The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (62)
Episode 62
“…… Lady Elodie.”
“Whatever the reason, you know that what the lord has just done is something he should never have done?”
“…….”
“What the hell is going on? Please be honest.”
The man’s blue eyes fluttered wildly. Edmund Gloucester licked his lips again and again, and finally opened his mouth helplessly.
“…… I will do my best not to be a nuisance to Lady Elodie.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s a problem for me or not.”
“Sir Gloucester.”
Laertes, who had been silent, grabbed Edmund Gloucester’s shoulder.
It was just a normal gesture, as if holding it as a sign of intimacy. But the next moment, Edmund let out a painful breath.
Laertes Hope’s face was very expressionless. He tapped Edmund Gloucester’s back very slowly, convulsing in pain, empty-handed.
“Regardless of the reason, if I touched Emilia one more time.”
The voice was very, very quiet. Elodie took a breathless breath without realizing it.
The man’s purple eyes were shining bright blue.
“… I will break it.”
He let go of his shoulder, and the next moment his finger touched Edmund’s collarbone. It was a very blatant move.
Elodie took a step back in an instinctive sense of crisis.
Edmund gasped, barely breathing.
“Lee, Le…… Sir Ertis, wonder… … .”
“If you think it’s unreasonable, you might as well slap me on the cheek first.”
It was the voice of a beast who could barely hold back its anger.
Elodie realized that the man Laertes Hope he had ever seen was really just a skin.
It was a desperate voice, like lava that melted and melted and refined emotions boils over.
It was the anger that leaked out at the end of trying to keep it from overflowing.
Overwhelmed by the pressure, Edmund could not open his mouth any more. Laertes left the place with violent steps.
Elodie couldn’t catch it.
It was then. The Marquis, Marquis Windrose, who was crouching from a distance, approached.
He had a look of confusion on his face as if he was surprised by something.
“Hey there, Elodie. Hey…….”
“Yes, tell me, Marquis. You don’t look good, are you feeling unwell?”
“no. The person who was just next to him… … this…….”
Elodie shut her mouth. How do I explain this?
The Marquis of Windrose was the only one who kept her mouth shut about ‘Emilia’.
I knew from the beginning that she was a very affectionate wife who was surprised at even the smallest things.
He said that his daughter died and his health was not good, so he did not appear in social circles for a long time.
“…… Alas, Sir Edmund Gloucester was rude and got people’s attention, so he left. Casio… … He is Sir Brahmanduff’s partner.”
“Ugh, that’s right……. Brahman’s partner… … .”
The Marquis of Windrose picked up the words and served them with a face that seemed to have lost her soul in some way.
Elodie was gripped by a strange anxiety. But I suppressed my emotions and did my best to smile kindly.
“…… Are you okay? Wouldn’t it be better to go to the break room and rest? Earlier, he also went to the break room because people were uncomfortable with it.”
“Oh yeah? I went to the break room… … ?”
“Yes. You must have been very surprised, but I wonder if the Marquis could comfort you.”
“Yeah, yes. Elodie Youngae is really kind. I’ll see you later, so be careful… … .”
Instead of answering, Elodie just laughed.
What do you mean be careful?
It was a strange feeling. It was the first time that the Marquis of Windrose had Elodie by her side and didn’t care so much.
It was as if his nerves had been sold elsewhere.
No, it wasn’t just about the Marquis. A strange sense of incongruity that Elodie felt before. that’s all… …….
“I was here, Elodie.”
“Young girl, Count Betty.”
“Where are you going, Sir Laertes, are you here alone?”
It was due to Lady Emilia’s existence.
Elodie smiled kindly as he greeted the people who were heading this way with his eyes twinkling as if he had sensed the smell of gossip.
An innocent and friendly smile. A pure white smile that no one dared blame her for.
“welcome. Sir Laertes was tired for a moment and left. I’m alone. Sir Edmund is definitely here.”
I couldn’t help it. Because that was the only way Elodie knew so far.
* * *
Does anyone have any guesses?
I opened my eyes wide. Casio Brahmanduff smiled like a grain of glass.
A smile that sparkles in all kinds of colors like a rainbow when the light shines on it, but there is no content inside. Something like inorganic light without any warmth.
“…… Talk, don’t turn. Tell me.”
“Did you ever think it was strange?”
“What do you mean?”
“Lady Emilia, yes. From the beginning, Sir Edmund Gloucester didn’t get along very well. But today Lady Emilia looked worse than ever.”
“…….”
“Why?”
This man is really bad taste.
I stared at the man. Casio Brahmanduff didn’t even move in spite of my fierce eyes.
That attitude was so weak. I was annoyed.
Yes, I was well aware that my existence in this world was as insignificant as a stone thrown into the deep, wide sea.
I also thought that I should never really trust this man.
But only then, I was really annoyed.
Wouldn’t it be great if I could crush that man’s smiling face even by gathering all my insignificant emotions?
“You call that a horse?”
“About Lady Elodie, Lady Emilia said she was not impressed.”
“Yes.”
An unfamiliar feeling of unfamiliarity crept up. Why are you asking this question?
“That’s really great. Almost everyone who knew ‘Ophelia’ saw ‘Elodie’ and fell in love.”
Casio Brahmanduff smiled gracefully like a flower in full bloom.
“…… What do you want to say, now?”
“Sir Edmund was literally a man in love. I heard that the reaction of Marquis Windrose was quite similar.”
When the mention of ‘The Marquis of Windrose’ came out, I felt an empty feeling in my chest.
I just glared at him with venomous eyes so as not to show agitation on the outside.
“It was so much that the Marquis of Windroze, who broke the chip, and the Marquis of Windrose, who did not win the request of the Marquis, supported this debut Tangte. And in this debut tang, she became the most notable lady. Actually, when you think about it, isn’t it strange? What is Lady Elodie? Of course she’s pretty and kind, but… … Isn’t that the only important thing to get noticed in the social world?”
“It’s too much of a guess.”
“I started to worship Lady Elodi as if I was worshiping Lady Ophelia. Same age, same looks. If we hadn’t known each other’s ancestry, there would have been many rumors about their birth. In fact, at that time, the marquis gave birth to twins, something like that.”
“…….”
It certainly was. That’s it, maybe it wasn’t a setting that was stitched together to make it easier for other people to overlay her on the image of ‘Ophelia’ in the game.
But this world has become my reality.
What I do know is that Ophelia and Elodie are strangers.
Me and Ophelia were distant relatives, but not a drop of blood was mixed with Elodie.
It was surprising that even though they were strangers, they had similar appearances as if they were printed on a mold.
“The social world is always looking for something new, fresh, and unconventional. Lady Elodie fits the criteria.”
“Why are you pretending not to know, Lady Emilia.”
“What do you mean?”
“The possibility of Ophelia and Elodie being some kind of ‘special person’.”
“…….”
You could even say that I am a special person. Because he’s the protagonist. I didn’t know that Casio, the original attack character, would tell me about this, but… … .
But in an instant, a question arose. Come to think of it, there was something odd about the game.
Ophelia died without reaching the age of majority.
And Elodie has a very high probability of being unhappy because of those who miss ‘Ophelia’.
Although there were several normal endings, it was only a temporary level of happiness.
Just like when I became Emilia and some stems were twisted, I wondered if there was a player who didn’t know who they were in ‘Elodie’, but… … . There was no reason for that.
Elodie’s personality was the same as the description of the ‘player’ in the game. He was kind, sweet, and kind.
It was the ideal type that men could draw even in their dreams.
However, it was a little strange as far as the fact that the few conditions of the normal ending were difficult to achieve by remaining as the ‘ideal type’.
There were too many bad endings. Suddenly, I was attacked by suspicious people in masks in the alleyway, and I was in a mysterious carriage accident.
Surely, as if a bad ending was the goal from the beginning.
“These two, whoever sees it…….”
My voice shook anxiously.
Knowing, there was As for Ophelia and Elodie, the point of view of those who follow the two is fundamentally different from mine.
I thought it was because I wasn’t originally from this world, because I knew the contents of the game, because I wasn’t the main character, because I was an impossible supporting extra, and because I was jealous of him.
It was sometimes sad that people didn’t know the deepest feelings of the boy, but sometimes I thought it was fortunate.
If everyone knew and loved the hedgehog-like child, my use would not have been worthwhile from the beginning.
“I’m not talking like that, Lady Emilia is clever, so she knows.”
“Well, did someone cast some magic? Can’t anyone just love those two people?”
“It could be.”
Casio Brahmanduff grinned.
“Then it seems that magic doesn’t work for me. How about Casio-san?”
“To me, Lady Elodie is of course beautiful. And whoever has eyes, who can deny her beauty?”
The man’s tone of voice was strange.
It’s like saying, ‘Appearance isn’t the only thing that matters to her’.
That Otome Game’s Bad End