How to Survive at the Academy chapter 75

Winter (8)

It doesn’t seem to have gotten any better.

Bell came to that conclusion after a few months of working as a maid chief.

The salary has definitely improved, but the responsibility has become too broad compared to the increased salary.

Isn’t the top person in charge of an important facility called the Ophelis Hall a position that is recognized as an elder-level position even within a bachelor’s degree?

Thanks to that, there are a lot of advantages besides salary. First of all, the costumes are splendid and full of dignity, and there is a separate work space or living space for each, so you don’t have to do anything difficult.

In addition, social views also play a role.

When it comes to being the top manager dealing with the maids of the Ophelis Building, even the noble children who live in the Ophelis Building are counted down. It’s because you’re in a lot of trouble in your daily life.

Nevertheless, Bell Maia sighed deeply.

As a senior maid, Belle Maia was a working manager, but is now a manager.

She claims to be a maid and wears maid clothes, but does not do anything like a maid at all.

When she grabs a kitchen knife to trim ingredients, the youngest maid comes out and quickly takes the knife to do it herself.

I don’t understand the maid’s outfit in the first place. Luxurious rose-patterned accessories are scattered all over the frills, and I can’t understand how you are supposed to wear them.

After all, the position of Chief Maid is nothing more than a face-to-face Madame representing the Office of Ophelis. It didn’t take long for me to understand that.

If you go to a high-end restaurant, the most experienced chefs don’t cook, and that’s roughly the same feeling.

Even though the former maid leader Ellis had great skills, I quickly understood why she didn’t intervene much in the field. If you have reached this level, you can no longer call yourself a maid.

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Most of the work I do all day is to greet the VIPs who enter the Ophelis Hall, check the cleanliness while visiting the office, check the appearance of the maids, and point out.

Other than that, they are administrative tasks such as organizing documents to be reported to the academic department.

Having reached that level at such a young age, it is usually full of pride. But Bell Maia took a deep breath as she crossed the hallway.

It doesn’t seem to fit my spiritual aptitude. Above all, I was more accustomed to working as a maid, and there was a taste of working more. I didn’t have a very ambitious personality in the first place, so I feel very empty.

Reporting on the dormitory staff, checking the status, giving orders, and setting discipline among the maids who noticed me had not been conceived in the first place.

The reason Bell Maia was able to serve for a long time was simply because she likes to taste food, enjoys washing the laundry neatly, and helping students who are struggling with their academic life has been quite rewarding.

He’s the type of person who enjoys working more by waking up a student who has overslept and tying his hair, rather than being arrogant among maids with tight standards.

“Did you finish organizing the list of incoming freshmen?”

“yes. Terry Renuel, Wade Kellamore, Tanya Rothtailer, Kylie Ekne, Clarice, Hague McHols, and Drake are 7 minutes in total.”

Inwardly, he nodded at the memorization of the secretarial maid who accurately memorized the new recruits.

Due to the nature of the Ophelis Hall, there are not many occupants, so, in principle, the maids are familiar with each and every student.

“There are still a few days left for the freshman placement test, so most of them have not gone through the admissions process. Mrs. Tanya was the first to join the company yesterday, and it is probably today to be contacted…”

As Bell strode forward listening to the secretary’s report, he ran into a student walking in from the other side of the hallway.

Neat clothes with all kinds of gold bands on his calmly settled gray hair. It is clear that the outfit that looks stylish and strong is the son of the commander of the corps who commanded the northern border area.

His name was Wade Callamore, and he was a promising newcomer in Sylvania for a senior seat.

Originally, it is customary for the head of the maid to greet new hires at the Ophelis Hall in advance. However, even though he did not receive a report, Bell showed a bit of embarrassment as he was already there.

“hello.”

Seeing Wade bowing her arms and bowing politely, Bell quickly greeted them as well.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t contact you in advance. It was originally scheduled to arrive mid-afternoon, but the schedule was earlier than expected, so we had arrived in advance.”

“Oh my.. I wasn’t even ready to greet you properly yet, but I’m going to show you how I’m sorry.”

“no. It was my fault for not saying anything and arriving first.”

Having said that, Wade tilted her head again.

“It’s amazing to see the Ophelis building, which I’ve only heard of through rumors, in real life. Clearly, the management staff are veterans, so they are impeccable.”

“It is also due to the fact that it was recently renovated in the first place. You don’t have to be respectful, so just stop talking.”

“no. You have just entered as a freshman, and you have to pay the least respect to the person who is always busy managing this Ophelis building in general. I will be taken care of too, how can I treat you like a normal maid?”

Bell was very uncomfortable with Wade’s gentle smile after saying that.

Anyway, after I got a higher position, everyone around me only respected me.

“You came quickly. Most of the students are expected to start joining the company next week.”

“I want to see the school atmosphere in advance, and above all, I have to say hello to Princess Penia in advance.”

Wade grinned and gripped the scabbard. The eagle and lion-shaped sculptures engraved on the scabbard are a symbol of the protection of the Chloel imperial family.

“In the beginning, since most of our family members are members of the Imperial Central Army, shouldn’t we bow down to Princess Fenia, the star of the Chloel Imperial Family?”

The expression is very direct. It’s not particularly sarcastic though. For them, loyalty is a part of the body that is naturally attached to them, such as limbs.

Born into a military family and raised as a soldier, Wade’s loyalty is seen as blind as it is young.

“Am I the first among your classmates in Ophelis?”

“no. Among Master Wade’s classmates… Miss Tanya joined the company in advance.”

“Is that so. He hasn’t… he hasn’t come yet. Do you want to be able to see your face during the class placement test?”

“If you say that…”

I didn’t even bother to say who it was. Because Bell realized it while he was talking.

Among the freshmen this year, he is by far one of the best. A girl who receives the protection of the Telos Church, and is respected by countless believers.

It was the heart of the Telos Church, which made even sarcastic words swallow dry saliva.

*

Plates shattered and meals spilled over.

It’s because there were bugs in the soup served by the Roth Taylor family maid.

The young blond boy’s eyes twinkle. She lifts the cheek of the maid who was watching from the side.

When the person in charge is told to bring the person in charge, the user who was in charge of the kitchen comes out. He grabs the cheeks of a middle-aged man many times older than his age with one hand, and smashes his face on the table with the soup that has not cooled down.

Then, he scolds him by wiping the soup from the tip of his feet on the user’s collar.

The blonde boy’s younger sister is just sitting next to him and eating quietly.

The boy who was practicing swordsmanship suddenly summoned a gardener who was managing the garden, and began to strike him with a wooden sword.

When the user asks why he is doing this, he tells him to be patient, saying it is part of his swordsmanship training.

When he complains that it is too painful and painful, he asks what he will do if the next head of Roth Taylor’s swordsmanship training is disrupted. At those words, the user shuts his mouth.

The corners of the blond boy’s lips rose sharply as he slashed the fat and dull user with his wooden sword. He also seems to feel a strange sense of bliss.

He himself knows well that he has no talent for swordsmanship. He’s not even a person who’s sincere enough to train so hard. He is just having fun beating the user.

The girl who was reading a book in the corner of the garden could not express her dissatisfaction even when she saw such an appearance.

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My father spends his time doing public affairs in the Yellow Capital.

The elder vassals have already given up on him and just sigh.

After the death of the noble maiden Arwen, the boy had already become a little tyrant, and this mansion was already his country.

On his fifteenth birthday, the mansion is full of banquets.

He looks satisfied as he opens the gifts that the users have prepared for him. It was a party prepared with forced loyalty, but he didn’t care about that.

Only the splendor of this mansion and the size of the grand party caught my eye.

The boy, who was sitting on the top of the table with his chin on his chin, gave a creepy smile, trampled and crushed the gold amulet prepared by the employees with his feet.

Seeing the faces of the users who were surprised to see it, they chuckled and smiled.

Then he looks at Tanya with a creepy smile and talks. look at that Did you think that I would be truly delighted with the gifts given to me by things that were even worse than those on the floor? Or did you really think that it would be easier for me to plant something like this?

Then, all the supper the servants have prepared all night is kicked and overturned. All ornaments are also broken.

Then we laugh and talk again. My birthday is still five hours away.

I want to celebrate my birthday in a grand way, so prepare a proper birthday party from now on.

Then, trying to hold back her trembling eyes, she sees Tanya sitting still and talks.

Do you have any complaints?

Could it be that you feel affection or compassion for those who are nothing but tools?

You are not yet aristocrats.

Then, with a fishy smile, he spoke into Tanya’s ear.

You’re going to see me as trash in the first place.

How great is your perseverance to somehow endure the scornful gaze that is about to come out.

As far as attitude and eyesight, I was really born. No, it was learned rather than innate.

However, after living together for such a long time, we have no choice but to notice.

Don’t you even see me as a human in the first place?

So what do you do? what can you do will you kill me Arwen sister also passed away, so if I die too, the heir will be yours.

Okay, so let’s take a stab at it. Now, here’s a dagger for dress code. put it in my chest Now, like this… hold it in your hand.

The boy holds the dagger in Tanya’s trembling hand. And then I put my hand up and point the dagger to my chest. If you push it in just like this, the boy’s breath is cut off in an instant.

But the boy knows it well. There is no force in that hand. If she really does kill a boy, it is this girl who understands better than anyone how heavy the responsibility is.

It’s just to make you aware of the difference in position. Tanya dropped her dagger as she lost her strength in her trembling hands.

A blond boy with an eerie smile glanced down at the dropped dagger, then burst into laughter.

He chuckled and laughed for a while, then his breath stopped in an instant, and he looked down at Tanya with those eyes again.

and then talk

“Thank you.”

“…”

The chirping of sparrows echoed several times in the northern forest in the morning.

I was surprised that the tie pin that Tanya gave me was a luxury item than I expected, but considering my birth, this gift would not be too burdensome.

“Strictly speaking, I am in the position of being excommunicated now. I’m not even your brother, but I’m grateful that you take care of these things.”

“That… that…”

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Maybe she was thinking of something else… or was she thinking of the past, Tanya was crouching and shedding her horse’s tail.

“I will write well. Don’t wear it when you go to school next semester.”

I took out two wooden mugs and boiled water for herbal tea. When I opened the storage box, the herbs were on the verge of running out.

In this penniless world, he is perhaps the only person who is related by blood. From the looks of it, he doesn’t seem very hostile to me, so there’s no reason to spare in hospitality.

Well, in the first place, the opponent is an aristocrat, so there’s no way you can have a cup of tea like this, but…

“What are you doing standing there blankly? Sit by the fire nearby.”

“yes…? yes…”

As it is, he walks in at regular steps and looks around the surrounding camp with a puzzled look.

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Many things will catch your eye, but the first thing that catches your eye is Lucy, who is sleeping lying down on the side of a bonfire.

“This… this kid…?”

“Ah, he… well… he doesn’t have to care. Occasionally a visitor Hey, give me a seat. Don’t be still.”

Lucy rubbed her eyes a few times and then gently pushed her body to the side. Tanya looked at him with eyes wondering what the hell he was doing, but didn’t bother to ask.

I handed Tanya a glass of herbal tea. Tanya quickly took the glass with a squeaky look.

“I heard that you go to see a bachelor’s degree, but have you met some people?”

“Ah… yes… I’ve heard a lot about your brother…”

“Are you talking about me? There aren’t that many people I know… who…? What kind of kid is Ziggs?”

“Ah, yes… I’ve also met Jigs-senpai…”

I tilted my head once as I shoved the car into my neck with a sip. Other than that, it’s obvious that it’s my personal relationship.

“A friend of the same age that I can say to be close to… is it Yenika at all?”

Tanya, who was drinking tea, sighed and quickly removed the glass from her mouth. Then, trembling, he gently brushed one side of his hair down, and then nodded his head.

“Ah, yes… he’s nice, isn’t he? First of all, out of all the kids I’ve known, he’s the nicest and has a good heart.”

“yes! yes! Really nice! He was a really, really, really nice person! really!”

It is very unnatural to see him suddenly rushing to praise Yenika. When I ask why, he shakes his head and continues talking.

“He, and he’s not just kind, he’s very strong! And… High Fire Spirit! A house-sized lizard! Tossing users like toys! He didn’t say that he won’t leave me alone if I don’t answer properly, but he also said words of encouragement to me to do my best in school with kindness and dignity…”

“Speak while breathing.”

Suddenly, while drinking tea, a small question arose.

“By the way, did you even see him dealing with high spirits? In any case, a Lieutenant-Elemental or higher level would not be able to pull it out because it has a heavy magical load.”

“I didn’t take it out! I really didn’t take it out! This is a story I made up in my own imagination! It’s just a rumor that the high spirits look like that, so don’t get me wrong!”

It’s not a particularly important story, but there’s no need to desperately deny it.

After I said yes, I glanced at Tanya again.

It’s not as daunting as I thought it would be to look down while clutching the mug.

Obviously, the Tanya Roth Taylor I knew was much more arrogant than this, and she was a young girl who always maintained a confident attitude.

When I think about something a little strange, I wonder if my judgment is wrong.

At least I thought that I would have lived a healthy life in the mansion… but I wonder if that’s a bit too far-fetched hypothesis.

Anyway, it was hard to imagine that the pathetic third-rate villain, Ed Roth-Taylor, wouldn’t instill any ill will in Tanya. That kind of cringing attitude is proof of that.

“Hey, Tanya. When I was living in a mansion, I was a bit pathetic, wasn’t it? I regret that a lot too, and there are many things that I can’t pick up now… Anyway, I’m very sorry. I don’t know what you’re going to think, but right now, I’m living as hard as I can, so don’t look too badly. I have already been excommunicated for that crime.”

Tanya Roth Taylor is nothing more than a villain in Act 3, Scene 3 to raise the dignity of Princess Fenia.

Although it is partly due to the fact that all of the characters of the Roth Taylor family are villains, in the first place, the essence of the scenario itself is inevitably exhausting.

“I heard that you want to become the student council president, but I support your will. It will be difficult to be of much help, but anyway, I know that you are always working hard, so be strong.”

In other words, I’m talking like this, but I already know.

…Tanya can never defeat Princess Fenia.

That wouldn’t be very good either.

The full support of the entire academic community for Penia cannot be overturned by any candidate.

Right now, she hasn’t revealed her intentions to become the student council president, but when Princess Fenia starts participating in the election, the rest of the candidates will literally be swept away like an ebb.

It’s unfortunate, but it’s unavoidable.

Still, Tanya Roth-Taylor is the only blood relative in this world that has no ties.

There is no need to explain in words how reassuring the existence of blood and flesh born of the same blood in a land without any connection is necessary.

Of course, there is still some time left before Tanya leaves the screenplay. Still, since I’m the type to leave relatively early… I can’t help but be particularly affectionate.

Anyway, my eyes tremble like crazy as I convey my opinion in such a brief way and look at Tanya quietly.

“…????”

They looked like they didn’t know what was going on, but I kept my mouth shut because I didn’t want to talk about anything more.

*

2. Build a warehouse for material storage

3. Expanding the Hut

6. Raise your magic engineering proficiency to three or more levels

7. Learn bow-type special skills

Of the items that I had set as my goals during the vacation, only four items remained.

After Tanya left, I laid out the tech supplies and other materials I received on the camp floor.

After comparing them one by one with the documents Lortel brought with me, it was still quite a lot.

Even if I just sit down in the secret library with all my intentions and practice magic engineering, I think a lot of useful things will come out.

After next week’s freshman class placement test is over, I think it would be better to take a training course in magic engineering.

Not only that, it seems that you should also take care of your combat skill proficiency. It is very slow compared to other classes of proficiency.

In the first place, the combat ability is somewhat limited in this body. So, it seems that it would be more efficient to pick and learn only the really necessary net exhaust skills.

Among them, I want to learn the special bow skill ‘Magic Arrow’. Above all, once you can shoot arrows using magic power, you no longer have to manage those damn arrows.

It takes a lot of labor to recover the arrows each time they are shot, and to maintain the arrowheads and shafts again. That’s the reason I don’t want to use a bow when hunting.

I have been forced to hunt bows for the sake of proficiency in bow skills, but if I can only learn magic arrows, it seems like bow training can be completed. It’s as easy as giving a magic arrow a spirit or elemental formula.

Anyway, it looks like this winter is likely to be the starting point of growth. It’s a cold and difficult time, but if you persevere, spring will come.

I sat in the middle of the woods, looked at the trees stretching out into the sky, and held my breath.

Now is the freshman class placement test.

Class A is an unreasonable test that doesn’t produce even a single person… Anyway, the test is a test, so you should supervise it diligently.

After all, it’s the job of a bachelor’s scholarship student, so it doesn’t really matter. Most important things will be handled by Assistant Professor Claire or Anise… I’ll just have to do my job well.

The day is cold.

I hope spring comes soon.

*

So, nothing really feels right.

Both this and that are questionable. Among them, Ed is the most incomprehensible.

Tanya tried to anguish as she traversed the corridors of the Ophelis Hall, but her thoughts could not be put together.

Tanya grew up together and has been watching Ed’s development closely.

Since that tyrant man had been excommunicated and lived abroad for a year, there was no way he could have come to his senses. Human nature doesn’t change so easily.

However, seeing Tanya in an open-minded tone… It really felt like seeing a trustworthy blood and blood, so I almost gave up on my heart for a moment.

However, even if everyone in the world believes it, Tanya never believes it so easily. It’s been ten years since I’ve lived looking at the garbage-like essence beneath him.

As I suddenly crossed the hallway of the Ophelis Hall, the scene I saw last night seeped into my mind coldly.

The guardian tree of Merylda in the middle of the northern forest, a spirit samurai with strangely sad eyes under the crescent moon shining the light of Asrai.

He wentssips about Ed in front of her, and literally almost burned to death by a fire lizard.

He really didn’t want to kill him… but Tanya was convinced by the girl’s genuine anger.

At least that Elementalist girl truly believed and followed Ed.

Where the hell are you looking at that person…? To say that, considering the appearance of Ed I just saw, it’s not that I don’t understand.

Still it’s weird

He’s not a very good actor in the first place, and after a year or so, the bottom of the person is revealed. Nevertheless, it is very unnatural to earn people’s trust.

“For now… I’m going to rest in my room… I need to organize my thoughts… I’ve been sober since I came to Sylvania… You can’t do this…”

Whatever it is, the most important thing is to organize your thoughts slowly.

Tanya took a deep breath.

Ever since arriving in Sylvania, he seems to have only been perplexed and confused.

Let’s regain our composure.

I was thinking about it and was about to enter the room.

– Whip, whip.

The sound of flapping collars.

When I turned my head and looked in the direction of the hallway, a dwarf girl was walking around, wriggling. It was the face I had just seen at camp. At first glance, Ed and I seemed to be very friendly.

The white hair hanging down on both sides fluttered along with the body. She flew over her oversized school uniform, and with one hand pressed on a witch’s hat, she crossed the hallway and grabbed the doorknob of Tanya’s next room.

From the looks of it, it seems that he was scolded by the maids of the Ophelis Hall. There was something oddly creepy about it.

To live with a noble status living in the Ophelis Hall, without being able to command a maid… I think it’s pathetic in a way.

It’s like that from the beginning. The outfits are all messed up together, so it looks like it’s perfect even at a glance. No dignity to be found.

As she entered the room, she sensed Tanya’s gaze and suddenly shook her head. Then she returned to her staggering gait, and looked up at Tanya with a dry expression on her face.

“…?”

“Is that her brother?”

There is no power in a dull voice. Tanya nodded lightly, wondering what the hell this person is, and the girl tumbled over and tapped Tanya’s shoulder a couple of times while raising her claws.

“Tell me it’s difficult.”

After throwing out a few cool words like that, she opened the door of Tanya’s next room again and went inside.

“…”

Anyway, he’s the person living next door. Wanting to know her name, Tanya looked at the nameplate hanging on the door to her room.

There was a gold nameplate that symbolized the head of the grade hung there.

– ‘302: Lucy Meryl’

“????”

Tanya stood still with a puzzled expression on her face.

Anyway, it seemed that it would take some time to adapt to Sylvania.

It wasn’t Tanya’s fault.