Academy’s Second Seat

“Do you like this?”

“To enjoy freedom is to give the greatest pleasure to beings without freedom. Being free has an unknown pleasure.”

I stared at Priscilla.

It was Priscilla who spoke as if there was something there, but when she saw Priscilla, she was a ‘dog’ who went out for a walk with her owner.

Priscilla was running around in the snowy garden.

The last time I saw him playing with Serena, I wanted to treat Priscilla like a ‘dog’, so I went out for a walk in the garden together, and this seemed to be the correct answer.

Priscilla panted like a very pleasant dog and walked around sniffing.

So I let Priscilla go and walked around the garden separately.

“It’s cold… … .”

It was chilly, but it wasn’t too bad.

I liked the feel of the snow on my feet, and when I took a deep breath, the cool smell of winter came to me.

“Well… … Shall we go back to the academy soon?”

The wounds on the body healed slowly, so there was no discomfort in moving.

And when I heard the rumors, Ian wasn’t in the mood to care about me.

Ian seemed to be busy clearing up several scandals.

So Ian was not in a situation where he could attack me again.

When Ian couldn’t care about me, it was right to go back to the academy.

The Imperial Palace wasn’t too uncomfortable because Rie took the utmost care, but I’ll have to go back to the academy someday anyway.

Gradually, I had to start studying magic again, and now is the right time because Ian won’t be disturbed by Ian on the way back.

Then a voice came from behind.

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“Is your body okay?”

I turned around and saw a man with a long, wrinkled beard.

I looked at him and calmly bent one knee.

“I see you, the lord of the empire, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

That person was the owner of this empire, Li’s father, and the emperor.

“Hey, wake up. I’m not here to make you uncomfortable.”

The emperor smiled pleasantly and said to me.

Looking at his figure, he was wearing comfortable clothes, not uniforms.

The emperor looked like he was just out for a walk.

When I got up, the Emperor smiled and opened his mouth.

“Would you like to walk with me for a while?”

“… … All right.”

The emperor said so and bit the maids behind him.

“Is the Imperial Palace worth staying for a while?”

“Thanks to Your Majesty, I was able to rest more comfortably.”

Then the king looked at me.

“I’m glad you did well.”

“Ahaha… … .”

I laughed awkwardly, then silence passed.

Such silence was very uncomfortable.

I wanted to get out of this place quickly.

However, I was just standing next to the emperor.

No matter how much he is called Lie’s father, the person in front of him is the emperor, the owner of the empire.

If I acted recklessly, it would be impossible to recover.

At times like this, it seemed better to just sit still and say nothing.

Then the emperor opened his mouth.

“Is Lee doing well at the academy?”

I bowed my head to such an emperor and opened my mouth.

“Yeah, Rie is doing really well at the academy. They are doing very well in the student council and in other ways as well.”

“Heh heh, that’s good. He has a fiery personality at times, so I was a little worried.”

“Ah yes… … .”

Li is like that sometimes… … .

Like when you hit an assassin’s head with a stone at a forest school… … .

As I was thinking about it, the Emperor asked the question again.

“Then what do you think?”

“yes?”

“The First Princess Li, not Li who is a member of the student council at the academy, but just Li herself.”

I looked puzzled at the question.

What do you think of Lee… … .

I opened my mouth as I pondered with a serious expression.

“Lee… … A good friend.”

I continued speaking.

“Sometimes he shows a foolish side, and when he behaves suddenly, he is a little embarrassed, but he is the kind of kid that you can trust and lean on.”

When I said that, the emperor laughed pleasantly.

“Awesome evaluation.”

I laughed awkwardly at the Emperor’s words.

The emperor looked at me and looked up at the sky.

“I don’t have many days left to live.”

“… … ?”

He tilted his head at the sudden words of the emperor.

How many days left to live?

Although the emperor looked old, he still looked correct.

“But it makes me feel a little reassured to think that I have a good person like you by my side.”

“… … thank you.”

I bowed my head at the Emperor’s words.

The emperor looked at me with a faint smile.

“I want to ask you one thing, is it okay?”

“You can say anything.”

The Emperor listened to my words and hardened his expression.

“Lee doesn’t have much to worry about. He’s a very strong kid, and there are a lot of good people around him.”

A shadow of worry began to appear on the emperor’s face.

“But, not Yuni. No one around him thinks of him. You only see the power that child has.”

The emperor made eye contact with me and said with all his heart.

“I’m not going to tell Yuni to do something. Just stop the situation where Lie and Yuni are fighting. If they fight, Yuni… … .”

The emperor couldn’t keep up with that.

However, he seemed to understand the meaning.

It was because I was well aware of Rie’s personality and what Yuni was like.

“Well sir. I will do my best.”

“Heh heh, it’s reliable. By the way… … .”

The emperor gave a playful smile.

Before he was an emperor, he was a father and seemed to show that he was an ordinary human being.

However… … .

“Who confessed first?”

“… … yes?”

“Hmmm, as Lee’s father, can I ask that much?”

“… … .”

I was kind of confused.

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Northern Territory, Locke’s House, and Lucarion’s Frontier Territory.

A meeting was taking place there.

“… … The rebel forces are growing, but there is no way to sanction them.”

The northern part of the barren environment.

It was a barren environment with many monsters and insufficient food.

The head of the Lucarion family and his heir, Locke, had a lot of trouble at the moment.

Once in the center. The conflict between Rudy Astria and Ian Astria was also noticed, but there was a bigger problem than that.

rebel.

Obviously, the rebels who were active in the south also appeared in the north.

And the rebels were taking care of the people by providing food to the residents of the territory.

This kind of food unwinding was too good to take care of the public sentiment for a while.

Count Lucarion, Locke’s father, was well aware of this fact.

He has been in the North for a long time and has a lot of experience.

I couldn’t have known this.

However, the reason Count Lucarion didn’t do this was because it was really just to take care of the public for a moment.

The lord must provide for the sustainable development of the territory.

Taking care of the public mind for a moment like this will not solve any problems.

Therefore, it was a much better choice to invest the money to spread food elsewhere to strengthen the foundation of the territory.

The choice as a lord was the most ideal option, but he was not a rebel.

The rebels first had to take care of the majority of the people quickly and change the central power.

As a result, there were few ways to respond to the rebels who were sprinkling such food.

Count Lucarion opened his mouth.

“Once, catch the rebels as quickly as possible.”

Then the knight in front carefully opened his mouth.

“However… … They only get food now, but they haven’t done anything else. without harming anyone… … .”

Count Lucarion shook his head at those words.

“Can not help it. Catch them all at once And if they have food, do not bring it to the city, but give it to the people. That is the best we can do now.”

The knight looked like he didn’t like something, but he lowered his head for a moment.

“… … Okay. I will obey your orders.”

Count Lucarion looked to the side.

“Locke, do you have any other thoughts?”

Locke was sitting next to the headmaster, contemplating quietly.

Then Locke carefully opened his mouth.

“One, may I ask?”

Count Lucarion nodded at Locke’s words.

“Yes, tell me.”

“It is a little strange that people’s sentiments have changed so much just because they have been able to get enough food. Didn’t our family protect us from demons for decades and help out during drought?”

Count Lucarion stroked his chin and nodded at Locke’s words.

“That’s right. Even if it’s winter and there’s not enough food, it seems a bit strange.”

Count Lucarion got up from his seat and looked out the window.

Outside the window, there were angry Youngji people.

No matter how much food was released, it made no sense for Youngji people to react like that.

“Then I will investigate that as well.”

Locke nodded at the knight’s words.

“Take good care of me.”

The knight listened to Locke and Count Lucarion and walked out of the mansion.

After that, I looked around.

He made sure no one was around and walked towards the dark alley.

There was a man in the alley.

“how are you.”

“I’m always fine.”

The man standing in front of the knight greeted with a smile while holding his hood.

The wounds in his eyes stood out.

The knight looked at such a man and opened his mouth.

“More than that… … Do you really want to keep doing this? … . Do you know what kind of family the Lucarion family is?”

However, the man with a scar on his eye shook his head.

“I’m sorry Count Lucarion, but for the sake of the cause, we have no choice but to do it.”

“All right.”

The knight said hello and walked out of the alley.