Chapter 2

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The Crown Prince and his party

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The entourage of Crown Prince Fritz is looking down at me with the eyes of a judge seeing a sinner to be condemned.

They went to the fountain and came back to the crown prince side in an elegant manner, as if this was in front of the king.

The shock of the abandonment of the engagement and the subsequent confusion with the memories of Jiro, occupied all my mind.

It should have been wise to avoid showing an ugly appearance, as I'm a duke's daughter.

First of all, I decided to get rid of the water that I'm currently drenched in.

My whole body was wrapped in warm air and the water evaporated.

I think I now remember how I longed in those memories, to have power such as those from fantasy stories.

How I longed for mysterious and cheat-like abilities.

What I used now is an application of that fantasy power from tales. It's a fairly advanced technique.

The students around me gaze at me, surprised at my advanced level at it.

It was was successful, but there is one thing to worry about.

I feel that my ability is much better than usual.

Is it the effect of regaining those memories?

Let's examine it in detail later.

The skirt of the uniform spreads softly over my knees as I comb my completely dry hair.

My body was dry and I was now an elegant looking lady. Impressive. What a wonderful thing.

I stretched my back and faced Fritz and others.

"Please tell me, Your Highness. Do you really mean it when you said to break our engagement?"

"Of course, because a vicious woman like you can't be the princess of this country."

Fritz bitterly insulted me.

"Why do you conclude that I am evil?"

"Are you out of your mind? You can't say you've forgotten your treatment of Smear, right?"

"Treatment? Is it a matter of my caution towards lady Smear that was improperly conducting herself while being extremely close to His Royal Highness?"

False charges are also a great tool of defense for dirty nobles.

Smear has repeatedly stumbled upon Fritz, who has a fiancee.

Aside from that, crossing arms in front of the public and having a dinner alone were insane behaviors that could not be done in an aristocratic society. But she did, and with the crown prince no less, who already has a fiancee.

"As an aristocrat in this country, I'm only conducting myself following the established norms of conduct of the noble society in a straightforward manner. Didn't Smear not know that His Highness had a fiancee?"

"I knew, but I didn't know that I would be accused of approaching His Imperial Highness ........."

Her face turned blue and she began to quiver.

Her appearance, which shows a defenseless posture while crying, is like a small animal, and seems to be the weakness of the crown prince and others, as their protective instinct was turned on.

"It's an overstatement, Leticia. Smear grew up surrounded by commoners. How can you expect her to know the sense and rules of the aristocratic society?"

"No matter how she grew up, Smear is now a member of the aristocratic society, and I have repeatedly pointed out to Smear that she should be courteous. So there's no reason for her to not know. "

"Are you willing to pin all the fault on Smear, who was suddenly taken out of her family and environment and brought by force to the aristocratic society?"

"I have respected Smear's choices. Isn't it part of Smear's choices when she came to this school by calling herself the Baron's daughter?"

I was taught both in the past and in the present that choices come with responsibility.

Even if Smear's history is special, that alone should not mean that there was no disrespect in her actions.

Smear is baron's daughter, but she is not the daughter of the legal wife but that of a concubine.

I heard that she was taken in by her father when she was 13, before then, she had lived with her mother in the royal capital among the commoners.

There is a reason why the baron's daughter, who is a lower rank among the aristocrats, and the child of a concubine at that were able to enroll in this prestigious academy.

"His Highness Fritz, Leticia is jealous."

From behind Fritz, a man with black hair and glasses came forward.

Ileus, the third son of the current Chancellor.

"Leticia-sama was so proud of herself that she dared to show off her ability now... she's extremely arrogant."

... How can such stupid argument come from a supposed genius.

My ability is useful because it has many applications.

To save fuel by drying and warming my body, boiling pots, and roasting meat ...

Perhaps because those memories revived, it seemed that my thoughts were now abundant and rich of experience.

I'm the Duke's daughter.

In front of me is Ileus, with his glasses shining insidiously.

For the time being, I will keep the impression that my ability is profitable.

The insidious glasses continue to flutter his theory.

"On the other hand, Smear is a user of light, which is extremely rare and precious. Moreover, her capacity is high, and she's so kind that she's called the saint of this country. Don't you think it's a noble ambition to want to devote her talent to the royalty of this country and to serve this country with them? "

"I don't think we should confuse the purity of our ambitions with the consequences of our acts."

"For you only the results matter not? Such an ugly heart is that of the Duke's daughter."

"Ugly? Don't you think you're using a lot of words just to quarrel over something that has no excuses... on Smear's side? I think all the attention I gave her was legitimate, right?"

"that is..."

Insidious glasses keeps silence.

For the time being, he is a talented person who has achieved excellent grades in classroom lectures.

He seemed to understand inwardly that it didn't make sense to defend Smear.

"Hey, this sounds like a mess, but Leticia, after all, she's a precious light user, and you're just jealous not? Also, she is loved by His Majesty, so it's no wonder."

It was Dustin, the muscle-brain son of the knight captain, who interrupted.

"I heard that the jealousy of a woman is scary, but it seems that it was true? There is a certain amount of cowardice to oppress Smear with the status of the Duke's family as a shield."

Dustin spread his arms as if to protect Smear.

"Thank you, Mr. Dustin ..."

"Such cheap man !!"

Leticia sighed inwardly at Dustin, whose face turned red and turned away from Smear.

Dustin, how could you... hug Smear!

Apparently, not only the Crown Prince but also Dustin fell in love with Smear.

Dustin is the duke's son, but he has no sisters and is the third son of four brothers.

His father, who is the leader of the knights, made his sons devoted to the practice of the sword from an early age.

The result was a muscular boy who had excellent swordsmanship but had no experience with women of his age.

I remembered from those memories, when an athletic boy who devoted his youth to sports at a boys' school was attached honestly naively to an evil girl at university.

"Hey, Leticia. Do you have anything to say? Have you finally come up with an idea to defend yourself?"

"I'm not going to talk to someone who isn't polite."

Both the muscular boy and I are from a Duke's family.

It wasn't a close relationship, and it wasn't that there was no relationship.

"Oh, this rude girl!"

"It's not just politeness. No one has apologized to me for pushing me into the fountain."

"That's Leticia ......... because you bullied Smear"

"I didn't raise a hand, I just approached her? On the other hand, you pushed me into the fountain without asking questions, right?"

"If I didn't do that, I couldn't protect Smear"

"Is your body for decoration? If you grab my shoulders with your thick arms, you shouldn't have to push me all the way into the fountain, and it should be enough to stop me?"

"And did you apologize? So, you can push Smear down the stairs but others can't get some drops of water on you?"

"What's that?"

I was yelled at, but for something I didn't remember doing at all.

"It's a false accusation. Is there any evidence?"

"Smear was pushed from her back ..."

"Is that all? If you feel like it, you can do it yourself and pretend to have fallen down the stairs."

"Close your mouth."

The cold Fritz's voice hit my eardrum.

His eyes are full of hatred and contempt, and my chest hurts.

The engagement with Fritz was made by political circumstances when we were twelve years old.

But whatever the cause, he was meant to be my lifelong companion.

Even if we were not in love with each other, I wished to be close to him as a person ... I thought so, and I was trying for years to find his good points and like him.

At the point of making an effort.

But now I think that we might not have been fundamentally compatible in the first place.

But it's too late now, and it's all over.

My feelings of wanting the best for him were answered with a brutal betrayal and hatred without motive, and Fritz was now.... being a jerk.