Betrayed by My Fiancé, I Changed My Role from a Viscount’s Daughter to a Lady-in-Waiting to the Quee

「…What, huh?」

From the beginning to the end, a lot of unstable words and actions that are incomprehensible. The narrow-mindedness of vision that cannot leave others out. It’s so bottom-feeding creepy that my arms are full of goosebumps.

Everything is someone else’s fault just because she doesn’t get her way. To top it all off, she forces the Countess Bauer to take the blame. This attitude, in which no offense is taken, is a little out of the ordinary, don’t you think?

I shuddered to shake off the eeriness, then exhaled heavily to regain my composure.

「Hey, are you alright?」

Countess Bauer, who was still sitting on the floor, was simply stunned with tears streaming down her face. I don’t know how she felt, but I couldn’t leave her sitting on the cold floor.

「You’re getting cold. Let’s go to the sofa.」

She took my hand and walked toward the sofa as I guided her. Meanwhile, Countess Bauer’s cheeks continued to drip with tears.

I don’t know why, in times of pain and sadness, no matter how much I cry, I never run out of tears. I know that feeling well. I had a weird worry that one day I would dry up, and yet I couldn’t stop crying. I remember Meari forcing a straw into my mouth at that time.

Seeing Countess Bauer’s unstoppable tears, I couldn’t help but giggle as I remembered that moment.

「…What’s strange?」

Countess Bauer notices this and gives me a reproachful look.

「I’m sorry. I never meant to laugh at you. I was just reminiscing about the past.」

Because I thought Meari, the maid, had spat at me,「You reek!」and was carried out of the house and found herself being made to shine. Forgive me if I find it funny every time I remember.

「…How can you look so relaxed? Do you have a proper understanding of the current situation?」

Perhaps frustrated with my attitude, she sniffs and expresses her irritation.

「What do we do now? What do you mean by persuasion? What do you want me to persuade her of? She is not going to be persuaded by me. I’d rather have the argument backwards, of course. It wasn’t my game to lose from the start!」

That’s right. You have done a good job of analyzing.

「How could she let this happen to me? She was such a Onee-sama, when did she change…!」

I sit next to the Countess Bauer, who continues to sob, and gently pat her back. I guess there are memories between the two of them that I don’t know about. Because that’s probably why Countess Bauer has not abandoned Viscountess Bolellan until now and begged her to turn back to the end.

「I don’t know why Miss Bauer is so devoted to Miss Bolellan, but no amount of lamenting will change the situation. Now it’s time to figure out what to do with the rest of it.」

It’s cruel, but she has to accept the reality.

「…Uuurgh…!」

「Yeah. It’s hard. But let’s hang in there. If we don’t do anything, we’ll just invite the worst to happen. She’ll probably kill us. And then she’ll blame it all on you, and eventually Miss Bauer will be silenced.」

It is often said that dead men have no mouths to feed. This is one of the typical patterns.

「You know what I mean. Now, look up. Keep your heart in the right place.」

「…Hiiee… ick.」

「Yes-yes. It’s sad, and it’s painful. You can cry a lot when it’s all over, so come on, hang in there.」

Countess Bauer tries desperately to hold back tears at my words, but it is not going well.

「This is troubling… I hope you have some water…」

I know from experience that drinking water at times like this calms me down a bit. It also keeps me from drying up. With this in mind, I went to look around for a pitcher of water, and that was the next moment.

「Ja–ja–ja–jaan!♪ When in doubt, ask the stars, but first ask me. I’ll fly anywhere, anytime, for you. I, a master of attention to detail, is here to help you solve any problems you may have!」

From somewhere, a strange thing fell. And with a strange mouth and pose.

「Miss, you are in trouble. Come on, I’ll help you out with your problem, spark—!♪」

Both Countess Bauer and I were stunned by the event. Whether or not he had noticed our situation, Yance presented us with a water bag he had taken out.

「Here is the water you wanted. Now-now, you can take it.」

「Eh, ah… okay. Uhh, thanks…?」

I just took it in stride and took it, nhhn? I still tilt my head back and forth.

「You’re welcome!」

A full, charming smile. I’ve seen it so many times already that I finally got my dazed brain to work again.

「That’s not it! You, why in the world you are here!?」

Or rather, where did you come from, Yance. You just came down from the ceiling⁉

「You’re surprised? Then it was a great success!」

“Hyah–hyah,” I glanced at Yance, who laughed out loud. In an instant, the smile disappears from his face.

「…Aww, I’m scared.」

“Who is the one who is offended?” I gave him another glare, telling him to answer the question quickly, and Yance hurriedly straightened up his appearance.

「I’m just bringing a message from the Boss.」

「Message…?」

From Rio to me?

「That’s right. I’m going to go and see the others now, so I’m going to give my parting gift to Miss before I go.」

「Huh? A parting gift?」

“What was the obligation?” And would it not have been limited to『His Boss』?

「Don’t tell me you’re planning to leave your friends behind and escape on your own?」

The lizard’s tail cutter is also very thin-skinned.

「Eh, you have a funny way of saying “friends.” Those people are not my friends. We’ve only known them for a short time, and they don’t even have any feelings for me.」

「…Eh, what do you mean…?」

「Well, well, I don’t care about that. Don’t worry about trivial things, you can just take this as it is.」

He handed it to me as if to push it to me, and I gaped at it.

「This is…」

「Message from the Boss.『Witty, isn’t it?』」

I couldn’t even breathe a word. The fact that he gave me this means that Rio knew what I was planning to do.

「…………..How long he has been aware of this?」

「According to the Boss, it started from the beginning.」

Ugh, he got me.

「That’s frustrating…」

「If you’re angry every time to the Boss, you’ll just get tired.」

This is an advice that’s full of real feeling. I am angry at Rio, but I am equally angry at Yance. But this one, received as a parting gift, is certainly helpful and thoughtful.

「Thank you… that’s a big help.」

So I’m going to be honest here and say thank you. I’m still frustrated, though!

「I’ll tell that to the Boss.」

「Do it that way.」

「Well, with that, I’ll be on my way. Don’t be too hard on yourselves. That lady over there seems to be a real lady, unlike Miss, and I’ll be moderate.」

Muh, what do you mean by a real lady? I’m a real Viscountess too, without a doubt.

「I hope you get out of there in one piece.」

If only we could, that is. Fufun.

「Ah—… Are you talking about the knights surrounding this mansion?」

「…Muh.」

At Yance’s line, Countess Bauer, who had been hiding behind my back until now, said,「Eh?」she said in a small voice.

「Is that right…?」

「…Yes. Uwah, this pisses me off. You really knew all along.」

Of course, Yance nodded, and in the background, Countess Bauer began to shout,「That’s not what I heard.」

「As expected of you, Miss, you are very shrewd, aren’t you? But I’ll give up, because it’s my head that goes above and beyond. So don’t worry about it. But I’m glad you care.」

Yance’s face relaxed as he said this, and I couldn’t help but clam up. I was not worried, nor was I upset at all, even though it was meant to be sarcastic. On the contrary, I just felt indescribable.

「Ah, right-right. Also, I had one more message for you!」

“Oops, I almost forgot,” Yance stopped dead in his tracks and approached me without a sound, bringing his face close to mine.

Then I heard the message in my ear, as I was bracing myself for what in the world was going to happen next.

「…Eh?」

I stared at Yance with unexpected content.

「Then, I’ve told you everything I know, okay?」

Without showing any sign of concern for my condition, Yance simply smiled at me with a wide-open smile. Then, in complete contrast to when he first appeared, he quietly disappeared onto the balcony without a sound.