Chapter 57

Since then, one month has passed amidst various events.

I attended the Einhorn family's tea party, and with the help of Hilt and Hedda, we also held a tea party for the two of us, inviting Princess Einhorn, myself, and Ignatz.

A single tea party hosted by the Einhorn family wouldn't be enough to clear my reputation, so I attended several tea parties hosted by different families. I made it clear to the other attendees, the young ladies and gentlemen, that the relationship between Princess Einhorn and me wasn't as hostile as rumored, and that the princess had misunderstood the rumors spread by her former friends.

We held tea parties hosted by the three leading families and even one organized by the royal family, where I and Ignatz invited the Einhorn family, and I believe the damage to my reputation was somewhat mitigated.

After that, I started receiving invitations from various places.

I declined the invitations from the young ladies but attended those from families with connections to the Einhorn, Hunt, Eifel, and Guvich families.

Isn't it about time to stop with the tea parties?

The servants noticed that my mood worsened each time I returned from a tea party, so they quickly informed my grandfather, and the tea party circuit came to an end.

I'm sorry if it seemed like I was taking out my frustration on others.

I was trying to relieve stress by taking walks and destroying obstacles with my Valdis, but I was told by Fairvalter that it would be better to avoid destroying things. I apologize.

Even though I've been informing everyone that I will decline invitations for a while, they still keep coming, including invitations for long trips.

If they were going to allow long trips, I would go to Fullvart!

While I was fiddling with and shaking an invitation I had declined, Nebel and Ignatz were whispering to each other.

"What is my brother so angry about?"

"He's not just angry; he's taking it out on others. Prince Ignatz, you weren't there, but the princess's entourage has been bothering Prince Albert."

"The young ladies? My brother is so handsome, it's only natural, right?"

"Wow, a big brother complex."

"What?"

"No, the princess's entourage is not the young ladies but the young gentlemen. The young gentlemen who are in love with the princess are jealous of the close relationship between Prince Albert and the princess."

"Nebel, don't say unnecessary things."

You think I can't hear you, but I can. I threw the invitation I was shaking onto the table.

Today, Hilt and Hedda both have household matters to attend to, so they aren't here. Instead, Ignatz is visiting.

Ignatz's foster brother has been reassigned and is no longer by his side. Currently, a butler from the queen has been dispatched, leaving him without a personal servant.

I need to do something about this. At the very least, I want to have a servant for Ignatz before he starts attending the academy.

That's why I accepted invitations from the young gentlemen. Even though they are only ten, they are already infatuated, and it's really not a serious matter.

Nebel tried to change the subject to calm me down.

"Ultimately, is Princess Einhorn using the charm that Al mentioned?"

"Probably?"

After that, I thoroughly researched historical and magical texts in the royal castle's library. When I was invited to Hedda's tea party, I also visited the magic tower in Hunt-Eifel, where magicians studying mind control magic were based. The concept of charm doesn't exist in this world.

Mind control magic does exist.

The most prominent examples are the lures used by magical beasts for hunting. Since magical beasts don't cast spells through incantations, their magic is more like a skill.

Another type is the one I was originally interested in, which is mind control magic. This type interferes with the mind, completely taking over the target's thoughts.

There are no items or magic in this world that can increase someone's affection, as often seen in light novels based on dating games. The only methods are aphrodisiacs or drugs that enhance mental state to guide behavior.

Items or magic that can make someone like you while maintaining their thoughts don't exist in this world.

However, in historical records and stories, there are accounts of countries being destroyed by women who manipulated their rulers, not just in the Kingdom of Rave but in surrounding countries as well. This suggests that there might have been people with charm as a passive skill.

For example, in the history of my previous life, there was the famous Lady Yuhuan. In that world, the concept of skills didn't exist, but her ability to manipulate powerful figures with her beauty might have been due to a charm passive skill.

Princess Einhorn might be the same as Lady Yuhuan.

But when I first suspected that Princess Einhorn might have the charm ability, the first person I thought of wasn't Lady Yuhuan but Kaguya-hime from the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

Kaguya-hime was exiled to Earth after committing a sin on the moon. She was raised by an old man and his wife and was courted by five princes and the emperor. While the sin Kaguya-hime committed on the moon is not revealed in the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, it is often speculated that it involved romantic or marital troubles, based on her being courted by powerful figures on Earth.

To be honest, I have no interest in or desire to know about Princess Einhorn's past life or what happened to her. But if she had such elements and was reincarnated into this world, it might be a world prepared for her.

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