Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

"excuse me!"

Lyon shouted to Maria and rushed out of the way to the table where Eriel sat. Airiel's eyes remain staring at Rion.

"Um ... did you come?"

I don't mean to be embarrassed, but when she was glared at Eriel, Rion would be depressed.

"Yeah, because I'm bored every day because nobody is there. Did you get in the way?"

"No, that's ..."

"Sit down first"

"I am a servant.

"Who told you to sit down? I just told you to sit down."

"... Yeah."

Leon knew that after a long absence he faced Eriel's anger mode and was ignorant. In these cases, it was the floor, not the seat.

Rion was sitting on the floor in front of Aeriel.

"far"

"Oh, yes."

As Rion moves forward, Aerial puts out her hands and pinches Rion's cheeks. As expected, in front of the public, the attendant maid tried to stop, but was only stiffened by the gaze of Aeriel.

"... the eye patch is in the way"

"No, I don't want to remove it here"

"... I can't help it, it's good, because now I have more to do than look at Rion's eyes."

"Do you want to do it?"

"Preach"

As soon as she told her, Aeriel hit Rion's cheek from both sides. This has been a long time for Leon.

"Why are you here?"

"Oh, that's a little talk."

"Who is that woman?"

"But I'm a student at the academy and I'm the same grade as Vincent."

Aeriel asks Rion with a harsh tone while hitting his cheeks. But his eyes are already laughing. It's fun to play with Rion after a long time.

"What are you talking to that woman?"

"It's ... a little bit now."

"... Do you keep me secret?"

Airiel's eyes are lifted again. This is really angry proof.

"No, no! Just because I can't speak right now ..., that's the usual ..."

"... is it work?"

It's far from convincing, but Eriel can't complain.

Originally before he told him to do something about Vincent, Rion couldn't complain what he did.

"Yes"

"... I can't help it."

When I turned to Rion, it seemed that it was a fairly straightforward end, but an entity that complicates matters would break in.

"What are you doing, Rion?"

There is only Mary in this place. As with Vincent, Maria has been fighting from the outset for Aeriel.

"Before you say it, why don't you name yourself? Or did you grow up without knowing this common sense?"

Even with such Maria, Eriel has no sign of movement. This is different from my older brother, Vincent.

"I……"

"It's good, I'm not interested in who you are."

"What's that?"

"Can you go down? I'm talking to Rion right now."

Aeriel smiles and makes her mouth. It's not just a noble daughter's behaviour, she's so dignified as a girl.

"... that, Rion-kun"

Maria is clearly pushed by the atmosphere of Aeriel, but still speaks.

"Rion?"

"Don't do anything terrible"

"... What are you talking about, When did I do terrible things to Lion?"

"Now, sitting on the floor in front of the public."

"What's wrong with that?"

"What's that?"

"Sometimes I kneel on the soil. This isn't limited to Leon."

"Isn't that kind of attitude that poses a problem!"

Maria has regained momentum and shouted.

"... I don't know what I'm saying. Why do I shake my position?"

In the words of Maria, Eriel asks with a strange face.

"I don't know the nobles."

"I don't know why I don't know, but what I don't know is yours."

I did not understand what Mary was saying. However, Eriel knows that his attitude is a big mistake.

"What do I say I don't know?"

"I hear you, you. Who do you think I am talking to?"

"... Aeriel of the Winheels family,"

"Yes. You know who I am and do it. By the way, what's your parents' home?"

"... the Theodore family"

Maria began to feel nervous about Eriel, who responded calmly without taking any of her provocation. I realized that I wasn't going in the direction I thought.

"Theodore ... Sure, the Baron had such a house."

I remember all the names of houses with a crown. That is one of the tastes of a noble daughter. However, Aeriel, who remembers this year and even the nobles of the first generation, is special.

"Maybe that Theodore."

"Yes, that's a commoner?"

"What is it?"

"Does the commoner work rude to the aristocrat and think that it's just free?"

"I will not succumb to such a threat"

"It doesn't matter to me what your feelings are. I just want you to be punished by law."

"Punishment?"

"This country has an identity system. If so, there are laws that protect it. Do you not know this?"

"……that is"

I don't know. Even knowing that, Maria's attitude does not change. The hero thinks that he can do anything.

"I don't know. But unfortunately, law doesn't mean you don't sin if you don't know it."

"... What kind of sin am I?"

But in front of Eriel, I couldn't improve. Eriel has an atmosphere that cannot be tolerated.

"Listen to the one who judges it, and punish you for your sins."

“…………”

Airiel is completely overwhelming Maria. Leon is not sure if this is due to the enemy character setting. All I know is the fact that they were trying to stay away from each other, and they came together and were brilliantly hostile.

Anxiety swells in Rion, wondering if it is due to the force of the game settings.

Aeriel turned his eyes on Rion, noting that she was no longer interested in Mary, who was silent.

"Rion, when will we meet next?"

"... It's a new year holiday."

Rion wonders why she asked the obvious question, but Eriel couldn't ask that obvious question.

"Oh, don't you come here anymore?"

"Um ... no plans at the moment."

"Then, the same time next week."

"Yes?"

"If you have free time, use it for me.

"No, but ..."

"Use it"

"……Yes"

When Ariel insists, Rion can't resist. I do not want to go against it exactly. This also ends with less time to sleep.

"Then I'm sorry for this. Rion, I'll see you next week again."

"Yes"

Listening to Airiel's words, the maid rushes out of the store. He headed for a carriage stopped nearby.

Aeriel, who knows this, goes to the exit slowly, giving compliments on the dessert given to the manager.

Rion looked away from his back.

"Rion-kun, I'll always listen to you if you have any difficulties."

"Hah"

"I was originally in the same situation as Rion. I think you can understand a little."

"……I agree"

Rion had not yet noticed. Being certified as a target of capture by Maria who is the main character. Maria complained to Aeriel about her attempt to turn her mind by showing sympathy for Lion.

That's exactly what Lion wants, but unfortunately the results don't go as desired.

◇◇◇

The big miscalculation for Rion was that the protagonist, Maria, was aiming for a reverse harem rather than a specific capture route.

The target for Maria is an unspecified number.

One option, Rion, had thought of himself as a target and wanted to leave Prince Arnold's route, but that speculation is likely to fall.

At some point, Rion is already one of the targets. Even though I was thinking about it myself, when this happens, it makes me feel bad. Nevertheless, in order to gather information, I thought it would be convenient to be close, and decided to accept Maria's approach.

For Lion, the biggest pain is good.

Maria is aggressive anyway. I approach boldly enough to think that it is an eroge. However, as far as Lion has looked, it did not appear to be.

At least, the relationship with Lancelot, which seems to be the closest, was pure, as far as we examined. Then, Rion, who had been worried about what that was, for a while, came to understand the situation.

Maria has a target that knows how to set a flag, and a target that does not. Rion is a target for those who do not know.

So Maria tries different approaches to see where the triggers are.

I often sympathize with Rion's past and present circumstances. Others have been calling for the wonders of living freely and talking about their dreams. In that case, I have been trying to invite sympathy by discussing my hardships.

This expression is perfect if you want.

On the other hand, it can be seen that the target who knows how to set the flag is focusing only on the timing here. There is an event where the time and place are decided, and meeting the target at that event will raise the flag and deepen the relationship with the opponent. That is, the game itself.

This made one thing clear.

Maria targets not only the target she knew in the original game, but also the opponent she knew in the world.

What a greedy woman, thinking this way, Leon further hated Maria-until a few days ago.

I still hate it. However, Rion's feelings began to have complex feelings that could not be solved by himself.

The trigger is the result of Rion's hard work.

As a result of her patience and contact with Maria, Rion has achieved great results. He had enough information to almost fulfill the purpose of approaching Mary.

Occasionally a notebook that Maria secretly saw. The notebook contains information about the game in Maria's memory, and she confirms the action.

The reason why it is known to Rion is determined by prying eyes.

A notebook that you carry around without leaving your skin. Having found only a few gaps, Rion was able to see its contents. I didn't have time to read everything, but I was able to see what I was writing.

What I wrote were events such as the nature of the target, the opportunity to get to know each other, and the opportunity to set a flag. The name other than the target was also written. Like Vincent and Eriel.

What was written was something that Lion did not understand, but I couldn't help but worry about it. I convinced myself that it was just that in the game.

What attracted Rion's eyes was that it was written at the beginning of the notebook. There was an event that was not directly related to each target, but a game flow.

Rion's complicating emotions are her knowledge of the event.

One of the events in question was a condemnation event against Eriel. Rion learned that Aeriel was ranked as the greatest enemy of all the rivals. I do not know because the details of the event are not written, but it is clear that the action that Eriel performed against the hero is revealed and blamed. And, perhaps, that will affect your engagement with Prince Arnold.

This is an event that must be stopped at all costs for Rion.

Even with the last resort-Rion could not make a decision. Subsequent events were causing Lion to hesitate to kill Maria.

The last event is the "Majin Suppression Event".

An event in which Maria fights against an army of evil spirits that attack the kingdom with friends she met at the institution. Apparently, this was the purpose of the game.

If you can defeat the attack of the demon with your friends, the game capture is successful. If you lose, you will fail and all the characters will die, and the bad end of the kingdom's demise will be waiting.

Maria's unpretentious behavior is to fight as many people as possible in this last event. Rion knew it.

You can't cut it down to be a very honest, uninteresting, silly game that you'll never do.

It is this country that actually lives now that it is destroyed.

Kill Maria and the story ends before you fight the demon. The kingdom is destroyed. Then, if you overlook Eriel's misfortune, it can't be Rion.

It is good if you can kill Maria even if you kill Maria. I thought that killing might help you escape the constraints of the game settings, but it also comes to mind.

Now, Leon is in a dilemma.

"……painful"

Pain on his cheek brought Rion back from the world of thought.

Airiel's green eyes glaring at Rion. Lyon thought that this was a place for a tea ceremony with Aeriel, which has become almost a regular weekly.

"Are you listening to people?"

"I'm sorry. I was thinking a bit."

"I know that. What are you worried about? I've been crazy all these days."

"that is……"

"Do you want to cover up?"

Eriel cares about the secrets of himself. Even so. Even so, the tight gaze is even sharper.

"No, uh ..."

"What are you talking to?"

"... What do you think of Airiel?

"eh?"

"Oh, sorry. I heard something strange."

"... Why do you hear that?"

"No, just ..."

"What?"

"I wonder what was decided when my marriage partner was born. It's not uncommon in the aristocracy, but what do you think of Eriel's personal personality?"

"... Why do you hear that?"

Repeat the same words. However, the expression of Eriel, who she said, turned into a lonely expression. Rion's expression darkens, thinking she has heard what she shouldn't hear.

"... I think it's like that."

Nevertheless, Eriel has answered Rion's question.

"Is that because of the sense of responsibility as a noble?"

"Do you want to say that?"

"Oh, sorry."

"You don't have to apologize. As Rion says, you were born a woman at the House of Hou, so it's natural to marry a stranger.

"Is it a pleasure for Eriel?"

“…………”

"... I didn't hear this. I'm sorry."

Airiel is staring at Rion without saying anything. Leon seems to know the feeling of Eriel and does not.

I am not angry at what I heard. I'm angry at what Leon asked. Eriel, who couldn't regret it, had to shut down.

"Can I hear something strange again?"

Rion decided to change her story because she couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere.

"What is it?"

"Are you ever heard of a witch?"

"A genie? Is it a genie in a fairy tale?"

"A fairy tale?"

"... If not a fairy tale, where did you know the devil?"

"I heard from people. It was a fairy tale, wasn't it? I was surprised to be told as if it were real."

"Is that the story that someday the genie will be resurrected and this world will die?"

"Oh, that's it."

"Does Lion believe that?"

"Slightly. I was told what was likely to happen."

"That's right. The fairy tale ended in a halfway way, but that would scare the kids to the evil spirits."

"Why do you scare me?"

"If you do bad things, a demon will come in. This will tell your child what to say."

"So that's it"

This is a common fairy tale. But Leon knows that this fairy tale can be a reality.

"If the Demon resurrected, what would Rion do?"

This time, Aeriel asked Rion a question.

"Run away"

"……fool"

"eh?"

It was Rion who offended Eriel.

"Isn't Leon going to leave me and run away?"

"Ah, yes, we will fight to protect Aeriel."

"I don't have to force me to protect me."

"No, I don't. I came to the House of Winheels to protect Eriel."

"……fool"

This time, Lyon's words made Aeriel's face smile with a full smile. A smile from the heart that Eriel does not usually show. Rion is fascinated by the glow.

At half the moment, the phrase "protect Eriel" was turned into an oath in Rion.

Whatever else happens, Leon decides to act only to protect this smile.

"Rion ..."

The smile she wanted to protect disappeared, and Eriel's face turned serious.

"……Yes"

"I'll be a queen."

"……Yes"

That's what it means to marry Prince Arnold.

"When you become a queen, you have to be abandoned and be prepared to devote yourself to the country."

"Yes"

"So ... at least, until then, I don't want to kill my feelings."

"I think that's fine"

Whatever it is, Leon is the best of Eriel.

"I'm going to bother Leon with my selfishness."

"I said I would protect Aeriel. I can't think of it as annoying."

"Really?"

"Yes. I have never thought about it and I will never."

"Thank you"

"……House"

Rion is showing a surprised look. In fact, this is the first time that Lion has been thanked by Airiel.

"What?"

After seeing Leon's surprise, the atmosphere of Eriel returned to normal.

"No. Can I say one?"

"... I'm good."

"Can you believe that no matter what I do or how I see it all, it's all for Airiel?"

"What is it?"

"I want you to believe me without asking why."

"... I can't help it. It's good. I believe in Leon, whatever."

"Thank you"

The only concern for Rion, who decides to do anything to protect it, is losing her reputation. I had to ask, even if I knew I should even be prepared.

Otherwise, you may not be able to keep up.

The worst kills Maria. It was impossible, and Leon knew that if he did, he would definitely die.

That's what it means to compete against the world.