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“You know that this is quite reckless, right? If we want to find the academy’s mole, it means we’ll have to investigate all of the academy’s students.”

“It is beneficial to catch him, because Ignolia’s spy will be caught someday anyway.”

“Even if you catch it, are you confident that you will win? It won’t be easy if you go one-on-one with Sharon and Astan’s spies.”

“The moment I find the spy, I will call my senior.”

In response to my answer, Celestria looked at me and let out a small sigh, and Sharon smiled and opened her mouth at that sight.

“Anyway, we don’t aim to find it accurately, so please help us just this once. You are probably the person with the most information in this academy.”

“Because I’m not the type of person to do stupid things.”

Then Ceresria smiled and looked at me.

“But if it’s a favor from a friend, I think I’ll help you out a little. So, have you come up with a detailed method?”

“We will use the magic tool given to us by Ceresria to find the suspect and follow him.”

“What if she is a woman?”

“That’s why we need Ceresria’s help, and it would be even better if we could use Ceresria’s servants.”

“That’s a bold request. It’s a very bold request to ask a princess of a country.”

“When hasn’t Astan been like that?”

“That is also true.”

Then she became lost in thought and slowly opened her mouth.

“Okay, let me help you. However, if both Sharon and Astan are offered to catch the spy even though their lives are in danger, they will both refuse. Although they are both capable of protecting themselves, we cannot know how strong the spy is.”

“I promise.”

Then she looked around for a moment and muttered something, and as soon as she finished speaking, Ceresria’s servant whom we had met last time entered the backyard and bowed to us. Ceresria casually approached her and opened her hands, and the servant placed the magic tool in Ceresria’s hand, greeted us, and disappeared.

“Astan can carry this. I gave it to him, but he must have given it to Sharon.”

“Thank you.”

I took the magic tool from her and put it in my jacket pocket. Sharon looked at us and slowly opened her mouth.

“Then I think we need to find the suspicious person… … Who is it?”

“I should use rumors about the academy, but I don’t know much about rumors about the academy.”

“Then I have to find Aaron.”

At Sharon’s words, I looked at her and opened my mouth.

“Aaron?”

“Most of the rumors among first graders are spread by Aaron, so he must know a lot.”

“Aaron… … Ah, that friend.”

“If Aaron is the one I know from the same class, I don’t think I need to go far to find him, right?”

When I looked at Ceresria at the same time as she said, she pointed somewhere and smiled.

“That’s him, right?”

And when we looked in the direction her finger pointed, we saw a man looking at us. Although we were in the same class, we had never spoken to each other, so I had never seen each other in such detail.

Brown hair and green eyes, probably from Araelia’s side. When I looked at him, I thought he was a little cute even though he was a guy.

When our eyes met, Aaron looked at us and ran away in surprise, and I opened my mouth to Sharon.

“Catch it?”

“Catch.”

As soon as Sharon spoke, she got up from the bench and started running, and I quickly started running to catch Aaron.

“That… … I’m sorry, I really didn’t say anything.”

“No matter who sees it, doesn’t it feel like you said something, Sharon?”

“Just looking at it, it’s true, half of the rumors about first-year academy students come from Aaron’s mouth.”

When I spoke to Aaron in the dead-end hallway with Sharon, Aaron was already trembling, and I slowly smiled.

“Then you must be the main culprit who created the title of Academy rebel?”

“Wouldn’t the embodiment of my light be like that too?”

“I… … I really didn’t say anything! I was just saying what I saw!”

“What I saw firsthand was that Astan froze the break room… … Did you fight with your senior? Is it true, Astan?”

“Is this true? Or, it’s okay to show it in person, and although it can’t freeze the break room, it can freeze at least one person.”

As we looked at Aaron with those words, he trembled as he looked at us, and we laughed out loud at him and then spoke to him.

“Of course, I didn’t come here for this reason, so you don’t have to worry. Aaron, whether you started the rumor or not, eventually anyone would have started the rumor, so I didn’t come here to talk about it.”

Sharon smiled at Aaron with those words, and Aaron looked at Sharon and slowly nodded at Sharon’s smile. After all, the face is the weapon. Well, who wouldn’t believe me when I say with a face like that that I have no malicious intent? It’s a bit sad.

“Aaron knows a lot, so I’m curious about something. It’s okay if it’s a rumor, so I’m wondering if any of the students who recently went to Ignolia from the academy experienced something strange or have friends who did.”

“Among the students who went to Ignolia? well… … There is a rumor that one of the second year seniors met a strange person while walking from Ignolia towards the academy.”

“Do you know that senior’s name?”

“It must be Jilan senior.”

We nodded and smiled at Aaron’s words.

“Thank you, and if you have any other rumors, let me know, friend.”

“That… … Yes.”

And as we walked down the hallway, we slowly opened our mouths.

“Are you going to visit Senior Jilan?”

“For now, I have to stick to that information.”

“Shouldn’t we find a way to find Jilan senior?”

“I know some 2nd year seniors, so I’ll ask them about it.”

“You should not ask questions too directly.”

“I have that much sense.”

Sharon laughed and tapped my shoulder, and I looked at Sharon and opened my mouth.

“There’s still time left for lunch. Should we go get lunch?”

“That’s right, because there might be seniors in the restaurant.”

“Okay, let’s go to the restaurant.”

“You’re not going to leave me behind, are you?”

Ceresria suddenly appeared in front of us and was smiling at us, and we said, “I can’t believe that,” and then moved to the restaurant with her.

“There are definitely a lot of eyes watching.”

As we sat down in the restaurant, Sharon smiled shyly while speaking, and Ceresria and I nodded. It was true that all eyes were on me from the moment I entered the restaurant. Well, it wasn’t a combination that the three of us would flock to, and I would have thought that Sharon and I, or Ceresria and I, would have some connection, but these three wouldn’t have even thought about it.

“A princess of flame, an embodiment of light, and a rebel. Wouldn’t that be an odd combination? Two good first-year students and a rebel.”

“I’m not a rebel.”

“That’s what the rumor is. Freezing the lounge, refusing a duel, and swearing at nobles.”

“Does that also count as swearing?”

“Rumors tend to be inflated. If you say so, I have never created a pillar of fire either.”

“What I saw at the entrance ceremony wasn’t a trick. Didn’t you already know how to make it back then?”

At Sharon’s words, Celestria looked at Sharon and smiled.

“Revealing all your power from the beginning is what a fool does.”

“I didn’t think he was this kind of person.”

“I thought so too.”

“No matter what you imagine me to be, I am who I am. This is who I am, and what I appear to be on the outside is also who I am.”

“What… … That’s right. Well, it’s an academy, so what’s the use of your status?”

Then Sharon smiled and held out her hand.

“Take care of me, Ceresria.”

“Please take care of me.”

“You can speak comfortably.”

“Because I am much more familiar with this, and the status of royal family requires more attention than you might think.”

We nodded slowly at those words, and Celestria looked at me and spoke.

“So we’re friends now, right? Astan.”

“I think we’ve already reached a point where we can call ourselves friends. Please take care of us, Celesria.”

“You can speak comfortably.”

I shook my head at her words.

“I will fix it someday.”

At those words, Sharon smiled broadly at us, took a sip of the black tea that the fairies had set down, and then whispered softly.

“Then let’s try to catch the spy from now on.”

“I want to give this group a name, but I can’t think of anything.”

“Won’t it come to mind someday? For now, just having the three of us together is amazing enough.”

“Yes, rumors will probably spread soon.”

I sighed at Celestria’s words. I don’t know what other rumors will spread, but they will never be good rumors. As I was thinking that, Sharon looked at me with a smile.

“You seem to be thinking too much.”

“Astan is always like that, he always has that kind of expression.”

“What do you say about my expression?”

“Do you want to show me at least a mirror?”

“There isn’t much time left for lunch, so let’s eat first.”

I started eating with Mal, and the two of us also started eating quietly.