Chapter 39
Volume 2 prologue part1 Prologue
Was holding a friendship with girls just a pipe dream?
Put simply, I, “Leon Fou Baltfault,” was someone who reincarnated into the world of an otome game .
The world I reincarnated into was one from a game I played just before my death .
The reason why I’m stressing this is because this world was unreasonable for guys .
After all, it was an otome game .
It was as if the world was kind towards women, and that men existed to serve them .
I would have preferred reincarnating into a world that was more lenient on guys, a fantasy world with swords and magic .
Even though I reincarnated, I didn’t receive any special role in particular .
I was one of the many others out there, a mob .
With my black hair and black irises, I was neither a beauty nor anyone who stood out .
I liked to think of myself as a high school student whose compassion was still in the process of developing .
Well, despite having said that I was a high school student, there was no such thing as a high school in this world .
However, in this fantasy world, there was a place for education called the academy .
That otome game modeled it after Japan’s high schools, and due to that, there were many game events that took place during the second term .
The school festival was one of them .
“Ah, let’s move these two desks a little more to the right . ”
There were three of us working in an empty classroom, my friends “Daniel Fou Darland”, “Raymond Fou Arkin”, and me .
We brought in tables and chairs to prepare for the school festival .
After finding a trader, we had enough equipment to do some serious remodeling to the empty classroom and turn it into a coffee shop .
It was at a level different from the makeshift coffee shops by students at school festivals, and was what I thought of as a spectacle for the nobles that attend the academy .
It wasn’t that I disliked the cheap feeling those makeshift ones evoked, but making something like that would be frowned upon in the academy .
For better or for worse, this was an academy that rich and influential nobles attended .
In society, one needed to perform in accordance to what the circumstances demanded .
There was nothing I could do, there really was nothing I could do, so I spent money to prepare a cafe .
Being particular about the interior design, I prepared a tea set, tea leaves, and numerous sweets to complete it .
“Hey, Daniel! That tea set is expensive, so be careful with it!”
Hearing that he was holding an expensive tea set, Daniel trembled and complained to me .
“Don’t bring such an expensive tea set to the school! It’s only going to make my hands shaky from the anxiety . ”
Raymond put on his glasses and observed the inside of the classroom .
“Didn’t you spend too much? I don’t think many students would go this far . We’re going to be in the red . ”
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I shook my head as if I didn’t understand what the two were talking about .
The two got irritated by my attitude .
“In the red? So what? I’m rich now . I was able to squeeze out so much from the idiotic students in this academy, after all . I have to spend it somehow, don’t I?”
Raymond was shocked .
“I suppose that bad nature of yours is to be expected, isn’t it Leon? It’s just that almost every student in the academy is your enemy . ”
Daniel warned me by saying that .
“You’d better realize that they bear a grudge against you . The ones who thought you were going to lose in that duel with his Highness Julian suffered a heavy loss, after all . ”
Sadly, it was as Raymond had said .
I was the most hated person in the academy .
What was the reason for that? I beat up the former crown prince, “Julian Rafua Holfault,” and the other capture targets of that otome game in a duel .
They irritated me, so I knocked the living daylights out of them .
In addition, the battle was the focus of a bet amongst the students .
I was confident that I would win, so I made a bet on myself with a large sum of money .
The two here also placed bets on me, and were able to earn pocket money .
However, the majority were idiots that thought Julian and the others would win, some going as far as to bet with borrowed money . There were also fools who bet everything they owned .
Those fools bore a grudge against me once I won against Julian and the others .
──I didn’t even do anything bad, how sad .
Normally, it would have been an act that could get me killed in the worst case scenario . However, I used my money and connections to get through the situation, and the result left me in confusion . I was praised and was told that I got a promotion .
What a strange world .
I was just a student, but also a baron and a knight officially above the sixth rank in the royal court’s ranking .
It was not a situation where I, who didn’t want a promotion, could be happy .
“No need for praise . ”
Daniel dropped his shoulders .
“We weren’t praising you . ”
My friends were talking to me about such things, and then two girls entered the empty classroom .
There was “Olivia,” also known as Livia, wearing a thick maid dress that she normally wouldn’t wear . It had a moderately long skirt that she held onto and slightly raised as she walked .
She had beige colored hair and something close to a bob cut .
She had impressive gentle, blue eyes, but above all, she emitted this affectionate aura that could alleviate people .
The design of the outfit tightened around the waist and hips, largely emphasizing the chest area, and was quite magnificent .
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“Is it weird?”
Livia showing her dress to us while seeming uneasy stirred up a desire to protect her .
It seemed she was unaware of how devilish she was by presenting it in that manner, but even so, I thought it was fine to fall under her hands .
Perhaps this was the power of the “protagonist” in that otome game .
──Wasn’t it lovely?
“It suits you . I don’t see a problem with the size, either . ”
Daniel’s and Raymond’s cheeks turned red when seeing Livia like that .
When I felt like telling them not to look at her like that, Anjie came forward in a dignified manner from behind Livia .
Her hands were behind her back as she showed herself .
“It emphasizes the chest too much, is this okay? Perhaps something more low-key would be better?”
“Anjelica Rafua Redgrave,” also known as Anjie, wore a maid outfit .
Anjelica was a woman from a duke household, and it was unexpected for her to wear something like a maid dress .
However, it seemed that a lot of rough things were going on for the daughter of an esteemed household as well .
“It seems you’re getting used to the attire, Anjie . ”
While Livia looked amazed, Anjie explained why with a smile .
“It’s because I had worn a maid dress before . ”
“You did?”
“I spent two years in the royal palace having to learn manners through apprenticeship . ”
It seemed that the daughters of esteemed households had it tough as well .
She had a strong-willed look and a sharp glint in her eyes .
Her red irises gave off a sense of power, contrasting with Livia’s gentle looks .
The two really were on opposite ends of the spectrum──after all, she was originally a rival in that otome game . No, not really a rival, actually .
She was the foe .
If Livia had the role of the protagonist, then Anjie was the “villainess . ”
They originally were supposed to compete against each other for a man .
Rather than a rivalry, perhaps it was more accurate to say their relationship was that of enemies .
Livia was a commoner, and her being able to enroll in an academy for nobles was extraordinary .
As opposed to that, Anjie was a so-called top-class woman from a duke household .
The two were originally supposed to be enemies, but now they’re close friends thanks to “certain someone . ”
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──I wasn’t referring to myself .
The one who caused it was another person who reincarnated .
“Anjie, you’re from an esteemed household, right? Why did you have to do that, then?”
“There are a lot of things that daughters from noble families have to do . My position in particular requires many things from me . Leaving that aside, doesn’t that outfit suit you too, Livia? The impression of innocence that it gives off is quite nice . ”
Anjie embraced Livia .
“I like this uniform a bit too . ”
Livia, slightly bashful from being hugged, looked delighted .
As I was watching the two of them,
“What a precious sight this is . ”
I muttered my thoughts out loud .
Like a douse of cool water, that scene alleviated my heart, which had grown hectic from marriage-searching hell .
Raymond also had the same view as me, as his glasses glittered .
“How nice . ”
Daniel nodded .
“Quite nice . Are these two really girls from this academy? Are we not dreaming?”
It was understandable that Daniel couldn’t believe it .
The girls in the academy, especially the girls in the advanced class, were cruel . No joke, they were really cruel .
Leaving that aside, those two were also helping me out in the coffee shop .
While the academy was modeled after the high schools in Japan, the classes were closer to the level of a university .
Due to that, it wasn’t possible to have tasks divided by class, so they were instead divided by groups of people .
While the five of us were working on a cafe, others were also working in groups to carry out an exhibit .
Anjie looked at us .
“Leon, are you guys not going to wear uniforms?”
“We will, but those folks out there were acting the same as ever . They kept hoping that I would get cheap outfits instead . ”
Livia seemed apologetic once I answered .
“Did we blow our budget on these outfits? Hmm, I suppose we didn’t have to buy outfits this expensive . ”
Daniel laughed at Livia’s innocence .
“No, there would be no meaning to it if the outfits were plain . I mean, this guy here has loads of money to spend . ”
Raymond also agreed .
This is his hobby . It’s something that he likes to overspend on . With this, the other groups doing a cafe would look poor in comparison . Quite the overkill . ”
Even Anjie looked at me in amazement .
“You’re crazy about tea, Leon . There are a lot of boys like that, but you’re the craziest amongst them . ”
I was not crazy about tea .
I was simply charmed by mentor’s mannerisms in tea .
My mentor was a teacher in the academy and a perfect gentleman that taught the boys manners . I wanted to be a gentleman like him one day .
“I still have a long ways to go . ”
“Except that this isn’t a matter of cultivating skill, but a matter of how much money and time you’re willing to sink into tea . ”
Anjie was cold .
“Before this too, you left both of us behind and went to go buy tea leaves with that teacher . ”
Daniel and Raymond both made an expression as if they wanted to say “You must be kidding . ”
“You, don’t neglect your obligations towards those two . ”
“I’m so envious that I feel like attacking you during your sleep . ”
No, in the first place, I went to buy the tea leaves that day for their sake .
Leaving that aside, unfortunately, I couldn’t make any romantic relationships with the either Livia or Anjelica .
Livia felt slightly down .
“The three of us had tea on that day . The tea was good, but the sweets were so delicious that I’ve recently been──”
Anjie embraced Livia .
“I’ll like you even if you get plump, Livia . It’d be fine for you to gain a bit more . ”
Livia had teary eyes .
“I want a good figure, like the one you have, Anjie . ”
“It delights me to hear you say that . However, don’t you have some nice legs yourself, Livia?”
“Y, you think so?”
As the two were chatting with each other, Daniel and Raymond sent a gaze filled with envy towards me .
Well, they shouldn’t have .
After all, those two were the only ones I couldn’t go out with .
──It truly was something that was out of my control .
The social status of those two were too different from mine .