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 25:

An official from the royal capital has arrived.

As soon as I arrived in Lakewood, Lord Cedi sent a message asking me to bring the documents regarding the renunciation of nobility. They must have arranged for express delivery, and the representative probably set out as soon as they arrived in the capital. It took about a month for the letter to arrive.

The temple priest also came along. This is related to the annulment of the engagement.

The royal family’s ceremonies are under the jurisdiction of the temple, so the engagement documents are kept at the temple. The officiating priest came in the same carriage, but the noble official will probably also act as the witness.

And for some reason, the villainess and the second prince also came along.

Why not?!

The world is on summer vacation. It is certainly possible to visit during the holidays.

However, from an aristocratic perspective, Lakewood is a notorious resort for royalty and not a place for casual visits.

“I came to ask Cedric-sama for a favor.”

The villainess, wearing a lavender summer dress, bows her head in front of Lord Cedi in the reception room.

The officials and priests present are bewildered.

The villainess who seemed to have followed us on her own suddenly started taking charge of the situation. Of course, it was bewildering. Even the second prince, who was supposed to have come with her, was confused.

“Suddenly barging into the resort without any prior arrangement, and without even asking about my health, making demands right off the bat—how ominous.”

The golden eyes of Lord Cedi, who is smiling, are of course not smiling.

The villainess continues to bow her head.

“I am aware that this is rude.”

However, I thought that if it wasn’t now, it wouldn’t be in time.

“Could you please ask the officials and the priest to step back? I would like to have a private conversation with His Highness and Lord Dave.”

“I refuse.”

Even if I listen to your story, there’s not a single benefit for me.

“Isn’t it about the request for the annulment of the engagement that we’re about to do? These two officials and priests are necessary parties for the procedure. They must be present at the annulment.”

However, murmurs Cedi-sama elegantly.

They have a duty of confidentiality.

Since it is forbidden to disclose any of the procedures conducted here to others, whatever Miss Wenham proposes will not be leaked by them.

“Doesn’t that make sense to you?”

Did you find a compromise in Lord Cedi’s words?

Sighing, she lifted her head, which had been bowed deeply. The silver-haired anime heroine gazed at the first prince, who had always been her fiancé.

“Lord Cedric.”

Regarding the annulment of our engagement, I would like you to follow the procedures according to the ancient covenant.

In a modern way, could we just end the engagement with a signature?

“Ah!”

Hugh, who was standing side by side against the wall of the reception room, involuntarily raised his voice.

The second prince, who apparently didn’t understand the meaning, along with the villainous noblewoman, attracted the attention of the officials and priests, and he covered his mouth with his hand.

But I could see it.

Hugh’s hidden mouth is smiling happily.

“What does the Duke of Wenham’s daughter mean by that?”

In a casual whisper, but loud enough for those around to hear, I asked, and Hugh explained.

“Look, it’s the ceremony for when royalty gets engaged. It has been passed down since ancient times.”

The members of the royal family and their fiancés first reveal their purity. They press their bl00d seal on the sanctified purity judgment paper of the temple.

If pure, only the bl00d seal remains. There is no change in the square judgment space on the paper where the bl00d seal was pressed.

But in the case of not being pure. The area around the pressed bl00d seal, within the judgment space, gets dyed the color of the hair of the person who was asleep.

The ritual is performed not only at the time of engagement but also at the time of marriage and the dissolution of the engagement. This is to determine who is at fault.

Most of the time, it is for the purpose of rescuing the woman. Even if the man is unfaithful and the color of the space changes, it becomes an appeal that the woman who preserved her purity was modest.

That ritual continues because it strengthens one’s position after marriage and is advantageous even if the engagement is broken, but if you say you don’t want to perform that ritual,

“The daughter of Duke Wenham, despite being a noble, has already lost her purity.”

You probably don’t want to make that public, huh?

“Th-That girl is my date!”

Prince David II stood up and asserted with his hand on his chest.

“We are already engaged!”

They were just two engaged lovers who couldn’t wait to get married and ended up together!

No, at this point, we haven’t even reached the stage of breaking off the engagement, so it’s just NTR――

Not “netorare,” but the abbreviation for “netori” NTR.

This prince boldly confessed to having an affair with his half-brother’s fiancée!

Amidst the astonished gazes directed at the couple, I was recalling the climax of the anime “Ai Roma” from my previous life.

The ancient ritual was also performed within the anime.

The heroine’s villainous noblewoman was an inexperienced virgin, and the prince’s judgment paper turned pink. He had already slept with the pink-haired heroine.

And the reluctant pink-haired heroine was forced to perform the ritual, and the area around the bl00d seal she was coerced into pressing was stained with a filthy, mottled array of colors.

The promiscuous heroine, who was exposed for playing around with different men, was exiled from the royal capital for deceiving the arrogant first prince. The first prince, being a fool who betrayed the villainous noblewoman, was also exiled to the same place as the pink-haired heroine.

And the villainess and the second prince lived happily ever after.

The ending of that anime, which had a splendid “serves you right” moment, was definitely something like this.