Recently, it seems that the royal capital is getting noisy because of another matter that is unrelated to the Colors Collector. Because of this, my father strongly told me to move in a horse drawn carriage so I obediently headed to Ursch-kunâs workshop in a carriage.
Of course, it is headed in a direction that will pass in front of the apartment complex in which the heroine Marieta is said to live.
I looked around the front of the apartment complex and itâs surroundings through the window of the carriage, but I donât see a girl that looks like the heroine.
Well, just because I passed by doesnât mean that I can conveniently check out her appearance.
When I arrived at the workshop, Ursch-kun was preparing tea and sweets in anticipation of my arrival.
It seems that it was Paul-san who actually prepared it.
According to Paul-san, Ursch-kun was preparing tea with a beaker, so Paul-san hurriedly took over.
âBut I was really surprised that Isabella-ojousama was coming. I just finished delivering the letter, but Young Master Ursch says, âI think Isabella will be coming soon,â so. . . I prepared tea half doubtful. . . well. . . you really came.â
Paul-san smiles bitterly and looks at Ursch-kun.
Ursch-kun, who is being watched, says with a straight face,
âI thought Isabella wouldnât be able to sit still after reading that report.â
He pointed it out.
I see, Ursch-kun knows all my actions.
I wonder if itâs that simple.
Itâs a little messed up.
From this point on, itâs a âsecret meetingâ between me and Ursch-kun, so I had Paul-san leave for now.
âWell, I will tell you my hope first. If possible, I want Isabella not to contact the heroine, Marieta-san.â
âI see. Can I ask why?â
âAt the moment, we are certain that Marieta-san is not a reincarnation. But like Isabella, one day, the memory of her previous life may come back.â
I understand that.
Even the reincarnation I read about in my previous life had a lot of developments like remembering the past life just before entering the academy.
âBut I was reincarnated because of a proper cause, right? So, if the heroine becomes a reincarnation at some point in the future, what is the cause?â
âI donât know. Itâs not necessarily a reincarnation, but thereâs a possibility of something else. . . â
I donât know what this other âsomethingâ is. . . Iâm more scared than if she was reincarnated because I donât know what it is.
âBecause. . . that man aimed at Isabella and interfered with her previous life, so itâs still good that there is a game where information about Isabella comes out because of that, isnât it? But why is Marieta-san the heroine? I donât think itâs good.â
Thatâs true. Moreover, even though I quickly left in Ver1, the story itself continues until Ver3.
Marieta-san is the main character.
âA game that Isabella said she saw in her previous life. If you think about it carefully, I think various elements are complicatedly combined. Iâm starting to think itâs not just the manâs interference.â
Whatâs that? Scary.
Itâs complicated at the moment and I already donât understand it well, but itâs getting even more complicated.
âWhat exactly is this other factor?â
âAs expected, I donât know that much. I donât have any hints. As for Isabella, I understood it because I was given the information, but if it hadnât been for that, I wouldnât have understood anything at all.â
I see, even Ursch-kun doesnât understand.
Iâm afraid that âEven Ursch-kun doesnât understandâ because I donât know anything more.
I thought a while ago that I donât need to worry so much about the otome game scenario, but do you feel like I actually need to strengthen my vigilance?
âThatâs what Iâm thinking. Iâm also considering having Viscount Hillsonâs daughters go to the Kingdom of Diana.â
I see.. You are going to have Viscount Hillsonâs daughters go to the Kingdom of Diana.
â. . . No, why?â
Ursch-kun. I donât understand the flow of this conversation at all.
I donât think anyone would understand, even if itâs not me.
âFirst of all, itâs a viscount family, but he doesnât have any money because of the former viscountâs spending habit, so heâs making ends meet while getting help from his current wifeâs parentsâ house. . . â
âThe viscount, who is in a position to require support, is helping the heroineâs mother. If I was his wife, I would hit the viscount with an ashtray. A heavy glass one.â
Even if itâs a political marriage, the viscount decided to support his mistress while getting help from his wifeâs parentsâ house.
âIsabella is overkill with your bare hands even if you donât use an ashtray. Well, Iâm not interested in anyone other than Isabella, so I wonât cheat in the first place.â
If Iâm dealing with Ursch-kun, I might not even be able to slap, let alone use an ashtray, but Iâll shut up.
âSo back to the story, the viscountâs wife doesnât have the kind of personality to get angry about it.â
âHmm? Isnât she angry? I thought the wife was furious and bullying the heroine and her mother with her daughters. . . â
âIf anything, the viscountess seems to be the type to live in tears because she is timid. Sheâs shocked and seems to be staying in bed all the time. So the daughters of the viscount family seem to think that if the heroine and her mother are gone, the viscountess will return to being their former healthy mother. Actually, itâs not that easy. Well, itâs what children think.â
Ursch-kun, youâre a child too!!
The viscountâs oldest daughter is one year older than us!!
âBut after hearing that, itâs not good to unilaterally blame the viscountâs daughters for bullying the heroine and her mother. Theyâre just trying to protect their motherâs heart by doing it, arenât they?â
There are just as many forms of justice as there are people. They are acting for their justice. Even if the method is by no means positive.
âThatâs right. And the heroine knows that too, so she seems to be silently enduring the bullying.â
Is that so, heroine. . .
What should I do, this is. . .
Who should I blame. . . Well, the viscount is Guilty guilty.
After that, the heroineâs mother. . . I donât know what to do if I donât ask about the situation after that.
From the standpoint of aristocrats and commoners, there may be circumstances that nothing could be done about. You canât judge unless you know the details.
âSo, the merchant house, which is the viscountessâs parentâs house, is under the umbrella of our company, but I checked to make sure that her parents know the facts that I looked up this time. Apparently, the viscountess hid it so as not to worry her parentsâ house, and they didnât know about it. âItâs a political marriage I agreed to in order to connect with nobles, but I canât help even my son-in-lawâs mistress!! Itâs just a government-ranking court noblemanâs habit of licking and rotting!!â The viscountessâ s father is already angry. Ahahaha~.â
Ursch-kun, it looks like youâre having fun.
This is the first time Iâve seen you laugh while talking.
Iâm glad youâre having fun, Ursch-kun.
âSo, the viscountessâs parentsâ house is a long-established wholesaler that deals with medical herbs and medicine materials. It seems like the viscountessâs childhood friend works for a trading company specializing in medical herbs in the Kingdom of Diana. It also appears that he had a crush on the viscountess, and he is still alone because he canât give up. The reason he works for the trading company is because he was aiming to get a chance to be recognized by the viscountessâs parentsâ house someday and be reunited with the viscountess. Thatâs why I thought Iâd get the viscountess to divorce the viscount and marry her childhood friend.â
I wonder what it is. . .
Itâs a story about a single-minded man who canât give up on his childhood friend who was taken by a nobleman, but because of Ursch-kunâs way of speaking, it only sounds like he is a dangerous man.
Itâs probably because of the way Ursch-kun said it.
Also, the viscountessâs opinion is not taken into account in this plan.
Even so, the Kingdom of Diana. . .
Itâs the country that my sister married into.
The Kingdom of Diana is a neighboring country located to the north of the Kingdom of Roserial.
If the Kingdom of Roserial is focusing on nurturing âmagiciansâ, the Kingdom of Diana is focusing on the development of medical personnel such as âDoctorsâ, âHealersâ, and âPharmacistsâ.
Originally, it is a place where things that can be used as materials for medical herbs and medicines are often taken, and the main diplomacy is to export such materials and dispatch medical personnel.
âIf the viscountess and her daughters can be happy, thatâs fine. . . what are you going to do after that? Are the heroine and her mother going to enter the viscount family?â
To my question, Ursch-kun grins.
âThe viscountess and her daughters will be happy this way. Rather, if they donât leave Hillsonâs house soon, theyâll be unhappy. Also, the heroine and her mother will never enter the viscount family. Because from now on, a fact that will make the heroineâs mother furious will be discovered.â
âEh. . . What? Iâm afraid to ask, but. . . I will just in case. Why?â
Ursch-kun got up from the chair, took some documents out of the work desk drawer, and brought them to me.
When I received the documents and asked Ursch-kun about them with my eyes, he just pointed to the documents with a dark smile.
âThe answer is written there. I want you to read it.â
Ursch-kun told me to look over the report.
As I read it, I could feel the blood draining from my whole body.
In the back of my ears, I can hear my heart beating. . .
âIs this true?â
âIâve confirmed it many times, and I have a lot of evidence.â
Ursch-kun, who answered confidently, is convinced that the content of this report is true.
âThe identity of the Colors Collector, the mastermind behind Geese-samaâs kidnapping, is Viscount Hillson.â
Thatâs why the Colors Collector stubbornly didnât take off the pigâs head until the end in the game and didnât show his true face to the heroine.
And even after being defeated, it ends without revealing his true identity. . .
Because he is the heroineâs father.
This is the first series I am translating so please forgive me for any mistakes. I picked this up because I wanted to read what came next and thought others might too. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for reading!