I Shall Break Off Our Engagement For You
[Chapter 3]
Translated by: ME
Silas, who belonged to the Royal Knights and was highly regarded even among them, possessed extraordinary pride.
Even Felicia, who was engaged to Silas, was envied for Silas's swordsmanship, so it was easy to understand his desire to boast about it.
"Silas's sword and Felicia's poetry. The two of you are truly a perfect match."
"I envy you for having such a wonderful fiancé."
At the academy and social gatherings, they were often praised in this way.
Poetry refers to the poetic composition taught at the academy, or creative works also known as poetic tales.
It is close to prose that includes short stories, and together with singing, it is an evaluation point for girls' education.
In the upper grades, that is, at the age of fourteen, education at the academy becomes separate for boys and girls.
The school buildings also become separate, and they receive completely different lessons.
Boys mainly focus on martial arts such as swordsmanship, horsemanship, and jousting, as well as games including politics and strategy, while girls' education focuses on needlework, how to use a loom, embroidery, reading and writing in Latin, singing, and writing stories and poems.
Singing and poetry are considered important as accomplishments for ladies even after graduation.
Among them, poetry has opportunities to be recognized in class or selected for the "Royal Anthology," which is published twice a year, and the evaluation criteria were clear.
There was also the path of becoming a royal poet, and there was a trend of gathering respect from those around you when you achieved good results.
Felicia was often recognized in class, and her poetic tales published in private anthologies were well-received.
Last year, she was also selected as an honorable mention in the "Royal Anthology."
Felicia never bragged about these things, but her friends at the academy supported her.
They would say things like, "I hope you win the highest prize in the 'Royal Anthology' someday."
When encouraged, she thought about making it a goal.
However, for Felicia, writing poetry was just a part of her life.
She enjoyed writing itself, loved poetry itself, and didn't mind making an effort, but she didn't really think about getting evaluated for it or becoming someone special.
Maisie often said that she "loved" Felicia's poems.
She praised specific content, such as how wonderful the knight was, or how good the scene where the protagonist connected with the knight was.
Among those praises, she would sometimes give advice, saying, "But maybe that part could have been done this way..."
Receiving advice is helpful for better creative work.
Felicia tried to listen to people's opinions as much as possible, but Maisie's suggestions seemed like a mere imposition of her own preferences and were not very helpful.
Maisie also takes the same class and writes poetry.
Felicia often thought that she should just write as she liked in her own creations.
Maisie, who usually wrote poetic tales with meanings and intentions that were difficult to understand, was sometimes recognized in class.
Poems with very well-done parts were selected.
It was only that one part that was praised, but they were all things that gave a vague impression of "having seen it somewhere before."
She couldn't say for sure when or where she had seen them.
But somehow, she just felt like she had "seen it somewhere."
The reason she felt that way would become painfully clear later, but until she understood the reason, she just felt like she had "seen it somewhere."
Everyone around her also praised Maisie for being selected, saying, "That's amazing."
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