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We returned to the mansion in the academy city that we had just left and led her to the drawing room.
It seemed that the minimum preparations had already been made when they went back to get the carriage.
"I'm sorry. I can't offer you much hospitality."
"N-No, it's not like that at all! I'm just happy that you invited me."
Hmm. I wonder what this feeling of deceiving this pure child is.
Well, I'm aware that I'm actually taking advantage of Miss Leandra's feelings for me.
At this tea party, which can't even be called a tea party, it would be good if the social world knew, even if not to the point that Miss Leandra and I are close, that we have some interaction.
Probably, this tea party will be conveyed from Miss Leandra to General Baltzar.
From there, it would be good if it spread to the Karina faction, and from the Karina faction to the nobles who call themselves the "Me" faction as a check.
Whatever the content, it's certain that I invited Miss Leandra to the mansion.
If there is that fact alone, General Baltzar and the others will skillfully make up a relationship between me and Miss Leandra and arbitrarily suppress the "Me" faction.
How the "Me" faction will move in response to that, I don't know what the nobles who call themselves the "Me" faction want from me, so I'll have to respond flexibly.
I drank tea while having idle conversations with Miss Leandra.
My thoughts were on the troubles I would face when I returned to the royal palace in the future.
After a while, the conversation with Miss Leandra suddenly stopped.
"Um, is my conversation not interesting for Lord Raimond?"
I was a little surprised by those words.
I was certainly thinking about the troubles in the royal palace in the future, but I didn't mean to have a casual conversation for that reason.
Still, Miss Leandra must have felt something was off.
"No. I'm sorry, did I make you uncomfortable in any way?"
However, it would be rude to Miss Leandra if I said yes, so I decided to play dumb.
"Is that so? If that's the case, then it's fine. Please tell me if I'm bothering you."
Miss Leandra, who smiled modestly, was truly a mirror of a noble lady.
"Oh, by the way, I heard that I received many letters from Miss Leandra."
"Ah! I'm sorry for sending so many letters even though you're busy."
I waved my hands in a hurry at Miss Leandra, who had a apologetic expression.
"No, no! Rather, I should be the one to apologize. Actually, I usually live in a different place from this mansion due to various reasons. So, I didn't know that you had been sending them until I heard about your letters from Hofre the other day. So, it's not that it's a nuisance or anything like that. In the future, if you have any letters to send to me, please give them to Hofre. In the royal palace, only my family, Cyril, and Hofre know my current address."
"Is it alright to send them?"
Miss Leandra looked surprised at my words.
Well, I don't really reply to letters in the social world.
No, it's misleading to say that I don't reply.
I do reply, but I decline all invitations.
That's a famous story in the social world.
Also, I'm very impressed that Miss Leandra didn't ask where I'm living now, and I don't mind letters at all.
Honestly, I can't answer that even if I'm asked, and Miss Leandra isn't in a position to ask that right now.
"Of course. I'm also curious about what Miss Leandra is learning in the upper class course."
If I have letters from Miss Leandra, I should be able to get information from a different angle than from Hofre's letters.
The women's community is strong now and in the past.
"Yes. If that's the case, then I'll send you letters. By the way, I haven't seen Lord Raimond at the academy. Which department are you in? I'm in the Knights Department, so are you in the Commerce Department or the Technology Department? If you don't mind, I was wondering if we could work together in a practical training session with a party in the future."
"You're going to form a party with me even though we're in different departments?"
"Eh? Yes. If we're in different departments, we can divide the roles. Maybe you already have a promise to team up with someone else?"
It seems that the way of thinking is different between the upper class class and the commoner class in this area.
"If you're Lord Raimond's friend, I'd definitely like to get to know them! Of course, if it's not a bother."
Ah... It's more important to build connections because it's the upper class.
Of course, it's easier to expand your network if you're in a different department.
You can also learn how to use people and negotiation skills.
It's the behavior of someone who stands above.
If you behave in a way that makes you look down on at the academy, that relationship will not change easily even if you go out into the social world in the future.
Conversely, if you can form good relationships at the academy, they will become lifelong connections.
That's why there are no troublesome conflicts like the Knight Department and the Mage Department, even if the departments are different.
"My affiliation is a secret."
Well, in the first place, I'm not in the upper class course, so I can't meet you so easily, and I can't tell you.
I raised my index finger and put it to my mouth.
"Then, if we can meet, please ask me again then."
As expected, Miss Leandra understands her position.
Probably, she will be able to build a position in the social world even without being the daughter of a Duke's house.
Instead of saying that she should be my fiancee, shouldn't you educate her with the idea of working under Federico-niisama as a politician?
Isn't she too good for my bride?
She doesn't step in intrusively, and she's good at reading people's faces.
Perhaps it was because I was thinking about such things,
"What do you think about my fiancee situation, Miss Leandra?"
That's what I said.
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