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The Emperor gave permission for the third princess, Esti, to enter the Academy.

The Abruenian royal family was turned upside down by this news that was heard in the morning.

-Chat chat chat.

-Did you hear? Her Highness the Third Princess is going to the academy.

-You’re sending a young person who still hasn’t recovered from the shock of that day to the academy?

-First of all, it is said that it was the Third Princess’s will… .

-Your Majesty, you are so eccentric, that may be possible. But why on earth did Your Majesty allow it?

News that would make even the mere servants doubt the heavens of the empire.

The reason there was such an extreme reaction was because of the public’s perception of Estee.

Third Princess, Esti Noir d’Abruen.

A poor child who was in shock for three whole years after the incident that occurred on the day of her 10th birthday prom.

The shock was so great that the young child remained in that state that day and did not grow for 10 years.

Despite such emotional wounds, he is a special child who always walks around with a cheerful disposition and makes people happy.

… but it was different from Estee’s own thoughts.

Anyway, this was the public perception.

But, are you sending Esti, who should be protected by the royal family, to the academy?

Everyone thought to themselves,

Your Majesty, what are you thinking?

* * *

Meanwhile, Emperor Everard Blanchefort de La Abruen.

The imperial sky sank into silence, with deep wrinkles engraved between its brows.

“Whew. I trusted you guys, but how come not a single one of you convinced Esti?”

“… … .”

Four men and women were prostrating themselves before the sighing emperor.

Esti’s siblings. They were a prince and a princess.

“I sent this because I thought it would be better for you, my peers, to persuade them rather than me explaining it to you. Jim… This father was very disappointed.”

The reason the Emperor called his children here was simple.

You should have persuaded Esti not to go to the academy, but what if she had just agreed to it?

In response to that rebuke, the First Prince responded with a squinted look on his face.

“How could I refuse when Estee calls me brother and asks me to do something? She’s a kid who doesn’t even call me brother normally.”

“Oh, did you do that to your brother too? Wow. Estee, that girl really wanted to go to the academy. No matter how much you sweetly coaxed and cajoled her, she wouldn’t even open her mouth, so she did something like that.”

“You guys… Sigh.”

The two princes were just happy to hear Estee call them big brothers.

The Emperor’s sigh grew louder at the answer that made him guess at the mad movie of Esti’s unconscious aegyo that had unfolded last night.

There, the first princess added an additional blow with a haughty expression.

“Even Abama gave permission to Esti right away, right? According to Elena, as soon as she heard her father’s name, she said, ‘I’ll only trust this father!’?”

“Ugh… .”

An answer that can be summarized as ‘Abba Mama said yes, yes, too.’

It was an outrageous thing to say to the Heavens of the Empire, but the Emperor paid no attention.

Because he was the one who told me not to hesitate to speak out when it came to Estee.

Besides, he thought it was his own fault.

The emperor leaned back on his throne.

The throne felt much stiffer than usual.

My worries came out as a sigh.

“What should I do… .”

‘Esti is still unable to wear women’s clothing due to the shock from that time. I even heard from the head maid that when she washes, she can’t even look at her own body and keeps her eyes tightly shut. How could a child like that be outside of the royal family?’

“Don’t worry too much, Abamama.”

“Elena?”

However, there were not only hot-blooded filial sons and daughters who drove nails into their father’s heart.

There was also the second princess, Elena, who still had respect for the emperor.

… Actually, I was in a good mood because I slept with Estee hugging me yesterday. Anyway.

She reassured my father, telling him not to worry.

“It might have been better.”

“Tell me more.”

Elena is glad that Esti, whom she would love to hold and cherish for the rest of her life and whom she would never mind putting in her eyes, is leaving the royal family.

Everyone, including the emperor, focused their attention.

Elena’s characteristically emotionless voice rang out.

“For the past 10 years, we have tried many things to heal Estee’s wounds. For example… .”

To summarize, it was as follows.

Esti, who stopped wearing dresses or skirts due to the trauma of what happened on her birthday 10 years ago.

The royal family has done many things for her.

First, I looked for a fiancé who would heal my broken heart along with my engagement.

But for 10 years, Estee never had another fiancé.

-I am deeply in love with Her Highness the Third Princess. Her exquisite beauty and…

-Are you a pedophile?

-Phew!? No, more than anything, I fell in love with his personality.

-You little punk, are you saying that our Estee is ugly?

-Oh, Your Highness. That’s what I mean… .

-Okay. Your status doesn’t match yours in the first place, you’re too tall, and you’re ugly. It’s too much of a waste to give Esti to you.

-… … Yes? Me?

-Anyway, you’re out. Go back.

The reason was that the standards had become higher and higher, and eventually even the handsome crown prince of a newly rising kingdom was not in the family’s good graces.

Anyway, the royal family did a lot of other things as well.

She made the most beautiful dress in the world that every woman would desire.

The masterpiece created by the greatest craftsman is gathering dust in Estee’s closet.

We invited the continent’s best theater troupes to perform a heart-pounding romantic play.

Estee slept soundly throughout the play.

She held frequent balls so that she could meet boys her own age.

Estee always came back having eaten a lot of sweets.

In this way, all efforts to restore Esti’s happiness as a girl went down the drain.

“By now, even the animals will know. We alone cannot heal Esti’s wounds.”

“… … Yeah.”

The emperor became depressed as he recalled the ten years of hard work.

On the contrary, a smile appeared on Elena’s lips.

“But. If the new environment called the Academy and our love come together… .”

“… … !!!”

After that, she slowly unraveled my plan.

A way for my beloved younger sister, who kept stroking Estee’s hair yesterday, to regain her happiness as a woman.

The scheme of Elena, who was called the Iron-Blooded Princess in the original work, greatly impressed the Emperor.

“Wow. Elena. That’s great.”

“Hey, Elena, are you using your head?”

A plan so plausible that even the other three were impressed.

Below, everyone nodded in unison.

“I’ll be happy to send it to you. Academy.”

“Okay. I’ll get ready.”

In this way, Estee’s admission to the academy was confirmed.

The superficial reason that no one can understand is that he is training in magic as the immediate disciple of the court magician Stella.

The real reason is…

“———Until the day Estee wears a skirt again. Let’s keep fighting.”

To Esti, who only wears pants, I decided to try wearing a skirt.

If he knew, he would have been upset and said, ‘Why are you sending your youngest daughter to the academy?’

* * *

Two months have passed since I was accepted into the academy.

It’s already March.

And today…

The day the academy entrance ceremony is held.

That’s why I took a bath and purified myself from dawn to clear my mind.

‘Everything I’ve done up until now has been to twist the story that will unfold at the Academy. Fighting, mastermind…!!!’

“Is the water temperature okay, Miss?”

“Yeah. That’s perfect. Thank you.”

“Then I will wash your hair for you.”

“Yeah~.”

There were a lot of women around me helping me take a bath.

Early days of ice. A time when I wasn’t used to this body.

After I shut my eyes tightly because I felt like I would be caught if anyone saw my naked body, I started taking a bath.

Of course, now that I’m used to it, it doesn’t matter…

After using it a few times, I realized that it was very comfortable.

If you close your eyes, it will take care of everything.

That’s why I kept my eyes closed while bathing for 10 years.

-Mumble mumble.

-Miss, you don’t even think about looking at yourself today… .

-How low must your self-esteem be as a woman for you to close your eyes like that?

-What should I do? I feel like crying… .

‘What are they mumbling about?’

While I was doing that, I heard some people talking behind me, but it wasn’t anything special.

I just ignored it…

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I secretly cast a spell.

After deciding to become the master, this is the first magic I learned from my master.

A magic spell often used by the female protagonist of ‘Witch’s Life’, perfect for killing time while taking a bath with her eyes closed.

‘Where… surveillance.’

-Whew.

As I activated the magic that was so powerful that it could even be used without a spell, my vision completely changed.

The front looks vivid even with my eyes closed, as if they were open.

It was the effect of the ‘surveillance’ magic that borrowed the contractor’s sight.

In that way, my eyes became one with the contractor’s eyes.

Soon, an eerie office appeared before my eyes.

‘He still lives so gloomily… .’

-Stop.

An inside that remains unchanged even after several years since I met her.

As I was admiring it, my gaze suddenly jumped out.

He seemed a little surprised when he noticed my activation of surveillance magic.

After that, she quickly took out a notebook from her bosom.

It was a notebook just for contacting me.

-Square, square.

[Ah, Mr. Stier. What a wonderful morning. By the way, today is your first day of school. Congratulations.]

‘At first he couldn’t even write, but now his handwriting is really good.’

A contractor who sends greetings in a note, mentioning my name as the mastermind.

The back of her hand, where she wrote, had the letters T and S engraved on it.

A contract engraving where I read my name in alphabetical order at her request, only changing the order.

After that, bloody mana slowly began to overflow into the imprint.

[I’ll get it ready right away.]

-Gooo… .

‘Wow, this guy is really strong. Is that magic power?’

Mana that makes the whiskey glass on the desk rattle.

and…

———She, too, used surveillance magic.

-Whaaah!!!!!!

Her vision changed in an instant.

Then another person’s view. Another person’s view.

It unfolded before me through her eyes.

On a scale and size that I couldn’t handle.

‘… I think this is the true value of this magic.’

Before I knew it, 99 fields of view were spread out before my eyes.

The worst group of villains in the original work who dreamed of overthrowing the empire, the ‘Blades of Dusk’.

It was the view of all of those informants who had been dispatched near the academy.

‘… I don’t know why those guys are now active under the name of TS Brigade or something.’

It was a little weird that they all had T and S tattooed on the back of their hands… anyway.

After that, I looked into the academy through the eyes of informants.

-Splash splash.

“I’ll put some perfume on you, miss.”

“Yeah~.”

‘Hiya~ Looking down at the empire while taking a bath. This is the mastermind~.’

Of course, you can also enjoy bathing while you’re being served.

And then, after a while, when the bath was almost over.

-Stop.

“… What?”

‘Wait a minute, why is he there?’

I found a familiar face at the entrance to the academy.

But now, in the original, he wasn’t an academy cadet.