022. Maria Theresia (1)
It was the dean’s call to welcome Veris, who was discharged the next day thanks to her mana recovery.
The dean looked at Berris who came to the dean’s office with a keen eye and went straight to the main point.
‘I know you dealt with them. Please do not hide your feat.’
Professor Theon and about a hundred devil followers, including a sword demon who came in from outside.
It is true that the first graders who boasted a high level struggled, but in the end it was none other than Berris who took care of them all.
What the dean asked for, who seemed to have grasped the fact to some extent, was simple.
Become the academy’s legend.
In spite of Berris’ reaction, saying that he was not a boy who was sung by a cruel angel, and of course, what kind of floating voice he was talking about, the dean held on to his unchanging attitude.
‘The awl in the pocket is bound to tear through the pocket eventually. Your gong easily jumps over, so I hope you don’t hesitate.’
She wasn’t stupid enough to not know what he was saying, so Veris understood what he wanted to say without difficulty.
For example, it seems that the academy needs a strong center right now.
The Empire and Academy have been in constant conflict with the cult’s masters since its founding. However, they seem to know that this time is not a situation that can be passed easily.
It was a case where a group of demonic cults set up a barrier inside the academy and held the students hostage, so it would not be strange if an investigation team was dispatched by order of the imperial emperor.
If things go like that, the heads of not only the dean but also the entire upper ranks of the academy will be in danger.
‘I’ll give you a decent price.’
The dean, who decided to embrace Berris, came out loud.
First of all, we will provide a monthly subsidy in the name of a billion-dollar scholarship, and even promise to rent a mansion in the south of the academy, that is, on the outskirts of the commercial district, for free, until the complete repair of the half-destroyed dormitory building.
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In addition, even after the reconstruction of the dormitory was completed, it was promised that it could be rented indefinitely if desired.
Of course, there were numerous other mouth-watering proposals, and Veris did not reject them.
Anyway, as the dean said, as the word nangjungjichu, the awl in the pocket eventually tears the fabric and pops out.
I wondered if I was willing to put up with the inconvenience, but whenever something happened, I couldn’t just stand by and watch the situation under the surface.
“…… So?”
As Veris came out of the dean’s office and roughly explained the conversation with the dean, Cecilia and Arwen, who quickly followed him, were looking intrigued.
Few academy students live in mansions in expensive commercial districts, so they must be in a strange mood.
“So I agreed. It’s not like my body wears out because my rumors are known anyway.”
The two nodded eagerly at Veris’ words.
From the entrance exam to the academy to the occupation of the dormitory building the other day, I thought that Berris’ treatment was strangely low after overcoming the difficulties.
“Then I must be in charge of managing the mansion.”
“Huh? Why?”
“If it were a mansion in the commercial district, it would be smaller than the count’s house, but Berry’s alone would be difficult to manage the mansion.”
“I don’t think so.”
Berris nodded at Arwen’s reasoning.
He is a very special guy. Unlike Berry’s, who spends his time in the lecture hall blankly scribbling or delusion when there is a class, Arwen, who has a lot to learn from the class, readily volunteers first.
“So, are you saying you want to live in the same mansion as Berrys-sama?”
“What a strange question. I’ve lived with Berrys-sama since I was little.”
“No way!”
Cecilia’s face turned red as she screamed.
Perhaps the fact that a man and a woman lived under one roof in the past year did not come easily to the saintess who was united by this faith, so Cecilia even bit her lip….
“I’m not bad, right? Even if she stays at an inn in the business district, she’ll only lose money anyway. No matter how much the academy provides subsidy, it’s not an amount to be ignored.”
“Yeah, but…… Anyway, no way!”
Cecilia had no choice but to bite her lips once again at the sight of Berry’s insensitivity to her worries.
From her point of view, this was the problem.
How can this man have such defenseless values when there are so many ambitious women in the world!
Berris, who took away the travel robe she always wore right after her immediate admission, has the magic to draw attention wherever she goes. Of course, the role of Arwen and Cecilia in the S class with him will not be small, but at least the fact that there will be many women targeting him will not change.
After thinking about this and that, Cecilia came up with a trick.
“Then me too!”
“Why Cecilia?”
“Oh, can’t I?”
“There is nothing impossible. As long as you pay the rent gently.”
If you knew of Berry’s outrageous idea of paying rent again in a mansion that was rented for free, it would be a vicious business that would make her mouth wide open. But the naive Cecilia, who didn’t know that, just tilted her head.
“How old are you?”
“Mr. Berrys is talking about the rent.”
“That…… Sure! Yes!”
Cecilia responded vigorously to Arwen’s explanation.
She is Cecilia who has saved all of the support money she received from her holy country since she was young. In addition to that, after she entered the academy, there was a subsidy paid to S class students, so it is natural that her pocket circumstances are rich.
She
She Of course, she enjoyed going to the cafes in the downtown district, which boasted expensive prices, but this, she thought, was no loser’s business.
‘I have to watch!’
She only briefly thought about living in the same house as Berris, but this saintess, who had never held a man’s hand in her life, thought of her outrageously.
As a result, her face turned red and her breathing became strangely rough.
But Cecilia, who in fact didn’t want her friend to look like that with whom she had become a strange rival, struggled to manage her expression.
Looking at the elf’s strangely blushing face, I naturally feel a surge of doubt.
‘I will protect you!’
Cecilia made a decision.
To protect a man from the numerous foxes in the academy.
* * *
“Huh?”
Thanks to the temporary school closure order issued after the demon cult’s occupation of the dormitory, Maria was able to see her familiar faces while taking a walk around her mansion.
First of all, the first face she saw was Berrys, a student in class B like her, and a strong person who stood up alone in this case.
Only yesterday, he was asleep because he was exhausted from mana, but he seemed to have already recovered.
I have piled up a pile of things to find him and ask him.
“Eh?”
However, Maria, who had approached Verice with her innocent face, quickly hid herself in an alley when another uninvited guest appeared.
Behind Veris, Arwen, the elven swordsman who always boasted an expressionless face, and Saint Cecilia were walking alongside him.
It’s a strange thing. That bizarre combination didn’t suit something, but it also looked good.
And what’s even more unique is that they’re carrying large enchanted pouches that are used to carry things like movers…….
‘Moving?’
Thanks to part of the dormitory building being demolished after the occupation, many students were forced to stay in temporary tents or inns.
But this is a mansion town in the commercial district. It’s a neighborhood where the sons of grand families or the owners of large corporations live, but what the hell does it mean that that combination appears here?
‘Maybe?’
Maria had an idea.
What if the dormitory the three of them lived in was destroyed and they decided to live in the same house?
‘I’m sure not.’
Maria shook her head at the thought that came to her mind.
Would it make sense that an elf swordsman with a unique blunt personality and rumors spread all over the academy, and a saintess famous throughout the continent for her faithful faith, living under the same roof with a man outside the country?
Maria looked at them, thinking that even if they missed, it was a long way off. No, to be precise, she looked at the man in front of them.
He called her ‘Maria’ a few days ago, when the sword demon’s attack was imminent.
That name is Maria’s hidden real name. Then how on earth did that man know her exact name?
This is her name that she did not tell even her best friend, Delia, whom she met at her academy. But since a man who hadn’t even encountered the name knew it, it would be a lie if he wasn’t interested.
‘Maybe it’s an illusion.’
Marie and Maria differ by only one syllable. It could have been nothing more than a happening where Berrys, who was surprised in an urgent situation, called her name incorrectly, but the possibility that she knew her identity could not be ruled out.
“Wow! Mr. Berrys. It’s a huge mansion, isn’t it?”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen it in person, but it’s really big. Did you say there are seven rooms?”
“Wow…… The second largest room is mine!”
She seems to be in a good mood, a saint who jumps up and down.
Maria, who heard her voice from afar, couldn’t help but be surprised.
‘Do you live together?’
What the heck is this? Two girls from class S live in the same house as a boy from class B?
It was something she could not readily understand with her common sense. It is true that that man’s power overwhelms the students of Class S, let alone Class B, and he is handsome enough to make you think he is cowardly…….
Besides, that house is right next door to the mansion where Maria is staying. Yes. I always thought there would be new neighbors, but those three?
─ Saaa.
Observing them clinging to the alley, Maria hurriedly used her magic.
Then her transformation magic, which changed her appearance, and deterrence magic were simultaneously unleashed, and Maria, with her usual brown hair and her freckled face, hurried towards them.