Vol 4 Extra: Marcella’s Battle (1/2)

Marcella’s Battle

Again, the invitation came.

A lot of them.

Marcella was tired of the letter bundle delivered by the dorm supervisor.

She is an average, no, slightly poor baron’s third daughter,

Marcella went to the lower Ekland school instead of an advanced Ardley school.

She has a fairly well-defined face. However, as the daughter of a noble family, she “was” a girl of little value.

Yes, at best, she could marry a middle-class merchant or a rich commoner,

Or she would be a mistress of a noble.

…Until two and a half years ago.

Two and a half years ago, as soon as she entered Ekland Academy, her magical talent suddenly blossomed.

Until then, she could only create a little water,

After that, she could even use even attack magic,

A talented girl who is said to be “The girl who received the goddess’ favor”

Then a year ago, something happened.

The Royal family and some nobles call it the “goddess manifestation case”

A phenomenal, awesome event.

Despite the Royalty tried to hide it, there were so many witnesses that the information flowed to the appropriate sources.

The goddess’ angel was a silver-haired girl in uniform at Ekland Academy.

And with that information, it’s easy to identify the individual.

The said girl disappeared, her best friend is a lower aristocrat’s daughter.

A beautiful woman with a clear mind and a personality adored by commoners.

At the age of 12, she is already aware of her behavior as a noble.

A strong offense magician, the said girl’s best friend.

Furthermore, it’s possible that the goddess herself has talked with her.

…Nobles couldn’t help but aim for her.

To be their son’s bride.

Yes, the Viscounts, Earls, Marquis, and Royalties who are superior to their parents.

「This is the noble family in our country, neighboring Earl. I should decline this.

There were too many invitations and I couldn’t attend to all,

Choosing one of them to attend is also rude to the others, I declined all equally…

And of course, I won’t attend parties from other countries, as a student, I won’t skip my study to go on a tedious journey to other countries.

In the first place, I don’t think my father, the school, and the people above will allow it…」(Marcella)

Saying so, Marcella thrusts a bunch of invitations into the gap in the bookshelf.

The desk drawer is already full.

And Marcella looked at the invitation left on the desk with a troubled face.

「So, what should I do, this is …」(Marcella)

The letter wrote:

“Invitation for the 2nd Prince Vince Birthday Party”

The sender’s name was His Majesty the King.

No, of course, only the name is His Majesty the King,

In fact, it’s just what the clerk wrote.

…However, she couldn’t refuse it.

「If I told my esteemed father (Otou-sama), “His Majesty the King invited me to the birthday party of His Highness Prince Vince, but I refused.”

He may faint.

I feel sorry if that happens…」(Marcella)

There’s no way to refuse it.

His Highness, first Prince Adalbert, the first prince, was a bit arrogant and scary,

His Highness, second prince Vince is *Poyapoya*, gentle, kind. A cute little prince.

(Marcella’s POV)

All the noble girls attending the ball will be aiming for Prince Adalbert,

After greeting His Highness Vince, I could be inconspicuous.

Then I won’t be entangled.

His Highness Adalbert won’t push his younger brother, who is the protagonist, away and steal the spotlight.

There is a rumor that the brothers are quite close, although their personalities are quite different.

「It can’t be helped.

I will accept only this invitation」(Marcella)

“Wonder Three” is a set of three, but it’s impossible to invite the commoners Monica and Oriana as official guests to a party at the Royal Palace.

Then, despite the great care of Marcella, her father fainted on the spot as he heard it.

Even a baron is hardly invited to such a party, let alone his daughter.

However, as “The girl who received the goddess’ favor”

It’s not strange to be invited as a guest.

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Three weeks later.

In the garden of the Royal Palace, Marcella dressed up attending the party.

Her father after waking up from fainting, he pulled Marcella to a tailor in a hurry,

he ordered a dress which the third daughter of the poor baron should never get.

Her mother brought out what she inherited from her grandmother, a necklace that had been handed down to the baron family for generations to Marcella.

Normally, the poor baron’s third daughter shouldn’t be invited to such a royal palace party.

What’s more, Marcela is only 12 years old, who has yet to make her social debut.

It’s the unusual among the unusual.

So, of course, she has no acquaintances nor friends among the guests,

His father, who was invited as an extra to Marcella,

It’s a great opportunity for him to be able to connect with influential aristocrats.

Marcela was neglected.

Even though he is with Marcela, but as he thought he would get in the way of youngsters, he got away to talk with other noble.

He thought it would be easy for children to talk in that case.

Even so, before going around for greeting, he never forgot to tell Marcella, “Find a good man and get closer to him.”

As expected, Marcella’s father didn’t expect that his third daughter, Marcella, could become a Princess, a Mistress or a Queen, even though she could use offense magic.

For Royalty, her child wouldn’t be unworthy to get the right to inherit the throne,

She would be a mistress, who could be easily thrown away when the King gets tired of her.

In that case, it’s much better to be the first wife of an Earl,

So he thought.

To climb for more power, even if Marcella becomes a disposable mistress,

The royal prince’s mistress should have been more useful.

However, he doesn’t want it, even if it’s a normal aristocrat or his third daughter won’t be much use for a political marriage, he wishes for his daughter happiness.

He is a good father.

But a Noble family head, he is a failure.

Maybe because his family has that kind of thinking, his family has remained a poor baron for a long time.

But because both the family head and members were okay with it, there was no problem.

Marcella still doesn’t have her social debut, no, even after her social debut, she won’t be invited to such a first-rate party.

She has no idea what she should do in such a party.

Therefore, she stands near the wall.

However, there were men who did not miss such a chance.

「Guten Morgen Fräulein.

If you are pleased with it.

May I speak to you?」(Noble son)

(T.N: Raw is in German. フロイラィン Fräulein)

When Marcella turned around, a slender, tall, good looking 17-18-year-old man was smiling at her.

「Eh? Ah… uhm…」(Marcella)

It was the first time someone hitting (flirting) on her!

…It’s not “counted” when she was a bakery clerk on behalf of Adele.

And the people, who know about Marcella’s reputable, are mostly senior nobles or royals.

For this young man to be invited to such an important party and recognize a lower aristocrat daughter like Marcella.

This young man must be the son of senior nobles, not a suspicious individual.

And this young man is good-looking.

Up until now, Marcella only knows about the boys in her class, who are still children.

It can’t be helped that she is blushing.

However,

「No, I will be the one who escorts lady Marcella」(Another Noble son)

Another young man called out from the side.

「No, leave it to me. As for I’m the son of Marquis.」(Another Noble son)

「No no, that’s my role…」(Another Noble son)

The sons of senior aristocrats enter the fight for Marcela one after another.

But of course, no one is actually raising their voice in such a place.

They all have an elegant, gentleman attitude,

However, Marcella felt as if she could see a spark.

Yes, Marcella was completely unaware, but she was a famous person.

Among the royals and some senior nobles who have that information.

And for those who don’t know it, also realize Marcella was invited to this party despite her age before her debut, she was swarmed with senior noble sons, a lot of them.

Despite being late, they also started swarming around Marcella.

「Ah, uhm… excuse me…」(Marcella)

Marcella was confused and didn’t know what to say,

and then she heard a voice from behind.

「What are you doing here?

You still haven’t even greeted my father, the king, the one who invited you nor Vince, the protagonist of the day.

Now, come!」

As the person who suddenly pulled Marcella’s hand was the first Prince, Adalbert,

she couldn’t complain.

The surrounding aristocrat sons would have stopped him if it was the son of an Earl or Marquis, but of course, no one dares to oppose the Crown Prince.

They still didn’t get anything yet, they had no choice but grumbling looking Marcella brilliantly taken away.

「I… humbly… thank you… for inviting me… to the party today」(Marcella)

「It’s okay, today is Vince’s birthday party, you don’t have to be so formal.

Now, go around and greet the visitors with Vince」(King)

In response to Marcella’s desperate greeting, which was pushed by Adalbert, his Majesty the King said so while pushing today’s protagonist, the second Prince Vince, toward Marcella.

「Eh…?」(Marcella)

Vince grabbed and pulled on Marcella’s open hand with a smile.

「Ah, uhm… uhm…」(Marcella)

The second prince, Vince, the protagonist of today, pulled Marcela around the party venue.

And for some reason, Prince Adalbert, the first prince, followed behind them.

…Standing out.

She was ridiculously standing like a sore thumb.

And the envied eyes of many single women piercing Marcella, as if they had an entity.

(Guha~a! Please, please spare me already…) (Marcella)

Marcella thought while her spirit is crumbling.

(And why is His Highness Vince taking me around for a greeting?

This is like…) (Marcella)

And she noticed it.

(This… this is the lover’s “course” ~desu~wa~aaaaa!) (Marcella)

(T.N: コース Course is in EN)

Marcella looked around for help!

And as her father saw it, his mouth was dumbfounded with his mouth agape.

For Marcela, the time of hell has continued.

Yes, throughout the party, Vince never let go of Marcella’s hand.

Whether he received a greeting from a guest or gave a speech.

It gave people the impression that this actually was an engagement party instead.

Marcella desperately looked for her friend, Morena.

But Morena was told in advance by her family:

“Before you can meet her at any time, give it up for today.

Don’t go near Marcella, serve other visitors, especially young men (decoy)”

Because of that Marcella couldn’t find Morena no matter how hard she looked.

(Some…, someone, anyone, please help me!) (Marcella)

Despite having a smile on her face, Marcella’s heart is half-crying.

And then, Vince gave out a finishing strike.

「Since my birthday cake is about to be brought our,

Let’s cut it together with a “knife ナイフ”!」(Vince)

(Are we cutting a WEDDING CAKE~EEEEE?) (Marcella)

Marcella was escorting not only by the His Highness Vince while handholding but his Highness Adalbert also followed behind.

At first, the women looked at Marcella like

“She was just invited because of her father’s reputation or something, a little girl who hasn’t even debuted.”

But now they realized that she was someone who stood in the way of their ambitions.

(It hurts! Their eyes hurt like knives!) (Marcella)

Meanwhile, the large door on the front opened and a huge cake was brought in.

It was placed on a pedestal with wheels about 70 cm in height, a cake about 2 meters tall.

When combined, it was about two and a half meters cake, and for Marcella, it was a super giant cake when she looked up.

Of course, not all of them are edible.

It would be crushed without anything to maintain its own weight.

The framework is made of bamboo and metal,

It contains sponge cake and fruits and is coated with cream.

All of the wedding cakes used in modern Japanese weddings are made of resin,

Only the part where you put the knife is filled with a white gel, which isn’t used for this cake.

Other than the skeleton, you can eat everything.

Slowly the giant cake advanced toward Marcella, who was taken to the front of the venue with her hand held by Vince.

5 meters, 4 meters, 3 more meters …

Then, the wheels of the pedestal were caught on something, and the giant cake leaned about.