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Chapter 95: Secret Discussion

Satsuki, while looking at the hand that Rio offered, took her hand.

The noble girls of Bertram kingdom including Dorothea were looking at their exchange with slightly dumbfounded expressions.

"Excuse me"

When he muttered those words to Satsuki, Rio suddenly turned around to face the noble girls.

「My deepest apologies, everyone. Since I received an invitation from hero-sama, I decided to be her partner for the dance. Although it is regrettable for me to leave your side, please excuse my disapproval 」[ED: Read TL note from last chapter]

Rio told those noble girls while wearing an unsettling smile.

And then, the noble girls finally regained their senses from their daze.

「K-You can't expect to reject it if it's a direct invitation from hero-sama, can」

Elise replied with an awkward smile.

He was the one who greeted Rio earlier.

Of course, Satsuki's status who the hero is above all of them.

But still, it was not something funny for girls when someone came and grabbed the man they were aiming for.

Because if everything goes naturally like that, someone of them might dance with Rio.

Or rather, approaching Rio was also the goal of the girls.

But, while that may be true, as women, you can't expect them to scold Satsuki in public.

「O-OK, I still want to chat with Haruto-sama but, since it's already like this」

Dorothea also had a narrow smile while approving of Elise.

The other noble girls also gave a similar response.

「I feel very happy to receive such words. If there is another chance later, allow me to say my apology to everyone 」

"Yes of course"

The noble girls threw the right answer to Rio's words.

Although those words might be just pleasantries, it was something to increase their honor if they made the right response. [TL: It was painful for me to translate such ambiguous words]

For the sake of argument, it might incur the displeasure of noble girls if he just left them without any kind of retainer. [TL: SO learned from the previous lesson huh (when he elicited jealousy from the camp of noble men and women during the era of the royal academy)]

And Satsuki who did it—

「My deepest apologies. There's something I want to say to him briefly 」

Saying so, Satsuki also apologized using proper gestures and expressions.

「Nah, about that. Please don't mind us. Because we will be willing to pull back if hero-sama wants it 」

"Thank you very much"

Satsuki left that place together with Rio after thanking those noble girls.

The two walk side by side.

This distance was close enough that they could have a secret conversation.

「Thank you so much for calling me. So, you managed to escape from the crowd itself huh？ 」

Section 2

So, Rio managed to utter words that only Satsuki could hear because their surroundings were quite loud.

"You are right . It's hard, indeed. To sneak here alone 」

「It sure is, benar」

Rio agreed while showing a wry smile.

Just like that, they gathered the appearance of those around him just by walking side by side with just the two of them.

If he, the guest of honor, were to walk alone, he would definitely be welcomed where he went.

Rejecting all that hospitality can be a big deal.

「I'm sorry for bothering you. Because I don't want this talk to be heard by people in that place 」

「Yes, I understand that. That's why I'm coming to you as you wish. Because I'm quite surprised by what you're doing. Now, please tell me. Miharu-cha―― 」

Just when Satsuki was about to ask something.

「T-Please wait a minute！ Satsuki!」

Saying that while walking towards the dance hall in the middle of the hall, a man came to stop Satsuki.

「They found us ya」

Satsuki muttered while sighing.

His voice was filled with slightly troubled emotions.

「What's up？ Michael」

Satsuki turned around to ask the owner of the voice.

Standing there was a tall young man with the air of a man.

If Rio wasn't wrong, he was among the royalties he greeted a while ago.

He was of course a man who had the right to stand beside Satsuki.

He is a little older than Rio and Satsuki.

His name was Michael Galwark, the original prince of Galwark kingdom.

「Don't“ what's up ”with me. It's because you suddenly disappeared when I took my eyes off you. I'm afraid you know. I can't let you lose 」

Michael spoke to Satsuki.

「You how else. Who do you think I am？ 」

Satsuki replied in an unhappy tone.

「For you to say something like that, haven't you been lost in the castle before. When you arbitrarily try to explore the castle 」

「It was only when I just came to this world, not」

Satsuki let out a little breath.

「Then, I will leave soon if you have no other business?」

「Go to a place ……………………. . ？ 」

「Again, I danced with this guy」

Satsuki's looking at Rio while smiling sweetly as if fascinated.

Section 3

「Dance ………………………？ With ……………………. . This fella? "

Michael looked at Rio face with a dumbfounded expression.

"Yes that's right"

Satsuki nonchalantly confirmed her question.

「A-What you just said. Since you are a hero, you cannot be so careless when choosing your first dance partner ………. 」

…… 」

「Ara, I wonder why he is not good？ I think he's pretty handsome」 [TL: sushh, "he's a predator"]

Saying so, Satsuki got closer to Rio while showing a naughty face.

Their shoulders approached so close they almost touched.

「Na ~~ .......」.

Michael's eyes were wide open.

And then, he immediately sent a sharp glance towards Rio.

"You…………………… . . Is the person who was brought as a partner by Liselotte, right?

It was rather unexpected that Michael remembered about Rio.

"Yes nih . My name is Haruto 」

Rio mentioned his name while smiling wryly.

He sighed deeply with this a little troublesome.

「She is fine with Liselotte, and same with Satsuki, does a guy like this look very pretty?」

Michael muttered with a pouting expression.

That doesn't mean that Michael is what you call ugly.

Or rather, you can say that it has a well-ordered feature that you can call perfect.

Her semi-blonde hair that was stretched in a wavy style on both sides of her face attracted the attention of many girls.

But, if it is closely observed, when comparing his body to Rio, it might give a slightly bad image since Rio has a slim and proportionate body.

Although there was absolutely no need to train royalty, it was inevitable that he was lacking in muscularity.

「I mean, his face slightly resembles those of my homeland. I have said it correctly. I have said that I want to return to my world. Which means that I wouldn't miss a trivial clue if it was for the sake of it. Your side says that you will give your cooperation to help me return to my home world, correct？ 」

Satsuki told him so while a serious expression floated on her face right at that moment.

「I-It ……………. . B-But, just because you said that his face was similar, it doesn't mean that it will be a clue to return to your real world …………. 」

「Ara, there is a possibility that his distant ancestor might be someone from my home world」

「A-What is it?」

Section 4

Michael asked Rio.

「I don't know details about my bloodline. But, since hero-sama seems to be interested in my hometown, I thought of telling him as much as I know 」

Rio told it calmly while matching what he said with Satsuki's story.

「!!! ………………… B-Meski so, no need to dance to do that, right？ I mean, you can make other arrangements for this ……………. . 」

Although he was at a loss for words for a moment, however, Michael remained clinging to them.

Somehow, it seems like she can't accept the fact that Satsuki danced with Rio first.

After that, in that place,

「Ara, not so good then. Onii-sama. I'm fine with hero-sama dancing dance with the man, you know 」

A girl appeared and said those words to Michael.

She was about as old as Rio, or just a little younger.

She has a very beautiful appearance.

The shoulder-length blonde hair that overlaps with the angry red is so brilliant, her style is well-arranged even from the top of her lovely lacy dress *. [TLC。。。。。。。。 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇

「C-Charlotte ........................... Even you ……………. 」

Michael looked at the girl named Charlotte with a puzzled expression.

「That's because hero-sama is not yours, nor is your fiancee, onii-sama. You can not tie it, doing unreasonable things will also emphasize hero-sama 」

Charlotte shrewdly covered Satsuki.

"Religion . I gave my consent to be a hero but, I do not remember giving my consent to limit my movements to something unreasonable 」

So, Satsuki took advantage of that situation.

「GUH …………. . But, I was just thinking for your good ................... 」...

「She has not even had contact with anything but just a few people during these few months when she has been exiled in the royal palace. Don't you think that making contact with others would be a good stimulus for hero-sama？ 」

Charlotte uses logic.

He said that to this point since there were no allies around them, It would look bad if he continued to stick to Satsuki like he had for now.

Maybe because Michael felt that way.

「……………. Entiendo. I'll let you dance with Satsuki 」

He agreed reluctantly.

Charlotte smiled happily and then,

「Well, am I not good enough for onii-sama！ Even though it's just as a substitute, please dance with me, onii-sama」

Section 5

He said so while holding onto Michael's arm with a pleasant atmosphere.

「Charlotte .................... Understood, then, can we dance」

After breathing lightly as if to say "That's inevitable", Michael finally said those words.

And Charlotte replied with 「Thank you very much!」.

「Thank you, Sharl-chan」

Satsuki said her thanks to Charlotte in a whispering voice while blinking her eyes with one of her eyes.

「No, it's nothing. He's an amazing man, isn't he. Enjoy your dance 」

Charlotte replied while sending a glance at Rio.

「But not like it」

Satsuki smiled wryly as if being distracted by her statement.

「Then, let's go at once, Onii-sama!」

Charlotte walked over with quick steps after grabbing Michael's arm with a wide smile on her face.

「Are you okay with that?」

Rio asked Satsuki while watching the two figures retreating.

"About what?"

「Nothing, it might be better for you to be free from obstacles such as invitations since she is a kind of noble」

"No problem . Because I have no plans to aggravate our relationship with an unnecessary heart, and I want to chat with you more than I want to accompany him now 」

Satsuki's replying with an honest expression.

So, despite being curious about Rio's story, he had a reason.

yes, Rio used spirit arts on Satsuki when they shared a handshake some time ago.

That was the kind of thought conversation art called conveying his inner voice to the other party.

That did not mean that they could have a two-way conversation as well when separated in a fixed distance as was the case with Aisia who was bound to him by the spirit contract.

There was an absolute need to directly touch the other party, and as long as the other party was unable to use spirit arts, it would be nothing but one-way communication.

Therefore, although there was a limit to using it, it was a useful spirit art for secret confersation.

「There are many things I want to ask but, let me start by asking this. The matter about you taking care of Miharu-chan and her partner ............ Is that true？ 」

Satsuki asked that while peeking at Rio face.

He would not miss any signs of lying.

He could feel this kind of strong will from her.

"Yes that's right"

Rio looked back into Satsuki's eyes.

Their eyes met in the air.

Section 6

「Are they safe?」

「Of course they are safe. They live energetically in this world even at this time 」

Satsuki narrowed her eyes when Rio gave such a reply to her.

「Say, I believe your story is not based on the fact that you, know the full name of Miharu-chan and co. That's why I have no choice but to trust you. But, I can't do something like trust your words blindly without knowing all the details about you 」

"I saw . As you said 」

Rio said the appropriate response while nodding deeply.

「If so, will you let me hear your purpose and what is your purpose with this kind of contact with me at the beginning？ And, why are you trying to let me meet Miharu-chan and friends?」

Satsuki asked in a calm tone.

「Although I don't mind answering it, it's true――」

Rio showed a light pondering attitude.

Even if he asks if he has a purpose, Rio took this action no more than for the sake of Miharu and co.

Right now, Satsuki is trying to investigate for Rio's purposes.

What things should she say so she will trust him when she conveys it to him.

Even though he was pondering about it, it might be better for him to convey the truth rather than march.

「That's because Miharu-san and co really want to meet …………. You're it. It has nothing to do with my own purpose ................. 」...

Did Rio reply after pondering for a while.

「Because Miharu-chan and friends want to meet me, you say?」

"Yes, that"

Rio retaliated immediately.

（Does that mean he was acting completely out of his good intentions？ Yes, I think such a reason is absolutely impossible but ......）.

After seeing him to the best of his ability, Satsuki did not think that he was lying.

But, he might not be a good person.

Satsuki also fully understood her value as a hero.

Ever since he came to this world, even at the party tonight, different types of people approached him to abuse his status.

Perhaps for that reason, Satsuki became a little suspicious of him without him knowing it himself.

So that meant, by participating in the party tonight, the young man before him also had some sort of influence.

Is that so, “does this man really approach me with good intentions and without caring about the risks?”.

Maybe he really moved and did not try hard for the sake of friends who had separated.

He watched as if he was ignoring some kind of prerequisite.

For the sake of making sure it—