episode_0097

Katlena boards the carriage with an uncomfortable feeling inside.

At that moment, her eyes suddenly began to catch sight of Elios, who seemed to be showing a slightly different feeling than before.

‘Huh? That older sister..’

The difference I felt in my sister’s appearance as she accompanied me to the academy for the first time in nearly two years.

However, this was not simply a matter of the clothing becoming a little more adult-like.

Something that automatically catches Katlena’s attention.

That is… the object that Elios slowly took out from his waistband and leaned next to her right after getting on the carriage.

It was a part about a pair of swords that was familiar to Katlena’s eyes.

‘Gan-ya and Jang-mak.. was it? Well, now you’re not even a student, you’re the chairman..’

Although it had been some time since Katlena had gifted it to me, this was the first time I had taken the weapon outside like this.

This was purely due to the fact that Elios was still a student. Now, that restriction has been completely lifted.

Rather, since adult witches usually carry their own weapons, such as a wand or sword, it was somewhat natural for Elios to be like this.

‘Even so, since I would take out that sword and clean it as soon as I got home, it’s probably only natural that I would always carry it around with me now.’

While thinking like that, Katlena was feeling a little regretful about the current situation.

To be honest, from her perspective, she had hoped that there would be a fun event with the princess regarding this sword, but unfortunately, as a student, it was forbidden to bring unauthorized weapons to the academy, and also, Elios himself had started his life as a student shortly after that, so he was unable to pay attention to such things.

In addition, since there was no significant contact between Elios and the princess after graduation, Princess Maeb had never seen Elios carrying this sword.

‘Honestly, I’m a little disappointed with this part. Personally, I think I could have seen a very interesting situation…’

An item that the princess gave to Zeros as a gift during an auction three years ago.

Katlena had been looking forward to seeing the princess’s expression when she saw it stuck to the waist of her greatest rival, Elios, and not Zeros.

Unfortunately, since the princess graduated and left the academy, there was little chance of seeing that scene.

Of course, if Elios and Maev ever meet face to face in the future, the story will be different.

“Okay, let’s go! Sister is back too. This semester will be fun again, right?”

“Senel.. No matter what, you’re the student body president now. Can’t you be a little more serious?”

“So what, life should always be lived happily. Whether you’re a manager or a president, it doesn’t matter.”

“Haa.. Honestly, I didn’t expect much.. but as expected, you don’t change even as you age.”

“Well, whether it’s 10 years or 100 years, I’m still the same. People don’t change that easily.”

My younger brother, as usual, is showing off his unnecessarily energetic side.

However, thinking about it, Elios smiled quietly to himself as he remembered that this appearance was also like her.

‘Well… if you think about it, there are some good things about not changing. Especially in the case of our Senel.’

Although he is not usually serious, he is a character who always brightens up the atmosphere, and even in that state, he can also show a somewhat serious side when he is serious.

In that respect, Elios would sometimes console her, but at the same time, he would secretly envy her.

Unlike her younger sister, she was well aware that she had a tendency to be unable to be honest in front of others due to her image as the eldest daughter of a dukedom.

After finishing his thoughts about Senel, who was looking so excited, Elios began to turn his thoughts back to the ‘work’ that was given to her in the future.

‘By the way… I feel like I’ve been given the job of taking over my mother’s duties, but it’ll probably be a bit difficult to do things the way my mother did.’

During this time, the director of the Academy Adelan was Duchess Rosetta, who had provided the most support for the establishment of the Academy.

However, this was practically an honorary position. The overall management and administration was managed by the board of directors and student council, which were mainly comprised of teachers, and Rosetta barely interfered with this work.

That would be the case, since even outside of the Academy’s work, she was already living a very busy life, taking care of the affairs of the entire Duchy, and as a result, she had no time to pay attention to that matter.

Of course, as the chairman, he periodically reviews the operational status of the academy and tries to provide assistance, etc., and does the minimum required work.

Three years ago, when she was no longer the Duchess but instead became the heir to the Duchess’ throne, Rosetta found herself in a position where she could no longer get involved in Academy affairs.

As a result, Rosetta decided to hand over the position of Chairman to Elios, who had just graduated from the academy and was taking a short break. Elios was not very happy about this, but he ended up taking on the position because of his mother’s earnest request.

‘Haa… Honestly, I wanted to be a judge, not the president of the academy, but somehow things ended up like this.’

The work she had originally been doing…

When it came to investigating various incidents occurring throughout the Duchy, it was advantageous to become an Imperial Judge.

Because it was much easier to dig into the case based on legitimate power than to force things forward based solely on her authority as a princess.

However, Elios’s hopes were dashed by his mother’s words that it would be more beneficial to investigate the affairs of the Academy in more detail and leave the rest to him, and in the end, Elios once again boarded the reluctant carriage to the Academy.

‘Well… if we really dig into the details, that’s not the only reason my mother had such a purpose…’

Elios leaned back against the carriage, thinking about things he didn’t really want to think about.

Meanwhile, apart from Elios, who had closed her eyes in silence, the secretary sitting next to her,

Arachne was currently engaged in a lively conversation with Zeros, who was sitting directly across from her.

“So.. that means the internal situation at the Academy isn’t all that smooth.”

“Yes, that’s right. Although the momentum has been somewhat dampened since the departure of Princess Maev, who was the leader two years ago, the Noblas faction still causes trouble by clashing with the Sentinels over every little thing. In addition, other factions are also fighting for their own voices.”

“I see.. I think this is definitely something to keep in mind.”

As the secretary to the chairman, Elios, Arachne continues to ask Zeros various questions under the pretext of wanting to find out about the situation within the academy.

Although the contents were mostly business-related, at this moment, a smile of joy that was hard to hide was slowly appearing on Arachne’s lips.

‘Ahhh… I can talk to Zeros face to face… ‘

Arachne Sacrifice.

A girl who, with Zeros’ active help during the past orphanage incident, turned the dark situation around and even saved her life.

Although she had not shown it during that time, the feelings she had at that time were still vivid in her heart.

It is… a deep feeling of longing for the man who saved her.

Although Arachne had not seen Zeros in the past few years, except during the Academy vacations, her affection for him had not diminished in the least.

No, rather, over the past time, even though the period of time was not long, his feelings for her have grown even deeper due to Zeros’ actions of showing small kindnesses to her as a pure colleague when they were working together.

Although she still had a lingering desire to relieve the resentment of her friends who had died unjustly, when she was in front of Zeros, she was able to forget about these feelings for a moment and have a comfortable smile on her face.

‘Although I have a lot of work to do… I think I can still enjoy this level of happiness.’

While thinking like that, Arachne pretended not to know and asked Zeros questions about things she already knew most about.

one side..

Seeing Arachne like this, Katlena felt as if her heart was boiling inside her, even though she was just looking out the window as if nothing had happened.

‘Damn… I can’t even say anything about work… This is so frustrating, I’m going crazy.’

No matter what, you can’t interrupt people who are working without a reason.

So, Katlena had no choice but to exert as much patience as possible and try to endure the current situation.