CH 40.1

40.1  Monologue of a Certain Duke Daughter 4

After realizing that Heroine-chan was a girl with a shi*tty personality, I decided to make some adjustments in my plan.

Since I think that the world I was living in, the otome game, ‘Saint Legend~ Descendant of Six Gods~’, seemed to be set in hard mode.

In this mode, even one slightly wrong choice would cause the affection meter to take a nose-dive – which included Theodore’s affection meter that never seemed to go down in the other modes – yet the player had to break their back over just for the sake of slight increase of the target’s affection meter. This mode also had a distinct feature that separated it from any other otome game. The fact that the rival daughter could also become a saint.

Well, actually this was not exclusive to the hard mode and could happen in easy mode too, but… that hardly happened since Theodore’s affection meter never went down in the other modes.

In hard mode, the ‘color’ couple would automatically get together once the heroine failed to raise the target’s affection and her grade was lower than the rival daughter. And since system-wise the heroine could only go after one guy, the rival daughter would become the saint.

Then, the story would follow the plotline of: the rival daughter with the best grade will become the saint, the capture target with the same hair color as the rival daughter will give his ‘True Love’ to that rival daughter, which allows her to equip the ‘Saint’s Ornament’ that belongs to the capture target’s house and kill the demon king.

When that happened, the heroine would end up as a normal baron’s daughter who gave her blessing to the ‘color’ couple. However, if the rival daughter’s grade was bad too, then it would go through the BAD END route.

And since knowing Heroine-chan was such a shi*tty girl… this might be the only route left.

How did I arrive at such a conclusion you ask? That was simple, ah. It was because Theodore’s affection meter toward Heroine-chan was simply the worst! Well, not that I could blame Theodore for that. I meant… even Muriel described Heroine-chan as someone ‘repulsive’. That was the timid Muriel! If even she went as far as that, then you should understand how utterly reprehensible Heroine-chan had been acting.

That being the case… let’s encourage the noble daughters to courageously chase after their partner, ne~.

Eh, me? Well, I (Katrina) was a villainess after all. I was definitely not a rival daughter, so I couldn’t be the saint. This status of mine was unshakeable. Besides, my color didn’t match that of any capture targets. So… Well… In short, I (Katrina) would never receive ‘True Love’ from any capture target.

… Thinking over that, even I couldn’t help but fall into self-pity for a moment. But screw that! Once the end game was over, I would definitely go to find a wonderful man that won’t lose out to the capture targets!

Honestly speaking, Heroine-chan’s ability should rise along with her interaction with the rival daughter, but according to Muriel, Heroine-chan was truly a hopeless case. Hence, I had to change my plan and ask everyone to form a study group to raise the rival daughters’ ability. Anyway, at this point, everything would be fine as long as one of them became the saint instead of Heroine-chan.

I meant, that would make things easier for me too. Although it didn’t change the fact that it would affect my end. Well, that was not really a big problem.

The main problem was the solution for the trouble that had been haunting the capture target… as well as the ‘Saint’s Ornament’ itself.

Because in hard mode, the heroine would still receive the ornament if she could resolve the capture target’s trouble.

Simply speaking, the setting was fixed. So, when the affection meter fell below 70, the ornament would be given to the rival daughter. However, no one would get the ornament if the affection meter was below 30.

Yes, you did not hear me wrong. Unless the affection meter for Heroine-chan was not restored to 30, Theodore’s tiara wouldn’t go to Muriel. Well, it had already been sent back to the royal family though…

… Wait just a minute. C-Could I really let that happen?!

N-Nononono, let’s stop being pessimistic first. Let’s see it from another angle. I cheered myself up. I meant, it had already happened and nothing could change it. This was a real world after all where I, my new father and new mother were living in. There was no such thing as reloading save files or so. And since that was the case, the only thing I could do was to prepare a countermeasure for anything that might threaten us.

Anyway, I was pretty sure that His Majesty the King would bestow the ‘Saint’s Ornament’ to the girl who would become the saint. So, Theodore returning the ornament to the royal family was not a big problem.

… Wait, now that I think about it again, isn’t the strange one the capture targets here? After all, they thoughtlessly gave their household’s treasure to the heroine! Then again, the system of the game itself was a mess… I meant, how could they give national treasure just like that without even consulting their parents and the king himself?!

Oh, right, that huge mess was resolved due to the game’s plot armor and voila ‘You Got an Item’ notification screen. Well, that was the game side. The official novel of the game did have the detailed background of each family, and if I remembered it right… It turned out the king himself gave each family permission to give the royal treasure, thus the problem was solved. Thank you, novel version.

Thank you for filling the plot hole! maybe.

Uhm, anyway, since the problem with ornaments’ gifting has been solved, let’s go with the plan to UPGRADE all rival girls’ abilities. Then, as long as I can solve each rival girls’ problem, one of them will surely become a saint… right? Well, that’s my expectation and may not end up to be true, but I doubt it.

I mean… the ‘color’ couple are all getting along really well with each other. Especially that yellow couple. That particular idiot couple has surpassed the others in terms of intimacy. I mean, they’re so into each other that I feel my tooth ache everytime I see them…

Really… that idiot couple! Well, it’s fine to see them right now since they’re still adorable little children but, honestly, it may get really annoying if they keep on being that lovey-dovey even when they’re already in their teens! If they really act like that in their teens, then I probably won’t be able to stop myself from saying ‘Please mind your surroundings when you flirt with each other, will ya?!’ out loud and disregard the noble’s propriety.

Anyway! Potential dog-food aside, I have to do my best to upgrade the abilities of the rival girls and solve their problem! Fight me!

Even as I thought that, I knew that the greatest barrier to solve the problems was sitting right beside me. Glancing at him, my inner-self couldn’t help but face-palm.

Elliot… please stop being so moody whenever you hear how Frederick is getting along with Theodore!

Honestly, whenever the children’s party is held, this crown prince never stopped pouting; especially when he saw the scene of Frederick frolicking with Theodore. Still… should I try to invite them again? I meant…it wasn’t a big deal even if Frederick joined us in this group. I meant, it would be beneficial for me and the rest since if Frederick joined, Elliot’s mood would definitely brighten up like a sun rising. However, Frederick always stuck himself to Theodore, and Theodore was reluctant to approach us.

Well, I understand how he feels though. After all, who wants to go to the side of people who hate them? BUT! The world will be in a dangerous situation if all of you don’t try to get along with each other, you know?! So, please, please, just please! Get along with each other already!!!

Oh, I apologized. Frankly speaking, I had built up a lot of stress about these matters, especially since I couldn’t carelessly spread my knowledge around. Really, at this moment, I wished that someone would come to heal my weary heart.

But since the other capture target was still alright, I guess there was no need for me to rip my hair out of my head. I could simply intervene whenever I saw a problem was about to rise after all.

Anyhow, right now my first priority is to do my best to allow everyone to get along with each other.

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Hence, everyday after that, I had been trying my best to accomplish that goal. Alas, it was futile and I could only watch as days passed by and I turned seven years old.

Today, there was an evening party in my house and I was rea~lly sleepy. I truthfully wanted to hit the bed right there and then since I had to wake up early tomorrow, but… well… there was nothing wrong for me to take a peek before I hit the bed… right?

I meant, I just heard that the Goldberg’s couple were going to participate in this party. Why did I not know from long ago you asked? Well, their participation was just suddenly confirmed yesterday, so I got the news late. Anyway, I really wanted to see the legendary couple with my own eyes, thus my decision to take a peek.

I meant… Look, it was Theodore’s parents, you know? They were people whose relationship remained strained even after you completed Theodore’s route. But, according to the rumor, they were a really lovey-dovey couple. So, I had been wondering all this while just what kind of woman the wife was. Alas, I was unable to find out before now since she had never attended any social gathering in the last few years.

So, with my curiosity high, I asked my wet nurse, Meriel, to let me sneak into the party venue. And I didn’t regret it one bit since I saw a breathtaking sight.

Truly, the scene of the couple dancing in the dance hall was something that could be called ‘Truly Mind-blowing’. Lord Goldberg was very gentle there as he led his wife, who was as graceful as a willow, on the dance floor.

Geez, look at them. The sight of them dancing together was really stirring one’s heart and healed their surroundings. Even the piled up stress in my heart is healed by seeing their gentle and graceful dance! Ah, mou, why can’t I record this scene?! Someone, please lend me a camera! I want to record this and watch this scene everyday and be healed! Alas, perhaps such a magic tool has yet to be created because… unfortunately, it wasn’t amongst the list of items in the game. Sob sob sob. So sad.

Then, a while after I kept staring dumbfoundedly at the venue, a voice directed at me shocked me out of my reprieve.

“Is something the matter, Miss Katrina? You’re not supposed to stay awake at this time, you know?” Lord Goldberg called out to me with a gentle voice.

KYAAA~! T-TOO CLOSE! TIME OUT, TIME OUT! A HANDSOME GENTLEMAN ON SI~GHT!!!

“M-My apologies, Lord Goldberg. I’m just a bit curious. Really! I’m not trying to do something bad!”

I apologized to Lord Goldberg while suppressing the wild thumping of my che*st. Geez, this person’s destructive power is really off the chart.

“What are you doing here, Katrina? It’s already time for you to go to bed, right?” My father, who had just noticed my presence here, asked as he came closer.

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