Chapter 13 (1/2)

Volume 1 Chapter 4 part3

Unlike last time, the atmosphere felt like an actual tea ceremony

“Hmm, so you received an invitation by the heir of an earl household froion”

“Right He said it wouldn't be bad for him to talk with an honor student and then invited me However, everyone said that wasn't acceptable and they refused me…”

I enjoyed the fragrance of the tea while popping a sweet into my mouth

When I offered the protagonist some, she held back at first, but then nervously took them

A s the sweets

Unlike the girls frolad that I had prepared tea and sweets now

The protagonist was then a bit perplexed when looking at the tea

“T, this is expensive tea, isn't it? Is it okay for me to drink this?”

She's quite the shy and onist again? Isn't she a pretty good person?

“This a lot for just one person, so it helps that you're drinking sos have been tough for you”

I don't intend to get deeply involved, but I wanted to knoho she's been associating with It wouldn't be bad to knohat kind of actions the protagonist will take hereafter

…In addition, there are also sos I'm uneasy about

“…I was pleased at being invited, and I was looking forward to it, but it seems there really is no hope for me”

She h

That earl fro that tea ceremony is probably “Brad Fou Field”

A rich narcissist with long purple hair, and owns a vast amount of land, even for a feudal lord noble His household is of a large scale, and he's one of those prestigious nobles

He's not so with households like mine

Brad is the type of person that strategizes beforeahead He could be called an advisor, the kind of person that would command an army because of his intellect

I thought of hiic

Though he has a specialty in ic, he's useless in martial arts, and I believe he has a complex over that

Feudal lord nobles have a strong tendency to boast about their ic──like how knights boast about being able to e ith however amount of armor they wear

Brad pays attention to this as a descendant of feudal lord nobles, so he has a co a provocation to anger him

To put it briefly, this guy is bothersome

No wait, thinking about it carefully, all the capture target boys are bothersouys

The glooonist, “Olivia,” cast her eyes doards

“It's really would've been better if I didn't co h what's around me…I don't knohy I was enrolled here”

Co, her status was low and the academy part was difficult

Julian and the other guys are then supposed to follower her, but the Olivia right noas alone

…It seems a little odd for her to be alone at this point in tiet involved with Julian and not be by herself

Could it be that reality really is different froame?

I didn't know about how uninvolved she was until now since ht that she was doing well

Even if it wasn't Julius, there would no probleotten close with one of the others

Judging from what she's said, it seems she's been alone for nearly a month

That's a more miserable situation than mine

An acadee partner, let alone a friend, is far too lonely

Well, from the standpoint of the boys froe partner Her social status is too low Us boys, who are frantically searching for a e partner, wouldn't have the spare time to associate with her

The capture target characters, who already have fiances, can get involved with the protagonist since they do have the free time

I'm envious

In addition, froirls, they wouldn't understand why so to the same academy as the her between a rock and a hard place

However, so's a bit off

It's already May, so she's supposed to have encountered the capture target characters There was also a coercion event as well That's when I remembered it, I remembered Marie

The o countenance of Marie

“U, umm”

Perhaps uneasy after seeingin silence, Olivia beca she thinks she did wrong

I wish that those other selfish girls would take notes from this Goddess here

Who was the jerk that said this protagonist was sly? I'll knock them off their feet

“I was just thinking for a bit Well, since this is the first tiet a bit rough sometimes, so don't be too hard on yourself”

Olivia nodded while going “I see, you're right,” as she agreed to my advice Anyways, there's no way that my few brief words will leave a deep impression on her

I don't have h I was a adult in my previous life, I didn't have to respond to such prideful people back then

“…Is it okay for me to stay here?”

I immediately replied to her question

“Hmm? It's fine”

You're this world's protagonist, after all

Who you decide to capture has little relation to my life, but…you don't have anyone None at all Well, I had wanted you to talk about who you had gotten involved with

“W, why? Ihere”

Though it's a e for Olivia So I gave an explanation using a suitable excuse

“Well, you see…oh right! Your admission is a decision by the academy and the royal palace! You shouldn't complain about the position you're in, and the other students don't have the right to judge whether or not you're suitable here”

Olivia blinked repeatedly

“B, but, the people around──”

“Even if you can't endure it, you shouldn't just drop out In regards to the people telling you to go away, doing that is iher-ups So why don't you tell them that if they have a coher-ups? I think few people would talk back to that”

At any rate, the protagonist will surely be protected by the capture target boys

So it'll be fine

Definitely…probably

However, I'm uneasy about the flow of this conversation so far Is it really okay that she hasn't encountered a single person, or rather, that she hasn't raised any flags yet?

Olivia slowly opened her mouth to speak

“I…want to study ic However, I'ulations of an academy or unspoken rules…recently it's been difficult with people causing s like my textbooks and many other items of mine”

There are lot of unspoken rules airls as well No wait, the girls would probably have even harsher unspoken rules that are unclear

Not knowing thee in the acadeaonist was criticized about such things by the villainess

At that tiht now has no boys that will assist her

I couldn't leave her alone in that bitter state, so I thought about what course of action would be good

“I don't know the unspoken rules airls either…ah, come to think of it, one person that does coht work somehow”

“Really?!”

The shted face dazzled

For the sake of Olivia, I decided to call hter