The airship harbor in King's Landing.

　It is located on a floating island a short distance from the capital. The place where airships come and go, looks more like a train station or bus terminal to me than a port.

　It's a small airship with dozens of people on board, and my airship [Paltner] was already waiting at the spot I designated when it came to the port from the royal capital.

''Oh, it's coming. You're right on time.

　Luxion, hiding behind my pack, replied.

'There's plenty of room for this much partner.

　Partner is a direct replica of Luxion's disguised form.

　Luxion's shape is futuristic or, at any rate, unnatural for the shape of an airship in this world. It's a spaceship in the first place.

　That's why I had it disguised, but there are a great many people who want to get inside it.

　If the secret of Luxion is known, there will be people who will try to take it away from me, even if it kills me, so I built a new ship, the Paltner.

　In fact, the guy from Luxion brags about Paltoner from time to time.

　Is he the one who is the parent fool?

"...are you aware of what's happening, Master?

I can see it.

　I saw Mr. Wayne near Paltner and...and Livia. Livia is holding Wayne-san's luggage.

　When she spotted me approaching, she took the package and waved to me as if nothing had happened.

　He thinks I haven't noticed.

　Libya hadn't told me she was here.

''Baron, this way~''

　Looking at Wayne, I thought again that women were scary.

'Women are scary,'

'You can rest assured that the Master is feared by them.

They don't like you, do they?

　And so when I arrived at them, some familiar faces approached me.

　

''Geez!''

"...what's with the Baltophalt?

　The two of them have so much attitude that it breaks my glasswork heart.

'You got a problem with that, you losers?'

　As I was flying the gun, both Greg and Brad came up to me and cut the mensch.

　I knew these guys were out of character. They have hair color and they look like punks.

"Hey, come on!

Don't think you're going to get carried away.

　I walked behind Livia honestly as they threatened me.

'I've got plans with Livia and the others now. So get the hell out of here.

　Only, neither of them would leave the scene.

　Greg ruffled his hair, and then Brad turned his zit eyes to Mr. Wayne.

'What do you mean by this?'

　Mr. Wayne, who looked away from us in annoyance, seemed to be hiding something. Well, he's hiding it.

''Ha-ha-ha...well, my leg to my parents' house is the baron's airship.

　We looked at each other when we heard that.

'Huh!　You want me to put a thug on my precious airship!

　Both Greg and Brad snap at my words.

'Who's a thug?'

You're a real jerk!

　As I was staring at each other across the two of them and Libby, Wayne apologized.

'I'm sorry!　In fact, I've been talking to Master Brad about it.

　When everyone's eyes are drawn to Brad, he himself reluctantly explains.

''I'm my ex-fiancée's parcel. He asked me for help, so I decided to lend a hand. There will be a reward and that air pirate is a bounty hunter. I decided to take down the bandit because I thought it would help Marie.

　You seem to be saying something decent, but you're actually saying something pretty crazy.

　Is it wrong for a student to be defeating bandits?　It's not. That's not it.

　To begin with, this is the world of the otome game. It's a world where boys seek the visible result of defeating bandits in order to be liked by girls.

　........When you think about it, this world has been crazy from the beginning.

　Greg struck the floor with a stone thrust of his prized spear. Standing with a spear is a fine sight.

'When I heard about it, I decided to join in.

　You know what you can do with a spear?

　Really, damsel-in-distress characters are crazy.

'What about the other three?　Look, it's black and green and a blue one.

　Brad yelled at me.

'Stop calling us by our colors!　All three of us were called to my parents' house. Marie doesn't come because she has something to do. Well, I wouldn't let her come because it's too dangerous even if she didn't have something to do. So it's just us.

　.... these guys are crazy. What are they going to do with just the two of them?

　On top of that, they hardly have any weapons.

　How in the world were we going to fight when air bandits are supposed to have airships?

　Mr. Wayne rushed us.

Anyway, let's do our best with these faces. Here, Olivia-san, you can do the same for us.

　Livia was looking down.

　When I didn't say anything, Ms. Wayne gave us a little tongue lashing that we couldn't hear.

　I scratch my hair.

''Well get in for now. You guys don't play tricks on me.

　Greg clicks his tongue.

'I'm not going to act like a kid,'

　I snickered.

'I warned you because you're a kid,'

You dare!

'That's the proof that you're a brat when you're angry like that, you idiot!

　I ran away from Livia's hand to Paltner, and Greg and Brad - and a smiling Mr. Wayne - followed behind me.

◇

　Student dormitories.

　It was Angier who walked into the dormitory used by the girls in regular classes.

　She had a souvenir in her hand and looked a little nervous.

''Is this okay?''

　I tried to buy something for Livia, but Angel, who didn't usually shop for herself, was in trouble.

　Even if he wanted to consult with Rion, he was not in the school, whether he was already headed to the Wayne family's territory or not.

''That idiot. He even sent out a ship for the people he's trying to use.''

　He was worried about Rion, who said he was going to go even though he had stopped him.

　I've informed my parents' home, but to begin with, Angier doesn't have an airship at its disposal. You can't just act on the spur of the moment like Rion did.

　I wanted to call out to Libya before I went after her.

　I wondered what kind of call to make.

　When he got to the front of Libya's room, Angier was surprised.

'Hey, what's this?'

　It was not a room that was used by the girls of the school.

　A room for Libby had been prepared in a place that had been used as a storage room. On top of that, there was graffiti on it, and it was not treated well.

　Angier knocked, but there was no answer.

'Li, Livia, it's me........'

　I called out to her, but she didn't answer, and when I thought she wasn't there - I thought she was gone.

'Oh, it's not Lady Angelica.

　I turned around and there was a third year girl and her cronies.

''........It's you?''

　Angier, who called his older counterpart you, looked down on him with narrowed eyes. The other party understands this and makes it look abhorrent. They are giving each other a bad vibe.

''You don't like the upstart countesses, do you?

You speak very highly of your own house. A daughter of an upstart family with a history of outrageous behavior really has some nerve.

　The reason why Angier dislikes the other party is because they are a hostile faction in the first place.

　At the same time, there were many bad rumors about the Count family.

　It would be better if it was just rumors, but they were also known to actually be involved in bad things.

　The other family had to go through a lot of pressure to climb up.

　And the girl in front of him was also Brad's former fiancée.

　A group of people with numerous resident servants and a group of cronies who are also playing quite flamboyantly, which is obvious from the outside.

(Their taste for money is cute. All of them, with their sub-race slaves in tow...)

　It was truly a group of girls from the school.

　The other party clicks his tongue.

　They seem to have enough sense not to touch Angier, the duke's daughter.

''You're quite adorable to greet your favorite commoner, aren't you?

What do you mean by that?

　The other person moves his face closer.

　Angel frowned at the strong smell of perfume.

'Angelica-sama, you must keep your precious cronies and your lovely pets well connected. It would be so sad if they died, wouldn't it?

　Angier glares at the person who gives him a lowly smile.



'If you knew, you should have stopped him. You're a cold daughter of a duke, aren't you?

　But Angier is in no hurry.

(Fool.) Do you guys know what you're dealing with?　(If you think of Leon as little more than a good watchdog, you're screwed.

　Angier was suspicious of Kara's request.

　That's because he knew whose cronies Kara was.

　Normally, school cronies are made up of the children of familiar - the children of a parochial or jury house. It was suspicious when Kara didn't ask the parental family for help.

(The guy from Rion, why did you lend a hand knowingly?　(You still can't read.)

　On the contrary, Angier felt sorry for his opponent....

'Oh yes, my favourite commoner pet, but he's out.

Have you gone out?

Yes, I followed Kara into her territory. She's taking him there because he's her friend. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this. You don't want to take your friend to a territory where air pirates are in danger.

　--Moment.

　Angier grabbed his opponent's chest and slammed him against the wall.

　He tightened his chest and pushed it directly against the wall, lifting it up with one arm.

'Hey, what did you do to Livia?'

You can't feel--

　His feet leave the floor and his cronies and resident servants gather to help his struggling opponent, but Angier gives him a glare.

'Don't touch me,'

　A quiet, bottomless voice chilled them all, and when they all couldn't move, they turned their faces back to their opponents again.

'I'm short-tempered. Talk to me quickly. What are you guys thinking?'

Ha, let go - you think you can do this and get away with it for free?

　The other person didn't expect him to put his hand out, or maybe he was somewhat flustered, but he thought it was Angier who put his hand out, or maybe he was being strong.

'I'm the one asking the questions. You can make as much noise as you want later. A lot of idiots took a licking at me after the duel. It will be a good example.

　The fact that most of these idiots were girls of the same s*x was a problem for Angier. The boys were still more sane.

　The other guy laughed.

'See for yourself,'

　Angier threw his opponent to the floor and walked away from him as if nothing had happened.

'I'll let you do that,'

　Angel moved away a little, turned a corner and ran straight out.

(Hurry up and call Leon. No, it would be faster if I headed out. But if you're headed in a partner, it's going to be hard to catch up.)

◇

　A room at Paltner's.

　I was playing cards with Brad and Greg.

　It's a gamble, of course.

　They both look at me with a difficult look on their faces.

'Look, what's going on?'

　Greg snarls.

'Wait!　Let me think some more!

　The money that was taken from the two of them was quite a bit of money. They both had money that they had earned from the school festival.

　Of course, the cards were rigged.

　--Ripping off both of them on a raft.

　Well, that's good for the boat fare. These guys need to learn more about the world. I'm going to show them the hard way before they get cheated out of their lives someday.

　I'm playing with them because I'm not busy, but I never thought I'd end up playing cards with these guys.

　They put down their playing cards with a look of determination on their faces.

''How about this!''

　Brad is also very bullish. Looking at the cards in his hand, it certainly looks like he can win.

"I'll win next time!

　And I would slowly show him the trump. And since my role is stronger, I win again.

'Sorry. I win again.

　Greg holds his head up.

'No way!　This is bogus!

　Bled was squatting too.

'How many consecutive losses do you think we've lost!　It's not possible!

　I say to them both as I collect my cards.

'You guys are really stupid,'

　They both glare at him, but he says he can't play the game anymore because he's lonely in his wallet.

　As I'm putting my cards away, Greg asks Brad.

'Speaking of which, what kind of guy is your ex-fiancee?'

　Brad replies, looking at his lonely wallet.

''Well I guess it's an unusual type of girl. She doesn't look like she's from a family that's more than an earl.''

　Brad looked unhappy as he spoke up.

'We met a few times before I entered the school. It was a simple political marriage, so we didn't have any trouble like His Highness or Zilk.

　Greg doesn't know Brad's ex-fiancee because he's not familiar with aristocratic talk.

　I put my cards away and listen to him.

'He's not interested in me. What I want is blood. He wanted the blood of House Field. The other family is an upstart from a merchant.

　In the Holfaat Kingdom, where adventurers have become nobles, if you're a noble by birth, you're the descendant of an excellent adventurer. And even if you are an upstart, if you are successful as an adventurer, you are considered respectable.

　You will be treated as an upstart, but you will still be treated as a nobleman.

　But even in such a kingdom, there is an exception.

　That is the house of Brad's former fiancée.

　It was originally a small baronial family, but after a merchant forcibly took over the house, he was elevated and became a count.

　From a royal nobleman's point of view, it's an upsetting thing, but even so, it's a grey area, or rather, it's a grey area where they can do whatever they want to do under the eye of the law. However, that's why the house had so many enemies - but...

　Greg looks up a bit as he remembers and speaks.

'Come to think of it, it was a house that was active in diplomacy with the Grand Duchy.

He chose me for the marriage, partly because of my merit. ─ Because my family is close to the Grand Duchy. After we settled our differences, his family asked me to think about marriage. "If my family wouldn't be afraid of the Black Knight," he said.

　The Field family, a frontier count, is in trouble when war breaks out because of their proximity to the Grand Duchy. As a precaution against it, Brad is to marry the other family's daughter.

'An excellent house in spite of the circumstances, eh?

'So it's awkward. In fact, Mr. Wayne smelled the broken engagement and asked for my help. It's very cunning. It's like, if the parents are the parents, so are the parasites underneath them.

　Greg nodded with a divine look on his face.

'The same on my end, I suppose. I've only met you a few times, even though you're my fiancé. I don't have any feelings for you, do I?'

　...............................these guys are in trouble. Come to think of it, Greg and Chris' fiancé is not in the game. What kind of person was he?

　Luxion's communication reaches his ears as he listens to their conversation. They didn't hear it.

''Master, it looks like we're here to see you.''

　You have some time before you arrive at your destination.

　You'll be greeted by...

"Air pirate airship. Two pirate airships are approaching us.

　I stood up and got ready to go.

'Guys, time to get to work.'

　They looked up at me and were surprised to see me open-mouthed. Seeing their poor reactions, they didn't understand what I was saying.

'I'm telling you to get ready because the enemy is coming,'

　Greg stands up.

'Oh, right,'

Brad stood up too, but they were both confused.

'Well, more importantly, what are we supposed to do?'

　But it won't do you any good. He's just going to have to be quiet.

I'm sorry.

　The airship of the air bandits had a skull mark on a black cloth.

　One of the captains of the air bandit group [Wing Shark] whistled at Paltner's figure visible from the airship.

''Your head will be very happy to get this.

　The air bandit's men agree.

'It's a big one. And there are four kids on board?''

Yeah, three bastards and one woman.

Do you want me to get rid of all four of them?

Fool. The three bastards are noblemen. He sells them to rich old ladies for some extra cash. As for the woman, you can dump her after you've played with her. They're commoners and can't be ransomed.

　As soon as the people around them heard it and showed their motivation, the airship flying next to them started to descend as well.

　It's approaching Pertner from directly above and is trying to hold him down.

　The captain puts his hand on his neck and turns it.

'I hear one of them is ridiculously strong, but he's a school kid. Teach them how to fight air bandits.

Hey!　I have them all ready to go.

　One after another, armor-clad air brigands take off from the airships.

　More than twenty pieces of armor are about to fly over to Paltner from the two airships.

　It's just like a power suit.

　In this world where the earth floats, even armor can fly.

"Well, it's going to be easier today, thanks to those stupid kids.

Yes.

　The rest were held down by their own airships and taken away so that they could not escape.

　The captain thought it was his usual job, but he approached the air bandits' armor when something flew out of Paltner.

　It was bigger than normal armor - gray and heavy looking armor.

'What can one man do? Even if you're a little stronger, you're still a kid. Hey, surround--

　Faster than the captain was about to give the order, the armor from Paltner came out of the Paltner, grabbing each of the air bandits' shoddy armor in its free hands and smashing it down.

　He threw the armor at his own airship and then destroyed with his bare hands the armor of one after another of the air bandits that tried to surround him.

　He kicked the armor of the air bandits with his rifle at the ready.

　The captain of the ship shouts out.

'What the hell is that thing........rising!　Rise--

　But before he could finish, the airship shook violently.

　Grabbing onto a nearby railing, the captain shouted.

'What happened!'

Ho, a bombardment!　Prey bombard us!

'Don't be a fool!　We're right above you!

　Airship combat in this world is basically stronger if you take the top off. Due to the inaccuracy of their cannons, they line up their cannons on the sides anyway and fire in numbers.

　There's such a thing as magic, so a barrier is generated to protect the airship.

　The bandits were also wary of the bombardment and attacked the airship from directly above.

'How could they fire cannons at such a large airship?　There's no way four people could move it in the first place--

　If it's the size of Paltner, that's the size of thousands of people that would have to come together to move it.

　That's why I thought there was no way it could move properly with only four.......five people on board.

　That's because that's what this world is all about.

　The captain shouted.

'Surrender!　Surrender!　I can't wait to see the white flag--

　He decided that he couldn't escape and told them to raise the white flag to surrender.

◇

　Greg looked at Aroganz as he landed on the deck.

　Brad's was restraining the air bandits as they slammed onto the deck, and he said to Greg, "Quickly help me out, brainiac! That's what I've been told.

　Only, Greg thought as he looked at the gray giant - the armor.



　Larger than normal armor, the Aroganz looked very heavy with heavy armor. However, the figure that flew through the air was very light.

　It wasn't even a match for the shoddy armor of the air bandits.

　It wasn't that Greg thought that he couldn't compete with Leon's strength.

(What's with the emphasis on the actual battle. When it comes down to it, if I'm alone, I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.)

　He had been able to play an active role with the support of his vassals until now, and he was made painfully aware of this in front of Leon.

　Unlike Rion, who moved as soon as he thought the enemy was coming, Greg realized that he couldn't fight properly without the support of someone else.

'....A kid. What, I was a stylish kid?''

　It seemed only natural that Leon had called him a brat.

　Greg felt very sorry for himself.

◇

　Inside the arrogants.

　I look around.

'Have we all been neutralized now?

　It was Luxion in the arrogants who answered.

''Yes, sir. The two airships have already shut down their engines. There is no problem if you disobey. We'll just shoot them down.''

Don't be stupid. You take it home and sell it.

　Like shoddy armor, airships are worth their weight in gold. Of course, the same goes for the air pirates.

　That's why we decided to capture them all. It's better than letting them go.

'Wouldn't it have been faster to shoot them down?　I didn't want to bring him back just to get in trouble.'

''No~ I'm not in the spirit of being able to kill people with glee. If I'm going to use you to fight, I'm going to have to weigh myself.

　Luxion's electronic voice sounded even colder than usual at my words.

''Is it alright for Master to make a mistake with that?''

So I don't want to get involved.

　I was better off on the outside looking in, because I would be expected to make these decisions. If I'm ordered to fight, I can use that as an excuse. However, if I get involved myself, there's no excuse.

　........How did this really happen?

'For that matter, a warning shot would have been enough for the opponent. Why did you shoot through it?

"...I will not allow you to try to drape yourself over Partner.

　This guy is in no position to say anything about people?

　Artificial intelligence has brought a personal touch to my life.

　Do you think this is great or not.......well, it's the artificial intelligence of the maiden game world. Besides, if you think of him as my partner, this is about as good as it gets.

　I'm afraid of a full-blown artificial intelligence or a rebellion.

◇

　A room at Paltner's.

　Kara was shaking.

'Huh, don't be silly. Why are you losing so easily?'

　Kara, who guided the air bandits, was too dismayed to be dismayed.

　She hadn't expected Rion to be so strong.

　On top of that, he's a partner.

　With only five people on board, including Kara, it was hard to believe that it was working normally.

　Normally, even an ordinary airship would not move without a good number of people on board.

''They said it was a lost item, but this is bogus. In this case we'll arrive at my parents' house.

　Kara had lured Rion and the others to this place on orders from Brad's former fiancée.

　She planned to save herself later.

　The communicator they brought in was not working well after they reported before they left.

'How could it break down!

　The radio wave situation was bad or the noise was terrible.

　The communication situation is usually not good.

　That's the basis of this world, and if the other party is close enough, they can communicate with each other.

　Kara was impatient with the failure of the operation.

'I haven't even contacted my parents' house in any way.

　After capturing the air bandits, Rion resumes his journey to the quasi-baronet's territory. If that happens, his family will know.

''That's right. Let's take advantage of that commoner woman. Well, the other two will have to come clean and say it's not true. Yes, you don't need to worry about them anymore. They've been bastardized and have no power anyway.

　The corner of the room a small camera was keeping a close eye on Kara.

◇

　It was evening when Paltner arrived at the quasi-baronet Wayne's estate.

'The sun is going down faster now,'

　In addition, it was cold.

　There were no ports in the quasi-baronial territory that Paltner could dock in, so he landed in a small airship.

　But here's the problem.

　Brad complained to me.

'Why are you being so calm!

　We are now surrounded by quasi-baronial soldiers.

　I'm holding my hands up in the air in an interesting way.

"Don't get upset. ...I'm in trouble.

　Greg was frustrated.

'I have no idea if this guy is awesome or not,'

　The soldiers are wary of us because they have a familiar airship of bandits with them.

　As we were making a lot of noise like that, a quasi-baronet appeared.

　Mr. Wayne - it's Kara's father, [Conrad Fow Wayne].

　He looks like a middle-aged man with a tired face and a slightly noticeable belly, but he was surprised when he saw us.

'Put your weapons down now!

　As the soldiers lowered their weapons, I lowered my hand as well.

　And they were greeting Brad, not me. Apparently, they found out that Brad was the son of a frontier count.

'You must be Master Brad?　It's been a while.

'What?　Oh, oh.

　But Brad was ambiguous, as if he didn't remember the quasi-baronet.

　The other party also laughed to themselves as if they had sensed this.

''I met you when we had a party at the Count-sama's mansion, and you've grown up a lot.

　The other guy flushed and Brad spoke with relief as well.

'More importantly, why are we surrounded?　Your daughter asked me to come over and help you, and I rushed over.

　Mr. Conrad is puzzled.

'Help?　Did my daughter ask for it?

　The people around him looked at Kara and began to make excuses as if they were in a hurry. They had Luxion watching over them, but it's really bad.

''Nah, it's not. This girl I consulted with was thinking too big. So, so--''

　Libya, who had been talked out of the conversation, now looked at me.

'Huh?　Uh, well, I was asked to--

　Somewhat absent-mindedly, Livia is in a state of disarray after being abruptly rejected. She hasn't been feeling very well lately.

　Mr. Conrad wanted to question her, and I intervened.

Your daughter asked me to introduce you to Libya to ask for help," he said, "so we rushed in. That's why we came running in?

　I'm sad to say that he looks at me like who is this guy, but Brad introduces me.

'This is Leon Fow Baldfalt. You've at least heard of me, right?

　Hearing this, Mr. Conrad stepped back a little and apologized.

''Was it the Baronet, sir? This is a terrible rude thing to do. ''However, my territory is not in that much trouble. Is it true that you asked for help?''

　Brad looked at Kara with narrowed eyes.

'What do you mean?'

　When Kara couldn't get away with it, she tried to glare at Livia and I stepped in between her and she tried to glare at me.

　Then she looks like she's about to cry.

　Mr. Conrad apologizes.

'I'm sorry. My daughter looks confused. We're going to invite you into our home for once--'

　He said that much and I snickered.

　This world is a maiden game. This is a world that is kind to women--especially to girls. I don't want to be left in the dark.

This is the guy who called us here. We promised him a reward and asked for help. Associate Baron, you understand that, don't you?　It's not a game.

　I crowded in intimidatingly and threateningly.

　Positions in the world are meant to be used. I'll make great use of the title of baron, which I never wanted, here.

Two future barons. I'm already a baron. I'm already a baron. I've sent airships and captured two air pirates. Don't tell me that was a mistake, will you?

But I'm not sure you understand the situation.

Well, get on with it and ask your daughter. I don't mind you covering for your little girl. But if you do, I'll get paid my way.

　Luxion smartly moved the airship.

　The quasi-baron grabbed both of Kara's shoulders, as if he had mistakenly thought he had company when he saw the size of the partner and the way it was moving.

'Kara, what the hell is going on here?　Did you really ask for help?

　From there, Kara cried and told him what happened.

◇

　I stood tall as I returned to Paltner instead of the quasi-baron's mansion.

　Carla's guy told me all about it.

　That he'd brought us here to trick us, you know.

　Well, when I told him that the captured air bandits told me what happened, he gave up and blabbed on.

　Air pirates?　I've been pretending that I didn't know.

　Lie?　That's not true. The other side just misunderstood. When I said that I heard from the air bandits, I gave up and Kara told them the plan.

　The Countess tricked us into attacking the air force, right?

　It was just Livia and I in the room.

'Huh, I'm tired. We'll see how it goes tomorrow and then we can relax for a while. Fortunately, there's still time for the holidays.

　It feels like the first day has cleared up a lot.

　It's too good to be applauded for doing too well, but it's not a game. There's no need for excitement.

　Life is best when it's calm and peaceful and serene.

　Normally I'd be worried, "Is that what you want? Livia, who might have asked me what it was like, turned over and refused to speak.

'Are you okay?'

　I turned my head and Livia slowly looked up at me.

''........What is it?''

What?

'Rion-san, you're amazing. You solve everything by yourself, you know everything...

Hey, man.

　Livia's unusual mood made me reach out for her hand in concern and she shook it off.

　She takes a step back and keeps her distance.

'Why are you being so nice to me?'

No, no, this is--

　The first reason that came to mind was the phrase I had used as an excuse to myself: "You're the hero. I was stuck for words and couldn't get them out.

'It's funny. I'm from a commoner's background and I'm a hater. What reason do you have to help me?　I'm really nothing. Why would you help me if I can't live up to Leon-san's expectations?

　When I was silent, unable to answer, I saw Livia smiling darkly.



No, no. No, that's not why I--

　Then he was crying and laughing.

　That smile was painful. My heart ached.

'Right. I'm not pretty, and Angel is so much more beautiful and a princess than I am, you know. I'm really nothing... nothing...''

　...what did I do wrong?

　I couldn't find the words to say to Livia as she sat there crying.

　I really ... I feel sorry for myself.

'Everyone said it. 'I'm like a pet,' they said. They said that neither Mr. Leon nor Angier saw me as a person.

　Was it the girls in the regular class, or did Kara and the others tell me that?

　I was about to say that it wasn't, but then again, "This world is a damsel in distress. The famous boys are to be attacked", my own words running through my head. ........What's the difference between me and Kara and the others?　That's the question that popped into my head.

　Livia cried out in tears.

'Bah, don't be ridiculous!　I'm ... I'm human!　I'm not a pet of Mr. Leon and his friends!

　As it was, Livia started crying and sat down.

　I couldn't do anything about it, and I walked out of the room to escape.