78. Preparation for the Deepening Demonic War (2)

Fabian spoke with a very surprised expression.

“Yulian, Frontier Count… no, Count-nim! An unexpected result has come out!”

“Who won?”

“That commoner witch… Rosette won!”

I expected it, but still, there was quite a commotion among the organizing committee members.

“Rosette is a commoner, right? And Chloe-nim is famous for her beauty as the Young Miss of the Eitern Marquisate. You’re saying she beat Chloe-nim?”

“But if you look at the magical portrait, it makes sense. You could say she has a completely different charm from Chloe-nim.”

“Well, it’s true that the reaction was good because of that novelty. Still, isn’t this result going to be a big topic before the Mana Contest starts?”

Fabian, who had been eavesdropping on their words, said,

“Of course, I actually voted for Rosette instead of Chloe Young Miss, but this is an unexpected result. It must be quite a shocking result for the Marquisate Young Miss.”

Fabian was right. But it wasn’t bad for me. If Chloe focuses more on the Mana Contest because of that anger, it will lead to her growth.

‘Chloe doesn’t have variables like the Witch Cross Society.’

Hearing the results from him, Rosette got 60% of the votes, and Chloe got the remaining 40%.

It was a magical portrait that I put my heart and soul into. Still, the fact that Chloe took 40% meant that her beauty was properly recognized in this Pantheon.

‘Heueuk…’

And while I was listening to the results from Fabian, Lilia was once again diligently moving her hand.

“What’s wrong, Count Yulian-nim?”

Lilia touched a sensitive area, and I flinched for a moment. To those words, Lilia replied with a benevolent smile.

“I had a bet with Yulian-nim. I guess he’s disappointed because he bet on Chloe-yang to win.”

“I see. Lilia Jeonha! I guess Count Yulian-nim also wanted to see a noble win.”

“Oh my. That’s not it. Count Yulian-nim is a person with a broad mind who doesn’t discriminate between nobles and commoners.”

“Ooh. I see. Count Yulian-nim is amazing as expected. He truly has the heart of a Frontier Count, no, the successor of a Frontier Count.”

I never made such a bet, but Lilia smoothly glossed over it.

And even that promiscuous Southern golden sun Fabian.

He couldn’t even imagine that the Empire’s third princess, famous for her benevolence and purity, was stimulating me like this in the middle of everyone.

‘Lilia… did she build up another one in the meantime?’

Come to think of it, I haven’t shared love with Lilia since that day in the church when I took her purity.

The Empire’s situation is rapidly changing, and Lilia is always as busy as I am.

Fabian, who had bowed to the two of us, went back to clean up the voting.

And as he left, Lilia stopped her hand for a moment and whispered in my ear.

“Heu-heum. Still, that Fabian-ssi, the rumors aren’t good among the female students, but he seems to know very well that Yulian-nim is a really great person. Hu-hut.”

Come to think of it, I was so used to Fabian’s compliments.

‘I’m used to it because he always says that.’

But Fabian is also the Young Master of a Southern Count family. Lilia seemed even happier that someone else was praising me.

‘As expected of Lilia.’

I loved that kind appearance of her only thinking of me. I also slyly touched Lilia’s butt.

“Heueut?!”

An unexpected moan came out. It was a very loud voice, but the quick-witted Sylph prevented the sound between the two from leaking out.

I wanted to have a good time with Lilia like this, but I suppressed that desire because there was an important matter today.

“Lilia Jeonha. Soon… I want to be with Jeonha.”

And Lilia, who noticed the meaning in my words, blushed very much.

“Yes… good. I’ll make time… I’ll make time soon.”

Then, Lilia touched my hand with a very seductive touch, so I suppressed my lust once again.

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I shouted to the students lined up in front of me.

“Now, we will start patrolling the areas assigned to each group. If there are any problems, contact us through the coachmen in the assigned areas!”

“Yes! Count Yulian-nim.”

The students who were in charge of the Mana Contest’s organizing committee. Those students all bowed to me.

“Everyone is very disciplined. No, they must be following Count Yulian-nim’s instructions like that.”

Fabian, who was standing next to me, said to me with a very pleased expression.

[That man is a really unique person. A person with ‘Southerner’ written all over his face like that. To be so loyal to you, Yulian, a Northerner.]

Erti’s words were right. The political situation in Islend was fluctuating very violently. So, the factional fights among the Pantheon students became more intense than before.

Like the atmosphere of the Mana Contest, which was more heated than ever. The confrontation between the magic order representing the commoners and the magic order representing the nobles was, of course.

Even among the noble students, the factions of the Emperor’s faction and the Southern faction were gradually splitting.

Fabian, who was from the South, should have stayed away from me, the representative of the Emperor’s faction students, but.

His attitude towards me hasn’t changed since the opening ceremony or now.

[Well, could it be that perverts understand each other?]

[How does Erti know that Fabian is a pervert?]

[If you’re a woman, you can’t not know! A man with yellow hair and dark skin like that. He’s definitely a pervert and likes to steal other people’s women.]

[I see. But did you call me a pervert? Then what is Erti, who mixed bodies with such a pervert?]

[……]

Of course, she is an old maid holy sword burning with lust more than I am. Erti became quiet when I hit the nail on the head.

Anyway, the students in charge of patrolling moved to their respective areas. The place where I am standing is the street in front of the Pantheon.

The street outside the Pantheon was very bustling. The location of the Pantheon itself is close to the center of the Imperial Capital, and it is an academy like a university, so merchants gathered.

So, there are also a lot of pubs. And when the atmosphere is overheated due to the Mana Contest like now, there were frequent fights between the energetic students.

“A few days ago, the students of the Alchemy Order and the students of the Magic Order had quite a big fight. The students were fine, but I heard that the damage to the pub was so great that a lot of complaints came into the Pantheon.”

As Fabian said. Almost every day, I heard that the students of the two orders were fighting in this downtown area.

‘It’s not like the old days when commoners were just putting up with it.’

Originally, it was the principle that the Pantheon students did not distinguish between status. And the graduates of the Pantheon were guaranteed key positions in the Empire.

For example, even if you are a commoner student, you will be treated as a noble as soon as you enter the Knights.

Whether they enter the Magic Tower or become officials of the Imperial Palace. The Pantheon students are very proud of being Pantheon students.

In that kind of atmosphere, even commoner students would not tolerate the provocations of noble students.

‘Well, even if they are nobles. Not everyone is a top-ranking noble like me or Chloe.’

Of course, even if that’s the case, I and Chloe, who are admired by the same nobles, are exceptions.

Anyway, I kept moving to the area I was in charge of while listening to Fabian’s chatter.

And in the current patrol group that I intentionally assigned. In other words, there was another student in my patrol group.

“Hey, Reef. I heard you stopped the fight a few days ago. Didn’t you have any more interesting stories? Tell me if you have any.”

“Eung…? What did you say, Fabian?”

It was Reef, the student representative of the Combat Order. The sociable Fabian seemed to be quite close to Reef. And Fabian is a noble, and Reef is a commoner, but it seemed like they had dropped the honorifics.

‘Maybe they became friends in the secret arena.’

The underground arena where the swordsmanship guilds gathered to share their skills.

The Assassination Squad stirred up a big storm at Cardinal Grius’s banquet. Izelteer and my finals also became vague.

I no longer had any meaning to enter, but Fabian and Reef seemed to have entered the place quite a bit.

‘Reef… he must be feeling very impatient.’

He was the representative student of the Combat Order. His ranking was pushed back because of me and Lucia, who seemed to have rolled in.

But Reef is very talented. And he is also an excellent leader as a commoner, so he is a talent that the Witch Cross Society is aiming for.

According to the original Demon King Slayer, if Reef is seduced by the Witch Cross Society, he will become quite a troublesome enemy after Part 2.

‘If it’s really hard difficulty, he’ll turn black from the Mana Contest.’

And for such a Reef. It was natural that he was awkward in this place with me. But I already had a plan on how to make him my ally.

Because I have Fabian, who is very cooperative with me.

‘If I naturally use the friendship between Fabian and Reef.’

That’s why I created the patrol group so naturally. And if it’s between men. There is a much easier way than when there is a woman.

‘I should have a drink with the three of us.’

And at that moment, the word promiscuous party that Fabian had been saying came to my mind.

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“You crazy bastards! Please stop!”

Fabian shouted desperately.

The three people who were patrolling received a call from a coachman and headed to a nearby pub. A fairly large pub with two floors.

In the middle of it, two students were fighting.

“Alchemist! Beat that magician to death!”

“Magician, what are you doing! Burn him to death!”

And the drunks in the pub were watching their fight and rather inciting them.

‘It’s fierce.’

Even if they are students, the Pantheon students are the best elites in the Empire.

The two students of the Magic Order and the Alchemy Order. The two of them were using Mana wildly while drunk.

Inside the pub, a whirlwind of fire and ominous weapons made with alchemy were mixed up, creating a very fierce scene.

“Still… I think it’s fortunate. They’re not attacking directly.”

Reef said to me. As he said, the students of the two orders had summoned a lot of spells for intimidation and were shouting at each other.

“You alchemist bastard, is it all because you’re a noble! If you’re pissed, let’s fight!”

“You arrogant commoner! How dare you to a noble! Disrespect for nobles is punishable by the Imperial Law…”

“It doesn’t apply to Pantheon students! Are you scared! Are you scared of a commoner?”

“You bastard! I will personally show you the truth of alchemy…”

The bickering continued for a long time. Fabian stepped up with great vigor to stop the two, but.

The spells created by the two students who were full of alcohol were very dangerous and unstable, so he couldn’t find the timing to intervene.

‘They seem to be quite strong students.’

And the fight between the students was quite intense. Fabian said.

“No, even if the two orders don’t get along, it was just a fistfight. Are those guys really crazy…”

Maybe the henchmen of the Witch Cross Society. They may have subtly incited the two to fight. They would know that this kind of commotion would make the atmosphere of the Mana Contest even more intense.

“Count Yulian-nim. I’ll try to stop them!”

Fabian, who had been trying to find the timing to intervene, failed repeatedly, so this time Reef stepped up.

But he was pushed back by the Mana pressure created by the two students, and in the end, his attempt also went to waste.

“What should we do, Count Yulian-nim? This, the inspectors alone might not be able to stop those crazy drunks…”

As Fabian said. If it was a 1-on-1 match, I don’t know.

To completely subdue them by intervening in the excited state of such skilled students. You need to be at least several times stronger than them.

“Wait. I’ll stop them.”

“You, Count-nim? But because of the magic and alchemy that those two are casting, there’s Mana interference… Count-nim might be in danger!”

“You don’t have to worry. Fabian.”

I approached the two students. I felt the gazes of the pub’s customers focusing on me.

“D-dangerous!”

I heard Reef shouting from behind.

But I calmly reached out to the center where the ominous magic and alchemy collided.