The Changed Situation. (1)

It’s lunchtime after a minor turmoil at the Imperial Royal Academy.

“I see, that’s fortunate. It seems that the culprits all reflected and turned themselves in, because the princess was virtuous.”

“Omg, gulp. I don’t think that’s right. It’s the first time I’ve heard something like that in my life.”

“I thought so. I just threw it out there as an empty remark.”

“… Commoner, have you never been hit by a girl before? Shall I give you your first experience today?”

“I’m sorry. Please be gentle.”

As it happened, Harvedo and Yuria also had plans, so the princess and I sat on a bench in the outer hallway where we usually gathered to eat lunch, and she cutely puffed out her cheeks at my puns and told me about what happened that day.

The people who had conspired to harass him were students who had been beaten or cursed at by him in the past, and students from the swordsmanship, red magic, and blue magic departments came rushing to apologize.

But it was a little funny to hear that he was a little surprised that there were only 11 people.

In reality, he said that he roughly remembered that the number of people he had hit or cursed at was easily three times that number.

Anyway, when I handed them over, the expressions on the professors’ faces from each department turned pale and they were running around threatening to give them the highest level of disciplinary action, so I told them to just make them all lie down on their stomachs and do nothing for the day.

“You’re so kind.”

“What? Gulp. What the?”

“Can’t they have been punished a little more? They are the guys who tried to kill the princess.”

“The corpse is a mess. The girl doesn’t die just by getting soaked in water. “

“No, there was a fire. If the princess’s magic level had been even a little lower, the magic would have been reflected and you would have been badly injured.”

“That’s a funny story, but he said he didn’t know there would be fire. He didn’t know about reflection magic either.”

“Hmm… Your Highness, did you believe that?”

“Net! Even though I’ve been like this, I still have an accurate eye for people! And wait a minute, stop talking. I’m going to eat all of the small intestines now.”

No, I was the one who spoke to you, so why are you telling me not to talk to you?

Anyway, I paused my conversation for a moment and watched the silver princess, who was chewing her bread diligently and stuffing her cheeks with it, turning into a hamster. I shrugged my shoulders, took a bite of the sandwich that was left in my hand, and waited for her to finish eating.

“Gulp! Phew! As expected, the best Soboro is the Choux Cream Soboro!”

“Is that so? Is it that delicious?”

“Gasp! Commoner! You don’t even have money to eat Soboro?!”

“Well, you don’t have much money?”

“That’s right! Say something like that quickly! … That’s definitely true! I was eating that crazy blue pork cutlet! The girl didn’t understand the humble financial situation of the commoner! Next time, the girl will give me strawberry soboro!”

“Oh, it’s an honor.”

“Wow! I am honored!”

I glance at her, who seems to like my reaction and is happily sipping strawberry milk, putting aside the previous conversation.

Hmm, but how on earth did you end up looking like this today?

Even though I’m hypnotized, my heart is still pounding a little. This is a big problem.

Where on earth did my sister and Harb go on a day like this?

Her usual drilled hair has disappeared and her silky silver hair, lightly straightened, has a slight wave at the ends, giving her a sense of nobility, and her face is also made up much lighter than usual, clearly highlighting her original beauty.

Moreover, her plump lips, which look as delicious as cherries, are clearly pale in color, but they shine with a fresh and healthy color, perhaps because of the lighter makeup than usual.

Ah. Of course, my self-hypnosis coldly calculated that it was because my lips were shiny from saliva from eating the soboro.

Anyway, what I want to say is this.

“Princess.”

“Net?”

“Do you have any plans today?”

“Net? There isn’t. Why all of a sudden?”

“That, you looked much prettier than usual. I wondered if you were going to meet a guy… “

-Swish!!

“Ah …

I just complimented her sparkling appearance, but the princess suddenly stepped on my foot, pouting and getting angry, saying, “I gave you your first experience with my feet!”

Can’t you do something about the comments? They’re a bit suggestive?!

And why on earth are you stepping on it?!

“Oh, it hurts! Please move my foot.”

“I don’t like it.”

“No! I just praised you, so why?!”

“Huh? Was that a compliment?”

The princess tilted her head at my words and freed her foot from where she was stepping. She tilted her head at me and drank strawberry milk with a straw. I put my slightly cold foot on my knee and pressed it with my hand to make sure it wasn’t broken, then frowned slightly and opened my mouth.

“No, then is this a compliment or an insult?”

“You just said that. Are you going to meet a guy?”

“That’s because the princess said that the purpose of being in the swordsmanship department was to find a man, so I asked if it was because she dressed up much prettier than usual.”

“Oww!”

The princess, hearing what I said, nodded with her eyes wide open, as if she was hearing for the first time that stars were round.

“The girl did that!”

“Yes, you did. So please apologize. My foot hurts.”

“I hate it!”

“Why on earth…?”

She was usually quite docile, but she suddenly refused me like a cat caught by its tail. She offered me half of her remaining strawberry milk and moved her cherry-like lips.

“Now forget about that girl setting! And I won’t say sorry, so eat this!”

“… Is this really an apology?”

“No, that’s not true! I’m just responding to your compliments!”

“Yes… “

It seems like she didn’t like the premise of looking for a man.

After I took the strawberry milk she offered me, pulled out the straw, opened the lid, and drank it, then threw it all in the trash can along with the trash I had, she looked at me with her crimson eyes wide open as if she was shocked.

Why again?

“Dude, you’re drinking strawberry milk without a straw! That’s an insult to strawberry milk!”

“No, how do you use what the princess used to use?”

“Are you saying you can’t eat something that has my spit on it?!”

-Whew!

“Oh no!”

This time, when I avoided her actions of trying to step on my foot again, she persistently attacked me by aiming for my foot.

No! That’s not it!

“Isn’t that an indirect kiss? If you’re a princess, you should be concerned about scandals!”

“… Huh?”

She stopped in her tracks as she was about to step on my foot, looked at me with a look of surprise, and bit my foot.

Phew, I finally get it.

“… There was a way like that.”

“Huh?”

“No, I thought the commoners were surprisingly ignorant.”

“Suddenly?”

This time, I was a little hurt by her words, which were not about physics but facts.

Hey, how did you know I was single in my past life?

It certainly seems that the princess has a keen eye for people.

After finishing lunch and continuing meaningless conversation to kill time with her, it was soon time for us to return to our respective classrooms.

“Hey there, commoner.”

“Yes.”

“Is there any black magic that takes control of a person’s mind?”

“There is one. It has to be a pretty high level though.”

“How much is it?”

“You must be proficient at level 5. Even the Black Magic professor can’t use it right now.”

“Huh… You said that commoners have trait level 3?”

“Right? But why is that… “

Coty thinks, feeling that there is a little bit of a lie in his words, even though he answers everything sincerely.

Even though I’m not the type to think too deeply about fools, I don’t think the situation that happened today was something that would naturally lead to them turning themselves in with a repentant heart.

Besides, the students and the common people in front of me, excluding those who committed crimes, honestly see me as I am today. They even gave me honest compliments, so I guess this isn’t wrong.

That is, the inference that their appearance changed and they were given a mind control spell of fear is wrong.

So, what can be expected?

“Commoner!”

“Yes.”

“Is that black magic level 5?”

“No.”

“Later, I’ll go to the government office or the temple to check the trait level with the girl!”

“…? Well, okay.”

The answer that it wasn’t level 5 was true, but seeing the commoner’s slightly awkward remark about going to check the trait level made me certain of it.

After all, the reason they came to me and confessed their sins and apologized was because it was certain that this commoner had done something.

‘… I still don’t know. What on earth did they do? They said that I knew all about their crimes, but there’s no way to know for sure unless the professors investigate.’

Honestly, if you just ask the commoner, ‘Did you do something to make them turn themselves in?’, everything will be solved, but if he says no, even if it is true, it is a problem.

Even if it’s true that he actually did it, it’s a problem.

Because, as far as he knew, even the highest level warlock in this empire was level 6.

But that person will be eighty tomorrow. And the head professor of the academy’s black magic department is also an old man in his sixties.

But if the man in front of you has a black magic trait level 5, then he…

‘If I do it wrong… I’ll end up being labeled as someone with incredible talent who could reach the rank of a wizard.’

That shouldn’t have happened.

She had already chosen him as her husband, and when she thought that he had done this for her, her heart felt warm and fuzzy.

Honestly, even now, when I see him talking to me like this, making eye contact, and smiling as if he is genuinely having fun and enjoying himself, my heart starts pounding like crazy.

I feel like confessing my feelings right now and asking her to get engaged to me.

‘… I’ll admit it. He’s already 100 points. But, if he turns out to be someone with incredible talent, the girl won’t be able to connect with him… ‘

Commoners, no.

Rudis’ black hair and black eyes. At first, they were just negative points, but now even those look cool.

If he compliments me, my heart will burst.

Earlier, when someone asked me if I was going to meet another man, I almost shouted, “The girl dressed up just to show you!”

To that extent, I am saying that the scales in my heart have completely tilted due to his actions of treating me well, saving me, and protecting me without me knowing.

“… Commoner.”

“Huh?”

“I wish I was a little more clumsy.”

“What kind of diss is that?”

“Just do it.”

Please, I would like you to meet my conditions.

If you are a wizard, if you become a talent to become a wizard, I cannot connect with you.

We suppressed those feelings and got up from the bench when the bell rang to signal class.

“Commoner.”

“Huh?”

“If I transfer to the black magic department later, please tell me how to study.”

“… Yes?”

“I told you to keep that in mind.”

Now I will not deceive my own heart.

This man already has a female cat… no, a female dog attached to him.

But it’s obvious that this is also a one-way street. In that case, the person with the same characteristics who can stick with the academy has a higher chance of winning.

Praying that Rudis wasn’t a level 5, Coty walked towards the swordsmanship department.

“Brother!”

“Rudis!!!”

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

Yuria and Harb, who had said they wouldn’t be here today, came running from different directions shouting, making us tilt our heads.

“Ah, Princess, you go first. It seems like those two have business with me… “

“Okay! I can listen too! Anyway, I don’t have any business in the swordsmanship department anymore!”

“Gasp! Gasp… S, Master. Would you like to speak first?

“Uh, yeah. Sorry, I’ll talk first.”

Yuria, who had business with Rudis, grabbed his shoulder first and moved slightly to a position where the two could not hear, then began to talk quietly.

“Hey, can you take a look at this news for a second?”

“Yes.”

-Breaking News: Royal Freesia Academy Student Council! We have successfully captured a spy and a dark thief with ties to the Demon Tribe!

-Subtitle: But hasn’t the wound that opened healed?

Rudis tilts her head and thinks as she looks at the news on the phone that Yuria gave her.

‘…what’s this?’

Ellis is seriously injured, with significant injuries to the back of her hand, making it unclear whether she will be able to participate in this year’s ranking matches…?

It was confirmed that Viola Violet and the students she was involved with used a potion made by the Demon Tribe, and that Raoul and Ellis captured them?

In a situation so different from the development of the novel, Rudis was unable to control her facial expressions even with self-hypnosis.

Originally, Viola Violet was a brat who bullied Ellis and got expelled. She didn’t know it was her fault and was out for revenge on Ellis out of resentment. Then, on the day when she made it to the semifinals of the ranking match, she attacked Ellis when she was tired and got hit in return.

And of course, it was unthinkable that Ellis would lose to her, given the level she had established before being banished.

However, the text written here says that Ellis was in danger, and that she was saved by the crown prince and the knights.

Rudis looked at Yuria with trembling black eyes at the development that he could not understand at all, and he became certain when he saw her drooping ears and anxious eyes looking at him.

“Sister, Ellis’ treatment is… “

“… I asked the Knights secretly. They said it wouldn’t work in the Kingdom, and that they would bring it to the Empire. But, that doesn’t work out with the reservation schedule, so they said it can’t be done right away… “

That’s crazy.

The hand is the life of an inspector. The fact that it is a serious injury that cannot be treated in the kingdom means that Ellis’s life as an inspector is completely dying.

But, instead of treating that wound right away, you’re making an appointment to come to the empire and adjusting your schedule?

If you don’t recover quickly, you may suffer lifelong aftereffects.

The heroine of this world. She must become a swordsman and wipe out the demons, but she might end up retiring like this?

“… Oh, what should I do? I feel bad for Rudis, but if this continues, Ellis will really… !!”

“Calm down, sister. And I absolutely do not object to you going and bringing Ellis now. But before that… “

There is one person who is far greater than the powerless church of the kingdom.

She could run to Ellis right now and treat her.

But the fact that the Crown Prince, Raoul, and Nora were neglecting her while news of her injuries reached the Empire made me bite my lip.

“… Rudis?”

“Haa! Sorry. I was just thinking for a moment. I’ll… I’ll contact our Master. Even if we move now and bring him to the Empire for treatment, if there are any aftereffects, it’s over. You know that the first treatment is important, right?”

“!!”

My Master. When the story of Piana Stone came up, my sister’s blue eyes started to tremble in surprise, the fur on her ears and tail standing on end.

‘I know the two of you have been on bad terms since long ago, but still, there’s nothing I can do about it since it’s a crisis for Ellis, the heroine and daughter.’

“Gulp. Should I help you? He, he must hate me so much… ?”

“… I will help you. Even though the Master has come to hate me, I have the reward to move you. “

I was originally going to just give it to you, but circumstances changed.

A catalyst for transcendence.

If used now while she is awakening as a wizard, it is the strongest catalyst that will allow her to awaken instantly.

The Master doesn’t know that the thing that filled up 30% of our Black Tower building is still sleeping in that tower.

If you make that a condition of the deal, I’m sure he’ll help you.

After I told my sister to calm down and left the main point aside, I started to sort out the situation.

“Tongue, bro. Excuse me, but can I say something too?”

“Oh? Are you in a hurry? If not, let’s just talk after class… “

“Ah, this is a bit urgent… “

“What could it be? Let’s hear it first.”

When I saw him talking about how impatient I was about Ellis’s work, I thought that something was wrong and tried to hear his story.

“Okay. I’ll talk to you myself.”

“Ah… “

“… ?”

“”?””

Behind the bench where we are.

A familiar voice cut off Harb’s words in the forest, which was maintained like a garden and not a path for people to walk on.

I tilted my head as the hidden presence approached me as if to make itself known.

Wait a minute, why is this voice here…?

No, this magic is…!

“It’s been a while, my nemesis. How have you been?”

“… Sir, Master… ?”

A girl with black hair, wearing tight-fitting black clothes, who appears to be about 13 years old.

My teacher and the one who should have been the first black magician in this world, Fianna Stone.

I swallowed my breath as a being that shouldn’t be here appeared before my eyes.

“… Another girl.”

The princess’s soft words were not heard by anyone.