My older sister is a villainous rich girl.

"Beep beep beep... beep... beep beep..."

In an inconspicuous, empty classroom, a secret meeting is being held.

All the attendees were dressed in black pointed cloaks and wore masks, obscuring their true faces.

"News Item 1: Recently, the relationship between Lord Wayne and Lord Geli has progressed rapidly. Someone saw them having lunch together at a tea restaurant in the public service area, seemingly plotting something."

Another mysterious person said, "Second piece of information: When Lord Wayne was in tutoring class, he often finished his test papers ahead of time and kept jotting something down on scratch paper. I casually walked past him and saw the title 'Prince Richard's Conquest Plan'."

"News item three: Someone saw Lord Wayne handing a stack of bound draft papers to Lord Geli after class one day, but the contents of the papers are currently unknown."

After gathering information from various sources, the cloaked figures present exclaimed in unison, "Could it be! Lord Wayne wants to withdraw from this forbidden love with His Highness the Prince?!"

"Our Beautiful Boys' Love Protection Association will absolutely not allow such a thing to happen!" the group said again.

At this moment, a girl said timidly, "But didn't His Highness say that he had already fallen in love with another woman at first sight?"

"Idiot! That must be an excuse His Highness is using to reject other people's confessions because the other person's magic is powerful and they appear and disappear unpredictably!"

A taller girl with a higher-pitched voice exclaimed excitedly.

"Or perhaps you've developed doubts about His Highness's chastity and want to leave our Beautiful Boys' Love Protection Association?!"

Unbeknownst to them, the atmosphere had turned somber.

"Eh?"

Seeing the dark, unwavering gazes directed at her in the dim light, the less assertive girl stammered, "I...of course I didn't doubt His Highness..."

"That's good!"

It seemed that the one in the pointed cloak who was leading the group had made the conclusion.

"In short, we must thwart Lord Wayne's plan to desert his post, and that third party, Gothel Edgeworth, must be suppressed!"

The remaining pointed cloaks responded with high spirits.

"roar!"

……

"Have you finished reading all the travel guides I gave you?"

At the corner of the stairs, Wayne reiterated to Goth the importance of his strategies.

"I've finished reading it..."

Goethe hesitated before asking, "But will those methods really work?"

"Of course!" Wayne declared confidently. "Trust me, a professional; you can't go wrong!"

What a joke! Those are the essence of my watching countless anime since I was a child. Countless famous characters have fallen for such beautiful scenes. Wouldn't it be easy to make an ordinary Mary Sue character like Prince Richard?

Wayne gently nudged her shoulder and whispered, "His Highness is here, prepare!"

Ge Li immediately pressed himself against the armrest, peering at the other end to see what was happening.

His Highness was carrying a small booklet and was slowly walking up the stairs.

Ge Li gritted his teeth, tore open a piece of bread that he had prepared in advance, and put it in his mouth.

With the encouragement in Wayne's clear eyes, she gathered her strength and prepared to rush down.

"Your Highness!"

Suddenly, a girl shouted, stopping Richard in his tracks.

On the stairs, the prince turned around, puzzled. "What's wrong?"

"Is this your handkerchief that you dropped?"

The girl held up what she was holding.

Richard lowered his head, felt his pocket, and pulled out half a small white handkerchief.

He shook his head and said, "It's not mine."

On the stairs, Ge Li let out a long sigh and exchanged a glance with Wayne.

"That was close, thank goodness we didn't plunge straight down."

"Oh, I see. Then it might belong to someone else... I'll go ask around elsewhere. Sorry." The girl left apologetically.

His Highness turned around and lifted his leg to continue upstairs.

Wayne spoke silently, a reminder: "Get ready!"

Ge Li's heart tightened, and he leaned forward slightly again.

Just as she was about to rush out recklessly, another voice suddenly came from downstairs.

"Your Highness!"

Richard stopped in his tracks. "Hmm?"

Another girl appeared behind him.

The girl looked hesitant and said, "Just now, I saw the head of student affairs downstairs. He seemed to want to talk to you about something..."

Halfway up the stairs, Ge Li gripped the handrail tightly, extremely agitated.

She almost bit off a piece of bread from her mouth.

Wayne gestured to her with his eyes, suggesting that she not rush and wait for the other person to finish speaking before taking action.

"Okay, I see him after I go back and put my things away."

Richard said nonchalantly.

He then quickened his pace, taking three steps at a time to climb the stairs, wanting to get back to the classroom first.

"Go!" Wayne raised his hand and gestured with an eyebrow.

Ge Li, like an arrow released from a bow, carrying a piece of bread in its mouth, dashed out like the wind.

"Oh, right!"

His Highness seemed to suddenly remember something and turned around.

"Whoosh—" A gust of wind blew past from behind.

"Hmm?" Richard was puzzled for a moment. "Did something just pass by?"

"...No, I don't think so?"

"Never mind." Richard didn't dwell on the matter. "I'll go see him first; there's something very important I need to tell him."

Upstairs, Wayne covered his eyes, unable to bear watching.

……

Back in the classroom, he saw Ge Li slumped on his desk, his entire body ashen.

"It's okay, don't be discouraged. Maybe this strategy just isn't right for you. But we have many other different plans, just try the next one," Wayne comforted him.

"Like singing on an empty rooftop?" Ge Li said listlessly.

Mentioning this strategy, Wayne immediately became excited. "Yes, when he hears singing in the corridor, he'll be curious and go up to see what the girl making such a beautiful voice looks like. Then, he'll see that slender and delicate figure in the sunset, and then... he'll quickly fall in love."

Ge Li looked at him with an expression of pity for someone with intellectual disabilities: "You're two floors away. You can't hear her singing from the rooftop at all."

Oh no, that was a miscalculation!

"Uh..." Wayne tried to salvage the situation, "So, like last time, you played alone in the orchestra room?"

Ascletis reluctantly agreed to the revised plan with some skepticism.

then.

After a day of classes, Wayne, under the pretext of wanting to learn more about Professor Conley's research, kept dragging the prince into discussing the application of magic in daily life.

When it's almost time...

"Oh, right!" Wayne exclaimed, feigning surprise. "Professor Conley is waiting for me to report to his lab. I have to go now."

He hurriedly packed up his paper and pen. "Richard, let's continue our discussion tomorrow."

After saying those words, Wayne disappeared from the classroom in the blink of an eye.

His Highness did not doubt his intentions, but sighed helplessly and slowly walked out of the classroom.

Strolling down the somewhat empty corridor, Richard stretched his arms in relief, preparing to leave the teaching building.

But from the other side of the corner came the beautiful sound of musical instruments.

Richard stood there and listened quietly for a while.

He smiled and sighed softly, "The orchestra must be practicing hard again. They're really putting in the effort."

Then, without turning his head—

I went downstairs and left.

Wien, hiding behind the door of an empty classroom, stared wide-eyed at the scene before him in disbelief.

"How is that possible! How could an anime protagonist perfectly avoid options that advance the plot when faced with such a typical romance scenario?!"