Shish, who had been acting like he wouldn't come, appeared in front of the Rose Palace around the time I was supposed to leave.
I thought he would be angry and not come, but I smiled when I saw him waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs.
"Ha."
Shish let out a meaningless laugh, and I was too scared to ask what it meant.
“Watch your step.”
The shoes I wore today were unusually high, so when I stumbled, Shish carefully supported my back. He sat down next to me in the carriage this time.
The central hall, which we arrived at shortly after, was quite deserted... I thought it would be quiet, but it was quite crowded.
The royal couple didn't attend, but Lily did. She knew I would be there, as she had prepared the dress I wore today.
Since Lily knows, the senior will come too.
“Your Excellency, it’s unusual for you to be attending the ball today as well.”
Lily's eyes widened in surprise when she saw Shish, and I realized that this was an intentional action.
It means get lost.
That's understandable. Lily had prepared a light silver dress for me, saying she wanted me to look good with her brother.
“Well, it would seem empty for His Highness alone.”
However, the opponent is a shameless, bloodless prime minister.
“Wouldn’t it look more balanced if there were two on this side, too?”
His gaze was directed to where the heroine, the knight commander, and the magic tower master were.
“More than that, I find it surprising that the First Princess is present.”
A hint of displeasure flashed across Lily's silver-gray eyes, but only for a moment. Always smiling, I'd forgotten and hadn't noticed. He was a scary person.
“I heard an interesting rumor.”
The Princess's gaze was fixed on a specific person.
“If it’s not a ladies’ secret, I’d like to hear what the rumor is.”
“I heard that the nobles of the rank of Marquis and above who attended today, especially the men, came to see one woman.”
Lily mentioned the rumor as if it weren't really a secret.
“That’s right, Lady Groval.”
“Are you talking about Count Groval’s adopted daughter?”
"Yes."
“They say she was already famous before her debut.”
“If she's the adopted daughter of Count Groval, she deserves to be famous.”
Shish spoke in a humorous tone, and Lily bristled.
“That’s not what I meant.”
Yeah, Shish is just wondering. He probably already knew what Lily knew.
“So what happens then?”
"She seduced Count Groval, became her adopted daughter, and then lured her stepbrothers into her bedroom? And she threw wild parties, too."
It wasn't something the Princess could say.
However, through this story, I was able to confirm that the heroine fully revealed her charm.
But what's strange is that the order in which the female protagonist develops relationships is completely different from what I know.
Given the twisted nature of this story, it might seem odd to expect something like this. But even considering the twist, isn't it true that the female protagonist is always given priority over the male protagonist?
“Oh, oh, oh.”
“Your Excellency, this is not something to laugh about.”
Shish stimulated the Princess with exaggerated exclamations as if he were surprised.
“You’ll be shocked when you know the reality of ‘wild parties.’”
Yeah, Lily. Shish probably already knows.
“What is the reality?”
“That’s, that’s it.”
I had an idea what it was, but I didn't show it. Lily took a deep breath and spoke with her lips.
“So, what you’re saying is that the Princess’s story is that the men who had relationships with that woman back then, or the men who were expecting something like that, came here?”
“Yes. To defile the palace.”
I'm sorry, Lily.
The story about the heroine doing various things in the palace is something I wrote.
“We can’t let a woman like that outshine our Tri.”
Come to think of it, the female protagonist who receives blind affection from the male protagonists is often envied by the other women.
I completely forgot about it because I wrote that the male leads stopped it, and it went smoothly. I didn't think it was the female lead's fault either.
“And it also disrupts social customs.”
In the original story, the Empress was surprised to see the female protagonist having relationships with multiple men and was therefore against the marriage.
Lily's argument is also persuasive.
I was relieved to see that my senior was in his right mind. He, the senior I knew, had stopped liking the female protagonist.
If my senior's mother had met an unfortunate end because of me...
It's terrible.
“Everyone is gathered here.”
I was thinking about my senior, wondering if he was a nobleman, and then he appeared, looking very busy these days.
“Brother, brother, you’re not going to fall for that damn, no, shallow woman, are you?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden, little sister?”
Senior and Lily began to talk quietly, and I quietly took Shish's hand. Then he looked down at me.
I couldn't tell what emotion was in those red eyes, so I chose to smile.
You can't spit in a smiling face, right?
Of course, Shish is a person who can spit out and still have some left over.
I laughed when he looked at me with a questioning look. I know I look a little silly, but there's nothing I can do about it.
“Do you want to dance?”
Shish, who had been laughing in disbelief, lowered his head and whispered in my ear.
“You know what? The master has a natural talent for picking people up and putting them down.”
I was about to snap at him, saying it was you, but I quietly let go of the fact that it was I who made him do that.
“It doesn’t mean I won’t dance.”
With a sigh, Shish grabbed my hand and headed to the floor.
“Huh?”
I heard Lily talking to my senior.
“Brother, I guess you really have no hope.”
“Little sister, wouldn’t you like to keep those words to yourself?”
I'm glad to hear that my senior is getting along well with his new sibling.
As I looked at the two people with a happy expression, I heard a slightly sharp voice, but one that seemed to be trying to suppress it.
“Do you have something to tell me?”
Oops.
Shish is looking at me.
"What do I want to say? I don't have anything in particular I wanted to say. Why?"
“Otherwise, why did you ask me to escort you and dance?”
If I just answer like that, it might seem too insincere.
“What are you afraid I will do to His Highness?”
It wasn't something I was worried about at all until you said it, but now that you're saying it so slyly, it's a little scary.
“I, too, am not trusted. I guess it can’t be helped since I’m a villain.”
“That’s not it.”
This time, I spoke bluntly, and Shish shut his mouth. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Then?"
Although he was good at denying things, he was unable to readily give an answer to the following question.
That makes sense, I'm still not sure. I just thought I'd be more certain if I looked at it again.
“What if it’s not like that?”
I met his eyes, bathed in the light of the chandelier, but just like yesterday, I was still dumb and couldn't say anything.
The sparkle that seemed to have been expected fades.
“I’m not a villain!”
I was in a hurry, so I blurted out whatever I wanted.
“No, you're a villain.”
When I hastily changed the subject, Shish laughed.
"I don't care."
“...”
“Really, it doesn’t matter to me.”
I said, putting strength into my clasped hands.
“It’s important that you are Shish Milan.”
The melody of the instrument, the sound of shoes, and the whispers mixed with my true feelings that came out of my mouth.
Did you hear?
Sissi and I came out dancing, but the siblings' eyes were not on us, but somewhere else.
“It seems the Knight Commander has finally seen me.”
“Now you say that? According to etiquette, shouldn’t you have greeted my brother as soon as you arrived?”
“Let’s understand that ‘that’ Knight Commander has finally started dating.”
“If the other person were an ordinary woman, I wouldn’t know, but this is someone I don’t want to understand at all.”
It was only yesterday that Lily told me that Lady Groval was strange.
Is it because Lily has gathered so many rumors that she's amazing, or is it because the heroine has acted so openly that everyone knows her whereabouts?
Even if it's the former, it's scary, but if it's the latter...
Oh, no way.
I think it was a really horrible and scary fantasy, right?
I shook my head, trying to clear my mind of distracting thoughts. But once the doubts began to arise, they began to sprout and become the seeds of anxiety.
Something that connected with my resolve to see what kind of person the female protagonist was.
“I doubt His Excellency the Knight Commander even attended that extravagant party.”
“Lily, it’s dangerous to convict people based solely on suspicion.”
Instead of answering, the Princess glared at the heroine.
Yuno had disappeared somewhere, and Dietrich was on his way to my senior, leaving the heroine behind. Not wanting to run into him again, I quietly slipped away.
Let's go to the terrace.
I moved quickly, wondering if Shish would follow me, but I was so focused on getting to the terrace that I didn't notice anyone approaching.
I came to my senses after seeing a stain on my dress.
In reality, the time when I would have just turned my head towards the other person felt like it passed very slowly.
The woman who approached me had black hair and dark eyes. She was wearing lace gloves and held a wine glass in her hand.
Soon, the glass in the other person's hand was empty, and red began to spread across the silver dress I was wearing.
I thought he would be angry and not come, but I smiled when I saw him waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs.
"Ha."
Shish let out a meaningless laugh, and I was too scared to ask what it meant.
“Watch your step.”
The shoes I wore today were unusually high, so when I stumbled, Shish carefully supported my back. He sat down next to me in the carriage this time.
The central hall, which we arrived at shortly after, was quite deserted... I thought it would be quiet, but it was quite crowded.
The royal couple didn't attend, but Lily did. She knew I would be there, as she had prepared the dress I wore today.
Since Lily knows, the senior will come too.
“Your Excellency, it’s unusual for you to be attending the ball today as well.”
Lily's eyes widened in surprise when she saw Shish, and I realized that this was an intentional action.
It means get lost.
That's understandable. Lily had prepared a light silver dress for me, saying she wanted me to look good with her brother.
“Well, it would seem empty for His Highness alone.”
However, the opponent is a shameless, bloodless prime minister.
“Wouldn’t it look more balanced if there were two on this side, too?”
His gaze was directed to where the heroine, the knight commander, and the magic tower master were.
“More than that, I find it surprising that the First Princess is present.”
A hint of displeasure flashed across Lily's silver-gray eyes, but only for a moment. Always smiling, I'd forgotten and hadn't noticed. He was a scary person.
“I heard an interesting rumor.”
The Princess's gaze was fixed on a specific person.
“If it’s not a ladies’ secret, I’d like to hear what the rumor is.”
“I heard that the nobles of the rank of Marquis and above who attended today, especially the men, came to see one woman.”
Lily mentioned the rumor as if it weren't really a secret.
“That’s right, Lady Groval.”
“Are you talking about Count Groval’s adopted daughter?”
"Yes."
“They say she was already famous before her debut.”
“If she's the adopted daughter of Count Groval, she deserves to be famous.”
Shish spoke in a humorous tone, and Lily bristled.
“That’s not what I meant.”
Yeah, Shish is just wondering. He probably already knew what Lily knew.
“So what happens then?”
"She seduced Count Groval, became her adopted daughter, and then lured her stepbrothers into her bedroom? And she threw wild parties, too."
It wasn't something the Princess could say.
However, through this story, I was able to confirm that the heroine fully revealed her charm.
But what's strange is that the order in which the female protagonist develops relationships is completely different from what I know.
Given the twisted nature of this story, it might seem odd to expect something like this. But even considering the twist, isn't it true that the female protagonist is always given priority over the male protagonist?
“Oh, oh, oh.”
“Your Excellency, this is not something to laugh about.”
Shish stimulated the Princess with exaggerated exclamations as if he were surprised.
“You’ll be shocked when you know the reality of ‘wild parties.’”
Yeah, Lily. Shish probably already knows.
“What is the reality?”
“That’s, that’s it.”
I had an idea what it was, but I didn't show it. Lily took a deep breath and spoke with her lips.
“So, what you’re saying is that the Princess’s story is that the men who had relationships with that woman back then, or the men who were expecting something like that, came here?”
“Yes. To defile the palace.”
I'm sorry, Lily.
The story about the heroine doing various things in the palace is something I wrote.
“We can’t let a woman like that outshine our Tri.”
Come to think of it, the female protagonist who receives blind affection from the male protagonists is often envied by the other women.
I completely forgot about it because I wrote that the male leads stopped it, and it went smoothly. I didn't think it was the female lead's fault either.
“And it also disrupts social customs.”
In the original story, the Empress was surprised to see the female protagonist having relationships with multiple men and was therefore against the marriage.
Lily's argument is also persuasive.
I was relieved to see that my senior was in his right mind. He, the senior I knew, had stopped liking the female protagonist.
If my senior's mother had met an unfortunate end because of me...
It's terrible.
“Everyone is gathered here.”
I was thinking about my senior, wondering if he was a nobleman, and then he appeared, looking very busy these days.
“Brother, brother, you’re not going to fall for that damn, no, shallow woman, are you?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden, little sister?”
“Hey, about that woman who tricked the Knight Commander and the Tower Master!”
“Tricked... Where on earth did you pick up that word?”
I couldn't tell what emotion was in those red eyes, so I chose to smile.
You can't spit in a smiling face, right?
Of course, Shish is a person who can spit out and still have some left over.
I laughed when he looked at me with a questioning look. I know I look a little silly, but there's nothing I can do about it.
“Do you want to dance?”
Shish, who had been laughing in disbelief, lowered his head and whispered in my ear.
“You know what? The master has a natural talent for picking people up and putting them down.”
I was about to snap at him, saying it was you, but I quietly let go of the fact that it was I who made him do that.
“It doesn’t mean I won’t dance.”
With a sigh, Shish grabbed my hand and headed to the floor.
“Huh?”
I heard Lily talking to my senior.
“Brother, I guess you really have no hope.”
“Little sister, wouldn’t you like to keep those words to yourself?”
I'm glad to hear that my senior is getting along well with his new sibling.
As I looked at the two people with a happy expression, I heard a slightly sharp voice, but one that seemed to be trying to suppress it.
“Do you have something to tell me?”
Oops.
Shish is looking at me.
"What do I want to say? I don't have anything in particular I wanted to say. Why?"
“Otherwise, why did you ask me to escort you and dance?”
If I just answer like that, it might seem too insincere.
“What are you afraid I will do to His Highness?”
It wasn't something I was worried about at all until you said it, but now that you're saying it so slyly, it's a little scary.
“I, too, am not trusted. I guess it can’t be helped since I’m a villain.”
“That’s not it.”
This time, I spoke bluntly, and Shish shut his mouth. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Then?"
Although he was good at denying things, he was unable to readily give an answer to the following question.
That makes sense, I'm still not sure. I just thought I'd be more certain if I looked at it again.
“What if it’s not like that?”
I met his eyes, bathed in the light of the chandelier, but just like yesterday, I was still dumb and couldn't say anything.
The sparkle that seemed to have been expected fades.
“I’m not a villain!”
I was in a hurry, so I blurted out whatever I wanted.
“No, you're a villain.”
When I hastily changed the subject, Shish laughed.
"I don't care."
“...”
“Really, it doesn’t matter to me.”
I said, putting strength into my clasped hands.
“It’s important that you are Shish Milan.”
The melody of the instrument, the sound of shoes, and the whispers mixed with my true feelings that came out of my mouth.
Did you hear?
Sissi and I came out dancing, but the siblings' eyes were not on us, but somewhere else.
“It seems the Knight Commander has finally seen me.”
“Now you say that? According to etiquette, shouldn’t you have greeted my brother as soon as you arrived?”
“Let’s understand that ‘that’ Knight Commander has finally started dating.”
“If the other person were an ordinary woman, I wouldn’t know, but this is someone I don’t want to understand at all.”
It was only yesterday that Lily told me that Lady Groval was strange.
Is it because Lily has gathered so many rumors that she's amazing, or is it because the heroine has acted so openly that everyone knows her whereabouts?
Even if it's the former, it's scary, but if it's the latter...
Oh, no way.
I think it was a really horrible and scary fantasy, right?
I shook my head, trying to clear my mind of distracting thoughts. But once the doubts began to arise, they began to sprout and become the seeds of anxiety.
Something that connected with my resolve to see what kind of person the female protagonist was.
“I doubt His Excellency the Knight Commander even attended that extravagant party.”
“Lily, it’s dangerous to convict people based solely on suspicion.”
Instead of answering, the Princess glared at the heroine.
Yuno had disappeared somewhere, and Dietrich was on his way to my senior, leaving the heroine behind. Not wanting to run into him again, I quietly slipped away.
Let's go to the terrace.
I moved quickly, wondering if Shish would follow me, but I was so focused on getting to the terrace that I didn't notice anyone approaching.
I came to my senses after seeing a stain on my dress.
In reality, the time when I would have just turned my head towards the other person felt like it passed very slowly.
The woman who approached me had black hair and dark eyes. She was wearing lace gloves and held a wine glass in her hand.
Soon, the glass in the other person's hand was empty, and red began to spread across the silver dress I was wearing.
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