According to the letter, I could go home by beat the game once. To beat the game, I needed to get a happy ending with one of the bachelors. Regarding this, I had some issues.
First, I had close to no experience in romance. Not that I never fell in love. I did once or twice during elementary school, but I just kept the feeling to myself. By the time I set my foot to junior high, I already did not have any interest in romance.
Second, my communication skill was unfortunately so terrible. I rarely got close to someone, especially men. I found them irritating and ended up looking at them like I was looking at bugs. Also, some people told me that I could not read the air since I tended to voice my honest opinion even in time most people would make a white lie. That meant, my skill to woo others was almost nihil.
The other thing, which I just realized, was there were twelve bachelors. They were divided into two: first prince fraction and second prince fraction. Each of the fraction had six romanceable characters. That was a lot of characters. Moreover, I had no idea what was this faction thing and how did I enter one.
One of the twelve guys was somehow standing in front of Griselda and me right now just on the corridor to the dining hall. I did not bring the [User Manual], but I remembered I saw his face on the [Characters] section before. I meant, not everyone used a fur cloak on the top of the blazer. Also, he looked like the type that Castille would like: blonde hair, deep blue eyes, long eyelashes, and somehow looked like a prince. However, I did not remember his name and other traits.
"Are you two new students?"
He was asking us with a smile on his face. That smile looked fake to me, though. While I glared at him, Griselda politely answered his question.
"There are many beauties this year, but the two of you really take the cake."
What the heck that this guy saying? Did he just hit on us? He probably used that line several times before. He could pull it since he had that face. If the face was attractive enough, that words could be either had no effect or considered words from a pervert. Unfortunately, I found him not that attractive, even though he probably considered as one, so I took it as harassment. That aside, I did not think I would hear something like that in the military academy and on the top of that, directed at me.
"Did this military academy taught the male students to hit on the female students?"
Oops, I tried to hold it, but my tongue slipped. The fur-cloaked guy's eyes widened in surprise from my words. Meanwhile, Griselda quickly put his hand on my mouth to prevent me from talking more than I should. She looked quite flustered and panicked. I did not understand why until I heard her next sentence.
"Ah! We are sorry! She did not mean it that way! Also, thank you for your kind words, Prince Hart!"
Wait, did she just said 'Prince'? Why would a prince go and hit on female students? Did he have nothing to do?
Griselda signaled me to follow her and apologize to the prince. I was quite reluctant to do it, but I did not want to trouble Griselda. Before I could make my decision, Prince Hart laughed.
"Hahaha! No, that's okay. It is my first time to have a woman said that kind of thing to me, so I just a little surprised. To be able to say that to a prince, you are such a brave girl. Interesting."
Griselda sighed in relief to hear Prince Hart's response. She slowly put her hand which was on my mouth down.
"You probably know already, I am the Second Prince of Arvis Kingdom, Hart Augustus Arvis. I am on my second year here. You are Lady Griselda Swanz and Lady Clarissa Edelrose, right?"
This person already knew our identities, but acted like he did not know just seconds ago. I was quite irritated. At the same time, I was amazed that he was able to tell.
"We are honored that the prince remembers our name," said Griselda.
"I heard that the daughter of Richard and Claudius would enroll here this year, so I did some research. They are really strong and cool, you know? I really admire them, so I want to meet their daughters."
Claudius was Clarissa Edelrose's father, so Richard was most likely Griselda's father. When he talked about this Richard and Claudius, Prince Hart's eyes were sparkling. He looked kinda different from the flirting prince he was before. His admiration towards them probably real, while hitting on girls was his hobby. I could not think of any other reason.
Suddenly, I was reminded of something super important. We were on the way to have lunch. Also, I was super hungry. Before I could bring it up, someone appeared and told us to quickly go to the dining hall. It was the man that I met before assembly this morning. With that, the three of us proceed to the dining hall.
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