Chapter 16.2 \n<h1>Observation Record of A Self-Proclaimed Villainess’ Fiance 16.2</h1>\n
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Translated by LynneSuzuran & Senhiro
It happened on the night of the day that former-Baroness Heronia’s punishment was decided.
Though I already had a rough guess, I still hadn’t confirmed it yet. So, in order to ascertain the truth, I asked my father to set some time aside. Then, my father and I sat opposite of each other on the sofa in my father’s study, just the two of us.
“…Would you like to drink sake?”
Before clearing people out of the room, Father took out a pair of wine glasses and a bottle of amber-colored sake called as Kiwis that he’d had the butler prepare, and offered it to me.
It hasn’t been long since I came of age to taste alcohol, and in addition I spent most of my time inside the academy which prohibited drinking alcohol, so I don’t have much experience drinking sake. However, the Kiwis that I had tasted previously was really delicious, so I accepted his offer with pleasure.
\nSpeaking of which, when we were drinking before, Charles said that he wanted to see me get drunk and let me drink a lot, but I never got drunk in the end.
Even if I were to drink a lot of sake with a high degree of alcohol, at most, my ears and my fingertips would just become a little warmer, so I think that it’s naturally difficult for me to get drunk.
I wanted to try experiencing the high spirits from getting drunk, so it was a bit unfortunate.
Well, there will be a lot of chances for me to drink in diplomatic settings in the future, so that is actually a good thing, I guess.
“You haven’t had your graduation celebratory drink yet, right? I’ve brought out some of my best sake.”
Thinking that it would be bad to let my father who was the king pour the sake, I intended to take the bottle from my father’s hands, but my father laughed and held out a glass instead.
Surely this is the [celebratory] sake exactly as he stated before.
If that was the case, I thought that it’d be better for me to just gratefully accept the drink that he poured for me without caring about our status, so I took the glass that my father held out.
\n\nThe first person to open their mouth was my father, choosing just when the atmosphere had become relaxed.
“The matter with Lady Heronia was quite difficult, wasn’t it? With this, it was finally settled and we can take a break.”
“I was relieved that one troublesome matter had disappeared.”
“Well, we’ll become busy again from now on in preparation for the marriage.”
“It’s not something [troublesome], but something [to look forward to], so it’s fine.”
When I answered with a salaryman smile, my father—who smiled nastily at the hecticness in wedding preparation— widened his eyes in slight surprise, before muttering, “I see,” that relaxed the line of his mouth.
Looking at him, I felt that the conjecture within me had come closer to the truth.