After Starting a Thread as a Reincarnated in an Unknown Otome Game, I Got Caught in a Battlefield of Beauties - Chapter 10: Here Goes, I Love You Bot!

Chapter 10: Here Goes, I Love You Bot!

…A bot, huh?

I close my smartphone, still amazed at the wild ideas from the thread users.

Currently, in silence, I’m being glared at by two people.

Meanwhile, Leticia, the one who spilled the beans, seems baffled by this weird atmosphere.

Okay, to become a bot… first, I have to say “I truly love you!!” to whatever is said.

And I guess I should also lose the emotion in my eyes, strip away my humanity, and shake a little bit… right?

Thinking about it again, this is actually hard.

I try just moving without saying the words… but it just looks like I’m straining to hold in a poop.

“…Oh man, is being a bot actually super hard?”

Just when I was regretting my decision made by voting… Albert finally broke the heavy silence.

“Leticia… is that… really true?”

Oh no, the thread’s guess was right.

Albert’s voice is trembling terribly.

His face hasn’t changed from before, but his voice sounds almost like he’s about to cry.

Senondor and I are both shocked and turn our eyes towards Albert.

Then Leticia, tilting her head curiously at Albert’s odd behavior, delivers the final blow.

“Of course. I would never lie to His Highness the Prince.”

“…!”

I really want to shout, “How can you even say that?” but Albert looks completely shocked.

He rests his elbows on the desk and covers his mouth with his hands, clasped together, falling silent.

Senondor also briefly flinches, his expression hardening.

…Ah, this is really bad.

It’s clear now; they’ve really liked Leticia for a long time.

I find out that I’ve unintentionally become the NTR bastard in a love triangle, and it’s so awkward I want to cry.

I didn’t mean any harm, but the guilt is overwhelming… and honestly, I just want to run away right now.

But if she turns him down, then I’m obviously the next target.

Albert looks at me with eyes almost pleading to be told it was all a lie.

“…Leticia said that, but what about you…?”

What am I supposed to say to him, looking so heartbreakingly down?

But I can’t back down now, it’s all for my own life.

I blur my vision as if I’m zoning out, shaking just a little bit, and say,

“I…I truly love her.”

In that moment, Albert and the others showed three different reactions. 

Albert looked shocked, as if to say, “Are you really going to say that so boldly in front of me, a prince who loves her?” 

Meanwhile, Leticia seemed unexpectedly bold in the declaration, and a bit embarrassed. She glanced around, and whenever our eyes met, her cheeks reddened and she quickly looked away.

Senondor, on the other hand, seemed a bit creeped out by my strange aura. However, he quickly regained his composure, unlike the other two, and asked Leticia, 

“Leticia, could you please leave us for a bit?”

“Why? I don’t think there’s any problem with me being here.”

“…Leticia, please leave. I want to talk with Alto Bersac.”

“…if His Highness insists… I will excuse myself.”

Leticia said with a pained expression, turning on her heel. As she left the room, she gave me a worried look when the others couldn’t see.

But since I was committed to responding like a bot with “I truly love her” no matter what, I nodded firmly, indicating no problem.

“I’ll take my leave then…”

Leticia said as she bowed her head and exited the room. After she left, Senondor tried to reason with me, 

“Alto Bersac… There’s a significant difference in social status between you and Miss Leticia.”

“I truly love her.”

I replied, with the same tone and atmosphere as before. This time, however, he didn’t seem as put off, and immediately fired back another question.

“Is that so? By the way… you haven’t even made a contract with a spirit, have you? Meanwhile, Leticia is a prodigy who has contracted with a high-level spirit. The presence and rank of a spirit contract deeply affect the future… If things stay this way, you’ll only hold Leticia back.”

“I truly love her.”

“…You…”

As I repeated the same words, trembling inside with fear, Senondor, frustrated, raised his voice.

“Let me make this clear since you don’t seem to understand! Engaging with Leticia is only a disadvantage for her! So, you should call off your engagement with her immediately.”

He was really threatening now.

How much could someone love Leticia?

But—sorry, my answer won’t change.

“I truly love her.”

“Are you mocking me?! Stop with those creepy eyes!”

I truly love her.”

“Aaaah!! Stop repeating the same words to me!”

“I truly love her.”

“Enough already—!!”

It seemed Senondor finally lost his patience and lunged to punch me.

Caught off guard by this sudden move, I couldn’t move and started to brace myself to take the punch to the face.

But—the punch never reached me.

“Stop, Senondor.”

“…Your Highness! But…”

As Senondor tried to say something, Albert stopped him with a hand and, glaring at me with a sharp, hostile look, said.

“Even if you hit or threaten him here, it’s pointless. Leticia will eventually figure out it was us.”

“That’s true, but I can’t let Leticia marry someone who hasn’t even managed to contract with a spirit…”

Senondor… you’re really seeing me as an enemy now.

Well, I guess if I looked at what I’m doing from an outside perspective, it makes sense.

If my childhood friend said she was going to marry someone as messed up as me… I’d probably beat some sense into the guy right away to make him give up.

…Wait, what?

Something feels off… why do I have this terrible feeling?

Like my life is in danger…

Just as I was thinking this—

“If we can’t do it secretly, then we should just beat this fool in public. How about this? A brawl using spirits among the three of us. It’s time we put an end to our longstanding feud.”

…Ha???

Albert just suggested something absolutely ridiculous and totally disadvantageous for me.

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