episode_0024

Early December.

Sometimes, I borrowed Sarah’s body to ruin my younger brother’s research, and every night I spent time tormenting Mel and developing the back of her neck. As autumn, where every night felt like summer, passed, winter came.

“Time flies so fast. Isn’t that right, Sarah?”

“That’s right… … . It certainly seems like it was fall not long ago… … .”

When I turned around at the sound of Sarah’s voice, I saw a clear handprint left on the underside of the chalk she was wearing.

A strange feeling throbbed in my heart at the sight of a mark that was mine and different from the kiss mark left on Mel’s neck.

“Oh, yes. Sera. As you may have already heard, you will be attending the academy as a student from now on. The position of my exclusive maid will be left vacant for a while, and Mel will take over your duties. Did you hear?”

“Yes… … .”

“Don’t make such a sad face. Even if you are not my maid, you can still be my classmate, right?”

“You’re not her ‘only’ classmate… … . The young lady is talented, good at studying, and even beautiful… … . There’s no way other miscellaneous things won’t come to you.”

Sera muttered that with dead eyes. After looking at that for a moment, I quenched my thirst with Darjeeling.

Actually, I originally had no intention of letting Sarah into the academy as a student.

However, in this episode, in addition to Mel becoming my exclusive maid, Sarah became completely obedient to me.

I thought it would be better to use both appropriately, so I sent a letter to Baron Petra and made it possible for Sarah to enter the academy… … .

“I don’t want to be separated from you… … .”

I never thought there would be such an ambush. I sighed deeply and put down the teacup.

“Sera, are you jealous now? Are you afraid that someone other than you will stand next to me?”

When she glanced back and said that, Sarah’s complexion became pale and she shook her head.

“No! How could someone like me be jealous of you! It’s just that I’m unbearably scared of being abandoned… … .”

“Our Sarah, you are worrying about really useless things.”

He patted Sarah’s head and smiled.

“Do you think I will abandon Sarah?”

“No! I didn’t have such bad thoughts!”

“Then were you worried about that? Are you going to throw away Sarah, who is not my maid, saying you don’t need her?”

Sarah nodded slowly at my words. It’s really annoying.

“Sera. If you become a student at the academy, you can share the same room as me. You will wear the same school uniform, take the same classes, and take the same tests.”

“… … !”

“And even if you become a student at the Academy, you will never be separated from me or miss me. No, we might actually stick around longer than we do now.”

“Longer than now… … ?”

“Okay. Mel will do the work for Sarah, so you can stick with me even during the short times you are away from me while working, right?”

“Ah… … !”

Sarah then suddenly raised her head and looked at me with sparkling eyes.

That facial expression makes the dog think that’s a snack? Are you going for a walk? He seemed to be responding, so I smiled and patted his head.

“I want to go to the academy!”

“Okay. So it’s decided?”

“Yes!”

Thank you, Sarah, for making me realize that if something is too simple, it can be difficult to persuade in its own way.

I smiled and picked up my teacup.

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Time passed and it was mid-December. Two weeks until the exam.

Since the academy was located in the royal capital, I quickly prepared to go to the royal capital, considering that it would take about three days to travel from the territory to the royal capital.

“Lady! How many dresses should I pack?”

“Sera. At the academy, you only have to wear the school uniform. Even if I bring a dress, I never have to wear it.”

“Ah, I see… … . Then what about shoes!?”

“It also comes from the academy.”

“Hey… … .”

I sighed inwardly as I looked at Sarah, who had recently started studying so as not to tarnish my name and had gotten a little smarter, but she still got angry whenever anything related to me happened.

“Lady. I packed everything you mentioned, including the basic books, school uniform, and emergency fund.”

“Good job Mel.”

“Do you have anything else to order?”

“Well… … .”

I stretched out my words and while Sarah was looking somewhere else, I ran my finger along the back of Mel’s neck.

“Huh!”

“Yes? What did you just say, lady?”

“Huh? never mind. Hehehe.”

Sarah turned around at the sound of Mel taking a breath, and I smiled and played it off.

Mel’s eyes were already half-open after only lightly touching the nape of her neck, perhaps because she had been developing nape of her neck consistently for several months.

“Hehe. Sensitivity is good today.”

“Hmm… … .”

I looked at Mel for a moment, who was avoiding eye contact, and then looked out at the balcony. A garden covered in pure white snow came into view. It starts now.

All work at the mansion is over, so there is no need to worry anymore. As time passes, the matriarch will die on her own, and the mother will be bedridden from the shock.

I was at the academy, so I’m excluded from the alibi. In the end, the suspects will be narrowed down to the man who used the mansion and his younger brother, and people will begin to say that the younger brother, who always confronted the head of the house and had a bad image of himself in various ways, is the culprit.

why?

It’s not me, it’s not me, is it not him? Oh no way. We haven’t always gotten along well–we’re both suspicious. Because they will eat each other up within themselves.

There is no way my younger brother, who is left alone, can do anything. In the end, the younger brother was imprisoned. Due to his nature, he won’t be able to stay still, and he will eventually wither away and die in prison.

Just like me back then.

“Hehe.”

“Are you looking forward to going to the academy?”

“Huh? Um–yeah. I’m looking forward to it.”

Right now, I have more worries than expectations, but it would be a lie if I said I wasn’t looking forward to it.

For me, the academy is literally a minefield. However, it is a minefield where you know the location of all the mines and can move them at will.

Since you know in advance what will happen in the future, you can respond accordingly. You can also have someone else step on the land mines that you are supposed to step on instead of you.

Idiots who don’t know anything don’t even know that, so they’ll go ahead and step on a landmine and die arbitrarily. Without even knowing that I made him go that way.

“Uuuuch――! Paha. Then I’ll close my eyes for a while, so let me know when you leave Mel.”

“Yes, lady.”

I closed my eyes and thought about what would happen next.

This round of entrance exams will be conducted with the same strict meritocracy as the last round. Thanks to this, the admission ratio, which was 9 for nobles and 1 for commoners, was adjusted to 5:5.

Of course, the seniors who entered the school first will not like this fact, and except for the crown prince, the princess, and a few children of high-ranking nobles who are entering the school as first and second honorees, they are treated with great contempt.

The children of nobles who grew up in a quiet rage are quietly angry at why they should be treated like this, and this arrow naturally heads towards the commoners in the same grade.

Even though he entered the academy, he is still a commoner. The moment they leave the academy, they are thrown into a class society and there is no way they can rebel against the nobles who are of a higher class than them. The nobles also know this and harass them to their heart’s content.

Not knowing that among the new students, there was one commoner male student who would later rebel.

“Lady, you need to get up soon. If you are tired, you can sleep more in the carriage――”

“Ah, yes. Let’s go down. I’m fine because I’m fully awake.”

“Yes.”

I walked around in a daze and thought about what I had to do.

First of all, both the crown prince and the princess will be defeated, and I will take the position of chief.

If you gain the trust of the faculty, it will be more convenient later, so it would be better to take the top position if possible.

The conflict between nobles and commoners will inevitably lead to catastrophe without my having to touch it, so that’s okay.

“It’s finally time to leave!”

“Yes, that’s right. But Sarah, how long are you going to wear that maid uniform?”

“My school uniform was supposed to be provided by the academy. So you have to wear it until then!”

“I see.”

What matters now is which route the damn heroine takes. If you take the crown prince route, you can see that the rebellion is over.

The Crown Prince seems to be on good terms with the commoners, but other nobles are harassing the commoners?

‘Awesome, Sargela! Actually, it’s like this–‘

‘what!?’

As soon as the heroine tells the crown prince that something like this has happened, the nobleman becomes so embarrassed that he begins social distancing that may never end. By force.

In that case, I would have to persuade the leader of the rebel group to start a rebellion–no, let’s think about this later. It is more efficient to make a plan after confirming which route it is.

The best is a rebellion route that involves the leader of a rebellion… … . That should be a little easier.

Tsk, the female protagonist’s route changes every time the episode changes, so it’s really annoying. My head was pounding, but I had to keep thinking in order to survive and destroy everyone.

I made plans for the future without stopping for three days on my way to the royal capital.

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“Finally, it’s the academy… … . Ho–ugh, it’s cold.”

He rubbed his red hands and warmed them with his breath. If you go to the academy, you can say goodbye to this cold and hungry life. It was only a few months, but the days were truly hell.

It’s a bird that lives in a shack, and even though I work hard to find a job, they say my white hair is ominous and they won’t give me a job… … . By chewing on the grass roots, I was able to feel in my bones how the bear felt after eating only mugwort and garlic in the cave.

Thinking about it makes my mouth water again… … . no. Still alive like this, right? Just think of it as a diet. Let’s be positive. Be positive!

“Hihi.”

So that everyone can be happy. Take the optimal route! The goal is a happy ending where everyone lives!

“Let’s go!”

Blooming under the moonlight, the 350th continuous drive! The 351st session begins!

“But… … . Where am I… … ?”

I got lost before I even started!

13 days until the exam starts.