The Protagonist’s Party is Too Diligent

And surprisingly, there was still more to let go of.

Thinking back on it, the girls around me were actually quite reserved for teenagers.

Then again, they had been raised as nobles, royalty, or imperial family members.

Even Claire—who had the most energetic personality of us all—was from a baron’s household.

In fantasy novels, barons are often treated as the lowest of the five noble ranks, but in reality, a baron is still a landowner. It's by no ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) means a low-status family. Claire had simply been naturally lively. She’d still received a thorough noble's education.

So in a way, I might have been the only one who’d really shown her true self over the past few months.

I’d revealed my home, dropped my stoic mask, exposed my hobbies... even gone through situations I never want to remember again.

Looking back, I was the only one who had fully let myself be seen.

Everyone else still had plenty they hadn’t said.

The first to step forward with some honesty was Claire.

“......”

We all stood, silently, staring at the poster Claire had taped to the wall.