We see these room names while checking our path. The names seem ordinary but since magic is involved in the lessons it is actually not as ordinary as it sounds.
About halfway through our exploration, I checked the time and it seems we still have some time left to spare before school is overâŠâŠat that moment I suddenly remembered why I was planning to meet up with Keito.
ăSpeaking of which, how was your class?ă
ăâŠâŠIsnât the question rather late?ă
ăI didnât hear anything about it thoughă
I was thinking of asking him as soon as we met in the dining hall, but I ended up completely forgetting about it after the appearance of the new character Sashia and the surprise from Greas-sensei.
After our entrance, I was worried about Keito who enrolled at the last minute and how he was adjustingâŠâŠespicially since Keitoâs grade also had many unsettling elements to it. Ah, but mostly all because of a certain person. Because he and the prince are childhood friends I donât want to become too involved with them.
Well the reason is also because I am taking precautions against his overly attaching âloveâ but at the same time I just donât want to actively associate with him either.
ăNothingâŠâŠnothing in particular happened. I introduced myself normally, answered some questions and that was allă
ăDid you make any friends?ă
ăI cannot make any right away on the first day with my personalityă
Please donât say that yourselfâŠâŠwas what I wanted to say, but if I handled this poorly it would just come back to bite me.
ăHow about talking with the person sitting next to you?ă
As expected, in this sort of situation the person sitting next to him would be the one most likely to become his friend.
Though in my case I couldnât bring myself to do so since I was sitting next to Sashia. Sashia himself would probably try to befriend me but I would like to refrain. Because I am afraid of accidentally raising a flag after all.
ăOh, the person sitting next to me is the prince actually so I canât really speak to him all causallyă
ăWh-âŠâŠ!!ă
A bomb was just tossed forth without any hesitation. Because I wasnât prepared for it I ended up stumbling a bit.
Keito-san, did you just say the prince?
Eh, he probably meant prince as in an incredibly handsome ikeman who was worthy of being called that right? He couldnât possibly mean a real-life prince like the one where it could written down as an occupation right? Iâm begging you please donât make me face such a reality!
But it seems my wish wasnât conveyed telepathically over to Keito.
ăI think it was Prince Runa? Heâs quite amazing and really gives off the impression of a princeă
ăâŠâŠYes, I know thată
I met him, I talked to him, I was even selected as his fiancee candidate. I believed I was smoothly removed from the fiancee candidate selection because I hadnât been contacted since then.
Rather, Keito even you too?
Not only me but even my childhood friend is involved with this next door neighbor capture target-san.
I even got him involved during the time with NielâŠâŠno, even during the time with Greas-sensei. Keito also knows about Tuvalu but thatâs only because I complained about him to Keito.
Hm? Isnât he rather involved then? Though itâs mainly all due to me.
ăRather than me what about Maria?ă
ăEh?ă
ăYou also need to make some friendsă
ăâŠâŠă
This guy is really direct isnât he? If he wasnât my childhood friend I wouldâve made him suffer a great pain by dealing a clean hit right to him.
But because Iâve known him for a long time, I understand that he is just genuinely worried about me.
ăI am a male and I am fine with it since thatâs just how I am, but Maria cannot do thată
ăIâm really glad that you actually understand meâŠâŠă
Both Keito and I arenât frantic about making friends because of our personalities.
Close and deep is our ideal, we are satisfied with having just a few close friends. Even during the time with Niel, I had helped him since I was asked but we also became friends because we liked each other. Otherwise I wouldnât have continued holding tea parties even after his reclusive state had improved. Heâs a capture target after all, it wouldâve been a hassle.
But unlike Keito I cannot just stay alone all by myself just because something is troublesome.
The difference between Keito and IâŠ..put briefly is our social status.
Unlike Keito who is a commoner, a noble like myself is required to have the ability to communicate. Especially since Iâm a female along with being a nobleâs daughter, the process of socializing is also an important element.
Thus being all alone by myself in middle schoolâŠ..is a bit of a problem.
ăBefore worrying about others worry about yourself firstă
ăYesâŠâŠă
ăIâll listen if you have anything you want to talk aboutăhe couldâve been trying to comfort meâŠâŠbut in the meantime we finished our exploration and headed back to the dormitories side by side.