"Ah……, ah..."
The cheating partner turned pale, realizing that he seemed to have found himself in an outrageous situation.
...Well, now that Lorenz had broken off his engagement with Loterica (ロテリカ), perhaps it would be better to call her his former affair partner and current partner...
And Lorenz, was frantically racking his brains.
This is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad...
If word like this spreads... no, has it already spread?
For the past few days, no one has come to play with me, even when I call out to them.
I thought that everyone was busy trying to please their fiancées, but I never imagined that they would be avoiding me...
No, more importantly, if I marry Loterica, I could get the title of Baron, and if I'm lucky I could get the title of Viscount?
Since I left home, I thought the only way I could get ahead was by joining the military, but now I can become the head of a noble family?
In reality, he was the consort of a baroness, but Lorenz seemed to think that he could become head of the family.
However, such naive thinking...
"To throw away all of those paths, along with your wonderful fiancée of many years, and choose a woman you just met... does that require some incredible pure love...? Well, no matter how pure your love may be, once you have falsely accused your fiancé and acted according to your own convenience, the goddess' blessing is worthless, ho ho ho..."
"......"
It was rare for a daughter to inherit the family business.
If there was one, it was that the child must be all girls, and that she must be the eldest child, since male successor was given priority.
The probability that the head of a noble family who had concubines and lovers in addition to his legal wife would have no boys and only girls was low.
Normally, the children of mistresses were not considered to have the right of succession, but some nobles welcomed the children of their mistresses into their home, believing that boys born to mistresses were better than girls born to wives or concubines.
Also, if a person was unable to have children at all, a child could be adopted from relatives, so this did not apply either.
…In other words, there were very few women who would inherit aristocratic families, and those who did end up being the third son or younger of a marquis, margrave, or wealthy, powerful count family tended to follow suit.
Therefore, except for cases where the two families were childhood friends and had mutual feelings for each other, or for political reasons where a connection between the families was absolutely necessary, there was no room for someone like the third son of a very poor Count family to fit in.
But to his surprise, the person in question was so close to him...
Most likely, for a high-ranking noble family such as a marquis, the fact that the mother came from a lower-ranking noble family was not of much concern, and the fact that she held a title was probably unknown to them.
After all, even her fiancé, Lorenz, didn't know, so it's not surprising.
…Or rather, it was probably hidden intentionally to avoid being pushed around by higher-ranking nobles who were after a title, or being forced to become a nuisance…
Therefore, Lorenz probably thought that if he couldn’t obtain a peerage anyway, his in-laws’ family would have more prestige and would be more likely to receive support if they were a Count family rather than a Viscount family.
And he thought he preferred a woman with a flashy face and figure to Loterica, who was plain and had a skinny build...
…Certainly, the first half of that idea…was not wrong.
However, if they were labeled as "An unfaithful man who betrayed his fiancée and an unfaithful woman who made a move on a man who is fiancéed," it was unclear what would happen.
Even if she was the woman with whom he had an affair, she was the type of woman who would make a move on a man who was already engaged. Perhaps she couldn't find a decent fiancé, so she settled for the third son of a Count...
Certainly, she had a more toned physique and a more flashy face than Loterica, so she might be popular with men.
...As a playmate.
Even though the men she had dated in the past had fawned over her as playmates when they were young, did they choose a chaste woman as their marriage partner?
If you thought about it that way, Lorenz, who chose her even to the point of breaking off their engagement, might have been what she considered her soulmate.
In any case, things were starting to look bad for the unfaithful duo.
And now they both realized it.
...But here, a path to a bright future was shown to the two of them.
For an unfaithful woman...
In the rumors, I'm just referred to as the cheating partner or the unfaithful partner, but no one has mentioned my real name! So, if I just quietly fade out like this, my name won't spread...
And as for the unfaithful man...
If I marry Loterica, everything will be fine! My future and my debts will be fine!
However, this was merely a bright future that existed only in his mind.
This story was being spread not only among the group of young ladies present, but also by a separate force in other parts of the party venue.
And it was also a hot topic among many young ladies at parties held by other noble families.
...And in a rather unnatural, loud voice...
And the young woman's voice carried very well.
The Society was an organization with an almost abnormal ability to spread information.
"Ah, everyone from the Society!"
Hearing the voice of one of the ladies, everyone turned towards the entrance...
Micheline, the daughter of the Marquis Mitchell family and organizer of Society.
Viscount Yamano was a foreign aristocrat who was said to be the shadow ruler of Society and was rumored to be royalty.
The new member was Viscount Loterica de Wallisvald.
The members of Society moved around them.
Of course, Loterica's face was perfectly finished thanks to the makeup techniques of all the members, who had put their skills to the test.
Instead of applying thick, gaudy makeup, they used natural-looking makeup that brought out the quality of her skin.
...Natural makeup simply looked natural and did not mean no makeup or sloppy makeup.
It's natural makeup that made the most of the beauty of your skin, and it took more time and money than heavy, clumsy makeup. It's all about applying a variety of cosmetics and applying makeup all over your face.
It's so stupid of men to think that it's just a light application of makeup, almost like no makeup at all...
It's the same as when painting a figure, where coloring it in a way that brought out the natural texture of skin requires far more effort and skill than painting it with bright primary colors.
If you thought about it for a moment, it became clear.
"Eh……?"
And the person he knew, a plain, unattractive, small girl, appeared like a butterfly hatching from a chrysalis.
...And it was not just a swallowtail butterfly; its beauty rivalled that of the Morpho butterfly, which is said to be the most beautiful in the world.
"Wha-..."
And the two of them let out cries of shock, realizing that they were an unfaithful duo...
Author's Note
I'm not particularly busy with work at the moment, but I've found a lot of interesting works on "Narou" and I've ended up getting absorbed in reading them, and I'm finishing my writing right up to the deadline... (^^;)
I'm currently hooked on "I've started being a male idol in a world where the male to female ratio is 1:99. I want to make girls happy in a world where chastity is reversed."
I read a variety of stories, including short stories about revenge and long stories about reversal of events.
My latest obsession.... (^^)