“I refuse.”
I stated that clearly.
“Aha♪ Just as I’d expect from Lord Hal! You catch on quick… Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”
Yuri screamed, seemingly never expecting that I would refuse.
“W-Why!? You’re the protagonist! You can give those guys who’ve been making fun of you a huge ‘serves you right’!”
“But, if I become the protagonist, I won’t be able to stay engaged to Sandra, right?”
The goal of “Engage Hazard” is “to bring the World’s Greatest Fiancée.”
In other words, it means I have to go find a fiancée.
Abandoning my current fiancée.
“My fiancée is only Alexandra of Chevalier. So, there’s no way I’d accept such a proposal.”
“Haa… Do you really understand? If you’re not the protagonist, Lord Hal’s role remains that of a stepping stone. Meaning, either way, breaking off your engagement with her is unavoidable.”
“Why can you say that?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Because it’s decided.”
I see… Judging from Yuri’s words, it’s safe to assume that the ‘compulsion’ common in game reincarnations is at play.
“So? Even if you’re going to break off the engagement anyway, wouldn’t this be better for you?”
Yuri peered into my face with an innocent smile, trying to tempt me.
But.
“Don’t you decide my happiness. If that’s my… Harold Wel Dehauvalz’s destiny, then I’ll smash it to pieces.”
“Ahahahahaha! There’s no way you can do that!”
Apparently, what I said was so funny that Yuri clutched his stomach and rolled around on the floor.
But, ever since I regained my memories from my previous life, I’ve been fighting to ‘change my fate.’ Impossible? That’s old news.
“That’s why, sorry.”
“Haa… Wilfred is an idiot, but you’re an even bigger idiot… And here I was, making such a good proposal…”
Yuri visibly slumped his shoulders.
However, strangely enough, even though this guy in front of me should be my true enemy, for some reason, I can’t bring myself to hate him.
…Could it be because he was also one of my ‘Precious Things’?
“…Don’t say I didn’t warn you?”
“I don’t care. You should be prepared. I’m definitely going to smash that destiny of yours to pieces.”
Saying that, I raised the corner of my mouth.
At that moment.
“Lord Hal?”
“Eh…?”
Sandra, who was next to me, called out to me, and I snapped back to reality.
It seems I’ve returned from that space with Yuri… Wait.
“T-That’s right! Yuri!?”
“Yuri… Who is that?”
“Eh…?”
I let out a dumbfounded voice at Sandra’s puzzled expression.
“N-No, when I say Yuri, I mean Ulysses Stone, a male student in our class…”
“Prince Harold, there is no such student in this academy…?”
“E-Even Monica!?”
Why don’t these two know about Yuri!?
“Lize should know, right!? Lady Saint, and Carla-dono, and even Liliana!”
“Yuri… I don’t know him.”
“Perhaps you are tired from the Duel with Wilfred… Shall I cast Healing Magic on you?”
“Hmm, that’s a name I’m hearing for the first time.”
“I don’t know, but I want to eat Meat soon!”
Putting Liliana aside, how could no one know!?
“…I apologize.”
“N-No, it’s not something Sandra needs to apologize for! More than that, I’m sorry for saying something strange…”
I hurriedly apologized to Sandra, who looked dejected and apologized.
Anyway, I’ll think about this later.
Well… This confirms that Yuri is the mastermind behind everything.
I’m still trying to sort out my feelings, but there’s only one thing I need to do.
To smash the predetermined fate and protect the future of me and my ‘Precious Things,’ who are destined for an unhappy ending.
And… Yuri doesn’t know.
–That I know everything about this world.
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