Episode 3 – Then, two years later

I Was Reincarnated in an Otome Game and Became the Butler of the Main Character [Heroine]. Before I Knew It, the Heroine Had Become a Yandere.

I took the young lady from here and went back to the mansion.

“Charlotte! You’re safe!”

“I’m fine! Louie saved me!”

“I see, Louie, I really appreciate it.”

The duke bowed to me.

“No, it’s no big deal. It’s my role to help the young lady. So please raise your head.”

“I owe you a debt for this. Is there anything you want?”

“Hmmm —-“

I thought about it.

The duke owes me for this.

I see. That debt will be repaid in some other way.

I don’t want anything right now.

“Maybe some other time.”

“I see. I’ll pay you back then.”

“And then….” The duke continued and looked at Charlotte.

“Charlotte, why do you keep holding Louie’s arm all the time?”

Yes —- the young lady has my arm wrapped around her right now.

She kept crossing my arm the whole way I brought her here.

Of course, she didn’t ask my permission.

When I noticed it, you know. —-

“Eh!? No!?”

And she didn’t seem to realize what she was doing.

“Anyway, young lady, you’re in front of the duke, so can you let go of me?”

When I told her to let go in a small way—-, her arms became stronger.

How much? So much so that my arm felt like it was going to fall off. —-

It hurts so much—-!

“Why? Why do I have to let go? Ah, are you trying to escape? Hey —-“

The light was gone from the young lady’s red eyes, and I was the only one in them, and I felt like I was being sucked in.

I felt fear for some reason.

“N-No, no, it’s not like that. —-“

“Then why not?”

“In front of the Duke, why don’t you let go for a moment?

You can do it later as much as you want. And it hurts.”

“If it hurts,—- it can’t be helped,—-.”

The young lady let go of me honestly.

If I were to listen to everything the young lady was saying, I would be at a loss. Or rather, what do you mean if it hurts?… I’ll pretend I didn’t ask you.

“Yound lady seemed to be afraid of what just happened, so she just temporarily hold my arms.”

I overheard a grunt of complaint from the young lady while I was telling the Duke about it, but I ignored it.

“I-I see”

The Duke had a complicated look on his face. —-

Two years have passed since then.

I became 12 years old.

No, we.

When you turn 12, you have to participate in social gatherings, so-called society, where nobles mingle with other nobles.

Well, not me, but the lady.

I am a butler, but I am a child.

I would not be able to participate in social gatherings as a butler.

Or rather, I don’t want to participate.

The reason? Because I want to be as far away from the young lady as possible.

For some reason, the young lady has been awfully close to me ever since that incident, and I don’t have any alone time —-

Frankly, it’s hard, so I want to have a little alone time at this social event.

And there was a time when I was thinking that too.

Now I was being summoned by the Duke.

And from the Duke,

“Louie. I’m going to ask you to go to the social scene with Charlotte as a butler.”

Yeah–ha?—-I almost said out loud

“W-Why? I may be a butler, but I’m still a child.”

“Yes, but —- Charlotte, you know, she insisted that if you didn’t go with her, she wouldn’t go. —-“

Seriously, —- has it gotten that bad?

I don’t have anything to say back to him—

“O-Okay, I understand. —-“

“The social is in a week.”

“Yes, —-“

Haa. Worst —–

“Ah, Louie!”

I was about to leave the Duke’s office and return to my room when I heard the voice of the source of this incident from the far end of the hallway.

I took a step back from where I was walking. —-

“Y-yound lady —-.”

At that moment, the light went out of the young lady’s eyes and a murderous intent leaked out.

“Ha? why did you take a step back the moment you saw me? Hey.”

“Ah, no…”

When I was about to run away, I was grabbed by the arm.

I tried to break free, but the force was too strong and I didn’t budge.

“Why are you trying to run away again? It’s funny, no butler would ever run away from the Lord.”

“—-I’m not trying to escape. I just remembered something I had to do. —-“

“Really?”

“Yes. —- I do not lie.”

I am lying. I’m lying

I don’t want to because if I tell you the truth, I’m afraid I’ll get killed…

It wasn’t so strong before, but I feel like young lady these days are stronger than me…

“–Then it’s okay! I forgive you!”

“I-I see, thank you very much.”

I patted my chest.

I mean, now that I remember, the young lady is the main character, right?

Hasn’t her personality changed somehow?

Well, is it my imagination?

“Speaking of which, Louie is going to the social gathering, right?”

“Yes, I’m going.”

“Yay! I can go with Louie!”

She looked very happy.

I don’t know what’s so fun about going with me. —-

Little did I know —- that in this social setting, Charlotte’s dark matter was going to get even bigger. —-