episode_0044

As I entered the classroom with a tired body, I was met with eyes from everyone around me.

Yes, it makes sense. A person who fought well and even won suddenly started skipping third period or class.

As I ignored their gaze and entered the classroom, the classroom, which had been quiet for a while, became noisy again.

“Sera.”

When I quietly called Sarah’s name, Sarah, who was lying face down on the desk, suddenly raised her head and looked at me blankly.

When I smiled brightly at Sarah who was blinking, Sarah quickly became tearful and ran towards me with tears in her eyes.

“Babe!!!”

I hugged Sarah, who was sobbing in my arms, and patted her on the back.

“Well, the lady didn’t come… … . I was so worried… … !!”

“Okay, thank you for your concern, Sarah. It’s okay, so let’s stop now. Other students are staring.”

I patted Sarah’s head as she tried to stop crying at my words.

“Okay, thank you for preparing the class for me while I was away.”

“Inhale… … ! no… … . It’s something I have to do… … !”

“Sera is also nice. I’ll give you a reward later.”

Only then did he see Sarah smiling brightly, smile brightly, and sit down in an appropriate seat.

As soon as I sat down, Sarah sat down next to me with a bright smile and handed me a book called ‘Basics of Potions’. I opened the book and closed it again.

After all, this is something we all know. Other classes will be similar, so you don’t have to worry about grades. I sighed internally and closed my eyes.

“Ah, Charlotte! Are you feeling okay?”

When I opened my eyes at the sound of a familiar voice, I made eye contact with Ceria.

“Yes. I hurt my wrist a little in sparring, so I was late coming to class, but thanks to that, I’m feeling a lot better now.”

“Miss, are you sick!? I, I don’t even know that… … !”

“It’s okay, Sarah. Are you okay now?”

He patted the head of Sarah, who was crying again, and smiled.

“By the way… … . Aren’t you, a commoner, too uninhibited with a young lady? Don’t you have even the slightest hint of courtesy? Ah, since you’re a commoner, you didn’t have a chance to learn something like that?”

As soon as Sera stabilized to some extent, she showed her teeth and became wary of Seria, and Seria smiled brightly when she saw her.

“Sera, let’s get along well. We even share the same room now.”

“It’s noisy. There’s no way I can get along with a commoner like you, so get the hell away.”

“Ah, it’s happening again. Why are you doing this after talking to me so well?”

“I was just answering something that came and started talking on my own! Someone talked to me!”

The scenes from the previous episode overlapped with the two people bickering and fighting. Yes, back then we became friends by bickering and fighting like that.

It’s similar to back then. Except that the contents of one are different and the mental state of the other is very unstable.

Still, it feels bad to see it reminding me of that time.

“They seem to get along well.”

“Hehe, is that so?”

“Lady――?”

I rested my chin with a drowsy face and raised the corner of my mouth as I looked at Sarah.

“Be friendly with your new friend, Sarah.”

“Ah, ah. Me, I.”

He glanced back at an angle that wouldn’t be visible to Seria and raised his index finger in front of his mouth to signal her to be quiet.

When I saw Sera’s eyes shaking violently, I smiled happily and adjusted my posture to sit down. Just as Seria was about to say something when she saw her suddenly changed face.

“Please take a seat.”

At just the right moment, Priscilla, the professor in charge of potions, opened the door and came in.

Seria looked at me and Sera and entered the crowd of commoners. I glanced at Sera who was looking down at the floor with her head down, smiled slightly, and whispered so softly that only Sera could hear.

“You, who said you didn’t need anything other than me, made a new friend before me. The feeling is new.”

“Ah, uh… … . Miss… … .”

“I’m not specifically trying to scold you, Sarah. I just want to congratulate you on having a ‘new’ friend.”

As I was gently stroking Sarah’s trembling head, Priscilla, who was standing in front of the teacher’s table, looked at me.

“What’s going on there?”

“No, nothing happened.”

I looked down at Priscilla, who was glaring at me with eyes full of suspicion, and smiled. Priscilla glared at me for a moment, then turned her back and began writing her name on the huge blackboard.

As I was listening to the crackling, crackling sound of dry chalk and wondering how I could break Sarah again, I felt a strangely intense gaze from in front of me.

When I glanced down to see someone, I saw the princess, who I thought had gone somewhere, looking in my direction.

Ah, there you are. When I smiled with that thought in mind, the princess, who had been blinking, turned her face red and quickly turned her head away.

“My name is Priscilla de Arbel. Starting today, I will be teaching you potions and herbalism.”

As I bowed my head, applause poured in. He looked back at the crowd who had raised their heads again and nodded.

“I’ve already memorized your names, so there’s no need to introduce yourself. You’ve probably heard about the academy well from other professors, so I won’t explain further.”

“So what are you doing today?”

“I will teach class.”

After answering a student’s question like that, Priscilla opened her book on the table, and the students who were dumbfounded by her calm answer began to protest.

Taking classes from the first day is a bit different. Please reconsider. Since it was the first day, wouldn’t it be better to have some interaction between students and professors? As both nobles and commoners stood up in harmony, Priscilla, who had been quietly looking at them, strongly closed her book.

phut!!

The basic potions book was so thick that when I folded the book hard, the sound of a small bomb literally exploding echoed throughout the hall. Since it was an auditorium that could easily accommodate over 200 people, the sound felt even louder.

Sarah, who was half unconscious and lying down, was so startled that she suddenly raised her head. Well, I said everything.

“Quiet.”

The interior of the classroom suddenly became quiet. Priscilla opened her mouth, glaring at the sitting students with sharp eyes.

“Let me ask you something. What did you guys come to the academy for?”

No one answered Priscilla’s sharp question. As I was quietly looking at Priscilla, wondering what she was going to say, Priscilla glanced around and opened her mouth again.

“This is a place to improve yourself, not a place for you to socialize, laugh and talk.”

At those words, the students who had been laughing and talking before class started lowered their heads.

“There are people who want to come here but cannot. There are people who want to take this class but cannot. After overcoming those people, you can’t believe you say something like that. Aren’t you embarrassed?”

At those words, several people cleared their throats and slowly averted their gaze, and Priscilla, who was watching, sighed and frowned.

“You don’t want to take classes from the first day? Stop saying you are full and come to your senses.”

I smiled as I looked at Priscilla, who had instantly taken over the atmosphere of the classroom.

After looking around in silence for a while, Priscilla opened her book again, saying she would start class. This time, she opened the book without anyone objecting.

“Today is the first day, so I will finish by talking a little about the potions you will learn.”

Priscilla, who started the class, just took students’ questions from time to time and taught the class in a very normal way without pointing out anyone or asking questions.

Priscilla hates me–more precisely, my mother–to the point of death, so I thought she would ask me various questions during class to somehow tease me. That’s surprising.

After starting with what a potion is and explaining what the ultimate goal of the potion, the revitalization potion, is, Priscilla checked the time and closed the book.

“I’ll leave it at that for today. Since it is the first day, there will be no homework. However, keep in mind that homework will be assigned from the next class. Thank you for your hard work.”

After saying that, Priscilla left the classroom without even looking back, and only then did the classroom begin to come to life.

Some people frowned, pointing out Priscilla’s attitude, while others shook their heads and said that this was the image of a teacher who had become righteous.

Anyway, it had nothing to do with me, so just as I was about to grab my books and leave the classroom, Sarah, who had been quietly observing me, got up from her seat and grabbed me by my collar.

“Huh?”

“Ah, lady… … . Well, I was wrong… … . I will no longer talk to or make eye contact with anyone other than you… … . Well, that is. Please don’t throw it away… … .”

I looked at Sarah’s hand holding my collar for a moment with a face that looked like she was about to collapse at any moment, then smiled and removed her fingers one by one.

“I’m sorry, Sarah. I have someone to accompany me. Go with a new friend you made today.”

“Ah… … .”

I left behind Sera, whose expression was dead, and approached her. Seria was chatting with other commoners, and as I approached, the other commoners felt pressured and left, saying I’d see them later.

I tapped Seria’s shoulder as she tilted her head as she saw the commoner suddenly leaving, and only then did she turn to me and smile.

“Ah, Charles! When did you come? If you had at least talked to me, I would have introduced you to other friends.”

“I think I’m having fun talking with other friends. I was sorry to disturb you, so I tried to listen quietly.”

“Hehe, were you considerate? Thank you!”

I smiled brightly as I saw Seria smiling brightly.

“You said it was the same room as Sarah, right? Please take care of Sarah.”

“Huh? Since we’re in the same room, of course we’ll get along… … . Why are you suddenly saying that? Where are you going? Maybe it’s because you’re not feeling well!?”

“Hehe, it’s not like that, so don’t worry. If I really wasn’t feeling well, I wouldn’t have been able to come here.”

“Ah… … . Ah, that’s right. phew… … . Thank goodness.”

Seeing Seria sighing in relief, he smiled kindly and lied calmly.

“Actually, I took care of various things for Sarah since she was young, and she became quite obsessed with me. So, I’m trying to reduce that obsession a little this time… … .I hope you take care of Sarah. We’re roommates, and if we make good friends, I’ll give in to Sarah’s obsession.”

The more nice you are to Sarah, the farther away I will be from Sarah, and Sarah will point to you as the reason I stay away from her and blame you.

Well, even if the plan goes wrong, there are many ways to ruin Sarah, so it doesn’t matter if she gets rejected. There’s no way you, the kind person you are, would refuse this request.

“Ah, I see… … . For some reason, Sarah felt really low without you. I wondered if something had happened, but there was a reason… … . huh! I understand!”

just as expected. Seeing Seria smiling and accepting her, she smiled and covered her mouth with a fan.

“Thank you. Hearing that makes me feel a little more at ease. Oh, I have to go with the princess, so I’ll just leave.”

“Yes! See you tomorrow!”

“Okay. See you tomorrow.”

Leaving behind Seria on her way to Sera, he went down to the bottom of the classroom and stood in front of the princess who was about to leave the classroom.

“Hermel.”

“Uh, huh!? Ah, it’s Charlotte. huh… … . What’s wrong?”

Why are there so many dog-like people around me? Oh, I don’t mean it in a bad way. is not it? anyway. I looked at the princess for a moment and smiled, looking at me like a puppy that had an accident.

“Why are you being so observant? That kind of appearance doesn’t look like Hermel.”

“I also have something called shame. No matter how much you forgave me, I’m not that stupid to attack you blindly.”

“Oh my, wasn’t it?”

“You… … . What do you think of me… … ?”

“What do you think… … .”

He folded the fan, put it to his cheek, and smiled.

” Doesn’t Hermel know best? ”

“Tch… … . okay. I am a beast woman who, if I pick up a sword, turns around and attacks me without knowing where to turn. Is it okay?”

The princess frowned and pursed her lips and said that. She was shorter than me and looked quite young, so I felt like I was seeing a cute younger sister.

He smiled and lowered his head to one side and said.

“I didn’t think that far into it. Your own evaluation is quite poor.”

“You!? Ugh… … . If it weren’t for you, I would have thrown you in jail for insulting the royal family!”

“Oh my god, I’m so scared.”

Seeing the princess growling and showing her teeth, he smiled and stroked her head with a happy face. Hair as soft as silk danced between my fingers.

“Now I finally look like Hermel.”

“Ah… … .”

“Yes. You always look so confident. Because it looks better that way. More than anything. If the atmosphere continues like that, it’ll be uncomfortable when we’re in the same room, right?”

“You… … . Then, the things that have been provoking me so far are all for my sake… … ?”

I smiled as I saw the princess saying that.

“Well? I’m not sure what you’re talking about. Oh, I’m getting hungry, so I’ll go first.”

As I left the classroom, leaving behind the princess who was standing there blankly blinking, I heard a light thudding sound of footsteps behind me.

“Let’s go together!!”

I think I know roughly how to treat a princess. With a grin, he stopped and looked towards the princess. The princess smiled brightly and came over to me and put her arms around me, and I smiled and turned my back.

I left Sarah standing in front of the classroom door looking at me pitifully, and headed to the dormitory with the princess.