How to Survive at the Academy chapter 107

Student Council President Election (8)

The student council president election is one of the most popular events at the beginning of the semester.

In particular, it is the time when Beros, the former student council president, who served two years in a row, graduated. Although Beros had been in office relatively moderately and quietly, he was a decent student council president who completed his tenure without major accidents while arranging opinions between the academic staff and students in his own way.

What is the seat of the student council president of the Sylvania Academy?

While being able to exert substantial influence on Sylvania’s operating policies, it is a place where, if desired, several student personnel, including the head of each department, can be mobilized.

Also, its symbolism is never light. Students who have once served as the student council president in Sylvania are often selected as management personnel in various towns, royal palaces, and cities with only that experience after graduation.

In the case of a person of good ancestry, it can be an opportunity to enter the political world centered on the emperor, so it is a place that any high-meaning student dreams of at least once.

The open space from the front of the Obell Hall to the entrance of the Student Square was already filled with many students. The crowd was so large that the bachelor’s department sent a separate security guard.

The podium on the first floor of the Obell Hall was not small at all, but it was unclear whether his voice would reach the crowd at the very back. Of course I’ll use amplification magic, but that’s not perfect.

“That is all.”

– Wow!

There were a total of four candidates for student council president. Among them, the two people who received the most attention were Lortel and Tanya.

The heir of the Roth Taylor family, who ran with the support of Princess Penia, and the deputy head of the Elte Company, which practically controls the economic sphere of the student residence.

The confrontation between the two was viewed with interest by both students and academic staff, but only now to some extent have the results been seen.

– The next student council president, Lortel!

– If you’re a leader at this age, leading the top… I’m sure the student president will do well too!

– There is no one more suitable for the student council president than Lortel Keheln…!

– You can feel the sincerity in your promises…! In the first place, why would a person representing Elte Corporation want to do something like the student council president? It must be because it has a clear meaning!

– Trustworthy and pushable…! The next student council president is Lortel!

As Lortel said her final goodbyes and came down from the podium, thunderous shouts poured out. Lortel, who showed off her presence by waving her arms on the way down the podium, finished her turn well by arranging the look of her gorgeous dress with a lot of lace.

Lortel has no intention of becoming the student council president.

Those who know about it are, at most, only a few of the employees of the Elte Company.

However, if you see Lortel leaving the office with a smile amidst the shouts of the public… It is not at all strange to say that he is elected as the student council president as it is.

Lortel, who has been living as a merchant all her life, can’t really give up the work of the Elte Company and focus on the office of the student council president, but Lortel’s appearance now seems to be doing everything she can to become the student council president.

Even the public response is overwhelming.

He has proven his ability for a long time as the real power of the Elte Chamber, and the selection of a promise as if he knows the taste of the public seems to scratch the itch.

In addition, the public opinion among the seniors is quite good by appropriately releasing various political funds through the bachelor’s staff.

‘The higher the prestige, the more attention it attracts when it falls.’

Lortel continued to wave her arms and smiled in her eyes.

Lortel had a lot of enemies, as much as her deeds were splendid. When you work for the public, you can’t always live with your allies alone.

In particular, if there are any forces that can hold a grudge against Lortel, it will be many customers who have no choice but to nod their heads in response to the various demands pushed by the Elte Chamber.

If it’s the most recent case that can be used as an example, maybe it was the fact that they didn’t deliver food to Laplace Bakery. It was a case where the problem was the rude owner who tried to get supplies first by placing excessive orders. It wasn’t very pleasant.

To summarize… Because of the position that Elte Sanghoe is in charge of the commercial area of the Saengyeong-dong, it has used various public reasons to inflict tyranny on the business partners in the living-dong, almost equivalent to a tyranny.

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Most of the time, the cause was justified, but from the standpoint of the victim, it doesn’t really matter.

All of them must have held a grudge against Lortel, but they must have been unable to express any dissatisfaction with Lortel’s growing prestige.

Lortel is a person who takes advantage of even such resentment.

‘The data must have been all around by now.’

Lortel, who had completely descended from the podium, removed the ornaments that adorned her body one by one. Blue rose-shaped hairpins, earrings with dark red beads, and ruffled laces. Every time I removed such pretentiousness one by one, I felt like I was finally returning to being a merchant.

In front of the podium, Secretary Lienna and Minnie Dunn were waiting in a respectful position. They were employees of the Elte Company.

Lortel gave the naked ornaments roughly in their hands, and went into the first floor of the Obell Hall with her hair loose.

“Kadek and Knox?”

“They escaped as planned.”

“like. What data have you spilled on the customer side?”

“I asked for the bait. It will probably be exposed during the election period.”

A short conversation with the secretaries. Lortel, who had heard only the necessary report accurately, looked at the square again from the entrance of the Obell Hall.

A huge crowd of people all chanted Lortel’s name, but Lortel’s expression turned cold.

She already knew it well. Public support is like seawater, and it comes in like a high tide, and sometimes it washes away like an ebb.

In the data released by Elte Trading Co., Ltd. to its customers in Saengdong-dong, the situation of embezzlement of the company’s funds led by Lortel is recorded. Of course, this is the material Lortel himself created.

In the first place, Lortel thinks of herself and Elte as one body, so there is no reason to embezzle the company’s funds.

The only thing that mattered was that he needed a scratch to pull himself down.

There is no way the vendors who harbor a grudge against Lortel will pass up such a good opportunity. In order to scratch Lortel, who has built up a capable and moral image… I will expose the circumstances of embezzlement and its immorality to the world.

As long as the reporter’s anonymity is guaranteed to some extent, there are a wide range of customers who will hit Lortel’s back.

Such an embezzlement case is a fatal scandal for the position of the student council president, which requires integrity.

It will be an opportunity for Lortel, which had been widely supported by the public, to fall in an instant.

If so, all the spotlight will surely come to Tanya, another candidate who stood in opposition to Lortel. The contrast effect will be the most dramatic.

There is a strange catharsis in the fall of the gentleman.

The moment when the person who was supposed to rule the world falls in vain is the moment when all the public’s eyes come together.

If he can seize that moment and use it as an opportunity to reveal Tanya’s stamina… Lortel is willing to turn the public into enemies.

Because that’s the most money.

“Representative of Lortel Hoeju. Are you really okay with this plan?”

Suddenly, Lienna’s secretary asked Lortel. It was an off-topic question.

Lortel lived his life as a villain. He is not a person who hesitates to take on the role of a villain.

Notoriety and disgrace will follow, but to Lortel, they are only a part of the body.

Lortel is not the type to show off my presence on stage while basking in the light. Usually, they stand behind the veil.

Therefore, it is important to carefully select the person who will stand on the stage.

“Oh.”

There were four candidates for the student council president election this year. However, the two candidates ahead of Lortel had little power and less interest, so it was meaningless.

However, the next person to stand on the podium was the one who received the public’s attention in many ways.

“You seem nervous, Tanya.”

Tanya, who was going to step up to the podium next to Lortel, stood in front of Lortel with her mouth shut. The hand holding the skirt was trembling.

You have to pass Lortel like this, go up to that podium, and declare your candidacy.

In a place where the whole crowd is chanting Lortel’s name, he must convince the public by being suspicious of him, bearing the weight of a murder teacher.

That’s almost torture. Tanya, no one else, had to deal with it herself.

“I…”

At Tanya’s next words, Lortel was a little surprised.

“I… didn’t kill my brother Ed.”

Looking straight into Lortel’s eyes, the manner in which he spoke was quite firm.

Almost two weeks after Ed went into seclusion.

He ran out of the dormitory of the imperial family, quarreled with the academic investigators who doubted him, and, trying to prove his innocence, made a forcible march to prepare for the election for the student council president.

He looks exhausted, both physically and mentally. However, there was quite a bit of vitality in his strong attitude.

Just looking at Lortel, the trembling and dying figure is no longer visible.

Standing upright on an equal footing, speaking only the facts as they are.

After Tanya had finished talking like that, she passed Lortel and made her way towards the podium.

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There was a creepy silence.

The crowd of students gathered in the square was really huge, but not a single word was spoken.

Compared to the sound of roaring Lortel’s name just before, I wonder if it’s the same scene.

If you stand right on the podium and look down, you can see the faces of the students.

Senior 1st grader Wade and 4th grade senior Dyke are standing in front of the students looking at them.

In addition to that, in the corner of the crowd, Clevius, who had unwrapped all the bandages that had been wrapped around him, was seen in the corner of the crowd, and Elvira’s face was also seen on the other side.

At the very back, the swordsman Taylor looked up with her arms crossed, and his companion, Ayla, leaning her head on her shoulder and looking at him.

In addition, Master of Flying Magic Onyx, Principal Assistant Anise, Calamity Alchemist Claude, Youngest Researcher Joseph of Magic Tower, Reagent Conversion Specialist Dorothy, Romanticist Bard Adele, Elemental Magic Master Tracyana…

A place full of talented people like Sylvania’s Gira Castle, to the point where you might wonder what the meaning of reciting each one is.

Standing straight in front of him, Tanya opened her mouth.

“hello. This is Tanya Roth Taylor, who will be running for student president this year.”

Even the weak and small candidates who came before Lortel gave them a round of applause when they greeted them.

But the crowd was completely silent. Still, there were a couple of applause sounds from various places for a while, but most of the crowd didn’t even move, let alone applause… The sound of applause stopped in an instant.

Suddenly, she raised her head and looked ahead, then Tanya took a breath and swallowed.

Each heavy gaze seems to hold its breath. Although he is not being booed directly due to the prestige of the Roth Taylor family, hundreds of thousands of cold eyes seem to ask Tanya.

What kind of presidential election does the murderer run? Have you ever been so greedy for the power of the student council?

The horrifying sight, depending on the personality, is not strange even if it remains a trauma that will last a lifetime.

“Huh, uh…”

For a moment, Tanya stopped breathing, but somehow she didn’t show anything.

Tanya continued to speak with her mental strength as strong as a rock.

“I… stood on this podium—”

For a while, Tanya’s words continued.

However, even after 5 minutes and 10 minutes, the public is completely silent.

It is the exact opposite of the previous attitude of applauding whenever the flow of speech was interrupted or the primary conclusion was reached.

Somehow, he continues to speak, but Tanya feels it enough. Now this silence is an unspoken pressure on Tanya.

Take it easy and go down. no one supports you No matter how much support he received from Princess Fenia, even if he was a descendant of a noble duke family… I don’t think he would ever be a talented person to assume the position of the student council president.

Tanya clenched her teeth and continued speaking, but in the end the public did not respond.

I forced myself to hold back tears. If you show me shaking here, it’s really the end of everything.

You can stand right in front of this only if you put an iron plate on your face until the end and act as if nothing happened.

Tanya continued to talk about practical restoration of several student facilities, practical improvements to the financial structure of the school, expansion of the scholarship system, and various concrete plans to improve student treatment… but no one listened.

So, the time for the speech came to an end.

“Then… so far…”

– Killer!

what kind of courage No, it was more correct to say that I didn’t have the courage.

Hiding in the crowd, leaning on her anonymity, a voice screams at Tanya once in a while.

That cry… like a drop of poison in food, it had a weak but sure effect.

A feeling of pressure, as if choking on her throat, stopped Tanya’s breathing. Still, Tanya miraculously managed to shake her head.

But the next word doesn’t come out. My legs are shaking and I want to sit down right now.

– Please explain the murder teacher charges!

– There are rumors that it has something to do with the internal strife of the Roth Taylor family, are you denying it?

– If you look at the information in the student newsletter… it’s like…

– Is it appropriate to run for the student president election in this situation…?

– I don’t know…! But if you’re like me and enter Sylvania with a Roth Taylor business card, you’ll want to try for a seat in the student council president…!

– That’s right. Once you’re elected, it’s great…!

– No, he doesn’t even say a word about the accusation of a murder teacher…?

Then, the murmur started to grow louder little by little.

Some of them are whispering in their ears, others are talking quietly… But just hearing some of them makes Tanya’s eyes widen.

It was at this point that Tanya began to feel nauseous. Unable to stand upright any longer, I supported my staggering body by gripping the podium.

In fact, it was reckless.

It is foolish to stand on the podium like this in such a situation. Still, I didn’t want to run away.

The only thing Tanya Rothtaylor did when she entered Sylvania was to be surprised, swayed, and run away. I have lived my life with my head bowed down and only looking at opportunities, but when the opportunity came, I was so pathetic that I was only trembling.

“Then… thank you… for listening so far…”

Tanya, who managed to throw a closing remark, grabbed her mind in the world that seemed to be spinning. At least on this podium, I didn’t want to look unsightly.

Even if I could finish everything and go back to my room and squeeze my tears while clutching my pillow, I had to remain a strong human being in front of this crowd.

– Kwadangtang!

But, did things in the world always turn out the way I wanted them to?

In the end, he could not overcome the psychological pressure and fell to the floor without being able to descend the podium.

It was as if he had tripped over a stone beak… and faint laughter flowed from the crowd.

-f**k suck!

– Kkeuk!

– Ooh, don’t laugh…! You’re funny too…!

Leaving behind the roaring crowd, Tanya grabbed my face. At least there shouldn’t be enough tears.

Still, the grief ate the chest little by little. Should I say that I have reached the limit now?

Now was the time to think that I had done enough.

—The turning point in life, as always, came suddenly, without warning, like a gust of wind.

– Paah!

The wind blew. It wasn’t the gentle wind of late spring, it was a huge storm.

– Whoa!

– What, what… all of a sudden…!

Banners decorated near the podium fluttered in the wind, and the students all grabbed each other’s bodies.

There were students who fell from time to time, and there were people who managed to get their sights around their waving hair.

As the wind that had been raging for a while calmed down, all the crowds that had gathered took their breath away. Even the security guards who were supposed to take control of the situation stuck out their tongues.

– What, what is that…!

– Uh… Ugh…!!

– Oh, you don’t have to run away…?

Bigger than a large podium… A wolf the size of a house was standing tall in front of the Obell Hall.

It appeared suddenly as if it had leaped into space, but it was only a manifestation by borrowing Yenika’s sensibility.

– Whoa!

The wolf’s cry echoed in a grand way to the student plaza. On his back was a boy in a robe with a familiar face, Yenica Palerover.

– I, that’s…!

– High Wind Spirit! It’s a high wind spirit…!!

– I’ve seen you manifest in a class assignment test…!

Some students recognized the wolf’s appearance.

It was the freshmen who witnessed the image Ed summoned from the top of the right mountain. It was brought out in the first place because I wanted you to know.

The fact that he appeared with this wind spirit is the most direct proof that someone is not impersonating or acting as this boy’s identity. Because there are not many people who can handle high wind spirits, even within this school.

Tanya had also seen the spirit manifest. This is the image of the spirit that my brother, Ed Rothtailer, was dealing with at the Altar of Alteration.

A boy in a robe climbs onto the podium. As Tanya sat down and looked up, the blond boy’s face was clearly visible under the robe hat.

I tried to say something, but Tanya’s voice didn’t come out. Even if he tries to say something, all the words are blocked from the bottom of his chest, probably because of the emotions that are rising.

“Ah… well…”

At the sudden and unrealistic sight, I wondered if I was hallucinating right now…

“You suffered too much because of me, Tanya. I’m really… sorry.”

As the calm, subdued voice flowed into my ears, I was convinced.

“There are not many things to explain, but let’s solve the situation first.”

Ed knelt down on one knee and gently patted Tanya’s back, who was sitting there.

Wasn’t he a man who lived his whole life with hatred? He is a man who has only defiled Roth Taylor’s name since then, and has only been regarded as a subject to be condemned.

When I looked at her face again and felt a hand pat on the back, tears began to well up.

Ed stood up and put down Rob’s hat. When his face was revealed to the whole world… the crowd that had gathered made a sound of black surprise.

– Me, that… That person…

– Ed Roth Taylor…! Obviously… right…

– I also took an elemental science class together, so I know… it’s really… Ed Roth-Taylor, who was told that he was dead…!

– Impersonation…? Isn’t that a pseudonym…?!

– Idiot…! Look at that high spirit…! How common are people who can handle things like that?!

Standing in front of the chaotic crowd, Ed straightened the podium.

Ed made the sound of clearing his throat a few times, and the silence returned in an instant. Everyone listens to his mouth, and the atmosphere of the audience is overwhelmed in an instant.

What is the first line to be uttered?

First of all, is it possible to explain why you are alive? However, it cannot be simply explained or circumscribed. That’s something to do slowly.

In the first place, this is the place to declare your candidacy for the student council president election. So, is it right to tell the right story for the moment?

Above all else, what we need to fix right now… is the public sentiment towards Tanya, who has been shattered.

The only person who can do it the most straightforward and certain is… Ed Roth-Taylor himself.

“Hello, this is Ed Rothtailer.”

His influence may be negligible for the students as a whole, but it extends to the head of each department. And well recruiting the department heads is the key to this student council president election.

“I wasn’t even killed by Tanya Roth-Taylor, and in the first place, I’m more of a supporter of Tanya than anyone else.”

Sophomore overall head Lucy Meirill and sophomore overall senior Yenica Palerover will follow him if he persuades them.

In addition, the second-year Combat Team Chief Clevius admits him inside, and not only Jigs, the Vice-Chancellor of the Ministry of Magic, but also the Chief Elvira of the Alchemy Department, is in a position to recognize him for his abilities.

Joseph and Wade, the first-year magician’s chief, also… I’ve heard of that skill, so I don’t know how much Ed Roth-Taylor’s support means… it hurts my mouth to explain more.

Even with the support of Princess Penia, it is possible to solidify the candidate’s position. If his support is added to this, the weight will jump.

However, for Tanya, before such political gain and loss…

“Please, so that Tanya’s will can be conveyed well, I am always supporting you as a family.”

Sitting on the podium and swiping his face over and over again… Seeing Ed’s back like that… I just get out of breath.

What springs up is the memory of long ago, when we climbed the duchy’s garden together.

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Maybe it was because the back of Tanya, who was exhausted and gasping for breath on the uphill road, was seen overlapping again.

Although we are already living in a time far removed from the distant past… Memories of that time have constantly whispered to Tanya. If it’s hard, there will come a time when you will surely be rewarded.

The morning is so bright because the night is long, the time must come when the darkness of my life will come to an end.

Every night, Tanya had been whispering to herself like that.