I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

57 – Pre-Break Prom – 3

No matter how you think about it, it was strange.

“Why did you do that?”

“Well?”

The families of the young ladies facing Reina.

Marquis family.

A Celtic Marquis.

The Countess of Tenen.

These three families clearly had something in common.

The first is that they belong to the same faction.

Secondly, it occupies an important position in the faction.

And the third most important.

That faction was independent from the faction of the 2nd Duke of Axus and Rogelia, which had been going on since the ancestors.

I didn’t mean a bad thing to say that I was independent.

It’s just that factions have grown so large that they’ve been split up to make them easier to manage.

It is true that the greater the faction’s power, the better, but the story changes when it becomes too large to hold in your hands.

Of course, there are problems with management.

The faction led by those three families became independent from the existing two ducal families to prevent that.

To put it simply, does it feel like a branch?

In peacetime, the 2nd Duke’s family does not interfere with their factions.

Only results are delivered.

But when something important happens, the will of Axus and Rogelia becomes more important than anything else.

Well, let’s put aside the explanation about factions here.

The bottom line is that the three families don’t have to bother Reina.

Of course, you can’t look down completely from this side, and it’s certain that he’s an opponent you can’t easily deal with.

In the end, if both sides are sincere, it will naturally become a battle that Reina, the eldest daughter of Rogelia, the 2nd duke, has no choice but to win.

Among the numerous dukes, why bother calling Axus and Roselia the second duke?

It’s because they have that much history, honor, and power.

“Aren’t you going to tell me why?”

“I think Reina-sama, who is brilliant, will be able to figure it out, right?”

Jane Marcy, the daughter of the Marquis Marquis, stood in the middle and said with a sneer.

Why did they tear Sophia’s dress?

As a result, the same faction.

Among them, what is the reason that stimulates Reina, who stands at the top?

I couldn’t figure it out.

“By the way, is Reina-sama, who was called the Ice Princess, reprimanding us like this because a commoner’s dress was torn? Oh my, oh my.”

At those words, the four young ladies except Reina covered their mouths and laughed.

Anyone could see that there was ridicule mixed in.

“….”

It’s similar to the original, but it was difficult for me to step out because the situation was obviously different.

In the first place, I don’t think it will change if I step out in this situation.

“Miss Jane. Miss Tia. Miss Sarah. Miss Sasha. Let me ask you one last time. Why did you do that?”

When Reina spoke again, her voice was cold enough to inadvertently swallow her breath.

“I already roughly guessed the reason. But I am asking this to give you a chance to admit your wrongdoing and apologize to Miss Sophia.”

“Well, why do we have to bow our heads to that commoner….”

“Weren’t you that upset that I turned down all of your tea party invitations recently?”

Huh?

“I would have said that at the time. I have a prior agreement with Miss Sophia, so I can’t help it. If you invite me again next time, I would have said that I would be grateful.”

A tea party? Invite?

What are you talking about?

“That, that is the problem!”

As if hit hard by Reina’s words, Tia, the daughter of the Celt Marquess, shouted.

“No matter how much you promise, that special student is a commoner! Isn’t it natural that the invitation with us comes first?”

And then the daughters of Count Tenen, Sarah and Sasha, also opened their mouths.

“Right. I know you’ve recently created a faction centered on His Highness the Crown Prince. However, we don’t know why that special student gets into it, or why Reina-sama favors her like this.”

“I can’t understand that a special student who has known a commoner for less than half a year is prioritized over us.”

Ah. Does that mean they are jealous of Sophia?

They didn’t like the fact that they prioritized their promise to Sofia over the invitation to their tea party, which they had known for a long time.

Certainly rumors spread for a while that Reina and I were forming a new faction centered on the crown prince.

Then it was understandable that they were getting anxious.

Even more so if Raina refused the invitation to the tea party because of her prior commitment.

They must be thinking that they should continue the family relationship that has been passed down from their ancestors.

But rumors spread that Reina is forming a new faction.

What if she gets into family ears?

I could see that it wasn’t a good result without even imagining it.

But what if they are misunderstanding something?

The relationship between Reina and Sofia is not a clique, but a simple friendship.

“… Sorry.”

Seeing Reina suddenly lowering her head and apologizing, her young ladies were startled.

Of course, I was also hiding behind the wall.

“I know where you stand. But Miss Sophia and I. No, I and everyone, including Your Highness, do not intend to form another faction.”

Reina kept her head down as she continued her speech in a calm voice.

“Because I simply enjoy being together. We are just living as friends.”

So, and Reyna had her say.

“I want you to apologize to my friend Sophia.”

It was Reina who was obviously bowing her head and apologizing.

But I could tell for sure.

The fact that Raina is genuinely angry.

★

“Well then, I will invite Miss Sophia to the tea party next time.”

Miss Jane said that with an awkward smile.

I did not forget to tell them what to do first.

“First, after apologizing to Miss Sophia with me.”

They slowly but surely nodded and left.

“Ha ha.”

Fatigue permeates the whole body.

But did you somehow solve it?

“Ike, are you watching?”

Once I called the owner of the gaze that I kept feeling.

“Did you know?”

He walked out from behind the wall scratching his head.

“I could feel the gaze.”

I gently leaned my back against the wall.

If anyone else had seen it, they would have frowned at it, saying it wasn’t good manners, but Ike leaned back together without saying a word.

“Did I solve it well?”

No matter what the excuse, it is true that they ripped Miss Sophia’s dress with malice.

I don’t even know if I’m truly reflecting.

Wouldn’t it be better for Miss Sophia to not know who she was with that malice?

I thought so.

“I don’t know about that.”

Ike opened his mouth with a blunt expression, perhaps not knowing my worries.

Suddenly, I remembered the advice he gave me a few years ago.

The story told me to speak a little brighter and softer.

Do you really know?

Even if you, who is normally blunt and cold, doesn’t have much persuasion.

“Still, I think it was cool that you lowered your head for your friend.”

But when I see you smiling with the corners of your mouth raised like this every now and then, I was able to smile too.

“Then you’re lucky!”

I was able to smile openly like this.

“Okay, shall we go back now?”

“To where?”

“The main banquet hall, of course.”

The clock pointed to 8:00.

It wouldn’t be a good idea to stand still here.

“Is it okay if I ask for an escort, Prince Ike?”

At my question, Ike’s eyes widened in surprise.

Then he held out his hand, slowly blushing.

“… If you’re okay with me.”

I took Ike’s hand slowly and gently.

His hands were hard with calluses everywhere, but I felt warm nonetheless.

★

“Are you here?”

When we returned to the main building of the banquet hall with Reina, the prince who was having a drink greeted us.

“What about Atal?”

“I went to take a break because I was tired.”

Okay.

It’s not usually difficult to talk to that many people.

On the contrary, the prince who was drinking as if nothing was wrong was strange.

“Why is Your Highness here?”

Reina took the place of the question I was about to ask.

It was already widely known that the crown prince was not a partner with Reina.

In that case, the other ladies surely wouldn’t have stayed still.

However, the prince replied with a smile as if nothing had happened.

“Because there is someone waiting for you.”

I thought it meant her fiancée, Raina, but the shake in my eyes didn’t seem like it.

“So you guys can enjoy yourself first.”

“… I don’t have a partner. I had no intention of dancing today.”

“What are you talking about? I have such a precious escort partner.”

The prince’s finger was pointing at Reina.

Come to think of it, I was still holding Reina and her hand.

“Oh, no. It’s not like that….”

“Ike. Are you going to embarrass her lady?”

But the prince did not give me a chance to step back.

Damn it.

I slowly turned my gaze to Reina, and she was looking up at me without saying a word.

With cold eyes that show no emotion whatsoever.

But that certainly didn’t mean Reina was emotionless.

She was obviously demanding of me.

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Previously, she was the first to open her mouth, so this time she was telling me to reach out to her first.

“Ha ha.”

At the predicament, I sighed.

And then slowly opened his mouth.

“Miss Reina. Would I be honored to dance with you?”

“Please take good care of me, Prince Ike.”

Only then did Raina open her mouth, gently raising the corner of her mouth.

Really. Why did this happen?

“You’ve improved a lot, Ike.”

A soft melody resonates throughout the venue.

Reina and I took our steps slowly.

“Because I kept practicing.”

After Heros’ dance competition, I danced with Reina like now.

After that, of course, I had to go to the prom.

As the second son of the Duke of Axus.

And to hear from Reina.

Well, I’ve never achieved the second goal.

Anyway, isn’t it said that humans are creatures of adaptation?

I had to attend a dance, but I couldn’t completely give up dancing.

“Still, I am still immature.”

“Look at this much.”

“Yes.”

After those words, we continued dancing.

Sometimes slowly.

Sometimes flashy.

Of course, I knew for sure that Reina was thoroughly adjusting to my level.

The song was already passing the middle.

That moment.

“Miss Helen of Count Oberon and a nobleman are entering!”

Hearing those words, I turned my gaze toward the hall for a moment.

Helen and Sophia were entering the main building together.

Sofia was still wearing the dress Raina had given her.

Fortunately, there seemed to be no other problems.

“… Ike. I have a partner dancing with me, can’t I turn my attention to another woman?”

The moment you try to be relieved by that fact.

I heard Reina’s cold voice.

“Huh?”

Reina suddenly stretched out her arm.

Now I could clearly see my will not to move as I lead.

At that moment, the initiative completely passed to Reina, as anyone could tell.

I couldn’t help it because her dancing skills were clearly inferior to Reina’s.

“Wait, Raina. When other people see….”

Dance is usually the role of men leading women.

If it is the other way around, it will definitely stand out.

Now, as other students around us are looking at us.

“Huh.”

There’s no way Reina wouldn’t know that.

In Heros, even when I was inexperienced in dancing, she was the one who led that part with her own mind.

But Reina didn’t listen to me at all and led her dance wildly.

Until the end of the song.

Continued with a cold expression.

What was it that made Reina so angry?

I couldn’t figure it out.