A dormitory room in the academy’s dormitory.

Also, in one of the rooms where the current student council president and the eldest daughter of the Perdalos family are staying.

Delfina Perdalos sat down at the desk in her room and groaned in agony.

“Turn it off… .”

Viscount Dmitry Perdalos, head of the Perdalos family, and his wife, Viscount Tanasia Perdalos.

At first glance, it looked like an extremely ordinary marriage of convenience, as if the head of the viscount family and the daughter of the count had married.

Contrary to popular belief, the marriage of the Perdalos couple was closer to a love marriage than an arranged one.

A few decades ago, Dmitri, who was not yet a noble surname, and Tanasia, who was still a daughter of Count Alias, met at the academy around the same time and built a close friendship.

Some values matched, and as we walked together, the feelings of a man and a woman bloomed for each other before I knew it.

Because of the difference in status, that love could not come true, and the two had to go through a temporary separation.

Later, as Dmitri was promised the position of Viscount for his achievements in the war against the Kingdom of Rongrias, somehow the once-severed link was reconnected.

The couple agreed wholeheartedly that the process was not smooth.

At least, he wanted to give his two children, his two sons and daughters, the right to choose their loved ones.

That’s why all the engagement letters that came to the two of them were sent to Conrad and Delfina without review by Dmitri, the owner of the house.

Conrad went a step further and asked Delfina to reject all engagement letters if they were sent to him.

Delfina was spending a lot of time rejecting her and her brother’s engagement letters, which had increased dramatically these days.

Her older brother, who had already won the academy’s representative hunting festival several times, as well as demonstrated his skills as a wizard against students from other combat departments.

It was a natural result that engagements from various families were flying in front of my brother, who had a bright future.

Delfina, the daughter of the Viscount, also had some experiences of receiving engagement letters, although the frequency increased after she obtained the position of student council president.

As expected, compared to Conrad, the correspondence Delphina received was only a fraction of the level.

The rank of the betrothal to the brother’s betrothal ranged from the baron’s family to the duke’s family.

There were even families who offered young girls as young as 10 or 12 as fiancees.

I really felt the popularity of the changed brother.

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Just looking at the extended family names, they were all families that could build a charming relationship with Delphina.

To her, who had already witnessed her brother’s life at the academy, these families had no meaning.

Even if you look at Conrad’s acquaintances that Delphina witnessed earlier, most of them had a good liking for him.

Among them were the daughters of counts, elves from the forest of the World Tree, and even saints born after 300 years.

For Delphina, who was born with the temperament of a businesswoman, it was better to have someone from her brother’s party as a wife than her brother to be betrothed to a decent young lady.

Above all, as she became the student council president with the help of her brother’s acquaintances, she did not want to interfere with her brother’s and his acquaintances’ choices with her own hands.

Aside from her high and low status and her pretty face, Delfina wrote down different expressions of rejection on the engagement letter sent to her older brother and returned it.

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Just one piece. The engagement letter that came from a place that could not be returned as usual made her headache.

“at last… . In the end, something has come… .”

Warburg family seal consisting of two swords and a griffin.

An engagement letter with the name of Lady Hilla Warburg, who could be said to be Delphina’s closest acquaintance in the academy, written on it.

Delphina had been ill for several days without finding a suitable solution.

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It had been a long time since Delphina called me during the day.

Originally, each of us knew best that each of us was busy with our own work.

It was rare for my sister to schedule a meeting with me even inside the academy.

Especially since Delfina became the student council president.

We’re still close, so if we run into each other in the academy, we’ll say hello and talk casually.

Even setting up a schedule to meet separately during lunchtime like this would have taken a lot of determination for Delfina.

For my younger sister, who is a natural entrepreneur, lunchtime was also time for networking.

I was able to figure out what the other person likes and dislikes through the conversations and behaviors we share while eating.

Delphina’s theory was that she would loosen up during the meal and reveal more about herself.

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Judging by how she called me during that precious time, it must be because she wanted to talk about something more important than managing her network.

Or, on the contrary, there is something to ask of me to manage my network.

For example, since Delphina decided to become Perdalos’ official successor, she considered the possibility that she would make a proposal to renounce her inheritance for the purpose of concentrating power.

I also thought it was the right time, so I attended the meeting with my younger sister holding my seal.

After the meal, the story Delphina brought up to me was not about giving up inheritance, but about a slightly different story.

“The reason I made my brother go on a day like today is none other than the engagement letter that arrived in front of my brother.”

“An engagement book?”

“Yes, an engagement book.”

As I listened to Delphina’s nonchalant talk, a thought that was a little strange came naturally to my mind.

This is because my sister, Delphina, had already completely finished the discussion before, as all the engagement letters that flew in front of me were rejected.

In other words, being someone’s fiancé means that there is a possibility that my actions will be restricted by the other family.

Furthermore, it meant that the fiancée had to split up his busy schedule and devote time to it.

It was clear that it would be an unnecessary restriction for me in many ways, so I had asked Delphina to refuse everything in advance.

“Didn’t Delphina and you decide to take care of all the engagement letters flying in front of me?”

“Yes, it was. Anyway, my brother has become so popular these days that I spend hours a week just writing polite rejection letters.”

“I’m sorry about that.”

“No, because my older brother’s status is rising, it is the same story as the Perdalos family’s status is rising.

However, it was difficult for me to arbitrarily deal with this one engagement letter, so I called to ask for my brother’s opinion.”

Having said that, the envelope that Delphina handed me had the seal of a margrave’s family made of two swords and a griffin drawn on it.

As soon as I checked it, I was able to figure out roughly what was going on.

As if Delfina had already checked the contents once, she received the letter with traces of being opened once and checked the contents written on the stationery inside.

“To Prince Conrad Perdalos, the eldest son of the great Perdalos family… .”

As I read the expected correspondence from top to bottom, the reason Delphina called me also gradually changed from speculation to conviction.

Roughly summed up, the Warburg family took notice of my abilities and wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Perdalos family.

One of the Warburg family’s children happened to be the same age as me, so he was chosen as my fiancé.

So, an engagement letter with the most ordinary content, hoping that you will accept the marriage alliance proposal and waiting for a good answer.

Of course, the biggest problem was that the person who sent this message was the Margrave of Warburg.

“As for the Warburg family… . Surely one of your aides in Delphina is a family member?”

“Yes, that is correct. Ms. Hilla served as an executive for me in the student council, and she also belongs to Prince Antonio’s group during the evaluation match.

It would obviously be rude to send a formal rejection letter like any other engagement letter.”

It was as Delphina said.

If it was a family that had never interacted with them before, even if they expressed their intention to formally refuse, they would have agreed and accepted the offer as if they had expected it.

Rejecting an engagement letter from a family of the viscount or lower did not cut off communication in particular.

Other than that, the age difference is too big, and there was no intention of making a fiance right now.

In this way, Delfina would have dealt with the engagement letters piled up in front of me one by one, making all sorts of excuses.

As much as this letter from the Warburg family was a document in a position that could not be rejected with a clichéd excuse.

First of all, there was nothing to say about the second position in the family.

The Hilla family had a history of interacting little by little through Delfina before, so it was difficult to formally express their intention to refuse.

And besides, the person whom the Warburg family had made a fortune on as my fiancé was someone I had a one-sided relationship with.

Lady Hilla Warburg, whom he had already interacted with for more than half a year as an aide to Delphina, was his opponent.

There was a past where we had simple conversations during Delfina’s student council president election and at the hunting festival.

Phrases such as saying that there is a big age difference or that you will refuse because you don’t know the other person well have become unusable.

A hasty refusal not only ruined Delphina’s relationship, but there was also the possibility that the entire Perdalus family would hate the Warburg family.

“Is Lady Hilla not saying anything?”

“Miss Hilla said that the will of the family was her own and she would accept it without complaint.”

“Then it’s definitely tricky… .”

At the very least, it would have been easier for the party to fight if the party had expressed a clear intention of refusal.

In fact, Lady Hilla delivered an answer that was tantamount to an expression of agreement to Delphina herself.

Another reason for refusal has been reduced.

“It’s really a what-if story… .”

“yes?”

“Do you have any intention of getting engaged to Miss Hilla, brother… ?”

Perhaps because of a problem that is rarely resolved, Delfina cautiously asked me about my fiancé.

Certainly, if I got engaged to Lady Hilla, this troublesome problem would be resolved amicably, and Delphina would not have to suffer from a similar problem in the future.

If only I would express my consent to the betrothal to her.

Right now, at this moment, I can somehow avoid it.

“Sorry, that doesn’t work.”

“Actually, I thought you would say that too.”

As I said before, being someone’s fiancé meant that there was a possibility that my actions would be restricted by the other fiancé and family.

It would be a pretty troublesome future to be bound by another constraint in a situation where each schedule is busy.

Even in order to keep the demon subjugation party alive, this was a restriction that should never be allowed.

“If that’s not the case, are there any ladies who would like to promote another engagement?”

“yes?”

“Even if it wasn’t Miss Hilla, if my brother had already had a fiancé, I think he would have accepted the rejection amicably.

Are there any acquaintances of your brother that you would like to be engaged to? If so, I will push it forward as soon as possible.”

That would be one way too.

Except for Saint Claire, who has a social standing, and senior Xian, who doesn’t feel romantic feelings for humans.

I vaguely thought that if I explained the circumstances to Stella or Lulu and asked them to pretend to be my temporary fiancée, neither of them would refuse.

If that happened, it would have helped a lot to get out of the current situation, and new engagements wouldn’t fly in the future.

“Sorry, that seems difficult too.”

“is that so?”

“I already told the group members that I would not neglect the party because of dating.

Making a fiancé in a situation like that is an act of betraying trust as a leader. It will probably cause cracks in the party, too.”

“Certainly, if it’s your brother’s party, there’s no way there won’t be cracks the moment you get a fiancé.”

Watching Delphina muttering strangely incomprehensible words, she stuffed the Warburg family’s correspondence into her pocket.

“I will take care of this engagement issue. Delphina, you don’t have to worry about it.”

“Are you okay, brother?”

“Because the Warburg estate is a place you can visit even on weekends. You can go and talk in person this weekend.

Please set up a place where I can have a one-on-one conversation with Lady Hilla soon. I’ll take care of the rest.”

“I understand, brother. Right now, the day after tomorrow, I will set up a place for you two to talk.”

With that in mind, the emergency meeting with Delphina ended as it was.

Until then, he hadn’t anticipated how troublesome it would be to reject the engagement to Miss Hilla.