The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange - Chapter35

35. A Little Misunderstanding (3)

“Hmm.”

-Tak.

After putting down the registration form for the hunt, Edwin rested his chin on his hand and looked at me.

He didn’t say much, but he seemed to be able to feel the other person’s inner thoughts in his clear gaze. Perhaps he was just asking me with his eyes, ‘Cain, are you interested in a place like this?’

The moment I decided to pretend I didn’t know for now. Edwin was the first to speak.

“Unexpectedly, I thought you weren’t interested in such a boring festival because of the busy construction.”

“Isn’t it a festival directly organized by the Emperor? It would be an honor just to be able to participate as a student.”

“It’s been a month since the corners of the mouth and the eyes have been playing separately.”

Tuk-tuk, Edwin touched the corner of his mouth.

“When you lie, the movement of the corners of your mouth. It would be nice to pay more attention to eye handling. In the academy, where there are only young ladies and young ladies, I don’t know, but in the imperial palace, which is full of old foxes wearing many layers of masks, if you lie like that, you’ll get caught quickly.”

“…… Thanks for the advice President.”

I’m afraid someone isn’t the quick-witted original protagonist. You’re very good at reading people’s minds. If he had read Stella’s heart with that notice, the second half of the original story wouldn’t have been so twisted.

Edwin smiled as he nodded his head calmly while thinking about useless thoughts.

“So, why do you want to participate in the hunting festival?”

“That…. I have personal business.”

“It’s a personal business… ….”

Edwin muttered leisurely, then snapped his fingers as if it had come to him out of nowhere.

“It’s a woman’s problem.”

“Yes?”

“No, more precisely, it must be a problem involving women. A woman who is very close to you. Who will it be, the candidates are roughly selected…….”

Edwin, speechless, shrugged his shoulders.

“Since there are also personal privacy issues, let’s just say it’s most likely a woman with pink hair?”

Is this guy a real mind reader or is he a human from the future?

How can one look at one application form for the hunting festival and guess all of them like looking into the palm of your hand? I was surprised at his ability once again, and I felt ashamed that he had revealed his true intentions, so I only massaged the back of his neck. Edwin pulled out a piece of paper from under his desk and showed it to me.

“What is this?”

“It’s Lia von Eleves’s request for a hunting visit, and she wrote down ‘Kain Reinhardt’ as her companion. It left a deep impression on me, so I hadn’t submitted it yet to show it to the person concerned.”

“…… Ah.”

“I know the love business is important, but if you show off too much, there will definitely be people who will look down on you. Like, she’s Rowen, that lonely woman over there.”

Unknowingly, her head turned to the side.

Rowen said in a very calm tone, without even looking at Edwin.

“I will quit my secretary job as of today.”

“Uh huh, are you going to quit? I only joked once, but to be honest. Can you do big things later only when you’re so narrow-minded?”

“I don’t want to do anything big, so can I quit right now?”

“Not allowed. I still need you.”

“‘Sleep’?”

“…… Correct me, I need Rowen.”

“Yes, if the president is really like that.”

“… ….”

What are these humans doing?

“Anyway, Cain Reinhardt. Your application form has been received successfully. If you participate, I hope you win the championship for the status of the student council.”

“If I win, the chairman will be second, would that be okay?”

“Kain Reinhardt, Chairman, you are not participating in this hunting festival.”

“…… Yes? Why?”

“Why, are you asking because you don’t know that?”

Edwin tapped the pile of papers.

“Of course, it’s because you can’t handle it after playing for three days. I don’t know about you, the executive, but when she’s the student council president of the academy, the workload is no joke. If I close my eyes and open them once, there will be a new paperwork that is twice as large as the paperwork processed until yesterday, waiting for my approval.

“Chairman, it seems the party has fallen. Do you want coffee?”

“Umm, black, please.”

“Yes, I will bring it to you with plenty of sugar cubes.”

Let’s put aside the absurd conversation between Edwin and Rowen. Because that’s not what’s important now.

…… Edwin, who should have participated in the hunting festival, won the championship, and shared a drink with Stella, stays at the academy? Why?

Could it be because the hunting festival was held much earlier from July to April?

Otherwise, the original story was changed because me and Lia took possession of things that should have originally belonged to Stella and Edwin. Because of the aftermath…… ?

“Hmm, Cain Reinhardt?”

“Yes, yes?”

“My fiancé told me that you used ungentlemanly vocabulary in front of Lia von Eleves. Is that true?”

“Yes?”

“What did you say…. Oh, did you use the expression “Severe”?”

If Edwin von Edward’s fiancé is the daughter of the Marquis of the North, it must be Lady Ailee von Denis.

How does he know what I said to Leah?

“You look like you’re stabbed.”

“No. Yes, although it is true. The meaning of the word terrible is not what the president thinks.”

“Whether you wrote it this way or that way, did you mean that it was used in the end?”

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“…… Yes.”

“That was ungentlemanly behavior.”

“… ….”

I never thought I’d be criticized for not being a gentleman to a male protagonist who commits adultery.

It’s unfair to hear these words, but what’s even more unfair is that I have no objection to Edwin’s words.

As he said, it’s true that I used the expression “Severe” For Leah, whatever he meant.

“Cain Reinhardt.”

“Yes, sir.”

“I will personally tell you the ‘ten virtues that a gentleman must possess’. Please put off the schedule for a while.”

“Ah, yes… ….”

* * *

I just went to submit the application form for the hunting festival, but for some reason, I only heard Edwin nagging me for over 30 minutes.

I was able to leave the student council room 40 minutes later than the scheduled time. Thanks to that, I was almost late for my appointment with Bern.

I almost hit the second prince because of the first prince. I’m not Stella, the heroine of the original story.

“…… Ugh.”

It’s unfair, but what can I do? It’s my fault for not being born as a prince.

Originally, a baron like me is in a position where the royal family should be blacked out. If you didn’t like that, you should have bitten the spoon better.

– With my daughter.

I opened the door of the school library while muttering something. This is the place where Lia and I decided to meet, but the reason why we made a new appointment was nothing else. This is to immediately inform you of the outcome of the application for participation in the hunting festival.

Anyway, where is Lia sitting? I looked around to find it, and it was in that corner. Her familiar pink hair sticks out.

I went over there without saying a word, very quietly. Without showing any signs of attention, he reached out her hand and tapped Leah on the shoulder.

“Lia-sama.”

“…… Oh, what a surprise!”

Lia, startled, turned her head away with her swish. She must have been quite startled, her eyes wide as lanterns, she let out a sigh of relief as she soon realized that it was me who was touching her shoulder.

“Ah…. What was it, Cain? Also, I almost used magic thinking she was a strange person.”

The blue mana wrapped around Lia’s left arm glowed brightly and then disappeared.

If Leah wasn’t too late to find out, she would have been seriously attacked. Let’s not joke around like this from now on…….

“Yes, sorry. But what were you doing?”

“What are you doing? I was studying for a while while waiting for you, Cain.”

Chuck, Lia showed me the cover of a thick hardcover book titled [Collection of Monsters of the Continent – Southern Edition].

Looking at the introduction, it seems to be a learning book that introduces the behavior patterns and habits of all monsters in the southern part of the continent. I was studying even when I had a short break like this.

It’s a new feeling, but Lia’s passion for learning is amazing. I took over her book from Leah and skimmed it in secret admiration.

“Um, how many are there?”

“Ehh, right? It was very helpful. Oh, by the way, in the last chapter there are also the habits of the blue dragon written on it?”

“Yes? Is it really?”

That’s really valuable information because it was explained in the original work too, but is it true?

Let’s quickly turn it over, [Because blue dragons are savage and don’t look down on intruders, all adventurers who tried to observe its habits or behaviors died screaming. Therefore, information on the blue dragon has not been officially confirmed, so it cannot be described in this book-.].

“Lia-sama, I heard nothing has been confirmed?”

“Of course not. There is no one who met the blue dragon and came back alive, right?”

“No way…. Are you cheating on me?”

“Yeah, hey.”

“… ….”

What makes you so confident?

I was so dumbfounded for a moment that I was about to tear my hair out, but I managed to hold it in. Hair is a woman’s pride, so you shouldn’t touch it carelessly.

…… So instead, he pinched his cheek very slightly.

“Ugh, ah-!”

I didn’t have any energy at all, but Leah acted futile. That got us to the librarian’s attention. Along with the obvious saying, ‘Quiet in the library’.

“Lia-sama, the hunting festival you mentioned before.”

I must have been warned, I stopped joking around and got to the point.

As soon as the word ‘Hunting Festival’ came out, Lia leaned over her upper body, her eyes twinkling.

“Yeah, how did it go?”

“Yes, I successfully completed the application form. The president said that he would allow it, and he also gave me a good word to win and come to raise the status of the student council.”

“Oh, really? Great. Then we can relax now.”

“No, isn’t it too early to relax?”

I opened the part at the end of the collection of monsters called [Appendix – Divine beasts known to live in the southern part of the continent] And showed it to Lia.

“Our goal is not to win the hunting festival, this guy. It is to tame a unicorn and bring it to the altar.”

“Ah…. Right, our unicorn had to be tamed too, right?”

Ah, that’s right.’ Isn’t this a complete conversion of the main guest?

“Yes, that’s what I mean. I have a plan I’ve been working on. Have a listen and see what….”

“Yes, yes. Let’s follow Cain’s strategy.”

“…… Haven’t you told me what to do yet?”

“Ah, that’s all right. Isn’t that the plan Cain set up? I trust Cain, so it will be fine.”

I looked at Leah without saying anything.

On the outside, it was the expression and nuance that seemed to trust me infinitely.

How come Leah has plans that are slightly different from mine. That it doesn’t seem to matter what the outcome of my operation is.

I have such a strange feeling.

“heheheung, heung, heuh-.”

“… ….”

…… Maybe it’s because of the mood?