“So… I’ve been lying in bed for a week?”
“Yeah… he did.”
The months we experienced in the system’s ordeal were only a week in reality.
However, it is fortunate that it is not applied 1:1.
“By the way… how did you know I was going to wake up?”
“Young Master’s unconscious was fading early this morning, so he was preparing in advance.”
“…ho-ho.”
When I woke up, I was curious about the secret to preparing all the birthday party arrangements, so when I asked, Kania answered as if it wasn’t a big deal.
Also, Kania seems really talented.
“By the way, this cake…”
“This is a cake I ordered in advance. Do you like it?”
“…I really like it.”
Seeing the cake with the silver cat and the black cat running around makes me feel a little relieved.
It would have been perfect if we all got together and had a birthday party like in that dream, but that’s close to impossible, so I’ll have to be content with Kania and Irina.
“Uh… Young Master. Would you like to try blowing?”
“What is it, a magic candle?”
As I was thinking about it, Kania put a candle on it and lit it. Seeing that the candle gives off a subtle energy, it seems to be a high-quality product with a calming scent when blown away.
“….. Whoa.”
After blowing out the candles and inhaling the gentle scent that rises, you feel as if you are lying leisurely on a vast meadow.
“Thank you, guys.”
With that thought in mind, I closed my eyes and offered my sincere thanks to Kania and Irina.
“It would have been really difficult without you guys. If it wasn’t for you, I would have been eating cake alone by now.”
Having said that, I picked up the knife that was next to me and cut the cake in an instant.
“…thank you, Young Master.”
“Oh, thank you.”
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Eventually, as I handed out each piece of cake, Kania calmly and Irina blushed to thank them.
‘…I’m glad that’s not the reality.’
Seeing them like that, the memories of meeting them in the ordeal begin to come to mind without me knowing.
It was the moment when Kania, who was living in exhaustion, suffering from the guilt of not being able to save every moment and the desire to destroy the world, bursts into tears as soon as she sees me.
Irina, who had been so sincere that even Arianne couldn’t recognize her, the moment she saw me, her eyes became clear and she burst into tears.
“Young Master? Why?”
“Frey, are you okay?”
When I think of such scenes, I frown. Thanks to that, Kania and Irina asked a question with a very worried expression.
“Oh, no. It’s just… I remember the ordeal.”
I tried to say it with a face that it wasn’t a big deal, but Irina’s expression turned pale again.
“F, Frey… How was the ordeal? Was it very hard?”
“It wasn’t hard at all. Just…”
“…But to say the least, the sleep talk you’ve been talking about in the past is a spectacle.”
I spoke in a soft voice to calm her down, but Kania, who was next to me with an expressionless expression, cut me off.
“Young Master, what happened?”
“Um… that’s…”
“Of course, if you don’t want to be remembered, you don’t have to tell me. Just…”
Kania looked at Irina, who was next to her for a moment, then sighed and answered.
“Looking at the various actions and emotions Irina-san showed during the week when Young Master was asleep, I thought that if she didn’t talk, Irina-san would lose her mind soon.”
With that said, Kania pointed to Irina, her eyes trembling with anxiety and guilt.
“Well, it was nothing…”
As Irina looked like her in trials and tribulations, I had no choice but to start the conversation.
“I just experienced what it would be like if I had died in the mansion, and I met people who felt guilty about me day by day. That’s all. It took only a week at most.
“…they said it would take a few months this time.”
“Anyway, it really wasn’t a big deal. Look, you’re fine, aren’t you?”
I said that with a smile, but Irina’s expression was unusual.
“Then… I want to get out of here now, it’s the worst, please don’t do it… Why did you keep saying those dark words in your sleep?”
“that…”
“The ordeal is… so painful. I didn’t even know it was… I…”
While muttering like that, Irina was crying and thinking about what to say, but Kania, who was quietly observing the situation, intervened.
“Irina-san. You can go that far.”
“However…”
“I know Irina-san’s concerns, but today is Young Master’s birthday. So, let’s talk about this gloomy story later.”
Upon hearing this, Irina quietly nodded her head, then grabbed my hand and said.
“…You worked hard, Frey.”
“Yes…”
It seemed like Kania was staring at me coldly for some reason, so I answered with a shaky tail, and asked for a piece of cake that had been cut into several pieces in front of me.
“Ah… sweet. As expected, sweet is the best. Serena was right…”
“Young Master. There will be a birthday party for Young Master in a few days.”
“Pooh!!”
She was savoring a cake that was so sweet that she almost turned her eyes when she offered it to Serena, when a shocking news came from Kania’s mouth.
“Collock, Colloc. Ugh…”
“Young Master, are you okay?”
Thanks to her, the cake she was eating got stuck around her neck, and Kania handed her a glass of water next to her.
“Kanya, didn’t you just tell me to stop talking dirty talk?”
“Uh… Didn’t Young Master always like birthday parties?”
When I asked, who felt more comfortable after drinking water, Kania asked with a puzzled expression.
“Ah… I didn’t know. I hate birthday parties so much.”
“yes?”
“…who likes a feast with no one to truly congratulate, and a swarm of people who despise or take advantage of it?”
“ah…..”
Hearing those words, Kania quietly bowed her head.
Well, in the previous episode, I always had a big smile and debauchery every time I had a birthday party, so anyone would think I would like a birthday party.
– smart
“I’m here to clean…”
As I was thinking about it, someone knocked on the door.
“Ah, hello…”
“Luru?”
“…Hey.”
Lulu, dressed as a maid, who came in after opening the door, saw me awake and began to tremble pale and tired.
“Come in later.”
“Ah, yes… yes…”
I spoke coldly to her and kicked her out of the room, and then sighed.
“Did you do well what I gave you?”
“Yes, it went smoothly.”
“Yeah, that’s right. That’s good.”
After hearing Kania’s words, I, with a satisfied smile, laid back on the bed and started listening to her briefing.
“According to Young Master’s plan, employees who are kicked out of the mansion during vacation will be provided with the same expenses as when working on vacation pay, and common students who will be dismissed from temporary employees as of today will receive huge compensation.”
“Then, all I have to do now is to act responsibly.”
“Yes, it is.”
As Kania said, from the beginning, I had a plan to give money to commoner students.
As a result of having Kania do a background check, half of the common students are suffering from poverty and are unable to eat properly.
And, a quarter of them are unable to treat their sick sibling or parents because they don’t have money.
Not only this. Most of the students do not have the money to buy expensive textbooks from Sunrise Academy, so they save up a little bit of money to buy textbooks and return them.
It is common for students who cannot afford to attend school excursions in the second semester, and every day at lunchtime, they are forced to fill their stomachs with gourmet food from the academy’s cafeteria.
Since they are such people, in this test, they endured the humiliation of being a maid and a servant according to my orders.
Because class A of the academy is exempted from tuition.
Although the Sunrise Academy is full of corruption, the A-class tuition waiver is a long-standing tradition that has continued for 1000 years, so even the dean has no choice but to step in.
In other words, everything that isn’t that old-fashioned tradition has been ripped off and fixed by the dean.
In any case, in conclusion, students of commoners desperately need financial support.
However, the grim reality of the current Sunrise Empire is that there are no rules, systems, or institutions that provide money to commoners.
So, I will give money to commoners by forcing them to work in my mansion.
“Kania, is the ‘Employee Welfare Rule’ that your father made up still valid?”
“Yes, it is.”
Hearing that, I smiled quietly.
My father, who was usually interested in the welfare of his employees, made quite complex yet powerful rules.
And among the rules, I will use the rules for employees’ leave and the rules for employees’ dismissal.
“…Kania, how’s the special exam?”
“In order to minimize the aftermath of this incident, it has been canceled by the imperial family. Thanks to that, the number of people in Class A will remain the same.”
I was worried that Clana, who had arrived at the scene of the incident, would have eliminated all commoners except me, but fortunately, the test was canceled because of the mansion raid a week ago.
In fact, the ‘rules by which the commander can decide who is eliminated’, which she put in to make a minimum check when she failed to kill me… It’s a natural step since this incident also raised concerns about weakening security.
“Okay, that’s fine. Then I’ll have to go ahead with what I’ve been planning.”
Having said that, I got up from my seat, stretched out, and headed for the door.
“Are the common people still in the mansion?”
“Yes, yes. The news that the special exam was canceled was announced today, so commoners were waiting in the mansion.”
“How did you make up my alibi?”
“Yeah, commoners know that the Young Master bypassed the special exam rules and went on a trip abroad and came back today.”
“Good job. Then tell everyone to gather on the first floor.”
As I was about to say that, I was about to go out, but something came to my mind.
[Second reward…….]
“…go away.”
I was about to do something important, but I immediately removed the system window that got stuck in without notice, and realized that the word ‘second reward’ had passed and sighed.
‘I’ll have to check later…’
It’s true that the system’s rewards and abilities are helpful, but lately, just looking at that ugly system makes me feel annoyed.
If the second reward, which we will check later, is bad, we will not look at the system except for using the point investment system in the future.
“I, there… Now if I go in…”
“You too.”
“Huh…!”
As I left the room with that thought in mind, I grabbed Lulu’s arm, who was trembling with anxiety outside the room, and started dragging him.
“Uh, where are you going…?”
“Okay, follow me.”
When I dragged Lulu, who had a bewildered expression on her face, down to the first floor, some commoner students had already been summoned and were looking at me with hostile eyes.
In a way, it is natural to believe that I, who was considered the best idiot in the empire and s*xually harassed female students, put myself in danger and went on an overseas trip casually.
“…I have news for you guys.”
I, who was accepting their gaze so calmly, started talking with a sad expression on my face when all the students gathered in the lobby on the first floor.
“The special exam has been cancelled. Our class will remain the same for the next semester.”
Hearing these words, the faces of the common people brightened.
After all, what could be more joyous than the news that they won’t be kicked out of Class A for those who are suffering from poverty?
“So, by the way… Now, let’s all get out of our house.”
However, the commoners who listened to my continued expression began to look cold again, as if they had ever done so.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you going?”
I looked at them again with a ridiculous expression and started talking with a frown on my face.
“Why did you work in hopes of a reward? I fed you for free and put you to sleep, aren’t you too conscientious?”
“But… you must sign the contract when you come here…”
“What?”
Then one student crawled out, and I raised my voice and said:
“What is a contract?”
“That’s… On the first day we came to this mansion, we signed the Gyeak Book…”
“So what’s that contract?!”
As I turned my back, the student who stood in front of me started sweating.
“Young Master. I’ll explain that.”
And at that point, Kania quietly looked at me and intervened.
“I handed out the contract to the students on the first day they arrived.”
“What?”
“According to the rules on the employment of servants established by Abraham Raon Starlight, the owner of the Starlight Mansion and the original head of this place…”
“Kania, are you going to play with me now?”
Having said that, I approached Kania and exuded a ferocious aura.
“I am the head of the mansion now. My words are rules and laws. But, why are my father’s rules sticking out?”
“Young Master is the temporary head of the household…”
– Pair!!
Kania’s face twitched.
“”……..””
And, silence fell in the lobby of the mansion.
“I told you not to climb.”
“…….sorry.”
Kania, with red handprints on her face, quietly bowed her head and apologized.
And, all the commoners looking at me are looking at me with contempt.
Of course, they seem to be taking care of their facial expressions, but to me, who has received a lot of attention, I can clearly see the inside.
“I don’t need a contract or anything. Get out of our mansion right now.”
“But Young Master, the rules made by Abraham are compulsory under the imperial law and are also subject to magical restrictions…”
“Then let’s keep them? Are you throwing my birthday party soon?”
He spoke to Kania, who had a troubled expression on her face, in an absurd voice. Ignoring the cold glances flying around me.
“I don’t know if the special exam is in progress, but now that the exam is over, I’m going to hold a birthday party at my house. But, if those guys who can’t cook and don’t work well fill the mansion… What do you think my face will be like? “
“But Young Master’s birthday party is not held in this mansion, but somewhere else…”
“You know. My shadow friends. The birthday parties with them are held separately in my mansion every year.”
Hearing this, the expression of the commoners hardened. Well, it’s good that I’ve heard stories about my shadow friends who were only rumored to be floating around.
Of course, it could be because he deliberately emphasized what he said so that the common people would spread the rumors.
“But Young Master… if you get rid of them now… Hmm…!”
“It doesn’t matter, so go all out. I’ll ask you for compensation or a penalty, so eat and get out of it.”
When I knocked over Kania’s ship and looked at the commoners coldly, the commoners began to tremble.
Apparently, I was very angry with my bad behavior.
“Kania-san! Are you okay!”
Unsurprisingly, Perloche, who was clenching her teeth, suddenly rushed to Kania and began to radiate energy.
“I’ll treat you…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay! Saint!”
“Ah, ah, ah… That, that’s right!”
However, seeing Kania’s bewildered expression on her face, Perloche, who later recalled that she was a warlock vulnerable to s*xual power, hurriedly pulled away from her and started looking at me.
“Fray! Stop this bullshit!”
“Evil?”
“Yes! How hard we worked! They kicked you out without getting paid! Such unfair treatment is unforgivable…”
“…let’s go, Perloche.”
“Yes, yes?”
As I was contemplating how to stop Perloche from unwittingly interfering with my plan to pay the commoners a huge reward, Irina, who was next to her, began to whisper in a low voice.
“Irina-san! But…”
“Kania has a plan. So… let’s get out of here.”
“Ugh…”
Perloche, who had been pondering for a while at Irina’s words that followed, looked at me and slowly backed away.
“So, Young Master is going to ‘fire’ everyone here?”
And at that moment, Kania asked me a question in a meaningful voice.
“Yeah, they’re all fired.”
“Okay. Well then, I’ll do that.”
When I answered with a casual expression on my face, Kania nodded with a calm expression and looked at the children and said:
“Yeah, that’s why… you were fired by this hour. Please refer to the contract here for details.”
“It’s okay, so hurry up.”
“Why don’t you check out Young Master too? The rules here are…”
“Okay. I’m not interested in the rules my old-fashioned father made.”
“…Okay. Then, I will guide the common people.”
The moment Kania answered and was about to leave the mansion with the commoners, I raised the corner of my mouth and grabbed Lulu’s shoulder, who was next to me.
“Wait… you stay.”
“Hey! Yes, yes?”
“I will keep your contract. I think it would be quite fun to use you as a toy when playing with my shadow friends.”
Hearing this, Lulu’s expression turned pale, while the common people began to look disgusted.
“…let’s go.”
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Eventually, as Kania mumbled softly, the commoners looked away from me one by one and slowly began to leave the mansion.
“I, that, there… I mean…”
“Don’t go crazy, I’m cleaning my room.”
“Uhhh…”
Seeing that, I sent Lulu, who was crying next to me, upstairs, and quietly fell into thoughts.
‘…God damn it.’
Actually, it wasn’t in my plan to catch Lulu today.
I also have a lot to worry about now, so after giving me a huge amount of compensation that commoners who were unfairly dismissed today, I was going to attach Kania to investigate.
[Luru’s current emotions: suicidal thoughts/guilt/self-hatred]
“…ha.”
But as a result of just using the mind reading skill, I couldn’t just let her go.
“I’ve grown to worry about it again…”
Before that incident, [I had no suicidal thoughts], I don’t know why it suddenly appeared. I guess I’ll have to keep an eye on her in the future.
“Whoa…”
With that thought in mind, I looked around the lobby where I was playing slapstick with Kania, and I started to smile at the thought of the huge compensation that commoners would soon receive, but…
“Fray Raon Starlight, are you there?”
“what?”
Suddenly someone knocked on the door and called me, so I frowned and walked forward.
“…what happened?”
After I opened the gate, I asked a question with an annoyed expression on my face, but…
“It’s Hwang Myung.”
“yes?”
Hearing the words spoken by the imperial servant, standing in front of the gate, had no choice but to open his mouth.
“…It has been decided that the imperial family will host Frey’s birthday party.”
“……!”
“It is the Emperor’s consideration to spend close time with the 3rd Princess.”
It seems that my fate has a spell.
Rip Frey… From one warzone into another…