chapter 177
177 – Debuting in the Social World Is Difficult! #7
177 – Debuting in the social world is difficult! # 7
“Wow, there are so many beautiful women this year.”
“That’s right. Isn’t that pink-haired woman over there especially amazing? From what I heard, she is the princess of the Marduk Empire. Doesn’t it look like a pink rose has bloomed?”
Salome was speaking fluently in front of people.
Her voice was sometimes and sometimes passionate like a delicate wild flower.
She, who had a beautiful appearance and a dangerous aura like a thorn, quickly gained popularity among people and was almost like the main character of the day.
Of course, Salome also had an opponent.
“I think the lady over there is awesome too. Look over there, that exotic woman with black hair. Doesn’t she look stunning in her dress?”
Someone pointed to a corner of the banquet hall.
There were quite a few people there, and in the center of it all, a woman with black hair was wandering around in a dress.
It was Garot.
“…”
Garot stuttered like a frozen cat in the middle of winter. People approached her and started talking to her, but the only words Garot could say were exclamations like “I see” Or “Indeed.”
But she couldn’t help it.
Right now, Garot was having a hard time wearing a corset and dress that she had never worn in her life.
Zek-.
I dug into the crowd.
When Garot found me, she tried to express something of hers with her eyes and hand gestures.
He’s probably asking you to help him for a moment.
“Excuse me.”
I escorted Garot and went out to her balcony.
Pang, papapapang-.
It was only on the balcony, where colorful exploding fireworks decorated the sky, that Garot finally let out a sigh that she had been holding.
“How on earth can I wear these uncomfortable clothes every day? Nobles are strangers than I imagined. “I’ll look strange too.”
“It suits you well, so why?”
I praised honestly.
The garot worn like a woman was also quite nice.
He’s tall and slender, so he’ll actually look good in anything he wears.
I asked.
“Are you really trying to decide whether it’s a vote or something with Salome?”
“Okay. Cecily and Hina must also be fighting with each other in the villa.”
It was Garot who snorted and laughed.
Are Cecily and Hina fighting each other in an invisible social hall?
No, I didn’t think that was very likely.
I think they would have already reconciled.
Otherwise.
“But it would be impossible for Hinana or Cecily to be chosen as this year’s Little Princess. “Did you say that it was already decided that Princess Neva would be elected this year?”
Garot asked.
There was something I picked up while wandering around the party, so I nodded appropriately.
“They said so. I heard that there is a high probability that Princess Neva of the Valuntari royal family will become Princess Ordor’s adopted daughter? “The Kingdom of Ordor has no successor other than the Princess of Ordor.”
Princess Ordor was so weak that she couldn’t even move around.
So she couldn’t get married and didn’t have any children, so she decided to adopt me.
It was a story told by Princess Ordor herself.
Among the little princesses or little princes chosen at the children’s banquet, the one with the most votes will be adopted as his own her.
“It is said that there is a high probability that the princess of the Kingdom of Valuntari, a country right next door, will become her eldest daughter.”
In the first place, the Ordor royal family and the Valuntari royal family were cousins, so it was a good idea for Princess Neva to become an adoptive daughter.
No one will object.
So naturally, everyone will try to manipulate the vote.
Of course, I didn’t think children like Naru, Hina, or Cecily would care about that.
“But anyway, it was Cecily who sang that she wanted to debut in society. Cecily should take care of that. So, what about you, Cecily’s mom?”
“… I like the outside more than this place. My sister said she wanted to debut in a private school, but she was always complaining…”
Garot seemed to be thinking of her younger sister.
Come to think of it, there must have been information that Astarosa was sighted in the Kingdom of Ordor.
I had a feeling that maybe she was near this social gathering place.
I asked.
“What are you going to do when you meet her sister? It sounds like her sister made a big mistake with you. “Do you plan to subdue her if you meet her?”
“No, I want to reconcile. No matter what, we are family. She said no matter what he became, he was her family. Of course, I didn’t want to admit it before, but…”
Garot made considerable efforts to return her sister to her original self. However, she was admitting that it didn’t matter if Garot was the devil she was now.
“Garot, if you want to go, you can go.”
“What?”
“Actually, you’d rather go find her sister than be in a place like this surrounded by men with oil on her head.”
“… But the confrontation with Salome…”
“It’s just one of those excuses to not go to her sister. Cecily is like that, but there are parts of her that are not honest with you, her mother. She said, just go where your heart leads you.”
“…”
Garot’s black eyes looked at me.
It seemed like she was moving her lips as if she wanted to say something.
Then she exhaled and smiled like a feather.
“Her mother told me something. Most young ladies have fiances from a young age, but those who don’t have a new lover can meet new lovers at this social club. It was said to be a place where love sprouts.”
“Really?”
It was just as Garot said.
The sight of a young man and woman intertwined, talking, dancing, and covering their smiling mouths with a fan was very youthful.
“But, to me, all they see are boring men.”
“That’s how anyone compares to me.”
I shrugged my shoulders appropriately arrogantly.
Then Garot added a word.
“I think I have some idea why her mother was drawn to her her father her her, who was an outlaw and a barbarian, rather than the princes of the Four Churches.”
Pot-.
With those words, Garot jumped from the balcony.
And then he quickly disappeared into the darkness.
“In the end, that guy lost.”
Before I knew it, I turned my head and saw Salome coming up behind me.
Salome looked in the direction where Garot had disappeared and snorted.
“Of course, even if you hadn’t forfeited, you would have lost to me.”
That was correct.
Honestly, Garot couldn’t beat Salome in this popular vote method. This was not to say that Iscariot’s appearance or charm were inferior to Salome’s.
It was simply said that Salome was stronger because she was better at handling people’s hearts.
“So, if you had voted as is, who would you have voted for? Me? Garot?”
Zek-.
Salome crossed her arms around me.
The dizzying peach scent was quite nice.
“No matter how many votes you get from other people, it’s useless. My husband will be Judah, so it would be meaningful to get your vote. Tell me the truth. Who was she planning on choosing?”
“That’s right—.”
“No, that’s enough. I don’t want to listen. It’s obvious that I’ll get the highest number of votes anyway. “I won.”
Salome frowned.
Then she looked around, as if looking for Bridgette.
“Now that I think about it, I haven’t seen that wizard since a while ago.”
# # # #
Brigitte headed to her villa her her her.
There must be a lot of children gathering in the villa and opening their own social club.
It was an unspoken rule that adults should not enter a children’s banquet, but Brigitte was worried about Naru.
This was because she did not tell Naru anything about the Four Churches.
She didn’t teach me how to dance, how to be polite, or how to introduce myself.
‘Naru will definitely explode in social circles. Children are so ruthless towards such heretics. Naru will definitely be ostracized.’
Brigitte thought about her own childhood.
Brigitte also first came to church when she was around 6 years old, but she suffered great embarrassment because she had never learned how to dance, show courtesy, or introduce herself.
“…”
When I think about that incident, it still makes me want to kick the blanket, so I push it deep into my memory.
So, she had to tell Naru about that as well – she couldn’t even think of it, and it was only now that she came up with it.
“… The social world is a battlefield.”
Thinking that Naru might end up in the same situation as her childhood self, Brigitte started to worry about her and couldn’t stay still, which eventually led her to move towards her her her her her her.
We arrived at the villa before we knew it.
She thought about going through the front door, but it seemed a bit shameful to interfere with the children’s banquet, so she quietly turned to the side and headed toward the window.
‘I was peeking through the window like a thief.’
Am I taking after Judas?
While she was thinking that, she took a peek at the window.
Then she saw an amazing sight.
“Morumoru, emit flames!”
━Meow.
Grrrr!
“Ugh, did you guess that my Morumoru-Chicorito is a grass attribute! Chicorito! Cheer up!”
“Ah, Ms. Naru’s morumoru is pushing Maximus Sogou’s morumoru-chikorito fiercely! If it stays like this, Miss Naru’s Morumoru will win 5 times in a row!”
“Naru’s Morumoru is especially strong! How on earth can you learn such strong skills through training? It must be an anvil just like me! What’s the secret!?”
“I heard they use something called an evolution stone? They say that if you feed a special rock to Morumoru, Morumoru can learn a different skill.”
“Naru! Play against me this time! Busti, Norad’s anvil, must be very strong! “The one who will become the first Morumoru champion is me and my Anviloru, the one and only King Busty!”
─Meow.
Something strange was happening.
“What is this?”
Where has the social church that Brigitte knows gone and the colorful anvils are competing against each other?
It felt surreal to see so many children standing in line to play against Naru, each holding a morumoru in their arms.
“The social churches I knew were not like this.”
It was a moment when I frowned, wondering what on earth had happened.
“It’s fun, right? It seems like they spar with the anvils that reside in children like that. “It’s the most popular game for kids these days.”
“Mom, it’s a surprise!”
Brigitte screamed.
Because I never thought that someone would talk behind my back.
Turning her head, she saw a woman, her blonde hair and blue eyes shining beautifully, reflecting the moonlight and fireworks. There were small wrinkles around her mouth, but that made her look even more alluring.
“Are you really the princess of Ordor!?”
“That’s right.”
“What happens outside… How did you catch my back?”
“I had the opportunity to learn about stealth from a great teacher. I am known to people as someone who has never left the palace, but that is not true.”
It was an amazing story.
At the same time, I was a little worried.
“Shouldn’t the princess be in the banquet hall? “Today is the princess’s birthday party.”
“But you also left the banquet hall. Actually, it’s not that fun, right? Even if you bring people from all over the world, it ends up being a dull and boring festival. Isn’t that right?”
Brigitte didn’t know how to respond to Princess Ordor’s story.
At that time, Princess Ordor spoke.
“Maybe the winner of that Morumoru competition will be my adoptive daughter. “I had originally planned to adopt the little princess chosen by vote as my adoptive daughter, but don’t you think things have changed in many ways?”
“An adoptive daughter…”
Brigitte saw Naru in action through the window.
Does this mean that if Naaru becomes the Anvil Anvil Champion, she will become the adopted daughter of Princess Ordor?
So does she mean that Naaru will one day become the queen of the Kingdom of Ordor?
It was a ridiculous story!