Chapter 2: Love Confession 

“Mister Leon! This will not do. Those who march on the path of tea do not cause trouble for a lady! That is not what a gentleman does!” 

“I’m sorry, Mentor. However, I──I had my circumstances!” 

The cafe no longer had any guests. 

My mentor scolded me. 

Anjie asked my mentor for help, and now I was being lectured. Normally, I would ignore what someone says while keeping a serious expression, but I took my mentor’s words to heart. 

I couldn’t go against this person. 

After all, my mentor was my teacher for tea before a teacher of the  academy. 

My mentor placed his hand on my shoulder. 

“It must have been painful. It must have been hard. However, don’t give  up. Beyond is the path of a true gentleman──leading to the path of tea.” 

“──R, right, Mentor!” 

The path of a gentleman seemed long and steep. 

My mentor’s words left a strong impression on me, and then I heard a sigh. 

The adult woman was now sitting on chair with an exhausted face. By her  sides sat Anjie and Livia, and they surrounded a round table. 

I changed my ragged clothes while Daniel and Raymond left the cafe to get in touch with their friends for a fun party. 

The irritating girls were pardoned by the queen and left the scene to run away. I engraved their faces into my mind. ──I definitely wouldn’t forget them. 

“It seems your discussion is over. So, is it okay if I speak next?” 

My mentor straightened his back, adjusted his suit, and started acting like a waiter. 

“In that case, let me prepare some tea. Mister Leon, may I borrow your  tools?” 

“Of course!” 

I was delighted to have my mentor use the instruments and tea leaves of  mine. Leaving that aside, I was worried about how the queen seemed angry at  me. 

“Leon. I’m mad.” 

When the queen said that, I instantly went down on my knees and put my  hands onto the floor. “So you really were angry, I understand, but please spare my family at  least! I, I don’t care about what you do to me!” 

Milaine became flustered once again when I took such an attitude. 

“Huh? No. T, that’s not it. That’s not what I’m talking about. Anjie, help!” 

Once I saw Milaine seeking help from Anjie, who was sitting next to her, I  understood that she wasn’t really angry. 

Well actually, I already knew that from the start, but I wanted to poke fun at her through my acting skills. 

If the queen was genuinely angry, I would have been fleeing from the kingdom by now. 

However, Anjie realized that I was acting. 

“Milaine, he’s teasing you. Leon’s face is telling me that he knows you’re  not really angry.” 

“Huh?” 

When Milaine looked at me, I stuck my tongue out while resting a fist onto  my head──a silly pose. It seemed that she didn’t take kindly to that, as she glared at me with a  frighteningly cold gaze. 

“How cheap. I misjudged you.” 

“My apologies!” 

After I made a sincere apology, my mentor went towards Milaine to  provide his services. I felt like my mentor could make a business out of preparing tea. 

The fragrance was shocking. 

Augh! It was made using the same tea leaves, and yet why was there this big of a difference? 

It wasn’t just a difference in fragrance. 

As expected of my mentor. 

“Queen, you wanted to travel incognito, but──” 

“It’s fine. To my disappointment, I can tell that what happened was due to the bullying going on. Leon, I came to make a complaint towards you. Not anything like a punishment, just some private talk.” 

──I suppose that I should have expected this. 

The reason being that I had beaten up Julian. 

His mother wouldn’t forgive me for that. 

Well Milaine was the queen──but in the game, she was a so-called enemy. As can be seen from her close relationship with Anjie, she was someone who would be hostile towards the protagonist, causing both her and Anjie to become the protagonist’s enemies. 

As expected for a game marketed towards women. The mother-in-laws were loathsome. 

She was someone who didn’t forgive the protagonist for having Julian fall in love with her. Saying this is obvious, but in the otome game, she was an opponent who tried to disrupt the relationship between the two. 

It was a bit absurd. It was quite obvious to tell that she fit the template for a cruel person. 

By the end, Milaine eventually recognized the protagonist. 

That was caused by the protagonist gaining the position of a saint. The position of a saint had a very important religious meaning. 

These explanations were just part of the overly-lackluster explanations in the game, though. There was no explanation for why a saint was so grand, but it was as if the protagonist was commended for doing a great service in the end. 

The power of the protagonist herself was also pretty major, but to think that the power of saint was this immense. 

I’ve gone off-topic. Well, I wonder what criticism Milaine had for me. 

“Do tell.” 

“Alright. Well then──I’ll first apologize for Julian. I’m sorry that you had to deal with that child’s selfishness.” 

I didn’t expect her to start with an apology. 

She was quite courteous for someone supposedly evil. 

“Even as his mother, I myself don’t understand why things turned out like this. Though this may be improper to say, it’s a relief that he at least has a lover who’s from a viscount household. He hadn’t cared for women when he was at the royal palace, so I didn’t think that he would be this fixated on her.” 

Milaine stared right into my pupils. 

It was as if her clear, blue eyes were about to devour me. 

I then noticed something remarkable. ──This person was very beautiful. 

When considering her behavior from just a while ago, I wouldn’t believe  that she were someone who was even in her thirties. 

Actually, wasn’t she pretty cute?! 

“However, I cannot condone what happened in the duel. That fight was too  harsh. Couldn’t you have resolved it in a more peaceful way?” 

I did think it was possible, but I didn’t really care because I wanted to relieve my stress. 

While making a timid face, I glanced at Livia and Anjie to ask for help. However, the two didn’t pay attention. 

The cause for that was probably the words the earl daughter said a while ago. 

They both cast their eyes downward and didn’t notice the eye contact I was making with them. 

When I made a silent prayer in order to ask Luxon for help, I heard an electronic sound. 

[Master doing things peacefully? Impossible. What does this person expect from my master?] 

──What a heartless companion. 

What a useless AI! It should’ve been more friendly towards me! 

However, my silence was misunderstood by Milaine. She was wondering  what I was thinking about when looking at both Livia and Anjie. 

“Oh, could it be because of that? How youthful you are~.” 

Just what kind of misunderstanding did she have, teasing me while making  a smirk? 

──Well, I kept on being silent since it was convenient. 

“Leon, I think you know this, but you have many enemies in the royal  palace. Many people had placed their expectations on Julian. Have you thought carefully about what you will do from now on?” 

Let alone the royal palace, I had so many enemies within the academy. 

Seriously, why did such a virtuous person like me have to suffer such an experience? Anyways, I suppose I would have enemies in the royal palace. 

“Of course.” 

I pretended to be aware of it, but I was relying on Anjie’s father for the matters of the royal palace. In the first place, I didn’t want to show up in the royal palace, nor was I interested in being promoted. 

If I had the choice, I would have liked being demoted instead. 

So there were people who had expectations for Julian? They should’ve just given up and accept that they had misjudged. Really, they had poor discernment skills. After all, Julian incompetency was clear the moment he threw away Anjie and chose Marie. 

He was disqualified from being the crown prince. 

“I see. You’re a capable child, aren’t you. Perhaps if there was a child like you by Julian’s side, he wouldn’t have gone down an erroneous path.” 

I wondered about that. Marie would certainly have kept a distance if I were by his side. However, in that case, Livia might have gotten together with Julian for some game-like reason. In that case, Anjie would become her enemy. 

Whether it be the right choice for the game or the right choice for reality──both were bothersome. 

How troubling. If I were by his side, I have a feeling that I would have more troubles than what I had right now. 

Though, there’s no point in talking about hypothetical scenarios. 

“I’m not going to change my stance.” 

“Is that so? So be it then, I have one other goal for today. Do help me with it.” 

“One other goal?” 

“Since I came from a different country, I’ve never attended the academy. So, I want to have some memories about this academy~. You can help with that, right Leon? The academy greatly interests me. All of my female acquaintances have been talking about it in delight, and that makes me envious.” 

A woman in her thirties wanted memories of the academy while making a mischievous smile towards me? 

Perhaps in my previous life, I would have showed respect to my elders with a smile. 

However──that wasn’t the case anymore. 

I got up and grabbed Milaine’s hand. 

What beautiful hands she had. 

“Huh?” 

Milaine voiced out as such in surprise. 

“Sure thing. Let’s make some memories at the academy. Milaine──please  marry me!” 

Milaine was flustered and had a red face. 

Livia and Anjie got up from their chairs. 

“Leon! What are you saying?!” 

“Y, y──you! You’re talking to the queen!” 

As expected, my mentor was also surprised. Wasn’t I amazing for making  my mentor, a perfect gentleman, shocked? 

“Mister Leon, I cannot laugh at such absurd jests!” 

I knew this would happen. I was aware of what I was doing, but I wanted  them to think carefully here. 

What was the goal of going to the academy? Pursuit of knowledge? Wrong answer! 

This was the academy from that otome game. There was only one goal! It was marriage! In other words, she must have wanted such memories. In that case, what I had to do was make a marriage proposal! 

I wasn’t being serious, but what could I do when she said that she wanted to make memories? 

In other words, the queen wanted a confession of love! What a glorious deduction of mine. I’m amazing! 

In addition, Milaine was very excellent when one saw her as a marriage partner. So she has given birth before? That’s just proof that she could make children! Nobles wanted heirs anyways, so they would warmly welcome it! So she wasn’t a virgin? Almost all of the girls in the academy weren’t virgins anyways! 

Other than in fantasies, there was no such thing as a virgin! 

What about age? It’s all good. Rather than teenage brutes who hadn’t learned manners, a graceful cute woman in her thirties was better! I wanted to marry an actual human being! 

This is what I came to understand through my academy life. I should stop having fantasies about girls already. 

If I had to choose between the girls at the academy or Milaine, I would choose Milaine without hesitation! 

Oh, wait. I intended this to be a joke, but was there really anyone as perfect  as her? 

“I like you! I love you!” 

The words came out of my mouth before my mind could even process  what I was saying. 

“T, that’s troubling. I, I’m already a older woman with a husband and kids.” 

“That doesn’t matter. You’re beautiful. Even if you have a family, I still like──gah!” 

When I saw Milaine’s cute blushed face and her eyes getting moist, I  quickly felt something hit me in the back of the head. 

Who was it?! I’ll send them flying! 

I turned around while thinking so and saw an enraged Julian. 

His suit was in disorder, and the chest area was left unbuttoned and wide  open. His hair was also disheveled. It seemed that he was quite exhausted. 

“Ah, your Highness.” 

As I said that, Julian raised a tray overhead. 

“You’ve got some nerve to seduce someone’s mother, Baltfault. It’s  unfortunate that I can’t slice you up here.” 

He was genuinely angry. 

I suppose that was natural, considering that I was hitting on his mother  right in front of his eyes. 

Milaine was perplexed. 

“T, that’s not it, Julian. T, this is──” 

“Mother, take your hands off of him! Baltfault, you too should release  her!” 

“Eh~I don’t wanna.” 

Julian struck me in hatred. 

I was sent flying away. 

“Leon!” 

In a panic, Milaine tried rushing over to me, but Julian grabbed her by the  hand and left the cafe. 

“Mother, this has gone on for long enough. Our cafe is right next to this one. I’d like to hear what you have to say for yourself once we’re there. Good  grief, why are you in this academy?” 

I had a thought while seeing the two leave. 

──Queen, I wonder if I made a good memory for you at the academy. 

◇ 

The princess cafe. 

There weren’t any customers in the room anymore, so the staff there were also taking a break. 

Marie had been in a good mood while counting the bundles of banknotes, but now she was hiding behind the curtains from a person that Julian brought  in. 

(Why is the evil ruler here?!) 

Milaine, the queen, wasn’t really an evil ruler, but she was an ally of the  villainess in the game. 

It was natural for Marie to think of her as a threat. 

Besides, Marie currently wasn’t someone who could compete against her. 

While she was hiding and looking at how the situation would progress, 

Kyle tugged on Marie’s skirt. 

“Master, I can’t bear this any longer. The girls keep fondling my body while saying that it’s just part of the service they paid for. I cannot offer my  assistance next time.” 

Marie was irritated about her exclusive servant making such a complaint. 

(What are you saying?! I’m the one that has it rough trying to figure out  how to earn your guys’ living expenses! At least give me a hand!) 

Marie was fixated on money due to the living expenses Julian and the others needed. 

Due to the matter of Julian’s duel with Leon, his allowances were largely reduced, though not completly revoked. 

The other four no longer had allowances. 

With such a situation, Marie had rushed to earn quick money for their living expenses along with her own. 

“Please bear with it for just three days. Things will get easier after that.” 

“Is that really true?” 

While thinking about how her servant was a whiny one, Marie peeked at what Milaine and the others were doing. 

She sat on a sofa, face to face with Julian across a low table. 

“Mother, I’m worried about you getting acquainted with Baltfault. You cannot be careless around that guy.” 

Milaine was silent, but had a sharp glint in her eyes. 

“I’m not sure what’s going on between you and him, but nevertheless that that guy is foul. He would do anything for money. What’s more, he’s a coward. He’s a lunatic who would make a confession of love to you, the queen.” 

Julian explained how Leon was a bad person, but the expression in Milaine’s eyes further sharpened as she looked at her surroundings. 

Marie turned pale. 

(Ah, she’s definitely going to get mad.) 

Milaine’s son, Julian, served the schoolgirls and female guests. Thinking about how bad that was, Marie began to tremble. 

“──Julian, you said that your group was doing a cafe, right?” 

“Yes, a cafe. Marie was more or less the one who arranged it. What about it? Do you like it?” 

Julian boasted while in his suit. Behind him stood Jilk, sporting a similar look. 

As a result of having to serve and cater to girls, his attire and hair were slightly disheveled. 

“Bring that girl over to here. I’d like to ask a question right away.” 

Milaine ordered him to do so with a terribly cold tone of voice. 

When hearing that, Julian made a sorry expression. 

“It seems you’re the same as the others, Mother. I won’t let you meet Marie with an attitude like that.” 

(Thank you, Julian! As expect of my prince!) 

Contrary to Marie’s delight, Milaine glared at Julian while slamming her hand onto the low table, creating a loud sound. 

Julian and Jilk were slightly frightened after seeing that. 

“──Bring her here.” 

“I, I won’t! I’ll think about it only if you accept our relationship.” 

“What did you say that led up to the duel? Jilk, you’ve been with him, what’s the meaning of this?! Julian, come to your senses. You said a while ago that Leon was money-hungry, right? If so, what’s the meaning of this cafe?!” 

The menu Milaine held in her hand was unthinkable for a cafe. 

“What’s the meaning of these prices? Poor quality tea and sweets for one hundred dia? And service charges on top of that? For someone who’s the  former heir of a prestigious family, what’s with that appearance of yours?!” 

It was like a host club using the name of a cafe. 

However, it was highly popular amongst the girls in the academy. 

“Julian, you called Leon a coward, right?” 

“H, he is a coward.” 

“Well then, why are you here when you promised not to approach Marie anymore after losing the duel? Aren’t you the coward for nonchalantly breaking your promise?!” 

Perhaps no longer wanting this to go on for any longer, Jilk forced his way in. 

“My queen, his Highness is just helping us. That doesn’t mean he’s breaking his pro──” 

“What an uncouth excuse! Have a sense of shame! Furthermore, you said Leon was a lunatic? Julian, answer me this. Are you normal for throwing away your fiancee to choose another woman and thus lose your position as  the crown prince? Are you really in a position to talk about Leon?” 

“Well, um, you see──” 

Milaine grew impatient towards Julian’s incoherence. 

“Speak clearly!” 

The mood in the room reached its lowest once her scolding began. 

Being aware of the atmosphere at some point, Greg ran off, while Chris  and Brad were absent since they had left to go shopping. 

Marie waited for time to pass inside the room while feeling like praying. 

(What’s with this old lady?! She’s siding with that mob!) 

◇ 

I sat on a chair while holding my knees under my arms. Julian had hit me in the cheek. 

“──All I said was that I liked her a lot.” 

While feeling bitter, a shocked Anjie criticized me. 

“What a fool you are. What kind of knight would hit on the queen of their  own country?” 

Right. If only she wasn’t the queen. I couldn’t help but feel regret. 

My mentor had left to resume his work. 

Anjie and I were in the room. Livia was there too, but she hung her head  and didn’t join the conversation. 

Then inside the room, a knocking sound could be heard from the door. 

“Um~, is it okay to come in?” 

The girl who opened the door and appeared was someone I didn’t know. 

“The cafe is closed for today over my heart aching.” 

“U, umm, that’s kind of a problem for me, though. Olivia, could you carry  out my request?” 

The girl turned to Livia for help. 

While I was thinking about how she might be an acquaintance of Livia, 

Livia raised her head and carried out the request. 

“This is Cara. She said that she wanted me to introduce her to you.” 

“I see, so I take it that you’re the middleman then.” 

When hearing that, Anjie had a stern look in her eyes. 

When Livia became frightened by that, Anjie panicked and quickly toned  down her gaze. However, she turned to Cara once again tensed her gaze. 

──Were these two okay? It seemed that they had some kind of complicated relationship. 

Cara entered the room while frightened by Anjie’s gaze. “Cara Fou Wein. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Baron.” Cara? Wein? What did it mean? While I replied with “Oh, ok,” Anjie continued glaring at Cara from beside  me. However, she silently listened while Livia explained in a panic. “W, well, she’s from the regular class. When I was doing some  advertising, she said that she wanted me to introduce her to Leon.” ──Could there have been some cause to this? I brought down my knees from under my arms and told Cara to sit. “Is it okay if I ask the reason for why you chose Livia to be the middleman  in this introduction?” Livia was perplexed after judging that my aura was different from usual. In the first place, there was no need to have Livia help if it was just  introducing herself to me. She could have just gotten in touch with me like normal. If it had been that, I would have responded with a smile. However, this girl didn’t do that, but instead met me through Livia. I felt that there was indeed a scene like this in that otome game. I believe it was a scene that relied on the protagonist’s lack of knowledge  on the troublesome rules of nobles. I changed my behavior and faced Cara with a serious attitude. “Ah, so you understand what’s going on? As expected of the most  successful classmate. You’re much different from the other boys.” “Why, thank you.” 

Livia looked at Anjie to ask for help, but she soon averted her gaze. Anjie also seemed like she wanted to say something, but closed her mouth and hung her head. 

It seemed Livia wanted to ask something from me. 

“Leon, what in the world is going on? The atmosphere here is different  from normal.” 

Thereupon, Cara revealed her true nature. 

“Be silent for a bit. There are some important things I’d like to talk about  now.” 

She took an attitude that bore no consideration towards Livia. 

Livia was bewildered at how her attitude was different from just a while  ago. 

──Didn’t she know that she would leave a bad impression on me by treating Livia like that? No wait, I was already expecting bad things to come  from the girls in the academy. 

At any rate, it seems that I had gotten into some trouble. 

“Baron. Please save the Wein family, no──please save us.” 

That was the reason why Anjie glared at Cara. It was because she realized  that the girl would use me. 

I was also aware of it. 

I remembered it after hearing her full name, but it was a nostalgic feeling  when realizing that such an event like this existed as well. 

◇ 

Now that the first day of the school festival had ended, I sat down on the bed in my room. 

Daniel, Raymond, and I had made a celebratory party for the success of the first day. 

It was just us since Livia and Anjie had soon left back to their dorms. 

As I was pondering, Luxon appeared in front of me. 

“What do you want?” 

[Those who are unfaithful are the worst.] 

“What are you saying?” 

[Those were words you yourself had said before. Now then, think back upon today’s behavior. I heard you were hitting on the queen, Master. Wasn’t your unfaithfulness a shameful display?] 

“──That’s not it. I just couldn’t hold back my emotions.” 

[Each of those words you had said really came back to bite you. Even I feel moved at how admirable it was. How about carrying a mirror?] 

“No wait, I mean, if I was asked whether or not it was possible for me to get on with her, then the answer would be yes, right?!” 

[This is the queen we’re talking about. If asked, you’re supposed to answer with a no.] 

This AI really couldn’t understand my feelings with its sound arguments and whatnot. 

[To start with, when the queen talked about memories at the academy, I’m confident that she was talking about attending a school festival with someone. Then you suddenly started hitting on her──I thought you were out of your mind. Ah, excuse my discourtesy. Perhaps that was your true character from the beginning.] 

“You’re being stupid. There’s no reason for the academy to exist other than for marriage. When she said she wanted memories, she meant that she  wanted to get hit on. No, wait. If she wanted to attend the school festival together──perhaps she wanted a date? I overlooked that. Anyways, wouldn’t you agree that the reason for the academy’s existence is for marriage?” 

[That’s only for the boys. The academy is a place to learn.] 

“Oh really?! I knew that from the beginning!” 

[That’s a relief. Do strive to study from now on.] 

“That won’t do. I can’t abandon my marriage-searching.” 

[You didn’t give up searching for marriage? It would be bad if you did  give up, wouldn’t it.] 

“I’m a man with an unyielding fighting spirit, even if I don’t like what I have to do.” 

I would have given up if I could, but no matter how tough I acted, I had to keep up with societal expectations. The trouble was that this problem wasn’t just mine alone. Not just me, but my family was also being talked about behind their backs. That was the unpleasant part. I didn’t want to cause trouble to my parents, my older brother, or my younger brother. 

And the others? There were others? An older sister? A younger sister? I  don’t know anyone like that. 

[It’s not about what you say, it’s about how you say it, I suppose.] 

As I continued this absurd conversation with Luxon, we swiftly began to  talk about the main issue at hand. 

[Master, are you really going to help that girl?] 

I stared up into the ceiling. 

“There will be a few consecutive days off once the school festival ends. I  plan to help her out then.” 

[There is no reason for you to help, Master.] I thought that there weren’t any. However, it was a request that had been made formally. Furthermore, Livia had introduced her──meaning that she was acting as  the agent. Her doing this really was foul play, but it meant that to any bystander, Livia was in charge of Cara’s request, and that she turned to me as a middleman. 

In other words, the people around us would have seen the situation as Cara asking for help, Livia accepting it, and referring me to it. Livia didn’t even know the contents of the matter. 

If I refused, it meant that Livia wouldn’t be able to settle the request she received. It would also have made me seem like a person who wouldn’t accept a request from an acquaintance. 

In other words, Livia and I had been dragged into Cara’s affairs. However, in this case, it would have been fine even if I did reject. It was foul play, after all. There was no sense of duty in having to help  someone like this. I could reject it, and I didn’t want to help, but I couldn’t afford not to lend  my assistance. Cara’s request was about the suppression of sky pirates. The suppression of sky pirates was work that nobles would do. Furthermore, there was the matter of the sky pirates themselves. [Is it about the territory the sky pirates are causing distress to? Shouldn’t it  be something to ask of the royal palace rather than you, Master?] 

“That’s right. In cases like these, appealing to the royal palace would be the proper choice. However, these sky pirates hold an indispensable item for the protagonist.” 

[You have to participate due to a game-like reason?] 

“In order for Livia, the protagonist, to display her talents as a saint, she needs three items. Before long, we’ll need to collect two of them. One of them belongs to the sky pirates, so I need to suppress them and retrieve it.” 

One of the items was the “Holy Bracelet” that was hidden within the dungeon in the royal capital. 

The sky pirates, who Cara requested the suppression of, held the “Holy Necklace.” 

The last one was managed by a temple belonging to the largest religion in the kingdom──the “Saint’s Cane.” 

It was necessary for Livia to possess these three items in order to become a saint. Once she was recognized as a saint by the temple, the cane would automatically come into her hands. 

The other two needed to be gathered through our efforts. 

Furthermore, the three items were necessary for greatly raising Livia’s abilities. 

“The sky pirate event was originally supposed to be for the second year, though.” 

Originally, the sky pirate event was supposed to appear during the second year of the academy, at the middle of the climax. 

In order to subjugate the sky pirates who appeared at the territory airspace of a certain earl household, the protagonist had to rely on the power of Julian and the others. 

This was also a large crossroad where the player’s route would be finalized, determined by who would help. 

[They can’t rely on the regular army of the kingdom? The Wein household are semi-barons, but they should be under the guardianship of an earl household, right?] 

“Ah, there are a couple of reasons for that. As a matter of fact, that household is of Brad’s former fiancee. This request is also from the the  daughter of that earl household. Cara is one of her followers.” 

[A woman like Anjelica?] 

“No, a heap of trash.” 

Even for me, a pile of trash for a character, she was unsightly when getting  to know her. 

It would be futile to expect that she would be like Anjie, someone who wasn’t bad. 

Their household rose into the ranks of an earl, and as a matter of fact, was the earl household that got involved with the sky pirates. 

This was the groundwork for a war that would occur at the final stages of  the game. 

They would do bad things together with thieves. 

When talking about it, Luxon asked me a question. 

[Master, you seem to give priority to the progression of the game. You do  take some consideration towards benefits to gain in real life, but what do you think about these circumstances?] 

“Julian and the others are unreliable, so I have to be the one to retrieve the item. At this rate, things will be bad once the war happens.” 

Right, things would get bad. 

If Livia didn’t become a saint, then even though I had Luxon, I would still have to flee from the continent. 

It wasn’t just a matter of winning or losing. 

[Why did Cara──no, the earl daughter ask you for the subjugation?] 

“It’s a trap, a grand ol’ trap. I already said it before, she’s a heap of trash, even for me. It made me laugh in the game when seeing how much of a trash pile she was.” 

At any rate, she was angry about the protagonist entering the academy, so she planned to lure her into the suppression of the sky pirates. I never thought that this storyline would reach me. 

Amongst the people that the daughter of the earl household looked down on, she was especially displeased with the protagonist being pampered, at least that was how it was according to the game. 

Just what in the world had I done to incur the anger of that woman? 

[Master, at this rate, are you going to be become Olivia’s partner?] 

“Me? It can’t happen. I’m just a mob, after all.” 

Luxon only replied with [Is that so?] towards what I had said. 

[Is what you’re doing really okay? Based on what I heard, I think this is a matter that Olivia should settle. It would be better to have the saint herself collect the equipment, right?] 

“Since I’m the one that has you, wouldn’t it be unreasonable to have the current Livia do it? That being the case, it would be better if I did it. This is more efficient.” 

[You’re overprotective, aren’t you Master?] 

After saying that, Luxon turned silent.