Jackal did not appear in the auditorium until the voting was over. with a cast on one hand.
“Jackal, are you okay?”
“You were worried. Where, help me?”
It was an uncomfortable body, but he was bitten by the hands of his gang. Then, with a graceful gait, he entered the voting room and cast his vote. And as he returned from voting, a boy spoke to him.
“I have something to tell you, Jackal.”
It was John. A red spark flew in the jackal’s gaze as he faced him.
“I have nothing to say.”
“It’s a trade offer. Let me meet Miri.”
The nurse told me that Johan wants to meet one of his family’s circus performers. But the jackal couldn’t fathom the relationship between the two, much less had any intention of arranging them.
The jackal glared at John and said.
“Well. Don’t you think you can give me what I want?”
These were the words John once said to the jackal. John said with a bitter smile.
“Tell me anyway.”
There was nothing I couldn’t say. Jackal said in a cold voice.
“First place in the election for the grade president.”
And both the Jackal and John already knew that it would be useless to speak. The dice of the election board have already been cast. Because he was almost the last voter. John gritted his teeth and said.
“… I’m sure you can’t.”
The jackal added to John, who looked down at the floor with a grim face.
“By the way, if I become the grade president, consider that the comfortable school life is over, Johann Esperts.”
John, the developer, knew. When did that familiar line come out? Originally a meticulous personality, Jackals do not declare war like that before an unknown battle.
The only exception is when the jackal’s liking for you hits rock bottom.
just like now
The voice of the head of the Election Committee was thrown at the two people standing face to face without saying a word.
“Just now, the vote counting has been completed. We will call the names in turn, starting with number three.”
Jackal and John’s heads turned toward the podium. The head of the election committee waited for the children’s murmur to subside before speaking.
“First of all, votes where the family name was entered incorrectly or the name was written incorrectly were treated as invalid. There are 22 invalid votes in this election. And there were 91 people who got 1 vote.”
Gidduk- and laughter passed between the children. It was the effect of random numbers spread by jackals. A lot of kids took pictures of themselves. This made it an advantageous situation for Jackal, who had been preparing for the election by firmly enlisting each person.
“I’ll call you by name from third place.”
In fact, neither 3rd nor 2nd place means anything. Because the academy doesn’t have the position of vice president. However, the head of the Election Commission spoke in a stern voice as if it were preliminary work to shine first.
“The third place is John of the Espertz family with a total of 29 votes.”
John seemed to hear a beeping tinnitus.
‘I’m third?’
Intermittent applause could be heard from the surroundings. It was a dark feeling for John. The intrusion after the circus performance eventually turned into a handshake.
And the surprise didn’t end there. The Election Commissioner said:
“The second place is Jackal from House Frodo with a total of 33 votes.”
A crackling sound came from the jackal’s mouth. And his gang made more fuss than the person himself.
“Hey?! second place? Nonsense.”
“Isn’t that wrong?”
The jackal was silent. He wanted to tell his gang to shut up. Few things in the world are as unseemly as the fuss of the losers. Applause continued at him, but it sounded like jeers in the jackal’s ears. The jackal thoroughly controlled his expression, but he couldn’t help it until his face turned red.
The words of the head of the election commission continued.
“The first place to become the grade president of this year’s first grader is – who got 41 votes”
Then John and the jackal doubted for a moment that they had heard wrong.
“This is Miss Ida of the Hermes family! Big applause!”
Amidst the applause, John and Jackal’s heads turned sideways. And the person called was also facing John.
she said bluntly.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
John didn’t say anything, and Evangeles next to him barely opened his mouth.
“I heard that even slugs have a knack for rolling… .”
Ida gave a snort at her brother and looked at Yohan alludingly.
“Brother John.”
“… why.”
“I’ll make sure you don’t forget today.”
Ida winked slightly at Yohan, and Yohan felt a chill.
In the scenario he wrote, there was no case where Ida won. Because she won’t run for any route.
Facing the crowd of people flocking to her, Ida replied with a wonderful smile. Loud cheers erupted from all sides—particularly among the girls.
“Come on, Miss Ida of the Hermes family! Please come to the front of the church.”
Ida made her way towards the church. It was an elegant gait worthy of a protagonist. Don’t let anyone get in her way, the crowd in front of her split like a wave.
“From now on, Ms. Lee Da-yang, who is coming over there, will be acting as the grade president for the first-year students for one year. Since I was elected according to the will of the students, I hope that you take care of what the students want and fulfill your role without shame as the school year president.”
Ida remembered as she walked out. The boy who came to the social party she hosted.
A jackal from the Frodo family who proudly spoke out about his aspirations.
The words the jackal asked Ida to go out with.
Although he did not accept the fellowship, he realized something while watching it.
For example, she is a woman who can make someone a king. And she didn’t think that a woman’s happiness was the only way to be chosen by the best man.
‘I can become a queen and take a man.’
Then Ida stood on the podium.
Like a newly elected queen.
The head of the election committee stepped back a little and said.
“Now, let’s listen to Lee Da-yang’s election speech. is the sheep? Say something to the students.”
Ida nodded her head cutely and looked down at the students. Cute beauty with pigtails that have been braided in a dainty way.
This contrasted with Adrine, who had previously been on the podium, and made her stand out.
“hello. I am Ida of the Hermes family.”
The turmoil subsided at Ida’s greeting.
Ida was a child who cared as much about her voice as she did about her appearance. Some students opened their mouths slightly at the sound of her pretty voice echoing in the auditorium.
“Um, I mean. I don’t know much about business or anything like that. Hehehe.”
Some of the children smiled as they saw Ida sticking out her tongue during her speech. And Ida didn’t care what that laugh meant.
“So most of them will just do what everyone else did.”
The jackal glared at Ida, swallowing his resentment, and Johann looked up at her, dumbfounded.
“I just want one thing to be made clear here. Please listen carefully, especially female students.”
The female students who were paying attention to Ida’s words were confused. She spoke to all the female students as if declaring war.
“If anyone has the confidence to beat me, please challenge me fairly.”
challenge?
Even the children who knew Ida well tilted their heads. The election was over and the results were out.
But Ida was not talking about elections. She looked down in the direction where Adrine was standing and said.
“Isn’t this must be fate?”
“… … ?”
“Two men and women from the same territory came in first and third in the election, right?”
Several children’s eyes turned to John, and John screamed inwardly. And Evangeles actually let out a sound that resembled a scream.
“That child… I’m spitting out words right now… .”
The murmurs intensified. And Ida said, ‘If you say that, what’s second place?’ I had no intention of listening to such a protest.
“So, if you have the confidence to beat this fate, go for it.”
Ida looked at John with unchanging eyes.
she was sure This seat couldn’t be a place to get the authority of the school year president. No matter how you think about it, this place was for the confession of a girl who had liked someone for a long time.
Ida said as if putting an end to her impressions of winning the election.
“Brother John is mine.”
Cheerful cheers broke out among the children, and Ida was sure.
it’s destiny
***
Between dormitories A and C.
Inside the vast grassy area of the academy.
At the feet of the two men and women, what they were looking for appeared. It was a shoulder-width door hidden under a pile of brush. A square-shaped wooden door that was chained and locked again with a large padlock.
The woman looked at the map in her right hand and the door beneath her feet.
“Looks like this is right… . Seeing how it was locked, it’s kind of creepy.”
Drurrr.
In her left hand, 52 cards were being shuffled. The other day, it was Piralo who gave the aptitude test to the first year students of the academy.
While she observed the door, her husband turned to look at the clock tower.
3:09.
There were still five minutes left until the time I had promised with Ong. Noguchi said to his wife who knocked on the lock.
“Before entering, shall we decide on a position?”
“great.”
Pirallo held out his left hand, which was still shuffling, to Noguchi. Noguchi snatched one of the shuffled cards with his quick hands.
The card depicts a scholar walking with an umbrella. Noguchi said calmly.
“It’s Igparasia (scholar). i defend you attack.”
“Good. I didn’t like getting blood on my clothes.”
“… I do all the laundry anyway.”
“I hate being buried. Anyway. He takes the lead.”
The couple sorcerers play their own deck of cards. Noguchi nodded and tossed the card he had picked up at his wife again. Then he took a deck of cards out of his waist pocket.
The composition of the card itself is the same as my wife’s. He tossed his deck of cards into the air.
Shasasasasasat.
Instead of falling to the floor, the cards thrown by the wizard began to gather in an orderly fashion towards a single point. The regular movements of the 52 cards gave off a geometric feel.
The gathered cards maintained a certain angle and distance, filling the gaps between each other. Thus, the shape of all card hands was a shape familiar to people.
A solid circle, reminiscent of the round shields of warriors. Noguchi flicked his fingers and moved the circle around. And then another voice came to Noguchi.
“The weather is nice.”
It was a young voice.
The couple looked in the direction the sound came from. There, a little white-haired child who must have been 10 years old was toddling around with a yo-yo.
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Noguchi couldn’t treat the kid badly.
“You came back as a child, Ong.”
“yes. It’s annoying when a lot of people recognize me.”
“How old are you?”
“9 years old.”
A straight waist and bright, round eyes. Except for her natural white hair, there was no sign of aging anywhere. Pirallo looked at the little boy, Ong, and said,
“Every time I see it, I get a little envious.”
“what?”
“I don’t think you need to take care of your skin separately.”
It was a boring joke, but Ong laughed. However, unlike Pirallo’s light tone, Ong’s magic was not simply about not aging or being able to transform.
This mystery was what allowed him to be called the Archmage. Original age is an indicator of the cumulative amount of time applied to a person. However, for Ong, the wizard of time, the indicator has a slightly different meaning.
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Noguchi asked while bending his waist a little to match Ong’s eye level.
“A 9-year-old you, what are you good at?”