As proof of that, two young ladies approach me, weaving in and out of the crowd.
(Shirl said to be careful, but honestly, I don’t feel threatened by these girls. I guess I’ll have to be careful not to accidentally turn them into charcoal in self-defense.)
The two ladies grabbed the juice from the table placed nearby and smashed the contents toward me without warning.
(I knew this would happen. Let me thrust it back with counter magic.)
A wall of light appeared around me, protecting me from the juice.
When the juice hit the wall, it changed direction and returned to the people who had poured it on me.
「Kyaaah! My new dress!」
「Are you kidding me?! This is durian juice, of all things!」
「Oh, you’re the one who suggested pouring juice on her!」
「You’re blaming me? My whole body reeks of durian juice because you chose it!」
The two ladies fled, while blaming each other.
I felt like all eyes were on me, but I brushed them off as I approached the table where the juice was placed.
「Hmmm, this is durian juice. This tastes strange… In the past five hundred years, rare fruits have become available.」
While I was enjoying my newfound juice, a new young lady arrived with her cronies.
(You never learn, do you?)
She was dressed in her most flamboyant attire, perhaps because of her high status. Somehow, she looked familiar.
Wasn’t she the same lady who took the initiative in torturing Ram last time?
I think her name was Marquise Lilirosa Rose. She was a typical daughter of a high-class family on her high horse, haughty and domineering.
「Hey, you! I can’t forgive you for spilling juice on my friends!」
「I haven’t done that.」
I was just defending myself with simple Counter Magic, and her opponents self-destructed.
「Anyway, come here! I’m going to make you regret making an enemy of us!」
「I’m not going anywhere if you’re going to make me regret it.」
「That’s right. Just follow me quietly…say, w-what?!」
Lilirosa stared open-mouthed. Her cronies also stared at me, saying, 「You may be the Countess of Mercure, but I can’t believe you’re actually defying Lady Lilirosa!」
「Don’t make a ruckus, lest you annoy others. Hey, off you go, off you go.」
I waved a hand to shoo them…but Lilirosa grabbed it with her left hand.
At the same time, she threw a slap on my cheek with her right hand.
Since everyone around was silently watching, the sound resonated loudly in the hall.
「It’s a hundred years too early for you to be challenging me, you useless Countess of Mercure! You’re not worthy of Lord Shar!」
「Hmm. He’s surprisingly popular, isn’t he?」
Unbelievable. I was astounded that a respectable lady would slap someone else in a place like this… I shielded myself with magic, so it didn’t hurt at all.
(I don’t want to get hurt, so I enhanced the strength of my skin. I wonder if it is safer to make it as hard as steel, or use Orichalcum.)
Lilirosa still didn’t seem to have smacked me on the cheek enough. She was snorting and swinging her right hand again. There was no other way.
「Don’t get carried away just because you can make a wig float!」
No smack sounded.
Instead, a hard thud sounded, and Lilirosa’s face contorted in pain.
「 ――――！」
Immediately, Lilirosa looked as if she was about to start crying, and the ladies rushed to her.」
「Lilirosa!」
「Are you okay !?」
Not a single person cared about my cheeks. What a difficult world.
Nonetheless, I must have looked like I was unilaterally beaten, no matter how anyone looked at it.
「My, My, I’ve beaten another worthless thing again.」
Lilirosa staggered backwards without losing her domineering momentum.
She hadn’t given up yet.
「You guys, finish that rude woman off!」
At the command of the tearful Lilirosa, the ladies began to take action. We were right in the middle of the hall.
However, not a single hand of the ladies reached my cheeks.
「That’s enough.」
It was because a familiar voice echoed.
Simultaneously, I felt a tall figure standing next to me.
The young ladies who were approaching me all turned pale.
「Your interference is unnecessary, husband-sama.」
「I just stuck my neck out, yet things turned strange the moment I came back. That…」
Shar turns his cold gaze toward Lilirosa and her company.
「What do you want from my wife?」
His gaze was too sharp. Even under normal circumstances, he looked pretty badass.
Still, could you please stop hugging my shoulders like this?
「Shar-sama, it’s Countess Mercure’s fault! Look at what happened to my hand…!」
Lilirosa’s hand was swollen red.
But it was only a slap, so it shouldn’t have been that much of a shock. It was a level that could be cured by cooling it down… Perhaps…
「I don’t care. Were you the one who hit Ram?」
Could it be that Shar talked like this to everyone?
「No, she’s the one…」
「Wasn’t Ram beaten unilaterally? Any objections?」
Shar then swept a gaze around.
The nobles around us replied, 「Indeed」or「She hasn’t fought back.」
They probably thought that my magic was just 「lighting a lamp」or 「making a wig fly.」
They have no clue what counter magic was.
Then Lilirosa’s father, who heard the commotion, came running in.
(Oh, dear…)
The man was the one she had just used magic on earlier.
His strange wig had flown away, so there was nothing on the top of his head, but it looked better than the weird fuzzy thing he had put on.
「Lilirosa, what is the meaning of this? What have you done?」
「Father, please listen to me. It’s because of her…!」
Then she pointed at me.
Although he was supposed to be a Marquis, he was afraid of Shar, the Count of Mercure.
And also, including me…
When Lilirosa’s father heard what had happened, he was furious with his daughter.
「You fool! How rude of you!」
No, no. You were pretty much the same, weren’t you?
「I’m sorry, Countess. I’ll send for a doctor right away.」
But Shar interrupted him.
「I’ll take her to the doctor. I’ll have to think twice about dispatching wizards to the Marquis family. The Mercure family does not have an inexhaustible supply of wizards.」
The number of wizards in the Mercure family was indeed limited.
Only Shar, Hue, a few adult wizards, and the children at the academy.
So, there was a priority when it came to dispatching them.
They’re going to prioritize the wizards, taking into account their needs and status…Apparently, their priority has become the bottom line.
「Of course. But I’m in a bind. We need wizards to guard the festival and exterminate demonic beasts.」
「But you and your daughter disrespected my wife, a wizard, right in front of me, of all people. If you want me to send dispatch again, you’d better change your behavior. The houses of those young ladies there, consider it the same.」
The two Marquises fell to their knees on the floor in a heap, while the daughters turned even paler and began to cry.
No one could calm the chaos any longer.
And there I understood why Shar was so highly regarded by those around him.
As proof of that, two young ladies approach me, weaving in and out of the crowd.
(Shirl said to be careful, but honestly, I don’t feel threatened by these girls. I guess I’ll have to be careful not to accidentally turn them into charcoal in self-defense.)
The two ladies grabbed the juice from the table placed nearby and smashed the contents toward me without warning.
(I knew this would happen. Let me thrust it back with counter magic.)
A wall of light appeared around me, protecting me from the juice.
When the juice hit the wall, it changed direction and returned to the people who had poured it on me.
「Kyaaah! My new dress!」
「Are you kidding me?! This is durian juice, of all things!」
「Oh, you’re the one who suggested pouring juice on her!」
「You’re blaming me? My whole body reeks of durian juice because you chose it!」
The two ladies fled, while blaming each other.
I felt like all eyes were on me, but I brushed them off as I approached the table where the juice was placed.
「Hmmm, this is durian juice. This tastes strange… In the past five hundred years, rare fruits have become available.」
While I was enjoying my newfound juice, a new young lady arrived with her cronies.
(You never learn, do you?)
She was dressed in her most flamboyant attire, perhaps because of her high status. Somehow, she looked familiar.
Wasn’t she the same lady who took the initiative in torturing Ram last time?
I think her name was Marquise Lilirosa Rose. She was a typical daughter of a high-class family on her high horse, haughty and domineering.
「Hey, you! I can’t forgive you for spilling juice on my friends!」
「I haven’t done that.」
I was just defending myself with simple Counter Magic, and her opponents self-destructed.
「Anyway, come here! I’m going to make you regret making an enemy of us!」
「I’m not going anywhere if you’re going to make me regret it.」
「That’s right. Just follow me quietly…say, w-what?!」
Lilirosa stared open-mouthed. Her cronies also stared at me, saying, 「You may be the Countess of Mercure, but I can’t believe you’re actually defying Lady Lilirosa!」
「Don’t make a ruckus, lest you annoy others. Hey, off you go, off you go.」
I waved a hand to shoo them…but Lilirosa grabbed it with her left hand.
At the same time, she threw a slap on my cheek with her right hand.
Since everyone around was silently watching, the sound resonated loudly in the hall.
「It’s a hundred years too early for you to be challenging me, you useless Countess of Mercure! You’re not worthy of Lord Shar!」
「Hmm. He’s surprisingly popular, isn’t he?」
Unbelievable. I was astounded that a respectable lady would slap someone else in a place like this… I shielded myself with magic, so it didn’t hurt at all.
(I don’t want to get hurt, so I enhanced the strength of my skin. I wonder if it is safer to make it as hard as steel, or use Orichalcum.)
Lilirosa still didn’t seem to have smacked me on the cheek enough. She was snorting and swinging her right hand again. There was no other way.
「Don’t get carried away just because you can make a wig float!」
No smack sounded.
Instead, a hard thud sounded, and Lilirosa’s face contorted in pain.
「 ――――！」
Immediately, Lilirosa looked as if she was about to start crying, and the ladies rushed to her.」
「Lilirosa!」
「Are you okay !?」
Not a single person cared about my cheeks. What a difficult world.
Nonetheless, I must have looked like I was unilaterally beaten, no matter how anyone looked at it.
「My, My, I’ve beaten another worthless thing again.」
Lilirosa staggered backwards without losing her domineering momentum.
She hadn’t given up yet.
「You guys, finish that rude woman off!」
At the command of the tearful Lilirosa, the ladies began to take action. We were right in the middle of the hall.
However, not a single hand of the ladies reached my cheeks.
「That’s enough.」
It was because a familiar voice echoed.
Simultaneously, I felt a tall figure standing next to me.
The young ladies who were approaching me all turned pale.
「Your interference is unnecessary, husband-sama.」
「I just stuck my neck out, yet things turned strange the moment I came back. That…」
Shar turns his cold gaze toward Lilirosa and her company.
「What do you want from my wife?」
His gaze was too sharp. Even under normal circumstances, he looked pretty badass.
Still, could you please stop hugging my shoulders like this?
「Shar-sama, it’s Countess Mercure’s fault! Look at what happened to my hand…!」
Lilirosa’s hand was swollen red.
But it was only a slap, so it shouldn’t have been that much of a shock. It was a level that could be cured by cooling it down… Perhaps…
「I don’t care. Were you the one who hit Ram?」
Could it be that Shar talked like this to everyone?
「No, she’s the one…」
「Wasn’t Ram beaten unilaterally? Any objections?」
Shar then swept a gaze around.
The nobles around us replied, 「Indeed」or「She hasn’t fought back.」
They probably thought that my magic was just 「lighting a lamp」or 「making a wig fly.」
They have no clue what counter magic was.
Then Lilirosa’s father, who heard the commotion, came running in.
(Oh, dear…)
The man was the one she had just used magic on earlier.
His strange wig had flown away, so there was nothing on the top of his head, but it looked better than the weird fuzzy thing he had put on.
「Lilirosa, what is the meaning of this? What have you done?」
「Father, please listen to me. It’s because of her…!」
Then she pointed at me.
Although he was supposed to be a Marquis, he was afraid of Shar, the Count of Mercure.
And also, including me…
When Lilirosa’s father heard what had happened, he was furious with his daughter.
「You fool! How rude of you!」
No, no. You were pretty much the same, weren’t you?
「I’m sorry, Countess. I’ll send for a doctor right away.」
But Shar interrupted him.
「I’ll take her to the doctor. I’ll have to think twice about dispatching wizards to the Marquis family. The Mercure family does not have an inexhaustible supply of wizards.」
The number of wizards in the Mercure family was indeed limited.
Only Shar, Hue, a few adult wizards, and the children at the academy.
So, there was a priority when it came to dispatching them.
They’re going to prioritize the wizards, taking into account their needs and status…Apparently, their priority has become the bottom line.
「Of course. But I’m in a bind. We need wizards to guard the festival and exterminate demonic beasts.」
「But you and your daughter disrespected my wife, a wizard, right in front of me, of all people. If you want me to send dispatch again, you’d better change your behavior. The houses of those young ladies there, consider it the same.」
The two Marquises fell to their knees on the floor in a heap, while the daughters turned even paler and began to cry.
No one could calm the chaos any longer.
And there I understood why Shar was so highly regarded by those around him.
