After that, the party ended on a high note. It's not like His Highness the Crown Prince has declared the engagement is off. The fact that the third son of a poor Count family and the fourth son of a local Baron family had exposed their shame seemed to be nothing more than a wryly-laughed-at entertainment for the party of the powerful Marquis family.
The young lady who was the star of the party said with a big smile, "It was really fun. If you have another event like this, please let me know." The Marquis also smiled warmly and said, "Everyone from Society is always welcome," and "I'd like some Yamano distilled spirits, please." ...They are father and daughter after all...
After that, Keidith and his entourage suddenly disappeared without a trace. No, they didn't intend to criticize them any further, but once they both went quiet, Mileisha-chan ignored them and started talking normally with the others, so those guys were completely ignored by everyone. So when they were gone, no one seemed to mind.
...In the end, the last member of the entourage ended up without making a statement, without his name being called and without attracting attention, so perhaps he was extremely lucky. Even though he was with Keidith until the end, he ended up as "one other person"... There were a few lucky ones out there...
On the surface, Keidith and Enrud appeared to have received no punishment, but of course, that was not the case. The members of Society said that the two of them would likely have a hard time finding a fiancé in the future...
The last resort if they couldn't find a noble fiancée was to marry the daughter of a wealthy merchant, because the other party's goal was to become related to a noble family and do business with them, so there was no point in forming a relationship with a noble family that has a bad reputation. ...On the contrary, it would be a negative thing. It seemed that there would be no rich person who would want to form a relationship with such an aristocratic family. …Yeah, now that they mention it, that's true…
Mileisha-chan did not wish to ruin the son of a noble family from another country, nor does she wished to tarnish their family name. She certainly did not wish to have a negative impact on the relationship between the countries. She simply wanted to demonstrate her pride as a noblewoman by fending off the vicious attacks that harmed her and her family's name and by showing a resolute attitude. ...Thus, she just wanted to protect her friendships so that her study abroad would be a success... So now that she has successfully removed the obstacle, she probably no longer had any interest in the garbage that was just removed.
It would be one thing if this was someone who was likely to harm her out of spite, but with their relationship being exposed in such a dramatic way, they would be the first person to be suspected if anything were to happen to Mileisha-chan in the future, so they could not afford to take any rash steps. ...In the first place, Mileisha-chan is not at fault or responsible in any way. Surely, they would know that if they did something again, it would mean complete ruin... Ok, that's it, case closed!!
After that, it seemed that the families of Keidith and his entourage paid compensation to Mileisha-chan. ...And then, Mileisha-chan paid me a success fee for the consultation request. Yeah, if I work for free, it will set a bad precedent and people will start thinking that they can just ask Viscount Yamano to handle all their disputes, which would be a problem, right? If it's a request, even if someone comes to you for advice, you can just refuse the job by saying you're busy, or you can charge a high fee to make them give up. ...That's right. If you say it's work, you can easily refuse. You won't have to say, "You listened to that person's request, but why don't you listen to my request?!"
The reward money I received from Mileisha-chan for the request was just a little bit. —It's just a token amount. Therefore, Mileisha-chan whould still have most of the left over compensation money she received and be in the black. On the other hand, this time I received a lot of help not only from the members of Society, but also from the other ladies, so I felt I need to thank them as well... It looks like I'm in the red...
No, I received the reward from Mileisha-chan before the apology money from each household was paid to Mileisha-chan! That's why I felt bad about extorting a lot of money from international students who probably don't have much money to spare! So I thought it would be okay to be in the red. If I'd known she'd get that much compensation, I would've charged a higher reward... Grrrr...
I wonder how I should thank each of the young ladies... Cosmetics, perfumes, and accessories made in Yamano... or actually, made on Earth... would be fine. Ah, perfume is also a type of cosmetic... It might be nice to invite them to a Society tea party just once. Rather than forcing people to join, it will be a one-time invitation... I wonder if they'll be happy?
Since then, rumors had spread about what everyone was doing after that. It seemed that Keidith and Enrud were severely scolded by their parents and also received a warning from the government. Well, neither of them was supposed to be heirs to begin with, so it wasn't something that would earn them disowned or banished, so although their positions were weakened, it didn't seem like they were ruined—It seemed that this had caused considerable damage to the marriage plans of the person himself and his siblings...
Two of the entourage managed to escape, but one—who stayed until the end but didn't stand out because all the attention was on Enrud and so his name wasn't called out—seemed to be quietly hiding, avoiding their names being spoken, and waiting patiently for the danger to pass. That in itself would be seen as an impressive ability to manage a crisis, so maybe there's a chance that they could be picked up by a noble family somewhere...
Well, those three were simply in a position where they couldn't disobey Keidith's orders and I don't think they had any ill intentions. It's like a subordinate who couldn't resist the orders of his superiors. There is plenty of room for leniency. Mileisha-chan probably doesn't want many of the sons of nobles in this country to fall from grace because of her, and she probably doesn't want to incur any unnecessary resentment, so that's probably fine.
Mileisha-chan had a very good reputation, perhaps due to her impressive and dignified attitude at the party. Thanks to this experience, she had made more friends and was on the verge of successfully achieving his goal of studying abroad, which was to "make connections with many of the country's noble ladies."
When she returned home, she would have the great accomplishment of having made friends with many of the noble children of Kingdom of Vanell, including high-ranking noble families and members of the extremely influential social organization known as Society, which would be a powerful weapon in her sales pitch to the noble families who were involved in trade with this country.
Thus, Mileisha-chan gained an even more powerful cheat weapon: Yamano style makeup techniques. There were also stores owned by the members of the Women's Business Owners Network in the royal capital of Mileisha-chan's home country, Norveth Kingdom, so it's possible to send cosmetics that weren't sold to the general public with instructions to have them sold only to Mileisha-chan... If things go well, she might even be able to aim for the heir to family, right? ...Mileisha-chan, good luck!!
Author's Note
Announcement! (^^)/
My fourth work, and the last one that hadn't been adapted into a media outlet, has been made into a comic!!
Huh? Aren't FUNA's works "Noukin," "Roukin," and "Potion"?
No, actually, before I made my debut as a novelist, before I was even asked to publish "Noukin" as a book, I wrote a short story... (^^)/
"Facing the broken engagement with absolute memory"
Of all the pieces I've written, this is the only one that never saw the light of day.
And guess what, it's been made into a comic!! (T_T)
I changed the title to make it more modern and stylish...
"I will brilliantly refute it with my absolute memory."
The manga artist who drew the illustration is Mikedate, who has a wealth of experience in comic book adaptations.
Composition and distribution label is Comic Spira.
The distribution will be on Comic Seymour on Thursday, April 17th.
The name of the anthology in which it is collected is "I'll get my revenge and grab happiness! Another World Anthology Comics 2."
"Anthology Comic 2" means, of course, that "Anthology Comic 1" has already been released... (^^;
The URL for the book "②" in which my work is included is as follows:
https://spira.jp/comic/4078/
The URL where you can preview and purchase the opening parts of each story of the released ①, and reserve the purchase of ②, which contains my work, etc.
https://www.cmoa.jp/title/306765/
This is a comic adaptation of a short story written by the novelist before his debut.
I hope you will read this as an example of "this is the level of effort required to receive a call..."
Thank you very much! (^^)/
I hope that this will expand the opportunities for novelists and manga artists, as well as those aspiring to become such artists, to present their work.
FUNA
(Note: Due to changes to the terms of use of "Narou", pasting the URL of the purchase page is permitted.
Also, announcements outside the main text of the novel and announcements of works other than your own are permitted. (^^)/)
Translation Note
Thanks to TV.Station for the corrections.