Chapter 106 – Preparing for the Feast

#106.

-Smart.

“Come in.”

Cristina gave Knock a visit straight away as she rang her research papers.

At the same time as permission is granted, a female student with a notebook in her arms opens the door and enters.

“Um… What’s going on?”

It was definitely a class D child named Moria.

I knew all the female students in the same class as Lai because I had figured it out.

She said no herself, but she was worried that another girl might be flirting with her.

When she came to her senses, she had already memorized the names of all the girls.

Of course, after that, she went straight into a sense of self-doubt.

“Ugh..!”

Momentarily, the shame rose again and as Tina grabbed her head, Moria tilted her head and came over to her desk and put down her notebook.

And the movement brought Tina to her senses and asked.

“What is it?”
“This is a play script for our class to play at this festival!”

Once I know that

I could tell just by looking at the timing.

But why is she giving this to herself?

When I looked at her questioningly at that thought, Moria said.

“Can’t the professor appear as a princess?”
“Why me..?”

When I asked, taken aback by her so sudden proposal, Moria opened her notebook straight away and she held it out.

“Would you like to look here?”

When I looked at Moria’s note, her kiss scene was written.

‘You want me to do this?’

The fact that she is close to Rai is digging within her academy.

Still, she made this offer.

Is this kid just making fun of himself on purpose?

Christina frowned in displeasure at the thought, but she was taken aback by the words that followed.

“The male lead is Rai. Of course, if the professor refuses, he’ll get someone else. Well… It’s a play, so it’s okay, right? About 10 kisses.”

Palak- Palak-

Moria continued flipping through her notes with her provocative smile.

Kiss. Kiss. Kiss. Kiss.

Every time I flipped through it, there was a kiss scene written on it.

The male protagonist was pouring her love into a lethal dose of the princess, who was supposed to be a human being made of sugar.

“Are you too envious of the princess? No matter how much it is a play, she might really fall in love with Lai if she acts like this.”
“Are you provoking me now?”
“No. She came to ask permission in advance. But I think the professor should know first.”

She put on a good-natured smile, but that made her even more angry.

But Christina managed to calm her anger and went through all her notes.

She said so after she read all the details she closed the note and let out her sigh.

“I will accept it.”
“Kyaa~ Really? Thank you! Professor is the best!”

As Moria accepted her own offer, she hopped and let out her screams of joy.

Seeing her like that, Cristina added coldly.

“There are conditions instead.”
“Yes? Conditions?”
“Okay.”
“What… Conditions?”

Moria hardened her face, perhaps feeling uneasy about her chilly atmosphere.

Cristina, feeling a bit of satisfaction on her terrified face, opened her notebook straight away and pointed to a scene.

“Here. This lady-in-waiting… You act.”
“Yes..?”

In that scene, the handmaid who sold the information of her kingdom to her foreign country was beaten madly by the princess who was trembling at her betrayal.

When Moria saw the scene she had written, her face was swollen.

“I-I was going to take it out, but…”
“No. I think this scene is so good I like it Are you going to do it?”

At Christina’s words, Moria made her cry, but eventually nodded her head.

“Yes..”
“Okay. Then I’ll take on the role of the princess too. Get out.”

Moria slumped out of her room and Cristina sat on her couch.

She was caught up in the nuisance, but nonetheless, she smiled at the thought of keeping Rai’s lips in the meantime.

And..

“Oh no!!”

She was in denial that she had such thoughts, and suffered.

***

“I love you. Princess.”
“Lai… I can’t tell you anything.”

Originally, it was written for the two of us from the beginning, but strangely, I thought there were no names of the main characters in the script, so it was decided to use their real names.

How do you plan on doing the rear end?

‘Tsk tsk..’

She clicked her tongue inwardly and continued her performance.

“I know. So… I’m even more sorry.”

I said that and immediately kissed Tina on her lips.

Then the female students in her class who were watching next to her stomped her feet and blushed.

And the male students turned their heads with their mouths closed as if they were sorry.

‘Are you envious, bastards!’

Hagiya, what man wouldn’t want to kiss a beautiful woman like Tina?

I stuck out my tongue as I held Tina tighter in her fancy dress.

Then Tina raised her twin wick and punched her in the chest, pushing her out.

-Who even uses their tongue?-

Looking around with a reddened face seems burdensome to people’s eyes.

– How are you? Doing every day-
-That’s when no one is watching!-

In response to my smirk, Tina responded sharply.

In response, she shrugged her shoulders and backed away, immediately surrounded by female students.

“Lie! You act so well!”
“Really! It’s like watching a real escort knight.”

Then they praising my acting and squealing among themselves.

When I looked at Tina, I saw that she was glaring at the girls around me.

Then, as if she felt my gaze, her eyes met, and she turned her head in a hurry.

‘It’s cute…’

Now even jealous

Just a few months ago, I was ignored, but I felt a tremendous sense of accomplishment, to say the least.

While everyone was taking a break and chatting, the class president in charge of the supervisor shouted.

“Then let’s move on to the next scene!”

At those words, while everyone is preparing for the next scene, Moria is seen crying.

‘Tsk tsk..’

I don’t know what she did, but she must have been firmly attached to Tina, and she got the worst role.

Right now, it was my turn to practice that scene.

But Tina suddenly raised her hand and she said something unexpected.

“For a moment. Why don’t we just skip this scene?”
“Yes? But..”
“Is it really necessary? It’s not a very important scene.”

Certainly, the audience watching this wouldn’t expect a scene where the lady-in-waiting was slapped on the cheek.

The escort love and the princess would want to fall in love.

So, it is usually right to accept this as consideration.

But..

“That’s just…”

Moria, on the contrary, was frightened and asked to practice her.

Then Tina kindly shook her head.

“No. Do you have a lot of pain Let’s do it only during performances.”

If that word is translated literally, it means to be prepared because I’m going to hit you really hard.

‘Fucked..’

It’s the first time that Tina is angry, to be honest.

Even when I was soggy, he was annoyed, because he never got angry.

I look forward to seeing how much power he will hit the ball with.

As she laughed and laughed to herself, she saw Tina laughing as she conversed with her female students.

‘It’s getting brighter.’

Originally, she was reluctant to approach anyone and only needed conversations, but now she gets along well with the people around her.

The reason this happened…

‘Is it because of Bianca?’

It’s been a month since she even promised research support.

Rumors were spreading that the Marquis of Yurinas was supporting Tina.

As a result, she became a little free from the pressure of the Camelot family.

In the Harpe Empire, which is called the Empire of Knights, it is the same prestigious family, but the influence of the marquis family of Yurinas, a renowned swordsman, was stronger than that of the Camelot family, a famous magic family.

Any. Just a little bit, Bianca was grateful.

“Lie! I’m sorry, but I’ll go to the next scene right away!”

While I was thinking for a while, the class president called me right away as if I had decided to skip the fight scene.

“Uh~ okay.”

At that call, I got up and ran.

Because this scene was also a kissing scene.

***

“Then let’s go…”

Whether it’s theater practice or whatever, the supply and demand of karma cannot be stopped.

I immediately hung up and went out the front door.

And I could see his face getting thick just by looking at something.

A robed man in his mid-50s approached me as soon as he made eye contact with me.

“Excuse me.”
“Who are you?”

‘Did I wait?’

As soon as I left the front door, it was unusual to approach.

I don’t know how long I waited, but waiting in front without even asking for a visit meant that it wasn’t such a good business.

And in the words that followed, I was able to grasp the situation.

“My name is Renon, the butler of the Camelot family. I have something to say about Miss Cristina.”

‘Camelot!’

I don’t remember exactly when, but she once told me in passing that Tina would be approaching her from Camelot sooner or later.

I didn’t care that she hadn’t approached her for quite some time, but now she’d show up…

Even if she didn’t listen, I expected what she would say.

So I immediately asked.

“Hmm… Tell me.”
“It is not appropriate to speak here. If you get on the carriage…”
“Just say it here. The conversation will be over soon anyway.”

I had no intention of giving up on Tina for anything, so I interrupted and pressed for an answer.

At my attitude, the butler twitched his eyebrows and opened his mouth.

“I will be straightforward. Please do not approach the lady. We’ll make sure to reward you for that.”
“Compensation?”

When I asked how great it was, the butler continued to speak as if he had been waiting.

“Yes. We will give you many rewards in addition to technical documents and gold coins. If you want, even a knighthood in the Camelot family..”

After that, I talked about various rewards, but I wasn’t interested at all.

There was nothing appealing enough to give up on Tina.

In the first place, I myself didn’t know what kind of reward I had to give up on Tina, but they couldn’t know.

“So how are you? Anyway, the lady is the body that ran out of Camelot. Even if you get married, you won’t get anything. So I’d rather just get a reward…”
“Stop”

I felt like the conversation was dragging on, so I stopped talking and spoke as if I was notifying you.

“I know it is because I have no intention of giving up. No matter what reward you give, it won’t change. Enough then.”

‘Plaguy..’

I had no intention of accepting it from the beginning, but as the words got longer, I couldn’t get rid of the thought that it was a waste of time.

I ignored the butler’s voice calling from behind, and spurred the roof to the slums.

I will probably continue to come to convince you in the future.

Even so, the reason I didn’t go out strong is because I’m fine, but the people around me aren’t.

If something happened to Markne, he would feel guilty.

Of course, I wouldn’t last that long due to my personality, but I didn’t want to act without a plan because of my feelings even though I knew it was dangerous.

“What number do you need?”

I think we need some means to protect Markne.

I thought of several ways and kicked the roof even faster.

***

“Request.”

I asked Bianca, bowing her head.

No matter how much I searched for ways to protect Markne, I couldn’t think of anything other than this.

Bianca, who was looking down at me, said in a tone that she was a little dumbfounded.

“I am surprised. Are you going to bow your head to me?”
“Is it a big deal to keep your head down? So… Will you do me a favor?”

As she raised her head and asked, Bianca narrowed her eyes to observe her, then she shook her head.

“I am a woman. You can’t carry on a family line, so there’s no way you can have that kind of influence.”

Despite bending her pride, the answer that came back was a refusal.

She bit her lip at him, and Bianca added her words.

“If that happens instead, you can use it as a pretext for gossip. Thank you. Thanks to you, I got some good information.”

This was no different from saying that he couldn’t directly put pressure on him, but that he would help.

Bianca turned away as if she had nothing more to say.

“Thanks.”
“Heh.. I’m in a bad mood, so don’t ask me like this next time.”

In my gratitude, Bianca ran her arm around her, giving her goosebumps, and she walked away.

And after a few days…

“See you again. How about accepting the offer?”

I met Renon or Kanon or whatever at the front door again.

So I firmly shook my head.

“My answer is the same. I refuse.”
“…Are you really okay? The influence of the Camelot family is much stronger than Rai-sama thinks.”

She knew this

It was nice to have her talk with Bianca beforehand.

“If you do something like that, you won’t stay still in the opposing sphere of influence. There must be more losses than gains, right?”
“…What are you talking about…”
“The fact that Professor Christina’s research is supported by Yurinas is famous. You won’t know As a result, she managed to get acquainted with me.”
“…”

Renon bit her mouth shut as if he finally understood what I meant.

With a very angry expression on my face, I approached and gave advice.

“Honestly, it’s okay to touch me. But..”

I stared into Renon’s eyes.

He faced the ego, the soul, hidden deep inside the eyes.

And growled ferociously and whispered to her soul itself.

“If you touch someone who has nothing to do with this, then you’d better assume they’re dead.”
“Ugh..!”

It wasn’t just words.

My eyes can see even souls and kill them.

Seeing such confidence in his eyes, Renon hesitated and backed away, perhaps frightened.

So after he took a few steps away he grinned and said,

“So please leave me alone. Got it?”
“…Ah, I see.”

After those words, Renon got on the carriage, panting like a prey after seeing a predator.

“Is it done now?”

To be honest, I’m not completely sure, but I still think it won’t do any harm to Markne at this level.

“Eight! Let’s hurry!”

Complex things will be solved.

I pounded my cheeks and kicked the ground vigorously for karma supply and demand today.