Chapter 121.

The sun was bright after a long time. I came out with my book.
A man was sitting under a tree, reading a few pages. –Rustle. On the ground, one or two white butterflies were hovering around.
Only then did I realize that there were a lot of butterflies flying around, I didn’t notice them at first.
Found it a bit strange that a group of butterflies all gathered in one place. As if they were trying to attract my attention, repeatedly flapping and folding their wings.
“What?”
Squinting my eyes and seeing the square arrangement of the butterflies, I panicked.
‘What is this? Why are the butterflies like this?’
I stared at that process inexplicably.
After some time. The square shaped butterflies disappeared with the white light. A white envelope appeared. A scene I couldn’t have imagined in any way.
Staring blankly at the envelope, I realized what was written on it. It was the pattern of a white rabbit.
“Winter ……?”
–The contract was written by our side and sent secretly through correspondence.
Thinking about what he said yesterday. It was a suggestion to listen to my request for a letter call.
“It’s unexpected to use that method.”
Much better than the rabbit that made a male voice.
I immediately picked up the envelope that was on the floor, spun around, and got up from my seat. Hurriedly returning to my room, I sat down at my desk and opened the outside of the envelope with a letter opener.
Inside was a contract for the processing and distribution of rough diamonds, an asset management agency contract, and a short memo.
[Please read the contract and add a drop of blood to the signature line.
Then in order to fulfill the contract, I will pick you up tomorrow morning at ten o’clock on Hermelton Street. Please bring the contract with you at that time.”]
“…… Fulfill the contract?”
I cocked my head and immediately read the contract and realized what it was. The guy said he wanted to get to know me, and offered to “meet” me. A contract to be fulfilled as soon as you sign it, what an eager guy.
I narrowed my eyes at the note and muttered.
“Yeah. Since we’re going to do it, let’s consider it a date with the male lead.”
It’s a romance simulation game, and there hasn’t been a single date so far, and there have been a few romance-esque interludes, probably in a rush to survive.
I quietly repressed my uneasiness.

The next morning.
I quietly called Emily to my room and asked her to help me dress.
“Are you going out, miss? Summon the better-handed maids of honor besides me ……”
“Don’t you know? To sneak out.”
Her eyes began to glaze over. The reason for deciding to sneak out was no big deal; if she told the butler, she was bound to be overheard by the Duke and Derrick, and wouldn’t it be a pain in the ass to even know that it was a trip to meet a man?
“Hmm… So you’ll have to do a good job of stopping anyone who tries to get into my room until I get back.”
“But ……”
She hears my words and shows an uneasy expression.
“Really, just use the excuse that I’m not feeling well today.”
“That, you’ll be right back, right?”
“What. I’ll be back within the day.”
I said absently as she gently applied my makeup.
Around the time I finished applying makeup and fixing my hair, I changed into a knee-length sky blue dress. It matched my dark pink hair, probably because of the complementary color effect.
The center of the dress was embellished with fine dark blue embroidery. It was chosen with his eye color in mind.
“One should prepare properly for a date with the male lead.”
I looked in the mirror with a satisfied smile and nodded.
“Well? Pretty?”
I slowly turned around and asked Emily. She covered her mouth with her hands and let out an exclamation.
“It’s so beautiful, like a goddess out of a temple mural.”
“Hmph, pompous.”
There were goosebumps at Emily’s words, but the mood was good.
“Okay, now get out. See if there’s anyone in the hallway.”
Dressing up was over and it was official escape time.
Luckily, everyone in the ducal mansion was busy with their own work in the early morning, and there weren’t many people hanging around.
I easily walked out the back door of the mansion and took the path to the martial arts practice grounds. I planned to utilize the dog hole.
Since I was worried about running into the knights training nearby, I had no choice but to bring along Emily in order to look like I was taking a walk.
Luckily, all were in the training ground and no one was near the dog hole. Habitually pushing the grass aside and looking at the skillful me, Emily was stunned.
“Goodness gracious, young lady! When in the world did you find such a great place?”
“I’ll just put it back the way it was when I get out, okay?”
“Gee, do we have to go out like this?”
I didn’t answer, lifting my gown and kneeling on the floor, dressing up took quite a while, it was nearing ten o’clock and I was in a hurry.
As she crawled out of the dog hole on the floor, Emily sighed audibly, “Oh my God, oh my God.”
Freshly out, I patted my knee that had swept through the mud and waved at the hole.
“I’m off.”
“Ah, can you tell me when you’ll be back?”
“I’ll be back before the sun sets.”
In any case, I’ll be arrested if I don’t return this late. Leaving the worried maid behind, I hurriedly moved my feet.
Soon after, I arrived at the main street and went straight to the corner of the alley where Winter said there were fewer people. It might also be a bit late to see the tall man arriving in the alley.
“Been waiting a long time ……”
I paused. Because Winter wasn’t the only one in the alley. The lion mask I’d seen earlier peeked out from behind him and looked at me.
Why is there a kid on a date ……?
The kid seemed to be looking at me in the eye. One glance and the mood became abnormal. It was as if I was dating someone with children.
I stared blankly at the two people alternately, locking eyes with Winter. The military blue pupils gradually widened.
“Why didn’t you come in disguise today?”
He asked with a panicked look before I asked back in alarm.
“Was I supposed to come in disguise?”
“I thought you were going to do what you did last time ……”
“Wasn’t it going to be a date?”
There was a silence in the alley. It was broken by the child’s childish voice.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, it’s not a date, it’s not a date!”
Lion Mask barked like a tease. I froze.
“That, where do you want to go?”
“We’re going to distribute bread!”
“Bread ……?”
The child called out crisply. At that moment, white boxes suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[System] Main quest: the whereabouts of the vanished child.
[First one, slum service with a wizard] Do you accept? [Reward: Winters favorability +5%, fame +50]
[Accepted\Refused]
I stared skeptically, and after recalling the words in the system window, probably because I misunderstood his words, Winter showed an embarrassed expression.
“I’m sorry, if you had told me ahead of time, of course I would have come with my pants on ……”
Mistaking it for a date between two people, there wasn’t even a gap of embarrassment. Because at the same time, the font within the system window changed.
[System] Primary mission, automatically accepted in 5 seconds.
5′
4′
Crazy Game ……!
I pressed [Accept] with a trembling hand, so a new box appeared.
[System] Do you wish to accept [Wizard’s Help] to transfer to destination [Tratan]?
[Yes/No]
After choosing [Yes], Winter held out a hand to me.
“We’re going to Tratan and will move with magic, it won’t be uncomfortable.”
It was the way it had been experienced once before. But I didn’t want to take his hand. I didn’t even know where “Tratan” was.
I’ve been attached to the game for a long time, but this is the first time I’ve heard the name of a place.
Bad vibes.
“Ms. ……?”
Winter looked at the hesitant me in surprise. From the moment I heard ‘volunteer activities’, it felt like an unspoken pressure to fulfill a contract.
‘…… Yeah. You’re not volunteering in the mountains, are you? How many slums are there near the capital?……”
With a soft sound, as if crying and eating mustard, I held his hand. The lion mask that repeatedly chanted in a small voice approached and grabbed my empty hand.
“Pilatio, Tratan!”
Accompanied by a strangely pronounced incantation, there was a white blur before my eyes.
–Brush-pull.
Wah-wah-wah-wah.
Opening my eyes again, we stood on the beach, a flock of seagulls flying.