6 – To the Academy
After meeting Hestia, I asked Selene to get a schedule for a month. The experience of a promise that I didn’t even know suddenly appeared wasn’t very pleasant.
As expected, my schedule was completely filled with training and classes. However, there is one notable schedule.
“The eve?”
In the schedule, the day before entering the academy, it was stated that he was going to attend an event called the eve. Look at this, if I hadn’t checked in advance, I would have gone there again that day and rushed to prepare.
If the eve of the entrance ceremony is the day before the entrance ceremony to the academy, will it feel like a kind of meeting place in advance?
“Yes. It’s not a must, but I’ve cleared my schedule for now. Anyway, you have to move into the dormitory 3 days before the start of school, so you will be in the capital that day. You don’t have to feel very pressured.”
Selene added an explanation from her side.
“No. You will be attending, so know that and prepare.”
Avoiding other people here and there is not a skill. Besides, it’s okay to say this, but I don’t like the picture of a person like me refusing an event and running away. It’s called noblesse oblige. I don’t know if attending the event is a nobleman’s duty.
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The dormitory at the academy was a single room. There were 2-person rooms and 4-person rooms, but my room was already set as a single room. Usually, the sons of high-ranking nobles use single rooms, small and medium nobles use double rooms, and the rest of the ranks use quadruple rooms. It is not necessarily so, but it is said that it has become an unspoken rule for reasons such as money or the attention of others.
The dormitory was bigger than I thought. It feels like a suite. Since it was a dormitory, I was thinking of a shabby wooden bed and an old desk, but it feels like a pleasant betrayal. Come to think of it, it was impossible for well-bred nobles to live in such a shabby facility.
After moving into the dormitory, three days passed in an instant.
Before you know it, it is the day of the eve. After moving into the dormitory, I didn’t even realize that time had passed as I was preparing for admission. It is more so when you repeat the same thing at the same time every day and then suddenly find yourself in a different environment.
“Brother. If you keep moving like that, it will wrinkle your shirt.”
“Okay. I’ll be patient.”
Banquet clothes were more uncomfortable than I thought. How many things had to be done by stuffing and pasting things into the suit. She wouldn’t even be able to get all her clothes on if Selene hadn’t pointed them out one by one. Even in the midst of this, I had to wear the clothes with my own hands. Thanks to her, she only put words into her mouth.
Selene is scheduled to return to the Grand Duchess from tomorrow. Starting tomorrow, employees belonging to the dormitory will take care of various tasks instead.
The rule that all new students must move into the dormitory 3 days prior to admission. Because of that one thing, Selene followed me all the way here. She thought that she was trembling after only three days, but she would have been in trouble if she had come alone. She took care of me diligently, who was always confused by the environment she was seeing for the first time. There is no real Selene mamang.
It’s been about a month since I came to this world. Selene now feels like my exclusive maid. It’s the aftermath of finding Selene whenever something happens. Thank you for thinking she’s come this long way because it’s only been 3 days.
“Thank you, Selene.”
“What do you mean?”
“I followed you all the way here.”
“You don’t have to thank me. All other students also brought servants. Haven’t you seen And I am hired by the grand duchy and paid well enough.”
“That’s it, and being thankful means being thankful.”
Other people say that it’s the way it is, or that it’s only natural to receive money, but my position doesn’t change. That’s it and what I’m thankful for is feeling grateful. Saying thank you is not expensive, and there is no need to save it.
“What about Hestia?”
“You must be waiting.”
“I’m going to get angry. Let’s hurry.”
It was my first time wearing clothes like this, so it took longer than I thought. I was thinking of taking Hestia with me on the way to earn some points, but it turned out to be rather degraded.
“It’s late! Isn’t it too much to be late, let alone an escort?”
When she went to the school fountain she had promised in advance, Hestia grumbled that she was late.
Her silver hair that reaches her chest is neatly tied up and the nape of her neck exposed is admirable. Her blue dress is also eye-wateringly beautiful, blending well with her transparent skin.
“Sorry. It took a little longer than expected. Did you wait a long time?”
Hestia and I entered the dormitory and had a light conversation every time we ran into each other. The decision to meet today and go together was also decided at that time.
When we first met, he had a cold and haughty image, but the more we meet, the richer his emotional expression becomes. We haven’t even met a few times, but the cold look of her first meeting is almost gone.
It was a lofty image that was hard to dare to approach, but now something has become a little easier. It’s like looking at a cat. The kind of cat that gets nervous when you approach to pet it, but sneaks up on you when you take a step back. Cute.
“No, I didn’t wait that long. Come on. If it’s too late, you’ll think it’s strange.”
Hestia leaned against me as if asking for her arm. What? What are you implying?
“Aren’t you an escort?”
Hestia said bluntly, just as she did. Well, yes. I mean escort. I was playful.
“I’m not sure what you mean?”
I pretended not to know the meaning of Hestia’s gestures and pretended not to know her meaning.
“Profit…! That’s Okay! I’ll go first.”
Hestia trembled and she began to walk away by herself. Can’t be like that I hurriedly followed Hestia, lifted her arms, and crossed hers. She whimpered disgustedly and took my arm resignedly.
“Is it fun? Are you late for your appointment and playing such trivial pranks on me?”
Actually, it’s kind of fun. If you make fun of them, the reaction immediately pops out as soon as you tease them, so it has the taste of bullying.
“I’m sorry. I did it because it was cute. I won’t do it in the future.”
“Huh. Song.”
She jerked her head and sighed, but did not refuse to cross her arms. Do you call this a tsundere? It’s so cute I’m dying.
“Today’s dress is very pretty. Matches well.”
I praised her dress to relieve my anger. These are not empty words. Actually, I wanted to tell you the first time I saw it, but I couldn’t because I was late.
“Thank you. You look good too. Did that maid choose you?”
“Yes. Are you fine.”
She whispered with her arms crossed. It’s strange like a lover. Of course, since I’m a fiancé, I’m more than a lover.
The place where the eve was held was the auditorium of the academy. Lights leaking from the auditorium illuminate the dark academy campus. It’s pretty noisy and everyone seems to be having a good time.
“Michael von Sirius and Hestia von Gracia.”
“Yes. Has confirmed. Have a good time.”
At the entrance of the auditorium, an attendant is writing the guest book. It’s quite serious.
The inside of the auditorium feels like a ballroom. Sumptuous dinner and drinks. Maybe it’s alcohol In this world, 18 is considered an adult.
I don’t know where it was called, and there’s even an orchestra. Several couples are seen dancing to the song. Most of them are casually chatting.
It seems that the image that comes to mind when thinking of a ballroom in a fantasy world has been translated into reality.
I headed for the drink, rolling my eyes here and there. Her arms with Hestia were still unresolved.
“Would you like a drink?”
“No. I don’t like alcohol very much.”
I tried to offer Hestia a drink, but she refused. I wanted to see you drunk once. It will definitely be cute.
As I happily chat with Hestia with her arms crossed, I can feel her whispering around me. I’m going to go over it if it’s too much self-consciousness, but everyone can see us.
“Hestia. Did we do anything weird?”
“Are you asking that?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Isn’t it like a person who has never shown his face in a place like this in his life, suddenly appearing and whispering amicably while holding the arm of her fiancée, who is rumored to have a bad relationship?”
“Ah.”
She explained why the people around her reacted this way by giving her every single reason. That’s why I’m surprised and I’m just whispering.
The owner of this body is worried about human relations the more he sells it. In my situation, it would be more convenient to not have it at all, but as a human being, I wonder what it would be like.
“Well, let’s pretend I’ve come to my senses.”
“Ha… How can people be so different?”
Hestia has an attitude that she can’t understand. She’s like that because she’s really a different person. She inadvertently swallowed her correct answer, which almost jumped out.
I smiled bitterly and glossed over my answer. Stop talking about this Even if you ask why it has changed, there is nothing I can say. I dragged her and headed to her other place.
“Tell me if there is anything you want to eat.”
“No, the food I ate at the count’s family is superior anyway.”
Hestia seems to be a gourmet. I honestly don’t know. The dishes she used to eat at the grand duke’s house and those here are similarly delicious. I ate one of the canapés on the table.
“Well, then what about dancing?”
I saw her glancing in the direction of her stage from earlier. She asked softly, wondering if she wanted to dance but was shy and couldn’t get her words out.
“A dance?”
Then she said, her face contorted in disbelief. It’s the first time she’s been this surprised since the day we first met, when she coaxed me to go to class with her. It’s definitely not an image I would dance to. Anyway, is it that surprising?
The courtesy education of the grand dukes includes, of course, social dances. Judging from this reaction, she seems to have never danced before, but must she be an outsider? I decided to believe in the aid of memory. And even if it doesn’t activate, it’s a happening enough to make you think that you can’t dance.
“Is it that surprising?”
“Oh, no. But I’m a bit insecure about dancing…”
I pretended to be upset at Hestia’s reaction, and she hurriedly turned around. Should I say it’s easy, or should I say it’s pure? I’m worried that I might get my nose pierced by a strange person somewhere.
“I am not very confident either. And what if you can’t dance a little? There must be no one brave enough to laugh at Sirius’s son-in-law and Gracia’s daughter dancing?”
I took Hestia’s hand and dragged her to the stage. This is basically confidence.
“Wait, wait! I’m real! I can’t…”
As Hestia was dragged out reluctantly, she blushed in excitement. I guess I wanted to dance too. She can’t be honest.
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“Oh, it was fun! I’m glad that you seem to be dancing quite well. It is worth practicing.”
Hestia said with her eyes twinkling. She was half honest. She says she’s not confident in dancing.
“hahahaha… I hope it was fun.”
I looked away from the top of my foot, which looked like it had been stepped on by Hestia many times and said.
She had a really bad body. Actually, her body moved naturally, just like when I was practicing swordsmanship. It seems that the correction has been triggered.
Unlike me, however, Hestia squeaks a little when her music starts, and then she starts to stomp on the instep of my foot at every step. I wondered if she was forced to come out and did it on purpose, but she was smiling really happily throughout the dance. She probably didn’t even know she was stepping on my foot.
After the song, Hestia and I came off the stage. Her white cheeks flushed red. She smiled brightly, seeming really happy. She tried to get her to say something, but when she saw that smile, she was speechless. Just… Let’s just have fun.
“hahahahaha… I had a rare look at this.”
A blonde bully approached me and Hestia while I was taking a breather. Her platinum blonde hair, which changes color from white to yellow depending on the lighting, sways. Her face was handsome like a gisaeng brother, but somehow I didn’t like it.
“Hestia von Gracia welcomes Her Highness Wilhelm Leonhard, Sun of the Empire!”
Hestia, who was panting next to her, was startled and gave her example. Is this slimy parasitic brother the crown prince?
“Michael von Sirius greets His Highness Wilhelm Leonhard, Sun of the Empire.”
I also bowed to the crown prince by placing her arms across her chest and bowing her waist. First of all, the royal family is the royal family, and he didn’t do anything to us. You shouldn’t judge people by their faces.
“Raise her head. You’re the same classmate from tomorrow, aren’t you?”
Wilhelm smiled broadly. I struggled to manage my expression even though I was flustered by the surging irritation from before.
“That does not tarnish the noble blood of the imperial family.”
The tongue moves naturally. The words that need to be said come out on their own according to the situation. It seems that corrections need to be activated against the crown prince.
Anyway, that bastard, Wilhelm, it seems like this kind of reaction was the right answer, even if it’s the same schoolmate. In a moment, hostility towards him rose again.
“All right. Let’s stop talking like that. Seeing you dance, I have someone I want to introduce to you.”
Who are you referring to? He broke up Could there be someone to introduce us to…
“Nice to meet you. My name is Lily von Adamas.”
A bright and cheerful voice approached from behind Wilhelm.
And as soon as I met her, I felt her heart jump as fast as it would explode. Feeling like being struck by lightning, unable to move.
Gorgeous blond hair, as if melted gold, naturally falls down to the waist. A large and sad golden eye that seemed to fall out. The little smile looks like a cute puppy. Her slim and slender figure, as if it would fly away if the wind blows, is attractive.
Anyone can see that she is a lovely girl. Rumors circulated that the crown prince had fallen in love with her and broke off her fiancée, but maybe it was really because of her. No, it’s almost certain that he came forward to introduce us. She was the owner of her beauty that could be said to be a state-of-the-art.
But I like silver hair better than blonde hair, I like cats more than dogs, and the bigger the maternal love, the better. Honestly, it’s pretty, but it’s not really my style. I like Hestia better.
Yes, that’s what my head thinks. But why does the body play so separately? My heart races, I sweat, and my face turns red. I already know under what circumstances the body reacts this way.
Love.
Certainly, my head shouts that I prefer Hestia to Lily, but my heart doesn’t listen. What the f*ck is this I feel bad about unknown phenomena. Why does the body move without following the head?
A moment of realization flashed through her head.
There is only one correct answer. I’ve experienced this phenomenon where the head and body play separately.
Just like when we were practicing swordsmanship, like when we were dancing earlier. The body moves in this way because this is the unsuspecting direction. Because it’s a natural thing.
When I think like that, the sense of incongruity that I have felt so far is like a puzzle in my head.
From nob le mt l dot com
Maids try to minimize contact with male aristocrats to the point of obsession. Circles and aura systems that only exist but have no detailed explanation. Even though there is no opponent to block, the grand duke is called the shield of the empire. A world view with holes in strange places. Unreasonable enmity towards my crown prince.
And, unlike my thoughts that I like Hestia, my heart beats towards Lily.
I seem to have fallen into a romance fantasy world, not just a fantasy world.
f*ck. Can’t Hestia and I just eat well and live well?
There are too many romance novel with this kind of plot. I love it because of the rare harem with this kind of plot.
i prefer this kinda story better with normal pure love rather than harem. at least not with this lily as it feels will be forced plot for me
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Poor mc