The Villainess Who Was Dumped Got Married into My Family, a Mob Noble from the Frontier, and Turns Out, She's an Amazing Capable Wife? - Chapter 92: The Sage Festival, Bear and Lion

Chapter 92: The Sage Festival, Bear and Lion

As Patricia had said, she didn’t leave her room once, and the Sage Festival began.

Her goal was to destroy this country. 

This meant breaking the protective barrier surrounding the royal capital. 

While it’s hard to believe that one person could change the structure of a nation, the existence of this barrier made it possible.

What a ridiculous country, really.

From the Brave’s perspective, it didn’t matter whether the protective barrier existed or not.

Personally, I had no attachment to the barrier and saw no benefit in it, so I didn’t care if it was destroyed.

However, if Mariana became a sacrifice for the barrier, Alicia would definitely be sad.

Perhaps that’s what she meant when she said it wouldn’t be a bad thing for me.

Peaceful, ignorant monkey of a forsaken land, huh?

While it’s true that we are somewhat complacent, it still annoyed me to hear it from that woman.

She spoke as if it were my role to destroy the barrier, but that wasn’t part of the story.

Yet, because the country’s leaders were wary of the Brave family’s bloodline, maybe it was originally supposed to be my role?

I don’t know, and I don’t care.

I always thought the Brave family was just a mob, barely appearing in the story, but it seems I was wrong.

If the barrier is destroyed without transferring authority, the unsuspecting royal capital will be thrown into chaos by the approaching army of the principality through other territories.

Maybe Alicia and I should return to the Brave territory. 

But can we get back easily?

Not knowing the size of the enemy army, if the royal capital’s forces attack the Brave territory instead, it could become a complicated situation. 

The principality is an old rival, and there’s no way they aren’t wary of the Brave territory. 

They might already be showing small military movements to keep the capital at bay.

If it were me, I’d do that.

Patricia is a nasty woman, and she likely came prepared with some countermeasures to avoid being killed by me. 

The principality might also see this as an opportunity to crush the Brave territory.

Did I fall into a trap?

It wasn’t about my role or anything; she just threw out some words to stop me, the obstacle to breaking the barrier.

She really is a nasty woman.

“Doggy! Can I have a balloon?”

“Sure, here you go.”

“Yay! Mommy, I got a balloon!”

“That’s great! Make sure to say thank you, okay?”

“Thank you, Doggy!”

Thinking about this, I handed a balloon to a noble child while dressed in a dog costume in the academy courtyard.

The Sage Festival had finally begun. 

The entrance and courtyard of the academy were filled with many people, not just students. 

The atmosphere in the special class for first-year students was dull, but the general class students were making up for it, and the place was buzzing with excitement.

I wondered if a cultural festival-like atmosphere could emerge in a noble academy, but it was lively just like in the game.

“The student council isn’t here, right? There are stalls from the town too, so let’s buy something and eat together.”

“Yes, Lady Ekaterina.”

It had been a while since I saw Ekaterina. 

She was buying skewers from a stall, looking around curiously.

The special class students acted like the Sage Festival was beneath them when they were around the student council. 

That’s why I was in the dog costume. 

Alicia had thoughtfully arranged it so they could enjoy themselves without feeling watched by the student council.

Alicia is really kind.

Honestly, if they’re going to sneak around, they might as well just enjoy the festival. 

Noble pride can be such a hassle.

“There you are, Brave… I mean, Doggy.”

As I watched the scene, a guy in a rabbit costume approached me. 

It was Edward in the rabbit costume.

“What do you want?”

“We’re being called. The Empress… I mean, Lion wants us.”

“Just call her normally, it’s confusing…”

The student council members wore costumes to add to the fun when they were outside. 

Alicia was in a lion costume. 

Edward, who loved hiding behind masks, fully supported the idea of everyone hiding their identities with costumes, so now he calls everyone by their costume names.

For the Sage Festival, the student council becomes the “Beasts of Blood.” 

Whatever that means.

By the way, Mariana was “Kitty,” Clive was “Bear,” and Treiza was “Penguin.” 

I remember seeing lots of such costumes in the game’s background illustrations, but I didn’t realize they were the student council members.

In the Castor route, there wasn’t anything like this, so who were those people?

“Doggy! Shake hands! Shake hands!”

“Alright, alright… So, what’s up?”

I talked while responding to the kids repeatedly asking for handshakes.

Edward, who had been asked to hold a child, answered while carrying the kid.

“There’s a vacancy in the magic tournament. The student council needs to fill it.”

“Is Alicia asking me to do it?”

“Clive is apparently entering the Handsome Grand Prix, so there’s no choice.”

I found that hard to believe.

“Is he really entering something like that?”

“It seems he was signed up without his knowledge. Lady Treiza is quite something, isn’t she?”

“Don’t lie. Treiza wouldn’t do that.”

Though she doesn’t come up in conversations often, Treiza is a very serious girl. 

She doesn’t discriminate and doesn’t spend her days having tea parties.

She studies and trains hard to stay in the student council with Clive, which is why Alicia trusts her a lot.

She wouldn’t do anything to disrupt the student council.

The one who would be most pleased if I participated… was this baldy next to me.

“It was you, wasn’t it?”

“Sharp as ever, Doggy. Hehe.”

Don’t “heh” me.

The vacancy was on the principality’s side. 

Yesterday, I heard that Edward had given someone something terrible to eat, and they couldn’t move for a while.

“Was that incident yesterday a setup for today?”

“Heh, who knows? But the magic tournament is being watched by guests from the principality, as well as the Pentagram and Slash families. Don’t you think showing off your power would serve as a deterrent?”

“I don’t think it would be a deterrent if it’s against the academy’s students.”

At the student level, it would be over in a flash.

“The first-year student who was supposed to participate is bedridden with a mysterious illness. So, your opponent is me.”

“…”

I could tell he was smirking behind the costume.

What a ridiculous guy.