“Alright everyone! Eat as much as you like!”
At the banquet with everyone, I spread my arms wide, a beaming smile on my face, encouraging them to enjoy the dishes lined up on the table.
“Hawaawaawaa… Meat, it’s meat…!”
“Yes, yes, you should eat your fill.”
Liliana, her soul stolen by the roast pig and already drooling, made me feel like a father as I nodded.
This main heroine is truly a disappointing heroine.
“Ufufu… Last time, when I visited as part of the Delegation, I couldn’t enjoy the meal properly, but tonight I will enjoy it to the fullest.”
“I am grateful for your consideration, even more than last time… Prince Harold.”
“Come now, Lady Carla, you’re being too formal.”
I playfully retorted to Carla, who bowed deeply.
But I’m glad she’s happy.
“Uwaaa…! There’s so much food, it’s unimaginable in Salso…!”
“I-Is that so? Then, want some of mine?”
“Eh? Is it okay?”
“Y-Yeah!”
“Then I won’t hesitate.”
“Eh!?”
Lloyd, trying to earn points, had offered Yuri some food, but Liliana, who had been listening intently, snatched it away.
Seriously, Liliana, how greedy can you be? With that desperate look, there’s no trace of her being a heroine anymore.
Aha ha… Really, watching everyone is never boring… or so I thought.
“…Hal, you should thank everyone, you know?”
Lize suddenly came close and whispered that in my ear.
Seriously… for an Incompetent Villainess, she’s too considerate.
She saw that I was down about Cardis’s matter and is deliberately going along with my cheerful act… and not just Lize and the others, but even Liliana, Yuri, and Lloyd.
What are you trying to do, adding more to my ‘Precious Things’?
“It’s alright. Lord Hal is like a towering tree, after all.”
“Ah…”
Sandra, who had heard Lize’s whisper, smiled gently.
My fiancée, I think you’re overestimating me a bit too much.
But… if my favorite fiancée has such high expectations, I have no choice but to do it.
I was surrounded by my beloved fiancée and ‘Precious Things,’ and I was genuinely enjoying this Banquet… but.
“Oh? I never expected to find Lady Saint in the Royal Palace.”
“Ufufu, is that so? Since it was Prince Harold’s invitation, I was more than happy to come.”
Unfortunately, I ran into Wilfred in the Royal Palace corridor…
But he ignored me and spoke to Christia, which resulted in the Saint praising me instead, leaving Wilfred with a subtle expression. Serves him right.
“Well then, it’s getting late, so I’ll retire to my room to rest, shall I?”
“Ah… then…”
“Carla, let’s go.”
“Yes!”
Ignoring Wilfred, who was about to offer to ‘escort her to her room,’ Christia took Carla and quickly returned to her room.
I was struck by the way she raised the corner of her mouth as she passed.
“Fufu… you’ve been rejected, haven’t you?”
“You are…”
“Please don’t call me ‘you’ so familiarly. This Lisette Josephine de Capetien has no obligation to be called that by the ‘Tainted Prince,’ unfortunately.”
Chuckling, Lize also returned to her room.
Speaking of which, it’s been a while since I heard the derogatory term ‘Tainted Prince.’
“Well then, shall we go too?”
“Yes.”
“…………………”
Leaving Wilfred, who was red-faced and trembling, behind, we all returned to our respective rooms.
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“Eeeeh…”
The next morning, upon receiving Monica’s report, I couldn’t help but let out a strange sound.
“Presumably, he intended to oppose Prince Harold. That scum seems to have invited Warren and the Female Students to the Royal Palace.”
“I-Is that so…”
Oppose me, what does that even mean?
Eh? What? Is it perhaps a ‘who has more friends’ competition? Are you in elementary school?
“Fufu… as always, his shallowness is apparent. A fool is, after all, a fool.”
Sandra, sitting on the bed, chuckled.
Ah, just so you know, I’m not doing anything shady with her, okay? It just so happened that we were talking in the bedroom… or rather, Sandra said something like, ‘It’s easier to talk calmly in the bedroom,’ and forced her way in.
“Well, whatever. Let’s leave Wilfred alone. More importantly, since it’s the first day of Summer Break, I was thinking of taking a stroll around the Royal Capital, also as a tour for Yuri…”
“Harold! Come out here!”
Along with the sound of violent knocking on the Door, I heard a shrill, grating voice.
If I’m not mistaken, that’s Margaret, right?
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