How to Survive at the Academy chapter 99

Student Council President Election (12)

Tap the chess piece in the shape of a horse’s head with the tip of your index finger. It was a chess piece that symbolized a knight.

If you press the tip of the head of the chess piece that has been erected like a sawtooth, and push it with force as it is, it will tilt slightly diagonally.

The finger, who used to tilt the chess piece at the line that seemed to fall over and did not fall, quickly rolled over the floor of the chessboard with a clicking sound as soon as it was pushed to the line where the balance of power collapsed.

So the knight died. It was the discarded water for the exchange of goods.

Princess Penia, who was sitting alone by the window, moving chess pieces around, sighed softly.

She swept the flowing platinum blonde hair and tied it up, then untied it again and let out another sigh.

She felt depressed.

The news I just heard from the escort captain Claire. It was the news of Ed Roth Taylor’s death.

Although the exact story has not been fully grasped yet, according to the primary investigation from the academic side, it seems that he was assassinated by the forces of the Roth Taylor family.

“How could it be… when things turn out like this…”

With Ed Roth Taylor, would it be the most appropriate to say that it was a love-hate relationship? It wasn’t an accurate representation either.

In fact, it may be more accurate to say that Princess Fenia is in debt to Ed Roth Taylor.

After hearing of his death, I couldn’t help but look back on my encounters with him.

It feels like the first button wasn’t very good from the beginning, and the time we had been annoyed with each other was much longer.

If you raise Ed Roth Taylor from the dead and ask her what she thinks of Princess Fenia, she will recall that she was a horribly incompatible human being.

To that extent, there was a high possibility that Princess Fenia was a human being like a thorn in the eyes of Ed Roth Taylor.

However, Princess Penia is the third most supreme princess of the Chloël family.

The metaphor of heaven and earth is not enough to compare the difference between Ed Roth-Taylor, who was excommunicated and became a commoner.

It is also strange that such a Princess Fenia falls into grief over the news of Ed Roth Taylor’s death. How could you say that you were so depressed because of how special your relationship was?

Still, for Princess Fenia, who lived with constant doubts about the Roth Taylor family… Ed’s existence, who jumped out of the fence, was meaningful enough. At least he wasn’t a good person to die in vain.

So, in order to somehow unravel this twisted and twisted relationship… Most of the delayed schedules were canceled and the unresolved issues were handled ahead of time, making time for a proper conversation with him.

The schedule was also approaching the next day, but the Roth Taylor family did not wait for Princess Fenia.

– Puffy.

Suddenly, there was the sound of grinding teeth.

Princess Penia was surprised to find out that it was the sound that came from my mouth.

Without doing anything, sitting quietly at the table by the window and touching the chessboard… It’s like a defeated Tosa dog.

What does it mean to be called the princess of charity and to be loved by the people?

Every time Princess Fenia did something as a monarch, nothing was completely as she wanted.

The only reason she was able to win the public’s love was because she did not dare to wield power. The two older sisters, who are actively aiming for the throne, sometimes go against the will of the public, but they bravely pushed on what they thought was right.

Basically, most political decisions are a double-edged sword. If you gain something, you often have to lose something else.

In the process, there will be countless times where you have to sacrifice someone.

The figure of Ed Roth-Taylor rises over the knight lying on the chessboard.

The first evaluation completely ran out, but Ed Roth-Taylor, who showed his true worth as he progressed… If he had lived, he might have been a person who could really do anything without borrowing the prestige of his family.

However, this death is more likely to be infinitely meaningless.

Princess Fenia had a chance.

There were a number of possibilities for taking a little more time to listen to him, to clear up emotional chaos, to let go of pride, and to develop a more serious relationship with him.

Busy schedules, low self-esteem, and self-confidence that had run out due to repeated failures… were what prevented him from doing so.

Realizing this belatedly, she rushed through all the overdue tasks to schedule a meeting with him, but… The blade of wretched fate was a little faster than her.

That’s an inexcusable big failure. Princess Fenia herself can never be free from that guilt.

“…”

When I turn my head and look at the desk… It is full of various materials that I had collected in the hopes of becoming the student council president.

Students from the Sylvania Academy come from many countries. Fenia wanted to become a representative among them and wield academic power.

Compared to the power of the Chloël imperial family, it is a weak power that is less than a fingernail, but at least in this Sylvania, it will make it possible to exert the power of its own domain.

It will not end as the third princess who simply depends on the protection of the imperial family, but will be able to exert her independent position as the student council president of this Sylvania Academy. Not with the imperial family in the background, but his own position.

That was the first direction that Princess Penia looked at.

“I am… someone who shouldn’t be in power…”

As she bowed her head for a moment and muttered softly, Princess Penia captured her lifeless eyes.

– smart.

At that moment, a knock was heard from the door.

Upon allowing the entrance, the door slowly opened with a squeak, and his escort, Claire, appeared.

Next to him was Tanya Rothtayler, gasping for breath, covered in robes completely covered in rain and mud.

*

The place was the central entrance of the Ophelis Hall.

The rain has almost stopped, and the stars can be seen through the clouds. The situation has been resolved to some extent.

The people who had hardened like statues by Lucy’s Time Prison magic were left alone for now. It was because he needed time to match the story with those who knew whether Ed was alive or not.

The Ophelis Pavilion, which had already been evacuated, drifted in silence. A few students may remain, but none of them are immediately visible.

The last maids who were evacuating the students all seemed to have left their seats.

It happened in an instant. Although they had little time to react, they certainly looked like an elite workforce. Even when all the leaders were killed, they quickly divided the areas in charge with each other and evacuated all the students within 15 minutes. There was a high possibility that he moved to the Gwakwon-dong and reported the situation.

“Yeah… we’ve all gathered…”

The Ophelis Hall, located on the outskirts of the living quarters, is not as close to the professor as you might think.

If you have just received a report on the events of the Ophelis Hall, it will take 10 minutes no matter how fast you rush to get here.

I didn’t have much time, so I tried to deliver only the key points quickly… but the condition of the gathered personnel was not normal.

First of all, Clevius has lost his mind. Together with Elvira, she struggled to support it and leaned it against one of the pillars.

After that, Elvira sat next to Clevius with her lap on her knees, quietly staring at the group. He must have been exhausted, and there must have been a lot of questions about how the situation came to be.

Besides that, Ziggs… was bowing her head and apologizing to Yenika in a corner of the central hallway. Yenika was blushing all the way to the tip of her head and her cheeks were puffing up, and it could be guessed that she had said something disrespectful to Yenika, not like Jigs.

And speaking in Lortel… in the opposite corner, he was holding his face with his palms.

It seemed that the heat was rising this way.

“What are you doing, Lortel?”

“…”

Lortel pulled on the cloak that wrapped around his shoulders and adjusted his clothes, then looked at Ed’s face and grinned.

“You’re all right, Ed-senpai.”

“okay. I’m sorry that I worried you for nothing.”

“no. I’m not worried. If you think about it slowly with common sense, you can see that Ed sunbaenim is not the kind of person who would die so easily. Come to think of it, there was a Del Heim hourglass, which was definitely helpful in saving lives, in the crafting ceremony that you told me about.”

Lortel smiled roundly and continued.

“It is important for merchants to always maintain composure and reason. It’s shocking news, but you shouldn’t lose your mind and get your heart broken before you even check the facts. Right, Ziggs?”

“…”

Ziggs, who was sweating profusely next to Yenica, rubbed his chin for a moment and fell into trouble.

“Is that right, Ziggs?”

“…uh, hmm…”

“Is that right, Ziggs?”

“Ah… yes… Lortel had no emotion at all…”

Did you feel any pressure? Jigs wiped his face and spoke like that.

“But… it was true that Tanya-san was very suspicious when looking at the circumstantial evidence. So I just put some pressure on Ms. Tanya, and if that’s true, I’ve only tried once to get her to surrender. There were some very slight threats in the process, but I didn’t really do any physical harm.”

“Yeah… it was…”

Ziggs was staring at Lortel with fearful eyes as he continued to rub his chin to see if there was anything to clench.

“Really…Is this a merchant’s tactics…I can’t decide which one it really is…”

As if what was the reaction of Ziggs, Lortel smiled and spoke calmly.

“Do you think I would have thought that Ed-sunbaenim would die just because of something like this? Worry is also oily. but…”

Lortel stood up and strode toward him, then raised his claws and grabbed Ed’s collar by the neck. Then he pops his head out and checks Ed’s face up close.

“Because making a rational decision doesn’t always work out the way you think.”

He bows his head as it is and smiles.

“In fact, seeing them face to face like this makes me feel relieved… Actually, I must have been a little worried.”

It feels like old worries are rushing down your chest. Lortel was certainly breathing a sigh of relief.

“Looking like this, I think it’s true that you made me worry, Ed-senpai. Just as nothing is free in the world, it would be right for me to pay the worry fee even in my mind so worried.”

“What?”

Having said that, it was the moment Lortel was about to embrace.

The moment she lifted the clippers went down and put her face on Ed’s chest, there was a girl who came in between them.

It’s very rare to see Lortel genuinely surprised. Because she always maintains composure, most of them are just faces pretending to be surprised.

However, this time it was real. She was clearly perplexed for a moment.

Lucy, who swung the Lortel, took a defensive posture with her arms outstretched.

With a face full of dissatisfaction, ‘Don’t come any closer!’ As if shouting… Lortel was stunned for a moment.

Who is Lucy Meryl? Isn’t he the kind of person who always yawns or yawns no matter what other people do with a half-sleeping, dazed look?

Seeing such a girl desperately blocking access to Ed, Lortel felt the anxiety that had been sleeping in the corner of her chest awaken.

The image of her waving her arms and inflating her cheeks… Anyone who sees it is a girl who doesn’t know what to do with her jealousy, so her body jumps out first.

Lucy is staring at Lortel as if to eat her like that… But when her buttocks, which she pulled back while taking a defensive posture, suddenly touched Ed’s body, she was startled, as if a thrilling electricity had flowed through her body, and she quickly pulled herself out of the body.

Is it not a girl who clings to Ed whenever he has spare time and chews jerky, or even sleeps on Ed’s stomach once in a while? It is unnatural for anyone to take a step backwards after the cheeks are blushing with this kind of skinship.

“…”

Not only Lortel, but also Jenica, who was repeatedly receiving apologies from Ziggs, came to the scene with the same feeling.

The reason that Lucy Meiril was not able to receive any special rituals from Yenica and Lortel was because she was always detached from the Cefa… to be.

He wields overwhelming magical powers and is revered by everyone, but he doesn’t feel proud of himself, and he doesn’t have any motivation…

Is it possible for a girl like this to be affectionate to someone, cherish a love affair, and look out for someone? Since that didn’t seem very realistic, either Yenica or Lortel had to subtly lose some consciousness of Lucy.

Lortel, who had always had the habit of dealing with even the smallest possibility in mind, was conscious of the possibility itself… but didn’t expect it to become a reality so suddenly.

“Lu… Lucy… You…”

As Yenika was about to say something, Edgar placed her chin on Lucy’s head and placed her hand on it.

Then, casually, as usual, she pulled Lucy and hugged her to my side, and gently pressed her with her hand on her shoulder.

It was something that could no longer be called skinship for Ed.

In fact, Ed is already in a tight position with Lucy, so just because he pulled his shoulder a little and put it on his side, he doesn’t feel conscious of that as a special touch.

He’s just gotten used to Lucy, who is always clinging to him.

However, for Lucy today, it was a surprise attack like a disaster.

Sadly, Lucy has just gone through a turning point in all perceptions of Ed Roth-Taylor.

The consciousness of Ed was also completely reestablished, and now it was impossible not to think steadily about his position as a man and a woman.

However, that is purely Lucy’s case.

It’s only natural for Ed to treat Lucy casually as usual.

“—!”

Without saying anything, with her mouth shut, heat rushed to Lucy’s face as if it was about to explode.

Now that I think about it, it’s absurd. When a girl who was quiet with a gloomy face casually even when she was doing all kinds of work and living together, now that she is conscious of every move like this, who in the world can’t stop laughing in vain?

However, when attitudes and perceptions change, reactions are bound to change as well. that’s what a person is

“Why are you doing this, Lucy? Lortel is also worried about her own words, so there is no need to be too suspicious. I can understand why the day is standing still because my emotions have just subsided…”

Ed doesn’t even care about Lucy’s feelings like that, he’s just paying attention to Lucy’s behavior to be wary of Lortel…

Lucy didn’t even hear those words. It was just that she was holding her heart tight again with her big witch hat on.

– Tuuk.

It was Yenika who pulled Lucy like that and pulled her away from Ed.

“You’re too close…!”

In fact, this reaction was absurd.

Yenica is in and out of Ed’s camp whenever he has spare time, and has seen Lucy and Ed sitting by the fire over and over again.

Despite this, Yenica didn’t feel any sense of crisis because of her always shy attitude… Lucy Meirill today is strange to anyone looking at it.

So, the intuition as a girl moved her body.

Lucy, who fell out in Yenika’s arms…

Then, he made a squeaky and sharp noise, and came out of Yenika’s arms and confronted him head-on. Lortel’s gaze, who was looking at it, was also cold.

“…”

Silence spreads for a moment between the central entrance where Yenica, Lortel, and Lucy are standing.

“This…!”

Ziggs, who was watching them with arms crossed, swallowed dry saliva. It’s much more interesting than the gladiator fight we all went to see once when we lived in the Islan mansion.

It’s not even a seat far away, it’s an intuition right in front of you. The moment Ziggs makes a ho-ho-h sound and tries to sit properly in the audience…

“There.”

Elvira, who was sitting still next to the fainted Clevius, broke the silence.

“We… don’t we have a lot of free time…?”

“…”

Yes. In fact, the party didn’t have time to waste like this.

Briefly explain the reason why Ed was not able to publicize the fact even though he was still alive.

Apologies to Clevius and Elvira,

I have to go find Tanya, who also ran away,

You have to keep your mouth shut in case you testify to the academics about how the situation came to be,

When all of that was over, Ed had to leave this place right away.

Ziggs slapped his knee in regret. Still, Elvira was right.

“okay. It seems to me that it is appropriate to proceed quickly from the beginning of the story. Seniors.”

*

“Oh, suck!”

When Clevius opened his eyes, the place was at the edge of the main gate of the Ophelis Hall.

I wonder if the aftermath of being beaten by Lucy just before she died… Her body was creaking.

“What, what…! What happened…”

The wounds on his body had decreased to some extent, and there was hemostasis. Rather than using drugs or emergency medical supplies, it is a treatment that directly utilizes magical powers.

When he barely raised his upper body and looked around, he noticed that Elvira was sitting right behind him, and he giggled in surprise.

“What, what…!”

Scratching her shoulder reveals some of Elvira’s long, wavy, orange hair.

Judging from the situation, it seems that he had been lying on the back of Elvira’s lap for quite some time.

“Why are you making such a fuss, stupid Clevius.”

“…what, what, what happened? Am I… dead…? Seriously, I shoveled that much, so even if I died stupidly, I wouldn’t have anything to say…!”

“Don’t be noisy, sit around there. I’ve heard it all, so I’ll tell you.”

The rain had completely stopped. As if when it rained like that, on a moonlit night, a large, round moon occupied the sky.

All kinds of stars are studded like salt in the open sky as the dark clouds pass by. Under the light, Clevius and Elvira looked up at the sky quietly under the trees in the garden.

“Now the bachelor’s staff will arrive. Then you can testify that you stopped Lucy.”

“What? I? How did I stop that monster!”

“Don’t be fussy, huh. Everyone agreed to do that. Because I’ll explain it all later…”

Elvira grabbed Clevius by the hair. Clevius was led by Elvira’s hand with a muffled sound, and buried his head in her lap again.

“…you, just get some rest.”

“No, what are you doing…! Ah-oh…!”

The situation wasn’t very comfortable, so Clavius tried to get his injured body up with a crackling sound… Elvira pressed the back of his nose down.

It was surprising that Lucy bowed her head politely in response to destroying all of the magic equipment and beating Clevius. It was Lucy who gave first aid to Clevius’ body.

Other than that, it’s compensation and confidentiality, and it’s hard because I don’t have enough cash right now, but I’ve also received a pledge from the Elte company that I’ll take care of it later. It was surprising to see Lortel even acting as a guarantee, so even Elvira was quite surprised.

Ed Roth Taylor’s personal situation, driven by the pursuit of the family, was not something he could not understand.

Even if I wanted to explain the circumstances before and after, I thought that the first thing to do was to put Clevius Elvira on her bed.

Clevius, who had twisted his body back and forth the first few times, could no longer resist the hand of Elvira who was pressing on him, and he relaxed quietly.

I stayed still in the silence for a while… Clavius pressed his eyes tightly with my hand.

“Again… I’ll just have to say this to think that it’s just the beginning…”

Now I lay on Elvira’s lap and look up at the clear sky. So Clevius said this with a smirk.

“Life is… like a real dog…”

Clevius already knew enough empirically.

If you grumble like this in front of Elvira, you’ll end up beating yourself up as usual by saying that you stop whining.

However, Elvira smiled and looked up at the night sky together.

Elvira’s life wasn’t easy either.

As a troublemaker for the Aniston family, who was only meddled by their older sisters on Heo Gu Hun-day, as a straggler at the Alchemy Society, and as the head of the pension department in Sylvania.

Even when I tried to explain the hardships of life, I thought that it was a very rude thing to do.

The girl just talks softly.

“You’re right, Clevius.”

The two of them just looked up at the starry sky for a while until the academic staff arrived.

The dark clouds that had been hanging over were gone. The open sky filled my vision.

The vast sea of stars was quite far away, but the dazzling light was clearly visible to both eyes.