Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 200.4

If this was just a night party, it would be easy… but maybe things had been set up.

And that concern came surprisingly quickly.

“Your Highness the Princess. His Highness the Third Prince requests your presence on the western terrace.”

At the young maid’s words, Elena’s eyes squinted slightly, and she turned her gaze to me for a moment.

“Aria, will you come with me?”

“Yes, of course.”

So they were using Ron’s name to call for us. It was not impossible, but it would be unreasonable not to doubt it under the circumstances. But if we refused, the concubine’s faction would probably start making a fuss about the falsehood of Elena’s friendship with the third prince.

As the maid led me through the hall, I saw men sobering up and men and women enjoying their encounters on the other terraces. However, the terrace to which we were led was facing the inside of the castle, so the view was bad, and perhaps that was why there was no one there.

There was no sign that the maid was up to anything, and she was simply made to deliver Ron’s words by one of the civil servants, and when she finished showing us around, she went straight back to the hall.

“…Wait.”

“What happened?”

I noticed a small object covered in magical element had fallen in the darkness of the terrace.

Was that… a suicidal knife? I remembered a woman having a second-hand one, too, but why would it be lying here?

“Elena?”

“Your Highness Lawrence…”

I heard a voice from the hall and turned around to see Ron.

“What’s the matter? I really thought it was a trap to call me to this place from you guys.”

“…Oh?”

Elena’s murmur escaped at Ron’s words.

At that moment, with a light wave of my arm, I grabbed hold of an Arrow made of darkness that was aimed at Elena.

“Aria, His Highness Lawrence is here.”

“Indeed, By the way Elena, I’ll take care of something for a while. Ron, can you please take care of Elena for me?”

“I understand, but…”

“No, Aria, if you go on your own…”

“Don’t worry. I’ll be right back.”

Away from a slightly bewildered Elena and Ron, I head to the darkness of the terrace and pick up the fallen knife, wrapping it in my handkerchief. It was not poisoned. But instead, there was sticky blood on the blade in the sheath.

So this was your plan… But there was no need to think about it anymore.

You have dared to target Elena.

“–[Iron Rose]…[Reality Breaker]–“

At that moment–my figure disappeared from the world, and a line of wind chased someone running in the darkness.

***

Aria said she was going to check her surroundings and went into the darkness, and Ron spoke to Elena, who was staring at the darkness with a worried look on her face, as if she had made up her mind.

“…I’m not sure what happened, but can I assume you guys have been summoned as well?”

“Yes.”

Lawrence confirmed and Elena nodded slightly.

“As soon as Aria gets back, we’ll head back to the venue. Can I talk to you for a moment before we do that?”

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“Yes, but…”

Elena tilted her head slightly at Lawrence who started to say such a thing under the circumstances.

Even before Aria’s return, Lawrence had been waiting for an opportunity to be alone with Elena, with Sera and the imperial lady-in-waiting by her side, and now that Sera had left Aria in charge of her protection and was negotiating with the Prime Minister, it was the only time he had the chance.