February 15, 2022
“The first prince of the Kingdom of Rayuelle, Leor Berg Rayuelle, declares: —- Charlotte Mersenne! As of this moment, I am breaking off my engagement to you!”
The fact that my brother was pushing for my fiancé to break off the engagement.
…… What? I don’t know. What’s going on here?
I believe it’s supposed to be the …… Magic Academy’s first social party of the new school year. As soon as we started. It had turned into a “meeting to break off the engagement to the duchess……. No. I don’t understand.
All eyes, including my own, were on Charlotte —-, the duchess who was forced to break off her engagement.
Long golden hair with a radiance reminiscent of the sun. Her eyes are as beautiful and azure as the sunlit sea.
A girl with a body of outstanding proportions wrapped in the uniform of the magic academy, usually reminiscent of a dignified, beautiful, but core flower.
Charlotte Mersenne, the daughter of the Dukes of Mersenne.
But right now, even that flower has a strong expression of agitation on her face.
“You know why, don’t you? Charlotte.”
“…… No. I have no idea.
“That’s a lie, Do you think I don’t know about the many atrocities you’ve committed against Lucille!”
At Brother Leo’s side, There was a girl with a “I’m innocent” kind of look on her face. I’m pretty sure that’s the commoner kid that my brother Leo is crazy about. The small animal-like loveliness of the child would certainly tickle your protectiveness.
“Outrageous ……? What the hell are you talking about?”
“You’re playing dumb! Slander and threats. And to top it all off, you pushed her down the stairs!”
“What? ……? You’re mistaken! I’ve never done anything like that. ……!”
There’s no way she could have done that.
I’ve known and interacted with Charlotte since I was a child. After all, she is the fiancée of my brother ……, the first prince.
“Are you trying to play dumb? We have witnesses.”
“Witnesses ……!?”
There are two male students beside the woman called Lucille.
Both of them are schoolmates of my brother Leo, as well as the sons of the Knight Commander and the Director of the Magic Technology Institute. The first prince in addition to the two well-known people. Charlotte’s flag is pretty bad.
“Please wait, Master Leor, let me talk about —-.”
“Shut up! I’m not listening to you!”
Oh, come on, ……, you don’t even want to have a proper conversation?
“Charlotte. As your former fiancée, I show you mercy. I’ll give you a chance to apologize to Lucille here.”
“………………!?”
Charlotte’s eyes fluttered violently at the sudden demand for an apology. I didn’t miss the faint wetness in her blue eyes.
“Apology, ……?”
“Yes. Apologize for your past misdeeds against Lucille and for what you’ve done.”
Charlotte also kept her mouth shut at the overly one-sided statement. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that she is trying her best to hold back. Perhaps because if she opened her mouth now, a sob would escape.
“—- Are you sure?”
With the words of Brother Leo, the murmur of the surrounding people gradually grew louder.
“Do you really think that Lady Charlotte was mistreating the commoners?”
“I thought it was just a rumor, but ……”
“But since the First Prince is pursuing it so vigorously, ……”
“I thought Lady Charlotte was an honorable betrothed.”
“You never know what people are like on the other side.”
The next thing she knew, there was no one around Charlotte, and she was all alone.
The students around her just looked at her from a distance. No one was trying to help her. On the contrary, they believed everything that Brother Leo said.
“I’m ………….”
Charlotte looked around, and it seemed to be engraved on her body that there was no one on her side. Her eyes were tinted with a color of despair that I had never seen before.
I am …………!
She clenches her fists. Gritting her teeth. even the tears were swept away.
“I can’t —- apologize for something I didn’t do.”
She shouted loudly.
Strong. Strong. Strong.
She looked straight ahead. She put into words what she thought was the right thing to do.
“Are you …… insane? We gave you our mercy. ……”
“It is Master Leor who must be brought to his senses.”
What the ……?
“You’re clearly not making the right decision right now. If Leol-sama’s feelings have drifted away, it is my fault for not being able to grasp …… them. This in itself is fine. If that is what the First Prince wants, I will gladly step aside. However, there are formalities and procedures that need to be followed. Originally, our engagement was not just a verbal agreement, but a formal one made between the royal family and the dukes. It is not something that can be thrown away without the permission of both families,……, much less the feelings of one individual.”
“I and Lucille are united by true love! We’ll kick that musty, meaningless tradition to the curb!”
Oh, ……, that’s no good.
It’s impossible to stop my brother Leo with words. And right now, there is no one on Charlotte’s side here. If she doesn’t do something, she might end up with more than just a broken engagement.
—- Now, here’s the problem.
What if there is no heroic hero anywhere to come running to save the girl who has been framed ……? ?
Charlotte Mersenne was at her wit’s end.
I was trying to live my life to be a good and supportive queen to the king.
I thought that if I put in the right amount of effort and was right, I could win their trust.
That’s why I’ve only looked forward. I was only looking to the future. I believed that if I did that, everyone would follow me.
The result is —- this.
There is no one who will defend Charlotte. On the contrary, they think that she is a person who can be slandered and threatened.
(I’m ………… and what I’ve done is ……)
It was all in vain.
Nothing I’ve done has paid off in the end.
No one was looking at …… the girl, Charlotte Mersenne.
This situation is proof of that. No one believed her, and they looked at her as if she were a sinner.
No allies. There is no salvation at —-.
There is despair. The bottomless abyss.
There is no such thing as a heroic hero here.
There are no heroes here.
The sound of laughter. No. A laughing voice ripped through the air.
“What the ……?”
I turned around.
Then, as if cutting through the circle of people, a boy walked up to me.
Jet-black hair. Eyes the color of night. A boy with colors that should not have been possible for royalty.
The third prince of the Kingdom of Rayuere, despised behind his back as an abomination and hated by those around him as a cursed child.
Alfred Berg Rayuere.
“……? Alfred ……? What are you laughing at?”
“Well, ……, right? Brother was working too hard to make it convenient for me, so I just…”
“What the hell ……? I don’t understand!”
“I mean that woman over there, Lucille.”
Alfred pointed his finger at the girl who was hiding behind Leor, frightened like a small animal.
“Well, let me tell you, ……, I’ve been thinking that you’ re in my way for a long time.”
“………………? No way, you’re the one who got Lucille to ……!
“Well? I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s just that …… people are interesting, aren’t they? If I poke them a little, they’ll easily dance to my wishes.
He looked like a villain. No, from Charlotte’s point of view, who has known him since childhood, he seemed to be “exaggerating” and making a villainous face. I’m not sure what to make of it, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing. He clenched his fists and bared his hostility.
“Alfred! Even though you’re the third prince, what you just said is unacceptable!”
“Oh my God! What if that Lucille girl is the one that Alfred is …… after all?”
“No, it’s possible. Alfred is the only one in the royal family with black hair and black eyes. ……”
“That abomination would certainly be …….”
“I’ve heard nothing but good things about him. It’s no wonder.”
“That’s not all. You were trying to entrap Lady Charlotte, weren’t you?”
“It’s possible. In fact, it’s more realistic than Lady Charlotte tricking the commoners.”
The flow of the scene has clearly changed.
Earlier, Charlotte had been the ‘perpetrator of bullying the commoners.
But now, strangely enough, she had become the victim of the villainous third prince.
It was as if the atmosphere had been magically changed by the appearance of a single villain.
(Alfred tricked …… Lucille?)
It couldn’t be. I immediately denied the question that popped into my head.
I know him. He’s my fiancé’s brother. I’ve seen him a lot, and we’ve exchanged a few words.
My guess is that he dares to play the bad guy.
Why? It’s obvious. To save Charlotte.
If there is no heroic hero to save the trapped girl, he acted as a villain himself to save Charlotte. —-
“Damn …… Alfred! I’ll never forgive you for being my brother! How dare you do this to Lucille! ……
“Oh no, brother. Do you have any proof that I did it? No?I don’t think so.”
“How dare you! You can cover up as much as you want!”
I’m pretty sure it can be done, but there’s no evidence to cover it up.
After all, neither Charlotte nor Alfred had ever done such a thing.
There is no way to erase something that was never there in the first place.
“So what do you want to do? Do you want to tie me up as a sinner?”
“I can do that if you wish.”
“Ha. You should try …… for fun.”
“Looks like the Abomination needs to be …… punished. —- Guards! Seize him!”
After that, it was no more than a social party.
The party was called off because of the “chase” between the bewildered guards who were trying to capture the third prince and the third prince who was making a brilliant escape. The party was cancelled, and the whole thing went to hell and back.
The only thing that is certain is the fact that —- an innocent girl named Charlotte was saved by the hands of one evil hero.
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