"And what of it matters?! The same is with Emil. I-I’m only-"
Unfortunately, the door opened again and Ideal entered interrupting their discussion and with a
cheerful voice said
"~It has been some time since I prepared a meal. But don’t worry, I’ve made sure to keep the
ingredients well preserved, so everything is in perfect condition. Although, in fact, I can produce
many things inside this ship, so there are more than enough ingredients! ... Mmh? Did I come
with a bad timing?"
Ideal came back right after Leila rejected Serge’s confession, but thanks to that Leila was able
to change the topic.
Leila walked away from Serge and then crossed her arms.
"Nothing happened".
I don’t understand. Can an artificial intelligence have emotions?
Thought Leila, after seeing Ideal unable to read the atmosphere.
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Chapter 1 - Unusable Trash
“-That’s how it is. It is true that Master was taking care of a dog named Noelle and then saved
Noelle Beltre. Don’t worry, he doesn’t have the courage to cheat on you.”
We were at my house.
Luxion had come to help me, who was being interrogated by Angie and Livia who had no light in
their eyes.
They interrogated me for an hour.
This is all Luxions fault.
Angie put her hand on her waist and sighed.
“-We rushed into a conclusion. Leon, please forgive us. We were wrong.”
Livia hugged me.
“I’m sorry, Leon. You weren’t fooling us. I feel terrible for doubting you.”
I decided to accept their apologies with a big heart.
“It’s okay. I was also to blame for incurring suspicion. But you two, I will never forgive you.”
Luxion and Claire were in my line of sight.
They were both avoiding me.
Luxion was carefree.
“That’s quite short-minded of you, master. To not forgive your followers.”
Clare looked somewhat happy.
“It's true! It's your fault for acting so suspicious! If we didn't follow up with this, the
misunderstanding could not be resolved. Even so, it is resentful of you to never forgive us.”
Is that all these fucking traitors have to say?
“Don't play with me. If you hadn’t betrayed me from the start, Angie and Livia wouldn't have
doubted me in the first place!”
“Looking at you from the side, I think it is inevitable for your actions to be suspicious, Master.”
Angie was convinced of Luxion's opinion.
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“Yes. If you hear something about stealing a bride from a wedding, you can't help but hesitate.”
“No. That was not stealing. I just stopped an unhappy wedding.”
Hearing my excuse, Angie tried to say something, but she didn't have her usual urge to respond
since she had some fault for having suspected me.
“I sympathize with Noelle's case, so I don't blame you for saving her… But what are you going
to do? Leon, are you thinking about the future?”
When we were talking about Noelle's treatment, I put my finger on my cheek.
I didn't think about it too much and it's not something I need to decide.
“It is Noelle who must decide.”
It seems that Angie was not satisfied with my response.
“If the story of the Holy Tree priestess is true, we should bring her home.”
The Sacred Tree… this is an existence that supplies energy to people.
Is it good to say that it is clean and free energy?
A great plant that solves energy problems.
And in my hand, there was a sapling that grew from that Sacred Tree.
Fortunately, the sapling chose its priestess.
If we return to our hometown and plant the sapling of the Sacred Tree, the Kingdom of Holfort
will not suffer from power problems in the future.
Considering Angie's position, it was inevitable to choose to bring Noelle home.
However, Livia is not convinced of it.
“W-Wait! What are we going to do with Noelle's will? Noelle has not yet given an answer,
correct? There are doubts, right?”
She said that Noelle's will should be respected.
Angie's and Livia's opinions were in direct conflict.
Angie tried to reason with Livia.
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“I'm sorry for Noelle, but the power problem will be solved in the future. This is no longer an
individual problem. I know that it is unfortunate for Noelle, but in the future she will solve one of
the kingdom's key problems… I am sorry, but I don't want to give Noelle a choice.”
I could understand Angie's feeling of wanting to take her home.
Not having any more energy problems is a pretty good thing.
However, Livia was not convinced.
Even when the benefits were presented to her, she was emotionally opposed.
“That's not good. Noelle won’t be happy. And does Noelle even have a choice to stay here or
come to the kingdom? Bringing her in by force is unforgivable.”
“I'm sorry if I said it wrong. Then we will treat Noelle with the utmost consideration. If Noelle
wants, we'll let her have a luxurious life.”
“Is not that! It's not like that! What's the matter with you, Angie? You don't act like you usually
do. The Angie I know would never choose to use Noelle as a sacrifice.”
They both began to gradually get upset.
Angie got emotional too.
“If a sacrifice saves many in the future... my choice will be for the majority. I never said that we
wouldn’t make Noelle happy.”
Faced with the highest consideration Angie could give, Livia still wasn't convinced.
“Noelle is not a tool!”
Surely Angie couldn't forgive herself seeing Noelle as a tool.
Angie was a bit shocked.
It seems that she was aware of what she said herself.
“It is true that I saw her as a tool. If it wasn’t Leon that brought this incredible story then even I
would have doubted. …but now that I know, I am ready to take Noelle back to the kingdom.
Leon, help me too.”
When Angie asked for my consent, Livia grabbed my arm.
She gave me a sad look.
D-Don't look at me like that.
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“Leon, please stop Angie. This is not good. Will this make you happy even if you treat Noelle
like a tool?”
“H-huh…”
As I wandered, Angie grabbed my other arm.
“Leon, you are an Earl of the kingdom of Holfort. You have an obligation to protect these people.
I know that you don't want to take responsibility, but I won't let you run away from this.”
Livia was looking from the individual’s perspective.
And Angie was looking at the whole.
Livia wanted Noelle’s happiness and Angie wanted to sacrifice it so that many others would be
happy.
…Wait, should I choose? Should I decide something this important!?
It was Luxion who came to my rescue when I was in trouble.
“If Master accepts Noelle, the whole problem will be solved.”
This artificial intelligence loves to add fuel to the fire.
“I hate that part of you where you ignore feelings.”
“Oh? I don't want to hear that from my Master, who ignored Noelle's feelings. If you accept
Noelle, she will be happy, Master. Furthermore, the Kingdom of Holfort will also have the sacred
tree and they will be happy. Everything fits perfectly.”
Where!? Where is my happiness in all that!?
“If I accept it, everything will fit perfectly, that ... h-huh? Angie, what is it?”
Angie was downcast and thinking a lot.
She slowly raised her face and looked into my eyes.
“What Luxion said isn't a bad suggestion. Leon… accept Noelle.”
At what Angie said, Livia shook her head.
“Angie, why? Why do you say that even though you were against Leon cheating on us.”
Seeing Livia with a look that she couldn't believe, Angie looked away.
“…because it's worth it. Leon, you can dismiss me. So accept Noelle.”
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Seeing Angie muttering that to convince me, I… decided to run away from that place.
“I-I don't want to.”
“Leon?”
“I absolutely don't want to! I don't want to break up with Angie!”
When I screamed and jumped out of the room, I heard Livia's voice.
“Leon!?”
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“Wasn't it terrible to leave them both in the room?”
I jumped out of the house and headed to Marie's mansion with Luxion.
“How annoying. And it won't change the fact that you've betrayed me. Ah~ah, as I thought,
artificial intelligence is a dangerous existence that will betray humanity.”
“I will not betray humanity. However, new humanity is another matter.”
Isn't that the same as saying you'll betray us?
“Damn traitor.”
“If you're worried about Noelle, you should put her on your side.”
“What does that have to do with your betrayal?”
I don't want to experience their suspicion again.
Still, this guy's changing the topic this time is too suspicious.
Did he really think of betraying me?
“Let's be serious. …Luxion, why did you create that situation, to even include bothering Clare?”
“You realized? You are quite insightful, Master.”
You are a guy who likes to say annoying things like always.
Listening this time, prioritize the main theme.
“Don't divert the topic.”
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“Unfortunately, Noelle will not have a peaceful future. So we should choose a way beneficial to
us while fulfilling your wishes.”
“We should, huh.”
“If you accept Noelle, the kingdom will get the Sacred Tree. At the moment, it may not be so
mighty like the Commonwealth Holy Tree, but it will solve the power problem in the future.
That's a huge benefit!”
“About the future, humans will take care of that. Tell the truth.”
“It is true. In other words... Noelle has no freedom. If her value is known, not only will the
kingdom move but other countries as well. Master, you won't be able to protect Noelle if she's
not by your side.”
Luxion was listing the reasons, but each one sounded like a lie.
“Was that your true intention?”
“You still doubt me? Then, I would like to say it clearly. If other countries pursue Noelle, they will
take all possible measures. That is the end you will regret, Master. It would still be lucky if it's
just an unwanted marriage. In the worst case, they will brainwash her and treat her as a tool.”
The sapling of the Sacred Tree and the priestess Noelle, other countries surely wish to have it in
their hands.
I understand it, but do you have to point it out?
“Is it not possible to protect Noelle in the Commonwealth? She is their priestess.”
“Oh? Do you still believe in the Commonwealth, even though you've been pestering them?”
Since I came to the Commonwealth, I have been pestering the six great nobles.
Pierre, who has used the power of the six main nobles and used it for himself.
Loic who forced Noelle to marry him in order to obtain her.
They were certainly annoying people.
They've all screwed with me in so many ways, but how would they move if I wasn't there?
“She was selected as a priestess, but it's terrible that she can't be happy. I thought the game
had a happy ending.”
I complained.
In this otome game, Noelle, who was selected as a priestess, should have been happy.
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To be united with a boy who likes and to revive his house that was in ruins….
And yet, what about Noelle now?
She doesn't belong to anyone and she's not happy either.
“Luxion, what went wrong?”
“Is Noelle not as happy as the story says?”
“…It was us. No, it’s my fault?”
Was it possible that she can’t be happy because we came to the Alzer Commonwealth? I had
that worry.
“As always you are too self-aware. Aren’t you saying you have a lot of influence on the world,
Master? Do you think the world revolves around you?”
“Do you hate me? Do you throw discordant words at the heart and think nothing of doing it? I
am your Master, right?”
“It's okay because your heart is as hard as steel.”
“It's a crystal heart! It is delicate! Be more careful!”
“You should look up the word delicate in a dictionary. Apparently you remember the word
delicate in a different sense, Master.”
What a maddening guy.
You talk badly to me and you betray me.
The artificial intelligence of the world of this otome game is too cruel!
When I arrived at Marie's mansion while talking to Luxion, the entrance was noisy.
“What happened?”
I looked inside and saw Marie holding her head.
I could also see Jilk in trouble.
When Luxion confirmed the conversation, a surprising fact was revealed.
"Oh, it looks like Jilk started scamming people. Judging from the content of the conversation, it
was an event from when they were fired by Marie."
“Hey!?”
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I was surprised to hear that Jilk was a scammer and was making money.
Then Marie, who was holding her head at the front door, ran towards us.
“Onii-channnn!”
While trying to catch Marie, who was crying and jumped on me, I felt a strong shock in my
abdomen from the impact.
”Ugh!?”
Receiving a tackle from Marie, she collided with my stomach and brought me down to my
knees.
Marie, hugging me like that and crying, explained the situation to me.
H-Hey, you should first apologize to me for just now.
“Jilk…. Jilk!”
“What happened to the conspiratorial bastard?”
When I managed to get up, Jilk came over.
“Marie, please listen!”
At that moment, Marie's face turned into a demon.
“You want me to listen to you!? Do you know what you did?! Who said you can make money
deceiving others!”
While I was rubbing my stomach, I heard that Jilk ripped off several people while making money
as an antique dealer.
“No, I didn't do it! At first I tried to do my business seriously, but nobody tried to buy items I tried
to sell. But then I started preparing items to look more appealing, but t-then the item was sold
instantly.”
“Damn you bastard! This is called cheating!”
Marie grabbed Jilk's chest and swayed him violently from side to side.
I want to think that I am wrong to see that the trembling Jilk looked a bit happy.
However, the current problem is about the fraud that he did.
I thought this guy was rubbish I couldn't laugh at, but was he really rubbish?
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Luxion also seems to have the lowest evaluation on Jilk among the fools.
"In the past, in a duel with you, he put a bomb on the armor. This guy has the biggest trash
grade compared to the others."
The five idiots are always shit, but the other four are better shits then you.
I want to laugh.
However, Jilk alone couldn't make me laugh.
Marie exhaled and released Jilk.
Marie fell to her knees, crying with her hands on the ground.
Then she screamed
“H-how many people do I have to apologize to by kneeling?”
Marie's tearful screams echoed around her.
When I saw Marie crying, I, as expected, felt a little sympathy.
“Why does she only attract useless guys?”
When I asked Luxion the response I got was spicy.
"Instead of attracting useless guys, do you make men useless instead? Well the five idiots they
were originally useless, so I guess both are true."
“You have no mercy.”
"Is that so?"
Then, due to the commotion, the residents of the mansion appeared.
It was Julian who jumped, but he was wearing a twisted headband with an apron.
“Marie, what happened!?”
He could have jumped coming this way after hearing Marie's crying cry, but it's uncomfortable
for the former heir, the prince, to wear a twisted headband and apron.
When Julian hugged Marie, Marie was crying and laughing at the same time.
So, Brad came out after.
He came over to us while hugging his dove friend and his rabbit friend.
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“What happens? Hey? Why is Bartford here? Oh I see. He must have felt lonely without me.”
“Of course not.”
I immediately cut off the narcissist's comments, and the next one to come out was Chris with a
loincloth and holding a deck brush.
“I heard Marie cry, but what happened? Hmm? Bartford, why are you here?”
Explaining it was troublesome.
Also, these guys have gotten more intense recently.
They seem to be having fun, but I doubt if they are actually okay.
Then Greg, who took off his jacket, came hopping up.
“Listen to Marie's voice… Baltfault, why are you here?”
It seems that everyone is interested in why I came.
However, that is not important now, so I briefly explained the current situation.
“It appears that Jilk has committed fraud. Marie was put in that state when she found out.”
The four of them saw Marie laughing as she cried, and then their eyes drifted to Jilk.
Julian's eyes on Jilk were scornful.
“A man like you who said all the time that he wanted to compete with me works like a swindler?”
The other three were the same.
Brad was hugging the dove and rabbit with cold eyes on Jilk.
“It is impossible. A little, no, normally that's wrong.”
Chris's glasses were glowing suspiciously.
“This man, I've thought about it before, but there are places where you can choose any
method.”
Greg was exercising, his muscles were swollen.
—He is fragile and by not training his muscles, his personality is distorted.
I don't think that really has anything to do with it.
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Julian entrusted Marie to me.
“Baltfault, I entrust Marie to you.”
“Hey? What will you do?”
“Jilk is my stepbrother. We grew up taking care of each other like siblings ... That's why I'll fix
him.”
Jilk's attitude!
Marie regained her sanity when she saw Jilk being carried away by the four.
“Hah!? Jilk!?”
“He was taken by Julian and the others. They will surely give him a sermon?”
Marie dropped her shoulders enormously.
She held her face with both hands.
“Why did you scam? It would have been better if you came back without making money like
before.”
“You're going through a hard time too.”
Marie dreamed of a reverse harem and cajoling five nobles... why would it be? She didn't look
happy.
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The destination I visited was a merchant's bakery who bought Jilk's works of art.
He was a great merchant with a great mansion.
Jilk, who scammed that person, must be a man born with an unpleasant talent.
The tense Marie was trembling.
“T-T-Today is a good day.”
I came to see how she was apologizing, but Marie was nervous and useless.
Since it can't be helped... It really can't be helped, I accompanied her.
Instead of Marie, I spoke to the business owner.
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“I'm very sorry for the sudden visit.”
“…I thought you might come one day.”
Did you realize that the product you bought was fake?
However, the slim and tall owner seemed to be nervous somewhere in front of us.
“Um, actually…”
“I know.”
“…Eh?”
When the owner instructed the person who appears to be a butler, he brought out the product
that Jilk had sold, perhaps because he had prepared it in advance.
However, they are very polite.
I purposely put on gloves and gently placed the teacup on the table.
It seemed like a very expensive product, if you didn't know that it was actually fake.
In this case, I too could have been fooled.
However, the story went in an unexpected direction.
“This is the product you bought from Jilk?”
“…Yes.”
The owner's eyes looking at the teacup looked very sad.
The butlers and servants around me look at us with some tension.
……Something is wrong.
Despite being duped, he doesn't seem to be angry.
No, maybe you didn't realize that you were tricked?
When I noticed such a thing, it seems that Marie also guessed it from the surrounding
atmosphere.
She was a little worried. But probably not by not being as trash as Jilk, Marie had opened her
mouth to say it was false.
“E-Excuse me!”
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“I know! you… you came to retrieve this article? It's just for this. I did not think that you could get
it for such a price.”
“Y-Yes. … Huh?”
The owner's reaction was strange.
I decided to investigate.
“No, I'm not thinking of trying to get it back. Actually, I heard that an acquaintance is an
antiquarian, I couldn't believe it and I came to see it.”
“O-Oh! So it was like this?”
The owner was visibly released from the tension.
“I'm not familiar with art, but is that cup of tea an expensive item?”
When I looked at the cup of tea, the owner opened his eyes and explained to me.
“Of course! This is a product whose manufacturing tradition has fallen apart a few years ago.
Five hundred years. I had some, but none remained in perfect condition. It's a masterpiece of
the time and there are only so many items in perfect condition! I asked them to people who are
familiar with this, but it was difficult for anyone to want to sell it to me!”
I saw the owner, who was very happy and proud of his collection, and I nodded with a smile.
Marie looked at me with an anxious look.
So I confirmed it with Luxion in a low voice.
“Is it real?”
"Yes."
Luxion's short reply confused me by not knowing what was happening.
I didn't show it to my face.
“Ahahaha, I was surprised that he was a good antique dealer. By the way, do you know other
people with what business Jilk?”
Is this a coincidence?
As we listen to the next customer, we also talk about Jilk.
“Jilk is a great connoisseur even though he's young. No, I can't say he's a connoisseur. Is it
better to say that he has the talent to find the authentic? He is a genius!”
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Are you praising Jilk, who has no good eye!?
Did he really have a talent?
The owner appreciated the cup of tea.
Then he showed a smile in front of me.
“Yet when I heard the Earl of Holfort coming, I wondered what would happen.”
“Me?”
“Yes. There are so many rumors out there, some of them were scandalous. I'm really anxious
inside thinking that you would take back the product I bought.”
No, it was actually conveyed that he was impatient.
More importantly, what are those rumors about me?
“I am intrigued by my rumors.”
“It may not mean anything from me, but the earl is a gentleman.”
Me, a gentleman? Although I am trying to be like the Master, I am aware that I am immature.
Do I look like a gentleman? Well, what flattery.
However, I was glad and I was happy.
“You’re good at flattering.”
“That’s not true.”
The owner's face turned serious.
“…I envy the kingdom.”
He said nothing more, but I got the impression that he seems to have problems with the nobles
of the Commonwealth.
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After that, follow-up investigations were carried out, but there was no need for an apology.
They all said the following.
”Jilk is a genius! No, he is loved by the god of art!”
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“What a great skill, to save a real treasure from a pile of garbage, he is the savior of the art!”
“I would have supported Jilk generously if he had been born in the Commonwealth. I envy the
kingdom.”
Do you understand?
Jilk was the only person who believed that he had acted as a con man.
We, who returned to the mansion, held our heads.
“What the hell is going on? I didn't think everyone was going to praise us for Jilk's aesthetic
sense.”
As a result, I didn't have to deal with the fraud, and Marie was able to feel relieved.
“Does that guy really have a good eye?”
Worried about the mansion, Jilk came in with a beaten face.
Despite his painful appearance, he smiled proudly.
“Oh, isn't that the earl, who doesn't have a good eye for things, Bartford?”
“You're a nasty guy.”
“Is it true? Still, it's troublesome how everyone jumps to quick conclusions. I found the items
they wanted and I sold them at a reasonable price. It would be embarrassing if they call this a
sin.”
He said that, but what he sold… I can't consider it art.
However, all the customers who bought the product were satisfied.
I also confirmed it with Luxion, but it was all real.
I can't say it's a coincidence.
Jilk looked at me.
“Oh? Won't you apologize?”
“It's Julian and others who beat you. Also, I forgive you for using the bomb in the duel, you
should be grateful.”
“Well, let's leave it at that.”
I shook my head to the side and showed a state of disappointment.
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It's a damn bastard that irritates me.
However, it seems that Marie has noticed something here.
“Wait a minute… in other words, if Jilk prepares what others want, can he gather money?”
Seeing Marie's eyes twinkling, Jilk had a complicated look.
“No... Marie? I usually see real things. However, this time, I only prepared articles suitable for
blind people.”
“That's fine! Jilk, why didn't you do that until now?”
“W-Well…”
“It's not a scam if you sell something real! In other words, relying on Jilk's aesthetic sense, we
will be fine in the future!”
Certainly, if you are successful, you can earn a lot of money.
In fact, Jilk is making a lot of money in a short period of time.
Jilk looked complicated, but couldn't seem to refuse when Marie told him her request.
He accepted Marie's suggestion.
“I understand you. If so, I will choose the appropriate product for Marie.”
“I'm looking forward to it, Jilk!”
“Leave it to me. I'll show you how different I am from the other four.”
It rose slightly more than the other four.
After all, this guy has a bad personality.
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Chapter 2
Lelia came back halfway through the winter break. She lived with her fiancé Emil, but she hadn't
come back for a while, and was worried about him.
"What do you mean you're challenging a dungeon, L-Leila?!"
Emile's question was timid, and Leila acted disrespectful.
"I told you I was going to challenge one before the winter break."
"I never thought you were serious!"
From Emil's point-of-view, she was just excited for the break.
But, when he heard she was actually planning to, he was surprised.
"Why are you doing something so dangerous? —Why such a dangerous thing?"
"It's important business."
She couldn't tell Emil the details.
Therefore, her explanation was unconvincing. Ideal was watching the situation, by Leila's side.
He suddenly appeared.
"It's nice to meet you, Emil. My name is Ideal. I'm Lelia's spaceship in her service—oh you can't
tell. "
"Huh, an airship? Even though it's so small?"
"Oh, my main unit is separate. I was picked up by Lelia and Serge-san. I'm grateful for their
help."
"—What? Serge was with you too?"
Seeing Ideal, who was talking flippantly, Lelia reached out to grab him.
"Hey, why did you come out?!"
"I thought I could clear up the misunderstandings."
"Bah! You idiot! I told you to stay hidden! Don't you remember my instructions?"
"Didn't you tell me to hide for one minute?"
"What's happening? Why are you with Serge?"
Emil raised his voice, to Lelia's surprise.
She hadn't expected the timid Emil to raise his voice.
"It's fine. I only asked for his help to conquer the dungeon."
"You didn't tell me you were with a man! Lelia, we're engaged now."
Lelia reminded herself of the fact that she rejected Serge in favor of Emil.
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That's why she was even more angry at Emil for not believing her. (TN: WUT?!)
I refused Serge's advances, and you suspect me for cheating?!
"Nothing happened! Are you going to ask me this every time I do something? Are you jealous of
your friend?"
"I'm not jealous. Why, of all people, is it Serge? You think I don't know what he thinks of you?"
"You don't believe me?"
Lelia squinted her eyes and Emil shook his shoulders.
"No, no that's not what I meant."
It's easy to push the weak Emil.
She thought that he would pull back if she talked to him sternly enough, but today he was
resisting.
But that's all, Lelia thought.
"I don't want to talk about this anymore—okay?"
"Yeah, yeah."
Once Emil's problem was taken care of, she had to deal with Ideal.
"You too! From now on, don't appear in public without permission."
"I'm sorry for being careless."
Since he apologized quickly, Lelia couldn't pursue further.
"It was true my instructions were bad. I'll let you off this time. I'm going back to my room."
Lelia walked back to her room alone.
Emil and Ideal were left behind.
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The Raults' house.
When Serge returned, Albert summoned him to his study.
Albert is dismayed to see his adopted son, Serge, who is a bit of a lark.
"If you're going to leave, at least inform me."
Serge is sitting on the couch, looking at the ceiling.
He fluttered his hands.
"I know."
"You don't, and that's why I'm repeating. You came back just a while ago, but you left again.
Where have you been?"
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"Well, it varies."
Albert gives his son a bitter look when he avoids the question.
The reason for accepting Serge as his adopted son was to make him the heir of the Rault
family. After his son, Leon, died, Albert adopted him.
However, Serge wanted to be an adventurer, and lately, he wasn't attending the academy.
"Serge. Refrain from adventuring in the future."
"Huh?"
"I only allowed you to adventure during the vacation period at the academy, but you ignored that
order and did whatever you wanted. Did you think this would be acceptable?"
It would be a while before Serge would get to adventure again.
But his reaction was different than expected.
"You've never accepted me as your son before, though?"
"This again? I have accepted you as my son. And you should at least…"
"Am I not a stand-in for him?"
"No one said anything like that."
"I don't know."
Him—referred to Leon, Albert's dead biological son.
Serge didn't like being compared to Leon since he was taken in.
This makes it hard to introduce Leon-kun to him. But I'll tell him eventually.
Leon, a young man from the Holfort Kingdom.
He was very similar to Leon, Albert's biological son, and was also very… popular in the
Commonwealth. It would be impossible not to tell Serge.
"Serge, the New Years' festival is near. Please join us."
"New Year's Day? It's just a festival. I'm not a kid, and I don’t want to go through the trouble of
attending."
"You have to be there. I have someone to introduce you to."
"—Who?"
Serge wouldn't be at the New Years' Party if Albert told him here, therefore he decided to keep it
under wraps.
"I'll introduce you then."
"Shit!"
Serge clicked his tongue, stood up, and left the study.
Albert looked forlorn as he watched his son's back.
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Angie and Livia were going to stay with us, so we went back to Marie's house.
"The reason? It's too small for all of you to stay here,” Cordelia said. It made sense.
Angie was silent all the while.
I'm sitting in the dining room and sighing.
"Oh, how could I have let this happen."
As I was agonizing, Julius, sitting next to me, poked me with his elbow.
"Hey, Bartford."
"What?"
"What do you mean, 'what'? Are you going to do nothing in this situation? I'm sure you'll find a
way out."
Everyones eyes were saying the same thing.
The reality of this situation is one that is forcing me to act.
From what I could see, Angie and Livia were sitting next to each other.
But there was no conversation.
They hadn't spoken to each other since the Noelle incident.
They probably want to talk a lot about each other.
Maybe they want to talk about the Commonwealth's cuisine.
But they were currently quarreling.
This created the delicate atmosphere. Everyone wants to have a conversation, but doesn't have
the courage to start one.
Cordelia-san, standing behind me, gave a deliberate cough.
"Leon-sama, why don't you talk about the dish to those two. I'm sure they've never eaten it."
"Eh? I'm not familiar with it."
I could hear discouraged voices from around me.
But then, Noel wittily explains to them.
"It's important to use the crustacean broth. The crustacean broth is very important," she
explained to them, unable to stand the silence at the table. But, it's not long before she runs out
of topics about the food.
Angie thanks her curtly.
"I'm sorry to bother you."
"No, no."
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The conversation trailed off.
It's been like this for a while now.
The normally noisy dining scene has fallen silent and only the clicking of dishes can be heard.
—What should I do to fix this?
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After we finished eating, I decided to talk to Marie about the fight between Angie and Livia.
Inside the mansion, the three of us, including Luxion, were discussing the matter.
"I want to fix their relationship. You guys, lend me your wisdom.”
"It's refreshing to see you ask for help, master." (TN: From hereon, I'll be using italicized text
surrounded by quotes for marking AI talking.)
I sharpened my gaze at Luxion's sarcasm.
"Whose fault do you think this is?"
"The fact that master was suspected of cheating and the fact that those two are fighting are two
different things. They're unrelated. Now could you please resolve this, it's uncomfortable."
Fuck this.
It's certainly not Luxion or my fault, but it's like their fight heated up after the whole cheating
incident.
I think we have a little responsibility here. (TN: Leon taking responsibility? What magic is this?)
As we stared at each other, Marie looked at us and shook her head.
Her face had a look like: "These guys don't know what they're doing."
"I don't care what those two (Livia and Angie) are fighting about. What matters is Noel. —What
are you going to do, brother? I'm worried about her future."
"—You really don't like those two, do you?"
"What do you mean? They're as big a problem as Noel."
Marie pulled away from me with a very disgusted look on her face.
"Are you dull? We should worry more about Noel than the two who are having a child's brawl."
"I don't think I'm being dull."
The moment I said that, Marie showed a surprised face. "What?!"
"You're even more dense than Luxion," she said, shaking her eye in disgust.
Their reactions were cold.
"What?"
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"—Forget it. More importantly, Noelle is seriously in trouble. You should help her. Keep an eye
on her too."
"I don't think I need to. That's Noelle's problem. She's the protagonist."
She was the protagonist of the second otome game.
She has a happy future.
I wonder if it's fine to interfere.
Luxion and Marie look like they think that I'm a pain in the ass.
"You're still thinking about the original timeline, you idiot, right?" (TN: He's guessing their
thoughts.)
"Oh, so you're self-aware? Maybe master isn't as idiotic as I thought."
They're being too hard on me.
"You're too stupid to think straight. I'll let you decide what to do with Noel, regardless of whether
you're good at it or not."
"If you bring her with us, I can help solve it."
"It's Noelle's life, I have no say in it."
"You're really terrible aren't you, brother?"
Awful? No. If she comes with us, she'll be treated as a priestess.
Granted, she would be treated the same if she stayed here.
Just—I want to at least respect the person's will.
"So, back to Livia and Angie, right? I mean, it's just a minor quarrel, and that's all well and good.
If you don't interfere, they'll make up with each other. You don't have to worry about Noelle
either! Men are such idiots."
"It's nice to meet someone who worries about the little things, postpones the big things—it's nice
to see you're doing all you can to help the wrong master."
Luxion, as usual, is full of sarcasm.
Does he really consider me as his master? Such a question comes to my mind.
Marie looked down in front of me.
"Brother, are you sure you want to leave this up to Noelle? If Brother says so, Noelle will
definitely follow!"
I understand what she's saying, but I'm hesitant to do it. If I tell her to come to the Kingdom,
she'll come without a doubt. But will that really make her happy?
"Don't rely on me so much, because—"
Suddenly, a knock comes from the door. Cordelia-san's voice comes from behind the door.
"Leon-sama, you have a visitor.”
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"Hi, how are you doing?"
My guest was Louise.
The name is [Louise Sara Rault]—the second villainess and daughter of the last boss in the
maiden game, [Albert Sara Rault].
In the game, she was a bad girl who bullied the main character, but if you ask me, she's a big
sister character who takes care of people. She also asked me to call her big sister as soon as
we met. That would be a scary thing to hear in different circumstances, but to me, whose sister
is very horrible—"I'd be happy to!", I'd like to say she's a very sweet woman.
If I could choose a sister, I'd choose her.
Why isn't she?
She reminds me of Jena, my own sister.
She's a terrible sister, to say the least.
Loose yellow-blonde hair that reached her shoulders and kind purple eyes. (TN: he's talking
'bout Louise. Authors' pretty bad at transitions.)
She's a senior in the academy, and acts like a real big sister.
—It would be great to actually have her as my older sister.
While I have mixed emotions, I put on a smile and respond to her.
"It's been quite hectic these past few days, but I'm doing fine."
Louise laughed as if she was troubled by my response, but she seemed somewhat happy.
"I'm sure you're fine if you can talk about it lightly. I'll ask you about your concerns later. Today, I
came to invite you."
"Invite?"
"Yes, to the New Years' Festival of the Six Nobleman."
"New Years' Festival? Ah, I remember…"
It was one of the stories I heard from Marie, earlier.
It was one of the events in the second game.
It should have occurred when Noelle, was in her second year.
If things went according to the game timeline, the capture target would invite her there and
formally declare their relationship or something like that.
"Oh, you knew? Once a year, we pledge our undying loyalty to the Holy Tree. But now it's just a
small festival."
"A festival?"
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"There's a cave in the Sacred Tree formed by the roots. The younger generation, like us, swear
allegiance to it."
Luxion, who was at my side, asks a question.
"You mean it's not an awe-inspiring ceremony, but a festival to be enjoyed? And you've come to
invite master to it?"
"That's right. It's quite solemn at the start, but afterwards, the mood changes to that of a party.
I'm sure you'll enjoy it. —hmm?"
I didn't understand what was being said at the start and merely nodded, but then a chill ran
down my spine. I heard footsteps coming in to my room.
When the door opened, I saw Cordelia-san's figure there.
She moved away from the door and let Angie pass through. (TN: Aw shit, here we go again…)
"Oh… that's an interesting story. Leon, let me hear from you."
The next person to enter was Livia, who was supposed to be fighting with Angie. (TN: and make
it double.)
"I heard a beautiful woman came to visit you, Leon-san. It seems to be true."
I glared at Cordelia-san, but she averted her gaze. —Are you my enemy too?
"Huh, some people… Could, could it be? You're—"
As I was wondering how to introduce Louise-san, I saw the person herself happily clasping her
hands. With a twinkle in her eye, she approached Livia and Ange and shook their hands.
"Could it be that your Angelica? And you're Olivia, right?"
"Mm-hmm. Yeah, but—"
"Uh…"
They were puzzled by Louise's sudden friendly attitude.
Leaving them puzzled, Louise-san continued happily.
"I was surprised to hear you had two fiancé's, but even I, of the same sex, am envious of their
beauty. You are a lucky man, Leon. Oh, I'm Louise. [Louise Sara Rault]. I hope to get along."
When Angie recovered from her confusion, her expression softened, but she still remained
dumbfounded.
"Y-You're the Raults' daughter, right? You seem quite close to Leon."
"I'm a good friend of his. Of course, it's not a man/woman thing."
Livia looked relieved at her words.
"I'm sorry I doubted you."
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"It's okay. You seem to have been misunderstood."
Louise turned to me and gave a teasing smile.
"Leon, you can't have such cute fiancé's and be playing with other woman."
"Ha, I'm sorry about that."
Then Louise turns her face to the two, and tells them of the story.
"I'm sorry for being so abrupt, but please let me tell you about why I'm with Leon-san."
Angie nods her head.
"I made a promise to my brother long ago…"
⍚
Once Louis was done and left, I was stopped by Livia.
"Leon-san!"
"W-What is it?'
I was surprised, but Livia didn't care and continued. There were tears in her eyes.
"Please make her wish come true!"
"U-uh, yeah."
Livia is about to cry.
The reason why Louise loves me like a brother—because her brother died.
It seems me and that dead brother have a similar atmosphere.
But the load is quite heavy for me. To act as the stand-in for a deceased brother.
"More importantly, won't Livia make up with Angie?"
Livia's shoulders tremble, and she looks away awkwardly.
"Oh, I want to apologize. I want to apologize and make up with her. But I don't agree with her
treatment of Noelle. What do you think, Leon-san?"
"I think Noelle-san should choose."
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To my naïve answer, Livia puffs her cheeks.
"Leon-san is mean."
"Why?"
"I understand you're thinking of both me and Angie. But Noelle-san is unhappy because of it."
"Hm?"
"I understand that Noelle-san is an important person, unlike me."
I wish I could say something, but under these circumstances, it's useless.
"…To me, Livia is more important."
When Livia looks up, she blushes to her ear, and opens her mouth.
Then she holds he chest with her hands and regulates her breathing, before look at me with
moist eyes.
"Leon-san, you've improved your mouth since you came to the Commonwealth. I don't think I
can trust your sincerity."
"Huh, am I that untrustworthy?"
When I laughed, Livia grabbed my arm.
"Angie is worried. Please talk to her. I'm sure Angie is waiting for you."
Looks like they're still close.
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When I visited Angie's room, she was sitting on her bad.
When she heard me walking towards her, she laid down on the bed with her upper body as is.
Even though I'm there, she looks quite vulnerable.
"Did Livia say that?"
"So… Will you make up with her?"
"I want to make up with her right away! But—what should I say? I was going to use Noelle for
pure profit. I wasn't looking at her as a person."
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Anyone who gets their hands on the priestess would try to make a profit.
"If money is rolling in front of a person, they would grab it."
Well, it would be scary if tens of millions were on the road. I'm a small-minded and greedy
person, I'm not one to blame Angie. "I'm sure you were thinking about the people of the
Kingdom, weren't you?" She was being greedy for others. I couldn't imitate her.
"You are kind. I'm sure I thought only for myself. I wanted her for my own interests."
"Angie's interests? Like increasing your family's political power?"
If you obtain the Holy Tree, you'll gain a lot of political power in the Kingdom in the future. That's
how much power the Sacred Tree holds. I think it's natural for Angie to put the interests of her
family above her own. That's a common noble mindset.
"No, I didn't think of it that way."
However, Angie shook her head.
"You're the one I thought of first. I though future strength would make you happy. Only, you
wouldn't want power at the expense of Noelle's feelings, would you?"
"My happiness?"
"I was blinded by profit. Forgive me."
"No, no, no, no, I don't need to, you should make up with Livia."
"Yeah, that's another thing! How do you think I should say sorry to Livia?"
Angie, who was so cool a few minutes ago, turned into an unreliable little girl when it came to
Libya.
It's fine to be normal.
I was laughing at Angie, and she got up and popped me.
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"Wah, stop laughing! I'm in real trouble!"
"No, I'm joking. Joking. You two can go sightseeing. Hmm, if I left you alone though, you'd get
into trouble. Alright, I'll give you a tour of the Commonwealth!"
"Oh, you're sure?"
"I promise."
Angie stopped hitting me and just held me in her arms.
"Make sure you show me around properly. I forgot to mention that I was also looking forward to
sightseeing this time. Besides--ah!"
Angier seemed to remember something.
She looked embarrassed that she had forgotten.
"Leon, I'm sorry. There were so many things going on that I forgot to tell you."
"Eh?"
