'Apology for the school festival?　....oh!　Are you sure it's that thing?

'Yeah. It was probably Rielle. I just wanted to apologize to her for what happened.

　I started dating Rielle at the end of last year.

　It was just before the Magic Academy's school festival, but at the school festival, I hurt Rielle.


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　The second day of the school festival

　Right now, I'm dressed in my butler's uniform just like the day before, and I'm dealing with the young lady - the women who came to the store.

　Our class was holding a 'Maid and Butler Café'.

"Miss, I've brought you some tea.
Thank you, Luke.

　By the way, I'm not dealing with a madam or anything, but a schoolgirl from the magic academy. Judging from the pattern on her robe, she's a third year student?

　A mere schoolgirl, influenced by my attitude and the atmosphere of the place, is elegantly sipping tea.

　It's funny, because as I play the role of the perfect butler, the people I'm interacting with act as if I'm a real noblewoman.

　I can feel that the guests are enjoying the atmosphere of the place as much as possible.

　I think I'd be good at being a butler.

　I was having so much fun, I had the illusion that I was.


　And I was the most popular boy in my class.

　Tall, athletic, and wildly handsome, Ryushin was the most popular guy in my class.

　From the beautiful half-elf Tina-sensei and the beautiful elf Rifa, who makes the beautiful elf Rifa his wife...

　I was by far the most sought after by the ladies.

　I was supremely popular.


　So I got a little carried away.

'Luke, I had a great time today,'

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for joining us today.

　I took the proffered hand and kissed the back of that hand.



　With a crunch, there was a sound of something falling and breaking.

　It seems that the girl who was sitting on the seat with a view of the doorway dropped the cup in her hand and broke it.

　The girl was hooded deep into her eyes.

'Miss, are you okay?'

　It seems to be the customer that Hurt was dealing with and he runs up to the girl.

'Excuse me, I have to........leave.'

　The girl handed Hurt the money as she pushed it to him and walked quickly out past me by the doorway of the store.

　I could see tears running down the girl's cheeks.
　Her voice sounded familiar to me.

　Well, no way...

　But it can't be.

　Because he(...) woman(...) should be in Alheim, far away from here, right now.

　As I was stunned, Rifa approached me.

''Luke-san, you might want to go after her.......you've only just started dating, right?

What?　Well, then, she's not...

This is Riel.

　When I heard Rifa's words, I was running with my butler's clothes on.

　Forgetting that I was at work, I put my magic detection, one of the skills of a sage apprentice, on full blast and searched for Rielle's whereabouts.

　Even though it was the back of her hand, she had been seen kissing a girl.

　We've only been dating for a few weeks, my girlfriend.

　Too bad it's too soon.
　That's the first time I've ever kissed a girl.

　I was getting picked on by a bunch of girls, and I was having fun.
　When he held out his hand to me, I didn't know what to do.

　No, now is not the time to think about excuses.

　We just need to find Rielle.



　There she is.

Hey, man. You're alone.
You can come around the school festival with us.
This is Baron Zoldi's son, Master Nard. You'll do a lot of good if you go around with us, won't you?

No, thanks. I'm fine!

　I found an elven girl - my girlfriend, Rielle - who is being tangled up with a familiar trio of people.

　Rielle clearly refuses, but Nard and the others don't back down.

　There were students watching around, but none of them were willing to help Rielle because of the robes Nard was wearing that made it clear that she was a nobleman.


''Rielle!''

Luke!

　As I approached and called out to her, Rielle noticed me and ran and ducked behind me.

'This is my girlfriend. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

""Oh""?　A butler is such a cute little elf boyfriend?　Don't be silly!

　Oh, I was still in my butler's uniform.

What's it to do with a butler?

It's related. This is Mr. Nard, son of the baronet. Mr. Nard has asked for you and your daughter to tour the school festival.

Shut up and give me that guy.

　A slender man with glasses and a short, fat man with a small, short stature come up to me.

'I'm not asking to take her away from you. I'm just saying I want to go around the school festival with you.

Why don't you go back to your Lord?　We'll take care of her for you, sir.

Yeah. So you're coming with us.

　Nard forced, reaching out to take Rielle away.

'Please don't. If you get any closer than that...

'Oh?　What are you going to do?　You dare to touch me, a nobleman?

　Even though I'm the grandson of the headmaster, I'm not a nobleman.
　If I mess with a nobleman like that, things would be bad.

　But still, there's no way I'll be able to do as I'm told and hand over Rielle.

　So...


If we get any closer, we could be struck by lightning.

What?　What are you talking about?

Master Nard!

　The man with the glasses noticed.

　Following his gaze, Nard looked up.

'What?　What is that?!

　A thundercloud spread across the sky that had been clear a moment ago, and a number of lightning bolts were running through the clouds.

　It's the ultimate magic of range annihilation, Ultima Thunder. I can only use this magic to cast lightning with super-class destructive power wherever I want.


''If you get too close to us, a(re)le might fall on you.

"Oh, is this your magic?　I'm a nobleman!　If you cast a spell on me, you'll see what happens.

'I hate it. There's no way that's personal magic. Controlling the weather is only possible with the ultimate magic class.

　I took a step toward Nard and his friends.
　They took two steps backwards, as if to get away from me.

''What if, even if you guys were hit by the lightning that fell from that thing, it would definitely not be my fault. Because there is no way I, a mere butler, could use ultimate magic.

　He grinned.
　The faces of the Nards were twitching.

'You'll have to leave, won't you?'

　Shaking their heads as hard as they could, the Nards ran away from us with all their might.


"Phew.

　Oh, man... I was so nervous.
　I'm glad you got away.

　My grandpa will probably get mad at me later.

　But that's alright.
　She didn't have to deal with a nobleman.


"Um, Mr. Luke.
"...Rielle. I didn't know you were here.

　I faced Rielle.
　In my head, I was desperately trying to think of something to apologize for.