4 - The Protagonist Gets Off Here

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Anyway, Gerold was chubby when he was young, but after a certain point, his weight went to his height.

'It was so frustrating that he ate well and grew tall, only to use that size to bully me.'

Suddenly, unpleasant memories surfaced, and I sat next to Edin, watching him eat bread.

└[Edin is so cute, om nom nom]

└[Illustration please ㅜ]

The cute child had the effect of softening the surrounding atmosphere, including the Comments.

But the viewing was short-lived, as an intruder soon appeared.

"What? Edin. You definitely gave your bread to me, did you steal another one from Teacher without her knowing?"

With a voice dripping with spite, Edin, who was eating bread, made a 'hiccup' sound and was startled.

'He had his own taken away but kept mine?'

No wonder he was eating so well without looking full.

└[Aegingie ㅠㅠㅠ]

└[Why are you taking away what the child is eating ♬♪♪]

The Comment Fairies, upon hearing this pitiful story, began to sing a song of sorrow, 'Youyouyou.'

"Jeff. Didn't Teacher say that if you keep bothering Edin, she'll increase your cleaning time as punishment?"

"Teacher doesn't make me clean. I watch the kids for Teacher instead!"

Jeff did receive special treatment from that tired-looking male Teacher.

When Jeff and his group herded the children around like sheepdogs, the kids couldn't make a peep and became docile.

It was easier to coax a small number of troublemakers, including Jeff, than to manage a large number of children at once.

└[Jeff? Even his name sounds like a supporting character.]

└[Let's get him.]

No, where did the Fairies who were cherishing and adoring the child until just now go?

Jeff is also a boy, but they're not calling him the male lead, so it seems the male lead has to pass some kind of personality test.

"And I didn't bully him, Edin gave me the bread."

"You probably took it without his consent."

"Why do you think that when you didn't even see it? Rose, do you perhaps like Edin?"

What. Ugh, how childish! Is this children's bickering?

It was on a different level from the fights of nobles, who would cut off the other party's family business connections one by one, saying, 'I will make you regret insulting my family,' and eventually humiliate them publicly by making them kneel before many people.

"She likes him~ She likes him~ Ebebe~."

I had never experienced such blatant mockery even before the Regression.

I was dizzy from the new mental attack and lost my words.

"S, stop it..."

Edin stepped up to respond instead... but judging by his trembling, this seemed to be his greatest act of rebellion.

'Hoo. Let's get a grip. I've been through the harsh aristocratic society, I can't be broken by this.'

I took out a secret weapon that only I could use.

"Director!"

└[Calling the Teacher first when kids are fighting is the rule]

└[Hey! There's a fight in the next class!]

Jeff was very surprised and tried to cover my mouth when I loudly called for the Director, not the Teacher.

"Director! Jeff did something bad when the Baroness came, eupeup!"

"What?! What if the Baroness saw! It'll damage the orphanage's reputation!"

Jeff stopped teasing only when he heard the sound of the Director's office door opening.

"Tch... I'll let you off this time!"

"Let me off? What are you letting me off. Take this. Merong merong."

└[Ugh, so childish ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

I couldn't help but do a childish revenge, thinking that I had to inflict even one more blow on Jeff, who was running away.

I'm sure I won the argument, but what is this sense of defeat that I fought with all my might against a child who is only six or seven years old...?

"...Ahem."

The Director also grumbled and closed the door, and the hallway became quiet.

I felt embarrassed and turned around after clearing my throat, and Edin was looking at me with sparkling eyes.

"Rose is cool..."

Merong merong...?

I put a piece of bread he was holding into Edin's open mouth.

"Just finish your bread."

└[Rose: I'll protect the bread shuttle]

Don't put lines I didn't say after my name.

I was so busy preparing for the future that I didn't realize it, but it was a day that made me realize that orphanage life is not easy either.

* * *

As Edin received male lead approval from some Comment Fairies, they burned with stories about the male lead for a while.

In the process, names that had nothing to do with the current situation were dragged out.

└[If you want to be picky, the Second Prince was Rose's first love]

└[I even thought about marrying you~ Wooye eee]

'What. They're actually singing a real song?'

The melody wasn't as erratic as when they were emotionally charged, but I could feel the energy that they were trying to sing.

As Comment Fairies who were picky even when looking at nobles, they seemed to be drawn to the most powerful people in this country.

└[Isn't the male lead the Second Prince anyway? Power male lead is the best]

└[Eh, how can a cheater be the male lead. The male lead will probably be the Crown Prince, power male lead is the best]

└[I went back and watched the flashback scene, and it's not clear if he cheatedㅋ]

└[If you show me illustrations of the Second Prince and the Crown Prince, I'll choose for you]

They're noisy among themselves, putting the Second Prince in the male lead candidate list, taking him out.

'Well. I don't think I'll ever meet him again.'

Far from meeting a Prince, I'm struggling to find a guardian candidate, even a local noble or a somewhat well-off commoner, so what's the point of a royal?

I fell into a sentiment that didn't suit my 5-year-old body.

'Seeing how easily my feelings are sorted out like this, it wasn't love.'

Rather than a person I loved with all my heart, he was closer to the best partner.

Anyway, the Comments seemed to realize that I had become too distant from the royal family now, so they turned the topic back to people nearby.

└[I'm going to grab Edin stocks.]

└[Is Edin actually from a hidden Duke family?]

└[Ah ㅋㅋ If you start in an orphanage, there's always a noble's lost child ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

'Does it make sense that every orphanage has a noble's hidden bloodline?'

Of course, I was once mistaken for a Count's bloodline, but it wasn't after all.

But the Comment Fairies were confident, saying that this was a textbook development called 'cliché.'

└[I think he's a male lead candidate for now. The female lead doesn't describe it, but Edin must be handsome.]

The Comment Fairies could not receive information through my perspective.

But judging by the fact that they keep talking about appearance, it seems that they have their own aesthetic sense.

'If I draw it and show it to them, will the Fairies be able to see it?'

Judging by the fact that there is a Fairy who keeps asking for illustrations, it seems that they usually enjoy appreciating art.

I tried drawing Edin, who was reading a picture book in front of me, on paper as a test.

'Round face, round...'

└[What, I can't see it]

└[No, give us digital high-quality illustrations, not crayon drawings]

Hmm. It seems that what I drew is not conveyed to the Comment Fairies.

I was about to roughly clean up the failed paper, but I felt a sparkling gaze from the front.

"Rose. Did you draw me?"

"Huh? Yeah. Do you want it?"

"Really? I like it!"

Edin smiled happily with a shy face.

I didn't satisfy the Comments, but it's okay if Edin is satisfied.

└[Did he just confess that he likes her? Male lead confirmed]

The object of 'like' is just the picture, and who gives such meaning to a five-year-old's 'like'...?

└[You can see it coming when they gradually build up the childhood friend narrative]

└[It's not for nothing that only Edin keeps appearing]

Certainly, Edin followed me better after the Merong Merong incident, no, the Jeff defeat incident.

'I'm often with other kids too.'

If I turn my gaze to the side now-.

"Have you finished reading the picture book? Let's play with dolls!"

There were other play reservation customers.

Since I stood up to Jeff confidently and even have the ability to call the Director. It's not strange that children gather around me.

'To be precise, it's not that I only play with Edin, but the Comments only appear when I'm with Edin.'

The Fairies didn't stay in my ear all day long.

They were quiet, but they appeared when something interesting happened.

And the recent main interest of the Comment Fairies is whether there is a male lead in this orphanage, whether there isn't, and what he looks like.

└[Please describe Edin's hair color and eye color, please]

Is that important?

The reason I didn't talk about the hair color of the other children was that there was nothing particularly unusual.

Most of the children in the orphanage have brown hair. Edin too.

└[Ah, brown hair..]

└[No, I grabbed Edin stocks, but he was a second male lead ㅠㅠ]

As soon as I mentioned Edin's hair color, the Comment Fairies suddenly changed their attitude after pushing him as the male lead.

'Why are they disappointed that he has brown hair? Brown also has a variety of types, so it's unique and pretty.'

Especially when combined with green eyes like Edin, it felt like looking at a lush tree.

└[Brown hair and green eyes? Beep beep. 100% second male lead.]