129 – 129 – Nice weather to clean… ! # 2
129 – Nice weather to clean… ! # 2
Palak.
The newspaper I opened had quite a lot written on it.
「The evidence of the embezzlement of student council president ‘Mikhail K Cresford’ continues—」
“The whereabouts of the 500 million Renée who disappeared… !?”
“A student from the Nymph Relief Club revealed that he would ‘never stand by’… .”
“The armed group ‘Pimblebert’ attacked Ludens last night. Relation to this case… ?”
How many headlines are there?
Most of the articles were written in bold letters.
Is it natural if a big incident is happening?
What caught my attention was the writing on a page.
“Vice President Victoria Arclight. Student press conference at 3pm today.”
It’s Victoria’s press conference.
3pm?
“It is 12 o’clock.”
There is still time.
Shall we get out of this disinfectant-smelling infirmary?
I put on the clothes that were roughly lying around.
My stomach throbbed a little, but the puncture wound had already healed, so I didn’t have much trouble moving.
“Is it a healing spell? It works.”
When I opened the door and went out into the hallway, there was Skadi, the executive committee member.
“what. Didn’t he go?”
At my question, Skadi raised her left eyebrow.
“Where are you going? You are a person of interest now. It’s like parole, so to speak. I know there will be surveillance for a while.”
That’s what it looks like.
Also, since I don’t know when the villains of Fimblebert will attack me, I wonder if it’s like giving me a bodyguard?
“Then let’s go back to the club room.”
I wasn’t supposed to be here.
A strange club room made by renovating an abandoned warehouse.
My body was naturally heading there.
But.
When I arrived at the door, I hesitated.
Because there were a lot of students flocking around it.
“Here I am… !”
“Victor, I’m a bugleweggle from the 2nd Newspaper Club, so I’d like to say a word about this incident—”
“It’s true that I was attacked by Pimblebert… !?”
“There was talk about returning as an executive member… !”
They were like a swarm of ants that smelled sugar.
Due to the crowd of people crowding around me, I felt like my head was whining with the aftereffects of mana depletion that hadn’t gone away yet.
“Get out of the way, man.”
Skadi threatens.
In this Ludens, there was no student who did not know the fear of Skadi, the mad dog, so they soon got out of the way.
I squeezed through the gap and opened the door to the club room.
Then the door opens easily unlike what I thought it would be locked.
There were familiar faces in it.
“Ah, Viktor is back… !”
Honey-haired 1st grade Ariol greeted me first.
The kongkong on his shoulder also greets me by waving his legs from side to side.
-Hooong… !
Next to him was Nike.
Nike spots me and frowns.
“Victor, you said you weren’t friends with me… ! I thought I had also left the club… ! why did you come here… !”
“… … .”
“It’s a joke… !”
As soon as you meet, you make a joke that makes the conversation go cold.
I brought out the words hidden deep inside my hard iron heart.
“I have been.”
“yes… !”
Nike didn’t seem to have changed much despite my harsh words last night.
I don’t say anything anymore and just look around.
The club room, which had been a mess last evening, was tidy.
Two imps wearing aprons and masks are cleaning with the windows wide open.
Is Arnoi somewhere else?
Looking at the newspaper article, he seemed busy doing the interview.
“It’s PuiPu, the kongkeng over there cleans the room too… !”
“Cleaning is fun after all… !”
cleaning is fun
They’re weird guys.
Thanks to that, I was able to organize my mind while looking at the clean room in many ways.
So I opened my mouth with a relatively light heart.
“Nike, what you said yesterday… .”
“Victor, even if you don’t say anything, I know everything… ! That Viktor isn’t the kind of person to say things like that carelessly. Viktor, do you sometimes lie too?”
The image of Viktor, who is more honest than anyone else and does not lie, was in danger of being shattered.
It’s sad to think of how many crises I’ve overcome thanks to this image.
If you lose it and think you can win a friend again, the scales will tip one way soon.
“I lie too. Because you are human. Nike, everything I said yesterday was a lie. I apologize whether I offended you or not.”
Nike didn’t say anything to my question.
Her usual cheerful expression was very serious.
Nike with a serious expression looked like a different person.
a completely different person.
Those emerald eyes were so deep that when I thought that everything around me might be sucked in, Nike asked in a calm voice.
“Viktor, then, is the goal you said you would pay off debts with me, work hard, and rest comfortably?”
“No, that was the heart of the heart.”
“That’s it!”
Nike was a cooler person than I thought.
There is no such thing as sediment.
Come to think of it, I remember being like that when we first met.
I was the one who ruthlessly abolished Nike’s occult club, but Nike quickly believed in me and started a club together.
Then Nike opened his mouth as if he was about to say something embarrassing.
“… But, Victor. Promise me this one next time.”
“Appointment?”
“Because it’s not cool to carry it alone like that. From now on, rely on me, Ariol, Imp Po, Poo, Keng Keng, or someone else.”
to rely on someone else
It was not as easy as I thought.
Because I’ve always solved everything on my own.
In the end, the only thing I had to trust was myself.
lived like that
so he survived
But Nike said.
“Victor, you asked me to trust you in the forest on the day we met again, right? I’ll tell you this time Victor, trust us too.”
“… … .”
I looked around in silence.
The 200 million I was aiming for.
It would still take some time to pay it all off.
Even so, it seems that I have obtained and collected quite a lot so far.
It seemed like something that could not be converted into money.
Totally different from my way of life… .
Something that is difficult to explain with just numbers or bank account balances.
So I was shocked by something.
am i stupid
I played games because I wanted a life and pleasure that was completely different from reality.
To live in the game just as fiercely as in reality.
At that moment, a strong wind blew through the open window.
It’s a wet wind.
“It’s a big deal, it’s raining.”
I covered my face with my palms to avoid the heavy rain.
Then Nike said.
“… rain? is it. it’s raining Hurry up and close the window, poi-poi.”
spring rain.
It was enough to melt the frozen ground like cold steel.
but.
Poipoi and Puipui looked out the window and tilted their heads as if they did not know this.
“From the point of view of this Poipoi, the sky is very clear… !”
“Good weather to clean… !”
* * *
three o’clock in the afternoon.
People flocked to the stage in front of the student union building.
There were not only students, but also teachers and civilians living in Ludens doing various jobs. Thanks to that, the number is like a cloud even during the period before final exams.
– Ying-ying-ying.
There are real clouds too.
When everyone gathered together like that.
Someone appeared on stage.
It was Victoria Arclight, calmly dressed in school uniform.
Even wearing the cape of the student council, which I don’t usually wear because it’s hot.
I think I know how much effort he puts into this press conference.
“ah-.”
Victoria’s voice echoed through the magic stone microphone.
Soon, the people who were buzzing shut their mouths.
Victorica spoke into the microphone as if to drive away the silence.
“Students, teachers and officials of Ludens. I will reap. The corruption of the student council revealed this time. It was me and my companions who revealed it.”
Click, click.
Flashes of light explode here and there.
Someone asked among the students of the newspaper department who were busy taking pictures.
“There is a saying, “Information obtained through unfair methods.” What does the vice president of the student body, Miss Arclight, think about this?”
“It is true that it was the wrong way. But I don’t regret it. The punishment or compensation for this will be judged fairly regardless of the outcome of this incident.”
In the end, the fact that he secretly sneaked into the student president’s office and stole the data doesn’t change.
Victorica seemed determined to take responsibility for him, without any excuses.
soon someone shouts
“According to the data, the Orca Arclight was entangled, but that’s your brother… ! Are there any guarantees that you are not involved in this affair? Why should we believe you… !”
“right… ! Orca recommended you to run for student council, but… !”
Criticism poured in from everywhere.
There were also those who booed.
Had she ever been booed like this in Victoria’s life?
I didn’t even dare to anticipate how much of a shock a person who has always been praised would feel when he heard harsh criticism.
But.
Victorica held the microphone tightly as if she had made up her mind right away.
“I will not ask you to believe me. However, please trust Viktor who was with me. He is the most honest man and the student who shed blood for this Ludens more than anyone else.”
“Victor… .”
I could feel everyone’s eyes turning to me.
I don’t know if there’s a corner where I can believe my appearance now with bandages and crutches.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Everyone kept their mouths shut to see what they were thinking.
It was then.
“Victor even removed the beehive that everyone was afraid of… !”
someone shouted.
This guy is Rose, a flower garden manager who is Nike’s roommate and a student in Class C.
As his eyes focused on the plain Rose, he blushed terribly and muttered in a low voice.
“Victor is a trustworthy person… .”
“That’s it… !”
someone screams
It was Arnoi.
I asked where you were and it was here.
The guy spoke loudly in front of the podium.
“This Arnoi, I tasted the honey shaved ice made by Chef Viktor… ! There’s no way a person who makes such delicious shaved ice could be bad… !”
… … .
The intentions seemed good, but the logic was not very helpful.
However, people who heard this story are agitated.
“I heard that nymphs instinctively sense good and bad people?”
“Like herbivores being alert to harmless people… ?”
“Seeing that the nymphs are on the side, maybe that’s the real thing… .”
Unexpectedly, Arnoi’s persuasion worked.
Arnoy’s story did not end here.
“It is to expel Mikhail… ! Mikhail is our enemy… ! This Arnoi was good… ! By the way, bad Mikhail framed this Arnoi… ! It’s all about being careful… !”
Arnoy was screaming.
“Give this ariole something to eat, brush her hair from time to time… !”
“This Pui Pui is something I always get from Victor… !”
“It is delicious… !”
No, they don’t give you food for free, but they’re cutting some of your hourly wages.
I told you, but have you forgotten?
Or was it somehow good?
Nike also raised his hand.
“… Viktor took my side even when I was being bullied… ! Even when I was scolded by everyone for being useless, he was the only one who reached out to me… !”
“Hmm.”
Next to him, a middle-aged man wearing a guard hat offered a helping hand.
He was the manager in charge of the separate collection of Ludens.
“Student Viktor helped clean Luden’s garbage a lot. I don’t think there are many students who spend all day touching dirty trash just to get 100,000 Renae.”
Are you talking about the sub-quest “Thorough separation of garbage”?
I was simply trying to get strength points.
“Come to think of it, I was also cleaning the pool… .” or “I’m not a member of the executive committee anymore, but I took the lead and took down the Manticore—” the whispers grew louder and louder.
“… Viktor, you foolish bastard. Because of him, dukes keep coming and making a mess—”
Then someone muttered.
All eyes turned to the balding middle-aged headmaster.
Principal Midas cleared his throat and then added.
“—I thought it was, but it seems it wasn’t. What a great student.”
Looking at those people, Victoria said.
“The current student council that expelled everyone’s colleague Viktor from the executive committee is wrong.”
Victoriaka sighs and catches her breath.
Finally, the guy declares.
“I call for the voluntary resignation of the current student body president, Mikhail K. Cresford.”
It felt like something was coming.
Now I don’t know what will happen to me either.
A route I don’t know at all.
A road no one has ever been to.
I don’t know if it’s a main book, but my heart trembled a little.