Black Haired King

"... have you found it?

"... I couldn't"

"" Huh. ""

Me and Gawayne sigh at the same time. What I'm currently in is an after-school dining room. The dining room is used by those who stay and study, as well as teams who work out operations for the rivalry.

In it, me and Gawayne are sighing across the street. The reason is we can't find the team members.

It's been a week today since the day I played a mock fight with Tirisia and talked about gambling against each other from Lambalk.

As for the bet, Lambalk came the next day with a pledge. Besides, I even stamped my own father and Tirisian father's noble seal.

Besides, Tilicia and Lambalk signed the pledge. If we don't win this, Tilicia will be enslaved according to the law.

To beat the Lambalks like that, we were going to team up against the Tirisians, and we all split up and looked for the rest of them, but for some reason, everyone says no.

If I were you, I'd think it was because of my hair, but even if Tilicia or Clara went, they'd say no. And Gawayne. Some people say they can't because they've already made a team or something, but sometimes they say no even though they haven't. A mystery.

"But why would they say no? I don't know what that means."

"Right. Is this because you have me with dark hair all the time?

Gawayne sighs at what I said. It's not just a tired sigh, it's a sigh of relief.

"That's not true. Sure, some guys hate brunettes, but that's what he was. I'll be honest with you. You don't have to tell Redius directly, you'll tell us normally. But I've never heard of it. Guys, all we have to do is make fun of it."

"Uh-huh. Then you really don't know why."

"Got it."

If Gawayne and I were worried, yeah, we'd have a beautiful voice from behind. Turning around, there stood Tilicia with a crease on her eyebrow and Clara, who was slightly irritated.

"Ah, good day, Tilicia, Clara. Then I figured it out..."

"Why don't other students become members of us"

"He set it all up!

Clara is revealing her anger as she shakes her arms with a boom. You look like a little girl who's just cute and angry, but what you're talking about is something you don't listen to.

"If Lambalk becomes one of us, he's just threatening not to put it down,"

"Why do you need to do that? You don't have to do that. They're gonna be number one in the school year, right? I wish I could fight straight from the front."

"You want to win for sure. Threats and other routine tea dishes come from nobles. You're gonna have to think we're sorry we're late."

Tilicia sits in her seat telling her to do the same. Well, if they say that's a strategy from before the game, then no.

"But then what? If we keep this up, we're gonna lose without being able to get out."

A minimum of five people will be required for the match. But we're four. If we don't find the members like this, we lose without even being able to make an appearance. In that case, Tilicia becomes a slave to Lambalk.

"Well, I can only count on one person."

"Guess what?"

"Oh. Lambalk is threatening everyone with Marquis power on his umbrella. Then you can look for sons and ladies of nobility enough not to give in to that threat. And there was only one of those unyielding people who hadn't teamed up yet."

"Oh! Who is that?

"That's right. Victoria Septembalm."

Septembalm?...... Aah! You were definitely a Duke's maid. Certainly I wouldn't be able to tell my Duke counterpart strongly about Lambalk either. And if you're not teaming up, maybe you can come in.

But how come we haven't teamed up yet? If they're all Duke's ladies, they want to tie the edge and put it together. That's what I thought.

"It's just that her current position is getting pretty subtle"

"What do you mean?

"Victoria was originally engaged to William, Prince of the Albust Kingdom, but now she's broken her engagement"

"Huh? Why?

"Because Prince William chose someone else for him. The other person is Elicia Gremond, whom I've spoken to before."

…… Whoa, whoa, whoa!

hey, why, that's where my sister's name comes up!? You're so surprised, you're upset!

"Are you all right, Redius?

"Oh, I'm sorry. Go on."

"Oh. Prince William seems to have liked Elisia since he was in school, and in praise of the achievements of the war before this, His Majesty the King also admitted. It would actually take as early as five years to get married as a queen, apparently after the queen's upbringing.

On top of that, they're going to let the boulder have the Queen, the mother of the country, put a baroness's wife on the baron's house because she's in low stature, so she's going to be adopted by a nobleman of the upper rank. The house... "

"Maybe it's the Wristnick Marquis house"

When I put it appropriately, Tilicia nodded. Seriously.

"The Wristnick Marquis is the foster parent of the Baron Gremond family, so it would be the edge from there. The Wristnick Marquis is the head of a fairly large faction.

Until now, the House of the Duke of Septembalm was also large, but due to the Queen's seat being taken by the Listenic Marquis, the influence is stronger in the Listenic Marquis. So much so that the nobles who were opposed to Elisia becoming queen would also shut up.

"I see. So Victoria says it's pretty subtle."

"The students around us are at a distance. I guess the reason is because I don't want to be blinded by the Wristnick Marquis."

The son of the nobleman of the original stepchild seems to be on his side, but still, he's not enough to make a team. So she's worried about Tilicia, too.

"No, you don't have to worry about it, do you?

"Redius?"

"Anyway, if we don't gather the numbers, we're not going to be in a confrontation, and we've already got our eyes on it. Then you'd better invite Master Victoria, build a team, and defeat Lambalk. No?"

I don't know much about nobility, but now all we need to think about is what we're gonna do to win a confrontation. I can get out before then. Not if I'm lost.

When I say that, Gawayne laughs that it does, too. Tilicia and Clara convinced me that so too.

"Okay. Then let's go invite that Victorian!

There have been many startling stories, but the first step is to win the match. Let's think about my sister later.