Part 1

Spring break.

When Kyle returned to the academy in the royal capital with Marie, he received a letter and a package from his mother, Yumeria.

Kyle cut the seal of the letter in his room and burst into tears when he saw the contents.

” ――Mom”

The words that spilled out were filled with happiness.

The letter was full of concern for Kyle’s well-being.

Are you hurt or sick? Are you eating well? Are you sleeping well?

Although Yumeria is still very young, she shows a lot of concern for Kyle as a mother.

Kyle was moved to tears by his mother’s love.

“I keep on making her worry.”

And the contents of the packages that arrived with the letters were mostly sweets and food.

They are all simple sweets, not as glamorous as the ones sold in stores.

But it made Kyle very happy.

“I’ll have to share it with Marie-sama and the others later. ――Are?”

Kyle was happily checking the contents when he found an envelope.

Since he has already read the letter, he thinks about what the envelope is for and guesses by feel when he picks it up.

He hurriedly checked the contents and found the money there.

It was not a small amount of money, and for Kyle, it was a lot of money.

“M-Mom, you don’t have to do this.”

Kyle is depressed because he feels that he has worried his mother, even though he should be the one who has to send money to her.

“What should I do with this money? It’s important money, so I might as well keep it, right? But that’s a little difficult, too.”

Thinking about how to spend the money that Yumeria has sent.

Kyle had figured out that the best use of the money would be for living expenses, since daily life was difficult.

However, since it was money sent by Yumeria, he wanted to use it carefully.

If he could, he would like to keep the money in his pocket, but it is difficult for him not to use the money because of his tight living conditions.

As he was pondering this and that, there was a knock at the door of Kyle’s room.

The other party seems to be Kara.

Unlike Kyle, Kara is not a subhuman servant, but a hardworking woman who has volunteered to take care of Marie.

To Kyle, she is more like a friend than a co-worker.

He opened the door with a casual reply.

“Ye~s”

Then there was Kara standing at the entrance, out of breath from running.

Kyle could tell by the way she was acting that she was in a rush.

“Kyle-kun, there’s trouble! Those five people. Those five people again.”

Before he could ask for details, Kyle had a general idea of what was going on.

“Did those people do something again?”

Speaking of those five people, it is a group of five former nobles, including Julius.

Now, they had become a god of trouble for Marie, but after studying in the Republic, they had become somewhat more sane.

But still, a little.

They are also five people who prove that people do not change quickly.

Kara tells Kyle what the five of them have done.

“Listen! His Highness Julius prepared a breeding house on his own, Brad built a freak show but it collapsed and destroyed the school building, and Greg remodeled his room to make a training gym on his own!”

“They are the worst. And they were asked to pay for the repairs? Are? What’s going on with Chris and Jilk?”

When he asked about the two people whose names had not been mentioned, Kara’s expression darkened.

“Chris remodeled the bathrooms in the dormitory without permission. It looks like he won’t have to pay for that one, but the problem is paying for the renovations. It’s a lot more expensive than the other three.”

“Chris is garbage, isn’t he? So what’s about the worst garbage?”

Both Kyle and Kara are now calling their name except Julius.

After all the trouble they had caused, any sense of respect had disappeared.

Even Julius is only given the honorific title of “Your Highness” because he is a little more decent than the others.

And the one who is treated the worst is Jilk.

He is the most trashy of the five, and is called trashy by two of them because of the damage he causes.

Kara had a blue streak on her forehead.

“He proudly built a kiln on the school grounds for making pottery. If he couldn’t afford to buy it, he said he’d make it himself.”

Kyle was also annoyed with Jilk, who didn’t seem to be sorry.

“Why don’t those people quiet down a bit? And how about Marie-sama?”

What worried him more than the five of them was his master, Marie.

Kara covers her face with her hands.

“She collapsed when she heard the story.”

.

Part 2

When Kyle and Carla went to Marie’s room, she was lying on her bed.

She mumbled to herself with a distant look in her eyes.

“I’ll get scolded. I’m definitely going to be scolded.”

She had dark circles under her eyes and was scared of something.

Kyle approached Marie and called out to her.

“Are you all right, goshujin-sama?”

When Marie noticed Kyle and Kara, she turned only her gaze to them and became teary-eyed.

Then she started to talk, but gradually her emotions could not be suppressed.

“I didn’t think they’d screw it up in such a short time. What’s the hell upfront investment to make money. Why can’t they just be quiet a little bit. Do they know how hard I had to work to get a decent livelihood.”

Currently, Marie and the others are under the patronage of Leon.

As for living expenses, they are paid by Leon, and the amount is not small.

And yet, thanks to the five idiots who had screwed things up during spring break, she was already short of money.

It was still not enough to pay for the repairs and other expenses, so she had to ask Leon for extra financing.

Marie cries.

“Creare’s out of town and what am I supposed to do? I am going to get scolded again. Even though it’s not my fault!”

Kyle and Kara also pity Marie when they see her struggling with the five idiots.

At the same time, the five idiots were upsetting them.

If Marie is having a hard time, then of course they are going to have a hard time too.

Just when they thought that they might be able to lead a stable life under Leon’s patronage, it happened.

But now that it has been done, they have no choice.

Cursing the five idiots here will not improve the situation, so Kyle suggests what they can do now.

“Goshujin-sama, I have a little money.”

“Eh?”

Kyle took out the money from Yumeria that he had been holding so carefully and offered it to Marie.

He felt sorry for Yumeria, but he also felt a strong desire to help Marie if she was suffering.

(If it is to help someone, Mom will forgive me, right?)

With that in mind, he offers to spend this money.

“We should be able to live for a while with just this.”

When Marie received the envelope, she started to smile more and more ―― But she noticed something was wrong right away.

“Wait. Why does Kyle have this much money?”

As Marie questioned, Kara seemed to wonder as well.

“Maybe the money you earned from a job?”

They thought, could it be the money that Kyle earned? Kyle honestly told them where the money came from.

“No, it’s a remittance. Mom said she had some extra income and wanted me to spend it as I wanted. So I thought it would be better to use it for everyone’s good.”

When Kara heard it, she was moved to tears by Kyle’s kindness.

“Kyle-kun”

But Marie pushed the envelope back to Kyle.

“I can’t take it”

“Goshujin-sama?”

To Kyle’s confusion, Marie stood up on the bed and put her hands on her hips.

“After hearing that story, there is no way I’m going to take that! That money is for you to spend on yourself. Use it carefully. Absolutely!”

“B-But”

Despite being short of money and in a difficult situation, Marie did not accept Kyle’s money.

Marie is very motivated.

“I’ll do something about the money. So, Kyle, put that money away. H-Hurry up. While I’m still sane.”

In fact, Marie would like to rely on Kyle’s money, but she’s determined not to.

Kyle stares at the envelope.

“I’ll do that.”

Kyle embraces the money sent by Yumeria.

Seeing that, Marie and Kara smiled and nodded.

“That’s good. Your mother will surely be pleased.”

“That’s right. I think that might be better. But, Marie-sama? What shall we do about the money issue?”

When Kara asks her about her financial problems, Marie responds with a wry smile on her face.

“I-I’ll do something about it.”

Part 3

Marie was holding her head when she was alone.

“How can I use his mother’s remittance for living expenses? And the reasons are so ridiculous that even I’m hesitant!”

Both Kyle and Kara had left the room, and with no one else around, she could scream as she pleased.

She picked up a pillow and threw it against the wall, venting her annoyance.

“It stings! It stings with pinpoint accuracy to my regret! I was playing with my parents’ money in a previous life, and it stings like hell and hurts my heart!”

Previous life. Marie got some money by pretending to her parents that it was for certification and traveled abroad with her friends.

The misfortune that followed after that and the loss of her parents’ trust is still a trauma for Marie.

“I want money for living expenses, but if I touch the remittance for Kyle, I’ll be finished as a person. If this happens, I’ll get down on my knees to ask aniki for living expenses.”

Marie was going to get down on her knees to her brother in her previous life to get money for her living expenses.

.

Afterword

What did you think of “Otome Game World is a Tough World for Mobs” Volume 8?

This is the author, Mishima Yomu.

This time, I tried to put together a story that would serve as an intermezzo.

Now that the Republic Arc is over and a lot of the heavy stuff has been taken care of, I wanted to talk about something lighter.

That’s why the main story was about Nix and Dorothea.

Actually, this character, Dorothea, has already appeared in the questionnaire benefits.

Since she did not appear in the web version, many readers may not know about it.

If you are interested, please fill out the questionnaire and enjoy the bonus SS Marie route.

And the next volume will start the story of the third otome game in earnest, and I think Leon and his friends will play an active role in it ―― maybe.