Chapter 303: The banquet begins

“Ok girls, are you ready in case a terrorist attack happens?”

“Yes, my Lady, I made sure to keep with me, your storage and dimensional stone.” (Elena)

“I’ll stay close to you, big sister.” (Alice)

“…Were you serious?” (Aurora)

“you seriously keep asking haa~.... well, I didn’t expect you to do anything. In any case, I’ll save you like a damsel if you get in trouble, so you’ll fall more in love with me.”

” I won’t!!!, and why the hell are you sure there will be a terrorist attack!!? And Elena, Alice… Are you seriously playing along with her?” (Aurora)

“…It’s a long story, Miss Aurora.”(Elena)

“Oh, I can explain it to you, well you see, the last time my big sister said that…”(Alice)

We were in the carriage on our way to the royal castle. There were only four people in each carriage, so it was quite a large caravan, organized by the king.

With some intervention I managed to get us in the same carriage. They were all dressed in the dresses I had ordered.

Elena wore a dark gray one, very elegant. Of all of them, that was the one she chose, because she does not like to draw attention to herself, although I recommended the scarlet red one.

In the end she came with that one, which together with the necklace of small rubies and black diamonds and matching earrings is still just as beautiful on her and gives her an elegant and simple air.

Alice, for her part, had a forest green one with golden touches and gems that matched her eyes, as well as high heels that made her look more mature, even with her pretty appearance.

Aurora, in her simple appearance, covered by her skill, wore a midnight blue dress with starry patterns made with silver threads and a necklace with a large imperial tocio on it.

They all looked beautiful.

I, on the other hand, although I did not want to attract attention, Felix, who was very good and made me several beautiful dresses.

In the end I also decided on an inconspicuous color among all: a pale blue, with designs and embroidery of platinum white thread like my hair.

Leaving me aside, the only thing I really appreciated about it all is that I got to see the girls beautifully dressed up.

On the other hand, my doppelgänger was in another carriage with the twins and Silvia.

Today we exchanged roles: or rather I was in my original identity and he was replacing Chris.

There was no specific reason, but since we would be at the castle and my father would be coming, I thought in case of any trouble it would be better so …, that and from what I found out at the last moment, Chris could be in potential, life threatening danger, so I left my dooppelgänger with that identity.

I also found out recently that the reason for this feast … the cause of all this, which seemed nothing but problematic to me, was basically, me.

Although I knew it was inevitable, but all this time I kept cursing the idiot who wanted to make this banquet and whatever the reason was, and although technically it was the royal family… the cause and the reason had been myself.

To begin with: this kingdom and the other four are not pushovers who let themselves be unilaterally bothered by the demonic kingdoms.

In fact, since the first terrorist attack, they started a war of sabotage, something I learned about from my father.

Just as there are humans capable of betraying their own kind, there are also demons who are believers of human gods and internal conflicts and interests above the common good.

Using that to their advantage, several attacks were made. I even heard that one of the demonic kingdoms lost much of its younger generation.

It’s a cold, hard world… possibly some of those who fell were targets of mine, or guys I was going to meet in the future. Now everything had changed.

I knew that when we got out of here, things wouldn’t be the same. Luckily, my alternate self had no positive connections to the demonic realms of this continent, so it didn’t matter much to me.

In the end, all that was going on behind the scenes, the point is that in the second attack, the one by those idiots blessed by lesser gods.

Thanks to me leading them to their lair we got a lot of useful information about the demonic realms, with which they had a lot of connections, as I had thought.

And because of that we were able to do quite a bit of damage. It was cause for celebration, and so they started organizing this banquet.

At first, they were only going to invite a select few from among the young people with the best ranking in the tests. They had already given advance notice, which I hadn’t heard.

The problem was that, soon after, something serious happened: apparently, something exploded inside the royal castle of the Kingdom of Eternal Night.

There was the core of many of their barriers, and several key figures in the kingdom were injured.

That left the kingdom vulnerable, and the humans did not miss the opportunity. The attack was a total disaster for them, probably crippling them for years. Still, they made many sacrifices to protect their younger generation.

From, the kidnapping to the explosion I caused, with my doopelganger, was me causing this Banquet.

The victory was so decisive that, instead of just a few, they decided to invite the top fifty young people to the event, as they had also had a lot of winnings … they were especially generous

Although well … if the girls were going to come, I was going to do my best to accompany them.

In the end, this came about because of my changes and stuff, although I still don’t understand what started the terrorist attacks.

Nor who gives the demons the magical technology or where they get it from, which is different from the alternate line.

Anyway, although I didn’t feel as paranoid as last time, I felt like something could definitely happen today .

Those guys wouldn’t stay that way, and what better than to take us down a peg when we’re bragging victory with the best of the younger generation.

It was a unique opportunity. Besides, it wasn’t just the Realm of Eternal Night, there were three other demonic realms . They are one less than us, but the power is balanced.

Honestly, when I heard all this, I couldn’t see it as anything but a bad idea. But there was nothing I could do to stop it.

I seriously didn’t understand where they got¿the confidence this realm, with their bullshit barriers, allowing demons in and out if they’re not above a certain power rank.

A fucking Krixis infiltrated and had a daughter with the king, and they still dare to do this as if the imperial palace was the safest place.

The only redeemable thing is that my father and my stepmother Leona, whose power I don’t understand, should be around.

That’s the only thing that reassures me a little. Still, I again made a lot of backup plans and warned all my harem and Silvia, whom I told, along with Liz Cordelia, to be near me.

The good thing is that Astrid couldn’t come, so in case something happens, I will have less things to worry about, as it was hard, being next to an instructor.

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“and that’s what happened last time, big sis, that’s awesome, isn’t it!”(Alice)

“oh, come to think of it, that had happened: you getting kidnapped and all. Then you acted so normal I’d forgotten about it. so it was a doppelgänger again! That skill is a trap.”(Aurora)

“Yeah, you couldn’t have said it better. By the way, I’m the original, so if you see that I’m going to sacrifice myself or something, worry about me. I’m also saying it for you Elena, last time you were so decisive that it broke my heart.”

“( ﹁ ﹁ ), there was no time to waste.”(Elena)

“who’s going to care… I still feel like you wouldn’t die even if you were killed.” (Aurora)

“hey, stop acting tsundere, that post is held by Eira. Find yourself something more original.”

“stop calling me like that, or I swear I’ll beat you.”(Aurora)

“That doesn’t help your point…. Well, as a quasi-member of my harem, prepare things for yourself for self-defense. If anything happens, ask Elena, who smuggles in my storage.”

“…you really think something will happen.”

“50-50, maybe nothing will happen. Still, better safe than sorry, like last time.”

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“well, for those who are not noble, you have already received the basics. Remember: if anything happens, go to the instructors. They will mediate any disputes or doubts. You are the real treasures of the kingdom. Do not doubt that we will do our best to maintain your integrity, so go and take advantage of this opportunity.”

We were gathered at one of the back doors of the palace, where an instructor – who is in fact Astrid’s stepson and who had earlier asked her to join his harem – was the one who gave us our instructions.

All the instructors who accompanied us were nobles and would make sure to take care of us, supporting those who were commoners or simple sons of knights.

Astrid actually wanted to come to see Cordelia, but as there were many instructors being nobles, it was a random selection and she was unlucky.

Although I promised her that later I would show her the images of Cordelia that I made sure to keep in the engraving gem – which, by the way, I also smuggled in – certainly Cordelia looked beautiful today as well.

She was wearing a pearl lavender dress… I had expressly asked Felix for the irrational request to make her look like a princess, without looking too childish ,on Cordelia’s designs.

And indeed, he is very good. Everything, from the dress, the jewelry, earrings and so on, was perfect and harmonious,

And, in fact, she looks like a princess… without leaving aside her charm as a grown woman.

“Well, follow me, don’t be afraid and act proudly, you’ve earned it.”

The instructor finished his speech and acted confidently while he was still inside. Honestly, if it weren’t for his intentions towards Astrid, he wouldn’t be a bad teacher.

But anyway, at the slightest chance I’ll get rid of him since he’s still bothering and semi-threatening Astrid.

And now that I think about it… if he wanted to pair his son with Astrid’s daughter-which I now know is Cordelia and if I’m not mistaken, he said they were the same age….

’Who is your son?’

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