This Time, I Became the Fiance of a Duke’s Daughter. But She is Rumored to have Bad Personality, and Ten Years Older

"This is the arrival of the culprit, Adelina Bishoff."

"... you'll tell me. You're sure Jared Murphy, the court magician candidate?

Adelina's left eye sharpened to Jared, who said something provocative.

"The glorious court magician remembers your name."

"I remember the only surviving name."

"You, the way you say it!

It was unspoken Laurenz, but I can't move because I get angry at the way Adelina said it, but Berta and Kurt strapped me in the wings. Instead, I just stared at her with Mr. Shooting.

"Unlike someone else, I don't have a reason to be killed because I didn't do anything wrong."

"This kid..."

"Oh, my God, baba"

It was a cold impression on you, Adelina, but apparently frustrated by Jared's words as being vulnerable to provocation.

Jared, too, wasn't originally willing to vomit these words, but when Laurenz returned to the mansion because of them, they appeared at the time he broke them, which was pretty much on his mind inside.

"Take these loud kids home quickly. You're gonna get caught up in this and die. By the way, I'm telling you this in good faith."

"Thank you. But you'll definitely be killed by Barnabas, too."

"I'm not going to get hit easy. This is still the eighth seat of the court magician. Admittedly, I did wrong, but I got the status of court magician on my own."

"You may indeed have become a court magician with strength. Still, you can't beat Barnabas Kaif, who defeated Minotaur"

Perhaps so.

Jared asks, questioning Adelina's attitude, which she even feels for throwing somewhere.

I can actually ignore her and get away from this place, but I wondered if I could leave her alone.

More than that, the advent of Adelina has raised blood on Laurenz's head again, making it harder to travel.

"How could you have done something wrong?

"I don't know... nothing. Atashi didn't care about Barnabas. Barnabas was on guard, Count Brawell - that is, Tres Brawell's father."

"You alerted Barnabas, the same wind attribute sorcerer, didn't you?

"You know very well. Same wind attribute magician as my son, and if it's just strength, Barnabas is better up there. Though Torres is better as a personage, court magicians value strength most of all. I don't know if you showed up as a parent or if you didn't believe Torres, but it doesn't matter now."

"It's not good!

I got angry at Adelina for stopping the words as if they were over.

It may indeed be the past seven years ago for her. But the victim is here now. Three candidates for court magician have died, Tres Brawell is unconscious, and many of his family have also died at the hands of Barnabas.

Even those killed must have had someone to grieve about. Like Laurenz, who mourns and mourns the death of Kevin Harrington, there must have been close people, loved ones, family and friends.

"Don't tell me it's over! It's still seven years old. Your life as a Barnabas Kaif mage went crazy because of what Count Brawell did to bore you, and that's where it all started."

"... mouth like I found out"

"Oh, I don't know. I just heard from the sorcerer's association. But don't complain if you don't say anything to the party."

Even this one is already involved.

He's a better party than he might be targeting.

"You have a duty to tell us about the past. We may not want to be bright, but Berta and Kurt, who lead us to Laurenz, who took our loved ones, and possibly being targeted as a candidate for court magician, are also fine parties!

On my head, I know that Adelina isn't keeping her mouth shut just for protection. If we had a little conversation, we knew immediately that we were ashamed of past acts.

Still can't keep my mind calm.

"... Atashi comes from the common people. I belonged to the Sorcerer's Association, but I've never been to a professional school. I learned magic on my own and gained strength by experiencing a lot of pain in action."

Speaking like he gave up, Adelina spins her words to nostalgic for the past.

"I've had a lot of hard work, but I've had more results than that. So I was really happy when I was selected as a candidate for court magician. Finally the hard work pays off. He said a lot of people would admit it."

"Then why did you wrongfully join in?

"No matter how much my friend Tres was a good man, neither my parents are necessarily good men. He's a good guy, and he's a dear friend. But my father sucked. I'd hate to antagonize Barnabas on my own and get rid of him because he's in the way, but there's nothing handed down to the sorcerers' association. So I relied on the Atashi I knew for a long time - no, I threatened him."

I thought I saw a general flow of stories.

It was at first that she gently hinted at the story of injustice to bring her son's friend, Adelina, to consultation, but she refused, irrespective, that she did not want to join the injustice.

Then, he said, his attitude changed.

If you don't cooperate, even if you're going to be a court magician, they threatened to get in the way of Adelina using all her life with any kind of hand.

Instead, he also said he would continue to support me as a supporter if only he could show me his hand.

"Atashi was terrified. I didn't have the power or anything at the time. All there is is is magic, nothing else. Not to mention it didn't fight the power."

"So I wronged him."

"That's right. I took care of it. But, you know, what Atashi did. Just finding the guy who's in trouble for money among the magicians' association officials, or the guy who wants a handover with nobility. The rest was set up by Count Brawell and the Guild."

It would be Count Brawell's idea that he did not want to be gripped by his weakness that he was asked for only minimal help.

I'm listening, and I can tell that Count Brawell doesn't want to be in a cooperative relationship with Adelina. I just want to stay on top. Therefore, I did not show any weakness that would be inserted later.

"Atashi didn't want to get involved. Because if I got involved, I knew I'd regret being a court magician. Even so, I regret it now. You shouldn't have listened to a man like that."

And Barnabas couldn't be a court magician.

Earl Brawell seems to be a man who executes his word, and he gave his unstinting support to Adelina, who became a court magician.

But I only got that support for a year. In the second year, he said he had made an offer to Adelina, who had established himself as a court magician, to apprentice his daughter from other nobles, and by receiving his apprenticeship he had succeeded in cutting off from Count Brawell and putting in place new noble cooperation.

"Is that all that was seven years ago?

"That's right. This is everything from seven years ago. Ah. It was refreshing when we talked. I wondered why I had to expose my past to such a petty kid, but it's nice to have been able to tell you the facts that I never told anyone. I'll thank you."

"Thank you. But why don't you tell the sorcerer's association everything? When we talk about the association, you're supposed to be sorry, too. If he was threatened..."

"It's okay."

Adelina smiled calmly, unusual as before.

"It was definitely Atashi who created the trigger. I regretted it, and I made an effort to be a good court magician until Barnabas' minute. But you're right, you drove one's life crazy, so it doesn't matter that he was threatened."

The information being passed on to the association would belong to Count Brawell. But Adelina let it go, even if the threatened facts had not been communicated. It's all because of the guilt of Barnabas' wrongdoing.

"I thought one day Barnabas would do everything to get revenge, but it took you a surprisingly long time."

"Thanks to my time, I've gained strength enough to kill Minotaur alone."

"... minotaur... you just can't win, I knew it"

Adelina seems surprised that Barnabas has gained more strength than she could have imagined, but she doesn't look pessimistic.

Never let someone who is about to fight now, the look of giving up could be felt from her.

"Hey. Maybe you're not looking to die and make amends, are you?

To Jared's inquiry, Adelina smiled powerlessly.