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

Now, the duke's daughter who has been recognized finally looks satisfied.

"My cooking skills are basically uploaded from my mother." Gloria, who was in a good mood, picked up the knife and fork, picked the first slice of lemon on her cod to the edge of the plate, and finally was willing to show her face and began to answer Kolusta's questions.

"I heard from her that Aunt Li Kana has always been a glutton. She picks everything from meals to snacks. It doesn't matter if there are ingredients you don't like, or if they taste bad... Over time, for the three meals of the two And the afternoon tea can be carried out normally, my mother had to teach herself how to cook for a long time, so that she can satisfy Aunt Li Kana's tricky taste."

"Aunt Su Sen is so kind to my mother." Kolusta sighed with emotion, with a strong look of nostalgia pouring out of her brows and eyes.

She paused, turned to Gloria, seemed to remember something, and asked tentatively again: "However, Le Kesi, it seems that I haven't heard you mention Aunt Susen for a long time... it happened What's the matter, how is she doing recently? How is she doing?"

"..."

Gloria stopped eating, raised her head, and looked deeply at the dazed brown-haired girl with dark blue eyes.

After a long silence, she lowered her eyes again, sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "Ruth, my mother... passed away many years ago."

With a "clang", the knife and fork in Kolusta's hand fell on the table next to the dinner plate. She opened her eyes wide, took a deep breath, looked at Gloria blankly, and was shocked. Standing up on the seat, she said in disbelief: "How is it possible—Aunt Su Sen is so young, why, why..."

"She died in childbirth."

Gloria's expression was calm on the surface, but there was a layer of lingering sadness hidden inside. Her tone was sighing and mournful, as if she was standing at someone's funeral or in front of the tombstone, and was whispering word by word. Read the eulogy aloud.

"Fate is so full of drama... After going round and round, decades later, my mother still had the same ending as her best friend."

Decades passed—Rikana died in giving birth to Kolusta; her best friend, Su Mole, lay in a pool of blood and swallowed her last breath just after Wende was born.

This is the "same end".

Kolusta suddenly realized that the black-haired woman with a seemingly cold face but a soft heart was now just like her mother... Silently, before she realized it, she no longer existed in this world.

"...I'm sorry to bring this up, Le Kesi."

Kolusta's eyes were slightly red, she lowered her head, walked around half of the table to Gloria's side, and hugged Gloria vigorously under her gaze.

This hug was filled with the sadness of the brown-haired girl who was more than ten years late.

Gloria hugged her back, and immediately understood that apart from being sad about Su Mole's death, Kolusta was also sad about the heartless time when she lost her memory.

The dark magic power eroded away the people and promises she swore to remember for a lifetime. After time passed, when she thought about it again, she suddenly realized that she had missed a lot.

"I should have presented a bouquet of flowers to Aunt Su Sen on the first day I came to Wangcheng." The brown-haired girl buried herself in Gloria's arms, her muffled voice sounded slightly choked, "I miss you very much." She, Le Kesi...I'm sorry."

Her voice trembled in this apology, and she didn't know why she said it.

Gloria pursed her lips, lowered her head, and was keenly aware of the wetness on her shoulders.

She sighed secretly in her heart, raised her hand and gently touched the back of the other party's head, and said softly, but took the lead in turning to comfort the little girl who had just remembered the past, "Okay, don't cry, if your Aunt Su Sen Seeing her little Ruth so sad, you must blame me for not taking good care of you again."

The silver-haired girl picked up the soft silk napkin on the table, lowered her body slightly, carefully wiped away her tears, and sighed softly: "When the day of memorial ceremony comes, I will definitely take you to present flowers. Don't be sad, Ruth, it was a long time ago—you see, even I can't cry anymore."

Kolusta raised her eyes and looked at Gloria's gentle eyebrows. For some reason, she felt more sour in her heart.

She stretched out her hand, trembling slightly to cover that delicate cheek, her golden eyes were covered with mist, she looked at Gloria vaguely, and said with distress and discomfort: "For so many years... Le Kesi , after Aunt Susen passed away, you must have had a very, very hard time, right?"

"..."

Gloria was slightly taken aback.

After a long time, she showed a slight smile again, and she ran her slender fingers along Klusta's hair. Her dark blue eyes were as clear and bright as sea water, and she could see everything at a glance, full of gloomy nostalgia and mourning.

"I don't work hard." Under the watchful eyes of Kolusta, the daughter of the duke, who has always been praised by others, raised her eyes and looked at the blue sky outside the window. Continue to live happily... I will fulfill her wish and protect our happiness, so the first thing to do is to make the Celentdis family stronger."

"Power, glory, wealth, status... Maybe it sounds very mundane, but this is the premise of 'happiness' that must be maintained for nobles."

"Therefore, we often have to choose our positions carefully," the eldest daughter of the duke withdrew her gaze, looked at the brown-haired girl with her head bowed in her arms, and said meaningfully, "Only when standing behind the right person, Only in this way can we continue to enjoy a respected status and a happy life-this point is naturally beyond doubt."

This is the inheritance of the family, the mission of the nobles, and it is also what Su Mole, the duchess, hopes for her husband and children to live in the future.

"..."

Kolusta closed her eyes and took a deep breath without a sound.

She gripped Gloria's dress coldly with her fingertips, her joints trembled and let out a slight click and groan. The blood in her whole body seemed to be frozen, and the bone-eating coolness came through the skin, forcing her heart The beating had to be suspended.

She tasted the taste of despair at this time.

——The hidden meaning revealed in the words of the silver-haired nobleman almost ruthlessly destroyed all the expectations and longings in her heart.

...wealth, glory, power, status.

The Goddess of Deception, Posedolo, will continuously provide power to the Celentides family, and absolute power allows them to obtain these things with ease.

But Kolusta... She is not a god, but an ordinary human being, so she has no way to deliver any of Gloria's demands to this family.

The future savior of Nobili Continent didn't even dare to declare to Gloria that he was the one who "allows her to stand behind him with confidence".

Every fiasco in the original world line is vivid in my mind. Even if she has a system, more information, and more props in the real ending, Kolusta does not dare to blindly believe that she will be able to Turn defeat into victory.

...Because what she is fighting against is a living god, not a simple human or monster.

However, even though the target is difficult and the situation is getting more and more serious, the current Kolusta still cannot accurately calculate which lines of influence he has in his hands that he can definitely control.

——Although the people in Seaside Town are natural allies, they are just ordinary people who live in peace after all. They don't understand magic, power, divine power, and the cruelty of war.

——The considerable power of the Demon Race is still unclear. Although he tried to use Mu Sen as a key piece to disrupt the overall situation and turn the game around, he has not yet returned to the Demon Race. effect.

——A large part of the power of the royal family belongs to Princess Starangel; and the king's side is a behemoth like her who has no background and can't directly get on the line for the time being; the only clue that can be grasped now lies in Prince Sutrick , but if you rush to get closer to him, you may be drawn into the undercurrent of the power struggle by the other party, become his subordinate, and completely lose the initiative.

——As for the most important Celentides family, I thought it would turn around because of Gloria's awakening of light magic, but now it seems to be the opposite. This originally stable balance has begun to shift towards fraud The goddess's side was slightly tilted, just because the bargaining chips in Kolusta's hands... were still too scarce.

Could it be that, even if they do it all over again, the fate will not be rewritten, and the girls who once promised to be together forever will still stand on the opposite side of each other, and once again open the curtain of that cruel war separately?

—she doesn't want to.

Kolusta's arms holding Gloria's waist tightened slightly, and the golden eyes buried in the other's arms gradually darkened. The brown-haired girl's beautiful face had a serious expression, which was extremely firm. , and the calm got to a terrifying point.

Now that she has recalled the past and understood her thoughts bit by bit, she will never let Gloria continue to stand on the side of the Goddess of Deceit and become the direct driver of the destruction of Seaside Town.

The quiet town on the coast is the hometown she must protect, and Gloria is also the one she must hug tightly—the person she likes the most.

She wants it all.

"...Ruth? Ruth? What are you thinking, you're back to your senses."

The gentle voice brought Kolusta back from her paranoid thoughts. She raised her head and stared blankly at Gloria's face, which was too beautiful to be real. The latter was looking at her with some worry, He raised his hand, wiped the corners of her eyes again, and asked worriedly: "I called you a few times just now but you didn't answer, are you still feeling sad?"

Kolusta sniffled, nodded slightly, and said hoarsely: "It's very sad."

This emotion is not only for the deceased Aunt Su Sen, but also for the dark future in front of her eyes.

"..."

Hearing this, Gloria was silent for a while, quietly looking at the depressed and gloomy face of the brown-haired girl.

After a long while, she suddenly stretched out her arms to wrap her arms around the girl's neck. Under Kolusta's surprised gaze, she slowly approached her, gently and solemnly kissed her lips on the girl's smooth forehead through the broken hair. above.

"Le, Le Kesi..."

Kolusta's eyes were wide open, her fingertips climbed onto Gloria's arm, and she accepted this short and unclear kiss in surprise and bewilderment.

Gloria gave a low laugh, stepped back slightly, looked down at the reddish cheeks of the brown-haired girl, her eyes were too soft, as if she was looking at her intimate lover who was too shy.

"Don't be sad," she repeated, looking at Kolusta intently, and said softly, "As a reward for not crying...Little Ruth, I'll just let you in on a secret—— "

"what?"

Gloria frowned, leaned close to her ear, and said in a low voice, "The secret is——your Aunt Susen actually passed away with a smile on her face."

Kolusta was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously repeated in confusion: "Smiling...?"

"Yes, smile," Gloria said.

"Because for her, death is not only a farewell to us, but also a "reunion after a long absence" with Aunt Li Kana."