Read Novel Full Volume 5 Chapter 217, Love Interests At That Time_ 3 (Seaweed)
Volume 5 Chapter 217, Love Interests At That Time_ 3 (Seaweed)
Translator: Nonon
Proofreader: Silavin
POV: Ash
“Or what, are you saying that you prioritize friendship, or that you worship virgins or something? She’s so pure, you hesitate to even defile her, so you’re stopping yourselves?”
After Lady Scarlet found out that Mary wasn’t dating any of us, she asked why things had turned out this way.
She was probably asking out of pure curiosity, but she also seemed worried that there might have been some kind of a problem.
It’s true that from the perspective of an outsider like Lady Scarlet, who not only hasn’t been in the kingdom for a while, but hasn’t seen Mary in person either, ‘useless losers’ she called us earlier would be the most appropriate descriptor. I also think if we looked at the results alone, it wouldn’t be strange to be evaluated that way.
“You’re wrong, Your Highness Scarlet. The reason why we are all single is that…”
“Yes?”
“It’s because Mary is so wonderful.”
“… Huh?”
However, if we couldn’t refute that we were useless losers, we thought we could just talk about how wonderful Mary was. Yes, the fact that we are not able to date Mary is a coincidence and an inevitable event, because she’s such a wonderful person.
“What are you guys talking about?”
For a moment, I wondered how to put into words that presence and charm that you can only understand by meeting her in person, but as I talked about Mary’s good points, such trivial matters disappeared, and before I knew it, I was telling Lady Scarlet how wonderful Mary was.
“—And that’s why we’ve wanted to date her all this time.”
“We have appealed ourselves, and we’re confident that she likes us to some extent.”
“But in front of Ma—- in front of her, we are intoxicated by her wonderfulness…Ma’am.”
“Our thoughts and actions always take the future into consideration. Have you come to understand the principle behind our current situation?”
“Y-yeah, I understand that you guys love Mary Sue. I had many things to say, but seeing your enthusiasm blew it all away.”
It seems like our feelings were conveyed.
I feel like she’s a little put off, or even disgusted, but that can’t be helped, so I just have to accept it. That’s what love is… Hmm, what is this feeling? It’s like I’ve become the same as the people who’ve started to give me headaches lately… Is it just my imagination? It must be. I’ll just think of it that way.
“Mary Sue seems like a tough nut to crack. Well, you guys should understand your positions a little.”
“Our positions? As expected, it’s—“
“Exactly. Even if Violet was the cause, the fact remains that you guys fought over Mary in a duel, and whether she’s taken by another man or ends up with anybody from this group, it will surely affect your future… she’s not the kind of a woman to cheat, is she?”
“”Of course not!””
“…You guys are really into this Mary Sue. It makes me want to meet her too.”
Overwhelmed by our enthusiasm, Lady Scarlet’s smile, which she had been wearing until just a moment ago, was replaced by an expression that could be interpreted as either exasperation or curiosity. The smile that had me, Vermillion and Char on guard had disappeared, so did that mean she no longer had plans to give us a lecture? Why?
“Of course. You will meet her someday, Scarlet. Yes, I will introduce you to her as her Sister-in-law, so please look forward to it.”
“Hey, Vermillion, I can’t ignore that. Ma—she’s the woman who will become the Wife of the Knight Commander in my Family.”
“Haha, that’s funny. Mary will be welcomed into the Austin Family, so the future you guys envision won’t exist.”
“Ms. Mary won’t be able to relax with you all. The happiest thing for her would be to marry into the Forsyth Family, who have contributed greatly to the development of all areas of magic.”
“”…””
We glared at each other.
If we were at the academy and not at a party, we would have immediately gone to the arena to settle this once and for all.
“Uh, yeah, yeah. I get it already. Calm down, you all.”
“Scarlet, this is a fight I can’t give up on. Even if it’s my Older Sister who stands in my way—“
“I get it, so do that kind of thing in front of Mary Sue. Would she be happy if you did whatever you wanted when she’s not here?”
“… You might be right.”
The atmosphere was on the verge of exploding, but Lady Scarlet’s words made us stop glaring at each other.
Certainly, there was no point in arguing here. I love Mary so much that I lost my composure, but I had to calm down.
“Haa… oh, right. Where is Violet right now?”
I don’t know if she was trying to change the subject, but seeing that we had calmed down, Lady Scarlet let out a small sigh, and then suddenly asked as if she had just thought of it.
“Why do you care about where she is?”
“Well, I didn’t really like her, but I didn’t dislike her enough to want her to be treated poorly. I was just wondering how she was being treated… she’s from the Valentine Family, after all, so I was curious.”
“… I see. It makes sense why it would bother you.”
The way she emphasized ‘the’ valentine Family, clearly indicated that she didn’t like them.
Vermillion was wondering what to do, so I tried to speak for him, but he stopped me with his hand, and I decided not to say anything.
“Violet is now married to a Baron named Heartfield.”
“… Heartfield? Don’t tell me…”
“Yes… I am sure you have heard of that name. Violet has become the Wife of the man, who was involved with Carmine’s duel during his first year at the academy.”
Lady Scarlet is two years older than Baron Clo Heartfield, so they must have attended the academy at the same time.
I’ve heard that not so many people watched the match that caused a gag order to be issued on Clo Heartfield, due to the time of the day and it overlapping with other events at the school festival, but it’s possibly that she saw the match personally, and even if she didn’t, he’s somebody who attempted to kill her Younger Brother, Lord Carmine.
Therefore, it wouldn’t be strange for her to know his name at least…
“… She married Clo? Really?”
However, Lady Scarlet’s reaction was different from what we expected.
Not only did she call him ‘Clo’ with familiarity, her mouth was also slightly agape in surprise.
I don’t know why Baron Heartfield did such a thing, but I was under the assumption that since Clo Heartfield himself had hurt her blood-related Little Brother, she would not have a very good impression of him…
“Yes. It’s Clo Heartfield…”
“I see, Clo and Violet did… I see…”
“…. Scarlet, do you know Baron Heartfield…other than by his name?”
“Yeah, I know him. I didn’t talk much with him back when we were students, but he was my Junior. Besides…”
“Besides?”
Lady Scarlet stopped speaking and put her hand to her chin, taking a thinking posture.
As we were still puzzled and waited for Lady Scarlet to continue, she added more with a thoughtful look on her face.
“He was my first partner.”
She muttered a statement akin to a bombshell.
Author’s note:
Scarlet’s original plan was to confront her Brother and his friends and lecture them about their current position and future, but seeing them speak passionately about Mary, she thought, “Oh, there’s no point in saying anything.”
Subtitle
“Probably meant in a different way.”