Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 207.2
Mikhail wasn’t being encouraged by his grandfather, and he wasn’t trying to recruit me as a fighting force or use Elena, but he was honestly asking me to be his partner as an adventurer like me.
To be honest, I was happy that he accepted me as a person. I felt that I could trust him as an individual. But… the Melrose family is the very epitome of the “aristocracy” that I have been avoiding my whole life to defy my fate.
“As you can probably tell, I’m here at the academy as Elena-sama’s bodyguard. And I think you also understand why I would partner with the princess’s maid?”
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“I understand that. But I also understand that Ervan’s condition is not good right now.”
“…Yes.”
I prompt Mikhail, who has changed direction slightly, to continue.
“I… hoped that he would wake up as a friend. I tried to talk to him many times with Rockwell, but it didn’t work. Like the Viscountess, Prince Amol, and Nathaniel, no one listened to me from the start.”
“…”
It’s not a matter of understanding. People give priority to the words of those they like, and they don’t acknowledge words that deny them because they hear those words as denial from the start. That’s why nobles need to gather a lot of information and make their own judgments.
But…people only want to hear words that sound good.
“I made my decision then and there. If Your Highness intends to stand, I will support you.”
“…as the Melrose family?”
“At the very least, the head of the house and I are in agreement.”
I see… So, as the Melrose family, they think it would be good for His Majesty if the Crown Prince were to recover, but if Elena has decided to “stand”, they will follow her decision.
I’ve thought it since the first time I met him, but he’s a man who can’t be trusted.
In short, whatever his true intentions, he has chosen me as his partner as a nobleman in deciding the future factions.
On the contrary, if that’s what he means, it’s easy to understand. Then there’s no need to hold back.
Mikhail showed a nervous expression as I pulled my hand away from him, stepped back, and gave him a faint smile for work.
“Well then, Mr. Melrose. I’m heading to the Knight’s Training Ground now, so would you mind accompanying me?”
***
The first month of winter, with the end of the year approaching. As usual, the Royal Magic Academy’s graduation party was held at the royal castle.
Only nobles of the baron or higher rank and their associates are allowed to attend the party at the royal castle, so the largest number of lower-class nobles, such as those of the viscount rank and below, are probably having a good time at the venue inside the academy without being constrained by their social status.
Of course, the lower-class nobles who have fiancées from the middle-class nobility can also enter the royal castle, but there are still only a few of them, and they are all huddled together in the corner of the venue.
