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Mesugaki Tank Enters the Academy –
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Mesugaki Tank Enters the Academy –
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The Second Queen.

As Serene Soladin entered the
carriage, she carelessly threw off the elaborate decorations from her
head and brushed back the long strands of hair on her forehead while
furrowing her brows.

Although it was somewhat
fierce for a queen of a nation to look this way, Serene didn’t care
about such things.

Putting on a forced smile and
acting sweet only needed to be done outside. Doing such bothersome
things here, completely cut off from the outside by various magical
procedures, would make her head explode.

“He was supposed to be near
death, yet he seemed fine. What’s going on?”

The man sitting across from
her pursed his lips into a thin line in response to the voice sharp
enough to cut someone with words.

As one of the Second Queen’s
confidants and a vassal of the Bedfor Family, he had already
anticipated this complaint. After serving by her side for years, he
had naturally become accustomed to her temper.

“I apologise. I should have
investigated more thoroughly.”

“Yes, you should have. This
has been a complete waste of time.”

Serene casually tossed the
bottle she had in her hand, and the Second Queen’s confidant
hastily caught it. The bottle contained a precious medicine known to
be effective against numerous diseases, far too valuable to let it
hit the carriage floor.

“Instead of earning their
gratitude, we were treated like bothersome guests.”

She was determined to somehow
make her foolishly idiotic son into a king and seize power.

In an effort to gain some
favour with the Burrow family, she had spent valuable time coming all
the way here, but Serene had gained nothing.

In fact, she had been treated
as a nuisance and left as if she had been kicked out.

“Nothing is going right,
starting with that arrogant kid from the Allen family.”

Before visiting the Burrow
Duke’s estate today, Serene had tried to win favour with a young girl
named Lucy Allen by engaging in conversation.

While Lucy’s inherent value
was significant, Serene believed that by winning her over, she could
also bring Benedict Allen, who was backing Lucy, to her side.

However, today’s conversation
was a complete failure.

The sudden invitation from the
Burrow family, who had been reluctant to receive visitors,
interrupted their conversation, but even before that, Lucy Allen’s
attitude was far from good.

“That girl. She didn’t
open her mouth even once.”

Since the conversation
started, Lucy Allen had not only refrained from a light greeting but
didn’t even offer a nod.

She just stared at Serene as
if scrutinising her without saying a word.

She wasn’t just a simple,
arrogant kid.

Annoying.

“Thanks to her, today has
been a complete waste of time. Ugh, how irritating.”

The man, flustered by the
Second Queen’s furious hair-tousling, hurriedly tried to justify
himself.

“It wasn’t a complete
waste. Don’t you think the atmosphere in the Burrow household was
unusually quiet?”

“What nonsense are you
spewing? It’s always been like that ever since they lost their
eldest son.”

“I know, but today, the
atmosphere seemed particularly…”

“Shut up. Your blabbering is
only making me more annoyed.”

Seeing the confidant hurriedly
clamp his mouth shut, Serene nodded in satisfaction just as someone
knocked on the carriage door.

“Your Majesty. It’s Nabil.”

“Come in.”

Nabil entered, barely reacting
to the dishevelled state of the carriage and closed the door behind
him.

“Did you have a good talk
with that kid?”

“No.”

“…What? What do you mean?”

“That person was rather
rude.”

“Lady Allen?”

Having decided to use Duke
Partan, I immediately headed to the dormitory to meet Joy.

Since she was the Duke’s
daughter, I thought she might have a way to contact him.

There was no thought given to
manners or procedure. Why worry about such things when there’s a
dungeon to be conquered as quickly as possible?

Just go for it first, and if
you hit a wall, then think of another way.

“You want to contact my
father?”

‘Yes. Is it possible?’

“Sure. I need to ask a
favour of the Careless Duke. Is it doable?”

“It is possible, but I’m not
sure if my father will respond. Well then, come inside… no, wait.
Just a moment.”

Joy abruptly closed the door
and, after a short while, there were a series of clattering sounds
from inside.

If it’s just a mess, that’s
fortunate.

Despite her outward appearance
as the perfect Villainous Lady, the Airhead Lady is truly careless
inside.

This trait extends to her room
as well. Since Joy rarely has guests, her room constantly reaches new
levels of disarray.

Knowing it would take a long
time for the place to be sorted out, I decided to head back to my
dormitory and freshen up instead of just standing around.

Despite taking my sweet time,
when I returned, the clattering sounds from Joy’s room still hadn’t
stopped.

After waiting for another five
minutes, Joy finally came out, breathing heavily.

“Did you wait long? Please,
come in…”

Her room wasn’t much different
from what I had seen in the game.

It was a sophisticated room
featuring a predominant red hue.

A place where anyone would nod
in agreement, thinking it perfectly suited Joy.

However, if you looked
closely, you could sense the disorder here and there.

Trash peeking from under the
bed. Ends of various clothes poking out from the wardrobe. The
bookshelf, hastily filled, with topsy-turvy books.

The scene was so delicately
balanced that just touching one thing would cause the elegance to
crumble, and for a moment, I felt a mischievous urge to disturb it,
but I suppressed it.

Otherwise, talking with Duke
Partan would take an entire day.

“I found it. You can use
this Crystal Sphere.”

It seemed Joy had found the
Crystal Sphere while tidying up, and she handed it to me, trying to
appear composed.

I couldn’t help but think that
she could have just handed me the Crystal Sphere instead of making me
come in, but I decided not to point that out.

Receiving the Crystal Sphere
from Joy, I infused it with magic, and it started flickering blue.

Once the flickering stops, I
should be able to contact the other side.

Hmm.

No response.

Even though I waited for about
a minute, the flickering of the Crystal Sphere showed no signs of
stopping.

Benedict usually responded
before the flickering could even begin, not giving me a chance to see
it.

“Perhaps he is busy
today?”

‘Seems like it.’

“I can’t believe he’s
ignoring a cute girl like me trying to contact him. Really, how
rude.”

Well, there’s nothing to be
done if I can’t get through. Since I’ve already informed Joy, he’ll
get in touch sooner or later.

If push comes to shove, I can
try contacting Alsatine or the Newman Family. Let’s not get
impatient. There’s no benefit in rushing when tackling a new dungeon.

“Um, Lady Allen. Since
you’ve been waiting for a while, why don’t you have some tea and
relax a bit…”

At that moment, the flickering
of the Crystal Sphere suddenly stopped, and a person’s face appeared
above the sphere.

A ferocious face that wouldn’t
be out of place with an evil laugh. There was no mistaking it.

“Sorry, Joy. I was held
up with something urgent.”

It was Duke Partan.

With a smile that seemed
fitting for a mob boss, he started to apologise, but when he saw my
face, he raised one eyebrow.

“Lady Allen? How unusual.
Isn’t this Joy’s?”

‘That’s right…’

“Careless Duke, can’t you
tell? I asked the Airhead Lady to connect me with you.”

“How strange. This room is
too tidy, it could never be my daughter’s.”

“Father?”

“Oh, were you there? You
should have told me in advance. Weren’t you surprised?”

With his unique vocalisation,
he let out a sinister laugh, then he interlaced his fingers under his
chin and asked,

“So, what’s the matter?”

Duke Partan, unlike any noble
would, skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point.

“Father.”

Perhaps it didn’t come across
well. Joy spoke up, but Duke Partan remained firm.

“Lady Allen didn’t
contact me just for small talk, did she? This approach is probably
more suitable for the lady, so don’t say anything more.”

As he guessed, I preferred
getting to the point rather than small talk. In my position, small
talk was akin to navigating a minefield.

He managed to gauge me quite
well with just a few words exchanged. Indeed, he’s a capable person,
if not for his occasional blunders.

“Then, let’s get straight
to the point. So…”

“Careless Duke, since you
seem to have poor time management, I’ll get right to it. To put it
bluntly, I want to visit the Burrow Family to check on their
illness.”

“Since it’s difficult to
visit through normal channels, you want to use me?”

Without needing further
explanation, Duke Partan quickly grasped my intention and continued
speaking.

“It’s not a hard task.
Although the Burrow Family is avoiding visitors, there are limits.
Someone like me can easily force my way in.”

As expected. Since the
territories are close and Duke Partan holds an equal status, I
believed he could indeed use some force.

“It may be a waste to use
Duke Partan’s name for such a matter.”

He had a point. The sheer
force that Duke Partan wields, regardless of the direction it heads,
is immense. It seemed like a waste to use his influence on such an
issue.

However, during my countless
hours playing RPG games, I learned that if you hold onto something
because it’s too precious, you often end up not using it at all by
the time the game ends.

So, if I’m sure that I can
utilise something efficiently, it’s better to just use it, unless
it’s a one-of-a-kind item in the whole world.

‘Please help me.’

“I’ll gauge the
importance of the matter. Just help me, Duke Careless.”

“Haha. Alright, I
understand. I grant your wish.”

With a laugh, Duke Partan
accepted my request. He promised to arrange a visit to check on the
illness within three weeks, but he didn’t ask why I wanted to visit
or what I planned to do at the Burrow Family estate.

Perhaps to him, accepting the
request was enough.

After the light of the crystal
sphere faded, I stood up, stretched, and gathered my thoughts.

With this, the first problem
is solved.

Now, what I need to do is
organise the various anomalies that might be present in the Burrow
Family estate and come up with ways to detect them.

It’s almost time for
midterms, so I’ll have to juggle both tasks.

Looks like I won’t have a
moment’s rest for a while.

“Lady Allen.”

Lost in thought, I turned my
head at the sound of Joy’s voice.

She was looking at me with a
somewhat sorrowful expression in her eyes.

What? Why are you looking at
me like that? You look like a child who just lost their favourite
doll…

“Are you interested in Young
Master Burrow?”

‘…What?’

“…Excuse me?”

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