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“Why did I lose, Heartfield?!”
“I know you’re talking about me, but don’t just take things in that direction.”
The noisy ones increased.
I don’t know where he found us, but after losing to Ash, who was using Carbuncle, in the quarter finals, he came running over to our seats and started picking a fight with Apricot. Perhaps out of frustration or confusion, he was calling Apricot by the family name. I wonder if it’s that difficult to call a girl by her first name without adding ‘lady’ in front of it.
“Sorry, come to think of it, there are four of you, including the Baron, his Son and Valentine.”
“I’m Heartfield… no, correcting that would make things more complicated. Baroness Heartfield is fine.”
“Are you used to it, Lady Violet?”
“Yeah, this man is the kind of a guy to get embarrassed to call someone of the opposite sex by their name unless he uses a title or their family name. His personality seems to have helped him hide it though. It was the same when we used to meet in the past. At that time, I thought he was just polite.”
“Lord Chartreuse must be a pure-hearted person to be embarrassed around someone of the opposite sex.”
“That’s not the problem, my disciple.”
By ‘the past’ she must mean the time when she was meeting His Highness in her childhood.
I know that His Highness, Ash and Chartreuse are childhood friends and I’m sure she met him with Ash at some point in her childhood while being engaged… I wonder what Lady Violet was like as a child. I’m kind of curious.
“Enough about the past, why did I lose? I wasn’t careless and took Carbuncle into account…!”
“Saying that you weren’t careless already shows that you were being arrogant. Don’t get caught up in what’s in front of you. You must’ve been so focused on the spirit that you neglected to pay attention to the superiority of Ash’s basic magic. You lost because Ash slowly integrated magic into his flashy attacks and hit you with a powerful move. It seems you thought that was done by the spirit too though.”
“Gah, oof…”
“You probably wanted to show off to the woman you love and thought you would pull off a grand comeback, but Ash seemed to have seen through that too.”
“Guh…?!”
Apricot’s merciless strategy analysis assailed Chartreuse.
The fact that he couldn’t say anything back probably means that he probably also had some idea of what she’s talking about. He lost the moment he tried to use ‘the Flash!’.
“Um… what do you mean by Apricot being Heartfield?… Sir?”
“Ah, come to think of it, you didn’t know about it.”
Just as Chartreuse and the others were getting excited, Ms. Kriemhild asked me quietly.
When I told her about Apricot to the extent that was appropriate, Ms. Kriemhild looked satisfied and joined the conversation with Chartreuse and others.
She was probably worried that Chartreuse would say something harsh to Lady Violet.
“Haha, Char is still the same as always. Looks like he’s really upset about losing to me.”
Wait a minute, why is Ash here too? If I remember right, he lost to His Highness in the semi-finals, so it’s not that unusual for him to be in the audience.
I thought that he would be avoiding us because of Lady Violet, so why is he sitting next to me while smiling? Mr. Burnt and Ms. Amber are not showing it on surface, but they’re anxious about how to deal with him.
“I wanted to get a close look at the final match between Mary and Prince Vermillion from the audience seat, but they were almost all packed. The VIP seats are too far away.”
“So, when you found us and saw Sir Chartreuse and the others making a fuss, you realized that the area was kind of empty, and came here.”
Luckily, the place was actually empty.
… Well, those two aren’t as harsh on Lady Violet anymore, so it’s fine. The other spectators are also too excited about the finals so they’re not paying attention to us. At best, their attention would be focused on Apricot and Chartreuse.
“… I guess it’s better that it’s not Silva or Senior Eccles.”
It’s good that Silva and Senior Eccles, the love interests who I don’t know the details yet about how they’re different, aren’t here. I’m a little scared to meet Silva, though.
I think Silva is a little bit unhinged in a strange way, and Senior Eccles is an unknown variable.
He is a refreshing-type bespectacled handsome love interest. He’s friendly to commoners despite being a noble, and is a senior who’s good at light magic, being a dependable character for the protagonists. However, although he’s excellent in school life, he’s a quarter elf whose personal life is quite different, with a messy room and an unbalanced diet if left to his devices. In both the common route and his route, Ms. Kriemhild takes the role of his caregiver, tidying up his room and combing his hair. And his personal life becomes somewhat better… only somewhat.
Lady Violet in his route was … yeah, she was killed by a revived dragon. There was no duel, probably because she had little interaction with His Highness, but it happened in a way to show off the strength of the revived dragon and make people go ‘Violet?!’. The fans seemed to think, “Even if you try to make a big deal out of it, the same happens in every other route…” …I wish Lady Violet was treated a little better. Not like that matters now though.
“Senior… Eccles?”
Ash reacted to the words I muttered quietly.
Oh, no. In the game, he was in the position of the senior, so I ended up calling him senior too, but to me he’s younger and a junior. On top of that, it’s not good to call the Eldest Son of the Earl family like that.
“I’m sorry, Ms. Kriemhild and the others called him that way, so I ended up following their suit.
“It’s fine… but maybe…”
I wonder what that ‘maybe’ is about. I hope he doesn’t get some weird suspicions.
“Excuse me, Baron Heartfield. May I ask you a question?”
“Yes, please go ahead.”
“What… do you think of Mary?”
“Pardon?”
Hmm, why would he ask that?
… Oh, I see. The names I mentioned right now are people who were Lady Violet’s duel opponents. He must have thought that I was reminded of the duel when I saw Chartreuse and Ash, and mentioned those names.
Ash is here right now, and although he once told us to become happy, it’s certain that he hates Lady Violet and loved Ms. Mary.
I don’t know if we look… like we’re getting along, but since Lady Violet is happy with us being together, he might have thought that I hold some kind of a grudge towards Ms. Mary because of the duel.
“I think she’s a wonderful woman. She excels in the arts, made it to the finals of the tournament and I’ve heard that she’s on the par with Sir Ash and His Highness in terms of academics. She’s truly the most talented person at the academy.”
I replied with the most inoffensive answer I could think of.
It would be helpful if he backed off with this, and this answer should encourage Ash to ask more questions. That way, I can respond with ‘I answered because you asked me in depth, Sir Ash’ with some emotions mixed in.
“… Are you conscious of her as a woman?”
Hm? That’s strange. That’s not the follow-up question I was expecting.
I was sure he would ask me if I held any grudges against her or something like that.
“How can I be conscious of her when we only met 2 days ago? We barely even know each other so how can I-“
“The time period doesn’t matter. As long as she’s an attractive woman, there’s a chance that you will be attracted to her regardless of the time you’ve known her for.”
“Sir Ash?”
Huh, that’s strange. Was Ash’s personality always like this?
“So how is it, are you not conscious of her as a woman?”
“P-please relax, I am not aiming for her. I already have Lady Violet as my Wife, so I’m already taken.”
“So you’re saying that if you didn’t have a partner, you would make a move on her, which means that you are interested in her, which means that you are conscious of her.”
“That’s not what I said at all?!”
Okay, this is getting really annoying. I thought Ash was the kind of a character who could hide his feelings and act more subtly. His quiet voice suggested that he was aiming for the time when Lady Violet and others were busy talking, so maybe he’s still calculating in a way.
“So how is it?”
“Wait, Sir Ash. You’re too close!”
“How is it?”
“Please don’t just quietly approach me, c-come on. The final match between His Highness and Ms. Mary is about to begin. Are you sure you don’t want to watch?”
“How is it?”
“You will probably interpret my words as me being interested now matter how I answer, won’t you?”
“Of course. It’s true that she’s attractive, so it’s only natural that you would be interested in her.”
“Please don’t double down on it. This is just an interrogation where you already know the answer you want to get!”
Is this that thing? Like how love supposedly makes people blind?
Just like how Silva (probably) liked Ms. Mary and is super scary, maybe people’s IQ tends to drop when it comes to her.
Anyway, Ash’s questions didn’t stop until Mr. Burnt and Ms. Amber realized that he was going too far and stopped him.
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