The Player is a Part-Timer

Chapter 9: Unruly Introduction

"After you beat her two times. That counts for something..." Tsubaki smiled gently, trying to cheer up the always serious Sitri heiress.

"She sacrificed those two wins to win the war, to learn my tactics. It was terrifying to see as round after round, she dismantles all my tactics, all my defenses, playing around with me like a dragon with a child. Even giving openings to mock me. It was..." Sona bit her lips, her face going red, rubbing her hands together. "It was honestly terrifying and astonishing at once. It was a fair bet, and I lost, now I need to bear the consequences."

"Even if it means..." Tsubaki coughed low, clearing her throat. "Marrying her?"

"I made my deal with my parents. If I lose fair and square in chess against an opponent of high stakes, that person becomes my fiance. That was their clause. I already managed to dismantle the previous fiance they chose for me this way. Doing this with every other who came after him and wanted my hand. Now, I lost, not once, but three times in a row..." Sona was ashamed, starting to sulk intensely.

Unfortunately, this was the hard truth, if she backs away from their deal now, her parents would surely marry her away with the next suitor — whether she wants it or not. There was no escape from the deal this time. It is this or someone much worse she doesn't even know.

"I feel for you..." Tsubaki patted her back gently, and Sona nodded sulking.

The queen of the Sitri group knows her king and friend too well.

Even if it was an option, Sona was too proud and compliant to defy the deal she made with her parents. Even if it means she needs to marry someone she disliked, she had done so because it was her duty as the heiress of the Sitri clan. That's the kind of person she was!

That deal with her parents was only there to choose the one who cognitively fit her needs and was not a moron who can't even count or formulate a tactic — Someone, who can truly understand a smart person like her!

"May I ask... what did they say about your new fiance? Of course, if it is not a problem to reveal, Kaichou."

"Haah..." Sona started to release a depressive... tired aura once again, even hanging her arm before she returned to her collected self.

"Honestly, I did not yet tell them who it was. Only it happened. Of course, now that things have happened this way; my parents are nagging me day after day to introduce "him." Not to mention, my sister don't even know. I asked my parents not yet tell her..."

"I see..." The queen of the group nodded, slightly disturbed.

Maybe it was the best, if Maou Serafall would turn around looking for the person who took the president's hand, that would not end well for the town... not speaking the whole country.

"I don't want her to show up here one day looking for her. It would be... embarrassing."

Just now, Sona remembered her sister — who was too lively and embarrassing for her taste. This made her groan even harder... just imagining the day when the two meet again, and she needs to introduce her "fiance" to the Maou Leviathan was hard to bear.

"That would be..." Tsubaki cleared her throat, disturbed, remembering the overly cheerful "Magical Girl" impersonator sister of her president. "Indeed, troublesome. Leviathan-sama can be really eccentric."

"You don't have to tell me..." Sona only muttered sweatdropping, cringing how her sister acted all the time despite being one of the four great Maou.

"Kaichou! We are finished!"

"Good! Let's return to school. We need to finish our administration duties with this case."

The depressed girl who was worried about her future disappeared in a moment, taking the façade of a strict Council President. An ice queen of short, solidifying her surface like a solid iceberg, all emotional cracks are gone and patched!