Chapter 16 - Volume 2 (2/2)

“Shelly!”

“Yes, long time no see.”

“Y-yeah… It’s been a whole two days.”

I met with Shelly when I visited the City Government. Is she having amnesia…?

Shelly’s still young, huh.

Thanks to Shelly acting so erratically, the strange mood in the air went flying. With that as well, the aristocrats started greeting me, for better or for worse.

“Father… how many people did you invite…?”

More than fifty noblemen have come to greet me now… too many.

Since greeting everyone would be impossible, I focused on friends of Father and Grandfather, but it still took close to two hours.

All the couples are taking too long.

Isn’t it rude to line up one by one with such rigor?

“That’s true. Let me and your father receive the guests for a while. Take a break.”

“Thaa~nks”

Leaving Father to apologize, Mother brings me to the [Cage].

Well, it’s not a cage, since there is a plush sofa and a low table, and we’re surrounded by knights and maids, so anyone who approaches would need some real guts.

It just feels like being an animal at the zoo in plain view, so I call it such.

On the other side of the [Cage], Grandfather and Uncle are clamoring like middle aged men while drinking sake. That place is dangerous.

Huh…? You aren’t helping Father?

Right now, I’m in the [Cage] with Shelly, surrounded by my escort knights that seem adamant that it remain a [male-prohibited] safe zone for me.

“Yuru… I need to go return and help Folt-Sama, okay?”

“ …Yes, Mother.”

Ah, the healing fluffiness of Mother has left. She’s worried about you after all. Grandfather, you’re unforgivable.

Shelly was greeted by Sarah-chan who began escorting her the moment she entered the [Cage].

“Yuru-sama, he~re you are.”

Seeing Shelly so full of fluffiness, and running low on fluffy, I sat down on the couch with her.

“The line of people is growing, huh…”

“Faces… I can’t remember them all.”

Father, on the other hand, is able to remember all of the people, thought it would be bad if he couldn’t. It’s impossible for me to distinguish between the pig slop, though.

Vio had us brewed a cup of tea …but I can’t taste it, after all, I finally feel comfortable around humans.

“Yuru-sama~a, what will you be doing for your first tea party?”

Based on how she’s asking, I get the feeling she’s expecting something.

“It’s Grandmother’s tea party… I’m sorry.”

“Okay, it’s fine. After all, it’s the [Golden Princess]’s party.

What’s that?

“G-Gold?”

“Yuru-sama…? Have you not heard?”

Since I have golden irises and hair, it seems I’m being called the golden princess.

How appropriate… though apparently there is a person who was named [Silver Princess] earlier, so I seem to be called so after them.

That person, I feel sorry for her being called such a shameful name…

“A beautiful girl with silver hair. Yuru doesn’t lose to her at all.”

“I see… who is she?”

Hearing me, Shelly tilts her neck, and Vio tells us gently.

“The Lord Count Barus Oberu-sama, since you were young, he hasn’t come to the Royal Capital. His daughter Milaine-sama is 14 years old, and started moving around in social circles from last year. She is rumored to be an amazing beauty.”

The “Princess” with silvery white hair.

“That Milaine-sama, is she here today?”

“No, due to her weak body, it seems she’s been made to recuperate in her territory recently. Since she’s not able to to attend school, we’ve heard that she’s tutored at home.”

“That’s how it is, Yuru-sama. Once Milaine-sama has an improvement in her body and visits the Royal Capital, she will likely hold a tea party again.”

“Huh…”

What a strange story, the maids and female knights told us it in detail, even speaking at the same time from excitement.

Because of there were only women around me, there was a high degree of attention that was directed towards us, keeping everyone away, or maybe something else.

But I’m the guest of honor.

But a noble girl playing about like this, that can’t look good, can it? Oy Oy, you’re not afraid, are you? I’m a gourmet, can’t I cherry pick a little?

I wonder if I’m scary after all. I’m scared, but the “title” makes me even more scared.

And so…

At last, those two have finally come.

The main event was about to start. Fufufu.