Reincarnated As The Only Son (18 years old) Of The Arrogant And Wicked Marquis Family. - Chapter 4: Current Status And Elena.

Current Status And Elena.

“…Never thought it would be like this…”

The place where I unintentionally muttered these words was none other than the classroom.

There were multiple things I noticed the moment I walked into my classroom.

One. My classmates, who were happily chatting with each other, became silent.

Two. No one made eye contact with me.

Three. When I sat down in my seat, no one approached me as if a wall had appeared around me.

No one wanted to get involved with me. On the contrary, they were cutting off relationships and no doubt trying to avoid being noticed…

Hah… This is heartbreaking. I don’t know why Beret-kun, who created the source of the problem, was okay with it. ……

I didn’t understand. That was all I could say.

From now on, I would stay quiet so as not to cause trouble. And I would try to calm down the bad rumors.

I had such a goal for myself, but I didn’t need to think that it would be natural in the current situation.

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When Beret was alone and overwhelmed with loneliness.

“Oh, come on. You’re kidding me… There, there! There’s Elena-sama!”

“You know, don’t make a joke like that.”

“No, it’s true. There, there!”

“…”

“Oii, Don’t just fall in love the moment you see her…”

Just past the main gate of the academy, there was someone who was attracting a lot of attention.

“Hmm… I’m late today.”

Her name was Elena LeClair, muttering to herself as she looked at the large wall clock embedded in the school building.

Like Beret, she was a senior in high school.

Her signature was her waist-length bright red hair.

Her purple eyes were sharp, her nose well-muscled and her lips thin and pink. She wore a black choker around her thin neck.

Although she was the daughter of a count family, known as the upper class, she did not hold her rank in high esteem and was adored by many and trusted by many people.

With her good looks and good personality, she entered the school building today and walked towards her classroom, once again attracting admiring glances.

——That was  when it happened.

Elena’s purple eyes widened as she caught sight of her friend and called out to her.

“Oh, how nice to see you, Shea. What a coincidence.”

“Ahh! Good morning, Elena-sama.”

Yes, That friend was Beret’s valet.

Elena greeted her with a smile, and Shea ran up to her, wiping her washed hands with a handkerchief.

A marquise’s valet and a count’s daughter. At first glance, there seemed to be no connection between them, but they definitely saw each other at the aristocratic events …dinner parties held outside the school.

The pure Shea and her position-neutral friend were a good match, and they were fond of each other.

“You came to school a little late today, didn’t you?”

“Yes. I was actually attending to my brother’s worries. That’s why I’m here at this time.”

“Ahh, I didn’t realize that. I wish I could be as dependable as Elena-sama someday.”

“What are you talking about? You are relied upon every day.”

“I-I-I-I-I-I-I’m not?! Not even close!.”

Elena, seeing such a hard-working Shea’s reaction, elegantly put her hand over her head and narrowed her eyes in an amused and funny way.

“Fufufu~ it really cheers me up to talk to you. I should thank you, Shea, for going out to pick flowers…”

“Wh-?! Ehh?! How did you…”

“Well, because the restroom is in this direction, and you are wiping your hands with a handkerchief.”

“Ahh…”

Shea usually played the role of a victim, but her defense against embarrassing topics was at the paper level.

Her smiling, happy face turned bright red, and she hurriedly slipped her handkerchief into her pocket to destroy the evidence.

“Mo-mou… Don’t say that in the hallway… What if a guy hears you?”

“fufu~. I’m sorry, it was just so unusual. You’re a good person, but you’re walking around wiping your hands. Did something happen to you?”

“Yes. In fact, I had a very good thing happen this morning, and I was thinking about it…”

“Ehh? You must have been very happy to be so absentminded that you forgot to wipe your hands?”

“T-That’s right.”

Shea answered immediately with a gleam in her blue eyes.

“You look like you want me to listen to you. Okay.”

“Thank you!”

Elena, who dropped her posture a little as if she was taking care of her sister, went into a listening posture, and Shea spoke.

“You know, this morning, Beret-sama complimented me! He said, ‘You’re doing a great job,’ and ‘Thank you for everything.'”

“What?”

“It made me feel glad that I had worked so hard all this time. When I think back on it, it really made me happy… Heheheh.”

Shea put her hands on her cheeks and relaxed her face, looking very happy.

She had never received any praise or appreciation for her work until now.

It was natural for her to feel a considerable backlash, and it was understandable that she was in high spirits.

“Wait a minute Shea. Let me check again. Beret praised you…? That Beret?”

“Yes! As a reward for all my hard work, he freed me from my lunch break job.”

“…Hmm?”

The bad rumors about Beret naturally reached Elena as well.

However, the maid of honor, Shea, was flipping the whole thing around. Making a big smile.

“Ahh, but that’s not all. It’s a pathetic mistake from my side, but I made a mistake and broke Beret-sama’s cherished cup…”

“T-Then what happened?”

“Beret-sama picked up the broken pieces instead so that I wouldn’t cut my fingers. He even covered for me, saying, ‘I’ll pretend I broke it myself.'”

“…”

“I’m kind of nervous when I think back on it…”

“…”

Hearing Shea’s voice filled with passion, Elena’s mind finally became full.

The inconsistency of the past behavior. The sheer volume of information.

She couldn’t sort through it all in time.

Wh-what the hell is going on…? What the hell is Beret thinking?

Shea’s story had caused her a great deal of doubt.

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