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On the day of the party, which was to be held under the name of “a place for exchange between the nobility and the common people,” Charlotte san and I arrived at the large building where the party was to be held by horse-drawn carriage.
“The place is much bigger than I expected, isn’t it?”
“Yes, the party seems to be hosted by an aristocrat of the marquise family, so I guess it must be this big to be respectable.”
While I was heading to the main venue, I was a little concerned about something, so I decided to mention it.
“Anyway, this building has a lot of rooms. Just walking down this hallway, it feels like there’s a room every five steps.”
“Ah, that’s ────.”
As Charlotte san was about to explain this to me, we were about to turn the corner toward the main hall when we heard a man’s voice and a woman’s conversing voice coming from the turn in the opposite direction of that turn.
“Countess, would you be so kind as to keep me company tonight?”
“Hmm? You are, …… Ah, you’re the daughter of a viscount, are you dancing at a party?”
“No, I’m …… your evening partner.”
“Hmm…The purpose of this party is to briefly say hello to Charlotte Anastasia, who is said to have the greatest talent in the history of the Anastasia family, but I also want to thank you for your family’s occupation. I’m interested… let’s talk about that as well.”
“Well, thank you very much.”
With this conversation came the sound of a door closing.
“Charlotte san, that ……?”
“Well, in the aristocratic world, it’s a common occurrence, especially at parties like this, where you can get to know people you wouldn’t normally get to know, so many people try the quickest way to have a relationship, and if the room isn’t soundproofed, you’re going to hear moaning and groaning all the time in this building alone.”
When I only had my memories as a Feal, I never questioned anything in particular about such things, and I thought such things were normal adult communication, but for me, with my memories of my previous life back, it’s a rather unusual situation.
However, since I have already spent 16 years in this world, I have no reason to feel any discomfort about it now.
After a bit of exposure to such a slightly more mature world, Charlotte-san and I stepped into the main party hall together.
“Well, look at her! It’s Anastasia!”
“I can’t believe she’s really attending ……!”
I knew that the aristocrats would react this way ──── just because Charlotte-san stepped into the party hall.
“Oh, look at that! We commoners don’t even get to see her once in a lifetime, and she’s from the Anastasia family!”
“Hey, how beautiful she is! ……”
Apparently, the Anastasia family does not have a bad reputation among the common people.
“If there are commoners, bringing a butler might make them jealous, so Al should stay away from me and enjoy the party as he pleases.”
“I understand.”
I distanced myself from Charlotte-san and looked around the party venue again.
There was a lot of food at the venue, and the aristocrats and common people were literally interacting.
The conversation that could be heard was wide-ranging, including aristocratic people talking about commercial distribution, commoners talking about self-employment, people of the opposite gender they liked, and gossip about aristocrats.
As I was walking along at random, listening to such conversations, a loud voice suddenly spoke to me from next door.
“I’ve been looking for you, Feal!”
“Ah, Grendel san.”
Grendel san, who was dressed in expensive clothes made of white and gold stuff, different from the ones at school, spoke to me.
“First of all, let me pay my respects to you for not running away from the game with me,…… but! For that, you will be humiliated!”
“Ha…… as I recall, we’re going to have a match?”
“Yes, we’ll see who can get more women!”
“The loser gives up on Charlotte san, right? I don’t know what that means. ────”
“No questions asked! First of all, let’s talk to that woman over there.”
“What? Already?”
“Of course!”
I was forcibly pulled by the arm, and together with Grendel-san, I was directed to the two women, who were probably nobles.
Then Grendel-san said in a loud voice
“Hello, beautiful lady.”
“Eh…..?!”
“Ah ……!”
The two ladies were very surprised and looked at each other with curiosity just because Grendel-san spoke to them.
It is not surprising that they would be so, since he may indeed be the one with a good face, although he has many habits in his personality. ……
“Tonight, with me────”
“Look, it’s Al sama!”
“I can’t believe I’m getting this close to you ……!”
“Whaa ……?”
For some reason the two ladies were very bright eyed as they approached me.
Grendel san looked very puzzled, but I was even more puzzled.
“Um, I’m sorry, I think you have the wrong …… person. I’m not the kind of person who can be addressed as ’sama’.”
“What are you talking about! The only male butler in the Anastasia family, and his power is widely known!”
“A gentleman with such modesty is very attractive~”
After that, I talked with the two women for a short while, then I lightly bailed and left the place with Grendel-san.
Then, Grendel-san said in a terrible tone of voice
“I-it was me who approach, so now, Feal, you should approach the woman yourself…. and I am sure that this time, the woman will be more interested in me, whom you have not approached this time either.”
I was confronted with a mysterious theory.
To be honest,……, I was not that positive about this game, but as the butler of the Anastasia family, I could not run away from a game that I had accepted once, so as not to tarnish my name. I did as Grendel san told me and spoke to the woman.
“Hello, beautiful lady.”
Thinking that I had to be fair since we were playing a game, I said the same line as Grendel-san, but my intonation was a little strange since it was a word I did not usually use.
“Well, Feal sama ────.”
Then, when the woman called my name and was about to start talking, I felt what I could only describe as a killing sensation from the side, and I involuntarily turned around in that direction and ────
“Al, I told you to enjoy the party as you see fit, but I didn’t tell you to have …… that kind of fun, did I?”
There was Charlotte-san, who seemed to be unconsciously emitting cold air because she couldn’t control her murderous spirit.
Ah… Even in this world, I will die at the age of sixteen.
However, since it had been decided that way, I accepted death.
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