episode_0041

“Ah.. Are you talking about the student council?”

“Yes, I don’t know about other people, but you are my younger sister and a princess of this country. In order to work for the country in the future, it would be good to gain experience like this in advance.”

“Um..”

Katlena couldn’t easily answer Elios’ words.

Student council.

Originally, in the case of other academies, most things were conducted under the supervision of teachers, and even if there was a student council, it was often just to assist the teachers.

However, in Adelan, where the resources of not only the commoners but also the high-ranking nobles were abundant, the teachers, who were mostly of commoner origin, had relatively little authority.

Therefore, in order to increase the efficiency of work within the academy, students with recognized abilities and status were elected as student council presidents and given a lot of real power.

And in that respect, as the eldest daughter of a duke’s family, Elios was the best person for the job, as she was considered to have no equal among the nobles except the royal family, and her skills were also considered to be superior to anyone else’s.

In this way, the Student Council is a small government within the school that has the actual power and authority to handle various affairs of Academy Adelan, not just in name.

The work was largely divided into administration, finance, and security, and as student body president, Elios was in charge of making the final decision on all of it.

Also, the mermaid princess Elina, who met Katlena earlier, serves as one of Elios’s arms.

And in Senel’s case, he was the head of a department in charge of public security, called the Sentinel.

and,

The eldest sister’s recommendation to join the student council, the center of power at the academy.

This in itself was a considerable burden to Katlena.

Moreover, since the current situation was something that had never happened before in her previous life, Katlena had no choice but to approach the current situation more cautiously.

‘What should I say to this? It doesn’t seem like a bad story, but… why is my older sister telling me this?’

Although I went to school with my older sister in my previous life, in reality, we didn’t have much contact except for the times when Senel arranged for us to meet and we were forced to meet.

But this time, it was no different from that time. He really could not have imagined that here, in this place, Elios would say such things to him.

‘There are differences between my previous life and this life, but… why did this happen? There’s nothing particularly memorable about it…’

The only thing I can remember is what happened at the orphanage. In fact, Arachne did most of the work, and Katlena was only able to provide the opportunity.

Aside from that, since she had no particular contact with Elios, Katlena had no idea what caused the situation to change.

‘Um… Anyway, the most important thing right now is how to accept this situation…’

Katlena seriously ponders Helios’s suggestion for a moment.

To be honest, in her previous life, she was also active as a student council officer and was even reappointed as president in her senior year.

There was no particular reason for this, it was simply because at the time she was the heir to the Duchy of Dragona.

However, even that was only after Elios and Senel graduated, and Katlena also felt burdened by the student council while they were there and did not show much interest.

‘Once you get in and start working, it’s not that much of a problem since you have experience. But the problem is the older sisters. Especially the eldest sister.’

He is a person who is burdensome to get close to, but he is also a person who cannot be kept at a distance from.

It was difficult to accept that such a person had reached out to me, and it was also difficult to reject him.

‘If I accept, I’ll probably have a lot of emotional distress. I’ll be seeing my older sister’s face almost every day. On the other hand, if I reject, I’ll probably hurt her feelings a lot.’

In the past, she had simply felt uncomfortable or disliked him, but having experienced firsthand what kind of person Elios was, Katlena knew very well how dangerous it was to incur her sister’s disappointment or anger.

‘In that case… maybe it would be better for me to become your person. The sister I know is at least warm to her own people.’

If you think about it, even if the position of successor, which was the biggest cause of conflict with her sister, came to her, she was full of thoughts of throwing it away inside her, so it wasn’t a bad idea to head in this direction.

Of course, having to face her sister, who was the source of her trauma, is sure to make her sleep unstable in the future.

With that thought in mind, Katlena reached out her hand under the table.

and..

“!..Go..Princess..?”

Zeros asks with a voice filled with bewilderment at her actions.

But at this moment, Katlena answered by holding the hand of the man in her own.

Because unless I gathered up my courage in some way, I would never be able to look straight at my older sister’s face and answer her.

‘Yeah.. I have Zero now. It won’t be an easy path.. but if I’m with this man, then still.’

After making up her mind like that, Katlena spoke to Elios, trying her best to suppress her trembling voice.

“Yes. If that’s what you say, I’ll gladly… I’ll gladly do that.”

*

‘What the heck is this situation?’

Elios asked Katlena to join the student council, and Katlena accepted.

As he watched this unexpected situation from the side, Zeros’ mind began to become complicated.

Zeros had originally been struggling to get under Elios, but due to the continuous failure of his plans and his affection for Cattlenae, he eventually gave up.

But right now, in front of him, Katlena was declaring that she would join the student council… in other words, that she would go under Elios.

‘The Adelan student council is practically a small government. Declaring that you want to join such a place means you want to be under the student council president, that is, under Elios.’

The main character party from the original work. Since most of the people in the so-called Elios party are members of the student council, the current situation could be interpreted as meaning that Katlena has also joined that party.

‘Of course, this kind of flow wasn’t in the original. But for me, it’s definitely not a bad situation. Even if we put aside the future turmoil related to the Duke’s Office, if Katlena goes under Elios and builds a good relationship, the possibility of our deaths will be greatly reduced.’

At that moment, Senel, who was looking at Zeros who was thinking like that, showed an excited look in his eyes and spoke in a light voice.

“Well, now that Katlena has joined the student council, how about you, Zeros, join her too? After all, a knight should always stay by the princess’ side.”

“Ah.. Yes, of course. I will do that.”

Considering Zeros’ status as Katlena’s servant, it is only natural.

As he watched the two people who had made that decision, a deep smile began to appear on Elios’ lips for the first time.

“Then, since this is the decision, I ask that you both take good care of each other from now on.”

“Yes, Sister.”

“I will do my best, my lady.”

*

The two people accepted his advice more readily than expected.

Looking at them, Elios was genuinely happy, although he didn’t show it.

Originally, the previous Elios had a very negative view of Katlena, unlike Zeros, whom he had personally taught with his own hands.

He was an incompetent puppet who had only relied on his father’s love and his maternal family’s power, and he was an ungrateful guy who turned his back on his mother, Rosebetta, who had given him endless affection since he was little, despite not being his biological mother, and left a scar on her heart.

In that respect, Elios in the previous world

As an older sister and as a princess involved in politics, she considered Katlena an ‘enemy’ who must be punished.

However, the current Elios had a different basic view of Katlena.

The work at the orphanage wasn’t as important as Katlena had thought.

The biggest reason is what she heard from her mother. She herself wants to have a good relationship with herself.

And… it was because of the Zeros thing she had been showing off for the past few months.

‘The ability to teach a lowly servant who couldn’t even read and write and raise her to a level where she could pass the Academy exams… and that passion. The fact that a 9-year-old girl was able to accomplish such a feat means that Katlena is no ordinary talent.’

A younger sibling who has the ability to acknowledge others and, although he cannot show it, has a desire to be close to him.

So, it was Elios who personally reached out to her and asked her to join the student council because she had come to have a positive overall evaluation of Katlena, and Katlena gladly accepted the ‘opportunity to become closer to her older sister’ as she had said before.

I laughed out loud inwardly at that fact.

Elios began to think that her future student council life would be quite interesting as president and as an older sister.