episode_0028

Some time has passed since then.

I haven’t brought the females into the dormitory yet. There’s something I have to do first.

As usual, I attended the lecture, but my first priority was to tell the professor who was teaching or a professor I knew that I had overdone it.

“I see. If it were me, I would have been pressed down by the other females and couldn’t even breathe. If it were them.”

Professor Shelly, the always sleepy-eyed history professor, joked as she signed a form requesting that my female student be allowed to enter the male dormitory.

With this, I got the signatures of almost all the professors. According to the school regulations, it was possible with the consent of about three professors, but I just in case, I showed the document to all the professors I met, and I got the signatures of more than fifteen professors.

“Now that it’s the festival season, I have to be busy and go around.”

This week marks the start of a long-standing festival period in the Perion Empire, which begins on Wednesday and ends next Monday, giving the Academy six days off.

Now that the Empress has given her permission, all that remains is to set off on a busier journey to seek permission from the parents of the females, from the Duke of Moratium to the Earl of Iron Foxtrot.

If you have time, you can enjoy some festivals with the ladies. There are quite a few things to gain from festivals.

Since all the lectures for today are over, we naturally move on to the study group.

“Oh, Ain is here. Is the lecture over?”

“Yeah, history. I got approval from Professor Sally too.”

“Wow, how many autographs are there? Didn’t you say 3 would be enough?”

After greeting Hoyo and showing her the signed document, she accepts it and her eyes widen.

“I guess he doesn’t want to get into trouble with the male dorm supervisor.”

The owner of the voice that interrupted was Lulu.

The book study group, which always had four members including me, is now joined by Elfin, Ion, and Lulu.

“Okay, well. Ain will take care of it… Haha, this is pretty fun.”

Elfin, who was trying to shoulder the burden of her studies on her own, was able to enjoy a leisurely academic life thanks to me, so she did not join any clubs at all. (And no club dared to invite the princess to join a club.)

Since Ion spent his spare time training his physical strength and learning martial arts on his own, and Lulu learned magic and arcane arts on her own, neither of them had any clubs.

So, since they were all the same group of females, it would be easier to gather, so I suggested that they join the Miscellaneous Book Research Group, even if only in name. Elphin, Ion, and (surprisingly) Lulu joined the Miscellaneous Book Research Group without any objections.

So, with the club enjoying an unprecedented boom in its history, the president of the miscellaneous book research club, Bam, seems to be in a good mood, scribbling something in his notebook while wagging his big tail.

“What are you doing, Bam?”

“Ah, organize your schedule. On Tuesday, the first day of the festival, you will visit the Duke of Moratium and the Marquis Anastasia, so Bandi, Hoyo, and I need to talk to them too. ”

At the end of the night, Hoyo raises his hand.

“My mom said any day except the first day of the festival was fine.”

Bandido adds to her words, “Our family is close to the Hoyone family, so we will gather together.”

So, the Moratiums and Anastasias have agreed to meet me at the Moratium mansion, and the Goldbunnys have agreed to meet me along with the Iron Foxtrots.

So, during that time, you can visit the Duke of Knight Sustained.

“Then what happens?”

In response to my question, Bam checked his schedule one last time by looking at his notebook and answered.

“First day is Moratium Street. Anastasia Street will be there. It’ll be my house on Thursday… I think we can go to Goldbunny Street around Sunday. Iron Foxtrot Street is joining us.”

“Then, let’s go in order: Ion Ne, Bami Ne, and Bandi Ne.”

“Well, I guess it would have been better if I had explained it that way.”

Bam, who closed the notebook with a thud, spoke cheerfully.

“Who wants a snack?”

“What is it?”

Ion was the first to show interest in Bam’s proposal. They were from the same dukedom and there was some exchange between the two families, so Bam and Ion became close friends quite quickly despite their completely different personalities.

“Cakes, scones, and brioche buns. The maids were going to throw away the leftovers from their morning baking practice, so I asked them to just leave them.”

It was a night of easygoing behavior that was unusual for a duke and aunt, but Ion didn’t really react much to the word ‘what’s left’.

“It looks delicious. I’ll eat it and lose some weight.”

Ion closed the book with a sour taste in his mouth, and Lulu gave her opinion with a complicated expression.

“Is it really necessary to practice and then eat the leftovers?”

“Why, don’t you feel sorry?”

Even though it was a ducal family among the many noble families, Bam looked at Lulu with an expression of ‘I really don’t know’, wondering if she was from the prestigious and honest Knight Sustained family.

“…Well, as long as it tastes good.”

“Hey, don’t be so picky. Just try to catch it. Kids are good at it.”

Lulu was originally close with Ion, and Hoyo, who quickly became close with Ion, tries to get between the two and tickles Lulu.

“Ah, ahaha, hey, I got it, hihi, stop it!”

As Lulu’s whole body twists under Hoyo’s attack, Ion speaks with interest.

“They say that if you tickle someone for too long, they’ll start to cry. Let’s check it out.”

Eventually, Lulu can’t stand it anymore and jumps out of her seat and runs next to Bandi, which ends the gag.

Looking at it this way, it seems like there’s a good balance.

On the night when I sit in the chairman’s seat, Elfin sits on the large single-seater central sofa that is used when the night is not the chairman’s seat but the sofa.

On the left are the physical Ion and Hoyo, and on the right are the relatively docile Lulu and Bandi.

Something… Something about the symmetry makes me feel at ease. (I was sitting on the one-person sofa opposite Elfin.)

“We brought out some refreshments.”

The triplets, who are all different colors, come into the club room and skillfully set up snacks.

“…It’s more serious than I thought?”

“There’s a saying that goes, “Practice is like the real thing, and the real thing is like practice.””

Lulu and Ion say that and look at the snacks.

Although it was said to be for practice, the craftsmanship was quite serious, so if you looked closely, you would have thought it was made with great care to be presented to guests or the owner.

“There it is.”

Lulu frowned as Hoyo and Ion kept exclaiming “delicious” while stuffing half of the not-so-small piece of cake into their mouths at once. After tasting a piece of cake, she seemed a little surprised.

“Is it delicious?”

“Right?”

Bandi smiles and tells Lulu, then takes a big piece of cake and puts it in his mouth, looking happy.

“Thank you. Bella, Ella, Mila.”

Finally, when I greeted the three maids who had brought me tea with a bittersweet aroma, they hastily bowed several times as if they were embarrassed and then walked backwards out of the clubroom.

“…Ain, the only people we agreed on were the three members of the Miscellaneous Research Group.”

I was really embarrassed when Lulu glared at my actions.

“…What did I do?”

“You teased me, openly.”

At Lulu’s words, I looked around at the other females and tried to prove my innocence, but unfortunately, the females seemed to agree with Lulu’s words.

“If you do that, the Empress will get angry and join the crowd. Be careful of your behavior.”

Bandi is startled by Elfin’s words.

“Empress Alexandra?”

“Hmm. You’re flirting so blatantly. Fortunately, Ain doesn’t seem to care.”

At Elfin’s words, the females look at me with a “huh…” expression.

“…Seriously, even if you were your empress, I’d tell you that the only thing we agreed on was the miscellaneous book research group.”

“No, really? ”

Catching a female is really not easy.

“Welcome, Baron Ain Youngsik. Welcome to the Moratium dukedom.”

As befitting the name of the Duke’s House, an elegantly dressed maid comes out to greet Ion and Lulu.

“Maid, it’s been a while.”

“You look healthy, too. Of course, you’ve never been unhealthy.”

The relationship between Ion and the maid was also good, as the two exchanged greetings with a smile without formality.

“Miss Lulu has also become much calmer.”

“…What was it like before?”

At Lulu’s absurd words, the head maid elegantly covered her mouth with her hand and laughed.

“Waiting for you above. I will guide you.”

“Yeah.”

At the maid’s words, Ion started to climb the stairs without losing his composure, while Lulu started to climb the stairs while looking very nervous.

“Ion doesn’t seem to have any particular thoughts, but why is Lulu like that?”

“Oh, Lulu… No. Go up and check. It’ll be pretty fun.”

At my words, Ion looks at Lulu and snickers as if he’s having a blast.

If it were normal, Lulu would have gotten angry and said something in rebuttal to that gaze, but Lulu now seemed unable to even hear that.

“Come in.”

As the maid opened the door, an incredibly large reception room was revealed, along with two couples, a man and a woman, chatting at a table in the middle.

“Master, Miss Ion, Miss Lulu, and Baron Youngsik Ain Frostgarm have arrived.”

“Come in.”

A voice sounds as if it is exactly what will happen when Ion gets older and his personality becomes calmer.

I followed the two inside and sat down in the prepared seat. Ion and Lulu sat next to me.

“Meet the Moratiums and Anastasias.”

As I gave a deep greeting, the two pairs of male and female also gave a light greeting.

“Welcome.”

“Nice to meet you.”

The first to greet us were Ion’s mother and father, Duke Icarus Moratium and Lord Shizu Moratium.

“…”

“…haha, nice to meet you.”

On the other hand, Marquis Lucio Anastasia, who has been glaring at Lulu from the moment she enters, and her husband, Sir Kino Anastasia, who is trying hard to hold on to her.

“Lulu, I heard about what you did to Baron Youngsik when you first met him!”

Indeed, there was a reason why Lulu was nervous, as she flinched and closed her eyes at the loud voice of Marquis Lucio!