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It was already late last night, so I couldnt talk to Father.

Furthermore, I thought about asking after the morning training, but Father doesnt have that much time after that, so I gave up.

After returning from school, I only tell Father that I want to hear about the Lingerburg family, and then headed back to school while I waited for him to have free time again.

I cant guarantee that Ill be able to go straight home after school today, but its better to tell Father that I have something I want to talk about.

Its polite to make an appointment in advance, even if its between father and daughter.

However, I still dont know what time Ill be back and what time Ill be able to hear from him, so I need to tell him that as well.

At worst it may be after dinner.

When I arrive at school, I enter an empty classroom.

After a while, students began to come to school, but today the usual quintet didnt come in after me.

When they finally arrived, I think they were grinning while looking at me, but I dont mind because its always been the case.

I should have tried not to worry about it, but something is wrong today.

Not just the quintet.

I get the feeling that the other students, male and female, are also looking at me and whispering something to each other

“Aah, so you were here”

“Lady Helene” I asked.

Today, the rare and graceful beautiful young lady Helene spoke to me.

The only time Helene would talk to me was when I was involved in that quintet.

Even so, today she called out to me even though I wasnt even involved with the quintet.

What in the hell is going on

“This is not the time for you to sit here,” Helene said.

“Go look at the bulletin board at the entrance.”

“What Huh” I said.

There is a big bulletin board at the entrance of this school.

When I passed by this morning, there shouldnt have been any particular changes, but…

There, I suddenly met the eyes of the grinning quintet.

I understand now.

Apparently, they were late today because they were doing something to the bulletin board.

Its probably not a good thing anyway, but I cant leave it alone since Helene told me directly.

I headed to the bulletin board at the entrance even though I thought it was trouble first thing in the morning.

When I neared the bulletin board, there was a crowd of people.

I looked from a distance to avoid the crowd.

“……I see now,” I said.

There is a newspaper pinned on the board for some time and a shocking headline is catching all the attention.

It read, “The Daughter Of Margrave Carruthers Abuses Her Authority To Force A Royal Knight To Kowtow”.

By the way, there is no such thing as a kowtow in this country, kneeling with your head pressed against the ground.

I just used the word kowtow as an easy translation.

The closest equivalent in Japanese would be “the deepest, politest bow”.

However, in terms of nuance, the article implies I forced the knight to bow and it was supposed to be humiliating.

In this country, the deep bow of a royal knight was originally used only for his master, in other words, King Wilhelm.

Besides, the deepest bow is not something you do for the sake of apology, but just a sign of respect.

If I were to translate that and express it in a short sentence through a Japanese lens, it would be “I made him kowtow.”

I look through its contents.

It claims that after school yesterday, the Daughter of Margrave Carruthers took advantage of her familiarity with the royal family (they probably meant to say I was Prince Ludwigs fiancee, but they didnt want to admit that, so they used that phrase instead), and it goes on to say that I made a Knight of the Royal Guard Division kowtow and apologize to me.

This is probably what happened with Claudia yesterday.

I can hear people saying things like “Now that you mention it, I did see her taking a knight to the back of the school building.” or “I saw him bowing his head from a distance.”

Claudia called me and took me to the back of the school building, from the entrance where students were waiting for their carriage to go home.

There must have been a lot of people who saw the situation at that time.

I was the one who was taken, not the one who took Claudia with me, but this is what peoples vague memories and recollection errors caused by selfish assumptions will do.

I had confirmed that there was no one around me so that I would be the only one to hear her voice and what she said, but if I was secretly peeking from a place far away, I wouldnt have noticed the fine details.

It wouldnt be strange if someone started wondering what we were doing back there.

And there, Claudia apologized to me.

I didnt tell her to bow her head, but I wonder how it would look from the perspective of those who were watching from such a distance that they couldnt hear any words.

I might be seen as an arrogant daughter who used her status as Prince Ludwigs fiancée to coerce the knights of the Royal Guard Division to apologize.

In the first place, even if you didnt think so at the time it happened yesterday, reading this bulletin board newspaper will probably make you think, “Is that what happened” This kind of biased reporting and manipulation of peoples assumptions is the same now as in the past, in this country, and on modern earth.

For example, lets say that Mr.

As bag was snatched by Snatcher B in modern Japan.

Suppose that Mr.

C, who noticed the commotion, caught Snatcher B red-handed as he was trying to flee.

From Mr.

As point of view, Mr.

C is a good person who risked his life to catch the criminal.

Also, from the perspective of the police, he is a good citizen who cooperated in arresting the criminal.

However, if the TV shows only the scenes where Mr.

C gets into a fight, punches, and holds down Snatcher B, and repeatedly claims that Mr.

C is a violent and dangerous person, without knowing anything about who Mr.

C was in this situation, youd think he was just a violent person.

How did it happen and why did it happen It doesnt matter what you did it for.

I wonder if it would be the same if only fragmentary information was given and it was explained in words and letters.

Do you think you cant be deceived so easily In reality, such things are commonplace in the modern world.

The reality is that there are many people who are easily deceived even if they do not intend to be deceived.

Its easy to believe that its true because its a major newspaper company or TV station, or because its a newspaper or station that youve been reading or watching for many years.

Thats human.

Furthermore, Mr.

C is an individual, and if asked which one to believe, the individual complainer or a major media outlet, most people will easily believe the major media outlet.

You may think that this is not the case, but there are bound to be many cases in which people are taken in by such things without realizing it.

What about here This wall newspaper doesnt say who wrote it, but it must have been written and pasted by the quintet.

No, I dont think they wrote it themselves, do they Someone must have written it.

I dont know if its another student at this school or their family servants.

I wonder if everyone knows that its just those five people.

That quintet has the highest family status even in this academy.

There seem to be a lot of fellow groups, and they are probably the most popular girls in school.

Compared to that, if my familys rank is lower than theirs, in the world of the political center they think of me as a savage waving a weapon in the countryside, such was the reputation of the margraviates.

We may be respected for our military strength and territory, but aristocrats spoiled by the luxuries of and pageantry of the political center despise the rugged countrymen outside their social circles.

Which of these two claims do you believe No need to think about it.

Even if there were people who understood that the gossip rag on the bulletin board was a lie or an exaggeration, there would be no one on my side.

After all, if you say anything, youll turn the quintet into your enemy, too.

It is not a matter of which is right, the top of the political center or the savage from the countryside, but which one is more profitable and advantageous for me Considering that, even if there are people who think the contents of the wall newspaper are suspicious, they wont raise their voices.

“Hey, thats…”

“Shell force us to bow, too.”

“Lets head out.”

The students who noticed me disappeared from the front of the bulletin board.

Its really easy to understand.

Those who believe the contents and criticize me.

Those who judge that it is better to be on the side of the quintet regardless of whether the content is correct or not.

People who try to keep a distance from being involved in this mess.

It can be roughly divided into these categories, but the one thing that is clear is that no one is on my side.

Well… the contents of this wall newspaper are not wrong either.

The individual facts themselves are true.

I met Claudia at the entrance yesterday, went to the back of the school building, and Claudia bowed to apologize.

There is no lie, per se.

I cant insist on Claudias reason for apologizing to me yesterday.

Claudia still pretends to be a man named Claudio in public.

Since she is the same age as Ludwig, she has been accompanying Ludwig to and from school since last year.

The students at the academy know about the Royal Guard Division Knights who have been coming as Ludwigs escorts since last year.

If I tried to assert my legitimacy, it would definitely turn out to be “Then why was Claudia bowing to you and apologizing”.

If you ask me that, I cant tell the truth.

Thats because Ill end up telling a lot of people about things that were deeply related to Claudias private life.

I dont know if Claudia has gender dysphoria or if shes just a woman who also likes other women.

One thing that is clear is, is that Claudia was at one point a woman who likes women and that has caused her trouble in the past.

Thats why Claudia lived her life hiding it, even trying to become a man because of the contradiction in her mind that she liked women but could not.

I cant go around whispering about such a serious matter to a lot of people.

I will have to keep my mouth shut on this matter.

“You, is this for real”

“Lady Helene…” I said.

Helene came from the classroom while I was vaguely thinking about what to do next.

Her question is very troublesome.

It was hard for me to answer because I was still thinking about what to do.

“There are some parts that look true from an objective point of view, but the contents of this wall newspaper contain intentional distortions and misdirection,” I said.

“There are some things that are true but as a whole its false.”

It is true that Claudia came to me, took me to the back of the school building, and bowed her head to me.

There are many eyewitnesses, so it cant be lied about.

However, most of the content is written strangely as this article is mixed with biased reporting and distortion.

Or rather, that group of five is deliberately making others think their way.

“I dont understand what you mean,” Helene said.

“If its false, why dont you assert so”

And why do I have to be interrogated by Helene like this She may be number one in our year, but if you ask me, Helene and I are nothing more than students of equal standing.

It is unacceptable to have an attitude of one side interrogating the other when nothing wrong has been done.

“I have been personally acquainted with this knight for some time,” I said.

“In the past, we had a misunderstanding and I came to the royal capital for the first time in a long time and met him again, so I received an apology for that incident.

I didnt ask for it, and I didnt even take him to the back of the school building.

Its just that this knight voluntarily came up to me, invited me to the back, and then apologized of his own volition, as well.”

I cut off my words there and stare at Helene.

Helene is also looking straight at me.

“So youre saying this article is true” Helene said.

“I just told you its not true,” I said.

“This article claims that I used my authority to summon the knight and make him apologize.

In reality, this knight is an old friend of mine.

And he came over to apologize for what happened in the past.

However, I thought it was my fault, so I apologized to the knight as well.

So the matter was resolved between the two of us.

Its nothing like what you read in this article.”

No matter how much I explain, they wont understand.

They dont want to understand.

Or do they understand but theyre not totally convinced to believe it Or are they doing it on purpose so that some unnecessary words come out of me

“What is that matter hes apologizing for” Helene asked.

“Its a personal matter, and its also related to this knight, so I cant say tell you,” I said.

“You… its unreasonable for you to ask me to believe you…” Helene said, shaking her head.

But when did I ask her to listen to me Did I ask her to believe me I dont remember saying that.

“You dont have to listen to what I say or believe me,” I said.

“Im just stating the plain facts.

People who dont understand what Im saying and accept only one side of the story, wont think what Im saying is true.

Even so, those who are keeping their mouths shut probably have their principles and ideas, so I have no intention of saying anything to them.

If you want to think that way, why dont you think that way”

Helene gave me a serious look as I spoke so indifferently.

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