7 – Do you really want to die?

Awkward silence lingers in the chapter.

I looked at the nobles, each looking at me with different expressions.

‘Did I make a mistake?’

I was a little late to the prom because I was dealing with bandits in the middle.

But I don’t think it’s because I was just late for everyone to be silent.

Then the man who appeared to be the host broke the silence and opened his mouth.

“Mister Rail Violand, are you right?”

“Uh.”

“I see. It’s so different from what I’ve seen before, I didn’t notice it at first sight! You are much more handsome than before! hahahaha!”

Ah.

From Jeran’s words, it was only then that I realized that they hadn’t noticed me after losing weight.

Well, it was only natural that the guy who looked like a beast had lost weight and even his face had become handsome, so he couldn’t recognize him.

As we waited for the prom to start with our arms crossed, the moderator cautiously opened his mouth again.

“Mr. Rail. The seat you are sitting on is a seat made for His Majesty the Emperor. I’m sorry, but I’d appreciate it if you could move to your usual seat.”

“Ah. Is it. I’m sorry. It’s been a while since I’ve been here and forgot my seat.”

As soon as I apologized, the people around me turned into surprised faces.

Then we quietly mumble to each other with my inaudible voice.

‘That idiot apologized?’

‘A commoner who hates that to the point of death?’

Fortunately, since I’m famous for being an idiot, these violent behaviors seemed to go unnoticed.

I got up from my seat and looked at Aline, who was sweating beside me.

She seemed to be reflecting a little on her mistake, even Aline herself.

In fact, when I first entered the ballroom a while ago, I didn’t know where my seat was, so I asked Aline next to her.

-‘Wow, there are so many people. But where is my seat?’

-‘That red chair in the center seems to be the seat of the master.’

-‘Huh? Is that my seat? Isn’t that too much for that?’

-‘It is said in the mansion that the master’s family paid the most for this ball. So, isn’t that splendid chair also the master’s?’

Through Aline’s words, I sat down in the chair reserved for His Majesty the Emperor.

Fortunately, a nearby employee guided me to my seat.

“Ugh.”

Involuntarily, a sigh came out of my mouth.

The seat I sat in was the farthest away from where the host was standing.

Perhaps I, an idiot, moved it away from sight even if I did something stupid.

‘I still spent the most money, but isn’t this treatment a little too much?’

However, I had no choice but to accept it because Rail’s madness described in the novel was too much to say.

The atmosphere, which had been noisy for a while, was revived again with the witty words of the host.

“Thank you to all the nobles who participated in the ball. I hope you all make a good relationship today.”

As soon as the dark lights were turned on with a small applause, the ballroom was filled with food and alcohol prepared.

Aristocrats also rise from their seats and move their steps to build friendships while drinking alcohol and food.

Of course, none of them came to me.

I seemed to think that no matter how much weight I lost, my crazy personality wouldn’t change.

The moment I get up from my seat to have a glass of wine with Aline.

“Nice to meet you! Rail boy!”

With a lively greeting like a puppy meeting its owner, Ellis, the eldest daughter of the baron family, approached me.

“Oh, yes. A long time.”

“Wow, Bocchan, you look completely different from the last time I saw you. The first time I saw it, I thought, “Who is that?”

“When I look in the mirror once in a while, I am surprised to see my face.”

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My witty joke made Ellis laugh.

Still, there was someone who talked to me first, so it felt good.

If you talk like this with me, who has a bad rumor, you might get a little bad eyes on Ellis.

“Hey… That’s Aline, right?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, Mr. Aline has changed a lot from the first time I saw him! The clothes look good too!”

“Thank you.”

Aline didn’t seem to be offended by Elise’s honest praise.

Ellis took a seat at our table.

Then, I could feel the eyes of the other nobles turning toward us.

It seemed like they were talking about Alice with me from the start.

I asked her laughing beside her and talking to her Allyne.

“Hey, but shouldn’t you be with us?”

“Huh? Why?”

In response to my answer, I tilt my head with a face that I have no idea why.

I sighed and opened my mouth.

“If you hang out with me, who has a bad reputation, your family won’t look good on you, will you?”

“Oh, I don’t really care about that.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Since I am the eldest daughter, my father told me to attend, so I had no choice but to come. I don’t like talking about politics that isn’t particularly interesting.”

Although she was only 16 years old, she was the eldest daughter of hers, so unlike her appearance, she was sure of her own will.

“Ah! Come to think of it, when I told my father what had happened before, he thanked me and asked me to visit my family next time!”

“Yes. Will definitely visit next time.”

Nice.

Still, I had no connections with anyone, but a connection called Ellis was created in my hand.

Thanks to my saving his life, I can’t help but be friendly with him, but the person himself, Ellis, seemed nice.

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Me, Aline, and Elise chatted over fine wine as the ball began.

I thought I wouldn’t be able to communicate because I was so young, but surprisingly, I had a lot of knowledge and the conversation went well.

The way he smiled and chit-chat was cute like a puppy.

At the time I thought I was lucky enough to come to the prom. A strange guest approached us.

“Sorry for interrupting your conversation. Sir Rail, how are you?”

A brown-haired, narrow-eyed man greeted me.

But I didn’t know who he was when I first saw him.

“Who are you?”

“Ah, maybe you don’t remember me…”

“Sorry. I have a bad memory these days.”

Perhaps it felt a little bad not to recognize him, his eyebrows went up slightly.

But immediately, while maintaining the original expression, he begins to explain himself.

“I also forget my name once in a while, so it’s okay. I am Aron of the Feinheart family.”

I remembered.

Aron was one of the important characters in his own work from a count family.

It was good that I came up with information about him, but the downside was that he was a bad villain in the novel.

“I was surprised to see that he changed a lot while I couldn’t see him. The atmosphere also seems to be much softer than before. hahahaha.”

To make me stand out, he gave me a pleasant laugh and praised me.

But the reason he spoke to me didn’t seem to be just to say hello to me.

After the greeting, the guy’s gaze naturally turned to Elise, who was sitting next to her.

“Hello. Miss Alice. Oh, did you miss me too?”

“Oh, no. I remember. Master Aron.”

Ellis stood up and was greeted by Aron, who had a higher rank than herself.

A fishy smile appeared on his face at that sight.

“You don’t have to call me by such a rigid name. Feel free to call me Aron.”

“Yes. Mr Aron.”

“More than that, Lady Ellis, her beauty has become even more beautiful than before. Even though she was far away, her beauty caught her eye.”

“hahahaha. Thank you.”

“How can we move to our side and have a conversation? My family has been interested in the artifacts of the Neonbar family lately.”

“Ah…”

Alice’s face is stained with bewilderment at Ar On’s words to move her place.

Aron meant to stop chatting with Aline and me and talk with him.

No matter how you look at it, it was an act of ignoring me.

And Alice looks at Aline with me to see if she knows what that means.

Perhaps Ellis didn’t like the sudden intrusion into her conversation either.

As Elise ponders without saying anything, her gaze turns to Aline, who is sitting to my left.

“I’m sorry, but this is the first person I’m seeing. Who is the person next to you?”

“Allen.”

“Yes?”

“My name is Aline.”

Poop.

At that moment, I burst out laughing without even realizing it.

To be honest, I didn’t expect that Aline would speak kindly to the son of the count, whom she had never seen before.

As if Aron was taken aback by his sudden reply, he blankly looked at Aline.

Unlike me, who was planning to wait and see how things would turn out, Elise immediately started explaining.

“Ah, this is Master Rail’s exclusive driver. He is also a benefactor who helped me before.”

“Do you mean a knight?”

“Yes.”

Aron’s expression immediately distorted when he heard that Allin was a knight, not a nobleman, and that he answered again with a short answer.

Anyway, I don’t think it’s very good to dare to use short words to yourself on the subject of a commoner.

But I couldn’t get angry because Alice and I were by my side, and I could see that I had no choice but to hold back my anger.

“I think Lord Rail should teach the knight next to him the mindset and attitude of a knight.”

“Yes. I’ll take care of it, so don’t worry about it.”

“Yes. My mindset and attitude are matters for me and my lord to think about. Please do not interfere.”

“Poop.”

This time, Alice burst into laughter.

I couldn’t hold back her laughter at the sight of Aline adding a word to my words by her side.

As far as I can remember, Aron is 20 years old, two years older than me.

However, at the laughter of Ellis, who was younger and lower in rank than himself, and at the flat words of Aline, a knight whom he would not normally dare to meet, the boy eventually burst into anger.

“How dare you, a lowly knight! You don’t know who I am!”

“Yes. I don’t know who.”

“Have you seen such a madman!”

She can’t hold back her anger at Allin’s answer, which continues to arouse her anger without noticing her.

However, thanks to Ellis blocking Aron’s path, Aline’s slap did not happen.

Alice hurriedly bowed her waist and apologized to Ar On.

“Sorry. Master Aron. It all happened because of my carelessness. I’m sorry, but a place is a place, so I’d like you to lower your voice.”

As Ellis said, everyone’s eyes turned to us at Aron’s loud voice.

But Aron, whose spout had already turned, didn’t care about other people’s eyes.

“Is a baron or something like that threatening me right now!”

“Brother. If you raise your voice any further, the image of the family may be damaged.”

“I liked it because I had a smooth face, but now you’re trying to teach me!”

Slap-

The hand of Aron, who has lost his temper, strikes Elise’s cheek.

At that sight, the eyes of the nobles around were wide open as if surprised.

Perhaps because she hit her as hard as she could, Alice fell helplessly to the ground after being slapped on the cheek.

However, the guy still stretches out his hand toward the fallen Ellis, as if he is still angry.

“Keah-!”

A painful moan spread through the intestines.

But the owner of the voice was not Elise.

Under my gravity magic, Aron bent his knees on the floor helplessly.

The guy struggles to get up from his seat to relieve his ugly posture.

However, there was no way he could withstand my magic, which poured all the mana flowing through my body.

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My sanity was almost half blown the moment Alice slapped me on the cheek.

I grabbed the guy who was kneeling on the floor by the collar.

“Hey, do you really want to die?”

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