“U-uh, Carne -sama?!”
Not wanting to expose the young lady to tears, Raze hurriedly hugs Carne to shield her.
“It’s alright. I’m here. If anything happened to you, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.”
(That statement could be misconstrued in so many ways!)
With the eyes of those around her, and Ruben’s gaze turning stern, even Addis is silent but imposing.
Unable to bear the situation any longer, Raze reluctantly attempts to flee the scene with Carne held close.
Since she’s not sure how to comfort a crying girl, she opts for the least worst choice.
“Kyah! R-Raze?!”
“Folia. Do your best in the match! I’ll go calm Carne down a bit!”
“H-huh? Be careful!”
Although Folia also looks surprised, she graciously sees them off.
Raze retraces her steps to a deserted area.
“Wait!”
Ruben chases after them from behind, but they don’t stop.
This feels like a classic villainous move, kidnapping the future princess of the country.
Despite their situation, a game of cat and mouse ensues between Raze and Ruben.
Among all the experiences she’s had, this game of cat and mouse is the scariest.
She wants to disappear to another world entirely, but she can’t because Carne would be sad.
“…Maybe this is far enough.”
Entering the vacant waiting room, Raze sits Carne on the sofa.
“You, it’s because we’re friends!”
With complaints, Ruben and Addis also enter the room.
“Um, sorry about that.”
It wasn’t intentional, but it was disrespectful.
Raze deeply bows her head, as if it might sink into the floor.
“That’s not… Raze isn’t at fault. She protected me because I lost my composure in such a place.”
Please refrain from indirectly implying that Ruben’s actions were too slow.
Raze trembles slightly.
However, Ruben no longer pays any attention to Raze’s presence.
Before she knows it, he’s kneeling in front of Carne , holding her hands.
“If you’re worried about anything, don’t hesitate to tell me. I’ll protect you, Carne .”
Raze holds her breath, not wanting to interfere further with their world.
Despite not being informed by Carne , he behaves just like a fiancé should.
He seems to have sensed Carne ‘s anxiety. It’s an impressive response.
(Oh, he got a ribbon.)
Seeing a ribbon swaying on his arm, she was carelessly thinking about trivial matters from their world, but her train of thought is interrupted when Carne looks at her expectantly for an answer.
“…Do you think I’m that unreliable?”
“That’s not true!”
(Eh… is this somehow my fault?)
If this continues, it will ruin their “harmonious relationship,” and Carne ‘s downfall flag will also be raised.
” Carne -sama, I think you should talk to His Highness. It’s okay to talk only as much as you’re comfortable with.”
Raze tells Carne .
Seeing Ruben, who had been worried because of her, Carne seems to have made up her mind.
She grips Ruben’s hand in return and looks at him.
“What I’m about to say may sound ridiculous, but it’s all true.”
Carne speaks with an anxious voice.
“Wait a minute. Can I listen to it too?”
Addis, who happened to be there for some reason, raises his hand.
(Why did he come along?… Oh, maybe he came in place of Lord Rezaia, who couldn’t be by His Highness’s side.)
Raze concludes on her own.
“…Yes. Addis-sama is also involved, technically.”
“Involved?”
“Yes.”
Then Carne roughly outlines everything except for her turning into a monster.
After listening, Ruben and Addis are bewildered, but since Carne doesn’t seem to be lying, they try to understand.
“I think I get the gist of it. If that’s the case, there’s no problem since I can’t like anyone other than Carne .”
Ruben held Carne close and said it with conviction.
Carne blushed and stuttered.
If Carne believed these words, it was safe to say that the risk of her engagement being annulled and becoming a manifestation of hatred had decreased significantly.
(… The problem still lies in preventing the event itself.)
Although not everything, Carne was finally able to talk to Ruben about the prophecy.
Now it’s her turn. Their mission is to destroy the sinister event to ensure they can graduate safely.
“By the way, why didn’t the scholarship student come up in the conversation?”
Addis glanced at Raze.
“I’m a bug, an error. An existence that shouldn’t exist. Carne -sama is worried that the scenario’s coercion is trying to delete me from this world.”
“Delete…”
There’s no way they wouldn’t understand what that means. Addis changed his expression.
“It’s alright. There’s no problem at the moment.”
Raze exaggeratedly reassured that such a thing wouldn’t happen.
“Still, it’s worrisome. If Raze were to disappear, there’s a high possibility my flag would be collected as well.”
Carne puffed her cheeks at that.
Raze felt relieved that he had guided the conversation well.
“I see. So, ‘Follow suit,’ huh?”
Understanding quickly, which was helpful.
It seemed Ruben’s misunderstanding had cleared. Raze nodded in agreement.
“That’s right. Also, if coercion is at play, then Zarth-sama might have a bit of interest in Folia as well.”
Raze vocalized the discomfort in this school life from the perspective of the game’s scenario.
“Come to think of it. Addis-sama, do you not like Folia-san?”
Now that you mention it.
Carne asked Addis directly, who had shown no obvious signs of interest and hadn’t interacted with Folia much.
“Huh? I like all girls.”
“…………”
At that moment, all three gazes except for Addis’s converged on him.
“Addis…”
Ruben reprimanded him, and Addis shrugged his shoulders.
“I’m particularly interested in Folia’s healing magic. But, as for seeing her as a girl, it’s the same feeling I have for the other girls.”
Oh, this guy has never been in love?
The three shared the same thought.
Addis coughed awkwardly at the gazes directed at him and changed the subject.
“The words they occasionally speak, are they from the prophecy’s story?”
“Yes. It’s like another native language.”
Gradually filling in the missing pieces, Carne ‘s understanding deepened.
“Folia’s match is about to start.”
“Already? We should go.”
The four stood up from the sofa.
(…)
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Despite bleeding earlier, it wasn’t a good idea to pick up Carne and run, causing dizziness.
Raze closed her eyes, trying to endure it.
Since the blood had been diverted to prevent panic in the audience, there wasn’t enough left.
“Raze?”
“Oh, I just felt a little dizzy.”
After a while, when she opened her eyes and lifted her head slowly, there were no problems.
[Sorry? You’re not supposed to exist in this world. Please leave, interfering mob character. Don’t disrupt our plans any further.]
The words spoken earlier echoed in her mind.
(“Mob character, please leave, interfering.”)
With this single phrase, it could be inferred that someone on the enemy side knew that this world was an otome game.
Furthermore, if the other reincarnator in this world had obtained allies, it proved the prophecy. The stage of the otome game is this academy. It’s natural to assume that there are infiltrators even in Centrior.
(I have to do something about it.)
Addis noticed the tension in Raze’s clenched fist, but Raze was unaware.
Returning to the audience seats, the next match was about to begin.
“It’s about to start.”
Folia stood nervously in the center of the field.
“Ah, welcome back!”
“Where did you go?”
“Ah, just, not far…”
Responding with a wry smile to Ian and Luca, Carne hastily took her seat.
Folia’s opponent is another first-year. Folia is weak in everything except healing magic, but how will she counter?
“Go, Folia~!”
Raze shouted loudly.
Noticing the encouragement, Folia nodded slightly.
When the bell rang, she immediately activated her magic stone.
“That’s healing magic, right?”
“You’ll see if you watch.”
Being told by Luca, Carne stared intently at Folia.
(Folia, you’ve been training with Strainge.)
Raze murmured to herself, knowing what Folia was about to do.
She actually wanted to teach her. But she kept that thought tucked away in her heart.
“Why activate healing magic when no harm has been done? What does that mean?”
Raze stared at Folia intently.
“…Ah.”
As the expression of the person healed by healing magic changed to a satisfied one, they fell asleep.
Incapacitated. Folia’s victory.
“I didn’t expect her to use it like that. She’s quite interesting, after all,”
Addis muttered.
Folia was supposed to learn purification magic in the game, and Raze felt like she caught a glimpse of it.
Winning without fighting, truly worthy of heroine quality.
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
Called by Addis, Raze glanced in that direction.
“Do you really believe there’s no coercion as you said earlier?”
Asked unexpectedly seriously, she widened her eyes.
“I don’t think so. Look at that.”
Pointing to someone in the guardian’s spectator seats, she sparkled her face.
Needless to say, the person in question was Zell-Ire-Mordir.
It was easy to see because he stood out in the audience.
Addis, who had dealt with many girls, would be no stranger to interpreting Folia’s expressions.
“The protagonist is like that. Coercion or not, the element to make the scenario work has already collapsed.”
Raze laughed.
Folia waved her hand at her, and Zell, who was also waving back, looked happy.
“…Aren’t you scared? There’s still a possibility that you might die, right?”
“Anyone could die today, so there’s no point in thinking about it deeply.”
Addis’s face changed to a puzzled one as she said so to Raze, who said so while looking ahead.
Rather than being enlightened, she seemed to not care about her own life.
Addis, who was sensitive to people’s actions, noticed that.
Even though she had nothing to protect herself, she sometimes felt a sense of unease—.
At first, he is concerned about Raze Granoli because she is a special student, so that he can join the Knight Order, but the more he observes her and learns about her, the more he feels that there is something dangerous about her.
“Good job~!” Raze waved her hand cheerfully, and Addis sighed.
She thought Raze would easily advance in the Battle Festival, having received guidance from her mother, but it turned out to be a big miscalculation.
(Annoying…)
It was the first time in a while that he felt such emotions toward someone.
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