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Volume 4 Chapter 75

The Rules of Nobility

It was the day of the wedding reception.

The wedding reception will be held in the largest city in the Count’s domain of Silverleigh.

It’s my favorite restaurant in this city, and I’ve frequented it for a long time.

The reception was held in the garden attached to the wedding hall.

The reception was not a formal affair, but rather a standing dinner with the bride and groom and their families.

Tina and Rifa had not yet arrived at the venue because they had to wear their dresses.

The rest of the class seemed to be arriving a little later.

I entered the hall first and went around greeting everyone who had come.

Wedding receptions in Glendale usually start at noon and last until the next day.

However, the bride and groom often leave in the middle of the party.

Even when the bride and groom are gone, the party continues.

Everyone just wants to celebrate and have a good time.

Some come for the unlimited food and drink.

But I don’t think there’s anyone like that at our wedding banquet, because it’s limited to people of nobility and above, or people we know.

My father was talking to the duke.

I show my face a little and greet him.

Next to the king, the duke is the second most powerful person in this country.

A very important man.

So, since my father had to deal with the Duke, I had to go around and greet the others.

[Haruto, you’re lucky this time. I’m surprised anyone would want to marry you.]
He spoke to me in a very sarcastic way.

There was a man I hated the most in Glendale.

He was the second son of the Marquess family, the same age as me.

There was a man I hated the most in Glendale.

He was the second son of the Marquess family, the same age as me.

I’ll give a short reply.

They have a higher status than me, so even if they are rude, one has to be polite to them.

When the second son of the Marquis opened his mouth to give me some additional sarcasm, the audience erupted in cheers.

Tina and Rifa came into the hall.

Tina wore a pale light blue dress.

Rifa was wearing a fresh green dress.

Most of the people in the hall were transfixed by the two.

They walked up to me.

[Haruto-san, sorry to keep you waiting.]

[Haruto-san, what do you think of this dress?]

[You both look so beautiful.]

When they were married in Alheim, they both wore pure white dresses.

[You both look so beautiful.]

When they were married in Alheim, they both wore pure white dresses.

It was also beautiful, but today’s dress matched the colors of their image and looked good on them.

[Hmm, thank you.]

[Oh, come on! Haruto, are they the ones you’re going to marry?]

The second son of the Marquis took me by the shoulders and shook me.

[Yes. It’s a rare person who would marry me. Aren’t they both beautiful?]

I retaliated for the sarcastic remark he had made earlier.

[Such a beautiful woman is too good for Haruto. Okay, I’ll take her!]

──What?

[What the hell was he talking about?]

As I froze, the second son of the Marquis called his father, the Marquis-sama.

[Father, I’m going to marry this elf over here.]

He said and pointed to Rifa.

[Hmm, not a bad face. You would be more suitable.]

The Marquis did not stop his second son.

On the contrary, he looked at Rifa as if he was licking her with disgusting eyes.

[It must be difficult for the third son of a count to support two people. I’m glad you like my son.]

Then the Marquis pulled Rifa’s hand and tried to take her away.

[Ha, Haruto-san-]

[Please stop!]

[What is it?　You’re the third son of a count, and you’re talking to me, a marquis?]

[No, but…]

In this world, it is said that it is rare for a higher-ranking nobleman to take notice of a lower-ranking nobleman’s bride at a wedding ceremony or reception and then steal her away.

And the lower-ranking nobles can never go against the higher-ranking nobles.
If they disobeyed, the whole family would be deposed, and the person who disobeyed would be charged with death.

All of the people in the hall, those with a status of Marquis or lower, were looking down and appealing to themselves.

[Haruto-san…]

Seeing that I couldn’t move against the Marquis, Rifa got teary-eyed.

I can’t forgive the Marquis.

It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this uncomfortable.

I didn’t really want to do this, but I’ll use Yoko’s brainwashing magic.

I’m going to brainwash everyone in this place except my family because it’s too much trouble to reconcile.

Not a single nobleman was willing to help me, so brainwashing everyone would not hurt my heart.

I’ll brainwash them and pretend that today’s wedding reception went off without a hitch.

I’ve come to hate these aristocrats with all my heart.

Originally, I didn’t have a good impression of the nobility outside of my own family.

I tried to make a mental note to call Yoko.

[What’s all the racket?]

[Shut up, you outsider─Y-, your Majesty!?]

The King of Glendale shows up with my brother Cain, Leon, and a few of the SS.

The king notices the Marquis pulling Rifa’s hand.

[Take your hands off me, Marquis. That person is the Princess of Alheim. She is not someone you should be touching.]

[What!?]

As soon as the Marquis’s hand left, Rifa immediately ran up to me and got behind me to hide.

Her hands were shaking as she grabbed the hem of my dress.

I am sorry for making you feel uncomfortable.

Afterwards, the king asked me what had happened, and I briefly told him what had just happened.

The Marquis’s complexion grew paler and paler.

[Well… as you have tried to ruin the friendship between my country and Alheim. I will punish you in no small way. SS, take them out!]

On the king’s orders, the SS took the Marquis and the second son of the Marquis out of the hall.

The Marquis had a look of despair on his face and the second son of the Marquis had tears in his eyes, which made me feel a little better.

[Rifa, I’m sorry I couldn’t help you sooner.]

[I knew you’d take care of it.]

Yeah, I’ll definitely do something about it.

I’m sure I’ll figure it out. The only candidate for how I’ll figure it out is brainwashing.

[Thank you, Your Majesty.]

I thanked the king.

Thanks to this, we no longer have to put all the nobles in this country under Yoko’s brainwashing.

And for some reason, Cain seemed satisfied.

Could it be that he had a super intuition and realized that Rifa was in trouble and brought the king to him?

[Good. This country needs Haruto more than that guy, who is the brother of my SS captain, who brought the hero Tina to this country, and who established friendship with Alheim.]

What a waste of words.

[All that aside, Tina is still beautiful.]

The king looked at Tina from the front.

[What do you say?　Would you like to be my wife?]

[What!?]

This time, the king asked Tina to marry him.

[Your Majesty, what?]

[Play along again…]

But Cain and Leon aren’t in too much of a hurry.

Maybe the king doesn’t mean it.

They are both aware of it.

Hmm, what should I do?

Tina seems to know what to do, but she’s pretending to be troubled, probably because she saw the exchange with Rifa earlier.

Is this a test of my love for Tina?

All right, if that’s the case, I’ll do it.

Even if the country becomes my enemy, I will insist that Tina and Rifa are mine.