Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 43

After the embezzlement case at the distribution department, my aunt and uncle were quickly captured and placed under house arrest.

There are no prisons in our territory, but at the foot of the mountain there is a large tower to imprison prisoners so they’ll be transferred there soon.

Until the incident cools off, we decided to pass on attending any parties.

Since participating would gain me almost nothing, I did not particularly care.

Although boys near my age would be participating, they were all honest and apathetic to this shiro buta reijou. I drew a line at their easy-to-understand attitude.

It seems nothing would change until I lose weight.

In the neighboring Astaru earldom, my former fiancé and current business partner returned home.

The academy started its summer vacation, so for one month he is passing time at home in the Astaru earldom.

In order to see Ryuze, he will be visiting the Hakusu earldom during his vacation as well.

(I don’t understand why, but these two are quite good friends aren’t they?)

Ricardo is fond of Ryuze, and Ryuze sees Ricardo like a true younger brother. Frankly, he favors him more than me…

Well, I’m of the same opinion. Both his looks and contents are more charming than mine.

While thinking that, I headed for horse riding practice during this hot morning.

The practice location is the estate’s garden and the surrounding grasslands. Just in case, I have an escort.

“Hii-, hi-…”

“Britney-sama, just a bit more!”

My middle-aged male riding tutor encouraged me, but exercising in hot weather really is harsh.

Now, it’s time to to practice galloping my horse through the meadow.

After a while, I saw a group of horses riding towards me.

On the back of one of them I saw a boy with orangeish blond hair.

“Ricardo!”

It seems my former fiancé and his escort came to visit the Hakusu territory.

“Long time no see, Britney.”

Ricardo said that as he descended from his horse. He’s grown taller and more mature since I last saw him.

Previously his appearance was somewhat child-like, but now his appearance is more mature… it’s a little nice.

At parties, I’m sure he’ll be pretty popular among the reijous.

“You, did you lose weight again?”

“I’ve lost about 2 kilos (4 lb) since we last saw each other.” (TLN: So slow! Now 58 kg, was 60 kg at the start of Spring. But keep it up Britney!)

“Regarding the soap matter, you saved me. Thank you for not transferring distribution rights to my brother.”

“Ee-, I can’t afford to silently change the business partner on my own without consulting you. Rather, I should thank you for sharing the academy’s classwork with me. It’s truly educational… besides, your father-sama, Astaru’s Earl, has taken care of me in various ways.”

I descended from my horse and faced Ricardo, but his line of sight was fixed on my horse.

“… Britney, since when could you ride a horse?”

“Before, I was talking to you about wanting to practice riding right? I’ve practiced since then, and can now perform the basic movements.”

“I see, you’re also doing your best, huh?”

“Maa ne~. By the way, you’re heading to see Ryuze-oniisama right? I’ll escort you to the mansion.”

Although I’m in the middle of practice, I cannot afford to leave our guests.

There’s only a little distance from here to the mansion.

I got approval from my tutor, mounted my horse, and faced towards the mansion however…

At the same time, from the opposite direction of the mansion, the sound of a large number of hooves was heard.

“… What? This sound…?”

Ricardo also turned towards the suspicious sound.

Tension ran among the escorts.

“Ricardo-sama, Britney-sama, please escape to the mansion! An armed group is approaching!” (TLN: WHAT.)

At that guard’s cry, we flusteredly turned our horses and galloped towards the mansion.

However, there was a problem. I hardly have a history riding horses, and as such my handling skill was problematic.

Despite being able to produce some speed, as expected I was falling behind Ricardo and my horse-riding tutor.

“Oi-, Britney. Gallop faster!”

“I’m already galloping at my horse’s limit!”

I’m kicking my horse’s belly to raise it’s speed, but I still can’t gallop as fast as those two.

(Which reminds me, this horse before heading out here was eating an absurd amount of feed and drinking a lot of water. I was also practicing running through the field… Due to that, this horse probably can’t reach it’s top speed.)

The escort started to split off, and I saw a few horses galloping towards here.

I’m impatiently trying to run my horse faster, but no matter what I do the speed doesn’t increase.

“Ricardo, go ahead of me! Contact Ojii-sama and Ryuze!”

“I refuse! Running away leaving a woman behind, there’s no way I’d do that!”

Ricardo rejected my proposal. He has an unexpectedly chivalrous nature.

Rather than going himself, he instructed my tutor to run ahead and get help from the mansion.

… My former fiancé really is a good guy.

In this situation, I wouldn’t have blamed him for running away though.

Cliffhanger! HAH. No warning at the beginning of the chapter since if I have to wait a week to see, you guys do too! Quite a few midterms this week as well, so I wouldn’t expect a chapter until the regular Sunday update a week from now.

Next chapter is titled “The Shiro Buta Reijou’s Snap Judgement” so no clues as to what’s going on from that. I’m guessing it’s our resident house-arrested aunt and uncle’s last struggle to keep themselves from prison. Just why do those two have so much power despite being so incompetent…

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