I Became the Villainess's Brother

The Golem Battle ended with no connection.

This year is a year-to-year tournament, and the tournament runs every four years throughout the school year.

"The golem of the wind attribute is the strongest, isn't it?

"No, given the golem and terrain range of the earthly attributes, you wouldn't be able to say it's a wind choice"

"It's hard to predict a random terrain effect. Eldor was first in the game, but it wasn't the wind, was it?

"Right. Because I fit better than the wind attribute."

"It's fun to watch, but the rules are surprisingly awkward."

Golem battles are still similar to card games.

Each battle stage has a terrain effect, which forces struggle depending on the attributes of the aligned golems.

There is no universal attribute, so you have to manipulate the golem while thinking about attributes for each team.

Honestly, I still have vague rules, too.

Although my easiest attributes to deal with are junctions and healing, they don't seem very strong in the Golem Battle.

Though I'm sure you'll find out as I take classes next year.

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"After all, there are many shops in Wangdu"

On the way home from Windilia Royal School, I was visiting the shopping district of King's Capital with Eldor and Riley.

Is it because there are still many ladies who want to be fashionable that the clothes store has the most?

Of course nobility is a boutique for millionaires.

I'd like to get the smaller beads, not uncomfortable for civilians to get, if they can, but is it in Wang Capital?

I decided to make Arianne's glasses chain, but Sebastian caught my eye.

"Don't just treat Arianne special," he said.

Study group in the library the other day.

In addition to Arianne, there were servants there.

You know, Maryche who hates me.

So Sebastian seemed to lay low on the spot with information about the glassmaker.

It's not a good idea to show the other servants that I'll only buy them for Arianne.

Sebastian seemed worried that if I was too good, Arianne would be put in a hard position as a servant.

As far as I'm concerned, it feels like I've got one more sister who really needs a hand already.

Arianne was born in the fourth moon, so if she's already just her age, she's my age.

But whether it's hereditary, or because you didn't eat the rice properly at one time, you're short.

When I first saw it, I was about as dressed as Fortuna, and now I look younger than Fortuna.

Compared to me, who's taller than the same age, the level at which the tweezers look solid.

You're so little, you can't leave me alone, but you better worry about Sebastian.

So I decided to make a chain of glasses with beads that weren't very expensive and were not pricey for civilians to hold.

The chain part is also inexpensive if it's golden beauty.

I'd like to buy you the glasses themselves, but Sebastian's stopping me, so cancer.

"A little deeper, there is an affordable glass grocery store. The glass beads are from that store the other day."

"There aren't many stores that sell the materials themselves. Well found."

"Because Master Langley would like to."

Eldor's grey eyes are proud, and I get a little lightheaded.

I'm so, so glad.

When I tried to enter the glass grocery store with Eldor's guidance, I heard a flashy fall behind me.

"What, huddle oh... blah"

Riley held my mouth as long as she wanted, trying to call me by my name.

No, no, no, no?

Why is the prince here?

Or where's the escort?!

"Are you all right?

Riley, who didn't call Prince Huddle by his name and took his hand off me, reaches out to him.

"... sorry"

I take Riley's hand, I get up shy, but, uh, really, why are you here?

I don't think so, but were you following me?

"To Langley, I thought I'd give it to you. I tried to speak up."

Prince Huddle takes the medal out of his pocket with the Jackberry family crest engraved on it.

In a hurry, I pulled the sailor collar of my uniform, and one of the medals that was supposed to be on the tip was missing.

I guess I hooked it up somewhere.

"Thank you"

"Well, I wish I'd given it to you the next time I saw you."

Prince Huddle lays his eyes down on me when I receive the medal.

I don't have a date or time to go to school.

If you go to school every day, it's not always the same day the prince and I come to school next.

I'm ashamed of myself for wondering if I followed you.

"Okay, I'm in this"

"Wait. Are you alone?

Pull the prince off in a hurry.

I knew there was no escort around.

Let the prince walk alone, or what are you doing, Rhodevake!

"I saw Langley coming home in the hallway, and as it were, he came..."

"Uh... from the back door..."

Riley looks up to heaven lightly.

From the front entrance to the school, it was closer to the mall to get out of the back gate.

So today we're out the back door.

Naturally, Rhodebeik, Prince Huddle's escort knight, is waiting at the front entrance.

"Let's go back together. I'm sure you're worried."

"Doesn't Langley have business at this store?

"I'm not going home alone."

You think the prince walks out on his own?

How much King's Capital, though, isn't it like you're screaming for me to kidnap you?

Though there is a Wang Du escort knight at the main location.

That's why Riley held my mouth.

Because if I call you Prince Huddle, the people around me will have princes here too.

"Please wait. At the very least, finish shopping. Because I've come this far."

"But..."

"You wish I had called you sooner. I don't want to stand in Langley's way."

Prince Huddle, I'm not going to move from here with my mouth tied all the time.

I don't know what to do......

"It would be quicker to finish shopping than to rub it here"

"... will you"

Prince Huddle relaxed when I nodded at Riley's words.

We'll have to make a choice on the super express.

The glass grocery store door had a stained glass round window.

Eldor pulls the door, and we're in a hurry.

Of course there were glass dishes and glasses in the store, and the beads I was looking for were decorated on the table.

"... Affordable, I guess"

Peek into the table in front.

Several beads of about five mm are placed together on small plates of glass.

It's smaller than the beads Eldor bought me before, and I feel like the price is being kept down for that.

However, whether the price a civilian can easily buy is, um......

"Is it something you're looking for"

The clerk talked to me, staring at the beads.

"I'm looking for beads. Is the bead just here?"

"Right, all quality beads are arranged in stores"

What kind of poor quality beads would that be?

But I can't spend much time on it, so can I have these beads already?

Next to me trying to pick, Eldor called the clerk.

"Do you still have stock of the beads they were selling on the market?

"Oh, would you like something like a market? There are inconsistent flavors, sizes, and number of pieces."

"If you can, can I see you too?"

"Please wait a moment. We'll take it now."

Then the clerk disappears behind the store with a smile on his face.

Prince Huddle peeks intriguingly into a small plate of beads.

"Does Langley like beads?

"It's not the beads themselves, it's the ornaments. It's my hobby to make it."

"Maybe the necklace Miss Fortuna was wearing is a Langley handmade?

"What kind of necklace is that?

"A silver spoon was adorned with a bluishly blue demonic gem. It was the first design I would try, so it was far-sighted, but I remember it well"

"If that's the case, right. Definitely what I gave her."

"How wonderful to be able to make ornaments! Langley is very clever."

Prince Huddle's glittering aquamarine colored eyes dazzle.

It's not flattering, it conveys what I really think, and it's awkward.

"Thank you for waiting"

The clerk came back with a square basket.

There are dozens of beads lined up in a glass vial in the basket.

Peek in with one of the vials in your hand.

"Is this bad quality?

Honestly, I don't know what's wrong.

Although the small beads are smaller than the beads lined up in the store, they are clean enough without any terrible scratches.

"There is a difference between the size variance and the color flavour at the time of manufacture. All quality beads taste the same color."

Indeed, if you look closely at the beads in the vial, they are subtly large and small in size, and the colors are not monochromatic.

But having a light color and a dark color looks like a gradient, and it's very pretty.

Plus the price, although the beads on the table are valued at how much per grain, this glass bottle is in one bottle.

We're gonna have to buy this now, right?

"Now I will buy these pink and red, and yellow and green beads"

"Thank you!

Eldor makes the payment and has beads wrapped in paper bags.

Ringing the doorbell with Chillin, we left the store in a whim.

Oh, I made a good purchase.

"Langley, your face is burning."

Riley's ears are pounding, but his facial muscles aren't going to tighten.

"You won't have a choice, because I'm happy"

Yeah, I can really see my face burning myself.

That's the store Eldor chose for me, isn't it?

The red is the color of Arianne's hair, and the yellow green is the color of Arianne's eyes.

So I think if you combine two colors and make a pair of glasses chain, it won't be that noticeable and familiar to your face.

We still have stock of Jingu Mei chains, and we'll make them as soon as we get home.

Prince Huddle alternates between me and Eldor's beads.

"Me too, I'd love to make a necklace. Can't you tell me?

"If you want to make a necklace, I thought you might want to invite artisans as tutors. Because mine is a real hobby."

I made it out of my previous life's knowledge.

I don't think the right way to make this world is by any means the skill of artisans.

"Really..."

Oh, Prince, do I look a little sorry?

"It's not like you don't like to teach, is it?

"Is that true?

"Yep. I just thought that my way of making it was too self-taught and that craftsmanship would be better if I were to learn anyway."

I'd like to hide the technology and information on the melting demon ore for when the Jackberry family went bankrupt, but if it's a bead accessory.

I think sculptors and mechanics are probably dealing with it.

Otherwise, Yatco could not have bought some kind of tool right away.

"If only Langleys were good, I'd like to teach you"

"Really? Then we'll make it together next time at school."

"Yes."

Prince, you're in a good mood.

I didn't seem to like the bead accessories.

Quite a hassle, or plain work.

It looks a lot easier, and it's actually easier if you get used to it.

As you walk towards Windilia Royal School, someone runs from the front with tremendous momentum.

It's Rhodevake.

"Prince, you're safe... Oh, Langley, you got Prince Huddle!

"Huh?"

Eldor broke in between to protect me from the Rhodevake that suddenly grabbed me.

The excess momentum Lodevake grabs onto Eldor, a beaded paper bag falls on the cobblestone, and an unpleasant sound echoes around.

Oh, no way. Cracked?

"Lodevake, it's a misunderstanding."

"What is a misunderstanding, taking the prince out without permission, etc!

Not even asking the prince to stop, Rhodeveik steps unaware of the paper bag that fell at his feet as it was.

The crisp and unpleasant sound echoed again.

"No, I went after the Langleys on my own. Get your hands off Eldor."

"But..."

At Prince Huddle's feet, I bow.

"What the hell?"

"Get your hands off Eldor, get out of my way"

From the foot of Rhodebake, pick up the paper bag.

The paper bag was slightly torn and the broken glass bottle fragments were popping out of it.

Parallax and zero beads jump on the cobblestone and roll.

"Let's wrap this up"

Shake off Lodevake's arm, which Eldor was still grasping, and wrap it around filling the paper bag hole with a handkerchief.

Because of this, I found a good bead.

"We'll come back for more. Besides, the contents don't seem to be so scattered, and if you wash them nicely, you'll be able to use them well."

"Right..."

You don't laugh so well.

One wrong step is going to make me yell at Rhodevake.

"Langleys...... eh"

"Looks like we've been able to rendezvous with the escort, and we're sorry for this. Good afternoon."

Interpret with the dust and I'll slip through the sides of the Huddle Princes.

Yeah, you managed to make a smile.

Why does Rhodevake see me as his enemy?

"Eldor, are you hurt?

"Yes, nothing"

"Right."

Well, if Eldor's intact, okay.

Really, you just have to come back and buy it.

"There are definitely beads that aren't broken, and let's make them with that, shall we? I'll help you sort it out."

"It'll help. These beads are fine. Sorting alone is going to set the sun."

To Riley, who giggles, snorts, Eldor.

If the three of us were to sort it out, it would surely be over soon.

We boarded the Jackberry family's high-speed demon wagon.