[Hated Hero, Fascinated by His Fiancée]

“Barrett, h-how do I look…?” Tayte asked shyly, pinching the hem of her dress.

Cute.

Oh no.

She was so cute that it robbed me of my ability to think… that was the only word I could think to describe her.

Her hair was in a ponytail—just the way I liked it. Her taking my preference into account had already won me over, but the yellow dress she’d chosen with Lady Lilia straight up nailed it.

Therefore, the word that escaped my mouth…

“Cute.”

…was this, in the end.

I mean… there was no other way to describe her look…

“C-cute?! …T-thank you very much…”

At my straightforward evaluation, Tayte turned beet red and looked down. Should I have been a bit indirect…? No, that would be rude to Tayte’s cuteness.

“Um, Lord Barrett?”

“—Huh?!”

I came to my senses when Raul called out to me with a puzzled look on his face.

“Ah, u-um, T-Tayte! That dress looks amashing on you.”

“Ah, t-t-thank you so mush. You also look wonderful, Barrett…”

We both were so nervous that we ended up slurring our words.

More importantly, Tayte just complimented me… yup. Glad I’m alive.

“W-well then, shall we head to the venue?”

“Y-yes♪.”

After we linked our arms, Tayte and I started walking toward the venue. As for Raul, he followed us from behind while maintaining a certain distance.

The ball in the original work,【The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman】.

It ended up as a bitter memory for Tayte.

She had dressed herself up, yet (former)Barrett spared her not even a single glance and just went on to hit on other girls. Raul, couldn’t bear the sight, invited Tayte out, and the two danced happily under the moonlight on a small hill away from the venue.

…Now that I thought about it, Tayte’s heart may have begun to lean toward Raul from that point on.

But now it was different!

I would be with Tayte for the rest of the day!

“Speaking of which, who is your personal attendant, Tayte?”

“It’s a girl from our class.”

“Hmm… Ah, could it be Rachel?”

“That’s right! How did you know?”

“Well, you two have been together a lot during breaks lately, haven’t you?”

Tayte and I were enjoying such trivial conversations as we made our way to the venue. The number of people increased as we approached the venue.

Naturally, couples made up most of the number.

This was the true charm of a ball—well, if I had to pair up with anyone other than Tayte, I’d rather not go, though.

The venue was just around the corner when…

“Lord Jarvis, please pair up with me today.”

“No. Lord Jarvis is going to pair up with me.”

“No, he will be with me, right, Lord Jarvis?”

“Hahaha, dear oh dear.”

…we found Jarvis—who would later become a member of the hero party and whose infamy would reach every corner of the world along with Barrett’s— being surrounded by girls. He sounded troubled, but his face said otherwise; a smile was spread across his. The surrounding boys glared at him with jealousy, but eventually chose to look away with resigned expressions, saying, “Well, it can’t be helped if it’s Jarvis.”

“Jarvis is as popular as ever, isn’t he?” Tayte muttered.

“So it seems.” I nodded.

“But seeing him this way… he kind of looks like a girl, doesn’t he?”

“Indeed, I also thought it was a girl and wasn’t him at first.”

Jarvis, having an androgynous face, was definitely a handsome boy—but just like Tayte had said, depending on how you looked at him, he could pass as a girl.

Jarvis’s popularity had even reached our light element class.

In my opinion, the amazing thing about him was that he was so perfect that no other boys would even be jealous of him.

How do I put it? It was like he was impenetrable, with no opening for the other boys to attack from, hence why the “There’s no helping it if he’s the opponent,” sentiment. Seriously, how did he fall to Barrett’s poisonous fangs?

“There are more than ten girls around him…”

“Lucky him. But well, all I need is Tayte, though.”

“Barrett…”

Yup.

Those words were my honest thought.

Raul also praised me with a thumbs up from afar.

As we were talking, we arrived at the venue.

It was finally time, huh… Oh, no. I was getting really nervous.

“I-I wonder if I’ll be able to dance properly…”

“Giggle, knowing you, I’m sure you’ll be doing fine, Barrett♪.”

In the end, Tayte pushed my back, and we entered the venue, the academy dance hall.

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