Episode 106
After a long vacation, the first day of school for the academy came.
“This is a new feeling.”
“What do you mean?”
As I leaned on the carriage heading to the academy and muttered in a low voice, Kania, who was sitting next to me, asked a question with a puzzled expression.
“You rode this carriage a few months ago when you went to the academy, right?”
“Now that I think about it, yes.”
“At that time, you were looking at me like you were going to kill me.”
As I said that and smiled, Kania quietly bit her lip.
“sorry.”
“I’m kidding. I’m kidding. By the way, what’s the situation with those kids?”
“Are you talking about Lulu and the others?”
When I turned around with Kania who said that, I saw a carriage that was smaller than the one we were riding in but quite fancy, rattling and chasing us.
“They are still showing signs of uncertainty.”
“Well, I’ve been in despair and helpless for several years, so it’s probably hard to get better overnight.”
When I responded glumly to Kania, she added with a smile.
“But some things have changed.”
“What has changed?”
“Yes, I had hope, although it was weak.”
After hearing those words, I spoke with a relieved expression.
“That’s good. I still have some energy left to have hope.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, the most important thing in order not to give up is to have even a little bit of hope. I know this well because I experienced it.”
As I said that and smiled happily, Kania looked at me and asked a question.
“They will hate you without even knowing about your arrangements until everything is over. Are you so happy that you can’t help but smile like that?”
“I’m happy. You gave hope to people who were in despair. And we will make that hope a reality in the future.”
“You are truly amazing.”
After saying that, Kania started pouting and grunting.
A few months ago, Kania kept her feelings to herself even when asked for such a request, but these days, she has been showing her cute side quite a lot.
Of course, I like it better like that too. I like her as her butler, but I also like her as her friend.
“But young master, is it really true that you bought the market alley using a disguised identity?”
“Yes, if you take the first step with enthusiasm, the future will be easier.”
“But… can you handle it?”
When I tilted my head at those words, Kania spoke with an anxious expression.
“Don’t you know what it means to dominate the market alleys?”
“Yes, controlling the market alley… means having a great influence on the ‘back alley’. Those two alleys are inextricably linked.”
After saying that, Kania sighed and spoke.
“I will help.”
“No, I’ll take care of this.”
“but…”
“You’ll die from overwork.”
As I touched her dark circled eyes and spoke with a worried expression, Kania began to make a blank expression.
“There are a few tasks you are responsible for. I will take care of this, so you don’t need to help me.”
“I’m your confidant…”
“And, that’s because I want to heal while taking care of things on my own.”
“…You mean healing?”
“Yes, you can’t live doing evil deeds forever.”
When I said that, Kania, who had a dumbfounded expression on her face, quickly sighed and answered.
“All right.”
And for a while there was silence inside the carriage.
“Oh, I guess we’re already there. I can see the academy.”
As I looked out the window and scratched my head in a quiet atmosphere, I broke the silence to see Sunrise Academy looming.
“Then, please take care of yourself this semester as well…”
“Master, I think we need to carry out the operation we planned in advance.”
“…ah.”
I was about to shake Kania’s hand with a smile, but she mentioned ‘operation’ with a serious expression.
“Are you sure you’ll be okay? It’s going to hurt…”
“If it’s to hide your identity, Master, a little pain is no big deal.”
As I stretched out my hand to her with a guilty expression, Kania quietly began to undo and undo her suit.
“Well then, please take care of me today too… ugh!”
“…Hold on a little, Kania.”
As expected, Kania seems to be very loyal. I never thought she would endure pain for me and ask me to leave my handprints on her body.
“Huhhh…”
As expected, I have to be nice to Kania.
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“Hey, has your complexion improved a lot?”
“Yes… I received treatment during vacation.”
“Really? Great!”
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The common students of Class A were chatting with each other about their current situation with bright expressions in the classroom.
“I treat my parents and younger brother, so the only thing left is living expenses.”
“But where is it? I spent it all on paying off my debt.”
“You guys too? I’m out…”
Most of the commoners were talking with bright expressions, but also looking somewhat disappointed.
They were given a lump sum of money that they had never touched before in their lives, but most of them spent almost all of that money on treating their families and paying off debts.
As a result, although the shackles of their stubborn efforts to save money were removed, commoner students still had no choice but to remain poor.
“Still, it feels good, right?”
“Of course. My younger brother, who always behaves rudely, calls me oppa. I guess money is the best after all.”
“I don’t have to worry about debt collectors coming to me or sick family members, so now I can work part-time to my heart’s content. I’m glad.”
But they decided to think positively.
They felt like they could breathe just because the shackles that were holding them were removed.
And, because there was hope that I could live a better life.
– Sigh…
The commoner students, who had been talking loudly with smiles on their faces for the first time in a long time, inadvertently turned their gaze towards the classroom door as it slowly opened, but soon began to look surprised.
“Why is the professor like that?”
“I don’t know, who else made fun of you for being an old maid?”
“Shh! You’ll get hit and die!”
Isolette, who entered the classroom with a very angry expression, messy hair, and glaring eyes from the children, began to sigh as soon as she reached the teacher’s table.
– Sigh…
“I have something to say to you guys…”
“Shut up and take a seat, Frey.”
Isolette had been sighing for a while, and when Frey came in with Cania and was about to say something to the commoner students, she gave an order with a fierce expression.
“…what?”
As a result, Frey, who was trying to send a signal to Kania with an arrogant expression on his face, looked embarrassed and began to hesitate.
“I told you to take a seat.”
As Isolette looked at Frey coldly and fiddled with the sheath of the sword, Frey frowned for a moment but then trudged to his seat.
“Master, why is Professor Isolette suddenly acting like that?”
“I don’t know… why are you doing that?”
Cania and Frey, who were sitting sullenly in the carriage with their faces red and unable to unfold the plan they had put so much effort into, exchanged opinions in low voices, but were unable to infer the reason why Isolette was angry.
“…I have some bad news.”
At a time when the class was coming up with all sorts of reasons as to why Isolette was in a bad mood, she, who had been standing at the teacher’s table with her head down until then, began to speak in a low voice.
“Starting this semester, the scholarship system will be abolished.”
“”yes!?””
When the commoners who heard those words all stood up with shocked expressions on their faces, Isolette continued her story with a gloomy expression.
“I also received this information this morning. So I’m very embarrassed, but it’s definitely true.”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“The scholarship system is a tradition that has been passed down for a thousand years, right? But to abolish it…!”
The commoners began to clamor for her.
This was because not a single one of them had the means to pay tuition on a regular basis.
“The reason is simple: the imperial family and the church cut the support and budget for the academy by half.”
But when Isolette spoke through gritted teeth, the classroom immediately became quiet.
The commoners who were clamoring were silenced by the authority of the imperial family and the religious order, and the nobles, who were overflowing with money in the first place, just looked at the burning house with a calm expression.
Only the princess Klarna was quietly gritting her teeth with an angry expression on her face.
“What nonsense does that sound like?”
However, there was a student who broke the suffocating silence and shouted.
“Sunrise Academy’s Class A is one of the most elite troops in the empire, but instead of supporting them, you’re reducing their budget? This doesn’t make sense!”
The majority of the commoners, and even some nobles, nodded at the remarks of Aris, the commoners’ representative, who frowned and shouted.
“…In relation to that, I will provide guidance from now on.”
Isolette, who was looking at Aris, raised her hand and signaled with a stern expression.
– Sigh…
Then the door to the classroom opened, and people with smiles on their faces began to come in.
“Who are they…?”
When Aris asked, looking reluctantly at the people who were looking at them with greedy eyes for some reason, Isolette, who was gritting her teeth, answered in a low voice.
“They are sponsors.”
“yes?”
“According to the official document sent, the newly introduced sponsor system will replace the existing scholarship system.”
After saying that, Isolette glanced at the greedy-looking patrons standing next to her and said.
“They say they are highly trusted people who were directly selected by the imperial family and the religious order. If students can freely contact those people and prove their achievements and investment value… damn it.”
Isolette, who was struggling to keep her anger down and continued speaking, eventually couldn’t hold back her anger and ended up swearing.
“…Frey, follow me to the teacher’s office.”
Isolette, who was chewing her lip in such a cold atmosphere, spoke to Frey, who had been quietly observing the situation until then, and left the classroom, exuding murder.
“hmm…”
Then, Frey, who was receiving attention from the children, quietly got up from his seat and started heading toward the exit.
“Hmm, we have no choice. We have no choice but to introduce ourselves next.”
As soon as Frey left the classroom, a noble with a greedy face headed to the teacher’s table and spoke in an oily voice.
“Nice to meet you, Class A. We call you sponsors, and we will be ‘responsible’ for you from today onwards.”
“……..”
“…Aren’t you applauding?”
As intermittent applause broke out here and there at those words, the nobleman at the podium licked his lips and continued speaking.
“Then, shall we start the meeting?”
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“So, instead of explaining, why did you call me?”
Frey, who arrived at the teacher’s office led by Isolette, sat crookedly in the chair and asked her a question.
“Clud… clunk…”
However, Isolette was just gnashing her teeth in anger with Frey sitting in front of her.
“If you don’t have anything to say, I’m leaving?”
The moment Frey, who was looking at her, tried to get up from his seat, Isolette suddenly grabbed his arm.
– fluff
“What is this…”
Frey, who was upset by Isolette’s sudden actions, began to look embarrassed when she knelt down while holding his arm.
“Please. Please become the children’s sponsor.”
“what?”
To Frey, Isolette began to pray with an earnest expression on her face.
“If sponsors continue to sponsor children like that… don’t you know what will happen?”
“Well, I’m not sure…”
“Women will be forced to provide sexual intercourse, and men will become slaves.”
After hearing that, Frey frowned and asked.
“How can you be so sure? Of course, they don’t look that good, but they were carefully selected by the imperial family and the church…”
“The students of Class A were caught up in a power struggle between the imperial family and the church.”
Isolette continued speaking with a sad expression.
“When the existence of the Demon King was revealed to the public, the imperial family and the religious order, who were not on good terms with each other, began to work hard to secure as many talents as possible. You know this well.”
“however?”
“So, the place that the two powerful people were looking at was Sunrise Academy. No matter how much it is losing its past glory, it is a place where talented people gather who have the skills to overwhelm most soldiers, not only in Class A but also in Class C.”
After saying that, Isolette began clenching her fists.
“Of course, instead of compromising with each other, the imperial family and the church tried to attract as many students as possible to their side. So, they dispatched people from their side to the academy as sponsors.”
“Just for that reason?”
“It is also to keep Dean Lionel in check. He has recently been abusing his authority as dean and increasing his power, so the imperial family and the church regard him as a thorn in the side.”
Frey frowned when the dean’s corruption was mentioned, but then asked a question with a calm expression.
“What is the basis for saying that children will be treated harshly?”
“Are you really asking because you don’t know? What are the tendencies of high-ranking figures who are influential in the imperial family and the religious order? They support the Imperial Knights, and the number of female knights alone must be in the tens or hundreds.”
“No matter what, they are talented people recognized by the empire?”
“If they hadn’t messed with the talented people, they wouldn’t have messed with the knights. Of course, they have an unfounded confidence that the students will eventually comply with their demands.”
After saying that, Isolette began to pray to Frey in a trembling voice.
“The problem is that that unfounded confidence can actually happen. Innocent young sprouts are caught up in the adults’ power struggle and are broken. I can’t bear to see something like that with my eyes open.”
“So what should I do?”
“Please become a supporter of children.”
“Ha, what do I like about those guys?”
When Frey responded coldly to those words, Isolette spoke in a trembling voice.
“I’ll give you whatever you want.”
“what?”
“So, Frey, I’ll ask you a favor. Even if it’s just out of respect for old times.”
Isolette said that and bowed down in front of Frey.
“Professor Isolette? Let’s take a look at us for a moment.”
“…Tsk.”
When a servant of the imperial family and a priest dispatched from the church called her, she began grinding her teeth.
“Because there are many objections from nobles regarding your position. I think we will have to have a long talk.”
“In short, it’s a personnel evaluation. You know the results.”
As they said that and waved their hands with smiles on their lips, Isolette lowered her head and left the teacher’s office in a pitiful manner.
“………….”
Just like that, silence began to fall in the teacher’s office.
“uh?”
That is until Frey, who had frozen in his posture as he looked down at Isolette, who had knelt before him, muttered in a low voice.
“Are you pissed?”
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“Hmm… Okay, that’s the end of the story. What do you think? Are you satisfied?”
‘…dirty.’
At lunch that day, Aris, the commoner’s representative, was chatting with the nobleman with the greasy voice from earlier in a restaurant near the academy with some students.
“By the way, your hands are quite pretty…?”
The nobleman, who was about to get up after discussing sponsorship with the students, suddenly grabbed Aris’ hand and started fiddling with it.
“Tsk.”
When Aris, startled by the oily touch, withdrew his hand, the nobleman.
“Don’t be like that…”
He stood up and spoke.
“…You will gradually get used to it anyway.”
Just like that, the nobleman disappeared from his seat, and there was silence for a long time.
“hello?”
“Now… I’m sick of it. If you don’t do what they want, you won’t get paid anyway. So, I’d rather just leave the academy.”
Eventually, someone approached them, and one student, tired of the nobles’ continued rude behavior, jumped up from his seat.
“Let’s listen to the story first, shall we?”
“It’s okay, no need…”
When the person sitting in front of her grabbed her, the female student tried to refuse in a cold voice.
“…omg.”
I froze in place when I saw the numerous bags of gold coins the man had placed on the desk.
“This is a down payment… but can we talk?”
When the person wearing a black robe said that in a kind voice, the girl thought for a moment and then sat back down.
It was too much money to refuse.
fantasy,
