How to Survive at the Academy chapter 149

Golden Reverb (7)

After that, while the social church schedule was in progress, only rumors continued to abound.

Saint Clarisse went to meet Ed Roth Taylor in private whenever she had time during her schedule, and to the high-ranking aristocrats, it seemed as if there was some kind of contact between the Roth Taylor family and the Saint.

In fact, when it comes to the highest authority on the continent, it is not strange to say that Seonghwangdo is interacting with the side to some extent.

Of course, I would not have thought that I would be associated with a saint of the denomination not at the level of a bishop.

“Would you like to sing a song?”

“Oh, my dear Ed. It is my honor.”

Hwaryongjeomjeong was a dinner party held at night.

The banquet held in the hall prepared on the second floor was twice as large as the banquet on the first day.

In addition to the distinguished guests who arrived on the second day, more elaborate and luxuriously prepared food and music. And all kinds of crafts hanging on the outer wall of the hall. On the stage prepared in the middle, all kinds of storytellers and talents came out to excite the party.

Since I was in a position where I could not refuse the saint’s proposal, I rather confidently approached the saint and asked for a dance.

Anyway, there are many good things about being recognized as a member of the Roth Taylor family. Let alone authority and authority, Crepin Rothtailer will not be able to tamper with me.

It is a matter directly related to my safety right now to let the world know that I have a strong backbone of a saint.

― ‘Look over there, that bastard who reinstated the family this time.’

― ‘I attended the party yesterday and saw it in advance. He seemed to have become a completely different person.’

― ‘Anyway, where did that nature go.’

Due to its high notoriety, there was not a very good sound among the distinguished guests.

Perhaps the gossip had reached Clarisse’s ears, and Clarisse’s expression as he guided his body to the rhythm in my arms wasn’t very good.

I quietly bowed my head and whispered to Clarisse in a pose as if they were having a normal conversation.

“You don’t have to be so upset.”

“Is my expression not that good?”

“It did look uncomfortable.”

“just… I thought I did something wrong.”

I followed Clarisse’s feet to the music. Clarisse was also unfamiliar with dancing, so it felt like she was struggling, but I managed to get my body to match Clarisse’s movements.

To be sure, I feel like my eyes are drawn more than necessary after I am suddenly entangled with a high status like Clarisse.

He may have slowly rejoined the aristocratic society… Suddenly, Clarisse’s prestige came, and it felt like I was receiving more harsh eyes from people.

Clarisse seemed to be very concerned about that part, and while dancing, her expression was not very good.

“it’s okay. Lady. Either way, you have been a huge help to me.”

“It would be nice if that was the case. Please call me if you need anything else. I plan to stay in this mansion all the time until the last day of the social church schedule. There are a lot of people I need to meet.”

Clarisse is one of the most distinguished guests that even Crepin Rothtailer cannot treat lightly. With her authority, there’s a good chance she’ll be able to speak out at important moments.

After the music was over, it was time to finish the dance. Clarisse made a sad expression and pulled my sleeves.

“The opportunity to dance like this came along with a lot of effort, but I spent time worrying about it. uh… .”

Having said that, Clarisse released her hand. The slender fingers look pale.

“There are still a lot of social church schedules left, so let’s talk again. Seniors.”

“It is an honour. Lady Clarisse.”

After I let Clarisse go to my seat, I got out of the center of the crowd.

The eyes of the nobles looking at me like they were piercing were heavy. Some of them even spoke to me, and I walked out of them with a polite answer.

As the second night ends and the third day dawns, the Roth Taylor family’s long social affair will also take a turning point.

From noblemtl.com

More than half of the social church schedule has already passed, but there are not many achievements.

On the first day, I was a little nervous. If you move quickly as soon as you arrive, you may be suspicious.

However, from the second day onwards, we plan to move more actively. Time is not infinite.

The purpose must not be forgotten. The reason I took the risk and returned to Roth Taylor’s mansion was to find evidence to prove the evil deeds of Crepin Roth Taylor.

What I do know is that Crepin Rothtailer has carried out all sorts of cruel experiments to get his hands on the magic of immortality.

They tested the power of evil spirits with the lives of their users as collateral, tricked the imperial family into injecting banned drugs, and even killed children… He is truly a madman of immortality.

The reason I’m also interested in Aspect Magic is that the power of that time is not unrelated to the power of immortality.

Anything that can be studied for a purpose is a research madman. The appearance of a benevolent peacock is but a shell.

Anyway, if you’re doing research on that scale… There must be a hidden research facility or a secret warehouse. It is very likely that you have kept it in your own mansion, which is easy to maintain and can be visited frequently.

“You look busy. Ed Roth Taylor.”

It was the moment when I was about to rush through the crowd and leave the party hall.

“It has been difficult to become the center of the party, so why don’t we talk more with the distinguished guests?”

In the midst of the buzzing noise, Princess Selaha spoke up. He was standing with his back against an exterior wall, holding a small glass of white wine in one hand.

I felt the gaze of the banquet hall again. Aristocrats have face and pretend they’re all interested in other things, but… It feels like everyone is looking at me with a subtle squint.

“Princess Selah.”

“You look like you’re talking to me. It’s a very refreshing reaction.”

After having a solo session with St. Clarisse, we met at a dinner party and even danced, and then played solo with Princess Sellaha.

The appearance of talking side-by-side with the two people who are close to the apex of the emperor and the shogunate… It is enough to attract the attention of many nobles.

If you’re talking about me… It was a situation in which facial expression was not well managed.

“You know that? Ordinary commoners live with honor until the day they die just by talking to me. If you think about it that way, it’s not a very good response.”

“I also consider it an honor, Princess Selaha.”

“You have a lot of work to do, but you look like you’ve got a troublesome woman tied together.”

She is a needlessly sharp woman.

I glanced towards the terrace. The moon was floating in the middle of the sky.

After this, I was going to sneak out of the party and join Yenika, who was waiting outside.

After that, a plan had been made to sneak into Crepin’s study while returning to the room on the excuse that he was not feeling well. The conversation with Yenika is already over.

“I don’t think it’s a very wise decision to leave behind such a fun banquet.”

“Thank you very much. However, I’m not feeling well… I was going to come back after taking a break from the night.”

“is it. He looked fine until he danced with Saint Clarisse.”

After that, I shut my mouth and looked at Princess Selaha quietly, and she clapped and laughed.

“Fufu, it’s a joke, so laugh.”

“Because I am a person with a very poor sense of humor.”

“In a bad way, it’s boring, and in a good way, it’s serious. okay… From what I can see, the women’s clothes look good.”

Princess Selaha put down her wine glass and looked at the orchestra in the corner. It looked like he was getting ready to play the next song.

The beautiful violin melody begins, followed by the melodies of various instruments harmoniously raising the sound.

Princess Selaha approached quietly as if drunk on the music, whispered into my ear.

“Leave this grand party behind the scenes, it’s obvious if you don’t see it. Are you going to go out with the common woman from the past?”

The fact that he was going to go out with Yenica was exactly right. Of course, it will be a very different form than Selah had imagined.

Anyway, I don’t have much time left.

Crepins are available in the morning or afternoon… I have a habit of stopping by the library whenever I have time. There is no time to safely research his library, unless it is a time when he can’t be away due to hosting a party like now.

“You said it. Getting into the habit of hanging out with people of the right class is good for your success.”

“Thank you very much. We will consider it carefully and act prudently.”

“Would you mind trying to see if that’s an empty word or not?”

“Yes?”

Sellaha placed the wine glass roughly on the banquet table.

Then, the wine glass, which lost its center of gravity, swayed and then spilled onto the table.

For a moment, the people around were startled, and for a brief moment, the eyes in the banquet hall were focused.

The spilled wine wet the expensive tablecloths, and the waiters quickly approached and started to clean up.

As they are first-class users, they are quick to work. However, it is not possible to sort out the attention that has already been drawn.

Taking advantage of that opportunity, Princess Selah spoke confidently.

“Would you like to dance a song with me?”

There was silence again in the left.

“Looking at you, you have good dancing skills.”

From noblemtl.com

Meanwhile, Clarisse with her eyes wide open was also seen.

For dance requests, it is polite for male participants to ask for female participants, and if possible, those of relatively low status to higher-ranking ones first.

Her status is higher, and Selaha, a woman, proudly applying for a dance is not very common, and the target is me, who just danced a song with Saint Clarisse.

Just having a relationship with a saint attracts attention, but after dancing one more song with Selaha, the center of the party will really shift to me.

Above all, the opponent is Selah, Princess of Frost.

Isn’t she the first princess of the Chloël imperial family, where all the high-ranking aristocrats want to share a word with each other?

There will be no human who chooses the option of rejection.

“How dare I lead the hand of the First Princess. He’s in such a bad mood right now, it’s only going to cause trouble.”

Having said that, I politely greeted Selaha and left the party hall.

* * *

Not everyone was going to drop the tea, but there was a strange atmosphere between the party halls.

Shortly after Ed Roth-Taylor left the party, Selah stood alone by the door like that, with an absurd expression on her face.

The 1st Princess’s dance request was rejected.

I tried to be polite as much as I could and gave a plausible reason, but I refused… Rejection is rejection.

– ‘just now… Did you see it?’

― ‘Did you reject Princess Sellaha’s dance request? I… Isn’t that a mistake?’

― ‘Are you sure you didn’t dance with Saint Clarisse? Did something happen to your body in the meantime?’

― ‘This is an opportunity to have a conversation with Princess Selaha, and if it were me, I would have gone dancing even if my arm was cut off.’

Among the gossiping nobles, Selah snorted.

‘Your arrogance is skyrocketing.’

He did not know that he had a connection with Saint Clarisse. Selah also wanted to maintain an amicable relationship, so he planned to recruit Ed more actively.

A boy who is presumed to be Princess Penia’s closest confidant, and seems to have built a special relationship with Saint Clarisse.

For a Princess Selah, she was able to be more compassionate than this, and she aggressively hit her first, but Ed Roth Taylor casually approached him and left.

No matter how good the reviews were, and even though he had good connections, he was too shy to go out in front of the first princess of the Chloel Empire. I understand that you are in a busy position, but this is really crossing the line.

You can’t get angry directly, though. Even if the world is destroyed tomorrow, it is the mission of the imperial family to preserve the noble dignity.

‘You’re kicking the opportunity that has rolled in.’

Selaha took the new wine glass again and smiled old-fashioned. Neighboring nobles couldn’t say anything because they looked at Selaha.

From noblemtl.com

Meanwhile, Saint Clarissa looked at the scene and bowed her head. He was holding back the laughter that came up softly, but the people around him seemed to be just bewildered by the sudden situation.

The fact that she danced with Clarisse and refused to dance with the noble princess made Clarisse very heartbroken. It was a really strange situation.

‘Well, to shorten my name.’

Princess Selaha straightened up her dress as it was, and went back into the crowd.

It is certainly surprising to have a close relationship with Saint Clarisse, but it is foolish to try to challenge the prestige of a princess with that much.

All the nobles gathered here right now are looking at Selaha. Even his father, Crepin Rothtailer, is the same.

It’s not hard to wield their public opinion and bury Ed Roth Taylor. I’d like to pay the price for my arrogance, but for now, I’m going to scan my other networks first.

The corps commander Magnus and the investor Roland.

I had to finish it off with an open face with Saint Clarisse, but the two were definitely meant to be made into my own.

This social church was a golden opportunity.

* * *

[ It is at the end of the hallway on the 4th floor. The users didn’t come and go, but it seems that the owner of the house ordered not to approach it directly… ! Miss Jenika is also waiting nearby!]

The mug sitting on her shoulder flapped her wings and conveyed the information she had asked.

Rostailer’s mansion at night. There are still many users coming and going, but the higher you go, the less the floating population noticeably decreases.

This is because most of the major facilities are located on the lower floors.

As for the Roth Taylor Mansion, which has a total of 6 floors, the higher you go up, the more private facilities used only by the insiders of the family.

From noblemtl.com

Most of the facilities up to the 3rd floor are accessible even by guests. Maybe that’s why, even when outsiders wander around the 3rd floor, it doesn’t look very strange, but from the 4th floor onwards, when an outsider tries to enter, the users start to stop them.

Of course, as an insider of the Roth Taylor family, I am free to enter.

“Master Ed. I heard that you are not feeling well.”

“You can control it by yourself, so go inside.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Naturally stalking users I met along the way, I reached the front of Crepin’s personal study in the corner of the 4th floor. It is so comfortable that you can walk in and out.

Instead of entering the study directly, I turned around and unlocked all the locks on the windows in the hallway.

– Druck.

Then the hallway window opened… A girl riding a fairly large eagle-shaped spirit shoved herself into the hallway.

Without seeing any more, she is now a familiar girl like family.

Yenika was wearing a neat royal blue skirt and a pure white blouse. Apparently, Jenica had also been at the party.

“How did you get out?”

“Unlike Edrang, people like me disappeared and no one cared. I had come early and looked around, but no one was there.”

“Lucy?”

“I’m sleeping on the roof.”

Are you on the top of such a majestic building? Actually, it’s kind of surprising.

If you want to detect the magic inside the mansion as a whole and catch any unusual movements right away, it would be more convenient to climb to the top.

In case of emergency, he must have finished preparing to break in immediately. At first glance, he seems lazy and unanswered, but he’s a thorough guy in the important part.

I nodded and turned the handle of the study and pushed it. It opened slowly with a squeaking sound.

As it was a frequently used facility, the door was not locked. In the first place, from the corner of the 4th floor, it is an area that cannot be entered unless the person concerned is involved.

I immediately opened the door wide.

――And on the desk in the center of the study… Crepin Rothtailer was sitting.

“… Huh… !”

Yenika quickly took a deep breath, covering her mouth with both hands. I did not panic as much as possible, and stood still, holding the doorknob.

“Come.”

Crepin, who had been hosting the party until recently.

It doesn’t make sense for a host to leave his seat while hosting such a grandiose party. Besides, it’s not about anything else important, especially because I come to the library and read a book.

This means that, most likely, I was expecting the fact that I would come here.

“There was no chance to talk just the two of us, without the eyes of the others. Okay, let’s talk about it.”

Crepin closed the book, put it on the work desk, and spoke politely.

“They did not die and survived the many trials, and returned to gold… I am very curious about your story.”

“father.”

As for the lines that came in after that, Yenica and I couldn’t help but be taken aback for a moment.

“――You still call me Father.”

he… I didn’t even think of myself as Ed Roth Taylor in the first place.

“There are many ways to escape from the fate of the family. Either way, it doesn’t change the fact that my son, Ed Roth-Taylor, ran away horribly. I can tell for sure. If that’s the case, I can’t help but ask.”

A window that filled one side of the study. After that, the full moon illuminating the moonlit night was firmly established.

“Who are you?”

I cautiously reached out to the dagger hidden in the thigh dance, taking a vigilant stance.

* * *

To my dearest brother, Ed Roth Taylor.

It has already been over a week since the baptism ceremony was over and I was officially appointed as the successor.

I have two great younger sisters, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to maintain my successor position as the eldest daughter.

Anyway, Tanya still has a long way to go, so Ed’s role will be more important. It seems like it was just yesterday that Tanya started texting, but time flies so fast that she is already starting magic training. Is not it.

It has been over three years since we exchanged letters like this. If I had known that exchanging notes playfully left at the door would be this long, I would have asked the users to deliver the letter from the very beginning.

Then you will grumble again that there is no romance. So anyway, because it’s ugly.

There are many frustrating parts of life in the spire, but anyway, I’m living my life the way I am. These days, I’m feeling exhausted again, and there’s been a lot of sick sickness, but… It’s not like it used to be.

Rather, swordsmanship training and magic training are progressing a bit. Do you remember everyone’s worried gaze when I said I was going to handle a sword that was the size of my upper body? Now that I’m used to lightening magic, I can handle a great sword like a limb.

At the last meeting, we held a ceremonial sword and showed our ceremonial posture. All the old people like it. Ed Everyone wants to see your face too.

… I wish there was some progress in the relationship between your father and Edner. To be honest, it’s hard to get stuck in the middle.

Ed No matter what you think, I think he has grand dreams and big visions in his own way. Trusting and following a father like that is the duty we must protect as a family.

So, don’t say such harsh things.

Unless you’re born again, I’ll never call you father again.

It is so sad to see such harsh words come and go between families. Please apologize next time you have a chance.

It’s not very positive that your father is looking into your Sylvania admissions process.

All you have to do is get the trouble out of the way to the southern tip of Aken Island. For nothing else, I don’t want my family to be torn apart.

Remember what I said last time? Ed You said you would definitely go to Sylvania as soon as you were older.

You can also study magic at Roth Taylor’s mansion. Please, think carefully.

Until the day we die, we are bound by the bond of family, so please don’t take that weight too lightly.

I’ll write another letter.

Your one and only sister, Arwen Roth Taylor.