When the protagonist of the otome game is unintentional strategy [system]

"...I'm back to my senses, what are you looking at?"

Kolusta's vision of staring at the corridor was suddenly blocked by a white palm. Gloria waved in front of her eyes. Seeing her turn her head back and stare blankly at herself, she couldn't help showing a brisk smile.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?... What do you want me to do?"

In order to avoid the same troubles as in the Satrick line, Kolusta never went to find Gloria on purpose, and the latter also respected her ideas, except for helping Kolusta at the administrator that night. Apart from bracing herself in front of her once, Gloria never showed her intimate relationship with this commoner girl in front of other people.

The meeting between the two is at most limited to casually looking at each other with a smile when they meet by chance, or in the empty teaching building in the evening. In order to maintain her goodwill, Kolusta deliberately chooses this time to have a short but pleasant conversation with the noble daughter .

Gloria always stays alone until very late before leaving the teaching building. During this time period, no one else will show up. Unexpectedly, this time, Kolusta just happened to bump into the boss behind the scenes and the villain in the open. Scenes.

"...No, I didn't wait long," Kolusta blinked, hesitated, and asked cautiously, "Sister, was that...?"

"You don't know her?" Gloria was a little surprised. Logically speaking, there are very few people in the Holy Light Magic Academy who don't know the appearance of members of the royal family, even students like herself who came from a prestigious noble family. , and will generally be well known.

But in a blink of an eye, she remembered that Kolusta came from the remote Seaside, and maybe she really didn't know the second princess who had always been much lower-key than the eldest prince, so she frowned slightly, and said to Kolusta, "That's Her Royal Highness Starangel, the second princess of the royal family of Nobili, who is also in the second grade now."

At the end, she paused, and then added in a low voice: "She...is not simple, you'd better not get close to her."

Kolusta looked ignorant but nodded trustingly, and asked suspiciously: "Why did Her Royal Highness come out with Senior Sister?... Ah, will she have any suspicions against you because of my relationship with Senior Sister?"

"Ding, Gloria's favorability is +1."

The silver-haired, blue-eyed aristocratic girl saw Kolusta talking, her dazed expression gradually turned nervous, and she couldn't help but relax a bit. She covered her lips and gave a light laugh, and poked the other's forehead with her fingertips. , with a gentle expression: "Don't worry about it, no matter who I associate with, that's my own business - besides, Her Highness the Second Princess has always been generous, no matter noble or commoner, she treats them equally, so how could she have a grudge against me because of this."

Kolusta covered the place where she was poked, and muttered, "I just care about Senpai..."

Gloria's eyes were bent into crescent moons, obviously very useful. When she was in a good mood, she would not avoid Kolusta's questions too much. After thinking about it, she answered her first question Question, "Your Highness came to discuss the tea party with me today, that's why we came out together, did it surprise you?"

Yes, my weak heart was greatly frightened, and I almost couldn't hold back a few swear words.

Kolusta rolled her eyes in her heart, but smiled reluctantly, but didn't answer, and asked as if deliberately changing the subject: "Tea party? What is that?"

Her tone was tense and a little erratic, as if she was really still struggling with the matter of "being found out that she was familiar with Gloria", but because she didn't want to make the latter worry, so she went to find her temporarily. Talk about an unrelated topic to divert the other party's attention.

Gloria pursed her lips, her heart was softer than ever, and her tone became softer, and she followed her words: "The tea party... is a social gathering that is regularly organized by the Second Highness every semester and allows nobles to participate. It is usually held by the Swan Lake in the form of a large afternoon tea."

Kolusta's eyes lit up, and she said with infinite yearning: "There are so many delicious things!"

She has always liked desserts, and Gloria also knew that, if this was a tea party of the Celentdis family, maybe she would immediately make a decision to take Kolusta to attend.

But the tea party at the Holy Light Academy of Magic...

She sighed, shook her head, her voice was still soft, but her tone became much more decisive, "This tea party is very special, I won't take you there - if you want some snacks, just wait until next time, I'll bring you some more from home."

Kolusta's smile paused, and her fingers tightened instantly under the cover of her dress.

Gloria looked into her wide, pretty eyes, gave a small, inclusive smile, and whispered, "I don't know why you want to go to the tea party, little Shell. But I have to tell you—there is a whole house For common people without roots, nothing is more dangerous than this kind of social occasion full of nobles."

Kolusta frowned, her intentions really did not hide from the other party.

But fortunately, although Gloria saw through her thoughts, she didn't mind the reason because of her good caring before... This is probably the best result of the worst situation.

"...Okay, I see." After she finished speaking earnestly, Kolusta showed a guilty expression, twisted the corner of her skirt with her fingertips, and said to her in a soft and pitiful tone, "I'm sorry to learn Sister, I'm just curious—”

Gloria rubbed her hair helplessly, crying and laughing: "I don't blame you for anything... Well, be happy, you just remember what I said. Don't you want to have some snacks? The pudding workshop officially started The new product I gave you last time is on sale, and I'll buy you some more."

Kolusta nodded, and was finally coaxed into a smile again.

However, the moment Gloria turned around, her happy expression quickly disappeared, the corners of her cherry-colored lips were flattened, and her golden eyes were slightly dull.Kolusta blinked slowly, sighed silently, and quietly said sorry to Gloria in her heart.

She could tell the concern for her from the silver-haired girl's words, and she could also understand that the tea party was indeed a grand banquet for her——under the watchful eyes of everyone, if she encountered any danger, even under their noses, Groo Lia was completely unable to reach out to protect her.

Celentdis is different from the royal family. Sutrick and others have a gentle and polite attitude towards civilians on weekdays. Even if they lose their mind and suddenly look at someone differently, it will not cause much splash—many people I can only think that this is a new trick that the royal family came up with to promote blood equality.

Elimination of discrimination is an essential process if Nobili is to continue to develop, and the royal family as the ruler must actively promote this matter.

But the nobles are different. If they want to stand on the same starting line as the common people, this is undoubtedly a direct hit to their interests like a bull's-eye.

As the first duke family, Celentdis has a fundamentally different standpoint from the royal family. They have always been the heads of Nobili's nobles, and they are also staunch supporters of the noble status of this class.If Gloria, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Celentdis, dared to help a commoner in public, then the Celentdis family would quickly become the target of Nobili.

If they got to this point, then even Kolusta himself would not be able to escape the strife of power.

However, it was precisely because she understood the reason why Gloria prevented her from attending the tea party that Klusta felt more guilty when faced with the persecution of the task—knowing that not going would be a good choice for both parties , but in order to achieve the real ending, she still had to disobey the other party and try her best to step into the "Last Supper".

She lowered her head desolately and began to plan where she could have a new breakthrough. Is it really necessary to sacrifice part of Gloria's favor and go to get an invitation to the tea party through Sutrick? ...In this case, the risk is too great.

Just as she was deep in thought, she vaguely caught a glimpse of a figure flashing past the end of the corridor just now from the corner of her eye. Kolusta was stunned, woke up from her thoughts and looked over there carefully, but the corner was empty. It was empty, not to mention human figures, not even a shadow cast by a pillar.

After she murmured "I got it wrong" in her heart, she lowered her head again and followed Gloria step by step like a child.

Just because Kolusta turned her eyes to the grass under her feet, she just missed the movement of the silver-haired girl in front of her who turned her head slightly and also looked at the end of the corridor.

The elegant-looking Duke's daughter narrowed her eyes, stared at the corner thoughtfully for a while, and finally did nothing, but looked away, swung her arms back, and pulled Kolusta to her side.

When the brown-haired girl raised her head in confusion and looked at her with those golden eyes, Gloria said calmly, "Remember from now on, don't walk where... I won't be able to see you."

Whether it's by my side or right in front of me, only when I can see you can I have a chance to protect you.

Kolusta, who returned to her dorm with a large bag of rose pudding, couldn't tell whether she returned home with a feather in her hands or a fruitful one.

"Should we start with Satrick..."

Kolusta casually disassembled a pudding and put it in a small dish, poked its dark red elastic surface with a fork, propped his chin with one hand, and squeezed his face into a crumpled bun.

The rich aroma of roses gradually permeated the entire bedroom, like an invisible hand, gently soothing the nerves. After a long time, the system broke the drowsy tranquil atmosphere, and said rigidly and calmly: "Temporary Carrier, I don’t recommend you to do this. ——For the true ending, the most important character must be Gloria. If you destroy your impression in her mind for this? Then in the next task In the process, you will experience... what exactly is 'Nightmare Difficulty'."

"...No, I don't want it," Kolusta poked a fork into the pudding as if venting his anger, and said bitterly, "To be honest-I think I'm already experiencing the 'Nightmare Difficulty' right now."

Gloria vetoed her wish to go to the tea party through the other party, and Sutrick was like a dog skin plaster that was stuck and hard to get rid of... It was just a bump in the garden last time. "Coincidentally" met the other party four or five times, if he owed him such a big favor again, it would be worth it.

Thinking about it, I was afraid that Gloria would directly give her a dark magic package.

Crying every day and not working, Kolusta lay down on the table and sighed for a long while, his mouth was not idle, and he emptied one-third of the bag of rose pudding in a blink of an eye.

When the system couldn't bear it and was about to remind her that "if you eat any more, you will grow from a shell to a mussel", there was a light knocking sound from outside the door, interrupting the brown-haired girl's action of preparing to unwrap another pudding.

Kolusta was taken aback, walked over and opened the door, and found outside was a commoner girl from her class that she was quite familiar with.

"Student Kolusta, I'm sorry to bother you. When I was downstairs just now, the administrator teacher asked me... um, wait," the girl sniffed her nose and said in surprise, "Oh, it smells so good—there are roses The smell of pudding!"

"..."

Kolusta showed a smirk reluctantly, and said to the intoxicated girl: "Well, I bought two for afternoon tea when I came back... Would you like to have a taste, Tao Rui? classmate Si?"

Doris blushed, and quickly waved her hands and said, "The new products of Pudding Workshop are very expensive, and you have saved a lot of money to buy them, right? How dare I take your things..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw the other party turn around and go back into the room. After a while, she brought out a small pudding. The crimson rose-colored simple packaging was sprinkled with fine golden glitter powder, which was just right for a touch of luxury. , has always been the style of the pudding workshop.

Before Doris refused again, Kolusta put the pudding in the girl's hands, and said with a smile: "It's okay, such a delicious thing, you must share it with your friends."

Doris was taken aback, her cheeks flushed pink, she held the pudding in a daze for a long time, until Kolusta couldn't help reminding her that the previous words were not finished, she woke up like a dream, "Ah" With a groan, he quickly said, "The teacher administrator asked you to wait in his office to pick up something...it seems to be a package addressed to you?"

"Package?" Kolusta was taken aback. Because the town of Seaside was remote enough, she and her father seldom even exchanged letters, let alone sent things across nearly half of the Nobili continent.

But Doris nodded with certainty, "It is indeed a package, the teacher administrator told me personally." She paused for a moment, then moved closer to Kolusta as if gossiping, and asked mysteriously, "He When I told you to fetch things, my tone was quite polite... What method did you use to suit him? He hasn't talked to me in any other way than yelling!"

Kolusta raised her eyebrows, glanced at the rose pudding in Doris' hands without a trace, and said in a vague way: "How can I do what I like... I usually have a sweeter mouth and do more things for him. Alright, alright Dear student Doris, go back and eat pudding, I have to change my shoes and go downstairs to pick up the package."

Maybe it was because she was short-handed, so she didn't ask any more questions, and after saying goodbye to her with a smile, she bumped into Pudding and went to her bedroom.

Kolusta closed the door, and said to the system unhappily while changing her shoes: "That's the pudding that Gloria bought for me... This Doris is really good at timing, she will come early or late, but Come while I'm having a snack."

The system thought to himself, other people's snacks are just sweet mouths, eat for 5 minutes, anyone like you can gobble it up for half an hour, and it's embarrassing to blame people for coming at the wrong time.

After changing her shoes, Kolusta walked downstairs slowly to the administrator's office. The latter's attitude towards her was indeed polite. The width of the waist has a bit of fear and flattery.

The brown-haired girl took it over calmly, and grinned at him, which almost made the little old man tremble, and quickly opened the office door for her with a smile.

After walking out, Kolusta went straight back to the dormitory. She didn't care about the bullying administrator, but twisted the package with her hands seriously, and said strangely: "What... is so flat, could it be that my dad put the house in the house? Has the dried kelp been sent over?"

The system heart said, good guy, you will know if you eat it.

At this time, the curfew was approaching, and most of the students were obediently staying in the dormitory. Kolusta carried the package and walked into the dormitory smoothly. After thinking about it, she cautiously asked the system to scan it to see if there was anything wrong with the package. .

"Not the kind of forbidden magic items," Kolusta said worriedly, "the kind that will blow me out."

"..." the emotionless scanning tool said dryly, "There is no danger, temporary carrier. Have you read too many strange novels?"

Kolusta snorted, "I'm being cautious."

She squatted on the ground and began to unpack the package with confidence.

The black outer bag of unknown material was easily torn open, but a white packing box inside was revealed again. Kolusta said "hey", stood up with the box in her hand, and said emotionally: "The old one ,look."

system:"?"

Kolusta: "I would like to peel your heart layer by layer—"

system:"………………"

Ah, this heroine is mentally handicapped, right?

Maybe Kolusta himself felt that the singing was too ugly, so he coughed twice, ignoring the system that felt that he was about to crack, and guiltily turned his gaze to the box, and stretched out his hand to open it.

Then, her movements froze in mid-air.

In the snow-white gift box, there is a neatly folded light blue long dress lying quietly at this moment. The tulle and lace drag up the fine pearls, and the light purple roses are blooming on the soft fabric like life. petal.Behind them, the messy dark notches seem to represent the thorns of thorns, as the most qualified foil, making the rose more blooming.

On the dress, a light golden letter was placed there upright, with green vines and dark purple mother-in-law intertwined in the shape of an iris flower, the style was fresh and magnificent, and there were several paintings on the lower right corner A snow-white swan just about to fly.

——The iris flower is the unique symbol of Starangui, the second heir of the Nobili royal family.

What this letter really is is thus revealed.

Kolusta's complexion sank, and she stared coldly at the things in front of her. After a long time, she reached out and turned the delicate envelope over, revealing the dark red wax paint on the reverse side.

She opened the letter and took out a thin card, on which was written in beautiful handwriting:

"Dear Miss Kolusta Breviw:

The aristocratic tea party of the Holy Light Academy of Magic will be held on the shore of Swan Lake as scheduled. I am very honored to invite you to come as a special guest this time.

Hearing that you have a wealth of knowledge and know the whole history of Nobili, I admire you very much. I couldn't restrain my desire for knowledge, so I recklessly sent this invitation letter.Sorry for any offense.

If you have time, you may wish to visit the Swan Lake on the east side of the Holy Light Magic Academy this weekend. The tea party will be held here. I have arranged exclusive seats for you. I hope you can spend a pleasant day here.

On behalf of the royal family of Nobili, I solemnly welcome and look forward to your presence. "

The inscription is Stulangui Nobilium.

"Starangui Nobili," Kolusta said coldly, with the corners of her lips curled up, without a smile in her eyes, "I didn't expect her to be the one who broke the situation this time."

"...Temporary carrier, after analysis, I do not recommend that you accept the other party's invitation and attend," the system said hesitantly, "If you agree...this tea party may become more dangerous."

"Of course I will."

Kolusta bent her fingertips and flicked the iris on the envelope, her eyes were plain and mixed with complex emotions that were difficult to explain.

She threw the invitation letter back on the table, and pulled out the dress. The long skirt was dragged on the floor, and the roses embroidered with special silk thread had a cold luster. Kolusta put the dress in front of her body carelessly. Bi Bibi sneered slightly.

"His Royal Highness Second Princess personally invited... If I don't go, wouldn't it be too shameful for her?"