147 – Rumors of the Academy – 1
“yes?! Something like that happened in Delinia?!”
The road from the dormitory to the academy’s classroom. Priscilla asked Rosé what had happened this weekend, wide-eyed as if it were nonsense.
“Is that so? So I just powaaagh with rosé breath! I just finished it.”
“Ah, anyway, isn’t the breath a bit exaggerated?”
“Is it real? Isn’t that right, Mr. Gregory?!”
Priscilla waved her hand as if it were nonsense at Rose’s words that she shot her breath. At this, Rosé looks at me, who was following me, as if feeling really unfair, and starts asking questions. Then, Priscilla followed Rosé and looked at me. She, too, seemed curious about the truth.
“uh… … . It’s hard to believe, but it’s all true.”
“I heard!”
“Gee, is it real? The real Rose has a breath… … ?”
“Etham!”
Rosé stares at Priscilla with an arrogant appearance in an instant.
At this, Raphael, who is walking side by side with Priscilla, bursts into laughter.
“I was taken away by the vice-president and asked what I learned, did you really learn the breath? And you shot it at Lily? You seem to have enjoyed a great adventure?”
“yes! that’s right! and… … It’s been 5 circles. lol.”
“Oh, I heard that you have a little more energy than usual. then… … Gregory, you too?”
I nod my head in affirmation at her question.
“Five stars, then you can go to the Demon World, right?”
“It will be like that. But I have no intention of going right now.”
“okay? Then, is it okay for me?”
Saying that, Raphael naturally tries to hug me. After lightly twisting her body to let him go, she returns to her original seat next to Rose.
“How is class this morning?”
“Ah yes! This morning’s class is about monster studies… … Introduction to basic magic, and literature!”
… … There are a lot of boring classes. Shall I not go?
“together… … Will you go?”
Suddenly, Rose put her hands together and started looking at me with bright eyes.
A face that works for me as well, as my emotional ups and downs have decreased after becoming the Grand Duke of Devil. In the end, unable to shake off the guilt, I nodded without saying anything.
“Oops! So good! lol!”
Is it that good that I take classes together? It just didn’t make sense in my head.
“Do you like being around me that much?”
“yes! Awesome!”
“… … Even if it’s wheel foam?”
“uh… … . yes!”
I think I just thought about it… … .
“Ah, it’s real! So, let’s go quickly! It’s late!”
He grabs my hand as it is and suddenly starts running.
“ruler! song! Time to go meet tequila next!”
“Ahh! Rosé! let’s go together!”
Suddenly, Priscilla starts running after Rosé, and Raphael slowly follows with a grin behind her.
Our next destination is the smoking area on the way to the main building.
“Tequila!”
“Ah, Rosé. good morning.”
Rose holding my hand with one hand and waving with the other hand raised above her head.
Tequila, who was standing in front of the smoking area, waved and greeted Rosé.
“Hello Demonic! After all, you’ve gotten a lot bigger than last time!”
Rosé greets Demonic standing behind Tequila’s back. Having grown up anew by reaching 4 stars, he solemnly folded his arms and nodded.
“yes? That’s Miss Tequila’s summoned beast… … ?”
Was there a sense of distance from what he remembered from the past? Priscilla looked at Demonic with a surprised expression.
“hehehe, Miss Tequila has also become a 4th circle this time.”
“Oh, really? Congratulations Miss Tequila.”
“thank you. Princess.”
“Wow, it’s the princess! Just call me Priscilla!”
“… … Yes, Miss Priscilla.”
Rosé is looking at that figure from behind.
“hehehe, it’s so nice to have so many good friends.”
This is the result of all your hard work. I wanted to say, but with this body, I didn’t have the confidence to say such an embarrassing thing. just nod your head
“great! Then hurry up and go to class! class! class!”
Rosé, who let go of my hand and grabbed Priscilla and Tequila with both hands, ran toward the main school with an excited expression.
“Interesting.”
Demonic, who had been standing still until now, spoke for the first time.
It’s all interesting, what the hell are you trying to say?
“… … What do you mean?”
“Tequila. that child A child with no expression that would normally be considered undead is smiling like that.”
“… … hmm? Are you laughing?”
Listen to Demonic and examine Tequila’s face.
… … It’s not a smiley face at all. Oh, if you look closely, do the corners of your mouth go up a bit? How long has it been since he signed a contract with Tequila and is he already doing this?
When you think about it and try to shake your head.
“Even our summoners are on good terms with each other… … How about we get along like that, Gregory?”
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Gently, Raphael wraps his arms around me and whispers in my ear with a sticky voice.
“… … I would have told you to stop talking nonsense.”
“Huh… … .”
Shaking off the grouchy Rafael, he slowly walks behind the children.
“Gregory, go with me.”
Raphael grimaces and Demonic silently follows me. After all, I thought that having a friend to walk with might not be so bad.
* * *
“It’s an emergency meeting.”
Priscilla, who should have been in the other class normally, came to our class holding Tequila’s hand.
“An emergency meeting? All of a sudden?”
Rosé, who was going to sleep on her desk until class started, looked at Priscilla with dreamy eyes. Even so, Priscilla nodded with a firm gaze.
“Yes! It’s a meeting!”
“A sudden meeting, I think I need to explain.”
“Ah, yes! I’m sorry, the situation is so urgent…”
At my words, Priscilla continued talking with a shy smile.
“Gregory-sama and Rosé. Do you know the rumors that have been spreading about Miss Rosé and us lately?”
“What? I don’t know?”
Rosé shook her head and answered. I also shook my head because I hadn’t heard anything else.
“I knew you would. Recently, rumors about me, Rosé, and Miss Tequila have been spreading secretly through the academy.”
“Really? It doesn’t matter. In the first place, Rosé and I don’t care too much about rumors.”
“If it were just a normal rumor, I would have thought so too… but I thought I should tell you this.”
Tequila nodded at Priscilla’s words this time.
“That’s right. Somehow, it seems like someone is deliberately spreading rumors about us, so I think we need to decide a plan after discussing it.”
If even tequila would talk like that, it seemed that the rumor was really problematic.
“Yes, what is that rumor about? It’s such a serious matter.”
“That’s it…”
Priscilla bent over in this direction. Seeing as he was subtly paying attention to the gazes around him, it didn’t seem like a rumor worth talking about openly.
“……Now, with us at the forefront, a group called Rosepa is emerging.”
“……what?”
“Rumors are spreading that Miss Rose is trying to become the demon king of the Pandemonium front by swallowing the empire and the academy, led by the Grand Dukes of the Pandemonium. Because of that, among the students who signed a contract with the angels, there is a saying that Miss Rose is the main enemy.”
“……her.”
It was an absurd rumor that made me laugh out loud.
“Is that the end?”
“No. That’s not the end.”
It was tequila that opened her mouth this time.
“Miss Rose, Priscilla, and Raphael, as well as me, have been seduced by Grand Duke Gregory Jones and are completely tainted with evil, and even rumors are spreading that the existence of the academy is in danger.”
“Yes? There are rumors like that?!”
I didn’t know this, but Priscilla looked at the tequila with a blushing face, startled.
“There’s a rumor going around that I did it?”
“That’s right. The reason why the information didn’t spread even though Gregory-sama is the Demon Grand Duke is because Gregory-sama is a famous prostitute in the Demon World, so the Demon World deliberately erased the information…”
crazy. Are you really saying that rumor is spreading?
“……It’s absurd. Exactly how far did the rumors spread?”
“Oh, should I ask someone else?”
Saying that, Rosé turned and looked at Daisy, who was talking to the other students in the back.
“Miss Daisy~”
“Huh? Why are you calling?”
What Rose found was Elena Daisy.
In the past, he was a Delinian nobleman, an elf, and a member of the class who had bullied Rosé the most.
“Do you know the rumors going around about me? Like the demon king~ Gregory-sama is a playboy.”
“Wh-what?!
Daisy, startled by Rosé’s words, steps back.
“Such a rumor! I don’t believe it?! Would you believe such a rumor that I’m crazy?!”
After confirming Daisy’s reaction, Rose nodded and turned her body back to normal.
“Well, it’s safe to say that virtually the entire Academy knows what Miss Daisy knows.”
“……is that enough?”
“Yes, Miss Daisy is the most popular girl in our class.”
“——Hey! I can hear everything!”
“It’s a compliment~!”
Could it be that his name came out? Daisy screamed quite a bit at us, but Rosé shook her hand and pulled her back.
“Now, then what should we do? Should we find the person who spread the rumor and kill him?”
Rosé tells scary stories with a casual smile. To this, Priscilla nodded her head positively.
“That’s good. I never thought you would dare to spread such rumors against me as the princess. Rumors like this could be a threat to my ascending to the throne in the future, so I have to root them out.”
“Why don’t we turn the corpse into a corpse as soon as we find the person who spread the rumor? If you resurrect it with necromancy and spread the rumor that you spread it as a lie, there will be no problem.”
“Ah! That’s nice. Then find it first and somehow…”
“──Me.”
I stopped talking to the girls who started telling scary stories and stood up.
“Let me deal with it. You guys are in class.”
“Yes? Gregory-sama will step in?”
Rosé tilts her head as if she didn’t think I would go out alone.
“Okay, I’ll take care of this, so don’t worry too much. You just have to attend class as usual.”
“…if Gregory-sama says so, I see! I will!”
“If Gregory-sama steps forward, I’m reassured. Then I’ll go back to class, too.”
“I am also relieved.”
In this case, it seemed most appropriate for me to properly kill half of the guy who started the rumor after I took charge of it.
If I left it to these children, it would have been a situation where the academy might get bloody.
What kind of person is this guy who spread rumors against me that I’m such a kind person?
I walked out of the classroom with the intention that if I could find it, I would be allowed to do a backstroke in the black swamp.