episode_0012

There is silence for a moment. Why do things always get quiet whenever I speak? Do I have the ability to stop time?

“Hey, you’re just joining…?”

I don’t know why, but when Bandi asked cautiously, I nodded immediately. Were these people living just by being deceived? That doesn’t make sense. What kind of bold people can deceive high-ranking noble ladies and live off of them?

“Is joining such a new thing?”

“Uh, should I say that the new club members have only been there for 4 years?”

Hoyo’s answer made me question something. If Bam is a 4th year student and Hoyo and Bandi are 2nd year students, then isn’t it actually only 1 year for the new recruits, considering that I’m only 1 year younger than them?

“Ain isn’t wrong, but in fact, we knew the president before we entered the academy.”

“Ah.”

Hoyo and Bandi explain my questions in more detail.

“When the president was a freshman at the academy, he hid his identity and wrote a book of essays. Bandi and I had so much fun reading it!”

“So the two of them sent a letter together. They started off by saying, ‘We are students about to enter the academy…’ ”

It is said that he honestly replied to the two people on the night he received their letters. He said that he was a freshman at the academy and was grateful that they enjoyed reading his miscellaneous books. He also asked if they would consider joining the miscellaneous books study group that he was a member of at the academy once they entered.

“Are you thinking of joining the miscellaneous book study group when you enter school? If it were up to me, I would have gone to the academy right away.”

Hoyo snorts and puts her hands on her hips. Her large chest shakes… Ah, no. I should stop watching this.

“That’s why you’re saying that you’re a new member after 4 years.”

“I see.”

As I was answering blankly, a white piece of paper was thrust before my eyes.

“Okay, application for membership.”

When I came to my senses, Bam was handing me an application form along with a quill pen. I quietly accepted it and began to write it down.

“Wow, the male’s handwriting is also round and pretty.”

“If you write a book in this font, it will feel good just to read it.”

Hoyo and Bandi are snickering at my handwriting. It’s better than my bad handwriting, but my original handwriting was neat and old-fashioned, appropriate for my age.

“Wasn’t my handwriting okay?”

“Hey, the chairman’s handwriting feels so old.”

“I thought it was written by an old person.”

“These kids…?”

There wasn’t much to write on the membership application form, so I finished it quickly. There was a space at the bottom of the form where I had to sign, but since my original signature was meaningless, I drew a picture of my son’s cat.

“Oh? Your signature is really unique?”

“Cute.”

When I drew it, I realized that it looked more like me now than the cat my son used to raise. What do you think? When I called it a signature, this drawing of a cat came to me and became my signature.

“Hmm, I see. Oh, recovery magic and medicine specialties? This might be a bit difficult.”

Night looks over my application for membership and leaves such a comment.

“Your recovery magic specialty is Difficulty?”

“Yeah. The recovery magic specialty itself doesn’t appear in females, but only in males, and there are quite a few males. I’m taking them to the club even if they don’t necessarily need recovery magic. There are other minor reasons, too. ”

“I see. But aren’t I a member of the Miscellaneous Books Research Group now?”

Night shook his head at my question.

“There is no limit to the number of clubs you can join according to the academy rules. If you can afford it, you can join any club you want.”

“Ooooh, Ain is being taken away.”

“So, Hoyo, you don’t have to have primitive intelligence.”

In the original game, the limit on club membership was 1, so if you joined one club, you couldn’t join another, but it seems like that’s not the case here.

“I don’t plan on joining multiple clubs. ”

“I really appreciate your thought, but it won’t work out the way you want. Since you’re Baron Youngsik, there are people everywhere who would push you into a title even if you were just Viscount Youngae.”

After thinking for a moment whether he would agree with what I said, Bam spoke to Hoyo and Bandi.

“Do you have a family badge that you don’t use?”

“That’s right.”

At Night’s question, Hoyo, Bandi, and Bamdo each took out a badge from their bosoms.

Hoyo’s badge was a fox head made of steel, Bandi’s badge was a rabbit head decorated with gold and platinum. Bam’s badge was a black crescent moon shape.

“If it’s like this, then it’s probably impossible for anyone to approach it”

Three people came up to me and pinned badges on the chest of my uniform.

The breath of the three females, the fragrant smell of their flesh, and their huge breasts… No, no, no, why do I keep caring about these things?

As the three badges on my uniform chest shine, the three members of the miscellaneous study group smile as if they are now somewhat relieved.

“I’ve never really felt grateful to my family, but I’ve never felt more grateful to my mother, who was a countess, than I am today.”

“They have the Count, Marquis, and Duke badges lined up, so most kids won’t be able to take them. The only ones I’m worried about are the Marquis Anastasia family and the Duke Moratium family, but as far as I know, they don’t belong to any particular clubs.”

“I’m worried that our family badge will stand out too much.”

In order, Hoyo, Bam, and Bandi left comments after seeing the badge hanging on my chest.

“What is this?”

“Ah, this is an emblem that represents each of our families. It is mainly used by people belonging to the family, and it is also used as a sign to say, ‘This person is protected by our family.’”

The night answers my questions. I don’t have anything like this.

“Any title can have a family emblem, but only those with a count title can use it as a badge. That’s why Viscounts and Barons usually have their emblems engraved on their clothes, scarves, and armor.”

As he said that, Hoyo pointed to the right shoulder of my academy uniform, and I was able to find a wolf head design made of ice cubes that I had not been able to see before.

“Oh, I see.”

“Looking at it, it seems like you’ve been reading the list of imperial nobles, but it seems like there’s a strange gap in your common sense. How strange.”

Horok, the night threw out some sharp words while making a sound. I, who had become a honey-eating mute, could only grin.

“Hey, you’re really pretty when you smile.”

“Thank you, Hoyo-senpai.”

“sum.”

When Hoyo complimented her with a blank face, she smiled awkwardly and answered back, but she was startled and covered her mouth. It seems she spoke louder than she thought.

“I’m sorry.”

“No, there’s no reason for you to be sorry. You praised me.”

Bandi shook his head at my words.

“Regardless of rank, it’s rude for a female to criticize a male’s appearance in public.”

“But Senior Lulu…”

When Lulu mentioned her behavior when they first met, Bam’s face turned sharp.

“That’s because he’s that kind of person. Did he do something to you?”

Because the night’s expression seemed fierce at first glance, I hesitated and mumbled for no reason, even though it wasn’t my fault. Looking at it this way, I definitely feel like the night is the Duke’s daughter.

“It’s nothing special, Senior Lulu just complimented my appearance a little…”

“A little compliment on my appearance? I guess I was being rude and acting selfishly. I’ll have to say something when I see you next time.”

“No, you don’t have to go that far.”

I answered hesitantly, but the night just looked at me with an expression that said, “Is it real?”

“Leave her alone, Chairman. That’s why she doesn’t have a male.”

“We don’t have a male for our own reasons.”

Without missing a beat, Hoyo and Bandi started to tell their own jokes.

“That’s not it, Bandi. We’re just the popular and unpopular ones in this club room, overlapping. ”

“But wasn’t there a male who could observe it and collapse it into one state?”

“Bandi, haven’t you heard that you studied too much for nothing?”

“Hey, stop being so stupid in front of your males, okay?”

Only after the night stopped them with a look of absurdity did the two stop their banter with blank expressions.

“But Chairman, wasn’t this the agenda you brought up last week?”

“I thought this was some crazy theory.”

It didn’t stop, the target just moved.

When I burst out laughing at the banter between two, no, three people, the three of them immediately shut their mouths.

“Then, should I observe the three of you?”

“Don’t take it too seriously. Last week was a time of drought for new releases, so I was just joking and saying random things. ”

I couldn’t stop laughing at the words of the night, which were trying to salvage the situation.

I didn’t know that I would be able to stay up all night with the characters I like and prefer, but I felt quite secure and at ease because I could be with them and we were in the same club.

“Okay, so since we have a precious new member, and the first male member since the club was founded, let’s talk about ‘congratulations for the new member and new club activities’.

“What about Yeonji, Hodoo, and Bori?”

“Those three are at their family home, so they won’t be back until Sunday evening. I’ll tell you later.”

All three are characters I remember. However, as mentioned earlier, when the player entered the game, they were already in the 6th or 7th grade, so they were busy and had little time to build intimacy, so I remember they were not the preferred characters. (It’s not that there is no way, though.)

“Oh, then should I ask the kids below to bring me some cake?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve given you a useful opinion, hoyo. Ain, do you have a favorite cake?”

When asked at night, I answered that I eat anything.

As the weekend passed and the real academy life began, I thanked the heavens that I had set the difficulty to the national rule multiplier before starting the game and that I had started with a generous amount of starting funds of unknown origin.

Just by listening to the basic lectures, almost all statuses will increase rapidly with the power of the multiplier and study set, and when you get bored, a small message will appear saying that the maximum number of spell slots has increased.

Since I’m still only level 3, I should have a meager casting resource of about 3 level 1 spell slots, but I already have 5 level 1 spell slots.

As a result of joining the miscellaneous study group, I received one level 2 and one level 3 spell slot that I can’t even use properly yet, so I’m at a level where I can brag about it on the community.

…but that good feeling didn’t last long.

I made a slightly bewildered expression when I saw Lulu appearing in a gym uniform similar to a Burma, accompanied by the basic gym instructor’s declaration of self-study, “Today, you will repeat the postures you have learned so far at your own level.”

“Excuse me, Senior Lulu?”

Why did this guy appear in front of me during a first-year basic physical education class?

And why is he wearing gym clothes too?

Of course, many people would like it if a standard, attractive body that appears where it should appear and goes where it should go appears right in front of their eyes, but I was more embarrassed.

“Why are you like that? I’m also taking basic physical education classes.”

“But the grade…”

“The third graders are doing it over there. It doesn’t matter, you can come here.”

“Yes…”

When Lulu pointed over her shoulder with her thumb, I popped my head in and saw that a basic physical education class was indeed in progress there, so I couldn’t help but nod.

The students who were taking the basic physical education class with me (almost all of them female) were whispering but not approaching me, and the professor didn’t seem to care as if it was nothing. I guess it was the Marquis Anastasia.

“Let me take a look. Let me take a look. I hope you consider it an honor.”

The professor in charge was right there, so I wondered why he was looking after me, but since I had no particular reason to refuse, I laid out all the movements I had learned in the basic physical education class as a set in front of Lulu.

“It’s cute… no, it’s not bad, but it’s a bit lacking in skill. I’ll do it with you, so let’s face each other and do it together.”

“Yes, senior.”

Now I just give up trying to understand it with my head and proceed with the set while facing Lulu.

It was better than when I first learned it, but it only lasted for a few days, and I felt like my stamina was quickly depleted. Instead, my status was honestly going up.

“I guess I still need to build up my stamina. Okay.”

Lulu wasn’t feeling tired yet, just breathing a little faster.

When she suddenly turns her back to me, I only have a question mark above my head.