*Halloween special part 

[Royal Court game ~ Love, schemes, and immorality] is a Japanese R-18 dating simulator game.

So naturally, that world had a Halloween event too.

October 31st.

This was the day when the whole country celebrated the festival of costumes. Because it was a Japanese game, Halloween was held in traditional Japanese style. Beginning from the royal palace where the Halloween party was held, the residents of this country were so festive natured that you would find people cosplaying no matter the place, or so was the consistency.

I usually worried about the dress at this time every year, though I also had fun choosing it. However, this year, I was told that I didn’t need to worry about it by the Queen.

On Halloween morning, I was visiting the royal palace at the invitation of Her Majesty the Queen.  

The Queen was waiting for me in her personal room with the girls’ group of the imperial guard and court ladies. Before I could properly greet her, she signaled the court ladies who were waiting on the sidelines.

“I have a costume I want you to dress in. Elsa, bring it.”

The court lady offered me an unfamiliar dress. 

The dress’ fabric was as if multiple purplish feather-like light silks were overlapping. When I took it in my hands, it was surprisingly light and felt good at the touch.

“What is this?”

“It’s a dress from the Kingdom of Wilhelm. What’s more, it’s the number one trending crown princess version!”

“That means it’s Queen Lydiana’s…”

The story of a girl who became the Queen of Kingdom Wilhelm was also a popular topic in our country.

It wasn’t popular only because the festive natured citizens of our country Romus flair arbitrarily up the marriage of somewhere’s royalty. 

His Highness Fredrick, the crown prince of the kingdom of Wilhelm, was renowned for his absolute perfection.

He was a very handsome man whose fame echoed throughout other countries. His marriage was said to have brought upon the sighs of many ladies. Even among the young ladies of our country, there were so many who had wetted their pillows with tears that they were hard to count.

According to the Queen, who was very well aware of the ins and outs of other countries, His Highness Fredrick was infatuated with Queen Lydiana. Her Highness Lydiana was also a woman fitting for the affection of crown princess and highly praised by the Queen herself for Her Highness Lydiana’s beauty and intellect were equally matched. And, she was also cute in a surprisingly careless way.

The citizens in our country were in a celebratory mood at the wedding of the two, and even their portraits were sold in the castle town. It was true that even I, who was used to seeing beautiful captured characters, was surprised at how beautiful he was.

With that being the reason, the Romus country had been engulfed in the Wilhelm kingdom’s unprecedented boom lately.

Geez, just as I reconfirmed that laid-back and carefreeness was this country’s national trait, the Queen let out a tired sigh.

“I wonder if my son will ever have a wife like her…”

“Well… maybe someday.”

It was the people’s right to dream about anything after all.

“Anyway, leaving that aside, please try it on. I had it specially made with Wilhelm cloths, flawlessly reproducing the Lady Lydia’s version to the last detail.”

“Who doesn’t know about the excellency of Her Royal Highness’s seamstresses? It would be my pleasure to try it on.”

No matter the time or age, beautiful clothing made a woman’s heart jump in excitement. If I let the chance of wearing a Wilhelm kingdom dress slip out of my hand, I might not have had the chance again.

I borrowed the adjacent room and decided to try it right away.

However. 

“My Lady…”

“Angie, don’t say anything. Leave me alone for a while.”

I refused to talk and sank in sorrow.

It couldn’t fit it around my waist. Not even a bit. It was not the type of dress where I could just breathe in and try to make it fit.

I wondered if there was a mistake when making the dress. No, it was impossible for the Queen’s seamstress army to make such rudimentary mistakes. 

In other words, the dress was perfectly reproduced. It seemed like Queen Lydiana had quite an amazing waistline. I would like to think it was by no means because my body build was too good. 

Only my breasts were barely bigger than hers.

It took me a while to console myself and get back on my feet. 

After I finally recovered from the shock, I secretly called out the seamstress group. 

“It’s tough for me to say, but I want to make some adjustments to some parts.”

When they compared the dress that Angela had unfolded and me, it must’ve been my paranoia that I felt pity in their eyes.

Because the Queen personally employed them, not only were they skilled with their hands but also disciplined. They adjusted the size while keeping the original design without saying anything unnecessary.

Three people were in charge of tightening the corset. When I tried the tweaked dress, the only thing I could say was that the hardship was very well worth the effort.

The empire line dress, which made the most of the fabric’s light elegance, was different from what I was used to in this country and was very elegant and pleasing to the eye. The same clothed choker inlaid with the amethyst adorned the neck, accentuating the low cut beautifully, giving off a neat and elegant impression despite my breasts and shoulder wide open.

“It’s so beautiful, Lady Philia!”

The seamstresses gave me high praises. I received their compliments without constraints, thinking they were praising the dress.

“It’s much slimmer than our dresses, and the body line is directly protruding out.”

“Yeah, it’s more difficult to wear, but it’s hard to deceive when the body lines are clearly exhibiting.”

“Young lady, I’m sure it would be even more magnificent if it could be tightened three centimeters more.”

“Any more and my bones will break, you know.”

I was currently challenging my limit.

Never in my dreams had I thought that Halloween’s dress-up would turn out like that.

When I returned to the Queen’s room, not only Luca but the Crown Prince Alphonso and Laurenz were there to greet me.

“My God, Philly, you look fantastic!”

“It’s even better because your body curves are jutting more than when you’re wearing the usual dresses.”

“Well… anyone can look good with fine clothes.”

“Phi… You look beautiful. I really want to destroy the eyes of the man who looks at you.”

I guessed I didn’t need to explain who said what. So I just smiled gracefully like a lady, mostly to deal with the complicated compliments. I planned to take the fact that the seamstresses frantically worked hard to expand the waist to my grave. 

Anyway, the ladies’ group was very interested in Wilhelm’s rare dress and were squealing around like young girls. It was hard for the men to understand a woman’s passion when she was engrossed in beautiful clothes, and although the male group took a few steps back, Laurenz approached while smiling suspiciously.

“Well, Phily, leave the king’s flower to me.”

“What do you mean?”

“I heard that the flower symbol of the royal family is carved on the chest of the person who’s going to be the Queen of the Wilhelm royal family. Well, it can’t be engraved on you, but I will draw it for you.”

“On… my chest?”

“Yeah, you have to be particular about it.”

I couldn’t help but look at the smiling man with contemptuous gaze who said to leave it to him unabashedly. I was very well aware that I was looking at him as if he was a poisonous worm.

Just when I wondered what to say to that man who had nothing but ulterior motives, Luca silently crept behind his back and whispered something in his ear.

Immediately, blood was drawn from his face, and his smile disappeared… I wondered what he said. I really wanted to know that one magical sentence that could make him obedient, but I also felt like it was better if I didn’t ask him.

Anyway, when the annoying man was finally quiet, I noticed that the Crown Prince was trying to leave the room nonchalantly.

Luca, who made that annoying man silent, swiftly got in the way of his exit.

“Where are you going, Your Highness?”

“Why, I just thought that I should also change my attire.”

“It seems it was not only the fabric for the dress that Wilhelm had sent, was it?”

“H-How did you… I should have ordered the Fred attire in absolute secrecy!”

Everyone’s interest turned when they realized there was also His Highness Fredrick’s costume.

Even the Queen seemed unaware of that, so she put the folding fan on her cheeks in surprise.

“Oh my, when did that guy… I wonder if he had asked Lord Fredrick.”

“Is His Highness acquainted with His Highness from there?”

“Yeah. They are almost the same age, and their position is also the same.”

“That’s…”

He must’ve been compared recently. I secretly felt pity for the Crown Prince. As I wondered why he wanted to cosplay as him, Luca turned his cold gaze at the Crown Prince, who was strangely flustered.

“Will His Highness wear it? If Phi is Her Highness Lydiana, then naturally, I should be the His Highness Fredrick.”

“You idiot, I’m the Crown prince like Fred. I don’t think there’s anyone more fitting than me to do that!”

When the Crown Prince claimed that, I was sure everyone had the same thought, “Yes, stop there” in their heart.

Laurenz spoke out suspiciously.

“Al, just because you’re the crown prince doesn’t mean you can put both of you in the same category. It’s disrespectful.”

“D-Disrespectful? What do you mean?”

“He’s the Crown Prince of absolute perfection while you are the Crown Prince who digs his own grave constantly.”

“You’re being disrespectful!”

“Are you not aware of that? It’s really pathetic.”

“Well now, Luca should calm down too. Taking this opportunity, I would like to say I will be the His Highness Fredrick…”

“Please, the irrelevant person should shut up.”

Suddenly, a contest of who would cosplay His Highness Fredrick ensued. 

Just as the female group was watching over the arguments that I could only think of as playing with each other lukewarmly, the door opened with a high-pitched bang.

“What are the brats making noise about?”

When I turned to look at the man who voiced that, everyone, including me, was wide-eyed.

“Father…”

“Oh, Philia, do you think it looks good on me? I will escort you to the party in this.”

My father, the Duke d’la Love, was full of smiles in His Highness Fredrick’s attire.

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