Disclaimer: I don't own Trapped in a dating sim: The world of otome games is hard for mobs.
CHAPTER I.
Angelica Rapha Redgrave could only sob, tears ran down her cheeks in the confines of her bedroom.
How was she being replaced by that harlot with the body of a child?!
She couldn't understand how his majesty Julius failed to see through that Marie's plot, it was so painfully obvious for her and everyone else.
That upstart never even pretended to be anything else, all Marie Fou Lafan was a harlot only seducing the prince and his friends to climb the social ladder, she wanted the crown of the queen… and she was well on her path to get it.
To her shame she fell for her provocations, and before she knew it she made the worst mistake of her life.
She never intended to challenge the woman, truly, but the midget kept pushing the correct buttons and before she knew it she was facing a duel with no champion of her own while Lafan had the heirs of the most prestigious houses as her own champions.
And no one was stupid enough to oppose Crown Prince Julius Rapha Holfort. Just her.
Her followers turned their heads away from her, she was all alone as Greg Fou Seberg pointed with relish.
Another tear rolled down her face.
Without any help she had turned to a relative of hers in the staff to send a message to her father, she needed a champion to represent her interests in the academy. Seeking help from outside was not allowed, but she is the daughter of a duke, and she'll be damned if she didn't make that count.
She hasn't left her bedroom in over a week, she has gotten any instructions from her father yet and the day of the duel is Tomorrow.
she was understandably angsty.
Someone knocks on her door and she cautiously walks to it, there hasn't been any attempt to invade her room but the idiots that call themselves Prince's Julious followers have already sprayed some insults in her walls.
Since whoever knocked bothered to announce their presence it's unlikely they meant harm to her, she is still not letting her guard drop though, she makes herself presentable to the best of her abilities before slowly opening the door.
Standing outside is her father, Vince Rapha Redgrave, looking as regal as ever and his face is stern as she expected.
She respectfully opens her door completely and performs a curtsy as etiquette demands and then greets the duke with a "Father" in a whisper.
Stepping aside she allows her Father to enter her room and only then she notices the two knights that accompany him.
with a signal from her father they both enter the room and proceed to close and block the only entrance to the room with their bodies.
One of the knights she recognizes, corpulent with black grizzly hair and a mustache, his name is Robert Fou Harris, he has been in her family's service for as long as she remembers.
The other though, she does not recognize, he is much less corpulent than Robert and considerably younger, probably as young as her… black hair and eyes and an attempt at a polite smile.
"Angie" her father starts, "Do you know what you've done?" he said sternly.
"I do father" Angelica does not meet her father's eye as she answers the question, it was a foolish mistake unbecoming of someone that has been groomed to be the next queen.
"Have you at least found a proxy?" Vincent asked a bit harsher this time.
Angelica shook her head, "No" she said, she didn't waste any time when it was made evident that a large number of the students were just rejoicing in her disgrace "My followers abandoned me".
"As expected" the duke said resigned "they'll be given a fitting punishment"
Angelica's lips formed a little smile for the first time since the challenge was issued.
There was silence for a moment, it was uncomfortable for both highborn nobles and even the two by the door looked like they would rather be standing guard from the outside.
"Father, will you lend me a hand?" finally she asked, that was her only hope, those five were exceptional but a more experienced knight could probably defeat them.
"Robert Fou Harris will be acting as your champion…" the duke didn't look pleased as expected but something in his voice just unsettled his daughter. She should be smiling, one of her father's strongest was to be her representative, but she knew there was something else that her father was not telling just yet "Angelica, Robert is going to be winning a couple of the matches, but he will not claim victory in your name"
She was feeling despair violently invading her being once again as her face paled. She was being denied her chance at a fair fight by her own father. she wanted to rebel, she wanted to yell, to scream! but she was raised to be the next queen, and she could understand why her father took that decision, even in victory she would be judged unworthy and thus she was no longer the next queen but just an obstacle to the crown prince.
"But if we win his majesty would have to cut all contact with that Lafan girl!" she yelled anyway, even if it was futile she wanted to at least try, Robert Fou Harris has won every tourney her father organized among his vassals, he was strong enough to claim victory, she just has to believe that! "Sir Harris can win it all can't he?!"
Her Father lowered his head just a tiny bit before saying "Normally he would have a nice chance in achieving victory… But he is unwell after a training accident"
So Sir Harris was not in condition to fight at his best… "Why not make it a five on five duel then!" it was supposed to be a question but she made it sound like an order instead, and her father did not like that. With a glare he made her feel like she was a little girl again.
"The Redgrave name has been dragged into the mud already, I won't allow it to be tarnished even further with such an action!" As her father spoke the harsh tone he stared with diminished, taking a deep breath he then explained "Do you know of any knight that would be willing to face that prince? That would mean the end of him and his house!"
"What will happen to me then?" she resigned to her fate, maybe she will be asked to take her own life and put an end to all this misery.
"You will be given to Baron Leon Fou Bartfort here as a bride to pacify the crown" the duke said as he signaled to the young knight guarding the door, said knight's eyes widened and his jaw fell open upon hearing this.
A/N: Hello everyone, I've been working on this fic for some time now, I wanted to finish it before publishing it.
But my track record is less than Ideal.
Fans of Unbound may already have guessed that fic is long dead, I'm sorry to disappoint you all.
Fans of The waiting game… I would like to continue it but to be honest I have no idea how to do it, I may retake it one day, but my inspiration for it has been lacking.
As for this fic I'm currently writing the Principality's invasion arc, the second to last arc I have planned for this fic so this may be the first fic I ever finish so cheers!
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