How to Survive at the Academy chapter 108

Before the Student Council Election (9)

the sun rises

Is it dawn at the end of a long night? The light was so dazzling that Lucy felt faint for a moment.

“You have worked hard, Miss Lucy.”

30 days from the start of probation. After a long hardship, we finally met the morning of escape.

Bell Maia, who stopped by Lucy’s room as soon as she left for work, handed back the key to the room she was managing.

And the door, which had been tightly closed for almost a month, finally opened slowly. It was impossible to describe how special the sunlight that came in through the cracks in the door was.

“The probation is over, and now you can freely move in and out of the dormitory according to your schedule. However, you must abide by the internal regulations of the school.”

“finally…!!”

I was led by a momentary emotion into a riot, and then lived in hell for almost a month. Trapped in the corner of the room and staring blankly at the ceiling, I regretted how much I regretted it.

Even the insight of Bell Maia, who pinpointed the core of the punishment that Lucy suffered the most, was getting sick of it.

Lucy herself is unaware of how profoundly that one riot had a profound effect on the composition of the subsequent student council president election. However, you will be able to realize that the atmosphere of the bachelor’s degree, which came out in one month, has changed a lot.

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More than ten days have passed since the day each candidate declared their candidacy for the student council president, and the election campaign, which has produced many rumors for a while, is coming to an end.

Election day is getting closer, and the structure has been fixed to some extent, so it is difficult for any more election campaign to have much meaning.

“The smell of flowers…”

Of course, to Lucy who comes out to the rose garden and looks up at the sky with her hat pressed on… Such stately information is not important at all.

Savoring the wind from outside after a long time, he stretches with a squeaking sound.

Lucy wants to go out to all kinds of places as much as she’s been out for a while… But, the first place she wants to go has been decided.

*

“A sophomore in the Ministry of Magic, Ed Roth Taylor.”

Will he get caught up in a death case, or will he come back alive again? As he is a key figure who has been making a fuss in the center of all kinds of incidents, he has been investigated to the extent that he is really sick of it.

During the student president election within the bachelor’s school, the number of surveys I received will easily pass the double digits.

I went to testify not only to the investigation and inspection departments within the undergraduate school, but also to the faculty, as well as to the official investigation led by the 3rd dean, and was busy pouring out all kinds of testimonies and writing papers.

Now, when I wonder if the investigation is really over, another explanation arises, and then I went on a research tour from the beginning again, and repeating the same thing over and over again, so I was really sick of it.

With all the investigations coming to an end, I followed Dean McDowell into the Trix Hall, assuring that this would be the last thing to ask for cooperation.

How the heck can we be sure that this investigation will be the last? I know how things will work out.

With that thought in mind, I followed Dean McDowell, and soon realized. This conversation is truly the last.

Needless to say, Chief Dean McDowell guided us to the largest room above the Trix Hall. It was the principal’s office.

“Sit somewhere comfortable.”

Inside, the headmaster of the school, who had the authority to close all these cases, was seated, Principal Obel Forsius.

Guardian Obel.

Short haircut and clean copper-colored skin. He is close to his sixtieth birthday, but he looks quite young. In fact, compared to the elder professors, he was on the young side, so he was recognized for his skills rather than his age.

As I sat down on the reception sofa, Principal Obell swung his magic. Then the tea set moved on its own, and a cup of fragrant tea landed on the conference table.

The secretarial staff is an obel with a policy of minimizing it as much as possible. He was a person who did the job of getting the car out himself.

“I have read all the research papers. I must have been really struggling. To be subjected to such an incident, I apologize for the inexperience of security management at the academic level. I’m sorry for the damage.”

Obell sat in the principal’s seat like that and acknowledged my hard work and the inexperience of the bachelor first.

In fact, it’s like a greeting to soften the other person’s heart even a little. Still, there was no need to think too harshly, since they were giving the least amount of consideration.

“no. The opponent has been meticulously and deliberately prepared… It seems that it would have been difficult to prevent it with a security management level response.”

“I’m grateful that you said that from my point of view, but well… what about the reality?”

Obell had piled up the documents he had been investigating and reporting from all kinds of academic facilities on his desk.

I am aware of all the testimonies I have given.

In fact, the reality is that it is difficult for a person who climbs to the top of the bureaucracy pyramid to grasp all such details.

However, Obel is a poisonous species that reads every report document without removing a single toe.

As a manager, he has a great temperament, but as a subordinate, he is a person he doesn’t want to enter. Most of the people who left their names in history were often like this.

“Did I say that it was thanks to the ‘Del Heim Hourglass’ that I was able to survive even though I was stabbed by a dagger with an extremely poisonous mark and fell down a cliff? I wouldn’t even ask how you got your hands on such high-end tech supplies. It’s not something that the average student would carry around, though.”

“I have no intention of hiding it. I made it myself.”

“The crafting technology itself is rather simple compared to other machinations, but the material would never have been easily available. The amount of time spent on the production itself would not have been normal.”

“I asked someone I knew personally to help me. I spent almost the entire winter vacation making it.”

Having said that, Principal Obell narrowed his eyes and did not ask any further questions.

If you had the eye of Ober, you would have easily figured out that there is some kind of contact point with the Elte company when talking about material procurement. You must have known enough information about me.

I don’t want to pretend to be Elte’s company for nothing, and I am well aware of the fact that Lortel will only lose her strength if she gets involved more than necessary.

“Since then, they have been adrift in a cave at the bottom of the cliff… they were found and rescued by Yenica Palerover. What I did right after that was to run to the podium where Tanya Roth Taylor was speaking and defend her, right?”

“Yes that’s right.”

“I will say it outright. It felt very contrived.”

Obel put down all the papers and leaned against the back of the chair.

“It was as if he had been quietly hiding until things calmed down. Are my predictions correct?”

“What can I say about that? If that’s the principal’s opinion, I have no choice but to say no.”

“The reason I even summoned you for something that could have been handled with paperwork was with the intention of putting an end to this pretense fight.”

I have been making consistent statements, so even reading such a pile of documents, the contents will all be similar.

I was stabbed by Kadek and Knox and fell off a cliff, barely surviving and drifting. That was all the facts I was talking about.

“I don’t know how the internal strife of aristocrats like Roth Taylor ensues. In the process, terrible things such as someone getting stabbed to death or disappearing will often happen. It’s really unfortunate, but anyway, from my point of view, there’s no way to know what’s going on, so I don’t know how to deal with it. So I don’t even have the heart to delve deeper into the matter.”

Obel spoke quietly with her arms on the armrests.

“However, in this case, the problem is that it happened inside the university. I am the person in charge of this school, so I need to accurately judge the minimum facts and report them to the Imperial Family.”

“It is a wise word.”

“However, looking at your deeds and inferring… It seems that you just wanted to remain as a ‘dead’ person externally… Well, at least in a few months, the rumors spread from Aken Island to distant lands. I would.”

It is not a person who has survived the post of principal for less than a day or two. Usually, a person who has been holding this position for several decades has a few serpents inside.

If you don’t have that kind of insight and insight, you can’t survive.

“From my point of view, it would be correct to announce that you are alive under the hot springs. The basic report on your death has already been reported to the imperial family, but there is a need to correct and re-report all of those things.”

“That is also true. Even in Sylvania, the holy land of academics, it would be a good example for a subject to strictly observe the duty to report to the imperial family.”

“It would be more realistic than that. It’s about evasion of responsibility. It’s a bit of a naked story, but I’m not going to say it back.”

If a report is made to the imperial family, the news will be delivered to Crepin, who sits in an important position in the imperial family, in an instant. It’s not a very good thing for me.

“Kadek and Knox, who were charged with your assassination, escaped from Aken Island. It probably smells like a power under the water is involved, but I’m not going to question it. The problem is that our bachelors have to take the blame for that.”

“…”

“Even though he was excommunicated, a former nobleman was assassinated within the school, his younger brother was pointed out as the culprit, and the criminals escaped with the help of some kind of force. In fact, if you don’t reveal the fact that you’re still alive, it’s hard for a bachelor to take responsibility for it. So it is natural to want to make it clear that there were no casualties.”

After all, once you reach a high position, you have no choice but to react sensitively to the issue of responsibility.

Even the obel, which is said to have risen to the ranks of an archmage, cannot deny the fact that it is, after all, one of the parts of the bureaucracy.

If a correctional report were made to the Imperial Family at the academic level, the news would come to Crepin at a different rate than the news spread through simple rumors.

This is because Crepin also serves as the prime minister of the imperial family and is a close aide to Emperor Chloël. Most of the news that enters the imperial family also reaches his ears.

“That’s why I called you to ask you one last time.”

Obel’s speech seems to be sloppy, but in reality, it is straightforward.

We’re going to put it all down and talk about it one last time.

Summing up his words, it’s such a hot way to say something like this.

I will report your survival to the Imperial Family. In this way, from the perspective of the academics, the subject of responsibility is reduced even a little.

But looking at the research data, it seems like you want to be recognized as a ‘dead person’ for the time being, since you’re good for a few months.

Still, it’s difficult for a bachelor’s degree. So I’d like to report, what do you think?

I was called to read all my intentions, understand even my position, and finally ask for your opinion.

All of this was accomplished by only reading the report of the document, so he has a deeper perspective on the situation than other academic staff.

There is no such murmuring about why your family’s internal strife comes to a bachelor’s degree and causes damage to such a bastard. In the first place, there are a lot of variables in running a bachelor’s degree, and he understands that fact deeply.

“If the goal is to let things go as quietly as possible, it might be better to defer the report of my survival.”

I told the story coherently.

“As you might have guessed, it was my father, Crepin Rothtailer, the head of the Roth Taylor family and the real power of the imperial family, who instigated my death.”

“Like I said, I have no intention of delving into the internal affairs of the family.”

“What I want to say is… that other assassination attempts will only be repeated if I make my survival public. If you want to do it, you must do it… in the end you will do it one way or another.”

In the long run, it will only increase the number of cases that the university has to bear.

In the end, I have no choice but to align my position with the position of the bachelor as best as possible.

“And, there is nothing burdensome about putting off the report of my survival until later. There are many excuses. It took time to figure out the facts, the return and review of documents, the disappearance of Pabal due to bad weather… Well, things like that. As I do that, I’ll wait and see whether or not I’ll report the facts of my life.”

“I wonder if there is any reason to do it at the risk.”

“It is rather an act of reducing risk. You can watch the situation.”

I continued the story slowly, fumbling the tip of the teacup with my finger.

Close your eyes and imagine.

Crepin Rothtailer, sitting in the royal office, sees and receives the documents.

All sorts of things were reported in the documents, but the only thing that caught his eye was… the most important piece of information that Ed Roth Taylor’s death was confirmed.

“In the royal family of the Roth Taylors… surprisingly, this case will not be taken too seriously. I don’t know if I’d rather cover it up.”

“…”

“Of course, the decision is made by Principal Obel. You can go back later and report my survival if you need it. Are there any risks here?”

After talking up to that point, I kept my mouth shut. It was to give Principal Obell time to think.

Principal Obell, who had been sitting still for a while…

“Did you say Ed Roth Taylor?”

“Yes.”

“It is said that the grades have risen sharply, and the evaluation among students has rebounded surprisingly.”

There is no more talk about reporting survival facts. What implicit conclusions have already been drawn?

“The ratings among the top students are good, so it can be said that he is the son of the prestigious Roth Taylor.”

“I am excommunicated now, but…”

“Anyway, say it. Isn’t that younger brother Tanya Roth Taylor also on a winning streak these days? In fact, it can be said that he has been confirmed as the next student council president. As I once said, Sylvania is always on the side of the students. There is no need to emphasize any more if they are such exemplary students.”

It was a meaningful statement, but I didn’t have to ask about its implications.

However, I felt like I was subtly recognized by Obel.

“See you again. Any talented student is always welcome. Remember your name.”

*

During my undergraduate research, most of them stayed in the faculty building. Because of that, I hardly had time to go to my golden camp.

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Most of the investigations have been completed, and the election will be finalized in two days after the voting event.

First, I had a desire to normalize my camp, which had been neglected for a long time. First, I wanted to head to the northern forest.

After leaving the principal’s office, I greeted the top dean, and after hearing that I could go back, I went to the first floor of the Trix building.

This Trix Hall, which can be said to be the center of academic administration, is always busy.

It was the moment to get out of the crowd and go back to the main street in Gwak-dong.

“I was waiting. You were surprised to hear that the principal had called you, brother.”

Should I say that I feel like a different person now? Tanya Roth Taylor, who felt even more lofty, was sitting on a wooden bench in front of the Trix Pavilion.

Fluffy blonde hair with flowing graceful eyes.

He is wearing a neatly dressed school uniform and a cloak embroidered with beautiful gold frames. Apparently, he spends a lot of time outdoors.

It’s still a busy time without flinching, but it was also very burdensome to say that he had come all the way here and waited for me.

That’s because Tanya’s stock has soared within the past few weeks. Now that he has gained authority enough to be called the next student council president, it is not surprising that he has a lot of followers.

What’s funny is that Kylie Ekne is the first follower to come around and is a resident…

Still, listening to Merylda’s mourning over the girl, there were so many stories that could not be easily overlooked.

“When I heard the news of the election, it was said that the election was almost certain. Congratulations. The day to finally see the light has come.”

“I still can’t be vigilant.”

It’s hard to see Tanya smiling like that. He was in a position where he had to value his dignity wherever he was, and it is even more so because he is going to hold the position of president of the student council.

The pre-election situation went as expected anyway.

In the end, three factors played the biggest role in Tanya’s victory.

First of all, his innocence was proven.

Without succumbing to adversity, he consistently spoke of his innocence until the end, and tried to be as proud as possible in front of such a booing public.

There seemed to be quite a few people who were influenced by that figure, and the apology for booing me for being a murderer seemed to have melted a little.

Second, most of the faculty’s seniors declared that they supported Tanya.

Well, that was the part where I had some influence.

4th grade, 3 faculties, a total of 12 seniors.

Among them, Wade, Joseph, Clevius, Lucy, Elvira, Yenica, Atalante, and Dorothy. A total of eight seniors supported Tanya. The support of the head of the grade is very symbolic, so it has a considerable influence on the students of that department as well.

Such a tone had a great influence on taking the lead in the trend.

Finally, the downfall of Lortel, which had been so supported at the beginning of the election, was the final blow.

Should it be said that it is the eyes of a rortel who has grown up in political warfare?

Lortel drove this political battle to the point of tenacity and into a one-on-one battle between Tanya and Lortel.

He always mentioned Tanya in public places, and he was openly conscious of Tanya as a competitor… He made everyone who participated in the election understand this plot as the battle between Tanya and Lortel.

After that, he himself resigned in disgrace by launching a scandal regarding the embezzlement of the company’s funds and the tyranny of business partners. All sorts of accusations and attacks were directed at her, but as she came down from the podium, I could definitely see her smirking.

As soon as Lortel leaves the scene, all the spotlights are on Tanya. The rest of the small candidates did not even have a chance to get in, and Tanya with the official support of the princess like that completely dominated the public sentiment.

As a result, two days before the vote for the student council president, only Tanya’s supporters remain, no matter where they go to college.

Student Council President Tanya Roth Taylor. It was a moment when the title was almost decided.

“I’m running an election, and my brother goes to the investigation, so we barely talked, right?”

“Still, can I stay here at such an important time? It’s a story that can be done once the election is held.”

“Look, I think I’ll be a lot busier after I become the student council president.”

Seeing the smile on his face, he couldn’t see the expression on his face that was full of days like before.

It is somewhat refreshing to me, who has only seen her appearance as a ‘younger of the lesser evil’. Its graceful appearance was quite impressive.

“There are plenty of opportunities to talk, but I think it’s imperative that I say thank you.”

“At that time, you said so much that I got tired of it.”

At the time of the declaration of candidacy. It was still vivid in front of my eyes as she buried her face in my hands as she burst into tears.

Perhaps Tanya herself remembered that scene, she suddenly blushed and shook her head.

“Ah, no… and… actually… my thoughts are somewhat organized. Relatively important work is almost done. I thought it was time to talk slowly… I can’t pretend I don’t know forever.”

“organize?”

“The reason behind Ed’s brother’s murder is also…”

Yes.

There’s no way Tanya… didn’t think about that.

If it wasn’t you who wanted to kill me, then who was it? It was obvious within the family that he was a person who could exert that much influence on Cardek and Knox.

“Father… are you…”

I didn’t bother to answer out loud.

Tanya is a girl who longs for the glory of the Roth Taylor family and has lived with her father as a role model.

There was no need to check the bare face, but now that the situation has come to pass, it is impossible to live without knowing it.

As I nodded, Tanya bowed her head.

Tanya needed to explain briefly the circumstances in which I had no choice but to hide.

Especially since he is someone who has direct contact with the Roth Taylor family.

To do that… I have no choice but to talk about Crepin’s bare face.

“While staying at the royal dormitory, I talked a lot with Princess Penia. Especially about Ed Brother.”

However, it was Tanya who broke the story here.

“Did you tell me my story?”

“yes. Princess Fenia… said that it looks like Ed’s brother was deliberately trying to get out of the family.”

“…”

“At first, I wondered what the hell that meant, but now I feel convincing. Because… I feel like Ed brother only found himself when he came to this Sylvanian bachelor.”

As I sat on the bench, I scanned my chin. Tanya’s story was not worth listening to.

“So, I just wanted to ask. Maybe… the reason why my brother tried to get out of the family somehow… was it related to the… ‘drawer’…?”

“…a drawer…?”

“The drawer in my brother’s room that you always… never let me get close to and never let you open it. At some point, you even locked it with a key. Even now, if I go to the Roth Taylor mansion, it will be there…”

From here on, it is completely unknown territory.

In ＜Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman>, a character named Ed Roth Taylor is nothing more than a passing villain who is dropped out of the first book.

The history of the past was not dealt with in depth anyway, and it was not something I would consider very important.

So, there wasn’t much I could say.

“Well… I don’t remember.”

I was just talking like that.

Tanya looked at me for a moment, then exhaled a little. The feeling of being more calm is the feeling of having grown even more in that short time.

“Wouldn’t it be better to think about what to do next, rather than talk about the grim past? Tanya, now that you’re seated in the student council president, there’s only one thing left to see.”

“I do not know. When I think about it realistically before taking office, I feel like I have more things to deal with right now…”

Anyway, Tanya survived.

It wasn’t in the name of raising Roth Taylor’s prestige, he sat in the seat of the student council president entirely for himself. There is no guarantee that the road ahead will be solid. Still, I can give you some support.

“But, brother, this question… I thought it was a joke, and I didn’t think it was very good, so I tried to put up with it… I still can’t stand it, can I ask you a question?”

“What?”

“I… the reason you took my side even when you declared your candidacy…”

Tanya seemed embarrassed to ask this with her own mouth, blushing and glancing away from her eyes. It’s an odd question.

“If you had to hide… there would be no reason to go out there. It’s as if… somehow I couldn’t stand the injustice I was going through… that kind of feeling… don’t you think?”

“That’s how it felt and I slept, that’s right.”

Tanya shrugged her shoulders. Hypersensitivity reaction.

“It’s family.”

“…”

“Then you should be on your side.”

At those words, Tanya gently closed her eyes… and then just smiled.

“The person who stood by my side during the biggest crisis is a bond that will last a lifetime. It’s a phrase I saw in a book I read while studying social studies… It wasn’t a very good book, but that phrase remained in my memory.”

“…”

“Well, I’m the student council president now. It’s probably not a very good attitude since you’ll be taking on a lot of public work… But it could be a little bit biased, right? Because I am human too.”

Tanya grinned, then stood up from the bench and turned around to talk.

“Tell me when there is a crisis. I will do anything I can to help.”

Her wide smile was far from the graceful villain Young-ae, so I just burst out laughing.

“It’s good to be family.”

“…Since when have you been there?”

“Since the sunbaenim talked about unfamiliar things about Tanya.”

There will still be a lot of stuff to be done on Election Day. In the meantime, Tanya may have split the time to come to her, or she left in a hurry when she left.

And only after Tanya completely disappeared from view, the girl sitting on the other side of the bench stood up and came this way.

On the other side of the bench where I am sitting, a girl smiling like a fox with her hips on her back… A deputy president of the Elte Company and a fallen student council president candidate.

As I covered my face and let out a sigh, Lortel laughed happily.

“Well, I have to live with only good stories. It’s the old saying that it’s a skill to live with the part that you don’t need to be exposed to.”

I helped Tanya… Yes, it was because she had suffered far too much compared to the ordeal she had to endure.

In other words, it is due to compassion, and… because he is the only person who can be called a bloodline in this wide world.

Family love doesn’t bloom so easily, but when the fact that she’s the only bloody little brother in the world comes in, it makes it hard to let her go.

The similarity of blonde hair, eye color, and shared family background has a surprisingly powerful power.

However, human behavior is not always driven by emotion.

I talked to Tanya as if she was defending her just because she was a family… If I said she didn’t take into account her ‘use value’… it would be a lie.

Tanya is a girl who has lived her whole life admiring the glory of Roth Taylor. Crepin knows that, too.

He is truly an insider who has buried his bones in the Roth Taylor family, and if he can be included, his value is indescribable.

Student council president and insider of the Roth Taylor family. It even has a direct contact network leading to the family, so it has a direct influence on obscuring information inside the family or conducting a smoke screen operation.

The benefits of being in a special relationship are… I think it’s overly calculating, but I can’t help but count.

It is the difficulty of human relationships that relationships between people are not always made purely by one emotion.

However, it is better to know only the bright part if possible.

Only those who know about the dark part should know. For example… a girl who has lived only in such a misunderstanding since childhood.

In the end, the only person who could share that part was, at best, Lortel.

“These days, my notoriety is high in the bachelor’s. Tanya-san also doesn’t seem to like me that much, so I’ll have to leave it up to Ed-senpai for the time being.”

“You seem to have a bad habit of shaking everyone around you, Lortel.”

“Oh, it’s just an occupational disease. And when I’m swinging, I’m swinging too?”

“…the rumors you hear these days are not true, are you okay?”

“Rumors don’t make money, so what do you think?”

Laughing with a smile, Lortel leaned still against the back of the bench and looked up at the sky.

“Well, I’m a villain. All I had to do was turn him into an enemy.”

It was the same smile he had always seen. So, it’s not easy.

*

Thus, academics enter a new phase.

Student Council President Tanya Roth-Taylor sits on the seat of the Student Council,

Princess Penia, who does not assume the position of chairman, looks up at the sky in the royal residence. No one knows what direction she will take in the future.

It also depends on the will of heaven how the conflict between the imperial power and the Roth Taylor family will turn out.

How the scenario of the remaining three acts will unfold… It’s time to wait and see.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been here… it’s really special.”

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My huts and camps have been around for quite some time and they are still the same.

I really missed this camp, which now feels like home.

First of all, it seems that the inside of the hut that has been chaos needs to be cleaned up and the campfire site needs to be cleaned again to normalize the camp.

Before that… I wanted to take a break.

– quiver

As you enter the dusty cabin, the familiar smell of grass sits heavily on your chest.

Shall we rest for a while? With that thought in mind, I took off my coat on the wooden desk and swung the blanket over it.

“Uhhh…”

“…”

However, there are passengers.

Lucy, who was sleeping with a deep breath, was occupying my bed.

As if it were a treasure, he hugged the pillow I was sleeping on and slept soundly as if the world was good. It’s like coming back to your hometown after decades.

Seeing that scene, I suddenly burst out into a devastated laugh.

I roughly threw the duvet back on and laid down on the reclining wooden chair.

He took out a book on elemental science from the desk, twiped it, put it on his face, and fell asleep like that.

For a while, the cabin was filled with only the sound of me and Lucy exhaling.

Finally back to camp. First of all, he decided to get drunk on that feeling.

The news of Tanya’s election as student council president came three days after that.