Raised in Dungeon

"How did you come to that conclusion?" asked Rachel.

Felicia had concluded that her father had asked the baron to denounce Allen so she could fire him and replace him with a new knight.

"It's obvious from the way he talks. First, my father suddenly left me a letter when I wanted to go to the baron's place. Then, secondly, the baron started mistreating Allen after reading his letter. Not only that, he even insulted me too, which means he was sure that the earl wouldn't get angry no matter how harshly he treated me," Felicia explained angrily.

"I think you're just overthinking, my lady. There's no way Lord Reynold would do something like that."

Felicia paused, then looked at Rachel.

"Are you serious? This is my father we're talking about, a man who hasn't even seen me in over ten years. My rebel is the result of his behavior!"

Felicia then takes a quick step forward. Allen, who saw the angry Felicia, could only remain silent. Allen had never had a father, so he didn't fully understand Felicia's anger.

Leaving the house, Felicia went straight to her carriage without greeting the girls in the pavilion. She intended to leave immediately because she didn't want to talk to them anymore.

From the beginning, the earl's daughter did not need to deal with lowly nobles. Her arrival was intended to make more friends at the academy, but now that her will was shattered, her mood had deteriorated thanks to her father.

But even so, the baron's daughter, Ursula, approached her.

"Where are you going, Lady Felicia? The tea party is about to begin."

Felicia sighed; she was already unable to maintain her fake smile, so she looked at her with a wry face.

"I'm sorry, Lady Ursula, I have to go home immediately; convey my apologies to the others; I have some sudden business," Felicia said as she lifted her skirt.

"Bu-but, everyone is waiting for you! Especially..."

A boy then appeared from the pavilion, approaching them.

"Nice to see you again, Lady Felicia."

His hair was dark blue, and his eyes were brown. Upon seeing the boy, Felicia's face immediately turned gloomy.

"Umm, do you still recognize me?" the boy asked.

Felicia lifted her skirt and said,

"I-yes, of course, I do, Mr Brian."

When Felicia was ten years old, he was one of her future fiancées. And he was the reason Felicia fell at the dance. The son of Barony Biverlay, Brian Biverlay.

'There's no way I can forget him; he completely ruined my life that day. But on the other hand, I can't blame him; I met Sir Waldo because of this person.'

Even so, Felicia couldn't stop thinking about the events of that day; she still didn't like being around Brian.

Moreover, Felicia had tried to make the event a success at the time, so she had a lot of pride and confidence in the party, and while Felicia felt at the peak of her nobility, she fell because of Brian's dance mistake. As a result, she was traumatized. She'd never forget the looks of those who witnessed her fall that day.

'The Biverlay family must have come here because of the whitmoon festival. But why did he come to Andoram's residence? Did Andoram invite all the baron families?' thought Felicia.

"I would like to apologize for that incident. I hope you can choose me again as your fiancé."

"Wha-"

"What did you say, Mr Brian?!" shouted Ursula.

With an annoyed face, she continued.

"No, I'm already your fiancée! Do you intend to cancel the engagement? What about our parents' consent?!"

"Our engagement was only forced; from the beginning, I did not agree to this engagement. I accepted it because my father forced me to. But if Lady Felicia had agreed to be engaged to me, I can convince father to cancel our engagement."

"You can't just break it off like that!"

With a long sigh, Felicia finally understood the situation.

'Brian Biverlay is Ursula Andoram's fiancé. Ursula must have invited me because it was one of Brian's conditions to come to her house,' Felicia thought.

Because of the failure of Biverlay and Felicia's engagement plan, Biverlay decided to spread his influence among the Andoram family. Unfortunately, Brian, who had liked Felicia since the birthday party, did not accept this one-sided engagement.

The Biverlay family may decide to stay in Andoram as the whitmoon festival approaches. Because Brian refused to talk to Ursula, Ursula decided to host a tea party and invited Brian to attend. Ursula purposefully invited Felicia to the event to entice Brian to attend. Ursula knows what she did is impolite, but she still sends the letter, hoping Felicia does not come to her residence. Ursula was already prepared to accept her punishment later, but now he was surprised to see Felicia really come to her residence. As a result, the current situation exists.

"Felicia, can't we go straight home?" Allen whispered near Felicia's shoulder.

Seeing Allen, who looked close to Felicia, Brian immediately protested.

"Wait! What are you doing?!"

"Huh?"

"Who are you? Why are you too close to Lady Felicia?!"

Ursula then took the opportunity.

"Mr. Brian, he's Lady Felicia's personal knight; he's a peasant favored and loved by the Lady, so give it up."

Felicia, of course, immediately got angry at her.

"PARDON ME?!"

"Is that true?!" Brian asked Felicia.

"Of course not! He's just my subordinate."

"No, she must like it. Why else would she make a peasant the same age as her personal knight? You must give up, Mr Brian; Lady Felicia will not agree to reengage." Ursula persisted and continued to try to heat Brian.

Because of the commotion, the noble children who were sitting in the pavilion came closer, which was a situation that Rachel disliked the most.

'Oh no, why does Mr Brian have to be here? And Lady Ursula even said fiancé-fiancé multiple times. That word shouldn't be mentioned in front of Lady Felicia! I have to do something...'

Annoyed by Ursula's words, Brian then looked at Felicia and asked,

"What do you like about that boy?" he asked.

Felicia, who was already tired, answered him immediately to get things over with quickly.

"Every part of him. Every single good thing in Allen is not present in you, except social status. Are you satisfied now? Mr. Brian?"

Brian's face turned bright red. Embarrassed and frustrated at Felicia's answer. On the other hand, Ursula breathed a sigh of relief because it turned out that what she had mentioned was not nonsense, so she didn't have to fear punishment.

It was like a confession, so the girls who saw it were immediately hysterical.

"UWAAA. Did you hear that?"

"It's just like the play I watched yesterday!"

"The love between the princess and her knight, then the prince trying to separate them out of jealousy of their relationship!"

"I didn't think something like this really existed!"

Felicia immediately realized that she had said something embarrassing in front of everyone. She had been thinking about how she could get home, so she said something like that out of the blue.

"Wait! You're wrong!" but it was too late; they weren't listening.

Felicia then looked to the side at Allen's face.

Allen's face was expressionless until he noticed that Felicia was staring at him. At that point, he tilted his head in a perplexed manner.

Felicia then looked at them back and said,

"You've gone too far! I already have a fiancé, and his name is Wald-" While Felicia was still speaking, Rachel abruptly interrupted her.

"GUEST WHAT? LADY URSULA, there is no relationship between Allen and Miss Felicia; please don't say anything careless."

'almost... These children must have known the news that Mr. Waldo had died. People will be confused if Lady Felicia says anything about Mr. Waldo here!' Rachel thought.

Then, to divert the conversation and solve all the problems, Rachel said

"Allen is strong; that's why he became Lady Felicia's knight; he even defeated the palladium-ranked dungeon explorer yesterday."

"What? This kid?"

"No way."

"Is he that strong?"

'Good, this is going in a better direction,' Rachel thought.

"Right, the reason I chose Allen is that he's strong. There's no special reason other than that. So, please let me go home peacefully," Felicia said.

"Wait!" Brian, who heard Felicia praising Allen, was annoyed.

Brian then looked at Allen with an annoyed face and said.

"Allen, I challenge you to a duel; if I can beat you, you must stop being Lady Felicia's knight!"

"Huh? Mr Brian, what are you talking about?" protested Felicia.

Allen let out a long sigh 'oh no, not this sh*t again,' he thought.

"Alright, can we get started?" said Allen lazily.

Brian asked the butler to bring two wooden swords.

"Lady Felicia, if I can win against Allen, please reconsider our engagement," Brian said.

Ursula grabbed Brian's shoulder and said, "Mr. Brian, this is impossible. This duel has nothing to gain for Lady Felicia; there is no way the lady can accept it-"

"Very well," Felicia replied confidently.

"If you can beat Allen, I will consider it. But if you lose, you really should give up."

Brian nodded, holding his wooden sword confidently.

Then he looked at Allen, who was standing in front of him, while thinking

'There's no way I'm weaker than this peasant. Just keep an eye out; I'll use my god's blessing to knock him out right away!' Brian thought.

"Allen! Finish it quick!" said Felicia.

"I'll do it without you telling me to!" replied Allen.

'D*mn, he underestimated me!' thought Brian.

Rachel held the coin and tossed it.

Then when the coin struck.

-WUUUSH

-BREAK

Brian's wooden sword shattered instantly, and Brian fell to the ground.

"Wh-what happened?" Brian couldn't see; his hand was clearly shaking violently and possibly dislocated; he was extremely perplexed by the situation.

"Allen, let's go," Felicia said.

Then, when he could finally see clearly, he found out that in front of him there was Allen, who was standing and looking down on him from above.

The other nobles' children were also shocked and speechless. None of them could get a good look at Allen's movements. In their eyes, they only saw the moment when Brian suddenly fell.

"Here's your toy," Allen said as he threw it in front of the fallen Brian.

Then Brian looked at Felicia, who had lifted her skirt,

"Thank you for inviting me, Lady Ursula. I apologize for the mess my subordinates made." And then she turned to get into her carriage.

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Just as Felicia's carriage exited the residence, another carriage entered the Andoram residence.

"Whose carriage is that? Is the tea party already over?" asked the girl in the carriage as she passed Felicia's carriage.

"Pardon me, my lady. I don't know who it is, but from the shape of the carriage, it seems to be the earl's carriage."

"Earl? At the baron's tea? How wonderful of Ursula to invite the earl to her residence."

When this girl arrived, she went straight to the pavilion, where people were drinking tea.

"Sorry for my delay; there were some hitches on the way." The girl said as she lifted her skirt.

Then she realized there was something strange about the atmosphere; they were all silent, like something had happened. In addition, a man was sitting alone some distance away, looking at the sky.

"Did something happen?" the girl asked.

"Ah, it's nothing; thank you for coming! Lady Jane Barkaley. It's a pity you couldn't meet Lady Felicia; I heard she was engaged to your beloved brother."

"Felicia, so that carriage was Lady Felicia's?!"

"That's right."

"How unfortunate. I have a lot to say about brother Waldo."