The Only Male Student in the Academy chapter 61

061. Beginning of Summer Vacation (3)

When I returned to the academy after a long hospitalization, I heard various news.

-“Is the Duke of Bamir’s faction dissolved after all?”

-“It has no choice but to be. The leader is gone.”

-“You didn’t even know the leader was a monster. Aren’t Duke Bamir’s factions stupid?”

The first was the collapse of the Duke of Bamir faction.

Well, that’s a natural conclusion. It was revealed that the leader, Elpis Bamir, was a monster, so there was no way they could keep it.

Thanks to this incident, the authority of the majority of the aristocratic students fell to the ground, and a small number of nobles who belonged to the faction of the crown prince relatively benefited.

At the same time, the authority of common students was revived to some extent.

-“I heard that Lapisca made a ‘soul bond’?

-“Was the opponent Lucius? Anyway, he was a freshman.”

– “Come to think of it, he used to hang out with the first graders a lot.”

The second news is the ‘soul bond’ between Lucius and Lapisca.

The ‘marriage of souls’ is…… It’s tricky to explain, but put simply, it’s like a sworn brother’s resolution.

It is also an expression that Lapisca will consider Lucius like her own sister, and that Lucius will also consider Lapisca like her own sister.

It is not a story that will end simply because the two are close.

This means that Lucius will be under the protection of Lapisca, the head of the third year of the academy.

If someone attacks Lucius, he will turn Lapiska into an enemy.

Lucius and Lapisca were also the main players who destroyed the Duke of Bamir faction this time, so I’m quite paying attention to this soul mate.

‘… Well, it was as expected up to this point.’

The collapse of the Duke of Bamir faction, and the bond between Lucius and Lapisca’s souls. These two incidents also happened in the original story. So it’s not really that surprising.

However, I heard one unexpected news, and it was about Marie.

“……Marie has no friends?”

Shelter in the underground waterway that I visited for the first time after being discharged from the hospital.

I was meeting Rose.

“Rather than not having friends… It would be more accurate to say that friends are gone.”

Rose looks around inside her shelter, her face slightly frowning.

I brought her here because she said she had something to say, but Rose didn’t seem to like the aqueduct very much. She must have been because of the smell.

“Don’t you have any friends of your own…? I’ve seen you talk to other students a few times.”

“I think ‘the last incident’ made everyone stay away from Marie.”

“…Is it because of the phoenix?”

At my question, Rose nodded her head heavily.

“That’s true, but it’s also because of me. She must have approached Marie to get a connection with me in the first place.”

Rose is the next lord of the Marquis of Eiffeltain. And after Eiffel Thein, the writer is now in a crisis situation with the loss of her successors.

If Rose overcomes this crisis well and becomes her lord, who will she benefit from?

Those who helped Rose in difficult times are supposed to take advantage of her as the number one priority.

“I’m sure he pretended to be close to Marie with that in mind. But this time around, it got entangled in various ways as the Duke of Bamir’s faction collapsed.”

Rose is in a very good position in this case, she says.

Originally, Rose tried to join the faction of the Duke of Bamir, but in the end she was unable to join the faction. She

She rather she gave up on joining the faction, and she even stays close to the Lucius gang that destroyed the Duke of Bamir faction.

So, now that the honor of the aristocratic students has fallen to the ground, it can be said that Rose has not suffered that much.

Rather, it can be seen as a nobleman who became successful because the Duke of Bamir faction collapsed.

But if that’s good enough, it’s ambiguous again.

To some extent, Rose had a share in the collapse of the faction of the Duke of Bamir.

From the aristocratic students’ point of view, it seems that he is regarded as something of a geek.

“Because Marie has become like a ticking time bomb while the merits of getting to know me have diminished.”

Even Marie was excluded from being the next lord of Count Ruhelif.

So, even if she became close to Marie, her gains from her would also be greatly reduced, but if she stays close to Marie and becomes a phoenix again, she will end up in danger.

It is said that Marie lost her friend because of such various circumstances.

‘… It’s really useless.’

I am also a member of the ducal family, but I don’t like the world view of nobles.

It’s choking, to the point where I want to quit being a nobleman.

“So I’ll take care of Marie, Prince Beheritt.”

“Even if you ask me. There’s nothing I can do.”

“Just be friendly with Marie. That’s enough.”

“……Are you really okay?”

When I asked seriously, Rose nodded her head.

“Yes, it’s okay. Fortunately, there were fewer people during the vacation.”

Rose said so.

And the day after that conversation.

I met Marie in front of the dormitory.

“Good morning, Marie.”

“Eh, Ariel…?!”

Did I miss breakfast? Marie was coming out of the dorm eating a sandwich.

“Muh, mumu what’s going on…?!”

“I thought it would be nice if we went to school together.”

“Go, go to school together…?!”

Marie makes a surprised face.

I can’t help but be surprised. Because I’m doing something I wouldn’t do.

Until now, people didn’t pretend to know Marie in public. It was because it seemed like my position and Marie’s image would deteriorate.

But you don’t have to do that anymore, Rose said yesterday.

-“Rumors spread that Prince Beheritt tried to save Marie.”

– “Of course, it can be misunderstood, but to be honest, I would say that Marie will not suffer any damage even if her image deteriorates…”

– “So please just stay with Marie.”

That’s what I said.

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Well, to be honest, it wasn’t too bad for me either.

I’m going to continue to party with Marie, but it’s honestly uncomfortable to meet each other while avoiding other people’s eyes.

If we can go together, it’s right to do so, and if Rose’s permission has been granted, there’s nothing to hold back.

My only concern was that I was being strangely misunderstood.

– “Yes, I know that if Prince Beheritt commits an offense against public morals, she will be expelled.”

-“So I know that Prince Beheritt keeps his distance from other students, but the academy loosens up during vacations.”

– “She won’t be questioned as much as going around with Marie during vacation.”

– “Of course, it would be a different story if I held Marie’s hand or kissed her, but… You wouldn’t do such a thing, Prince Beherit?”

I will not forgive you if you do such a thing.

Rose was looking at me with those eyes.

‘… I have no intention of doing it anyway.’

So, during her vacation, I decided to actively stay by Marie’s side.

Yes, but…… , Come to think of it, can this be done without consulting Mari, the person in charge of her?

“If you don’t like it, go to school first. I’ll walk slowly.”

“Oh, no…! Go, I’ll go…! Eh, with Ariel… Uh, anywhere…!”

“No, I just want to go to the classroom with you…”

I sighed.

Recognizing my gestures, Marie stands next to me.

We walked.

A short distance that only takes about 10 minutes to the classroom.

But it was a very different scent from my usual way to school.

Since then, Mari and I have been sticking together.

Whether it’s taking classes together, sitting next to each other, eating together in the student cafeteria, etc.

“The duke’s crazy guy does everything he can to seduce women.”

“They said he became a prince on a white horse? I heard she risked her life to seduce a girl.”

“Are you that crazy about women? I feel bad.”

There are people who feel bad about me.

“I think you can think of it as a good thing. Anyway, the lady of Ruhelif was a little annoying, wasn’t it?”

“Because it’s a ticking time bomb that you don’t know when it will explode.”

“Then is that a bomb squad?”

“Then a ticking time bomb and a bomb squad couple? What a perfect match!”

There were also people who thought that way.

… Either way, I can’t say it’s a good evaluation.

However, it seemed quite favorable for the two of us to be together in that I was taking on another troublesome trouble, Marie.

I don’t know if it’s because of that, but Marie and I were accepted surprisingly easily.

“Eh, is Ariel okay…?”

Did the whispers reach Mari’s ears?

One day Marie asked me that.

“What do you mean?”

“That thing called the bomb squad…”

“That’s what I’d rather say. Are you really okay with being called a ticking time bomb?”

To be honest, I was quite disappointed with the students.

I think it can’t be helped that I get misunderstood like that, saying I’m an idiot or a bully. What if Ariel caused an incident?

But isn’t it what he wanted to have a phoenix dwell in Mari’s body?

For example, let’s say there is a disabled student who lost an eye in an accident. How is it different from teasing her by calling her a goong-ye who can’t be considerate of her?

“That, but… It’s true that I, I’m a ticking time bomb…”

And Mari, who has a timid personality, says so.

I was even a little annoyed by that.

“You are not a ticking time bomb, you are Marie Ruhelif. And I am not a bomb squad, but Ariel Beheritt, Marie Ruhelif’s friend.”

“Chi, friend…?”

Marie blinked her eyes.

“…I thought they were friends, didn’t they?”

“Uh, that’s… A friend, yes… A friend…! A, chi, a friend…? Yes… Not yet…”

“Not yet…?”

“Ah, no, no, the words were in vain…! Uh, yes…!”

There was something strange about Marie’s reaction, but it would be okay if she wasn’t hurt.

That’s how we hung around without being conscious of the gazes around us.

We went to school together, went to school together, and went shopping together in the living room.

At the same time, they also focused on their own growth.

Mari’s task is to increase the number of magic skills.

And my task is to learn one type of elemental magic.

Mari simply has a small number of skills.

, , , , And . Only 5 like this.

Among these, the only attack skills are , , And , So it can be said that the number is too small.

In my case, the problem is that I have too much MP.

I have no need to use MP because I only fight using items. So, I decided to set the goal of reducing item consumption by increasing the use of MP.

So I’m trying to learn an elemental magic.

‘I’m worried about what to learn.’

Later, when the Skill level reaches 20, the advanced alchemy will be unlocked.

And this high-level alchemy requires you to learn one type of elemental magic, but the effect is different depending on what you learn.

When you acquire the Fire Elemental, the firepower of the bomb item series increases.

Acquiring the Water Elemental increases your ability to make poison and potions.

If you learn the Earth Elemental, you can learn things like making golems.

Acquiring the Lightning Elemental increases the ability to manufacture some magical engineering items.

Roughly, it feels like this.

‘Ice Elemental overlaps Marie, so even if I pass it.’

Excluding the Ice Elemental, there are as many as 8 Elementals left.

However, since conquering multiple elementals at the same time is close to impossible, I have no choice but to think carefully about which one to choose.

With that feeling, we spent our own useful time embracing our own tasks.

It must have been about a week like that.

“……Sorry for being late.”

Today, I was taking an introductory elemental science class with Marie, and it happened when about 15 minutes had passed. Suddenly the back door opened.

All the students look back involuntarily.

The girl who received everyone’s attention flinched at the moment.

“I was a student of Cler Entirus. I think I came close to it last time too.”

The professor speaks with a rebuking face.

Then, Claire feels intimidated.

“Sorry.”

“Please come a little earlier next time.”

“…….”

Quietly, Claire sits down in an empty seat.

“Miss Entirus is late.”

“Isn’t Miss Entirus acting strange these days? Is there a problem in the family?”

“I heard that the student knights are not active.”

Gossip even in class. But Claire didn’t seem to hear those words.

He just lowered his head with a blank look somewhere.

“Annoying… Why are you like this…”

Claire muttered in the distance.

No matter how you look at it, he couldn’t concentrate in class.