episode_0015

Lunch, March 11, 187.

In the end, Mina Karcic was absent from all morning classes.

Well, no one would say something like that to the duke’s daughter.

She woke up after lunch and checked the time.

14:00. It will soon be time for the meditation practice to end.

“Ah. I slept too long.

It’s late to go to practice today anyway, so I should go to the store.”

Mina slowly picked up the album that was on the desk.

On its last page it was written:

All official models and materials from the Romantic Era are sold exclusively by the Student Cooperative within the Academy, commissioned by the Student Council.

The Student Cooperative has opened the official Romantic Era store on the second floor of the Student Center, so please visit us.

The official store is open from 3 PM to 8 PM and is closed every Monday.

If you have any questions about the rules, please write them down in a note and place them in the communication box on the first floor of the Student Center.

Mina took note of the models she wanted to buy and started getting dressed.

The Duke’s daughter can’t walk around school in her pajamas.

After putting on the medals and epaulettes on her red horse uniform, she put on some light makeup and left the room.

Academy on a March afternoon after the cold spell.

It was a perfect environment for a walk, with warm sunlight and cool breeze coexisting.

The Duchess walked gracefully toward the student center while appreciating the scenery.

It was when the bell rang signaling the end of practice that I realized it was a mistake.

“Stone leather!”

Mina reflexively raised her head at the shout coming from the 4th floor of the duel training center.

A window 10 meters above the ground opened, and a male student whose entire body was hardened by the magic of the ground jumped out.

He rolled on the ground a few times with a thud and started sprinting toward the student center.

And then the sound of footsteps shaking the earth.

“Huh?”

About a hundred students ran out of various buildings and started running toward the student center.

Holding a wallet in one’s hand, veins standing in one’s eyes.

Only then did Mina Karcic realize that today was the second Tuesday of school.

The first weekend must have been tiring due to unpacking.

Some students who pre-ordered Age of Romance must have started playing the game in earnest from the second weekend.

Other students who saw it probably thought they wanted to buy it too.

Besides, yesterday was a day off…

What brought Mina, who had been blankly watching the waves of students, back to reality was Baekyang’s shout.

“Senior said there are less than 10 starter boxes left in Baekyang Dormitory!”

“I heard that Black Swan is completely sold out.”

what? Then the red horse…

Actually, I didn’t even plan on buying the starter box, but I can’t just take a leisurely walk after hearing that.

Mina, too, ignored everything and started running.

When she arrived at the second floor of the student center, dozens of students had already lined up in front of the door.

“Open the door!”

“Give me the starter box!”

“Everyone! Please keep order!”

Cooperative managers tried to calm the crowd, but it was not enough.

And the moment the clock struck 3 o’clock, the store door opened.

“Wow!”

Students running towards the counter.

There was no such mess as there was swearing, pushing, and punching just to get at least one spot in front.

Originally, Mina would have stood behind him and said something like “, of course, the lowly things, tsk. “, but…

“Don’t cut in line, you bastard! This was my place!”

The fear that she might not be able to buy the pretty Red Horse Swordsmanship Club models made the duke’s daughter burst out in disgust.

ah. If I had known this would happen, I would have just put on my pajamas and run to the student center.

The turmoil that could only be seen in Romero Village outside the academy calmed down only when Professor Darmu, the head of the student affairs department, arrived.

“Wait in line.”

Oak’s unique resounding bass sound.

Darmu silenced the crowd at once without shouting once.

The students who lined up calmly soon returned to their usual pretense.

Ugh. As expected, the Blue Dragons are polar opposites.

They say Baekyang kids have no civic sense, so they have to stand in line to buy things.

Does Jeokma think this is their house?

Amidst the whispering, people went to the counter one by one to order items, and the clerk went to the warehouse and handed over the items.

However, the number of students who were unable to receive their items and left empty-handed gradually increased.

Amidst extreme fear that everything might have really been sold out, Mina’s turn came.

The person in charge of the counter is Baekyang second-year student Eorn.

Since she worked at the tea shop and was a little familiar with Mina, Mina greeted her first.

But Eorn spoke with wide eyes and an uninflected voice.

“To prevent reselling, we record the purchase details of all students.

Please show your student ID and write down your name, grade, and dormitory.

Second-hand transactions are limited to one product per person per month.”

“Well… I don’t plan on doing that!”

Mina hurriedly filled out her personal information, took out a note, and told her what she wanted to buy.

“Hmm. Can you give me one of the Red Horse dormitory swordsmanship club, horse riding club, Red Horse first-year, Red Horse second-year, and battle wizard cadets?”

“1st grade, 2nd grade, and horseback riding club are sold out.

If you make a reservation, we will send the item to you as soon as it is ready.”

“Do you know when…?”

Eoun shrugs his shoulders as if he doesn’t know.

Mina couldn’t hide her disappointment, but her face brightened when she was given a sword club and a battle wizard cadet box.

“Total of the two is 40 silver.”

“40 silver for six models… not much.”

“It didn’t take long for people to line up like this.”

Leaving Eoun’s grumbling behind, Mina headed to the third floor of the student center.

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Lunch, March 11, 187.

“4th grade! All grades in the first semester were A! Experienced monster hunter! Win 3 or more duels!

Grade representative! Winter Contest Silver Award or higher! Other meaningful achievements!

If none of these seven apply, you will fail the screening 100%, so just leave!”

The vice president shouted at the top of his lungs, causing several people to flinch.

But in the end, no one came out, perhaps because they wanted to stab at even the most inedible persimmons.

Do you think you might qualify for other meaningful achievements?

“4th grade! All grades in the first semester were A! Monster hunting experience…”

Vice President Tungaroa sneezed, perhaps because his voice was hoarse.

I sighed and shouted next to the vice president.

“I’m not just accepting it!

If you feel like a dog or a soda, come out!”

Then, a first-grade dog, Hana, came out of the line hesitantly.

The little girl drooped her ears and tail and headed towards the stairs.

Uh, um.

Well, they weren’t going to accept first year students…

But it was already too late.

The vice president was looking at me with his beak open.

“I didn’t mean that.”

“You really exceed all expectations.”

That… is an idiom from my past life, and has no special meaning.

I desperately made an excuse to the crowd.

“I am not a prisoner discriminator. I also have a friend who is a prisoner.”

“Surely I am that friend?”

“…”

“…”

“We… are friends, right, Vice President?”

“4th grade! All grades in the first semester were A! Experienced monster hunter! Win 3 or more duels!

Grade representative! Winter Contest Silver Award or higher! Other meaningful achievements!”

I sighed and returned to the student council room.

Cleo was making tedious efforts to process the influx of applicants as quickly as possible.

“Sign here, here, and here.”

“Wait a minute, I want to read the terms and conditions-”

“These are the terms of the contract that the professors have reviewed, so can you please just sign them?

There are more than 20 people in line behind me right now?”

In response to Cleo’s earnest request, fourth-year Baekyang signed while grumbling.

What are the terms of the contract that you are trying to pass over in such a hurry?

Accept the faculty’s review and ability analysis without objection.

If implemented as a model, all portrait and personality rights will be transferred to the student council.

If you are dissatisfied with your model, you can raise an objection or cancel your modeling within 7 days.

Modeling cannot be canceled after 7 days, and modeling can remain in the Romantic Era even after graduation.

The student council can make any number of balance patches as long as it preserves the overall concept of the model.

“Wait a minute, what happens to the profits from selling my model?”

“This is a non-commercial game! All sales profits go to the academy fund, we don’t take any part in it!”

“At first, I agreed because I thought my model was good, but what if later a better model comes out and my model weakens?”

“We cannot guarantee the preservation of value within the game!”

There were some who objected, but most just signed quietly.

In the first place, this kind of character business is rare here, so I don’t even know what it means.

And one last clause. This is so important that Cleo reads it herself.

“The moment you model yourself, you cannot challenge yourself to a duel by any means other than the Romantic Age.

You can accept a duel challenged by someone else, but if you want to challenge a duel, it must be done in the era of romance.”

“What?”

“If you cannot agree, you may leave.”

Even after hearing the clause, there were only a few students who readily signed it.

There were quite a few people who left saying they couldn’t do it under those conditions.

However, after much deliberation, many more people signed a clause prohibiting dueling.

“It’s fascinating.”

“What?”

When the chairman came near me, I told him my honest feelings.

“Honestly, I never imagined that there would be anyone who would agree to that clause.

Most of those people probably haven’t even played the game.”

“You’ve probably seen other people do it at least once. And you must have imagined it.

In the hands of juniors, a model modeled after oneself defeats enemies.

Your name will be praised forever in the age of romance.”

Sure enough, among those who said they couldn’t do it and left, there were no fourth graders.

In any case, the 4th graders who would graduate in 6 months chose immortality in the game instead of blood in real life.

“Now, being listed in the romantic era will become a symbol of honor.

Then, even the strong 3rd and 2nd year students will not be able to endure the fact that they are not listed while everyone else is.”

“Some people might not admit that.”

“Of course, half-hearted people are everywhere. But they are a minority.

As time passes, school duels will gradually be replaced by the era of romance.”

“I agree to the terms limiting the duel and will sign it.”

“I agree to the terms and will sign.”

“I agree. Can I sign here?”

Application forms are piling up on the desk.

I muttered.

“It’s just a game…”

“How is this just a game?”

The Crown Princess held my face with her hands.

“It’s a really fun game. It’s the most fun game in the world.

It’s a game we made by staying up all day and night thinking about how to make it fun.

Because it’s such a fun game, something like this is possible.

Because it’s fun, people do it, and because people do it, they want to include models modeled after themselves.”

I did not believe that the Crown Princess’s plan would succeed.

For me, it was just an opportunity to develop a miniatures game with unlimited support.

But she trusted me.

He said he would create a fun game that was most needed for the Chairman’s plan.

Chairman Lilac smiled broadly.

Although tears were flowing from his eyes, it was the most sincere smile I have ever seen from the Chairman.

I raised my hand and wiped away the president’s tears.

“We did it.”

“We haven’t done it yet. There is a saying like that.

You come into the game because of the concept, play it because of your friends, and leave because of the management.

The era of romance has just begun.”

A brown-haired girl wearing a red dorm uniform sat in front of Cleo.

“What is your name?”

“Mina Karcic. She is the second daughter of Duke Karsic.

I came here to apply for registration of the Romantic Era unit.”

Yes, this is the beginning.