Extra Edition / Mob Perspective: The Troubled Entourage Life of a Certain Viscount's Daughter 3
While lost in thoughts, feeling a mix of excitement, a group of male students approached Cristea-sama. Ah, isn't that... the young master of the Gadrey family, subtly urged by Trixie-sama? And from the opposite side, a group of students from the Boatville family was approaching, but they seemed frustrated, having been beaten to the punch. It looks like things are going exactly as Trixie-sama planned.
The Gadrey heir was smiling as he spoke to Cristea-sama, but she seemed to be politely responding with a troubled expression. It was clear there was no interest on her part, yet the Gadrey’s heir persistently tried to secure a promise for a tea party. How insistent.
At that moment, Alicia-sama arrived at the salon building, cutting in. Remarkably, she was alone, without her usual entourage. The two of them had a brief exchange, but when the Gadrey heir brought up the idea of a tea party between the feuding families of Ellisfeed and Gruzier, Alicia-sama seemed momentarily flustered. However, Cristea-sama intervened, offering a counterargument and moving with Alicia-sama towards a room. The Gadrey heir attempted to persist, but Cristea-sama’s maid stepped in to block him.
Wait, I hadn’t noticed her before due to her subtle presence, but what a striking maid! With stunning beauty and fiery red hair, her figure was evident even through her maid's uniform... It's surprising I hadn't noticed such a gorgeous person until now. The male students' gazes kept shifting between her face and her upper body, some even swallowing nervously, while the female students frowned at this behavior.
"Miss Cristea! Are you alright!?"
"Tea, are you okay?"
The tense atmosphere was broken by clear, loud voices. Turning to see the source, it was none other than Crown Prince Raymond and Norman-sama.
Seeing the Gadrey heir freeze at being caught, the two of them approached him. Watching this, the Boatville heir and his entourage quietly retreated, clearly relieved to have been spared the confrontation.
Thanks to Crown Prince Raymond and Norman-sama, Cristea-sama and her companions headed off to their tea party. Meanwhile, those of us who had no real purpose for being in the salon lobby received a stern warning and were banned from entering or staying in the salon building for the rest of the day.
This ban was likely to prevent us from waiting for Cristea-sama and her companions to reappear, but it was still a significant embarrassment to be banned from the salon for the day. The Gadrey’s heir and his entourage were later taken back to the male dormitory and given a stern talking-to, which was deserved.
With no notable results and only the course of events to report, we reluctantly headed to inform Trixie-sama...
"Ah, it seems another messenger just came by. Indeed, the merchant's child always has the latest information. Are you all being a bit too relaxed?"
Surprisingly, it seems she had sent reconnaissance besides us. While taken aback, I barely held back the urge to shout that they shouldn't involve us in such matters.
"Anyway... I'm curious about the topics discussed at the tea party. Considering there were two Sacred Beast Contractors and their Sacred Beasts present, the topic of Sacred Beast contracts might come up... It's troublesome; if Alicia-sama gains an advantage over Francine-sama..."
"Huh? Two Sacred Beasts?"
The Baron's daughter's Sacred Beast was present, but there's no mention anywhere of the Sacred Beast contracted by Cristea-sama...
"You didn't notice? According to reports, the other contractor’s, Sei Shikishima's Sacred Beast for some reason followed as a maid."
I was looked at with a bewildered expression by Trixie-sama, but upon hearing those words, it made sense.
That stunningly beautiful figure was a Sacred Beast! No wonder... Ah, if only I had looked more closely! To be able to see a Sacred Beast up close like that, what luck! Even though there's no guarantee it will happen again in the future!
As I gnashed my teeth inwardly, Trixie-sama sighed and looked at us.
"Well, it's fine. Since we've successfully peeled away Alicia-sama's entourage, tomorrow, let's all go advise Alicia-sama together."
"... Eh?"
"Don’t eh me. Since you're all spacing out, I'll have to make Alicia-sama understand directly. But surely, you wouldn't send just delicate me alone, right?"
… In other words, after stripping away Alicia-sama's entourage, we, the senior students, will all go together in a large group to advise Alicia-sama, right? Argh! I don't want to go!
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