I’ve gotten used to being Alone: Chapter ４

Recently, have you been meeting with your fiancé?" While working in the student council room, Caroline suddenly brought it up. Chaos, who was asked, slowly raised his head. "Why do you ask?" "No, you used to frequently mention ‘promises of tea parties with your fiancé,’ but lately there haven’t been any, and you always seem to be by my side." Pointed out by Caroline, Chaos suddenly stopped his work. ("Huh? Come to think of it, when was the last time I had tea with Nicole?") Unable to remember, Chaos tilted his head. ("Come to think of it, I haven’t even looked at the letter…") Nicole used to regularly send letters, but recently nothing had arrived. "If Chaos’ fiancé, I saw her in the town the other day. She seemed to be shopping alone," said the student council member, the marquis offspring. "I saw her avidly examining two books in the bookstore. When I mentioned it was for the student council, she seemed relieved and said, ‘I’m indecisive about which book to buy.’ One of them was the one that Chaos had borrowed and read before, so I told her to ask Chaos and he would lend it to her," said the count offspring, glancing at Chaos. Chaos made a face like he had eaten a bitter bug. Nicole had never come to borrow a book. "I can’t say it’s my place to say, but don’t neglect your fiancé too much," Caroline scolded. "…Yes," reluctantly agreed Chaos. With Caroline’s surroundings being busy lately, Chaos hadn’t had time to think about Nicole. Caroline’s engagement with the crown prince of the neighboring country seemed to be coming together. Although he was called the crown prince, he was thirteen years older than Caroline, but such an age difference in royal marriages was not uncommon. If Caroline were to go to the neighboring country, they might never meet again. So while she was in this country, Chaos wanted to be useful to Caroline. However, it was worrying that Nicole was wandering the town alone. If she really was out alone, it could be dangerous. He had to ask her why she was going out by herself. Chaos decided to do so. Come to think of it, the flower festival is coming soon. Last year, he gave her white flowers. They were beautiful, so he also gave one to Caroline. (Would the same flower be okay this year?) He didn’t really know what type of flowers Nicole liked or what her favorite color was. If it was white, there wouldn’t be many people who disliked it. She didn’t say anything about it last year either. Thinking this, Chaos focused on his work. " *" "I see. At this rate, Chaos-sama might prepare flowers for my sake as well. Like last year." Suddenly realizing, Nicole muttered to herself. It would be bad to make him go through the trouble of preparing flowers for her, so this year she decided to decline. With that in mind, Nicole wrote a letter to Chaos after a long time.