The Young Lady Tames the Main Leads

I answered anxiously.

“The sun is going to set soon, but even if it’s hot right now, you’ll catch a cold if you’re wearing wet clothes.”

“…… Puhaha.”

Cedric, who listened intently to my words, covered his mouth and burst into laughter.

“Why are you laughing? I’m serious?”

When I asked sullenly, Cedric quickly turned around me.

“No. It’s not that it’s funny. It reminded me that you are the only one who worries about me.”

“What?”

The words that passed quickly were only a few words stuck in my ears, but I tilted my head because I couldn’t hear them properly.

However, Cedric suddenly became different.

“Well, that’s fine if you didn’t hear me. Anyway, nothing to worry about. Soon there will be a bonfire in the clearing over there. So the clothes will dry quickly. We were supposed to have a campfire.”

“Oh right. Campfire!”

With Cedric’s words, I remembered something I had forgotten for a while.

Come to think of it, a few days ago I asked the villa’s butler to prepare marshmallows and fruit skewers!

“Then Cedric, I’ll stop by the kitchen and make sure everything is ready for the campfire!”

I hurriedly turned my back and ran inside the villa.

At first glance, it seemed that Cedric was muttering something behind me.

* * *

Cedric, who watched Emir’s back as she ran far away, muttered as he leaned against the tree trunk.

“…… It’s useless to worry. I haven’t had a single cold since graduating from kindergarten.”

Emir.

You must know a lot about me, but there are still things you don’t know.

Cedric laughed at that thought.

As Emir had said, the sun was setting.

* * *

Time passed, and it was autumn just before winter.

Around this time of year, the academy hosts a masquerade ball in which students from all grades can participate.

The beauty of this ball is they don’t wear a normal dress or suit, but to attend with a variety of getup.

There were still two weeks left until the ball, but everyone seemed to be getting ready already.

‘Ah, I’m worried. I’m worried. What getup should I wear to the prom?’

I should be preparing soon, too, but I couldn’t think of anything suitable.

I wanted to do something that would reveal my own personality without overlapping with others.

It seems that other close friends were also having similar concerns.

During lunchtime, we gathered together to talk and naturally brought up the topic of the masquerade ball that was going to be held in two weeks.

“Right, come to think of it, have you all decided what to dress up as in the masquerade ball? I haven’t decided yet.”

The first to speak was Ninaina.

Her eyes were shining with a look of great excitement.

‘Well, Ninaina has often said that she is looking forward to the balls and festivals held at the academy from a few months ago.’

Somehow, I felt that Ninaina was cute, so I smiled a little.

“I haven’t decided yet either, Your Highness.”

“Me too.”

“Me too.”

Listening to the answers, it seems that everyone, like me and Ninaina, has not decided on the concept the least.

And Nicholas, who was eating quietly right next to her, tilted his head slightly and said,

He didn’t seem to understand the interest in the masquerade.

“Ninaina, I have never been to a masquerade ball in the six years I attended the academy. I don’t want to attend this time either.”

“What? What do you mean, brother? Fun events like masquerades don’t come every day.”

Ninaina replied to Nicholas’ words with a small frown on her face.

Then, Nicholas was a little taken aback and muttered an excuse.

“But it’s not related to my studies, so I thought if it’s I’m wasting my time…….”

“What do you mean it has nothing to do with it? Sometimes you have to rest and play, right? How can Brother live like someone who only works and studies every day? You can’t do that.”

At the same time as Ninaina finished, I intervened slightly to add to the point.

Just like what Ninaina had said, I thought Nicholas should have a day off from time to time.

“That’s right, Your Highness Nicholas. You said you hadn’t been to the masquerade all this time. But next year, Your Highness will graduate, and this year will be your last.”

“…… right.”

Nicholas hesitantly nodded his head.

I smiled and persuaded him.

“So why don’t you attend this one time to commemorate the end?”

“Um…….”

Nicholas looked troubled.

I added again.

“Actually, it’s also because I want to have a masquerade ball with all of us, including Your  Highness.”

“…… Yes, this once in a while will be fine. Lady Emir’s words make sense.”

Eventually, Nicholas, persuaded by my words, replied that he would attend.

I was somehow proud, and Ninaina, who was watching from the side, teased Nicholas with a playful voice.

“Oh Brother, when I proposed the idea, you didn’t even listen to me, but when Emir speaks, you said you would go right away? Oh dear. Suspicious.”

“…… what do you mean suspicious? Never. Emir’s words were only a little more persuasive, kkhhm.”

Nicholas cleared his throat and turned around.

Just then, Alice spoke too.

“I just went to the masquerade ball last year in an ordinary dress. But most of them are wearing getup that is far from normal, so I looked more prominent.”

“That’s right, what Lady Alice said. I didn’t know, and so freshman year I went to a ball without much disguise.”

When Maya responded with an agreeing look, she added with a shrug of her shoulders.

“I saw people who came dressed as flowers, and I even saw people who came dressed as fairies. I vividly remember seeing the get and Lord Abish laughed sama asking what that was.”

It was then.

‘Flower? Fairy? …… ah!’

Alice’s words sparked a good idea in my head.

I immediately jumped up from my seat and shouted.

“I just thought of a good idea!”

“What?”

Everyone looked at me with curious faces.

“First of all, the 7 of us should have the same concept!”

The children who heard me nodded their heads with expressions that seemed to make a lot of sense.

“Oh, that’s a good idea. It looks so much better than doing each one separately.”

“That’s right.”

“By the way, what concept are we going to match together?”

Cedric, who was uncharacteristically quiet, suddenly asked with a curious look.

I said what I thought.

“Hmm…… In fact, there are many concepts, but how about something terrifying as an alien being? A ghost, a vampire, or a werewolf……Anyway, let’s dress up as legendary beings!”

“Horror? Oh my gosh, that would be fun! I think that’s a really good idea, Emir.”

Ninaina squealed in delight at my words.

“Won’t everyone be surprised to see us? I’m just happy thinking about it?”

“I think it will be fun too, Emir.”

“Me too.”

Fortunately, everyone didn’t feel repulsed by the horror theme, so the concept of our masquerade was decided right away.

“Then, shall we talk about which get up each of you will take on? Well, first I want to be a witch. I mean flying around on a broomstick. If I use an artifact, I could actually float in the air.”

Ninaina said she would dress up as a witch with confidence, perhaps she had already thought of something.

“Hmm, Emir, the werewolf you mentioned earlier. I will do it.”

Cedric, who was playing around with a teaspoon, suddenly looked at me and said that.

Alice also answered as if she had made a decision right away.

“Me too! I also want to be a ghost among the things Emir said. If I go around wearing a white cloth like a single-layer duvet, wouldn’t everyone mistake me for a real one?”

“Then I want to be a vampire.”

Maya also said something.

Somehow, it was a getup that seemed to suit Maya’s pale skin very well.

Some of the children, who had not yet decided, also chose their own getup shortly thereafter.

So for two weeks, we spent our time diligently preparing costumes and props.