After Starting a Thread as a Reincarnated in an Unknown Otome Game, I Got Caught in a Battlefield of Beauties

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Chapter 55: Escaping Reality

—Good morning, what a refreshing morning.

I lay in the hospital bed, watching the chirping birds and the blue sky, with a sly smile on my face. The birds responded by crying out… crying out?

I stared at the birds.

Then… their chirping became even louder.

…Hey, little birds.

Are you saying my smile—or my face—is a murder weapon?

Want to become fried chicken?

Even so, I’ve got a pretty good-looking face.

Well, it’s a beautiful morning, and I’m kind, so I’ll let it slide.

“…”

After calming myself, I looked out the window again where the birds had flown away.

The window was open, allowing a gentle, warm breeze to flow in. It felt very pleasant.

“…”

By the way, this is what people call “escaping reality.”

Whoever came up with that term must have been pretty hopeless about life.

Or they were terrified of what was about to happen.

Just like I am now.

As I elegantly avoided reality, I made sure not to look in the direction opposite the window.

But I couldn’t hold out for long… I forced a cheerful smile at Leticia, who was glaring at me from beside the bed.

“Good morning, Leticia. It’s a nice morning, isn’t it? Did you sleep well?”

“…Alto.”

“Wait.”

“Alto, why—”

“Time out.”

I interrupted Leticia, making a ‘T’ with my arms—the ultimate move that even worked on the Emperor: time out.

No one can ignore this move, right—?

“Alto, we need to talk.”

Except for Leticia, who was right in front of me.

She was completely unaffected by my ultimate move.

But I had a backup plan.

This plan, however, required a significant sacrifice of my dignity… but desperate times call for desperate measures.

“Ah, Altooo~ don’t understand what you’re saaaying~”

“I’m going to punch you.”

“Just kidding! Just kidding! It was a joke!”

“…”

“I’ll sit up straight now.”

Unable to withstand Leticia’s cold voice and icy stare, I sat up straight on the bed.

I was probably shaking like a newborn fawn.

The slight trembling in my vision was proof of that.

…Because it was scary.

I thought I could bluff my way through, but it was completely impossible.

Leticia stared at me for a while in my trembling state, then sighed.

She looked… somewhat resigned, or maybe just exasperated.

Leticia, what have you given up on? I wish I had the courage to ask that.

But of course, I won’t, because I’d get killed.

“…”

“So, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?”

Unable to endure the seemingly endless silence, I nervously asked Leticia.

She stared at me silently for a moment before speaking.

“…It’s about yesterday. Everything got muddled when you knocked yourself out.”

“Wait, that wasn’t a dream?”

“What?”

“Huh?”

She looked at me like I had lost my mind, but I was completely serious.

I truly thought yesterday was a dream. Because—

“—There’s no way Leticia would allow me to have another wife.”

“What do you think I am, Alto?”

A super jealous, slightly yandere, incredibly beautiful girl.

Wow… just adding that last part changes the atmosphere completely.

“Sigh… Listen, Alto. None of it was a dream. Up until now, I’ve been firmly rejecting the idea because it meant taking you in. But now, it’s me marrying you, so I won’t complain. Of course, I absolutely won’t give up being the main wife, though.”

…Wait, when did it become a thing that Leticia would marry me?

Wasn’t it supposed to be me marrying into the Freezing family?

As I pondered this, there was a knock on the hospital room door.

At that moment, every nerve in my body screamed for me to escape.

“Leticia, I need to go to the washroom…”

“Do you need to use the window to go to the washroom? Sit down quietly.”

“…Yes.”

I quietly returned to the bed and sat up straight.

Leticia, watching me closely, spoke.

“Please come in.”

I instantly knew who it was.

There was only one person Leticia would speak politely to who would come to see me now.