Spring when Bertia entered the upper secondary school and I became the student council president again as the high school 3 years……. Barty began to avoid me.Originally it was seen from the summer of last year when he was told the terrible things to Baroness Hironona.When I saw me, I had a lot of uneasy facial expressions, and as soon as I was in trouble, I was crying at me, but I did not try to consult with myself just by expressing a telling expression.Things like cheating that did not suit her also became common.Thinking from her rewarding way and the time she got a little more room, it was easy to guess that the words of Baroness Hironos were influenced, so I was thinking about how to handle …. Because her friends and my neighborhood candidates were also excellent, if you mutter with a gloomy expression saying “I do not want to see much of Bertia’s injured place”, I will contact Bartia and Hironona Bishoujo without permission It decreased to.Still Virtia’s uneasy state did not change.So I tried to spoil a lot of time we were together more than usual……. Then, taking the 1st place in the project of choosing the best couple (limited to fiancees) among the students in a ballot form as part of the planning of the event such as “cultural festival” that Bertia invented and planned Oops.Although I thought about how I will go out in the higher division even if I participate as a partner in the middle class project, I thought about how I will come out of the higher division, but because Miss Joanna who became a fiancé immediately after getting into a relationship asked to participate with Sean , Shawn has stipulated that “If either one is a middle-class student, even a couple of upper secondary students and secondary students can participate regardless of self-recommendation or any recommendation”, so if I noticed that Bartia and I I was to participate.
Bertia says, “Since Gafun is waiting in the coming year, I thought that I should make a good mind with my friends at the moment! This one is too strong,” I recall “It was terrible event!” It was terrible at the time of the award that “It is awful!” As a part of the service to the students shed with a smile there, on her cheeks embracing her shoulders I was kissing you.It is no surprise that it is the role of royalty to enrich these places, right?Of course I am gentle that I picked up Virtia like a red crumpled apples “unavoidably” and got off the platform.
I appealed our intimacy to such circumstances and thought that Virtia could be relieved a bit, but her attitude remained as usual.no. I began to escape from me more prominently as she got into the higher division.Because this has happened, there is only one measure I should take.”Do not you catch it if you run away?”Grab a hand on both sides of the face of Bartia who smiled and laughed at the side of the wall, and gathered her body with the foot.Of course, at the moment I saw me, I chased after she ran away like a drunken man … It seems like …… It is taken to the unpopular backyard, so you do not have to worry about the eye……. In addition, as I escaped with Bertia’s maidens, I got caught “inadvertently”, so now we are only in Zeno and Crocodile where we are observing the situation in a little place.”Do you have the option of escaping !?””This is the rumor” Wall Dong “, after I murmured the things I did not understand beforehand, I returned to the present condition, turned red and turned his eyes into doubt, I will glare at me with watery eyes The mouth corner rises with nature to Bartia.”The males have the habit of being tempted to want to catch prey to escape before their eyes?”
When she entered senior high school, she began to run away from me even more obviously.
Because things have turned like this, there is only one countermeasure that I can take.
“Since you continue to run away from me, then I have no choice but to catch you, right?”
I smiled widely while cornering Bertia to the wall, placing both of my hands on both sides of her head, while tucking one of my legs between her body.
(T/N: Omg Kabedon!!! Like this? No, no, like this? No, just kidding, it might be like this.)
Of course, I chased her who ran with lightning speed the moment she saw me… there is no need to pretend, as I led her to the rear garden where there are no people around, so there is no need to care about the public.
…In addition, since we strayed “inadvertently” during when she ran away along with her maids, there is no one other than Zeno and Kuro around this place, observing our condition from a spot apart from us.
“A, are you telling me that I have no option to escape?!”
And, “this is the rumored [Kabedon], right?”, while muttering yet another icomprehensible word, she returned to the present condition, with her face getting bright red and her eyes loitering around. After that, I raised Bertia’s face and when she looked back at me with her teary eyes, the corner of my mouth spontaneously elevated.
“It’s in males’ nature to catch the prey who escapes right in front of his eyes, isn’t it?”
“Prey, you said, but I am not a fodder!!”
“You look pretty delicious, you know?”
“…I may more or less have meat, but it’s not tasty to eat!! Please don’t eat me!!”
“…That’s the implication you got? How typical of you, Tia. Now that you mention it, even if it’s not for food, there are also wild carnivores who chased after their preys so that they could play around with them, right?”
“Please do not treat people as toys!! Besides, what you’ve been saying is quite savage!!”
…I can still more or less deny that part about being [savage], but wouldn’t it be way too late for her to notice about me [toying around wih people]?
Aah, since Bertia is obedient, could it be that she still hasn’t realized about how I always had fun watching her reaction?
She is truly adorable (plus a bit foolish).
“Look, Tia is as adorable as a doll, so I end up wanting to play together with you.”
“Oh my!! That is!! As adorable as a doll, you said!! I, I won’t be deceived with that kind of f, flattery, okay?!”
Despite saying that, Bertia’s face turned red and her expression made it clear that she wasn’t dissatisfied at all.
Despite the fact that she went along with me and was moved by this easy-to-understand flattery while saying she won’t be deceived by it, why would she even run away from me?
If there is a reason, then it’d be better for her to tell me quickly so I can make some countermeasure.
Although I have a feeling that the key is her previous talk with Baroness Heronia about [the fated girl]… but somehow, Bertia stubbornly won’t tell me anything about that matter alone.
After saying various reasons such as, “I don’t want to hurt Cecil-sama,” she always runs away.
…and it’s not escaping by changing the subject, what I mean here is that she physically runs away.
I thought to catch her, but now that I’ve managed to catch her, she still wouldn’t disclose anything, could it be that to this adorable fiancee of mine, I have to be forcefu… a little bit coercive so that I could hear about her story. Since it can’t be helped, I will just go through with it.
For sure, if only I was a real [villain], then the talk could proceed with ease, right? Since I will be able to choose any possible means besides being a little coercive.
Also, the other person who knows what the story is about would be the one and only character—Baroness Heronia. I have thought to ask about it to her, but… it will certainly bring me more trouble, so I’m putting it as my last resort.
As much as possible, I don’t want to become an [acquaintance] of the bad kid who’s bullying Bertia.
~~~~~
Spring when Bertia entered the upper secondary school and I became the student council president again as the high school 3 years……. Barty began to avoid me.Originally it was seen from the summer of last year when he was told the terrible things to Baroness Hironona.When I saw me, I had a lot of uneasy facial expressions, and as soon as I was in trouble, I was crying at me, but I did not try to consult with myself just by expressing a telling expression.Things like cheating that did not suit her also became common.Thinking from her rewarding way and the time she got a little more room, it was easy to guess that the words of Baroness Hironos were influenced, so I was thinking about how to handle …. Because her friends and my neighborhood candidates were also excellent, if you mutter with a gloomy expression saying “I do not want to see much of Bertia’s injured place”, I will contact Bartia and Hironona Bishoujo without permission It decreased to.Still Virtia’s uneasy state did not change.So I tried to spoil a lot of time we were together more than usual……. Then, taking the 1st place in the project of choosing the best couple (limited to fiancees) among the students in a ballot form as part of the planning of the event such as “cultural festival” that Bertia invented and planned Oops.Although I thought about how I will go out in the higher division even if I participate as a partner in the middle class project, I thought about how I will come out of the higher division, but because Miss Joanna who became a fiancé immediately after getting into a relationship asked to participate with Sean , Shawn has stipulated that “If either one is a middle-class student, even a couple of upper secondary students and secondary students can participate regardless of self-recommendation or any recommendation”, so if I noticed that Bartia and I I was to participate.
Bertia says, “Since Gafun is waiting in the coming year, I thought that I should make a good mind with my friends at the moment! This one is too strong,” I recall “It was terrible event!” It was terrible at the time of the award that “It is awful!” As a part of the service to the students shed with a smile there, on her cheeks embracing her shoulders I was kissing you.It is no surprise that it is the role of royalty to enrich these places, right?Of course I am gentle that I picked up Virtia like a red crumpled apples “unavoidably” and got off the platform.
I appealed our intimacy to such circumstances and thought that Virtia could be relieved a bit, but her attitude remained as usual.no. I began to escape from me more prominently as she got into the higher division.Because this has happened, there is only one measure I should take.”Do not you catch it if you run away?”Grab a hand on both sides of the face of Bartia who smiled and laughed at the side of the wall, and gathered her body with the foot.Of course, at the moment I saw me, I chased after she ran away like a drunken man … It seems like …… It is taken to the unpopular backyard, so you do not have to worry about the eye……. In addition, as I escaped with Bertia’s maidens, I got caught “inadvertently”, so now we are only in Zeno and Crocodile where we are observing the situation in a little place.”Do you have the option of escaping !?””This is the rumor” Wall Dong “, after I murmured the things I did not understand beforehand, I returned to the present condition, turned red and turned his eyes into doubt, I will glare at me with watery eyes The mouth corner rises with nature to Bartia.”The males have the habit of being tempted to want to catch prey to escape before their eyes?”
I suddenly found myself waking up. It’s still dark, but somehow the air feels refreshing, huh… when I think about it, I managed to remember. That’s right, I have arrived at the villa. Because it is much closer to the mountains than the mansion, I become able to spend the morning easily although it is a summer morning.
“But Cecil-sama, a, at last, the compelling force has begun to operate! Destiny has started to move!! There is only one more year at maximum until I experience [The Downfall] and until I have to get down from the stage. I’ll have to say my farewell to Cecil-sama. I’ve decided that it’s better for me to distance myself from Cecil-sama in order to serve that role flawlessly!!”
‘Now then, in what way should I handle this?’ Amidst my pondering, when I noticed it, Bertia has already started to run wildly. The fact that she furrowed her eyebrows with tears showing on her face as if she was enduring something has caught my attention.
“By compelling force, I wonder did something happen?”
Following those words, somehow there is one question that got caught up in my throat. ‘Did something happen again with Baroness Heronia?’
It is not good for me to be making a statement that doubted someone imprudently when there is no evidence whatsoever.
Especially for the likes of me who’s got a high status and influence, I have to be really careful in this kind of circumstances.
If I were to urge her to continue the story by deepening my smile even further, she would squeak her lips once and try to keep it closed. Because it then turned into a serious expression, it also brought about a grave ambience, and she slowly opened her mouth.
“Since it’s Cecil-sama, I will tell you. Actually, I… have gotten weight.”
“……Hm?”
“I’m telling you, I’m getting fatter!!”
“…Uhm, what do you mean?”
Towards Bertia’s earnest expression, I also thought to inquire more about her story with my serious look. And since she didn’t really understand my insistence, she would begin to spontaneously tilt her head with a question mark on her mind.
It was the usual occurence, but she went above my expectation.
She is truly a mysterious and interesting woman.
“During last year’s autumn, precisely right after the [school festival] ended, for some reason, I have begun to gradually gain more weight. At first, I didn’t understand why, but I’ve managed to realize it! This is the so-called [compelling force]!!”
Bertia held her own cheeks with both of her hands, as she earnestly talked about it with a shocked expression, but… I don’t really get what she’s talking about.
“Tia, there are several things that I want to comment, but for the moment, there is one question that I’d like to ask you, is that okay? Why would your getting fatter become the so-called [compelling force]?”
At my question, Bertia had a slightly dissatisfied expression that seemed as if she was asking, ‘why wouldn’t you understand that?’—though she didn’t really say it.
…But I think I’m asking a proper question here.
“That is because, you know, after the first time I met Cecil-sama, I went on a strict diet in order to overcome my fate of becoming a third-rate villainess, so that I would overthrow the establishment of the original game’s chubby self. Despite this, now that the downfall is right before our very own eyes, my body build has reverted back to the original game’s Bertia’s state of figure!!”
Uhm, in other words, since she was [forced] to get closer to the appearance of Bertia that came out in that [Otome Game], she thought that it was the [compelling force] that started to begin working… Is it okay for me to perceive it like that?
Well~, I think this is where I’m supposed to laugh?
No, Bertia seems to be very serious, so it’s better for me to not laugh.
If that’s the case, then I think it’s better for me to give her an accurate explanation.
“Look here, Bertia. It might seem bad for you who’ve been earnestly worried over it, but the increase in your weight might not be due to the so-called [compelling force], but I think it’s because of the content of your pocket that caused your dress to expand a lot, wouldn’t you think so?”
“The inside of my pocket?”
She frowned quizzically, and then timidly put her hands inside the concealed pockets located in her own dress, and took out the things inside of them.
“…Are they the sweets you received from Ymir-sama and Otomeria-sama?”
Staring at the two baked sweets on top of her palm, Bertia blankly tilted her head. I spontaneously heaved a sigh in astonishment, and I don’t think this reaction of mine is bad.
“Tia, ever since last year’s autumn, accurately after the [school festival], you’ve begun to receive more sweets from the other noble daughters, right?”
“Wha-! That is certainly the case!! For some reason, the people who didn’t try to engage in friendships with me suddenly began to give me sweets. Could it be, the [compelling force] has already started ever since that time…”
“That’s not it. After the event called [school festival], it has become a common knowledge that you are a lovely woman, and so the noble daughters who wanted to get along with you have started to approach you by giving your favorite things as the evidence of their intention. That’s just it.”
Actually, since the top rankings during the event to select the best couple were all monopolized by the noble daughters who were closely associated with Bertia and the fact that those noble daughters have been giving Bertia sweets was witnessed by a lot of noble daughters, a rumor has started to flow as if it was true. The rumor goes as this, ‘If you present sweets to Marquess Bertia Evil Noches, your long-yearned love would come true, you will fortuitously find a dreamy love and become happy.’
Thus, there was an outbreak in the number of students who presented sweets to Bertia, but… since Bertia has her conscientiousness, each time she received the sweets, they would exchange greetings and then became [acquaintances], then after they got acquainted, there were a few people who’d sometimes consult their love or ask for advice or assistance, resulting in them being joined together splendidly. And so it has turned into such a condition where the rumor continued to be expedited even more.
Hence, since the amount of sweets presented to her increased, Bertia who [consumed] them would naturally gain more weight, such was the case.
I think that his refined bow is really cool, even from my point of view. However, only if he’s apologizing not for the fact that he’s peeping.
In other words, to be wary or to anticipate anything bad in the future.
Spring when Bertia entered the upper secondary school and I became the student council president again as the high school 3 years……. Barty began to avoid me.Originally it was seen from the summer of last year when he was told the terrible things to Baroness Hironona.When I saw me, I had a lot of uneasy facial expressions, and as soon as I was in trouble, I was crying at me, but I did not try to consult with myself just by expressing a telling expression.Things like cheating that did not suit her also became common.Thinking from her rewarding way and the time she got a little more room, it was easy to guess that the words of Baroness Hironos were influenced, so I was thinking about how to handle …. Because her friends and my neighborhood candidates were also excellent, if you mutter with a gloomy expression saying “I do not want to see much of Bertia’s injured place”, I will contact Bartia and Hironona Bishoujo without permission It decreased to.Still Virtia’s uneasy state did not change.So I tried to spoil a lot of time we were together more than usual……. Then, taking the 1st place in the project of choosing the best couple (limited to fiancees) among the students in a ballot form as part of the planning of the event such as “cultural festival” that Bertia invented and planned Oops.Although I thought about how I will go out in the higher division even if I participate as a partner in the middle class project, I thought about how I will come out of the higher division, but because Miss Joanna who became a fiancé immediately after getting into a relationship asked to participate with Sean , Shawn has stipulated that “If either one is a middle-class student, even a couple of upper secondary students and secondary students can participate regardless of self-recommendation or any recommendation”, so if I noticed that Bartia and I I was to participate.
Bertia says, “Since Gafun is waiting in the coming year, I thought that I should make a good mind with my friends at the moment! This one is too strong,” I recall “It was terrible event!” It was terrible at the time of the award that “It is awful!” As a part of the service to the students shed with a smile there, on her cheeks embracing her shoulders I was kissing you.It is no surprise that it is the role of royalty to enrich these places, right?Of course I am gentle that I picked up Virtia like a red crumpled apples “unavoidably” and got off the platform.
I appealed our intimacy to such circumstances and thought that Virtia could be relieved a bit, but her attitude remained as usual.no. I began to escape from me more prominently as she got into the higher division.Because this has happened, there is only one measure I should take.”Do not you catch it if you run away?”Grab a hand on both sides of the face of Bartia who smiled and laughed at the side of the wall, and gathered her body with the foot.Of course, at the moment I saw me, I chased after she ran away like a drunken man … It seems like …… It is taken to the unpopular backyard, so you do not have to worry about the eye……. In addition, as I escaped with Bertia’s maidens, I got caught “inadvertently”, so now we are only in Zeno and Crocodile where we are observing the situation in a little place.”Do you have the option of escaping !?””This is the rumor” Wall Dong “, after I murmured the things I did not understand beforehand, I returned to the present condition, turned red and turned his eyes into doubt, I will glare at me with watery eyes The mouth corner rises with nature to Bartia.”The males have the habit of being tempted to want to catch prey to escape before their eyes?”
When she entered senior high school, she began to run away from me even more obviously.
Because things have turned like this, there is only one countermeasure that I can take.
“Since you continue to run away from me, then I have no choice but to catch you, right?”
I smiled widely while cornering Bertia to the wall, placing both of my hands on both sides of her head, while tucking one of my legs between her body.
(T/N: Omg Kabedon!!! Like this? No, no, like this? No, just kidding, it might be like this.)
Of course, I chased her who ran with lightning speed the moment she saw me… there is no need to pretend, as I led her to the rear garden where there are no people around, so there is no need to care about the public.
…In addition, since we strayed “inadvertently” during when she ran away along with her maids, there is no one other than Zeno and Kuro around this place, observing our condition from a spot apart from us.
“A, are you telling me that I have no option to escape?!”
And, “this is the rumored [Kabedon], right?”, while muttering yet another icomprehensible word, she returned to the present condition, with her face getting bright red and her eyes loitering around. After that, I raised Bertia’s face and when she looked back at me with her teary eyes, the corner of my mouth spontaneously elevated.
“It’s in males’ nature to catch the prey who escapes right in front of his eyes, isn’t it?”
“Prey, you said, but I am not a fodder!!”
“You look pretty delicious, you know?”
“…I may more or less have meat, but it’s not tasty to eat!! Please don’t eat me!!”
“…That’s the implication you got? How typical of you, Tia. Now that you mention it, even if it’s not for food, there are also wild carnivores who chased after their preys so that they could play around with them, right?”
“Please do not treat people as toys!! Besides, what you’ve been saying is quite savage!!”
…I can still more or less deny that part about being [savage], but wouldn’t it be way too late for her to notice about me [toying around wih people]?
Aah, since Bertia is obedient, could it be that she still hasn’t realized about how I always had fun watching her reaction?
She is truly adorable (plus a bit foolish).
“Look, Tia is as adorable as a doll, so I end up wanting to play together with you.”
“Oh my!! That is!! As adorable as a doll, you said!! I, I won’t be deceived with that kind of f, flattery, okay?!”
Despite saying that, Bertia’s face turned red and her expression made it clear that she wasn’t dissatisfied at all.
Despite the fact that she went along with me and was moved by this easy-to-understand flattery while saying she won’t be deceived by it, why would she even run away from me?
If there is a reason, then it’d be better for her to tell me quickly so I can make some countermeasure.
Although I have a feeling that the key is her previous talk with Baroness Heronia about [the fated girl]… but somehow, Bertia stubbornly won’t tell me anything about that matter alone.
After saying various reasons such as, “I don’t want to hurt Cecil-sama,” she always runs away.
…and it’s not escaping by changing the subject, what I mean here is that she physically runs away.
I thought to catch her, but now that I’ve managed to catch her, she still wouldn’t disclose anything, could it be that to this adorable fiancee of mine, I have to be forcefu… a little bit coercive so that I could hear about her story. Since it can’t be helped, I will just go through with it.
For sure, if only I was a real [villain], then the talk could proceed with ease, right? Since I will be able to choose any possible means besides being a little coercive.
Also, the other person who knows what the story is about would be the one and only character—Baroness Heronia. I have thought to ask about it to her, but… it will certainly bring me more trouble, so I’m putting it as my last resort.
As much as possible, I don’t want to become an [acquaintance] of the bad kid who’s bullying Bertia.
~~~~~
Spring when Bertia entered the upper secondary school and I became the student council president again as the high school 3 years……. Barty began to avoid me.Originally it was seen from the summer of last year when he was told the terrible things to Baroness Hironona.When I saw me, I had a lot of uneasy facial expressions, and as soon as I was in trouble, I was crying at me, but I did not try to consult with myself just by expressing a telling expression.Things like cheating that did not suit her also became common.Thinking from her rewarding way and the time she got a little more room, it was easy to guess that the words of Baroness Hironos were influenced, so I was thinking about how to handle …. Because her friends and my neighborhood candidates were also excellent, if you mutter with a gloomy expression saying “I do not want to see much of Bertia’s injured place”, I will contact Bartia and Hironona Bishoujo without permission It decreased to.Still Virtia’s uneasy state did not change.So I tried to spoil a lot of time we were together more than usual……. Then, taking the 1st place in the project of choosing the best couple (limited to fiancees) among the students in a ballot form as part of the planning of the event such as “cultural festival” that Bertia invented and planned Oops.Although I thought about how I will go out in the higher division even if I participate as a partner in the middle class project, I thought about how I will come out of the higher division, but because Miss Joanna who became a fiancé immediately after getting into a relationship asked to participate with Sean , Shawn has stipulated that “If either one is a middle-class student, even a couple of upper secondary students and secondary students can participate regardless of self-recommendation or any recommendation”, so if I noticed that Bartia and I I was to participate.
Bertia says, “Since Gafun is waiting in the coming year, I thought that I should make a good mind with my friends at the moment! This one is too strong,” I recall “It was terrible event!” It was terrible at the time of the award that “It is awful!” As a part of the service to the students shed with a smile there, on her cheeks embracing her shoulders I was kissing you.It is no surprise that it is the role of royalty to enrich these places, right?Of course I am gentle that I picked up Virtia like a red crumpled apples “unavoidably” and got off the platform.
I appealed our intimacy to such circumstances and thought that Virtia could be relieved a bit, but her attitude remained as usual.no. I began to escape from me more prominently as she got into the higher division.Because this has happened, there is only one measure I should take.”Do not you catch it if you run away?”Grab a hand on both sides of the face of Bartia who smiled and laughed at the side of the wall, and gathered her body with the foot.Of course, at the moment I saw me, I chased after she ran away like a drunken man … It seems like …… It is taken to the unpopular backyard, so you do not have to worry about the eye……. In addition, as I escaped with Bertia’s maidens, I got caught “inadvertently”, so now we are only in Zeno and Crocodile where we are observing the situation in a little place.”Do you have the option of escaping !?””This is the rumor” Wall Dong “, after I murmured the things I did not understand beforehand, I returned to the present condition, turned red and turned his eyes into doubt, I will glare at me with watery eyes The mouth corner rises with nature to Bartia.”The males have the habit of being tempted to want to catch prey to escape before their eyes?”
I suddenly found myself waking up. It’s still dark, but somehow the air feels refreshing, huh… when I think about it, I managed to remember. That’s right, I have arrived at the villa. Because it is much closer to the mountains than the mansion, I become able to spend the morning easily although it is a summer morning.
“But Cecil-sama, a, at last, the compelling force has begun to operate! Destiny has started to move!! There is only one more year at maximum until I experience [The Downfall] and until I have to get down from the stage. I’ll have to say my farewell to Cecil-sama. I’ve decided that it’s better for me to distance myself from Cecil-sama in order to serve that role flawlessly!!”
‘Now then, in what way should I handle this?’ Amidst my pondering, when I noticed it, Bertia has already started to run wildly. The fact that she furrowed her eyebrows with tears showing on her face as if she was enduring something has caught my attention.
“By compelling force, I wonder did something happen?”
Following those words, somehow there is one question that got caught up in my throat. ‘Did something happen again with Baroness Heronia?’
It is not good for me to be making a statement that doubted someone imprudently when there is no evidence whatsoever.
Especially for the likes of me who’s got a high status and influence, I have to be really careful in this kind of circumstances.
If I were to urge her to continue the story by deepening my smile even further, she would squeak her lips once and try to keep it closed. Because it then turned into a serious expression, it also brought about a grave ambience, and she slowly opened her mouth.
“Since it’s Cecil-sama, I will tell you. Actually, I… have gotten weight.”
“……Hm?”
“I’m telling you, I’m getting fatter!!”
“…Uhm, what do you mean?”
Towards Bertia’s earnest expression, I also thought to inquire more about her story with my serious look. And since she didn’t really understand my insistence, she would begin to spontaneously tilt her head with a question mark on her mind.
It was the usual occurence, but she went above my expectation.
She is truly a mysterious and interesting woman.
“During last year’s autumn, precisely right after the [school festival] ended, for some reason, I have begun to gradually gain more weight. At first, I didn’t understand why, but I’ve managed to realize it! This is the so-called [compelling force]!!”
Bertia held her own cheeks with both of her hands, as she earnestly talked about it with a shocked expression, but… I don’t really get what she’s talking about.
“Tia, there are several things that I want to comment, but for the moment, there is one question that I’d like to ask you, is that okay? Why would your getting fatter become the so-called [compelling force]?”
At my question, Bertia had a slightly dissatisfied expression that seemed as if she was asking, ‘why wouldn’t you understand that?’—though she didn’t really say it.
…But I think I’m asking a proper question here.
“That is because, you know, after the first time I met Cecil-sama, I went on a strict diet in order to overcome my fate of becoming a third-rate villainess, so that I would overthrow the establishment of the original game’s chubby self. Despite this, now that the downfall is right before our very own eyes, my body build has reverted back to the original game’s Bertia’s state of figure!!”
Uhm, in other words, since she was [forced] to get closer to the appearance of Bertia that came out in that [Otome Game], she thought that it was the [compelling force] that started to begin working… Is it okay for me to perceive it like that?
Well~, I think this is where I’m supposed to laugh?
No, Bertia seems to be very serious, so it’s better for me to not laugh.
If that’s the case, then I think it’s better for me to give her an accurate explanation.
“Look here, Bertia. It might seem bad for you who’ve been earnestly worried over it, but the increase in your weight might not be due to the so-called [compelling force], but I think it’s because of the content of your pocket that caused your dress to expand a lot, wouldn’t you think so?”
“The inside of my pocket?”
She frowned quizzically, and then timidly put her hands inside the concealed pockets located in her own dress, and took out the things inside of them.
“…Are they the sweets you received from Ymir-sama and Otomeria-sama?”
Staring at the two baked sweets on top of her palm, Bertia blankly tilted her head. I spontaneously heaved a sigh in astonishment, and I don’t think this reaction of mine is bad.
“Tia, ever since last year’s autumn, accurately after the [school festival], you’ve begun to receive more sweets from the other noble daughters, right?”
“Wha-! That is certainly the case!! For some reason, the people who didn’t try to engage in friendships with me suddenly began to give me sweets. Could it be, the [compelling force] has already started ever since that time…”
“That’s not it. After the event called [school festival], it has become a common knowledge that you are a lovely woman, and so the noble daughters who wanted to get along with you have started to approach you by giving your favorite things as the evidence of their intention. That’s just it.”
Actually, since the top rankings during the event to select the best couple were all monopolized by the noble daughters who were closely associated with Bertia and the fact that those noble daughters have been giving Bertia sweets was witnessed by a lot of noble daughters, a rumor has started to flow as if it was true. The rumor goes as this, ‘If you present sweets to Marquess Bertia Evil Noches, your long-yearned love would come true, you will fortuitously find a dreamy love and become happy.’
Thus, there was an outbreak in the number of students who presented sweets to Bertia, but… since Bertia has her conscientiousness, each time she received the sweets, they would exchange greetings and then became [acquaintances], then after they got acquainted, there were a few people who’d sometimes consult their love or ask for advice or assistance, resulting in them being joined together splendidly. And so it has turned into such a condition where the rumor continued to be expedited even more.
Hence, since the amount of sweets presented to her increased, Bertia who [consumed] them would naturally gain more weight, such was the case.
I think that his refined bow is really cool, even from my point of view. However, only if he’s apologizing not for the fact that he’s peeping.
In other words, to be wary or to anticipate anything bad in the future.
