Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 80

One month later—

I was called to the princess' room.

The owner of this room, Angela whose eyelashes had turned to normal, stood in the black and white room (her drawing room, not the bedroom).

[Britney, the result of your diet seems to be passable. Since your weight has reduced by 5 kilograms, it is likely that you can manage it. Also, I have something to tell you.]

I was guided to the leather sofa by the kuroko maids and sat down facing Angela.

I didn't know what she had prepared, but words of amazement came from her mouth.

[In the tea party, each individual will show their specialty song. Of course, you will sing too.]

[Song!?]

After suddenly hearing it, my voice turned inside out and became agitated.

[…It is such an event. The other time we had to play musical instrument, and before that was reading poetry. The tea party is also a place to showcase the art of the day.]

(Wait a minute-!)

I cried in my mind and was despaired when I thought about the future.

(To think I have to expose my great shame in the future…!)

It was true that a gala occasion was a place for young ladies to showcase the arts that they were practicing on a daily basis.

If it's to show off, then they had to exert the effort to practice.

However, singing at a tea party was equivalent to torture to me who had no artistic talent.

[Britney? Is something wrong?]

She noticed that my condition was strange. Angela approached me while tilting her head.

[Your Highness… as a matter of fact…]

I talked to her about my lack of artistic talent.

[Ara, since onii-sama mentioned that "Britney's poetry is amazing", I thought that you are good at singing too.]

[…Ryuze-niisama and Ricardo laughed when they was it though.]

[Regardless, the singing showcase was already decided, so you have to practice. If you are weak at it, I'll ask onii-sama to come.]

Angela said so unreasonably again. I doubted if I could become a songstress by practicing now.

(Still, to entrust the role of teaching me to the busy crown prince… isn't that bad?)

As I thought so, when I left Angela's room, the smiling prince was waiting outside!

Just like before, he waited for me outside of his sister's room.

[…Marlow-sama, nice to meet you.]

[Yaa, Britney. Are you getting used to living in the castle? If you have any inconvenience, you can tell me.]

[Thank you for your concern.]

While I was greeting him, Angela came out.

[Onii-sama! There is something I want to tell you!]

[N? What is it, Angela?]

[Britney has to sing a song in the tea party; I want you to instruct her!]

It seemed that Angela's unreasonable behavior was done indiscriminately, not just to me.

However, the smiling crown prince didn't seem daunted from it. Rather, he looked delighted.

[Ano, Marlow-sama, I know that you're busy, so I…]

[No problem! I'll teach you with pleasure!]

[Ee!?]

[That's right, I have an acquaintance that's good at singing. Let's call him too!]

The crown prince was in high spirits about the singing lesson.

Thus, my singing lesson had been decided without destroying it.

The next day, Prince Marlow and I had a singing lesson during our free time.

It was located in a room where people would play music instruments and songs.

Various music instruments were arranged at the back of the room, and there was a low stage too.

(This is serious…)

And on the stage were two young men.

[Ricardo! And, Lucas-sama… why are you both here?]

My doubt was answered by the crown prince's refreshing smile.

[Britney, you are acquainted with the fifth prince of the northern country Lucas?]

[Ee, yes.]

[He is famous for his good singing. Since it's a big deal, if we want be friends with him, we should greet him now. Ricardo is here as a chaperone.]

[Is that so…]

Since our country and the northern were in a war in the past, our relationship was still shaky.

As for Prince Marlow, he wanted to deepen the friendship with Lucas and improve our relations with the northern country.

(This is a diplomatic relationship isn't it? To use my singing practice for that… is that okay?)

Rather, I didn't want to sing in front of these three people.

Lucas who combed his glossy silver hair upwards called out to me while I was confused.

[It's been a long time, Miss Britney. Eeto… did you get bigger than last time?]

(A straight ball! Even though I've got a little thinner!)

As I thought, not all men in this world would keep watching me with genial eyes when I became fatter like Ricardo.

However, there was an unexpected follow-up.

[I think Britney's current body shape is healthy and good! The shape of your body when we first met, I found it likeable since it has presence.]

[E…]

In regards of the embarrassing remarks dropped by the crown prince, the remaining two men's mouth fell open.

I too, it was the first time for me to be remarked positively like "healthy" and "has presence". Usually, the surroundings would say distasteful words to a fat person after all.

[Well then, let's start Britney's practice. The tea party is a month away… have you decide on a song?]

[Gufufu, I can't decide.]

[There needs to be a good equilibrium with other nobles too. Angela asked me for a few songs.]

Saying so, he spread the music scores in a row on a nearby table.

Lucas seemed to be interested in foreign music. "Since we have to judge the songs, let's start with my preference" was what he stated.

Since he had a good reputation in singing, he seemed to be knowledgeable about music overall.

[I guess this is a good choice. This last part is outstanding…]

I saw a difficult to understand music score given to the crown prince, and I screamed in my mind.

(Such a complicated melody is impossible-!)

The music scores of this world was arranged like my previous world, they resembled tadpoles.

However, the manner in which the music notes was arranged in the music scores recommended by the crown prince was strange.

It went up and down greatly, the sharp and flat symbols were disorganized and it's bullying the singer.

For me who was poor at singing, the most suitable song would be a rap with its constant scale and pitch of tones.

But there was no rap music in this world…

TN: Don't underestimate rap music Britney, it's harder than you thought! I would rather sing a slow, mellow ballad, it's better and safer than rapping.

Chapter end