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Chapter 84 Part 8 – When the rose of winter bloom. Feelings of first love that transcend time ……

「Don’t fuck with me!! You actually dared to do the first dance without me!?」

A loud shout tore apart the harmonious atmosphere. Everyone stiffened because the voice was not only loud but also clearly insane.

「…… Sir …… Brewer ……?」

The one who jumped in with the momentum of provoking a battle was Viscount Brewer who tried to humiliate mother by playing a dirty trick on the bow. He should have been done in by Countess Rosenthal and left behind in a state of fainting and falling down on his butt.

He was already an atrocious-looking man to begin with, but now his eyeballs were glaring red, his teeth were bared, and every muscle in his face was twitching with rage. The focus of his eyes was shaking. It was as if some strange parasite had gotten into him.

「Moreover, you actually did the first dance with a mountain monkey like Cornelia!! I can’t stand it!! I’m going to throw her out!!」

While violently pushing away the red nobles who were standing still in surprise, he approached my mother.

「Sir Brewer!! Cornelia-sama’s status is a duchess. Do you really think you are allowed to talk like that to her?」

With her face partially hidden by a feather folding fan, Countess Rosenthal stood in the way and glared at Viscount Brewer.

「That is absolutely right!!」, protested the women of the red nobles who were fascinated by mother’s dance. They had looked down on mother until just a few moments ago, but now they are saying the complete opposite. The side-switching ability of a group of women is super scary ……

However, Viscount Brewer did not give in to the fearful peer pressure.

「Shut up!! Shut up!!」

He shouted with saliva flying out, then he knocked off Countess Rosenthal’s feather fan. And he did so with a fist. He was ready to punch the countess in the face. He has completely lost his mind. As one would expect, the countess turned pale and flinched, but he gripped her wrist and tried to pull her closer. It feels like I could hear her bones creaking. Countess Rosenthal’s brows furrowed in pain. It was a violent action that only a madman could do.

「You have thoroughly irritated me!! You are going to dance with me!! All night, no, until the end of your life!!」

It was hard to watch him yelling and spitting saliva all over the place. The words he used were actually more obscene than that, but I can’t write it here.

「…… You ……!!」

The countess’s eyes began to glow in a strange way when she realized that his hand could not be shaken off by force. She intended to activate her evil eye and forcibly eliminate him. But her knees gave out. Countess Rosenthal’s physical stamina was already at its limit due to the evil eye and the ‘Thunderbolt Polka’. If she continues to be toyed with by Viscount Brewer, her life will be in danger.

「Run away!! Viscount Brewer has gone mad!!」

Countess Rosenthal stopped my mother who tried to jump out boldly and the red nobles who fearfully tried to surround them. Her feet began to float. Viscount Brewer lightly swung Countess Rosenthal around with one hand. Is he a chimpanzee!! The limiter in his brain has been completely blown off.

「There’s something wrong with that guy. At this rate, serious injuries will occur. Sorry, but I’m going to have to knock him out to stop him.」

Said the reliable Bradd as he tries to jump out.

「I’m here too. No matter how crazy he is, he’ll turn quiet if I shoot him right between the eyebrows.」

Stop right there, you idiot Arnold. Don’t turn the ballroom into a scene of slaughter.

Besides.

「…… You two stay back. This is high society. Then it’s my battlefield as a woman.」

I gripped Viscount Brewer’s wrist at the point of intense pain and paralysis. But there’s no reaction. Maybe his sense of pain is dulled. Ah, he’s trying to hit me too. Then how about this?

「…… Guwah!?」

Viscount Brewer jumped up like a shrimp. He also took his hands off Countess Rosenthal. To those around us, it would have looked as if he had leapt by himself. But no. I diverted the force directed at me.

「If you want to dance so much, I’ll be your partner.」

I elegantly pinched the ends of my skirt and made a ladylike bow.

It’s settled. I am the heroine of this story after all. So cool!!

Huh? Viscount Brewer, aren’t you jumping too high?

My viewpoint gradually changed its angle upward as my eyes chased after him.

The power of the rebound that I directed to Viscount Brewer was much stronger than I had expected. Just like that, he fell with a thud on the stone floor. D-Did he just fall on his neck!?

「I-Isn’t that too harsh? Scarlet, you must have done that with the intention of killing him.」

The muscle brain idiot, Arnold, scrunched up his face.

I don’t want to be told that by you!!

「Um …… Scarlet. No matter how much you want to, you can’t suddenly break his neck ……」

Mother, you’ve got it all wrong!! This is an unfortunate accident!!

「Before hurling him away, you hit the paralysis point and made him unable to take on a defensive stance. It’s a wonderful two-stage plan. Unfortunately, it looks like you missed the kill.」

After catching the countess with his arms, Bradd said so in a deeply impressed tone.

You idiot Bradd!! Don’t use such a word as ‘kill’!! You should read my mind and reliably defend me as you always do!! Viscount Brewer’s response was late and that happened by accident!!

Ah, but fortunately he’s still alive. What a relief. I should wrap this up properly and make it clear who’s right and wrong through a dance, just like what my mother and Countess Rosenthal did. That would be appropriate for the tag of an ‘isekai romance story’!!

「This is just the beginning. That’s right …… I’ll now show ……」

My heroine-like actions.

Feeling relieved, I smiled.

The people that had been watching me from afar made a commotion.
They were looking at me as if I was a homicidal maniac.

「It seems like she’s not satisfied yet.」

「A devil ……」

「What a cruel smile ……」

Y-You’re wrong!! That’s not what I mean!!

T-The red nobles have committed much more cruel things, haven’t you!!

Here, take a good look. There’s no way such a cute devil can exist!!
Why are you all looking away from me!? Don’t step back!!

Far from being treated as a heroine, I’m treated as the most wicked person in this room!?

How did this happen!!　
I strongly demand improvement of treatment!!
D-Damn it, see you next chapter!!