Before the student council president election (5)
As the election for the student council president draws near, the academic atmosphere is getting hotter.
There seemed to be some outline among the students as to which candidates would come out. Among them, the interest in Princess Fenia in particular seemed to skyrocket, and even students who had no interest in anything other than academics were waiting for her declaration of candidacy.
“As of this morning, Lortel Keheln has announced that he will run for president of the student council.”
The information brought by Claire, the escort knight, also made Princess Fenia a bit perplexed.
“The Elte Chamber… Lortel Keheln…? Are you talking about yourself?”
“Yes.”
Princess Penia tilted her head and revealed her curiosity.
Lortel Keheln is the real power behind the underworld, not the kind of person who seeks to occupy a position in the foreground.
In addition, it is Lortel who is looking at the practices of the Elte Company. There is no way he could even hold the office of the student council president because of the heavy workload. If he really rose to the position of president of the student council, it would be safe to say that he would hardly see the work of the upper body.
I didn’t think I would make such a choice because of Lortel’s personality.
However, it could not be seen that Claire’s information was wrong. This is because he always carefully selects and brings only double and triple verified information.
“It’s not unusual… What is certain is that if she, who is still holding the living quarters, becomes the student council president, she will be able to rule like a king in this Sylvania. As much as possible… I want to stop it.”
“If you are a princess…”
“But… I have no intention of becoming the student council president.”
Princess Fenia cut out Claire’s mantra.
After putting the teacup down on the grand table in the private room of the royal residence… After thinking for a while, Fenia finally came to a conclusion.
“I need to go see Miss Tanya in the guest room.”
*
“It’s a situation where you can’t just hide forever. Miss Tanya.”
Even on the first floor of the imperial residence, guests have to go deep into the hallway and turn several times to get out.
It was a secluded space where no one could enter unless it was the cleaning staff.
Due to the geographical characteristics of Aken Island, which is located on the outskirts of the empire, it is rare for a noble guest to come to stay. Therefore, guest rooms were built according to architectural conventions, but did not fulfill their role.
Still, it served as a home for Tanya, who had run away, so now that I think about it, it wasn’t a total waste.
When Princess Penia entered the room, Tanya was sitting still at the table and trembling.
“Princess Phenia…”
“I don’t know how close Ed Rothtailer was to Lortel Keheln during his lifetime, but… Anyway, the merchant seemed determined and intended to secure Miss Tanya.”
The figure of Lortel, who always defended Ed Roth Taylor, was clearly remembered by Princess Fenia.
It was not known what kind of relationship the two had, but at least to Lortel, Ed was able to infer that he might be a very meaningful person.
“Anyway, whatever Tanya is going to do, she must first get rid of the charges of killing Ed Roth Taylor.”
“But… even if I think about it, if I have this kind of circumstantial evidence, I think I’m the culprit. It’s not… it’s not a good situation.”
“…Then, I have no choice but to ask Tanya-san’s opinion.”
Princess Fenia swept her shiny platinum hair to one side and sat down at the table opposite Tanya.
When I look at a girl with fiery blonde hair and features that resembles Ed Roth Taylor, I recall the man who died out of nowhere before he could even pick up on her mistakes.
Although he is no longer in the world, he could promise not to repeat the same mistake.
“If Miss Tanya didn’t teach you to kill Ed Roth-Taylor, who the hell was in charge?”
That question is also related to the question that Princess Fenia had been holding for so long.
The deep and deep darkness of the Roth Taylor family is unknown. If even a fragment could be found and mined… Helping Tanya wouldn’t be in vain.
“that…”
Tanya lowered her gaze and hesitated.
Cadek and Knox, accused of being murderers, are longtime vassals of the Roth Taylor family.
The status of a vassal is not just an individual, it means beings carrying the prestige of the family on their backs. They were also educated to be careful about every single thing they did so as not to tarnish the family name.
What is the probability of such a person committing a murder that has nothing to do with the will of the family?
Even if they came to this land called Aken Island as a dispatched person and stabbed and killed the master they had served in the past… it’s absolutely not arbitrary.
Things got tangled up and the crime itself came to light, but in any case, there must be a black screen that ordered such a murder.
“That… thing… maybe…”
Tanya knows too. If it wasn’t for him… there aren’t many people who could instruct Cardek and Knox to take such extreme actions.
I could think of even the most likely suspect.
It’s… a father whom I respect a lot, Crepin Rothtailer.
No one else can order Kadek and Knox to kill Ed Roth Taylor.
“…”
Just by looking at Tanya’s hesitant appearance, Princess Fenia was able to infer what was behind it. This is because Princess Penia was also a person who had doubts about the infinitely dark Crepin Roth Taylor.
Still, there was no further inquiry there. The fact that her father, whom she believed and followed all her life, did such a thing without any fuss… For Tanya, it would be a difficult fact to accept.
“…The reason Kadek and Knox came to this Sylvania… To assist me is just an excuse… Actually, to kill my brother Ed.”
Suddenly, as if she had finished organizing her thoughts, Tanya slowly opened her mouth.
“Miss Tanya…”
“I was just… a puppet.”
Tanya nodded her head and spoke quietly.
Looking back, Tanya’s life has always been like that.
How many times have you ever achieved something by judging yourself in everything?
After growing up, he has been refining his strength under Ed’s tyranny, which has lost its taste.
After coming to Sylvania, the only thing he had done was to raise his nose and walk around as if he had accomplished anything in the glory of Roth Taylor.
Nothing in Tanya’s life could have been achieved entirely on her own if it hadn’t been for Roth Taylor. Except for the fact that she was born into a precious family in the first place, she is just a girl of that age who only studied a little.
That fact struck me again, and I sniffled the tip of my nose with my head bowed.
Still, I didn’t shed any tears. After a while, when he looked at Penia with his head stiffened again, the frightened look had disappeared quite a bit. It was really impressive to Fenia that she tried to hold back her tears even if she was forced to put on a strong expression.
Every single member of the Roth Taylor family is so arrogant and greedy that it’s hard to believe.
Fenia, who fell into such a prejudice and sent Ed away. Now that I see Tanya like that… Little by little, the prejudice against Roth Taylor that was inherent in her psychology is breaking down.
“I will also run for the student council president election. Princess Phenia.”
“It will not be easy. He’s even been charged with murder.”
“That’s right, it won’t be easy… Even for the people who helped me in this predicament, I shouldn’t just be so dazed.”
Tanya nodded her head while holding her skirt tightly.
“He’s a father who didn’t even care about Ed’s brother. The reason I suddenly made such an extreme choice is probably because… I wrote about my brother in a letter announcing my current situation.”
“…that is…”
“yes that’s right. In a way… it was me who brought Ed Brother to such a horrific end.”
Of course, it cannot be called a sin. Tanya just gave an update as usual.
I couldn’t have predicted that it would lead to Ed’s death.
However, the situation unfolded like this.
“I came to Sylvania and checked something. He is no longer an older brother, but many things have changed in Sylvania, the land of learning. Until the day my brother passed away, I couldn’t let go of that doubt until the very end, but now I can admit it.”
I remember the time when I went to Ed’s camp and was served tea.
In the end, Edra does not believe in the person’s heart and resents the past self for not being able to clear the eyes of suspicion.
After coming to Sylvania, the land of learning, devote himself to his studies, and meet many people, Ed’s feeling that he has become as normal as before. It was so sudden that I couldn’t even admit it. Because of that, he couldn’t give him a sweet smile at Ed Roth-Taylor, who was so kind to Tanya.
If even the cause of death is his own, he has no choice but to carry it.
The only way to atone for the dead man is to survive carrying that weight and not let Ed’s death be in vain.
Will returns to Tanya’s eyes. Even the empty eyes began to shed their own light to some extent.
“I will stand on an equal footing with Lortel-senpai, and I will take a power that cannot be recklessly influenced by me. At least on this island of Aken… you can’t threaten me recklessly.”
“It would be very disadvantageous to run for the student council president in the current state. Most of all, he is in a state of being under investigation for a murder teacher.”
“It’s still just a ‘suspicion’ and a ‘suspect’, but my charges haven’t been finalized. Technically, I’m not a criminal yet. There is no reason why you can’t run for the student council president as long as you end this seclusion right now and get a good investigation. In the first place, Kadek and Knox are silently shutting their mouths, so it can be safely said that my charges will not be confirmed unless other evidence emerges.”
Of course, it doesn’t end with just the question of whether or not you can be a candidate for the student council president election according to the regulations.
Being charged with murder would be an absurd flaw as a candidate in an election campaign. It is highly likely that it would be excessive arrogance to challenge the position of the student council president with such flaws.
However, in Tanya’s face, there was a will.
When Princess Fenia saw Tanya like that, a soft smile flowed out.
“Then let me… officially support Miss Tanya.”
There’s no way Tanya doesn’t know how important the official support of Princess Fenia is.
At the same time, the fact that Princess Fenia would be a huge political burden…
When Tanya opened her eyes and looked at Phenia, she lowered her gaze as if not to worry about it.
“I also owe Ed Roth-Taylor an unpaid debt during my lifetime.”
There are many meanings in the eyes that are closed gently.
The point is that he cannot stand still and watch the whole school take over by the cruel merchant.
The point is that he can’t just leave Tanya in a corner.
Also, the feeling of debt for not being able to apologize to the dead Ed Roth Taylor in the end… makes Penny raise Tanya’s hand.
Who could have imagined. It was a union of Fenia Elias Chloel and Tanya Roth Taylor.
*
[G, can I talk to you now? ]
[Leave it alone, please. Mug If it was something you were meddling with, I would have called you right away. ]
[ But… You’ve been sitting on a rock for two hours and haven’t even moved. It’s going to be high tide soon, so shouldn’t you be slowly entering the cave? ]
[ I think Ed is an idiot. When the water comes in, it will move on its own. ]
I could hear Laysia and Mug talking to each other.
Perhaps it was because he sat quietly thinking about it for a while, and the spirits seemed to feel a little strange.
Spirits do not always reside in the vicinity. High-ranking spirits who are in a fluid state and wander around, or have strong self-reliance, sometimes work separately… Spirits that have been attached for such a long time are not as common as you might think.
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Mug and Laysia almost lingered around me with nowhere to go, so whenever I noticed something strange, they would whisper like that. On the other hand, Merylda rarely spends time just being around. The whole island wanders around as if it’s mine, and when it’s important, it pops up in a flash, so it doesn’t really matter.
“Hmm…”
What I had been thinking while sitting on a rock was the conversation I had with Lortel.
– ‘I will sell the seat of the student council president.’
– ‘It will not be an easy journey, but the return is as great as the effort put in.’
＜Failed Swordsmanship of Sylvania> Act 3, Scene 2, Student Council President Election.
If my memory is correct… This is a stepping-stone episode before the subjugation of the mid-boss of Act 3, ‘Claude, the Alchemist of Disaster’.
This is a scenario to show the change in the composition of the characters around the main character, Taylor.
The villain, Tanya Roth Taylor, keeps competing with Princess Fenia until the end… and is ultimately defeated.
It comes out as a boss, but there is no particular battle scene. This is because the student council presidential election is nothing more than a competition for power within the academic department.
The main character, Taylor, was determined to actively support the power of Princess Fenia. Not surprisingly, Taylor was bullied by Ed Roth-Taylor at the beginning of the school year. It is inevitable that such Taylor will always be hostile to the members of the Roth Taylor family.
So the same goes for Tanya Roth-Taylor. In the first place, Tanya is also a character consumed as an arrogant villain.
Anyway, Taily is on the side of Fenia to persuade the students. Of course, in the scenario, there is no way to persuade all the students to do something reckless. If you make the player do that one by one, they’ll get bored and fall apart.
So Taylor’s job in the screenplay was to… meet the seniors in each grade and convince them to support Fenia. Systemically, the support of the seniors in each grade acted as a variable in determining whether a candidate was elected or not.
If you convince more than 5 out of 8 people who can be persuaded, Penia will be elected, and Tanya will be defeated in an ugly way after resisting horribly.
In the process of persuasion, various sub-quests required by each character are broken, and the quest conditions required by each student are all different. I still remember the part that gave me a headache.
“I know that the support of senior students is important…”
I muttered to myself and swept my chin again a few times.
The number of persuasive is limited to two centrists in each grade level.
First-year Magic Department Chief Joseph, Alchemy Department Chief Claude.
2nd year Combat Team Chief Clevius, Alchemy Department Chief Elvira.
3rd year Combat Team Chief Drake, Alchemy Department Chief Atalante.
4th year Combat Team Chief Dyke, Magic Department Chief Traceiana.
Having the support of 5 out of 8 votes was a key condition for winning the election.
First-year Combat Team Chief Wade is already supporting Princess Fenia, and fourth-year Alchemy Division Chief Dorothy is already supporting Tanya, so it is out of the question.
In addition, Lucy, the 2nd year Magic Department chief, and Yenika, the 3rd grade Magician chief, didn’t exercise their right to vote. Lucy is annoying. Yenika is completely neutral.
“Hmm…”
It should have gone that way if it was true, but the truth is, of course, now that the story has come this far, it is twisted here and there.
The cracks that appeared little by little from the first act had snowballed out of control by the third act. It is impossible to imagine how the electoral structure will change at this point.
So, it is greed to want everything to go through the story as I know it.
However, I hope that Princess Penia, who will be of great help in the fight against Crepin in the future, seizes power, it is my hope that the original composition will go on.
Even if I couldn’t match every little flow, it was convenient for me to match the big flow to prepare for the future.
But… I couldn’t get over the words Lortel had said.
– ‘I’m going to make Tanya the student council president first. at any cost.’
With the undulating waves in the background, she sits on a light brown rock and hugs her knees and smiles.
It is clear that there must be thousands of guinea pigs inside, the colossus of Elte.
When asked why he wants to make Tanya the student council president, the girl in his memory answers.
– ‘Yeah, it’s your younger brother.’
The answer is nothing more than a model answer that Lortel put together in his head.
If Lortel’s plans always end here, a deeper part remains.
So, I can’t stand by the situation right now.
However… it is unclear what number to take. First of all, this is because I am officially ‘dead’.
I think it will be easier to move around in many ways if I have to finish this useless pretending to be dead quickly.
*
“Relevant submissions are gathered here. You really are running for student council president, deputy governor of Lortel.”
“Oh, thank you. Lianna’s secretary. You can leave it there.”
Lortel hummed what felt so good, and gave brief instructions to the red-haired cutie’s secretary.
As a Lortel who handles most of the work directly without a secretary, Lienna, a junior employee of the Sylvania branch of the Elte Chamber of Commerce, thought it was nothing special when she got the job. Clearly, the workload was too much for Lortel to take on the tasks related to the student council elections.
The strange thing is that he voted for the student council president even though he knew it clearly. Are you really planning to beat the company if you win?
“Representative of Lortel Hoeju. I…”
“Let’s not ask unnecessary questions.”
As if Rienna knew what she was wondering about, Lortel did not stop flipping through the papers and answered slowly.
“Anyway… I have no intention of becoming the student council president.”
“Yes? Then these documents…”
Suddenly, Lortel’s hand, which had been dancing on the paperwork, stopped. Ink slowly spreads under the quill standing still.
“Would you like to ask only what is necessary?”
Although it is the most loving and beautiful smile in the world, Rienna suddenly felt goosebumps and apologized. And I quickly closed the door to the office and left.
Lortel, left alone, hums again and moves the quill.
“Anyway… I know everything…”
Tanya Rothtailer is afraid of Lortell. Because on the surface, Lortel seems to think Tanya killed Ed.
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Maintaining that position and openly hinting at retaliation, Lortel becomes a ‘whip’ to press Tanya.
On the other hand, whether it’s Fenia or Tanya… they’ll have a strange sense of debt to the officially deceased Ed Roth Taylor.
The psychological debt that he did not even recognize the man’s sincerity, treated him harshly, and left him alone until the day he died… does not go away easily. It is even more so when you consider the personality traits of the two.
If you leave it as it is and fan it, the existence of a man named Ed Roth Taylor in their consciousness will become more and more special and develop into something like a sanctuary that cannot be touched.
Then, when Ed Roth Taylor comes back to life, if the accumulated debt and reward mentality only blooms then, the recognition and action of a man named Ed Roth Taylor will be a ‘carrot’ that is hard to deny for the two of them.
To do that, if you continue to provoke a sense of debt to Ed Roth-Taylor, it could eventually drive you to the point where, when you wake up, it’s all in Ed’s hands. The human psychology becomes more extreme the more it is driven into a corner. The whip for him is Lortel himself.
It is the art of subjugating someone in the palm of one’s hand, oscillating between repulsion and recognition, and adjusts it to suit one’s own.
Holding both a stick and a carrot in his hands, he slowly pushes the next student council president into my hands, like a puppeteer controlling a puppet.
Half of my life has been spent coordinating with people in the world of Sangdo. The muddy power struggle is now as natural as breathing for Lortel.
*
“You know, Bell.”
“24 days and 3 hours left.”
“…”
Now it was a bell that popped out of the answer like an answering machine.
However, the date does not decrease.
Lucy sat on the chair in the private room with her knees bent, and clicked the chair at an angle.
– Kudangtang!
Then he lost his balance and fell over. He collapsed on the floor and looked up at the ceiling, but the world was still motionless.
“Kill me……”
“It can’t be.”
“Kill me….!!!”
He was reflecting that he would never again become swept up in emotion and make a riot, but apart from that, there was still two-thirds of the price he had to pay.
silence.
“…”
Only the face of Bell, the head of the maid, who stood gracefully, was shining brightly as if he was relieved in the world.
Lucy’s face was so wild.