After Starting a Thread as a Reincarnated in an Unknown Otome Game, I Got Caught in a Battlefield of Beauties - Chapter 21: Alto Remembers (Major Blunder)

Chapter 21: Alto Remembers (Major Blunder)

“—Huh, Alto is actually attending a class properly for the first time……!?!?”

“…That’s rude…Ms. Miru…”

“It’s not rude! On the first day, you claimed you had a stomachache and stayed in the bathroom for hours, and yesterday you didn’t even show up at all!!”

…Now that she mentioned it, that did happen.

Yesterday was so hectic that I hadn’t really thought about it.

I accepted Ms. Miru’s angry accusation. She had green hair and a petite, childlike figure, standing barely 150 cm tall.

It was the beginning of the second period, and she had been teaching since the first. Apparently, she had just noticed my presence.

Just as I was thinking she seemed a bit clueless, she told the class, “Please wait a moment. I need to have a talk with Alto,” and dragged me to the student guidance room without any chance for protest.

She sat me down in a chair across from the only desk in the room, then took a seat herself, her feet dangling above the floor. After a brief moment of flailing, she asked,

“Alto, as your homeroom teacher, I need to know what you were doing yesterday.”

“…I was selling bombs, buying spirit stones, got taken by the student council, faced the threat of expulsion, had a confrontation set with Prince and Senondor…and after that, I’m forbidden by the King to speak about it…”

“………………Eh……D-Did I mishear or something?”

“I was selling bombs, buying spirit stones, got taken by the student council—”

“No, I understood perfectly well, so you don’t need to repeat it!! Ahhhhh～～～”

Ms. Miru, as if she didn’t want to hear anything more, covered her ears and tried to escape from reality. Then, she suddenly took her hands off her ears and said,

“—That’s enough. Please return to the classroom.”

“…But—”

“I need to think about my future, so class is dismissed for today.”

And with that, I was unceremoniously kicked out of the student guidance room. Ms. Miru didn’t show up even once after that.

“—Finally, a magic class… Well, it’s not as scary as facing the Prince and Senondor.”

Feeling down from yesterday’s regrets, the afternoon came quickly. Since all my classmates were avoiding me, I headed to the magic arena alone. 

Despite what I said, my feet felt incredibly heavy.

Ah… What am I supposed to do when I can’t use offensive magic…?

And when is that confrontation with the Prince going to happen…

As I was lamenting internally, I saw Leticia ahead, seemingly heading towards the magic arena as well.

Our eyes met, but Leticia quickly looked away, blushing and embarrassed.

Huh, that’s strange…

Why is she so embarrassed just from making eye contact??

While I was confused, Leticia, looking around nervously, approached me.

And then she stood in front of me…… stood?

“L-Leticia…?”

Unable to endure the silence from Leticia, who stood before me without saying anything, I mustered up the courage to speak to her.

Her face turned beet red, right up to her ears, as she glanced at me and whispered in a tiny voice,

“…T-the kiss and confession yesterday… that might have gone too far… but I meant every word…”

—…Ah! I remembered. And it was the worst.

—It all went back to when everyone started getting drunk, and the party was about to end.

“—Sir Alto… are you really not going to marry me…?”

A few hours had passed since we started drinking, and the King had left early for work. Princess Lara, apparently quite drunk, leaned heavily against me, her breath warm in my ear.

Her flushed cheeks and shoulders, visible cleavage from above, made her look even more provocative.

“Princess Lara…? Um… please don’t lean on me like that, it’s very inappropriate.”

“Fufufu… Oh, do you want to attack me?”

Lara, completely uninhibited by the alcohol, slowly slipped her dress strap off her shoulder, seemingly to tease me.

She licked her lips with a quick flick of her tongue, then looked up at me and whispered,

“…You can attack me, you know…?”

“Princess Lara, wait! Leticia wouldn’t approve! He’s Leticia’s beloved husband!”

Before I could respond, Leticia, who was sitting on my other side, interrupted the conversation between Lara and me. 

Her use of “Leticia” as a first-person pronoun and the cute way she added “っ (tsu)” at the end of her sentences were adorable! 

She lost her usual cool demeanor and looked like a child trying to protect something precious, which made her even cuter.

While I was smiling at how adorable she was, Leticia, her face still bright red, looked up at me with tearful eyes and spread her arms.

“Hey, Alto! Hug Leticia, okay?”

Of course, I hugged her without saying a word.

Leticia squealed with delight and hugged me back. 

So cute.

“…Mmph, Leticia, that’s not fair! Sir Alto, hug me too.”

Lara said, sounding jealous as she tilted her head cutely, her enthusiasm all over the place.

Naturally, in my equally confused and emotional state, I quickly hugged her too. 

Lara smiled happily, murmuring, 

“Mmm, please marry me, Alto〜〜. I feel like marrying you would make me the happiest.”

“P-Princess…”

“No, Alto! Alto’s going to marry me, right?” 

Leticia pulled my arm, trying to separate me from Lara.

In my moment of madness, I spoke in a testing tone to Leticia.

“Hmm… If Leticia starts calling me ‘darling’ and kisses me, I’d probably lean towards her…”

“Really!? I’ll do it! From now on, I’ll call you ‘darling’ when we’re alone!”

To my ridiculous request, Leticia, equally overwhelmed with emotions, softly kissed me and said,

“I-I love you, darling…”

“…Ah! Why is it just Leticia…! I’ll kiss you too. Nn!”

“!?!?”

I was stunned, not expecting it to actually happen, when Lara also kissed me. 

Watching my wide-eyed shock, she gently licked the spot on my lips where she had kissed me and whispered in my ear,

“…Actually, that was my first kiss, you know?”

“!?!?”

“Fufu, so I still have a chance, right?”

—That’s when the limit of my social awkwardness (fainting) was reached.

…This is hell… It’s over…

I stole Princess Lara’s first kiss, and that’s no joke! 

And why does Leticia like me so much anyway!?

Remembering everything from yesterday, the chaos made the blunder I remembered this morning seem cute in comparison—I collapsed to my knees.

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