episode_0028

That evening.

After finishing the meal and giving Sarah a reward for letting her sleep next to me, I returned to my room and sat on the balcony to wait for Mel to return.

How long did I wait? Just before the moon stood in the middle of the sky, Mel came up holding onto the balcony railing.

“Welcome.”

“Ugh!”

I only gave a brief greeting out of pleasure, but Mel was so startled that she almost fell off the balcony railing. But the good news is that it didn’t really fall.

Well, even if he fell, he probably wouldn’t have been seriously injured since he seems to have a lot of physical ability.

“Ah, lady. It’s cold outside. Why are you here instead of waiting inside? … .”

“Huh? hmm… … . just? no. I wanted to see Mel surprised.”

“For such a good reason… … .”

“Huh?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Mel said and got down from the railing and stood in front of me.

“Are you really going to listen here?”

“Yes. I’m fine, so tell me here. Unlike a mansion, the residents of a villa commute to work. So, you don’t have to worry about other people catching it.”

“… … all right. First of all, the name is Seria. I am the same age as you.”

Up to that point, I know the information well. As I listened intently, Mel continued the story.

“I didn’t find anything unusual. All I had to say was that he was kind to everyone. Sorry.”

“No, it’s okay. You mean there was nothing unusual?”

Mel nodded, and I leaned back on the chair.

Be kind to everyone… … . Ha, it’s funny because it feels like I’m seeing myself from a few episodes ago. Are you aiming for the happy ending that I couldn’t achieve? Yes, someone who wants to save everyone and someone who wants to destroy everyone. Let’s see who wins.

I smiled and crossed my legs, feeling like I was a typical villain in a play walking down the royal road.

“Then that’s enough. Stop spying on that woman, a woman named Seria.”

“I only looked at it for one day, do you mind? There may be something else.”

“It’s okay. Even if Mel doesn’t pry on you, you’ll be someone you’ll see so much that you’ll get sick of it when you enter the academy anyway. It’s enough to figure out the other person right then and there.”

Even if you post a message to an idiot who is trying to get a happy ending, you will only end up with the same report because you showed kindness to someone, became friends with someone, so why post a message? There is no such thing as wasted manpower.

As I took a deep breath, pure white breath passed before my eyes.

“Miss, aren’t you cold…? … ?”

“I recently received underwear made of fleece as a gift. So I’m not really cold. ruler. Look.”

As I said that, I lifted the skirt of my pajamas just enough to hide my underpants. Mel looked down at my legs and swallowed dry saliva.

Seeing Mel’s face turn bright red, I smiled and lifted my skirt a little more.

“Can you see it?”

“Oh, no. I can’t see it.”

Looking at Mel, who looked like she was going to attack her at any moment, I smiled and stood up and opened the balcony door.

“Of course you can’t see it.”

“Yes? What do you mean… … .”

She glanced behind her and lifted her skirt up to her thighs.

“Well, you’re not wearing anything underneath?”

It’s cold. Let’s go in.

I smiled and entered the room.

Leave the balcony door open.

“Yes, lady.”

Click――

The balcony door was closed.

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The next morning.

I didn’t want to eat meat in the morning, so I had a light meal with a sandwich, took a bath, and leisurely left for the academy.

Just like yesterday, I was able to arrive quite early even though I left quite late thanks to the way I took care of it. I hated it so much, like it was a fifth-place work or something. If you look at it this way, it’s not that bad.

Of course, I still feel like I hate it even more.

“Lady. How are you feeling today?”

“Okay. It’s not all bad. Are you a little tired because you had trouble sleeping last night?”

When I looked straight at Mel and smiled, Mel slowly averted my gaze.

As I was laughing at the sight of Mel’s ears turning red, Sarah, who was sitting next to Mel, tilted her head to the point where I thought her neck might have been bent.

“Yes? Is there someone who made you tired? Who are you?”

“Huh? Ah, I literally just had a little trouble sleeping. Maybe it’s because I changed my bed, but I can’t sleep.”

“Ah, I see… … . I’m sorry there’s nothing I can do for you… … .”

“It’s okay. That feeling alone is enough.”

After stroking Sarah’s head, he got off the carriage that had already arrived. Even today, the nobles stood in the shadows and the commoners stood on the other side.

Standing under the shade in the middle of winter. I thought it might be cold, but I didn’t want my skin to get burned, so I walked under the shade.

“Oh, Lady Charlotte. It’s an honor to meet you. Please forgive me for not being able to greet you yesterday due to lack of excitement.”

“I completely understand that if you fail the first exam, you will have to wait until next year. Master Winchess. I hope you pass your exam today.”

I felt sick to my stomach when I saw the man who came to see me today and was trying to get his face stamped after seeing him once yesterday, but I didn’t show it and dealt with it.

As the procession of nobles getting their faces painted followed, I grinned, thinking that it would be nice if everyone died here, whether it was a test or not.

“Hey… … .”

Meanwhile, silver hair appeared among the nobles.

It was Seria.

The nobles were momentarily taken aback by the figure that suddenly jumped out among them, but as soon as they realized that it was a commoner, they made displeased faces.

“A commoner would dare say where this place is――”

“Lady Gwen. Since you seem to be a guest visiting me, I will apologize on your behalf.”

“Oh, no. If you’re Lady Charlotte’s guest, there’s nothing you can do… … .”

“Then, I would like to talk to my guest for a moment. Can you excuse me?”

As he said that and smiled brightly, the nobles around him retreated. I covered my mouth with a fan and looked at the guest who came to see me.

What should I do… … . Many thoughts were going through my head. Make a plan and weigh feasibility and reality. Among them, I selected the most efficient ones and continued to think about them.

“Well, I was thankful for yesterday!”

‘yesterday… … ?’

So many thoughts were filling my head that I was a bit late in reacting, so Sarah, who was standing behind me, frowned and bent down as if she was going to attack me at any moment.

“Let’s talk to the lady about commoners… … !?”

I felt like he was going to attack me at any moment if I didn’t stop him, so I folded my fan with a loud sound.

“Hi!”

“Sera.”

“Sorry, sorry!”

He covered his mouth with a folded fan and smiled.

“Mel, would you please take Sarah away to the point where she can’t hear the story?”

“Yes, lady.”

Mel walked away with Sera, and after confirming that, I looked down at Seria again.

His silver hair, shining brilliantly like the sun shining on the snow on a plain, glowed softly even under the shadows, as if to say he was the main character, and my reflection was reflected in his clear, sky-blue eyes that were so different from mine.

Even though we only made eye contact, I had mixed emotions. But he didn’t show it. I didn’t waver because I had already made enough commitments.

“So, what happens to me?”

“Ah, that. I wanted to say thank you for helping me take the exam yesterday… … Yo.”

Perhaps because he remembered that Sarah was foaming at the mouth and trying to bite him, he started using the polite word a beat later.

Perhaps it was awkward to use the honorifics like that, but after saying that, he looked down at Seria, who was smiling brightly, and gently closed his eyes.

“I happened to be the last one to enter, so I just showed them a little ‘consideration’. It wasn’t something I did because I wanted to receive a thank you.”

“Still, I think I should say thank you――. Yes――No, your little consideration was of great help to me… … Yo.”

“If you are not used to it, there is no need to make an effort to use the honorific. If it’s frustrating for the listener, it might be easier to just say it.”

“Uh, is it okay though? I am a commoner, and you are a noble… … .”

good. With those words, I made up my mind. After deciding, I smiled and lowered the fan.

“The class system of commoners and nobles doesn’t really make sense to you and me outside of the game. Isn’t that right?”

“Uh… … ?”

Let me know that I am also possessed. It would be better to keep things that you don’t know what variables they may be at a distance and to the side instead of having to respond late. Why don’t they say it’s dark under the lamp?

[The second exam is starting soon! Please wait in line to enter!!]

“Then I’ll go. See you at the academy.”

“Huh? Oh, no. Just a moment!”

He stopped for a moment at those words, looked back, and smiled.

“Ah, yes. Just one more thing. This is not a game, it is stark reality, so make no mistake about that.”

I left behind Seria, who was blinking, and went into the exam room with Sera and Mel. Coincidentally, my seat was the same as last time, and the examiner was the same man who had walked me to the exam table last time.

“See you again, Princess Charlotte. I hope you do your best on your exam today.”

“Hehe, thank you.”

I smiled once to tell them to eat and leave and waited for the other person, but the male examiner, who probably thought my answer meant something else, kept talking without even noticing it.

Really, that examiner has no clue. I looked down at the test tube, smiling at the dark desire I felt in his eyes.

“I want to focus on the exam, but can you please be quiet?”

“――Ah, yes. sorry. Princess Charlotte.”

He’s like a fool who arbitrarily thinks he’s given an answer. Later, I cursed him to attract misfortune, insisting that he die in a back alley somewhere, and then stopped paying attention.

After waiting a little longer, a sweating man came up, probably because he had run. Judging by his clothes and his skinny body, no one could tell that he was a commoner.

“Sorry for being late.”

The man who bowed his head immediately raised his staff, and I raised my shield and arming sword.

“Start!”

The test tube’s start sign was given, and my opponent immediately swung his staff and sent ice shards flying.

As expected, as I expected, the opponent was a wizard who used ice. Okay, that’s all you need to know. I ran forward, hiding behind the shield.

Perhaps not thinking that he would attack the wizard head on, the opponent was startled and trembled, swinging his staff towards the floor. The floor froze along the path of the cane and I immediately stopped walking.

“You’re fighting quite a rough fight. However, it would be difficult to use such a tactic against a wizard.”

After all, wizards with wands are annoying. It’s true that the staff takes over the role of chanting… … .

I stopped for a moment and tapped the ice on the floor with the arming sword. Is the intensity at the level of a thin puddle of water? If you step on it too hard, it will break.

“Would you like to go again?”

He grinned, shooed, took a step, and ran forward. The opponent once again froze the floor, but by stepping on the ground hard, he broke the frozen floor and advanced.

As soon as the opponent realized that I was not the one to be tricked, he started throwing ice blocks at me. It was obvious that my arm would break if I tried to block it from the front, so I raised my shield at an angle, let it slip, and continued moving forward.

I go forward, my opponent goes back. As the battle continued, the opponent crowded to the edge of the test table, and at the end, I was able to stand in front of the opponent.

“Oh my… … !”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

I smiled and swung my shield for a shield bash. After seeing that the opponent was hit by the shield and fell off the test table, he turned his back.

This concludes the second day of exams. There are 6 remaining opponents. There is still a long time left.

I left the exam room while listening to the examiner declare victory.