episode_0138

Prince Richard’s inspection of the Academy began in earnest. It was the third day since he arrived at the academy.

His official schedule started yesterday, but since it was an inspection visit by the prince himself, the Academy also prepared an event to welcome him.

Because the Infractus Empire was a country with a strong imperial authority, it had no choice but to treat Prince Richard, who was dispatched directly from the imperial family, with caution.

After completing the officially scheduled academy event, he first checked the academy’s security system the next day.

Demeia Academy, which had allowed two invasions by the New and Old Resistance groups in half a year, was already bound to have great doubts about its stability.

If you think about it, who can trust the security of the Academy, which has been breached twice in a row?

That was the reason why the Empire and Demeia Academy made Gilbert a hero more than necessary. Covering an issue with an issue was the easiest and most effective way to divert people’s attention.

In fact, people’s interest in Demeia Academy’s security system naturally turned to the birth of a new hero. It was a really good picture of a bastard coming to his senses and becoming a hero of the empire.

But it wasn’t Prince Richard. Since he had entered the fight for the right to succeed to the throne in earnest, he could not ignore even the slightest flaw in the academy.

Here at Demeia Academy, his biggest rival, Princess Serafina, was the student council president. I discovered a flaw in Serafina, who was known to be closest to the line of succession, and it was foolish to leave it as is.

Of course, since the general manager here was Marquis Lucas, he could have gotten in trouble by blatantly attacking the Academy.

For generations, the Marquis of Turamentum was a noble family renowned for its pro-emperor faction, and the Marquis Lucas himself was a figure who was able to exert influence within the imperial army even after many years had passed since he had retired from the front line.

The prestige of the Marquis of Turamentum and the recognition that Marquis Lucas had built up in the empire were the powers that followed him later when he ascended to the position of emperor. It was a mistake to think only about the immediate future and make mistakes.

Of course, Prince Richard was not an underdog. Instead of disparaging Demeia Academy’s security system itself, he blamed it on the student council, which was supposed to check and inspect it. The goal is that the academy builds the system, but the student council oversees the inspection.

Didn’t the omission of the student council create a security loophole?

What did the student council check until it got to this point?

If you put it on your ear, it was an earring, and if you put it on your nose, it was a nose ring, but it wasn’t entirely wrong.

“There is a flaw in the Academy’s security magic circle. Is this something that has been reported?”

“The maintenance request for the magic circle has been saved. As the days have become colder recently, we noticed damage to the magic circle a few days ago, and we plan to fix it soon.”

” A paper was recently published in the Magic Society saying that this magic circle is problematic. Do you know that?”

“I checked the recently posted paper. However, since it is still in the hypothesis stage and has not been proven, I do not plan to touch it hastily.”

Although it was nominally called an inspection, it was almost no different from an inspection. The student council was sweating and responding to the inspection team’s words, but their questions were becoming more and more sharp.

Fortunately, we were still responding well as we had prepared, but no one knew how long that would last.

Once the inspection of the security magic circle was over, it was now the Academy Guard’s turn. The security guards, who took pride in their work, were responding well to the inspection team’s strict questions, but their determined and aggressive behavior eventually showed a weakness.

Unfortunately, the problem was that the worker who worked overnight could not make it to the next shift. The inspection team, as if they had finally accomplished something, recorded a line on the evaluation sheet they were writing for negligence.

“Chairman. Are you going to just watch like this?”

The news that the inspection team had created an evaluation sheet for the security guard due to negligence in their duties was immediately conveyed to the student council executives. Vice President Talisman, who was steeped in imperialism, found it increasingly difficult to tolerate the tyranny of the inspection team that threatened the student council he was a member of.

“There is no justification. Although the inspection team is somewhat overbearing, it faithfully carries out its duties. In this situation, interfering at leisure would be an act of ignoring the authority of the inspection team, and would likely have a negative impact.”

Seraphina narrowed her brows.

She knew very well that this whole skit was a ploy by her brother, Prince Richard. Until now, he had been sitting leisurely as if he had given up his right to succeed to the throne, and he seemed to have been waiting with bated breath for the moment to overthrow her.

“We can’t just sit still like this. This is an insult to our student council.”

Talisman clenched his fists.

He was a man full of pride in his family as he believed in imperialism. He hated being ignored more than anything in the world, and as the eldest son of a hard-line family, he had a personality that could not tolerate being ignored.

The reason why I reacted so sensitively to this inspection was because I could not shake the feeling that the student council had been ignored. Although it was the student council’s job to check the security system, they did not have a deep inquiry into the magic circle.

Although they received minimal training, it was common to hire a professional security wizard to conduct the inspection. After experiencing two invasions of the academy and cutting off all the security wizards they had hired, all the student council could do was hire a special security wizard.

However, the inspection team was cleverly putting the blame on the student council by talking in principle. As Talisman said, this could not have happened unless the student council was looked down upon.

“Even so, it was an inspection team officially dispatched by the imperial family. This is the solemn will of His Majesty the Emperor, and it is wrong to go against it.”

This was the biggest reason why Seraphina could not respond even though she was aware of Richard’s tricks.

The inspection team dispatched by the imperial family had the justification of touring the academy. Because this was something that was properly permitted by the ruler of the empire, no matter how Serafina was, she could not stop the inspection team.

Depending on how one interprets it, this could be seen as a violation of the emperor’s orders.

You’ve brought with you a difficult problem.

Seraphina sensed that Prince Richard, who had been crouching, had stretched out.

“Chairman. Unfortunately, what the Vice President said is correct this time.”

Courtney, unusually, agreed with Talisman’s opinion.

“Then is there a good move?”

Seraphina looked around at the student council executives.

Since they also did not have a clear solution, they pretended not to notice Serafina’s harsh gaze.

I just complained to the president, Seraphina, about the frustrating situation. Although they were talented people recognized by the empire, their opponents were monsters who were writing down the myth of invincibility on a battlefield where blood was splattered and flesh was split.

His strategic tactics always brought despair to the enemy army and presented a glorious path to victory for the friendly army. This time, the target of such a miracle was the student council.

And that too with exquisite political skills.

Even for the student council executives, it was not easy to solve this problem.

Seraphina drank the herbal tea in front of her and slowly came up with a solution.

What the inspection team is hanging on is the security system of Demeia Academy, which ultimately allowed the intrusion. The first was the security magic circle, and the second was the security guard.

Taking issue with the lack of smooth initial response during the previous intrusion, they pointed out the security guards’ negligence in their duties, and unfortunately, their strategy worked.

It was difficult to undo what had already happened, so it was important to let them know that there was a workaround.

And Seraphina had a card that was very good to use in times like this.

I guess I’ll have to get help from a priest.

Seraphina thought of Gilbert, who would be the best support in the current situation.

He achieved the feat of safely protecting all the nobles and subjects who came to witness the Lion King’s birthday celebration. He took out dozens of giant gods with just one weapon.

The academy’s security system is a mess?

Seraphina scoffed.

This was the Demeia Academy, which provided military training. An enemy attack could always occur, and it was the cadets’ job to respond accordingly.

They were the Academy’s security system, and their collapse was the same as the Academy’s security system collapsing.

Therefore, it was necessary to appeal that the intrusion was successfully prevented.

Adding that Demeia’s final security system was none other than the Empire’s hero Gilbert was the icing on the cake.

“Cadet Gilbert.”

“Chairman? What are you saying all of a sudden?”

When Gilbert’s name suddenly came out of Seraphina, Ian asked back.

When the name of the rival I always cared about came up, I reacted reflexively.

“The inspection team points out that the fact that the academy allowed the intrusion is the problem of the student council. However, the Academy repelled all invaders and protected the nobles and subjects who were in the Academy at the time. The stepping stone that made this possible was none other than Cadet Gilbert.”

“In other words, if Cadet Gilbert was the student council, it would be the student council that stopped the intruder.”

Talisman lifted his glasses and grinned. It seemed like there was a path.

“But Cadet Gilbert is not a student council. Even if you fill out the documents now, they will think you fabricated them for this inspection.”

Ian did not want to easily lose the title of student council executive, which was one of his strengths over Gilbert. For that reason, the inspection team raised points that could be pointed out and opposed Seraphina’s opinion.

“Wouldn’t it be okay if we don’t officially accept it? Cadet Gilbert is a female priest. Since I am studying with Professor Brianna, wouldn’t it be okay to consider it an honorary student council?”

Serafina’s words were a play on words, but the princess’s priests could not be considered ordinary cadets.

Wasn’t that why Gilbert first came to Brianna in person to say he wanted to become her exclusive disciple?

If this inspection was a fight for a cause, putting Gilbert at the forefront could have been a very good cause. As mentioned earlier, if you wear it on your ear, it is an earring, and if you wear it on your nose, it is a nose ring.

“That would be a clever trick.”

Courtney agreed with Seraphina. In a situation where there were virtually no cards they could draw, Gilbert was an unexpected hidden card.

“Then, you need to kiss Cadet Gilbert. Please make sure Cadet Ian and Cadet Gilbert are brought in as soon as possible.”

Ian’s pride was hurt by Seraphina’s command, but he tried not to show it and lowered his head.

“Okay.”

It was a miserable feeling, but now was the time to endure it.

Ian bit his lip while lowering his head.

***

“Priest. From now on, priests will be honorary student council officers.”

what?

Gilbert made a strange suggestion during a private meeting with Seraphina.

No, I had to be notified.