It Seems I've Been Reincarnated As A Mob Character In An Otome Game World, But The Prince Dropped Out Before It Even Started - Episode 2

Otome game “Prelude of Love: Welcome to Romancia Academy.”

In the student council room of the Royal Romancia Academy, the setting of the story, three main characters had gathered.

One is Prince Cedric Cunningham, the first prince of the Cunningham Kingdom. His full name is long, so I’ll omit the second name.

Today, I just became the top senior at Romancia Academy, which has a three-year program. Since there was an opening ceremony in the morning, he, as the student council president, was giving a speech in front of all the students in the gymnasium.

With glossy black hair cut short and golden eyes, the color of royalty, he stands tall and dignified, a flawless and handsome man.

The classification as a target character in an otome game is the typical self-centered prince.

But seriously, my first-person pronoun is “ore,” not “oresama.”

The part that differs from the anime’s self-centered prince. I really think it’s not okay for a prince to refer to himself as “ore-sama.”

Right in front of Prince Cedric.

Sitting across the table on the reception sofa placed in the corner of the student council room is Beatrice, the daughter of the Duke of Wenham, who has been his fiancée since childhood.

She is a second-year student, one year younger than the prince.

A glamorous and spirited beauty. Amethyst eyes with a slight upward tilt. A glamorous figure even in a neatly fitted uniform. Long, shimmering silver hair braided into a half-up style and held with a golden hairpin.

The reason I judge her to be an anime version of a villainess from a past life is because of this hairstyle.

Because in the original otome game, Beatrice was portrayed as a typical villainess with her silver hair styled in vertical curls.

The former villainess who was the main character in the anime deliberately styled her hair in vertical rolls to avoid the fate of being condemned.

By the way, this Miss Beatrice. Just like in the anime, she is using modern Japanese knowledge to develop the Wenham Duchy.

Shampoo rinse is sold at the trading company she established, and it has recently started being sold in the royal capital, so there’s no doubt about it.

I’ve also confirmed that sometimes, in the secluded garden or library within the academy, they spread out a notebook written in Japanese and mutter to themselves.

As expected, this must be the world of the anime “Ai Roma.”

Sitting next to the anime heroine’s villainous noblewoman, Beatrice, is the second prince, David Cunningham.

He is Prince Cedric’s half-brother, one year younger.

My mother was a former concubine and is now the queen. Prince Cedric’s mother died during childbirth, and the concubine who was pregnant at the time was elevated to queen, but that’s a story for another time.

Prince David is a handsome, flamboyant man with long blonde hair tied back with a purple ribbon and royal golden eyes.

He acts like a womanizer, but the actual setting of the anime is that he likes Lady Beatrice, his brother’s fiancée.

The villainess with a past life also had the second prince as her favorite among the targets, didn’t she?

The original game features a multi-ending system that includes the best bad endings for each target, with a pink-haired heroine.

The anime features a happy ending for the villainess and Prince David II, with a side of “serves you right.”

That was the “Ai Roma” of my previous life in Japan.

However, the world where I was reincarnated as a mob has diverged from both original stories.

Before the game starts, Cedric the prince triggers the engagement cancellation event before the pink-haired game heroine transfers in.

“Ah,

“Should we say ‘cancellation’ instead of ‘breaking off the engagement’? After all, the Duchess of Wenham has no obvious flaws.”

In front of his half-brother and fiancée sitting side by side, Prince Cedric corrects his own statement.

He crossed his long legs and laughed leisurely.

“You must have been surprised by the unexpected news, both of you.”

Lord Cedric, that applies to us who are standing by the wall as well.

I’ve been exchanging glances non-stop with the son of my colleague, the captain of the Third Knight Brigade (not a target for conquest), who is standing next to me.

“Alexis, did you know the engagement was called off?”

“No, it’s the first time I’ve heard of it. How about you?”

“First time hearing this!”

“However, we have already received informal approval from Her Highness the Crown Princess.”

The daughter of Duke Wenham will break off her engagement with me and become engaged to Prince David.

“What are you saying, brother? It was His Majesty the King who decided that your fiancée would be Beatrice!!”

“The Emperor has taken it upon himself to persuade Her Highness the Empress. After all, I am not qualified to inherit the throne.”

There is!

“Even if you have no support from the great nobles due to your birth, because you are the beloved child of the late Empress, His Majesty has always declared that he will do everything in his power to ensure you succeed to the throne!”

The argument that had begun between the brothers spoke of the complex family circumstances of our country—the Cunningham royal family.

A love story of class difference that everyone in the country knows.

The king of Cunningham can take two queens if he wishes.

The main wife and the concubines. Originally, the main wife would be a powerful noblewoman from within the country or a princess from another nation, while the concubines would be the ones chosen by the husband himself.

However, that situation was reversed. The current king made his formally betrothed marquis’s daughter his concubine and welcomed the viscount’s daughter, whom he truly loved, as his queen.

The former viscountess consort, who was a viscount’s daughter, gave birth to Prince Cedric the First and then passed away.

The current queen consort of Cunningham is the marquess lady and the mother of Prince David II.

The first prince, born by the king’s beloved woman who risked her life. The king is pushing aside the opposition from those around him and is planning to give the next throne to the first prince, who is the beloved woman’s legacy.

The fact that the second prince David has no fiancée and the first prince’s fiancée is a duke’s daughter is due to the king’s strong wishes—this was thoroughly explained in the anime!

My biological mother is gone, and my stepmother resents me.

The first prince, who grew up arrogantly in an environment devoid of love, selfishly disliked the villainous noblewoman who desperately tried to support him, and met the pink-haired heroine in the royal capital during a secret outing in his childhood.

So, the content was about him discovering his “true love.” That’s what the anime “Ai Roma” was about.

Was this kind of past a template in the light novel world?

As someone who stands on Prince Cedric’s side, I can’t help but feel sorry for the prince who, despite growing up in such a miserable environment, ends up getting what he deserves… Oh no.

I need to refocus on the immediate crisis.

“It’s impossible for me to inherit the throne.”

In front of his half-brother and ex-fiancée, the handsome prince with black hair clearly stated.

“I can’t love women. I can only love men.”

Therefore, not only with the daughter of the Duke of Wenham, but also with anyone else, it would be impossible to have an heir.

――Huh?