It's Not Like I Want to Play the Role of a Misunderstood, Good-for-Nothing Prince in a Villainess Story!

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When I was summoned by my friend Larba’s sister and went to the mansion, I listened to Larba’s worries and was surprised to learn he had fallen in love.

The object of his affection was Driema—my cousin, who seemed to view me as a complete enemy.

Appearance-wise, well… I thought she was quite well-proportioned. Since her mother was who she was, I could not deny the possibility of personality difficulties stemming from being a bloodline supremacist, but—

Come to think of it, I recalled the incident at the clothes shop from before. I was certain Hilma, her mother, had called the Ribauto Marquis House ‘upstarts,’ so her mother would definitely not support this match.

“Zeke, you will help, won’t you?”

“Well, that’s… fine, but.”

Helping was acceptable.

However, both Driema and her mother Hilma likely disliked me. In the first place, Driema already had someone who was nearly her fiancé, which would make things difficult.

And the further problem was, even if this love were to bear fruit—

I stared fixedly at Larba.

“Hm, what is it?”

“No, nothing.”

Including Larba, the Ribauto Marquis House would inevitably become my political enemies. They were currently neutral, but they were probably supporting Elliott’s side, meaning they could not become my allies.

Which would mean I would end up in a position of being a political enemy to Larba, whom I had finally befriended.

“Hmm…”

For the time being, I returned to Sierra’s location.

When I told Sierra what had happened, she shrieked things like, “Kyaa!”

“For such a blockhead Onii-sama to fall in love! I must definitely support him… but if my judgment is wrong, I won’t hesitate to interfere. If his important partner is a terrible person, I must be the shield…”

Blockhead…

Though Sierra was somewhat bro-con, she apparently harbored feelings of supporting her brother’s romantic endeavors.

“Of course Prince Zeke will help too, right?”

“Of course.”

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“Zeke-sama, what is wrong? You have been sighing continuously since returning.”

“Hmph. I know. It is because you have not seen Lady Misty for a while.”

“I see, so that is it. But I also know—lately, near Zeke-sama, there has been a woman’s shadow…”

“Hmph. I was concerned about that too. Still though…”

Returning to the inn and worrying, Garim and Debut were getting excited over some foolish talk, but I decided to leave them alone.

It was true that I was concerned about Misty, but there was a separate problem at hand: Larba and Driema.

Larba had begged me to please introduce them, but I was not actually friendly with Driema. I did not even know where she was, and even if I knew the location, me visiting Driema…

“Impossible, impossible.”

That Larba was pushing an unreasonable demand onto me.

But truly, what should I do?

Should I ignore it and claim I was busy deepening my knowledge, going around Afkad’s bookstores? Actually, I had not been able to study much since coming to Afkad. Holing up in the Ribauto house library was also an option…

While I was contemplating such wicked thoughts, Ted came running up from downstairs with a panicked expression.

“Hm?”

“Prince Zeke! This is terrible!”

Terrible… what?

“What is it?”

“Y-you have a guest!”

“A guest? Larba?”

But why come running in a panic for that?

“Excuse the intrusion.”

“Eh, why?”

From behind Ted, Driema appeared, leading one maid.

I invited her and the maid into one of the inn rooms. Garim and Debut waited outside the room, and Ted returned to the first floor.