Ophelias Occupation Situation (2)
The most confident sense is the sense of smell.
In the first place, merchants are people who eat and live by smell. It was the same with Lortel.
It takes a smell that others have not noticed first, and moves half a step faster.
The chance of one quick succession usually comes from the difference of half a step. Even the bow that cuts through the clogged road depends on that half step.
– ‘Suggestion to apply for admission to Ophelis Hall for students returning to school’
Lortel sat at the desk in his room, neatly folding the handwritten proposal in half twice. It was then placed in an envelope and sealed with wax.
“Yeah, it’s raining a lot.”
Raindrops are pouring down on the windowsill. As if regretting the end of vacation, even the sky is dark.
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More than half of Ophelis’s room was empty. It should be around the weekend when the return period ends, and the old vigor will return. Until then, there will be a lonely and quiet atmosphere somewhere like this.
Walking alone in the dark hallway where the raindrops hit the window gives me a gloomy feeling. Paradoxically. For Lortel, the gloomy and gloomy atmosphere was more comfortable.
There are too many light sources in this romantic land of learning.
The faces of the students who are full of dreams and hopes, and who are devoted to learning, envisioning a beautiful future, are dazzlingly bright.
Is this really the light of youth? It’s a word that makes you feel awkward. Naturally, it is a completely unknown world to Lortel.
The bright light reveals the dirt on the body again.
When I look down at the desk, I see documents full of gloomy intentions.
I have already made contact with ‘Willane, the representative of the inferior student’.
He grinds his teeth and is only looking for an opportunity to feed the students of the Ophelis Hall and the Bachelors. This heavy rain, which overlaps with the period of returning to school, will be a sure opportunity for him.
Complaints have already piled up. As long as the inferiors and the average students throw in a cause to indulge in, Willane, a master of agitation and speech, will pull the trigger for the rest.
The chief of the maid who manages the Ophelis Hall and a part of the administrative draft review department of the bachelor are already on Lortel’s side. They will enthusiastically support Lortel’s proposal. This is a proposal to allow special cases only for Ophelis students, to actively adjust and support the return period.
It was clearly different treatment from ordinary students who had to go back to school through the heavy rain.
If you’ve come this far, it doesn’t matter whether the bachelor’s degree actually accepts Lortel’s proposal. Just the mere fact that such a plan is being seriously discussed will anger the inferior students steadily.
“Soon this quiet atmosphere will end.”
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Make the situation as big and flashy as possible. The more property damage, the better. If possible, it would be best to completely destroy the Ophelis Hall itself.
The top of the ledger, where the logic of money operates, is completely the domain of Lortel. The flow of money and the structure of finance are clearly drawn in the eyes just by playing around with a bachelor a few times.
The bachelor’s finances are already in crisis. Even for the repair work of the nail tube and the Gloct tube, which were damaged due to the Glaskan incident, it is necessary to draw funds from the Elte Company.
For Lortel, spotting the chronic cash shortage of a Sylvanian bachelor was easier said than done. There is no need to open the ledger.
I went to school for a semester and clearly checked the condition of the field with my own two eyes. An estimate of a bachelor’s quarterly cash flow was quickly derived with just a piece of parchment, a quill, and ink to write a few calculations.
It is also clear why Principal Obel’s outside activities are constantly continuing.
This is to solve the cash bottleneck that is getting worse this semester. If you look at the faces of the distinguished guests he meets, they are all big wealthy people. He is constantly running around with his arms rolled up and his feet in search of money books.
In fact, the bachelor’s asset structure itself is not so bad.
However, a sudden burst of payment deadlines is like a disaster that destroys even the most robust asset structure at once. ‘Assets’ and ‘cash’ are completely different concepts.
Bankruptcy due to poor management is a reality that must be accepted calmly, but ‘profit bankruptcy’ due to a temporary cash bottleneck is unfair enough to cause blood to flow from your eyes.
The administration of the bachelor’s school will try to block such things.
Lortel pushed the creaky chair back and leaned against the window.
The Ophelis Hall is the most luxurious and majestic among the buildings in the university.
It is full of dazzling jewels and works of art. The stained glass embroidered on the wall was hand-made by a famous craftsman who will go down in history. Wall materials, carpets, and wooden furniture are all handmade by famous artisans.
There are even objects that do not belong to a bachelor. There are also a lot of art pieces entrusted to and displayed by noble families and influential families to enhance their dignity.
If you make a little flashy run, it will inflict a fatal blow on the finances of the already cornered bachelor.
It will give Elte Company an infinitely advantageous position in the currently planned ‘Sage’s Seal’ purchase negotiations.
The Sage’s Seal is a magic book that is the heart of Sylvania, but those who are cornered sometimes even put that heart on the negotiating table.
“When will the rain stop?”
Lortel looked up at the window, where the rain was knocking fiercely.
There is no light in the gloomy sky. It’s like the sky I looked up at one day from a crack in the shabby slums of a slum. Self-help that makes you feel comfortable.
When a light is turned on in a shabby shack in a slum, all kinds of cockroaches hiding in every nook and corner hide from the light and hide in a crevice of darkness. What Lortel felt as she recalled the scene was a terrible sense of unity.
As I said, there are too many light sources in this romantic land of learning.
Living in the sticky darkness, his body, covered in dirt, is revealed more clearly.
The traces of conspiracy on the desk are proof of that.
It is a trace of a person who has lived a life of always hitting others in the head, doubting the truth, and never showing the truth. I was struggling to live, and when I came to my senses, it was like this, but that doesn’t change the nature of being dirty and burnt.
.
Even in this Sylvania full of shiny people, there might be someone who can affirm the life of a dirty and wretched rat. Leaning on such fleeting hopes.
Lortel looked up at the dark clouds and muttered quietly.
“You are lonely.”
However, it never changes its essence. The stance Lortel took to survive the miserable reality was always the same.
Lortel is always a dark curtain behind the stage that hides the dark truth.
As the audience said, it was a black curtain.
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– ‘Shoot aah
rain pours down
It has often rained since I started living a life of survival, but this is the first time I have encountered such a continuous downpour.
The bricks that had been dried were protected by making a tent, but it was inevitable that they would hold moisture. If I had more time for a week or so, I would have been able to quickly bake it with magic, finish it, and store it separately… The timing was bad.
If it rains for a long time like this, outdoor work will have to be postponed. If food runs out, you will have to go hunting through the rain, but it is not at a level where there is not enough food right now.
I was sitting by the campfire with the tent set up, quietly listening to the sound of rain, and preparing for the second semester’s elementary science book.
It was raining in the hut and I couldn’t stay comfortably at all. Roughly applied mud alone would not be completely waterproof. I also have to think about how to deal with the flooring and wall materials.
On rainy days like this, I concentrate on my studies. The most important is the intermediate magic theory.
Whether it is possible or impossible to use intermediate magic is the criterion for determining one’s position as a professional wizard. If you know that only three or four intermediate spells are different before the end of the third year, you are treated as a wizard who has achieved quite a bit. you have to work harder
3 days left until school starts. The occupation of the Ophelis Hall would have taken place on the last day of the vacation, so now it was really close to the nose.
The occupation of Ophelis Hall is an event like a stepping stone.
Before the battle for the sage’s seal, the main event of Act 2, begins in earnest, it’s a hoax that Lortel made to put the academic finances in a corner.
In any case, it is an event that serves as an opportunity for Lortel to establish its position as a black screen, and this is the time when the psychological gap between Lortel and Lortel will widen the most if we move into the player’s point of view.
After all, he knows what Lortel is planning, what his purpose is, and what will happen. At this point, there is absolutely no need to intervene in Lortel’s mischief.
Lortel is a person who has to create a power confrontation with Princess Penia’s student council by forming an independent interest group called ‘top’ within the society.
In my experience, it’s good to have an equal balance of power between the top and the student council.
The idealism and tolerance of Princess Penia have the power to unite the group. However, high ideals are far from reality, creating contradictions and discrepancies in the school’s policy.
On the other hand, Lortel’s realism and driving force have the power to effectively lead the group. However, the cruel and machine-like value judgment makes the members exhausted and cold-blooded.
In the end, it’s up to whom Taylor will side with. That faction will eventually be the winner, so I’ll keep an eye on it and stick with the faction that’s likely to win.
If you say you are an opportunist, you have no choice but to nod your head.
It’s better than being foolish without even knowing what’s going on and blowing up honey-like opportunities.
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Me too… I have to eat.
“Wow, whoa… I should just go back to the dorm. I thought the rain would stop today…”
In terms of time, it was just past lunch time. But the sky is still gloomy and dark, like early evening.
Yenika squeezed the water-soaked skirt and stuck to the fire.
“Ed must be in a lot of trouble. I can go back and forth like camping because I have a place to go back to, but… Ed has to be here on a rainy day like this.”
“As you get along, you’ll be fine.”
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Maybe it was Yenika who enjoyed playing in the northern forest in the first place, so she often came to the camp to cook by the fire or read a book at the base of a tree.
She was on vacation when the bachelor’s curriculum had not yet started, so it was a time when she had a lot of free time. You don’t have to be conscious of other people’s gaze, and you can spend the day with the spirits you like so much.
Of course, this camp is a desperate place for survival for me.
It may be rude to treat a space where others struggle to survive, as a resting place where you stop and take a break… but if you think about the materials and tools that Yenica brings, I think it’s a surplus business. that’s right
“By the way, I have to get out of the Ophelis building soon…”
“It is time for that.”
“So you have to throw away a lot of junk. The Dex Hall is smaller than I thought.”
Usually, the period of transfer of students to the dormitory is about a week before or after the start of school.
Still, when school starts to get busy, most students move their luggage and leave their rooms a week in advance.
I’m not sure when Yenika will leave the room… but starting to organize things now means that she will remain in the Ophelis Hall for a few days.
“So, by the way, tell me if you need anything. Ed, you still need a lot.”
“okay?”
“yes. There are extra blankets, cushions, watches and lanterns. Besides that, there are many daily necessities and consumables. It’s a waste to throw it away, and throwing it away in itself is a job. It’s like furniture. It’s from the Ophelis Hall, so I can’t bring it out.”
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Most of the furniture and daily necessities can be crafted by yourself as long as you have the materials, and it is good for raising your proficiency level, but… It is difficult to solve everything through production.
“I’m fine.”
“yes. It will be out at the beginning of the semester, so I will bring it to you then.”
Yenica laughed and warmed her hands in the warmth of the fire.
“But Lucy… do you do that often?”
“….Once in a while.”
Suddenly, Yenica brought up the story of Lucy as if this was the main point.
If you look up and look towards the hut, you can see Lucy standing still on the roof.
rain is pouring down The rain that hits your skin isn’t cold, but it wets your whole body and makes you feel bad.
The white hair, neatly tied down on both sides, must have been carefully trimmed by the maid of the Ophelis Hall, but one side was already loose from the rain. Even expensive school uniforms are already failing to function properly.
Lucy didn’t care about that feeling, and stood still and looked up at the sky.
As usual, he still looks sluggish and unscrewed. Her outfit is still messed up, and her big witch hat is crooked. However, it looks somewhat different. The cause is probably… he recalls the vision of an archmage he met on a rainy day.
Lucy’s mighty power beyond common sense was never given for free.
It is a life in which the chain of fate is wrapped around the body, but it is a life that has escaped with laziness as an excuse.
I didn’t think hard at all, I turned my eyes to the promised fate, and when I come to realize the life I’ve been living, it’s already been several years.
On a rainy day like this, even the most screwed-up girl makes me reflect on my life.
“You seem to have a lot of trouble. What should I say… Lucy is always… free-spirited…? It felt like that.”
“It’s okay to just openly say that I am a person who seems thoughtless.”
“Ugh. That’s a bit… too harsh.”
What if that’s a fact?
“Sometimes it rains like that. You don’t have to worry too much. I’m the type of person who cares.”
“That’s right… Ed… is very insensitive to Lucy…!”
How wonderful that fact was, Yenika replied, as if she had attained a great realization.
“By the way, Yenika.”
Anyway, there’s something Yenika needs to check before she goes back to her dorm.
As the older sister said, the occupation of the Ophelis Hall is not a huge event.
In terms of the size of the incident itself, it is quite large, but there are not many variables to say about it.
The case begins when the maid Jean Ellis activates a large-scale space protection law on the roof of the Ophelis building for emergencies. The magic circle engraved by the vice-principal Rachel himself can only be accessed by the maid chief, the general manager of the Ophelis Hall.
If we had to compare its magic, it was a fire shutter made of sturdy steel.
It is a high-ranking magic circle that blocks all the doors and windows of the Ophelis Hall, as well as other joints connecting passages and passages. Of course, it doesn’t break easily.
Late night before school starts. Naturally, it is time for all students to prepare themselves in the room for the opening ceremony that will be held early the next day.
The space protection law, which was created assuming a terrorist or disaster situation, ironically acts as an iron fence that prevents all the students of Ophelis from leaving their rooms.
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Maids who are unaware of the situation are also summoned to the staff meeting room on the pretext of an emergency meeting, but they are all locked up there.
As a result, the corridor of the Ophelis Hall becomes a completely separate area.
Those who walk there are those who support the occupation, the maids who cooperate with Elise,
Other than that, only a few students who were lucky enough to be outside the room. Only Clevius and Elvira were emphasized in the play.
Of course, there are quite a few students who boast of unbelievable force, so humans who escape by destroying walls or using all their magical power to cast spatial magic can also appear.
However, it is impossible to know the exact situation outside the room. It is difficult to know whether it is a temporary incident or a major disaster, or whether it will be resolved soon. Therefore, it is not easy to make a drastic decision to break down the wall recklessly or to run out of magic power at an important time before school starts.
The occupation of Ophelis Hall is a plan that is implemented by digging into such a psychological gap. In the end, such complacency leads to the destruction of the Ophelis Hall.
“yes? What’s up? Ed.”
I called Yenica, who was about to return to the dormitory, and quietly thought about it. At my hesitant attitude, Yenika smiled innocently and tilted her head.
Anyway, there’s nothing much for me to do.
Open the door at the right time, and check the status of the door on the first floor while the inferior students occupy the fourth floor of the Ophelis Hall.
Perhaps Taylor will have no choice but to enter the Ophelis Hall, as Elvira, who left valuable medicinals in the room, has no choice but to enter.
If Taylor and Elvira attack you, wait a while before you lose and send them up to the second floor. Then you will be able to immediately enter the second phase of capturing Clevius, who runs away in fear.
there’s really nothing wrong with it Well, even if you try to create a variable, it can’t happen.
Still, it’s okay to be vigilant.
Haven’t you already realized that during the Glaskan subjugation battle? An affair is often very twisted for just one really absurd reason.
So, you need insurance.
There’s nothing wrong with having a reserve force ready to respond appropriately in case of an emergency.
Yenika, with or without it, is a valuable personnel that no longer affects the main scenario. It is suitable for that role.
Besides, aren’t you good at listening to the requests of your close friends? To be honest, is it okay to say that we’ve become pretty close friends?
“I have a favor.”
“yes? What?”
As if to tell you anything, Yenika answered with a smirk. I pondered for a while.
How many students go out in the late evening on the eve of the opening ceremony? Most of them are resting in their rooms. It would be the same if Yenica hadn’t left the room yet.
If you are resting in the room, you will be trapped in the room by the magic circle activated by the maid chief.
If you want to at least leave Yenica as a reserve force, you should induce Yenica to wait outside the Ophelis Hall.
Still, it’s a bit difficult to park it outside on a rainy day, but you can’t spend it too far from the Ophelis Hall.
“Can you come out to the pavilion in the rose garden in front of the Ophelis Hall around 9:00 the night before the opening ceremony?”
“…….uh???”
A detailed explanation of the circumstances can be given at that time. It is also not polite to hold on to someone who is about to return for a long time.
“I have a story I want to tell you.”
Yenica was startled by those words, and suddenly began to swallow dry saliva. I look around to see if anyone is okay, and I lower my gaze while pressing down on the skirt hem.
“…Yes.”
I nodded in a muffled voice… Then I’ll go! Hi! and disappeared through the woods as if being chased.
What was so urgent, the robe’s hat he had brought in as a raincoat didn’t even work properly.
“…”
I sat down by the fire and closed the book I was holding in my hand. I stared blankly at the hut with my chin clenched. Lucy is still looking up at the sky with a blank expression on her face.
It’s still pouring rain. The sound of hitting the tent that had been temporarily set up calmed my mind.
The rain forest smells different than usual. The damp grassy smell is heavier and thicker than usual.
The rain will stop until the morning of the school opening day. When that time comes, you will be able to see the bright sky after a long time.
After that, this forest will smell of autumn.
Let’s get rid of this event quickly and think about honing our advanced crafting skills.
With that thought in mind, I sat down to the sound of the rain and threw a couple more firewoods into the bonfire.
The long vacation is now over.