Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 54

After that, I went to the snack table while being surrounded by Ricardo's friends and snacked for the first time in several years.

The taste of cake after 2 years of abstinence was very sweet and delicious.

(Even so, it's so blatant.)

While I watched Ricardo's friends, I felt complicated.

(Somewhat, I was treated harshly before I lost weight… but the difference of treatment is completely 180 degrees as soon as I lost weight.)

It was me myself that wanted to diet, but now I felt a little distrust towards humans.

Without noticing it, I picked the sweets placed on the table one after another and unconsciously placed them in my mouth.

(So happy… dangerous, my hands stretched towards the food because of stress!)

Eating to forget the memory when something unpleasant happened was a bad habit of Britney.

I didn't remember well since I was young at that time, but when my parents disappeared, I heard that I ate a lot of sweets, as if trying to comfort the painful feelings.

[Britney, you're just standing there for some time, are you alright?]

[I'm fine, since I'm trained by ojii-sama.]

Among them, only Ricardo who interacted with me normally could be trusted.

(a, it would be easier if I could get engaged with Ricardo. But it would be difficult since I'm rejected twice already.)

He is the second son, and in the manga he was a follower of the crown prince Marlow.

Although there may be a rumour of him succeeding the neighboring territory of Astaire Earldom, it was still uncertain whether it's true or not.

If he continued to live in the capital city in the future, his fiancée would most likely live in the capital city too. I didn't want to live in a place with death flags.

After a while, Ricardo's friends scattered until it's just the two of us again.

I asked a nearby waiter to arrange tea and sat on one of the many chairs that were prepared.

[Naa, Britney.]

Looking downwards a little, Ricardo opened his mouth and called in a curt tone. His ears were slightly red.

[N? What?]

[That… somewhat, you seem different today. How to say, you look beautiful.]

What was that!

It seemed that Ricardo was fooled by the make-up.

But since I didn't want to lose my friend to a make-up fraud, I told him the truth.

[What are you saying? It's because of the power of make-up fraud that I look like a beautiful girl.]

When Ricardo heard it, he almost unintentionally spurted out the tea he's drinking.

[…Fraud?]

[Yes, my original appearance is not as good-looking as Ryuze's. So I boost it up to the maximum using cosmetics.]

[No, but… is it something that can be done with just make-up alone?]

[If you can't believe it, would you like me to show you my naked face next time?]

Ricardo lost his words.

[…That, that's fine. After this, the dance starts, what are you going to do?]

[That's right, I'm not very good at dancing. I'm a little better than I used to, but I'm not confident in it. I wonder if I should just keep still at the corner.]

Anyway, I'm a woman that broke the leg of my dance teacher back at the past. I didn't want for new victims to appear.

[It will be difficult to keep still. You seem to be attracting a great deal of attention and you will absolutely be called out.]

[Uee, I shouldn't have done the cosmetics fraud.]

I came to look for a fiancée candidate, so I want to get noticed… but it was a big possibility that I would get flustered due to the severity of the dance.

[If it's no trouble, why don't we dance together? If anything, I'm good at dancing.]

[E…? I'm really bad at dancing and I may step on your foot you know?]

[Don't worry, you won't step on my foot. I'll avoid it by considerable margin.]

…Was he that good at dancing?

I swallowed my words and just nodded since I was saved by this.

Chapter end