Chapter 69

"Even to miss that, isn't it rather the other way around that the nutrients that should have gone to your brain have all gone to your chest? Miss Shinozaki."

Lin Shinozaki is speechless after hearing Olivia's story.

Today.

It was because Makoto's expression when she deliberately fed him lunch came to mind.

That was definitely the look of someone who had fallen in love.

"......That is indeed......I did get that feeling."

Lin Shinozaki tightens her lips.

Eri Nishizawa laughs at the sight.

Eri Nishizawa fondly touches her dog collar and says,

"Well, Master is such a perfect man that he could even make Eri-ling fall in love, so maybe he even enchanted the new student of the same gender."

Eri Nishizawa says in a serious tone.

She tears open the cookie box and takes a bite.

Lin Shinozaki, hearing Eri Nishizawa's words, blushes and says,

"Regardless of anything else, I can agree that he is a perfect man. Washboard. As you say, Kim Deok-sung is......I, I am a man worthy of being a husband."

Lin Shinozaki's face quietly flushes.

Her heart beats.

"I, I fell in love with him, after all."

Lin Shinozaki mutters in a small voice.

'This is the worst.'

Lin bites her lip.

She doesn't know how she ended up liking such a terrible man.

But now that she's aware of her feelings, she doesn't want to lose to anyone.

That was Lin's wish.

She lowers her head.

Her navy blue ponytail sways as if reflecting her feelings.

At the scene of this unexpected confession of love,

There is someone who is fidgeting.

"Uuuuuu......"

A blonde girl with a smile lets out a groan.

Olivia Napoleon Bonaparte.

Her high self-esteem and tsundere personality are not yet ready to acknowledge her own feelings.

"What are you talking about right now?! What, what is so perfect about that, that space dunce?! I, I can't accept it!"

Thud.

Olivia, with her eyes tightly shut and a red face, slams her desk and shouts.

Contrary to her words, her heart is pounding as if it will burst.

"Heh, really? The princess is still as dishonest as ever. But Eri-ling still likes such a princess, even if not as much as Master."

Eri Nishizawa laughs with ease.

Though she has dedicated her body and soul to Master, her admiration for the platinum knight princess has not disappeared.

The top talent of France, the top student of Shuohou Hero Academy, the successor to the Black Prince.

Her noble blood and brilliant name, along with her dignified demeanor, are the very embodiment of the perfect heroine that Eri Nishizawa has always admired.

'The princess with a girl's face is a bit cute, isn't she?'

But Olivia, who looks like a girl in love, isn't bad either.

It's proof that Olivia is not a perfect lady but just another girl like Eri Nishizawa herself.

"I can't be a disgusting cow, but maybe the princess can share Master?"

Eri Nishizawa grins.

Olivia's face turns red at her blatant words.

Share?

What exactly is she talking about sharing?

"Wh-Who would share what with who? And I, I will never allow you, Nishizawa, or Shinozaki, to be by his side! As his exclusive maid!"

Olivia shouts.

"Princess, you have many cute sides."

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!!"

Olivia, flaring up at Eri Nishizawa's words.

Seeing this, Lin Shinozaki laughs coldly.

"Ha, that's funny. Bonaparte. If I, the daughter of Japan's top noble family and the top talent, the Whirlwind Samurai, am not good enough, what kind of woman can meet your standards?"

Lin Shinozaki's navy blue eyes turn to Olivia.

"T-That's......"

Olivia bites her lip.

"Uuuuuu......"

"Indeed, you can't say anything. Bonaparte. You really......"

"......At least, unless it's a woman as dignified, noble, capable, and aware of the responsibility of a hero, I will never let her be by his side!"

Olivia cuts in and shouts.

Her ears and neck turn red.

Her heart continues to beat as if it's broken.

"Does that mean you're the standard? Bonaparte."

Lin crushes a potato chip and retorts.

"Y-Yes! No one better than me can be by his side. Shinozaki, you're the second-best student, and you've never beaten me, and you lack femininity. Nishizawa, you're from a commoner background and lack a sense of responsibility as a hero!"

Olivia points at Lin Shinozaki and Eri Nishizawa and speaks rapidly.

Click.

She places her hand on her chest and says,

"So I can't let someone like you, a nobody, be by his side. He may be the lowest, the worst, a fool, a moron, the most useless in the universe, but......at least he's a man worthy of having me, Olivia Napoleon Bonaparte, as his exclusive maid!"

"That's ridiculous. It's a complete sophistry."

Lin Shinozaki laughs bitterly.

She knows well that the French princess is not honest.

But this is clearly a forced argument.

"Still a childish tsundere princess. A dull woman who doesn't even know her own heart."

Lin Shinozaki retorts coldly.

Olivia's eyes waver.

"What, what did you say?"

Tsundere?

What kind of ridiculous nonsense is that?

I am not a tsundere.

Olivia denies her identity and bites her lip.

Her heart, which continues to beat, is frustrating.

Seeing the flustered Olivia, Lin laughs coldly and declares,

"I'm different from you. Bonaparte. I will take love for myself."

"Y-You can't just do as you please! I, I will never allow it!! As his exclusive maid!!"

Olivia, pulling her arms and hips slightly back, shouts in response to Lin's words.

I can't accept it.

Especially, I can't tolerate Lin Shinozaki becoming his woman.

Eri Nishizawa, who has been watching the situation with amusement, smiles and throws a word at Olivia.

"Princess, if you're a princess, you're also qualified, right?"

Olivia's face heats up at her words.

"W-What, what kind of, such an, such an impure thought....... W-Well, it's true, but....... W-Why would I, why would I like such a rude and stupid man?! Not at all!!"

Olivia points at Eri Nishizawa.

"A-And I told you to stop making such nonsense! Fine. I'll acknowledge your intuition. Nishizawa. If the new student has a unique taste....... There must be a way to stop it, right?"

"I've also been feeling that the new student is vaguely dangerous recently. I never expected such a taste, but seeing how Kim Deok-sung, who was cold to me, is strangely friendly to the new student......"

Lin Shinozaki shakes her head.

I don't mind if he likes women.

But if his taste is in that direction?

I don't even want to imagine it.

Lin's body trembles.

"......Such a thing must not happen. We must stop it before he goes down the wrong path."

"Y-Yes! I, I also find it difficult if the person I serve has such a taste! I, I don't have any personal feelings for him at all!"

Olivia grumbles in agreement.

"Of course, Eri-ling is smart, so I've already thought of a plan!"

Eri Nishizawa laughs.

"What is it?"

"What, washboard?"

The two women's gazes turn to Eri Nishizawa.

"It's....... To follow the new student and Master on their mentor outing."

Eri Nishizawa laughs.

Crunch.

She chews a potato chip.

Mentor outing.

A system at Shuohou Hero Academy where the new student and their roommate explore the area around the academy.

Originally, it's meant to be a casual outing among friends, but the new student is dangerous.

Lin and Olivia think so.

"Indeed, we need to keep an eye on it."

"As his exclusive maid, I can't let him go down the wrong path!"

The two women's voices echo in the auditorium.

"Then, the princess and the cow are both in agreement, right?"

Eri Nishizawa laughs.

"Washboard. Though I don't like it, given the situation, I'll cooperate with you this one time."

"Hmph. Normally, such a silly game isn't worth participating in....... But this time, I, Olivia Napoleon Bonaparte, will specially join your childish game, so consider it an honor. Both of you. Got it?"

Eri Nishizawa, having obtained their agreement, finishes the remaining cola and puts it down.

"Good. We have an alliance."

It was the moment the heroine alliance was formed.

*

On a Saturday morning, quite some time after Makoto's transfer.

"Master. Wake up. Master."

Makoto's voice comes from far away.

"Wake up......"

Shake.

Someone grabs my arm and shakes it.

My eyes open.

"Master, you're awake!"

My blurry vision gradually clears.