Chapter 6

At the graduation ceremony, Altwald was able to amicably break his engagement with his fiancée Cornelia and had his proposal accepted by his beloved Poala, filling him with happiness. After sharing a passionate embrace with Poala, Altwald returned to the castle with high spirits to inform Cornelia about the broken engagement.

At the graduation ceremony, he declared his passionate feelings for Poala in front of everyone, and the audience looked at him with warm eyes, listening sincerely to his words. Cornelia, his fiancée, initially looked sad but eventually accepted the broken engagement with a smile and wished him happiness with Poala. Even his estranged half-brother Elancio came up to the stage to congratulate him.

When I was young, my mother told me that it was important to express one's feelings with words. It was truly the right thing to do. In this world, there is a bad custom of expressing one's heart with a fan. My kind mother never used the fan language and always expressed even difficult things with words. It was wonderful. Some people were embarrassed when their feelings were expressed in front of others, but it was their own fault. I have never learned the evil fan language, and today's events have proven that it was the right decision.

"Father!"

I entered the study with enthusiasm. The Prime Minister, Cornelia's father Pianess Resharka, was also there. Cornelia must have arranged it.

"Father, I have decided to break my engagement with the Duchess Cornelia Resharka and become engaged to the Baroness Poala Helktra."

I conveyed my joy directly. However, the response was a heavy silence.

"Father... What do you think?"

Father still did not answer and looked at the Prime Minister.

"Lord Altwald, I have a question. I heard that you declared your feelings for Miss Helktra in front of everyone at the graduation ceremony. How did the fans of the young ladies move when they saw it?"

Fans...?

"Surely... they all opened their fans with their right hands and tilted them 45 degrees to the left... Yes, the extended right middle finger looked beautiful. Was it the fan pose for blessing?"

The Prime Minister smiled.

"It means 'What the hell are you talking about.'"

Huh?

Ignoring my confusion, the Prime Minister continued to smile and said, "Next, when my daughter accepted the broken engagement, she moved her fan like this: she closed the fan and raised her right little finger 30 degrees to the right, then placed the closed fan against her neck. Do you remember this?"

I nodded.

At this moment, I finally noticed that the Prime Minister's eyes were full of anger despite his smile. Come to think of it, I was usually called 'Your Highness,' but today he called me by my name...?

"Do you understand the meaning?"

I shook my head.

What? Did I do something wrong?

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