There are also many aristocratic women in the Esphere. Few cases, however, have women themselves been awarded titles. And the thing about a woman who has fewer but still a title - a hundred battles to smell.
Anyway, noble society is male society. The fact that it's a BL world also holds it back. It's just a woman, there's something harsh. They survive without falling while holding their own titles there, so they're all a bunch of women. The Earl of Reddington, too, if you will forgive me, has the sagginess to be accidentally taken and eaten. Still, sometimes it's the same woman, which is definitely more intimate than the average male aristocrat after all...... but!
That too, if you don't have a bad feeling!
A VIP room is available for you to relax during the semi ball.
Guided there by the Earl of Reddington, I turned down the recommended chair and was facing her in the room. It's a sign of willingness to make it lighter in stand-up if possible!
The three men who play escorts are also told to come into the room. However, the position falls apart. Clifford is positioned as the knight of my escort at times like this, near the door.
Master Sil walks indoors for a few steps. This is also, in a sense, a fixed position.
It's a fucking hassle, but the VIP room has a certain range to travel by identity. Where Master Shill stands, his position as the Baron's three sons. I'm afraid the Earl of Reddington smiled unreadable after seeing such a shill......!
One left. Derek is leaning against the west wall. This is the next Duke, so if you don't disrespect our inviting lord Count Reddington, you're free to be anywhere in the VIP room.
Well...
I closed the fan with Pasilli.
"Count Reddington"
Call the Count across the street.
In conversation with Derek, I went to indirect, far-fetched expressions, so frankly.
"What is the story to me?
I cut it out of me without waiting for her to talk it out.
"During this semiball, please call me Rosa. Your Highness, I am very pleased that Your Highness has responded to your invitation."
"You can't call out someone you respect as the same woman. Dear Rosa,"
"You're good, Your Highness."
Count Reddington - Lady Rosa laughed in her voice.
"Nevertheless..."
Then, we see the three of them in turn.
"Your Highness surprised me. Three lovely lords. Dear Derek Knightfellow, the next Duke, Sil Burkes, whom His Highness Celius adores. - Dear Clifford Alderton, who was bought a martial arm while a civilian and was adopted by the Count's family, and even became the knight of His Highness Octavia's escort. What I'm bringing with me is a very interesting touch."
Regardless of Derek and Shill, I didn't know they were familiar with Clifford... Dear Rosa, I don't know! No, maybe Clifford's pretty famous just because I've been insensitive so far?
- And my voice was dropped.
"But Master Burkes, you might want to come home"
Ultimately, ahead of her fixed gaze - it was Master Sil there.
"A noble man who is very angry is looking for Master Burkes."
You're very angry, noble, you know.
Unexpectedly I looked back and looked at Master Sil.
I'm sure there's a match in my mind.
- It's my brother!
Master Sil's absence was found out...... I hope you didn't notice...... It's completely unnoticed, but how can it be as crisis management, so...?
Anyway, from my brother's point of view, Master Sil is missing... Even if I knew that Master Sil was acting voluntarily - you'd look for him. It's weirder not to look.
I hit my hand, and I got a report of a search under Rosa?
I had a bad feeling, I was hitting it.
"Oh. Your Highness is also an accomplice, isn't he?
Lady Rosa's eyes shine. Now the words were spun as I watched Derek.
"The next Duke of Nightfellow, maybe? They would have received a transmission bird letter that would have been from the noble one. And when you heard that His Highness and Master Burkes had arrived together, you went to pick them up early enough, didn't you? … and yet, all together on this occasion"
I wonder if Derek has any doubts about the fact that Mr. Sil is a collaborator. Otherwise, you're sending me back to my brother when you find Sil in my escort. I guess it was unexpected that Master Sil was with me.
"Aren't you going to not report it to the noble ones who are angry? - At least, soon."
"... Count Reddington is also a bad person"
Derek, who leaked his sigh, wrinkled between his brows.
"A chick is the same compared to your father, such as me?
"Be modest."
"Because I'm a chick, I set up a place like this. I'd like you to come home to Master Burkes."
Rosa's spearhead, which was directed at Derek, returned to Master Sil. Tell him to tell me.
"If a certain noble person finds out that you were attending my quasi-discipline, etc., while you were desperately looking for Master Burkes... I don't want to wear extra firepowder. The very fact that Master Burkes came to visit is no longer something that other invitees know about. Now, you can take it back."
"If I go home,"
Master Sil spinned his words quietly.
"Yeah. Where you should be. You shouldn't worry too noble. If you want to attend my semi ball, next time, please, with the noble. This Rosa will be welcome then."
But that doesn't make sense. Unless it's this quasi ball today.
Pa and I opened the fan. The sound sounds and the gaze gathers here. I opened my mouth.
"- May I ask Rosa to attend" Sil Burkes "?
"... Your Highness?
Rosa's red lips arc.
"That's heartbreaking.... Well, if you will also hear my petty wishes at His Highness's request -"
Is this... negotiable?
But before Lady Rosa could finish, the words were blocked.
"Okay. I'm leaving."
"Dear Sil,"
Going home? Did you just say, "There's no way you're going home"? It won't be Master Sil pulling back here!
"Whatever I have to tell myself... I can't burden Master Octavia any more"
Say it clearly to my call and shake your head.
"- No, Master Sil. This is for me, too."
And I shook my head, too.
"... Master Octavia's?
Confusion came to Master Sil's eyes.
"Mine, is. It is for my own good to cooperate with Lord Sil. Remember that I think so."
'Cause when Master Sil returns here... I bet he goes out lucky, and the decision made because of it doesn't make any sense either. We've come this far. We must definitely stop this kind of sideliness from ending halfway!
A fabric to the future!
I'll keep the change alive!
I looked straight at Lady Rosa, who was watching over this one.
"Dear Rosa, What is a small favor to me?
A moment of tension.
- Inside, I was just standing by and waiting for a response.
"I'd like to ask His Royal Highness for an opening dance."
Lady Rosa smiled with a grin. At the corner of his sight, he could see Derek opening his eyes as surprised. But I know how you feel.
…………
Because I was taken away too.
... Huh? Dance? Just dance?
That's all? What a surprise!
Hey, pretty, out of my mind. No, 'cause when people say whisper at times like this, it's not eighty-nine whispers! It can be difficult!
And this, in fact, is a difficult question for Rosa as to whether it's going to be me or my brother.
Normally, it would obviously be on my brother, the first prince, and so please - the demands are extremely natural in return. That's the kind of exercise of power or accommodation the princess can only do!
But it was really whispering......!
"At the semi ball, once the host's greeting is over, a group of men and women will dance, right? I wouldn't be happier if His Highness took on the opening dance. It's like the success of my quasi-discussion was promised. So much so that with joy, I don't care about the noble ones who are angry or the things that are going to cost me some firepowder."
How about that?
- I'll take care of it.
I answered instantly.
Return the full smile to Master Rosa. If one dance makes attendance of Master Sil possible, something cheap! My bad feeling about dancing hasn't disappeared, but I got my mind back. It won't be like exposing yourself to ugliness, I think!
It's good to have practiced with Clifford. Really good.
"That's right, Your Highness."
Lady Rosa seems satisfied.
- With whom?
In a good atmosphere, Derek asked abruptly.
"Who does Master Octavia dance with? Count Reddington?"
Opponent......! That's right! This was also important......!
Like me once, if someone who is bad at dancing is the one against him, he may not be able to cover it with my skills.
The nightmare of the first ball came back to my mind. of the semi ball I haven't attended in a long time, and how can I recreate that nightmare at the opening dance......!
"Of course, with whom Your Highness deserves. Would it not be appropriate for anyone of the three priests present here, including you, the next Duke of Nightfellow? These are the three men who serve as His Highness's escort. It will be a wonderful sight for anyone to dance with His Highness. - And its effects. It's so nice."
Clifford or Master Sill, Derek? I practiced once with Clifford. Master Sil is actually famous as a dancer, isn't he? Derek has seen him dancing lightly at a prom one day.... with a man.
All right! No matter who you are, it definitely doesn't mean you're a better dancer than I once was.
I think I can avoid the nightmare of my first ball!
Gatspaws in my heart, and I saw the three of them sequentially, though.
As it is good that Clifford is a poker face.
Why does Master Sil look so serious? Hmmm...... oh, I have a brother thing, something to worry about a lot?... right. Indeed, after escorting, when it comes to dancing with me...... I can't imagine. It was just a critical line that I could still figure out if it was just the escort, and it's going to be a lot of trouble......
So, Derek. Derek had a "come" look on his face. When I noticed my gaze, I turned it into something very naturally aristocratic.
... Is that it? Is there some kind of subtle air?
But it's important who you dance with!
I ran away.
"- If it's from among the three of us on this occasion, Master Rosa. I want to dance with Clifford."
Only Clifford is obviously the cheap pie among the three! This choice!
We practiced dance together yesterday, he's my escort knight and 'obey', and most importantly, Clifford isn't in charge of a subtle once in the air! Yeah, it's just a poker face!
And dancing is not particularly problematic if you're a knight of escorts! Rather natural?
Sometimes the knight of the escort, who served as an escort at a ball or quasi ball, dances with the princess as a ceremony.
"Hey, Clifford? I hope you don't mind."
Looking at the door, I killed the signs as much as the air there, and asked Clifford, who had refrained.
For once, I don't want to give orders on this. I'm good because I made my own decision, but opening dance is an important thing, and there are some aspects of this that are onerous in themselves for the person who serves as my partner. It's in public.
Plus, I believe Clifford would say no if he didn't want to! I'll give up then, too!
Dark blue eyes looked back at me strongly, as if to guess and measure this one.
"Of course, as Your Highness wishes"
Clifford, who was upright immovable, drowned his head. I don't like it but I can't help it and it's not the wind...... I think. All right!
I closed a settling and fan - but it took me a while to wait from the unexpected.
Please wait, Your Highness.
From Lady Rosa.
"So isn't it unfair to the other two?
Uh. To Master Sil and Derek?
I know each reason is different, but you both don't really want to dance with me...
I'd like to dance with Master Sil once or so! 'Cause you're a dancer, aren't you? Even the novel portrayal was great, and at last year's ball, I saw Master Sil and my brother dance... so good! It's like a dance with wings growing, and if you dance as a partner, you look like you're having fun. If you stare at them with envy, I remember looking surprised at my brother during the dance.
"Isn't it more of a problem for me to dance with Shill or Derek? Dear Rosa,"
That subtle air, I won't make you say you didn't feel it!
"Ask yourself if it's a problem. - Master Burkes, do you hinder the honor of dancing with Your Highness?
"No way."
Immediately Master Sil shook his head. Quite a momentum.
"But I didn't know someone like me, not yet recognized by Master Octavia, could dance... qualified"
That way? That looked serious, is that why, Master Sil!
"Qualifications… If you think of His Highness Octavia's dance opponents who have been (...), is that what it is? - You don't feel confident about yourself, Mr. Burkes. You were so prestigious earlier."
My previous dance opponent? It's only Alec at the ball. That's from the failure of the first ball day, and there's more.
…………
Master Sil will shut up.
- Count Reddington.
Derek, waking up his body from the wall he was leaning against, called Rosa as if to blame him.
"I have found that I am willing to receive the honor of dancing with His Highness to Master Burkes. So what about the next Duke of Nightfellow?
There is a grin in Rosa's mouth.
"... are you aware of the fear?
Uh, Master Rosa. Opening dance with me is such a high hurdle......? I'm getting anxious...... Rosa knows I'm not very good at dancing, and she's planning on putting on some really high difficulty songs? That's a trap for me too......
"Afraid to notice? Why would you think that?
A reward in the name of smiling is breaking out between Derek and Rosa.
"It is a great honor for me to serve as Lord Octavia's dancer."
"Then..."
Derek, Dear Sil, - I throw my gaze in Clifford's order, and finally to me, her eyes are pointed.
"We should still be given equal opportunities. Forgive my indignation, Your Highness. - Your Highness has just chosen Alderton as his dancer."
"... Yep"
"- There must be a reason there"
I mean, why did you run off to Clifford in front of the subtle air...
"When choosing something, as long as a person's will intervenes there, there will always be a source of evil. - I believe that anyone can dance with His Highness. This is true. But if someone has to be alone, then yes... is it Master Burkes? This is my reason."
I put my index finger up, and Lady Rosa smiles.
"Then why don't I dance with Master Sil?
She shook her head because this is what Rosa did when she offered the exchange terms.
"- Would you like to ask the 'sky'?
"... empty"
That means.
If it was a previous life, it wouldn't have come pin, but if you were born in Esphere, when you say 'to the sky' ask, it means one thing.
Lady Rosa nods.
"Neither I nor His Highness - it is the sky god who decides."
In addition to eye-pleasing paintings, flowers and long chairs and desks for rest, the VIP lounge also features playthings.
Lady Rosa brought one of the playing tools from the shelf and let it be put up.
Sandwiched between her thumb and index finger is a three-sided dice.
Pentahedral columns… It is shaped like a short cut of a triangular pencil, but the non-trilateral part used has a subtly rounded structure that acts as a dice and allows it to roll well. On each side are numbers from one to three.
Why up to three? These three. In the Esphere, sacred numbers. It may be because it is told that God in the Sky is the third born God. The first and second gods are so shadowy. Thus in Esphere the three is the highest number, the number of sky gods.
And while this three-sided dice is also used for play, it is also commonly used for another use.
When you have three choices. Because it is a problem attributed to III, it is revealed to the sky god and shakes this dice.
That this is what I ask the 'sky'.
What's a little different is that as the dice fate with only three sides - when you wave and stop, what you see above is the two sides, left and right - the point of answering the eyes that came out to the bottom. "The sky" told me, "to the earth" - that is, you also mean the answer from God in the sky to the people on earth? What a incorporation of this knowledge, as something to remember within princess education.
The only eyes out on the bottom are interpreted as the best answers shown by Sky God,
- Well, in other words, try your luck from one to three, which eyes come out!
"In the sense that extra human will doesn't intervene at all, it's the best way. Especially in these issues. We don't think about it, only the results show. - Your Highness and I, only obey it."
"... I'm not going to deny it"
'Cause I don't know which one, so I made Clifford the knight of the escort. I can't tell you anything about Rosa.
"Shall we say that one is the next Duke of Nightfellow, two is Master Burkes, and three is Master Alderton?... Any objections?
The three of them, who stood in pieces, are also gathered to surround their luxurious desks. Objection from anywhere... I glanced over at everyone, I hooked up a little and held my gaze at Clifford's. Poker Face...... what, what is it? A little......
"- Come on, Your Highness. Please swing."
I am drawn back to Lady Rosa's words.
I stared at the dice that was handed to me. It was a three-sided dice that didn't even plant seeds. There is absolutely no specific gravity bias on either side, no spinning, or strange shape. Squidward impossible!
I'll take a deep breath.
Towards the desk, I let it go carefully.
- Three!
Everything is a matter of probability. You'll have some luck, though! Clifford! Clifford, come on! Or two of Master Sil's!
The dice, which was rolling well, stopped the movement altogether.
The eyes that came out...
Three-sided dice. The numbers visible to the left and right of it are two and three.
"One"
Lady Rosa lifted the dice, showed me the bottom surface, and then put it back on her desk.... right? If left and right are two and three, the bottom is only one! I made sure of it.
The opening dance opponent is Derek Knightfellow.
"My choice and that of Your Highness seems to have been overtaken by God in the sky."
But Master Rosa doesn't seem so sorry. Looks like I'm enjoying this situation...... It's very different from me. The shock of not getting three eyes is huge. Besides, it's not even two.
More so, one!
I put a fan in my mouth. The princess smile disappeared, and there was an unexpected "whoop" about to pop out.
"May your hands be tender, Master Octavia"
In contrast to me, Derek has offered his hand with perfect socialism.
"Looking forward to it?
I resent the refreshing smile.
Speaking of which, I didn't have much luck or anything...... Otherwise it's something else.
I used to do it occasionally in convenience stores in the past life. If I bought it for hundreds of yen, I would get a whale if I hit it.
That, too, was mostly an application ticket......!