Princess Mia is not a Loner
For the record, Mia is not a loner.
Suitable for status of the princess of the powerful kingdom, Tearmoon, there are always many girls around her
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the largest faction in the class, although the number is smaller than the previous timeline because Mia turned away anybody who said anything bad about Anne.
Including Mia’s group, there are different groups in the class. Whether it’s club activities, a common hometown, or a variety of connections, students act together with like-minded peers or with like-minded people to form groups and cliques. However, it is quite natural that there are people who cannot belong to such a group and can be called a loner.
There was such a girl in Mia’s class. Her name is Chloe Forkroad. A shy girl with light black hair and thick glasses.
The bell that signals the end of the lesson rings.
“Hah …”
Chloe sighed deeply and sadly among the students who were delighted with their end-of-class freedom.
Chloe comes from a family of merchants.
Both her father and mother were good people in the world who started a company from a small caravan corps and eventually got the title. But their daughter, Chloe, had a quiet personality by nature.
She was more interested in books than in conversations. Her parents’ efforts to bring her along to the different places their travels to meet different people only worsened her shyness. Fearing for her future, her parents expended a large amount of donations and connections to enrol Chloe at St. Noel’s school, the best academy on the continent.
However, what awaited Chloe at the academy was the harsh reality that most nobilities are obsessed with their lineage and tradition. As a newcomer family who bought their title with gold, she was considered an outcast.
Thus, Chloe started living a lonely school life.
For those who don’t fit in with the class, the hardest part is the break time.
Chloe was always worried about how to spend “time socializing with friends” alone.
Her biggest help was a book she brought from her parents’ house.
Books, which are a collection of knowledge, are originally expensive products that are traded at high prices. Chloe’s parents’ business, Forkroad Company, has been handling it as a main product for a long time, and so Chloe was also familiar with books.
She brought a lot of books when she entered the school …
Is this the last book?
Everyday she has been spending her breaks reading. It was no wonder that she would finish reading them immediately.
What should I do from tomorrow …?
The book she was reading had less than 20 pages left. No matter how slowly she reads it, she will finish reading it by tomorrow.
Do I have the courage to talk to someone? That’s absolutely impossible. I should have done so when the school started. Now that everyone has formed their own groups, it’s too late.
I want to disappear…
While thinking about it… Chloe’s face sank to her desk. She claims that she is not sad, but tears started coming up to her eyes.
That was the time…
“Excuse me…”
“Hah …”
“Hey, do you have a moment?”
“……Huh?”
Chloe slowly looked up.
She blinked her tears away and she could see a figure in her view.
“………… Eh?”
Chloe was so surprised that she was frozen for a moment.
It was the Princess of the Great Empire, the champion of this class, the top of the most famous ones in the grade.
It was no other than Princess Mia Luna Tearmoon.
“Ah … uh, eh?”
Chloe was so confused that she struggled to speak. Meanwhile, Mia was looking at the book on her desk.
“What are you reading?”
“Oh, uh …, a picture book of plants in the desert … It tells you how they get their water and other stuff… That’s what it says …”
For Chloe, this was the first time that anyone had a decent conversation with her. She took advantage of it and explained hard to Mia as if afraid that the conversation might break.
After hearing the explanation, Mia wrinkled her brow,
“… Is it interesting for you?”
“Yes! … Ah, um. It may not be very interesting for you to read. I find it interesting, but …, other people may not find it interesting …”
“Hmm … It seems that you read books a lot. What about story books?”
“Ah, yes. I also read them. I like the love story between a prince and a princess in a small country. But I have just read all the books I brought with me, so …”
Chloe wondered why … She felt that Mia’s eyes were shining for a moment. It’s like a cat aiming at a mouse …
Chloe caught herself for a moment. Mia caught her hand in case escapes; then she smiled with a big smile like that of a captor.
“I was looking for someone like you. Would you like to be friends with me?”
That was the last thing Chloe expected to hear.
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