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 9

Frederick Uheim. Nickname: Freddy.

One of the targets in “Ai Roma,” he fits the template of the muscle-brained character. His assigned color is red.

The Uheim Margrave family, the key guardians of the western border.

He, the youngest son, and I were actually acquaintances before we even enrolled in this academy.

In the training for the dark side, there’s a curriculum that involves experiencing military life.

In the Uheim Margrave’s army, participation in new recruit training from outside the territory is also accepted, and I have been trained rigorously for a year from the age of thirteen to fourteen.

Freddy was also participating as a soldier in that new recruit training, at his father’s insistence.

We are comrades who have shared the same pot of rice.

It is now a nostalgic memory that I brought him back to his senses by hitting him from behind when he was attacked by guerrilla soldiers during field training near the border and was in a daze after cutting someone with a sword for the first time.

The feeling of giving up meat can become a trauma if you underestimate it (according to a senior from the dark side).

If the sword doesn’t work, just shoot with a gun.

It seems that when I encouraged them by handing over a psychologically low-resistance pistol that only required pulling the trigger, it suited them well.

By the way, the reason I know such things is because, being a person from the underworld, I’ve already lost my virginity using a death row inmate (in this field).

One reason I didn’t realize this harsh world was an otome game anime.

After that, the fact that Freddy became a dual-wielding fighter with a sword in his right hand and a gun in his left is probably not my fault.

Even though it deviates from the anime setting, I believe there was such a route in the original game…

“Alexis.”

I heard that Prince Cedric is dropping out, but are you perhaps dropping out with him?

To the red-haired handsome man who came to ask, I nodded naturally.

And then, in a relaxed manner, he starts talking. Since they have shared the same pot of rice, they speak without worrying about their status when they are alone together.

Because I’m a servant.

If Your Highness is going to drop out, then there’s no point for me, your attendant, to attend the academy, right?

“But you’ve been going for two years already.”

How about requesting a temporary leave from His Highness Cedric and staying until graduation by yourself? Without the Romancia Academy graduation qualification, you won’t be recognized as a noble in the Kingdom of Cunningham.

“High-ranking nobles, you know. It has nothing to do with the adopted son of a baron family.”

For now, I plan to obtain my graduation qualifications through correspondence courses. It seems that His Highness will do the same once his health improves.

“If you follow Lord Cedric, you probably won’t be able to return to the royal capital anymore. You’ll likely end up dying in the frontier.”

Freddy placed both hands on my shoulders with a serious expression.

The orange eyes of the lean, muscular handsome guy reflect my figure, which is looking up at him because I’m smaller than him.

“Hey, Alex. How about switching sides and becoming my servant?”

“Yes?”

“Let’s request Baron Irving from the Margrave family. Considering the future relationship between the Dark Side and the Margrave family, the transfer should be permissible.”

I owe my life to you, who protected me from the enemy, and you continued to stay by my side, helping my heart.

From now on, will you stay by my side forever?

“Freddy…”

It was an unexpected job offer.

Hmm.

When I think about it calmly, I don’t think it’s possible for me to switch to Freddy.

They already know too much about the royal family’s taboos. As for the dark side, they probably won’t want to have a conflict with the Count of the Borderlands, so they’ll accept it on the surface, but there’s a lingering anxiety that they might be “accidentally” eliminated soon after.

Moreover,

“Sorry.”

I apologized to Freddy.

The feelings of my “friend,” who is probably trying to help me in their own way as I step off the stage, make me happy.

But if it’s between Freddy and Cedi-sama, I can’t help but want to help Cedi-sama.

Freddy, who is quite faithful to the anime setting of his past life, is loved by his family and blessed with understanding people around him. If things continue like this, a happy future as the next king’s aide will surely unfold.

But Lord Cedi is different.

In an environment so harsh that you can’t help but wonder where the anime setting went, you’re still struggling desperately.

For some reason, it turned into a “got what he deserved” ending early on, and because the story changed, I don’t even know if he can live quietly like this.

So even if I’m just a minor character, I want to support you by your side.

I may look like a seventeen-year-old kid, but I’m different on the inside.

I have no longing for the city. The countryside is just fine. I’ll bury my bones here.

If happiness is something small, you can find it anywhere.

Unlike the foolish self-centered prince from the anime, I sincerely hope to help that person live a little more peacefully from now on.

While hiding what should be hidden, I reveal my innermost thoughts.

The red-haired handsome guy showed a momentary hurt expression, but then he gave a wry smile as if to say, “It can’t be helped.”

“Alexis really does like Lord Cedric, doesn’t he?”

Yeah, I like it.

He looks like a cold-hearted prince who doesn’t show any expression, but he’s a good master who doesn’t give unreasonable orders to his subordinates and tries to be fair… I really must be in love with Lord Cedi.

Because I can’t help but feel this overwhelming desire to help and support you as much as I can.

Maybe it’s that I’ve been charmed, or perhaps it’s that a mix of admiration, sympathy, and various other feelings have become intertwined.

If I were to put it in the style of a past life, respect. I might even say I’m infatuated.

“I hope your feelings reach Cedric-sama.”

“Huh?”

I felt like the words murmured with deep emotion carried a different meaning, but it’s not like I was expecting anything in return from Lady Cedi. I don’t mind if it doesn’t reach her.

Freddy, who had been nodding as if satisfied by himself, raised one hand and said it was time to head back to the student council room.

Yeah, Prince Flirt was crying while facing the school duties he had been avoiding until now. It would be good to help him along with the newly appointed villainous noble lady who became the student council assistant.

By the way, Lord Cedi didn’t let his fiancée join the student council back then. In the anime, he did let her join and made her work hard, though.

Oh, by the way.

That’s right, Freddy.

I think a girl with pink hair just transferred to the academy recently…

After the opening ceremony, Cedi-sama stopped attending school due to “poor health.”

We, the servants, weren’t accompanying our master to school either, but come to think of it, a pink-haired girl who is the heroine of the game transferred in at the beginning of May.

In the otome game, it seems the protagonist had quite impressive specs. There was even a route where she could become a saint.

But in the anime, they portrayed her in the worst possible way, following the typical template for villainous noblewomen.

The same reincarnation as the villainess who was the protagonist. Using her knowledge of the original story, she aims for a reverse harem, consecutively winning over the first prince and the muscle-brained guy right in front of her.

Even after that, I try to continue the conquest, but thanks to the anime heroine (the villainess), the muscle heads defect, and I end up getting thoroughly humiliated along with the ever-dimwitted first prince.

If the original heroine of this world is the same as in the anime “Ai Roma,” then she’s a scheming black-hearted person from her past life.

Frederick Uheim,, the muscle-brained, might be deceived.

Freddy tilted his head in confusion at me, who was thinking I should at least give a warning to be careful.

“As far as the student council knows, there shouldn’t be anyone who transferred mid-year to the academy, right?”

“Huh?”

It seems that “Ai Roma” has completely strayed from the anime’s storyline.