When I Saved a Girl Who Was About to Be Kidnapped and It Turned Out to Be a Princess Who Had Come to Visit in Secret
“–Then I would like to start the welcome party for Alford san”
As soon as we’re seated, the chairman takes the initiative and calls out.
“Alford san, could you please?”
The chairperson seems to want the lead speaker to greet us and smiles at Luna, who is sitting next to her.
Luna smiles back and sits up.
Then, with an elegant appearance, she opened her mouth, slowly turning her gaze from one end to the other as she looked around at everyone’s faces.
“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to gather here for me. I hope that I can take this opportunity to talk with many of you and deepen our friendship. I look forward to working with you today.”
Luna bowed deeply as she greeted the guests politely.
Although they have only known each other for a few days, everyone is probably thinly aware that Luna is a serious person.
While Luna gave a stiff greeting even though it was a gathering of friends, no one made fun of her or teased her.
Everyone applauded her with a warm smile.
Luna gave them a nice smile in return and slowly sat down.
“Now that we’ve had a few words from our hostess, let’s have a toast. Everyone, cups in your hands, please.”
At the call of the chairman, everyone takes a cup in their hand.
When she confirms that everyone has a cup in their hand, the chairman smiles and–‘
“Then, in celebration of Alford-san’s arrival in Year 1C – kanpai!”
–She raised her cup to the heavens.
“”””Kanpai!!”””””
Everyone else raised their cups to the sky as well.
Naturally, I did the same – but Luna raised hers modestly.
She probably still doesn’t like to flap her wings in front of other people.
“We’ve got lots of cake, so eat it, okay? If you want some, we’ll get it for you.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Luna smiles back at her and shakes my hand under the desk.
…… No, yes.
This girl is going to go through with it. ……!
If anything, she’s holding it in a niggling, pampering way. ……
I understood that when I saw her holding my hand as soon as the welcome party started.
Well, it’s a cake, so I use a fork so I can eat with my non-dominant hand and drink – I guess, but it’s a very bold thing to do.
From the position of the chairman, I think she will notice that we are holding hands when she takes a position to look in. …… She may be enjoying that kind of thrill as well.
…… And there’s a chance that the chairman, who can read the air and has just been under pressure from Luna, would not speak up even if she noticed.
While I was thinking about all this, the girls sitting in front of me were looking at us in a sozzled manner.
They look like they want to ask something, but they seem to be pushing each other with their eyes to see who will cut to the chase.
These girls started to stare at the Chairman of the committee as if they had noticed something.
[Eeeehh me……!?]
The chairperson stares back at the girls with an expression as if to say that
However――she let out a sigh as if she had given up on something, and looked at me and Luna.
“I’d like to ask you how the two of you first met…I guess.”
She clasped her hands together and tilted her head upward as if looking at us.