Ch.7Change – 1

“Hehe, you’re here?”

“……Priscilla? What are you doing in my room?”

After finishing an unexpectedly draining meeting that sapped my mental energy, I returned to my room only to find another unexpected visitor.

“I was lacking warmth……”

It was Priscilla, who had been buried under my blankets and peeked her head out when she heard my footsteps. At the head of the bed, a female school uniform coat, blazer, and skirt were neatly folded.

‘Wait. Then what about the rest of her clothes?’

With a sinking feeling, I looked at Priscilla’s body bulging from beneath the blanket. Before I could finish my thought, Priscilla sat up with a grinning face. The blanket naturally slid down.

“……”

All Priscilla was wearing was a shirt, underwear, and a garter belt.

Through the completely unbuttoned shirt, lingerie the same color as her hair supported her voluptuous chest, and her sensual figure was fully revealed in the places that weren’t covered. The orange lingerie loosely wrapping her chest boasted a substantial weight, and the underwear that couldn’t have been more than two or three palm-sized areas tightly pressed against her buttocks.

“What’s with the clothes? No, before that, how did you even get in here?”

Men’s and women’s dormitories obviously use different buildings.

And that’s not all. Belium Academy’s dormitories are equipped with defensive magic that immediately detects and restrains intruders of the opposite sex, and each room has its own personal lock.

Yet Priscilla was in my room as if it were the most natural thing.

“My clothes… I was lacking warmth… And as for the barrier magic, I saw Aria disable it before… when she was looking for evidence…”

I put my hand to my forehead. Since she must have seen it multiple times, copying it would have been easy. What kind of episode was it in the original story that required her to break into the men’s dormitory looking for evidence?

I stopped Priscilla as she tried to hug me with a grin, and demanded she put her clothes on first. As soon as I rejected her, Priscilla tearfully and weakly put on her clothes.

Though I had only made a reasonable request, Priscilla’s expression looked so pitiful that I somehow felt like I was the bad guy.

“Sssssip……”

As soon as she finished dressing, Priscilla approached as if she’d been waiting for this moment and climbed onto my thighs, facing me. Her arms wrapped around my neck, and her head buried deep into my shoulder. I could hear her inhaling several times.

“Good… so good… so warm……”

Her thighs firmly wrapped around my waist. Her ankles crossed in an X near my tailbone, blocking any escape. Our groins pressed tightly together.

“Hmm…?”

Priscilla, who had been rubbing against me in an extremely dangerous position to share warmth, suddenly paused, then began sniffing intently. Then she muttered in a slightly sullen voice.

“……I smell someone else. Like flowers. Is this the Crown Prince’s scent?”

“Couldn’t you at least react like a human?”

The Crown Prince merely lifted his foot and wiggled his toes a few times, yet she could detect it precisely—she wasn’t a dog, for heaven’s sake. I even went so far as to burn the coat that his toes had directly touched.

“But I… this is my first time living like a human. Until now, I could only live like a doll……”

“……”

When she put it that way, I had nothing to say. I gently pulled the back of her head and stroked it softly. Priscilla excitedly buried her face in my arms and inhaled.

In truth, Priscilla had been regaining her humanity at a remarkably rapid pace lately. To the point where she could subtly use her tragic past and sad circumstances to fulfill her desires.

Though only two days had passed, it was a significant change compared to the entrance ceremony.

‘Her personality is getting brighter, but…’

Somehow, the frequency and stickiness of her physical contact requests seemed to be intensifying proportionally. Just look at the way she was hugging me now. Until yesterday, she hadn’t demanded such a position.

“Priscilla.”

“Yes. What is it?”

I let Priscilla satisfy her desires fully before finally bringing up the main topic after quite some time had passed. She must have been quite satisfied, as the strength of her thighs embracing my waist had considerably weakened.

“I think we need to reconsider our plan to bring the Crown Prince to our side.”

“Hmm?”

After deep consideration, I decided not to declare that the Crown Prince had peculiar tastes. Unless he revealed it himself, I couldn’t go around discussing someone’s sexual preferences based on mere suspicion.

Especially when it concerned the first in line to the throne.

Instead, I didn’t forget to subtly mention what had happened then. As soon as Priscilla heard what the Crown Prince had done, she nodded with slightly clouded eyes, saying she understood.

Then she began rubbing herself against my left shoulder more intensely. Her movements were a bit more persistent and thorough than usual.

Two more days passed after my audience with the Crown Prince. I had prepared myself to be summoned again, but contrary to my expectations, no one came for me.

‘At least he has some conscience.’

It seemed he knew he was in the wrong first. Honestly, when one man does that kind of thing to another man, it would be abnormal if hands didn’t fly.

“I’m glad.”

“About what?”

Aria, who was sitting on the terrace slurping her coffee, smiled brightly. Brunhild was beside her, while the seat next to me was empty.

Priscilla had tried to skip class as usual, but was caught by the professor and dragged away with her mouth protruding as much as the magic wand she carried around.

“The way people look at you has changed. Now no one glares at you openly like they did a few days ago.”

“Ah, that’s true.”

From Monday’s entrance ceremony until today, Friday, I had demonstrated overwhelming ability in every afternoon lecture I attended, firmly dispelling any doubts about my skills.

Combined with Brunhild’s reputation, the atmosphere changed quickly. At the very least, everyone must have understood that I hadn’t made those claims without basis.

‘The duel with the Hero probably had the biggest impact.’

Yesterday afternoon, I had borrowed the dueling grounds and had a formal match with Brunhild. Somehow rumors spread quickly, and hundreds of spectators gathered for what became quite a significant event.

There, I properly held a sword in my right hand and fought the charging Hero in a battle that could hardly be considered student-level. By the end of the duel, everyone looked dumbfounded.

Brunhild and I had similar impressions. I ended up winning, but had to use much more strength than expected, while Brunhild was surprised that she lost despite fighting seriously.

I suspected that people’s attitudes toward me had improved dramatically after that.

Though that wasn’t my original intention. Brunhild just got carried away during the fight, saying her blood was boiling, and came at me with nearly full force.

Not all negative views had disappeared, but those who still disliked me after seeing my skills were the type who would hate me no matter what I did, so I didn’t worry about them.

“Do you have any plans for this weekend?”

“Not really anything special. Why?”

Even if I did, it would just be spending all day with Priscilla. Aria clapped her hands as if pleased.

“Then would you like to go out with us?”

“Where are you going?”

“I need to buy a few things. Personal items and some books to read. The academy provides the basics, but they don’t exactly tailor things to individual needs…”

“Ah, they did mention that.”

“Actually, they provide really expensive, high-quality items, so I would have been perfectly content with them before… but now that I have some money, I guess I’m getting a bit greedy. Hehe.”

Aria stuck out her tongue and smiled cutely.

Come to think of it, this academy gave students quite a large sum of money just for enrolling. If you chose to drop out or were expelled, you had to return it, but if you graduated normally, you didn’t have to pay it back.

Since I had received an amount from my family as “pocket money” that operated on a completely different scale from normal thinking, the incoming money hadn’t been noticeable and I’d forgotten about it until just now.

‘This must seem like a huge amount to those two.’

Although Aria had been studying in the city from an early age, she was born into an ordinary family, and the same was true for Brunhild.

“Alright. When should we meet?”

“Let’s meet at the academy’s main gate at 9 AM. Oh, what do you think about bringing Senior Agnes along?”

“Pris… Senior Agnes?”

“Yes. I think if you’re going, Senior Agnes would want to come too. Even someone as oblivious as me can see that.”

Indeed, the Priscilla I know would definitely insist on coming along. After a moment’s consideration, I nodded.

“There’s a place I know nearby. Since we’re going out anyway, would you like to go there?”

“A place you know? Where— Oh right, now that you mention it, Creight…”

Aria trailed off. She seemed to have guessed what place I was referring to.

The place I just mentioned was a department store. I remember how incredulous I felt when I first heard that the Creight family also ran department stores. Why on earth would such a world have department stores?

“Then I guess there’s a friend discount too, right?”

“Huh?”

Aria’s eyes widened at Brunhild’s words. Brunhild grinned at me. It was the effect of our relationship growing rapidly closer after yesterday’s duel.

Even without that, the three of us had been sticking together consistently since the entrance ceremony.

“What? Am I the only one who thought that? Aren’t we friends?”

“Friends…”

Aria stood there blankly, then her eyes sparkled when she saw me nodding with a smile.

“Yes! I look forward to our friendship, friend Creight!”

“…Aria. People don’t usually use that kind of title.”

“Oh, I’m sorry… I’m not very good at reading the room…”

“Young Master?!”

Beatrice felt her communication magic device in her inner pocket flashing in a specific pattern and quickly stopped what she was doing. Only one person in the world could make the communication device flash in this pattern. Beatrice composed herself, then spoke while maintaining maximum composure.

“Have you been well, Young Master?”

“I’ve been good, Beatrice.”

“Of course. May I ask why you’re contacting me?”

In truth, no reason was needed. It would have been fine if he just wanted to hear Beatrice’s voice.

“There’s one of our company’s department stores near Belium Academy, right?”

“Yes.”

“I’m planning to go there with some friends tomorrow. Around 10 AM? I didn’t want to just show up suddenly, so I thought I’d give advance notice, but I don’t know how to contact them.”

Beatrice’s eyes trembled slightly.

“With… friends, you say. I understand. Leave it to me.”

“Thanks. I appreciate it, Beatrice.”

“I’m simply fulfilling my duty as a maid.”

The communication ended, but there was a fact that both Mira and Beatrice overlooked.

Mira didn’t know the impact his words would have, and Beatrice didn’t realize that Mira was truly just bringing friends along.

Therefore, Beatrice urgently called for the head butler.

“For what reason have you called this old man?”

“I need to see the family head immediately.”

“The family head, you say?”

“Yes. It’s by the Young Master’s order.”

At those words, the head butler’s expression became just as resolute as Beatrice’s.