Ch7Â (Leanhardtâs POV)
Marriage is the only event in life that I do not want to fail.
As the heir to a ducal family, Iâm obligated to find the best woman I can find to be my mate.
By those standards, Miri is the best woman Iâve ever met.
After all, sheâs the one I fell in love with at first sight, even though Iâm picky about facial preferences.
And yet, what is it? Whatâs this strange feeling?
I thought I made the right decision to break up with Charlotte and get engaged to Miriâ¦
Why am I feeling less and less confident about that choice now?
My beautiful future was confirmed to be a long and happy one with my beautiful wife and kids who look like her.
âLeinhardt, I want to hear your fiancé play the piano again. That was great. No, I would have liked to have had someone like your Charlotte for a wife.â
Charlotteâs talent as a once-in-a-decade pianist was praised by Jack, the heir to the Marquess family.
No, Iâm re-engaged to her sister Miri.
âLeanhardt-senpai, I hope you and Charlotte-san will come again to the painting exhibition. I envy you being engaged to someone who knows as much about art as Charlotte-san does.â
Alan, my junior at school and a great admirer of Charlotte, told me that he was impressed with Charlotteâs knowledge of painting and was eager to bring her to the presentation of his new work at the museum organized by his family.
âLeanhardt-sama, I heard that your fiancée, Charlotte-san, won a prize for her geology paper! The Dukeâs family is safe with such a well-educated person as his wife!
Charlotteâs academic achievements were praised by Marks, the second son of the baronial family and a long-time friend of our family, and he laughed, saying that the future of the dukes was bright with her. Itâs as if the dukes are in danger without herâ¦.
Ever since I got engaged to Miri, everyone I meet talks about Charlotte.
It also doesnât help that I havenât told anyone that Iâve taken Mirim as my fiancéeâ¦.
What annoys me is that they all praise Charlotte so much.
Itâs as if my choice was a mistake.
And when I told them that I broke up with Charlotteâ.
âHuh? Are you an idiot? I canât believe you broke up with such a good girl.â
âYouâre kidding, right? Itâs not every day you meet a woman like Charlotte-san. Oo~h, so you broke off your engagementâ¦â
âWhat?! Y-You broke up with her? Isnât that a great loss to the Duchy?â
When I told them I had broken up with Charlotte, they all looked at me like I was a fool.
As if the fish you missed was not big enoughâ¦
I have Miri, you know.
See, you know sheâs pretty, right? Isnât she pretty enough to make you jealous?
âNo, Iâm sure Miri is beautiful, butâ¦â
âBut if I want to marry someone, Iâd rather have someone whoâs well educatedâ¦â
âMiri-san is beautiful. But thatâs it.â
W-What? Thatâs not the reaction I was expectingâ¦
This makes me feel like Iâm wrong.
â¦
â Soo~, soo~, Fua~a (Yawning). Huh? Is that man still singing? I donât understandâ¦â
âNo, thatâs what opera is all about. Also, the reason why you donât understand is that no matter how many times I wake you up, you always fall asleep, right?â
âBecause Iâm bored. Leanhardt-sama, please say something interesting.â
Ah! Youâre driving me crazy!
What the hell is wrong with her? I think her brain is full of cake and cookies!
Your face is beautiful, but Iâm tired of it.
On the contrary, itâs her stupid face that annoys me!
It was exactly what everyone said.
I knew it! Charlotte is good!
Iâve decided to marry Charlotte and live a good life!
I didnât want to waste my time on this stupid woman who was sleeping three seconds after I warned herâ¦!