episode_0304
by admin“Today, we are gathered outside the academy, and also to assist Miss Fiona, so let’s speak a little more comfortably.”
“Yes, Senior Lillis! You can even call me Liria if you want!”
“Then I’ll call you Liria. But we’re not close enough to address each other by name without honorifics yet.”
“Yes….”
With no Etan around, I returned to a slightly more relaxed tone than usual and before proceeding with the operation, I asked her the most important question.
“Before we proceed, I’ll ask you the most important question, Liria.”
“Yes, Senior Lillis!”
“Among the many other female seniors, why did you ask me to teach you how to seduce a man? There are many beautiful women at the academy… maybe not more than me, but certainly not none.”
Objectively, there were only two women I thought were prettier than me. Seraphine and Natalie.
Seraphine was undoubtedly the main heroine of the Luminor Academy, while Natalie added points for her healthy and cheerful charm, which was my personal preference.
There were also others like Sirena, the only elf at the academy, or Cerista, who had a high ‘female power’ despite her low presence, or even Lizzie, who was pretty and had an insider charm that made her popular.
There must have been many other candidates besides me to ask about seducing men, so Liria must have had her own reasons for choosing me as her advisor.
“That’s because… I heard rumors that Senior Lillis is a genius at seducing men!”
“Seducing men… me?”
“Mm-hmm.”
I was taken aback by Liria’s unexpected words, and Agnes, who was beside me, couldn’t hold back her laughter and let out a snort.
“I, I don’t understand why I’m considered a genius at seducing men…?”
“But Senior Lillis, didn’t you get engaged to Etan?”
“Well, yes, but…”
“As a maid, you even got engaged to a nobleman, so it’s impossible to do that without being a genius at seducing men! You made him fall in love with you enough to overcome the class difference!”
…Is that so?
After hearing it, it seemed somewhat accurate. Or maybe I was just vaguely understanding and moving on from the nonsense.
Well, Liria also liked a hero, so it wasn’t that strange for her to admire the love between me and Etan, who had overcome the class difference.
The class difference between a commoner debt maid and a viscount’s illegitimate son might not be as big, but the difference between a barbarian girl and a hero saving the world was enough to be considered a class difference.
“A seduction genius… huff, huff…”
“…Well, I understand why you asked me for advice in that sense. I don’t agree that I’m a seduction genius, though.”
“Why not?”
“Because there are actual seduction geniuses who have overcome the class difference. …Right here.”
“Yes?”
“Huh? Why are you suddenly looking at me…?”
Agnes, who suddenly felt something was off with the way Liria was looking at her, mumbled, but I had already offered her as the next sacrifice to Liria.
“Agnes here has made a prince fall deeply in love with her with just ‘one encounter’ with the nobility, surpassing me in overcoming the class difference! How can I dare to use the title ‘seduction genius’ when we have someone like Agnes here?”
“Oh, oh! You’re amazing, Senior Agnes!”
“Oh, no…!! L-Lillis, she’s just talking nonsense…! M-My relationship with Antonio is not like that at all…!”
“But it’s true that Prince Antonio likes Agnes, right?”
“…He may like me, but what does that have to do with me being a seduction genius…”
“Look at this, Liria. While I did make some effort to seduce Edan-nim to a certain extent, Agnes managed to seduce Prince Antonio without even realizing it. So, wouldn’t the title of seduction genius suit Agnes more than me?”
“Oh, yes! Seduction genius Agnes sunbaenim!”
“Agnes is a seduction genius!”
“Please, stop…! Don’t call me that!”
Despite Agnes denying the new title she had acquired with a flushed face, Liria and I continued to praise her genius talent.
“Seduction prodigy!”
“Seduction expert!”
“Seduction prodigy!”
“Seduction master!”
“Seduction artisan!”
“Seduction maestro!”
“B-both of you, stop it…!!”
Agnes, with a reddened face, tried to silence Liria and me by waving the staff in her hand. She really should have known better than to mess with us.
With today’s teasing of Agnes coming to an end, it was now time to focus on Liria’s confession strategy.
“Liria.”
“Yes, Relis sunbaenim!”
“Actually, I know the identity of that ‘close senior’ you’re planning to confess to.”
“R-really?”
“Yes. And personally, I have a bit of a connection with him as well. Can I take a guess?”
-Nods.
Liria hesitantly nodded her head towards me. With such a reaction from her, I casually listed the distinctive features of the target that anyone could recognize.
“First of all, the department of the senior you like is probably the swordsmanship department, right?”
“Y-yes.”
“And he’s just one year senior to you.”
“T-that’s correct.”
“He has the right to designate opponents in the evaluation matches… meaning, he’s a skilled individual ranking within the top 5 in the department.”
“Y-yes…”
“At his current position, he holds a high status that Liria cannot easily approach, right?”
“T-that’s right…”
“And, lastly, one decisive factor.”
“….”
“The person Liria likes is undoubtedly a man, right?”
“Oh, impressive! You truly are amazing, Relis sunbaenim!”
As I listed the features one by one, Liria held my hand, nodding in admiration. It was easy to handle her once I had made up my mind.
“It’s nothing special. I actually had a hunch from the beginning about who the person you like might be.”
“…It’s obvious that the person you confess to would be a man.”
Agnes muttered in disbelief from the side, but I ignored her. Creating the right atmosphere was the most important thing in situations like this.
Just like how shamans don’t actually need to be experienced, what matters is how much information you gather beforehand and how convincingly you can pretend to see through things.
Once I gained Liria’s trust, the rest was a piece of cake. This simple barbarian girl was someone who, once she believed in someone, didn’t know how to doubt them.
“Confessing to Liria shouldn’t be too difficult. After all, aside from her face, Liria is quite a beauty.”
“Thank you!”
“Don’t misunderstand, Liria. To confess, you’ll need to fix many other aspects aside from just your face.”
“…Yes.”
Barbarian Liria.
Despite her beautiful face, she was quite a burden in many other aspects.
Main character slightly taller than average. To put it nicely, slender, but in reality, barely any chest to speak of. Six-pack abs and sun-kissed skin. And a slightly husky voice and a bit lacking in brain muscles for a girl.
From my perspective, who appreciates health beauty, she was quite a likable character, but honestly, from a typical guy’s point of view, she had a lot of divisive elements.
Characters that anyone would say are “pretty” easily occupied the main heroine position in “Luminor Academy.” Among the main heroines, there was only Agnes who deviated from the standard beauty norms.
For sub-heroines, especially those with less weight in the story, having many divisive elements was unavoidable. Even game companies need to prominently feature main heroines on the cover to make a profit.
Perhaps the standard of beauty for the general public isn’t that different from the standards of the male protagonist. Even if we were to consider Seraphine’s confession as beautiful in itself, Liria’s appearance had no appeal to the guy who was trying to return to Earth without acknowledging her.
In other words, Liria’s confession was destined to fail from the start, so if it was going to fail anyway, it was important to make sure that she left no lingering feelings for the male protagonist.
In a situation surrounded by a woman with such a complex background, the male protagonist’s situation, which he himself is unaware of, is not something to be pitied. Accept that this is your fate.
“Liria, there are only two things you need for a confession. One is clothes, and the other is speech.”
“Clothes, speech…”
“I won’t tell you that you need to change your appearance or personality. Those are things that are predetermined from birth and can’t be changed. If a man doesn’t like a beauty like you, Liria, there’s no need for you to have any regrets.”
“Oh, I understand, Senior Relis!”
“So, there are only two things you can change about yourself for Liria’s confession. One is stylish clothes that will catch anyone’s eye, and the other is a romantic confession line that will increase the chances of success.
Even if you just prepare these two things, the chances of Liria’s confession being successful will increase exponentially.”
“I-I see.”
“So, first, change out of that overly revealing rag.”
“Rag…”
The male protagonist was already used to such harsh words that would surprise him.
So, he planned to start by firmly dominating the situation with his outfit.
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