"Excuse me, my brother will be here soon, so please wait for a while."
"No, moreover, can I have someone to talk to until your brother comes? Light Charles-san."
That's what I say to his younger brother, who seems to be the exact opposite of his brother in front of me. Today, I visited this mansion under the guise of visiting one of the capture targets, Peter Charles, but I decided to attack in order to take advantage of the opportunity to speak with him. Another story of the otome game "Lovely Princess", "Lovely Princess Dokidoki wa Tomaranai! I never misses the opportunity to meet Light Charles, one of the capture targets of that game.
"I don't mind... but I'm not very good at talking."
"I don't care about anything. For example... talking about my fiancée."
"Come to think of it, Mr. Lost made his fiancée, the daughter of Duke Misty, his fiancée. Then what does it have to do to me?"
"Aren't you here now?"
"Unfortunately, I thought my brother would inherit the house, so I wasn't conscious of it until now. But now, I don't know:
Hmm... As expected, he don't have a fiancée. In that case, the possibility that Alice will suffer damage from here ...
"Do you know a girl named Maria?"
"Maria... if I remember correctly, she was the culprit behind my brother's downfall. What is she?"
"No, I just asked."
Hmmm, no contact with the heroine. If that's the case, Alice's turn as a villainous daughter doesn't seem to be a concern, at least for him. After that, it depends on whether or not there is an existence that has taken the place of the heroine.
"Come to think of it, Mr. Lost is also well versed in swordsmanship. Do you have some time to compare with me, The Son of Knight Commander?"
"I'll think about it"
If it was the previous Arth, I'm sure he would have objected to the word "son of the knight commander", but I don't have any particular objection and let it pass. Well, if the parents are amazing, the children will have ridiculous expectations. It wouldn't be strange if that happened, but the reality is that I don't feel that way when I have cheat-like powers on par with monsters.
"By the way, Charles."
"It doesn't matter if it's Light. Mr. Lost."
"Well, Mr. Light. No, can I call you Light-kun?"
"Yeah, I'm younger than you, even though I'm higher in peerage, so I'd be happy to be called that."
"Then Light-kun. Please call me Arth."
"Understood. Arth-san."
After saying that, I thought that Light, who smiled, had the charm of being a capture target.
"This is delicious."
After saying that, I smiled at Light eating the cookies I brought with me.
"I'm glad that you like it."
"The chef at Arth-san's house is amazing."
"No, it's my handiwork."
"Handmade?"
With a surprised expression on his face, Light said.
"It's amazing, Mr. Arth. You have a good swordsmanship, you have a smart and cute fiancé, and you're multi-talented."
"I still have a long way to go. After all as a fiancée of Alice, I need to be a better man"
"It's a higher rank... After all, being the son of the Knight Commander is a tremendous pressure."
"Well, I won't deny it, but I'm also proud of it."
No matter how great a person's child is, in the end it will depend on the person whether or not to work hard from there, and the end point will never be the same. That's why, while aiming high by supplementing what you don't know your limits, you gain the strength to protect what's important to you.
"As expected, it's amazing… After being made the head of the next Duke family, there are many days when I can't sleep because of the pressure.
"It would be useless to say that I shouldn't worry about it, so I won't say that, but Light-kun should do what he can do one step at a time."
"What I can do..."
"Yes, if you cut off the evaluations of those around you for a while and face yourself and walk steadily, you'll reach your destination someday."
The accumulation of one step at a time eventually becomes the path. The important thing is to keep walking. It doesn't matter if you get frustrated or cry along the way. If you can use all of them as fuel and change them into your own steps, it will surely not be a waste. After being silent for a while at my words, Light reached out to me and said,
"Mr. Arth. I'm glad I met you. Will you continue to give me advice from time to time?"
"I don't mind. If I can help you."
"I'm sure there are many people who can be saved by the words of someone like you. After all, you've already saved at least one."
"I hope so."
The only person I really wanted to save was Alice. I will live for Alice even if it is covered with calculations. So even if I have to help people in the future, it's for Alice's sake, not for them. That's why he doesn't need to say thank you, but...well, I held his hand and shook his hand, thinking I'd take what I could get.