[TTH] 26 – As expected of an otome game, already, well, I can see the sexy development coming. (2)

April 13

"Hey, Patrick. What do you think about that girl, Luna Maria?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why are you asking me back?"

"Hmm? Well, I guess she's having a hard time. Normally, a nobleman's daughter would arrive at the academy by carriage, but she came all the way from the Baron's territory to the royal capital by herself. She's going to live in the dormitory for two years."

"Yes, what else?"

"Hmm, well, I guess she's desperate. She seems to have little magic power, but the fact that she came to the Magic Academy means she wants to acquire something with magic power or magic to inherit the Baron's house. She seems to be an only daughter, and they probably didn't have the money to take a groom. They probably didn't receive a good marriage proposal yet."

Hearing that, I started to feel sorry for her. Despite all that, she must have thought how unlucky she was to have such a thing happen on her first day.

"What else?"

"What else? Is there more? What do you want to ask, Richeli?"

Patrick brushed up his amber hair and looked down at me suspiciously.

"...Don't you think that girl, Luna Maria, is cute?"

When I mumbled embarrassingly, Patrick burst out laughing.

"What are you saying, Richeli? Are you jealous? Is it because she's in the same room with Zinon right now?"

I tightly closed my eyes and shook my head in frustration.

It's not like that. It's not wrong, but it's not like that.

Of course, I'm curious about what Zinon thinks of Luna Maria, but I'm also very curious about how Luna Maria appears to Patrick.

(Because Patrick might be one of the targets that the heroine Luna Maria might choose.)

"I want to know what Patrick thinks..."

"...If you ask me whether she's cute or not, I guess she's cute."

"Really?"

Suddenly, I burst into a bright smile.

"How much? Very cute?"

"Well, she's a normal amount of cute."

"Cute enough to be your wife?"

"I have a fiancée, Richeli."

"That's right..."

That was it. I sighed inwardly.

That's right, Patrick has a fiancée. But it's...

"Your fiancée is Eloise."

"It's a marriage arranged by our parents. I don't love Ellie, and Ellie still likes Zinon."

"Is it okay for you to marry Eloise?"

"I'm of lower status. I can't call off the engagement. And since Ellie probably won't end up with Zinon, I will likely end up as the third wheel."

I glanced up at the joking Patrick. That's true, but the situation could change if Luna Maria chooses Patrick as her target.

Burdened by his engagement to Eloise, Patrick chose to obey his father, the chancellor, who believed that marrying Eloise, the eldest daughter of the leading ducal family, was a good match.

If the heroine enters Patrick's route, his love for Luna Maria gradually becomes uncontrollable, and one day, due to Richeli's decoy act, Patrick explodes.

Eloise, a wicked woman, is not a good match for Patrick and is certainly a burden. Luna Maria looks much better than Eloise. She's cute, cute, and cute. Her personality should also be good. After all, she's the heroine of an otome game.

Richeli plays the role of a decoy, and the two get together. If Patrick, who is good friends with Zinon, can be happy, I want to mediate between Patrick and Luna Maria, even if it means acting like a vixen. Of course, if Luna Maria chooses Patrick as her target...

Thinking that far, I suddenly turned pale.

What am I thinking?!

If I mediate with vixen-like behaviour, I'll be guilty of infidelity to Zinon, and our engagement will be broken!

"What are you doing?"

Whether the conversation was over, Zinon came out of the door, narrowed his blue eyes suspiciously, and glanced at me, who was writhing in embarrassment, and Patrick looked confused.

***

The murmurs of the magical academy's deans finally finished, and Luna Maria, who had been apologizing to Zinon and me, looked downcast with her refreshing mint-green eyes. I've been feeling uneasy since I could tell she was upset. It's a shame, considering it's the first day of school.

The classes in the magic academy are divided by the amount of magical power.

From the top, S class, and then A, B, C, C'.

As you may have noticed, I'm in C', because I have zero magic power.

But surprisingly, Luna Maria was in the same class as me. Even though she's the heroine of Magic Eyes, she's set to have low magical power.

Naturally, or perhaps not, Zinon and Patrick are in the S class. I have no idea what they're going to do. They can create and destroy virtual spaces by illusioning the forest, right? They can use teleportation magic, control dragons and holy beasts to fly in the sky and summon spirits. There's nothing they can't do, right?

There were eight others in the C' class besides Luna Maria and me. The classroom felt incredibly spacious, perhaps due to the small number of students, and we sat at desks at equal intervals. All of us were women.