“Everyone seems to be hosting parties,” Alex voiced as she watched the freshmen walking down the halls in beautiful dresses.

“They’re trying to make connections. Nobles always have social gatherings after all.”

“How nice. The only time I will ever be invited is just to be made fun of,” Alex said.

“That doesn’t start till later into the story, right?”

Alex nodded. “But I don’t want to be a laughing stock in an elegant tea party.”

“I’ll invite you to Lady Rium’s then. She’s holding one soon and she invited me to attend,” I voiced.

“But won’t we both get made fun of by the other nobles?”

“Lady Rium will most likely kick them out if that were to happen. Most people already know that Lady Rium and I are friends, so they’ll try to not pick on us when she’s around.”

“So nice, I need to befriend someone of high status soon too.”

I didn’t befriend Lady Rium for that reason, but it did benefit me. Her family just so happens to be fond of our family’s bakery.”

Finally entering my room, I let Alex sit on my bed. I refuse to have anyone sit on Lady Rium’s bed without her permission.

“So what else do you want to discuss?” Alex questioned.

I walked over to my desk and pulled out my own notebook. “This.” I tossed her my notebook and she easily caught it. “I want us to exchange information.”

“Ah, I see. So this notebook contains information on the light novel version?”

I nodded. “Yes. Read through that and I’ll read through what you wrote.”

“Okie-dokie.” Alex complied and opened my notebook.

I did the same and opened it to the first page. I didn’t really play any otome games, but I do have a good sense of it. Every character has a bad end and a good end. And no matter how much I read, in every route, Lady Claudia dies. There is no happy end for her. So it’s the same in the game too huh… So the first matter of business is to stop her from being executed. Honestly, the things I will do for my favorite character.

“Wow, Claudia’s story is very sad in the light novel. I really sympathize with her,” Alex voiced.

That’s right. While magic doesn’t exist in this story, it doesn’t mean that the supernatural doesn’t. In the light novel, Lady Claudia gets heartbroken when Price Leonhardt chose the protagonist over her. Lady Claudia was a cruel girl, but she was a maiden in love. She actually wanted to befriend the protagonist, but her jealousy got in the way. The protagonist was kind, sweet, smart, and just plain adorable. Lady Claudia was completely envious of Alexandra. And because of this jealousy, she got possessed by the Witch of Envy towards the end of the novel.

“In the game, there wasn’t anything about the Witches of the Seven Deadly Sins. It would have made the story more fleshed out if the developers added that in,” Alex said. “While there weren’t any witches, there was the mention of the Eyes of the Seven Deadly Sins.”

“Is that so…”

Witches of the Seven Deadly Sins were quite big towards the end of the novel. The protagonist had to call for the Witch of Pride in order to put a stop to the Witch of Envy that possessed Lady Claudia. The novel didn’t really go in depth about the lore, but the witches had their own attribute in magic affinity apparently. In the beginning of the story, witches were just a folklore, but towards the end, it was actually a true story. That was the only sign of real magic in the novel. From what I’ve read, the Witch of Envy had the Water attribute and the Witch of Pride had the Light attribute. The novel never mentioned the other five witches since they never appeared in the first place.

In Alex’s notebook, the Eyes of the Seven Deadly Sins are said to be artifacts. In the game, Alex will be able to see the Eye of Pride when she visits the royal castle. Then towards the end of the game in Prince Leonhardt’s route, Lady Claudia tried to steal the Eye of Pride in order to frame Alex but got caught instead and ended up executed. That was a way worse way to die than in the novel. She was actually deemed a criminal while in the novel she was portrayed as a poor maiden taken advantage of by the Witch of Envy. While I’m not sure how close this world is connected to the novel or the game, I am sure that the Eyes are connected to the Witches somehow. Maybe I should go to the library and see what I can find about the Witches and those Eyes.

“I like the novel Claudia more than the game Claudia,” Alex announced. “Her character in the novel is way more developed than the game version. I can see why you like her.”

“See, Lady Claudia is a good girl, so I want to help her. I refuse to see her die when I’m here.”

“I get where you’re coming from, but so far she acted exactly like the game Claudia.”

“Really? So far she acts just like the Lady Claudia in the novel as well,” I voiced.

“We don’t know for sure which Fight for Love and Acceptance this world is based on…” said Alex.

“But there’s a chance it’s both. The novel and game could both be implemented in this world.”

Alex couldn’t deny that fact. “That’s also true.”

“For now, let’s just do what we want to do. I’ll keep getting closer to Lady Claudia and hopefully steer her away from the path of envy.”

“Then I’ll keep getting closer to Prince Leo!”

“Please don’t use that nickname in public. It’s like you’re asking to be bullied.”

Alex chuckled, “Sorry. I’m just so used to calling Leonhardt Leo.”

“Also make sure to use the appropriate titles as well,” I scolded. “You need to add Lady or Lord to nobles of higher status. You can only call my name without titles because we have the same status.”

“I got it.”

“I’ve been scolded by Lady Rium many times when I acted rude, so please be mindful.”

Alex saluted, “Yes, ma’am!”

“Since now we both got a rundown from both sources, the only thing we can do is play the role of the main character and side character for now. I’ll help you as much as I can without disrupting the story too much.”

Alex became touched by my words. “Reiré, you’re such a good girl.”

I only rolled my eyes at her. She’s so childish… Wait… “Question. How old were you before you died in your previous life?”

“How old? I was thirteen.”

Oof! Such a big age gap. I hugged her and cried in her place. “You died so young. And I thought I died young.”

“Eh? Then…”

“I was eighteen-years-old when I died in my previous life.”

“So old…”

Excuse me? I pinched her soft cheeks as I glared at her. “What did you say?”

“N-Nothing! Ish hurts. Ledy Reiré, it hursh!”

“Hmph!” I pouted as I released her cheeks. “That’s what I thought.”

“So mean…” Alex sniffled as she rubbed both her reddened cheeks in pain.

Looking out the window, the sun was setting fast. “It’s getting really late. Lady Rium will be returning soon. We haven’t even gotten dinner yet…”

“How about we get dinner together, right now? The dining hall should still be open,” said Alex.

“Then let’s hurry.”

We both quickly made our way out of my room to the dining hall. Since it’s late, I doubt there will be many nobles there, so we should be able to eat peacefully at a table. We should relax as much as possible because tomorrow will be a busy day.