Avoid Former Co-Workers

72 – 72. Feast (11)

“I have no face. I didn’t expect that to happen…”

“How would you expect that. Get up.”

“Haona…”

“I know very well that you don’t work for money anymore. So please don’t fall to the floor like you’ve committed a serious crime.”

“I don’t know what to do with your generosity. Your Excellency, Archduke.”

The Grand Duke, who was checking the delivery ledger for the festival at the academy, gave encouragement to Lewen Sang Sangju.

“I’m more worried than that. Can’t I get the magic stone again?”

“It’s a bunch. The naturally occurring mana stones in our area are almost exhausted, and the high-ranking nobles are not putting people into the mines. Perhaps, they’ll go as far as stockpiling to dispose of the remaining items.”

“Oops…”

“The fact that there are movements like this all over the place… Actually, I think the goal is to obstruct the procurement of magic stones rather than the festival.”

“It’s fortunate that the upper ranks are safe, but what about the magic stone… I can’t give up on this festival.”

The fact that they started to use their hands meant that they were determined to thwart the grand duke’s plan to empower the lower classes.

Annoyingly, when it comes to students. Among them, the power of students located in a specific position is noticeably falling.

“You’re concerned about the dressage fit test.”

“That’s right. You need a magic stone for the test…”

Two conditions for the lower layer.

The ideology of freedom and equality reestablished through the holding of annual events.

A mare suit test that significantly enhances the strength of frontline and support students.

There are not enough mana stones stored at the academy, so you have to choose between the two.

“What do you think?”

“For now, I think it would be right to continue the festival as it is.”

While the Grand Duke is struggling with his headache, he, who is currently fixing the academy’s framework, steps forward and narrows down his options.

It was Professor Meuniher who had been called to ask for help, wondering if the Noble Alliance had started something.

“Actually, that’s what I think too. If we stop the festival in progress, we’ll face more trouble and the people’s sentiment will plummet…”

However, it was impossible to give up the riding suit test.

As a leader, it is right to help the people, and as the chairman of the board, it is right to help the students.

“There is still time before the magistrate suitability test. I’ll try to find another way, so let’s start the festival by releasing the mana stones in the school.”

“I’m always sorry, Lord Gelbarten.”

“No. It’s my job to cut out the rotten roots.”

In the scale of the festival delivered by urgent report and the upcoming mare suit test, the mana stone was placed on the scale called the festival.

Meuniher told the Archduke not to worry too much, and he said to believe in himself and wait, and left the room with the upper lord.

“But… I’m glad I did.”

Muttered the Grand Duke who was left alone.

It’s not a solution that can solve everything coolly in

, But it could be said that I bought time by moving my gaze from a different direction.

The Lewen Merchant Merchant did not completely collapse, and the opportunity passed to the allied powers, and the festival of discrimination was almost held once again.

Then they must have tried to take control of the academy and secretly seize the real power, so it didn’t lead to such a worst situation.

However, it was fortunate that they discovered that their target was the Mana Stone when the Merchant Corps was damaged.

Smart.

“Your Excellency, this is Ophelia. May I come in?”

“Come in.”

My daughter, who works hard at the academy, came every time. Even though it’s between the president of the board and the president of the student council, not between father and daughter at this official event.

“I came to see you because of that agenda at that time. Your Excellency.”

“Hmm. Did you say it was about renting the Blassure Arc?”

“That’s right. I need to extend the rental period further, so I’ve organized it.”

There was a risk that an object could be misused in the hands of ordinary people, so it was inevitable to get into the hands of the archduke.

However, no matter how many of these reasons are given, a leader who is responsible for and leads a country can see the wrong side.

“Even if you think about it, this document must have felt strange.”

“…”

“Isn’t it time to tell you who you have to protect so you are using objects made by the best chancellor in the empire?”

Please explain.

The Grand Duke’s eyes were saying that to Ophelia.

***

The second day of the festival.

On the first day of the festival, the bright festival winds of Lebrandt that lasted until late at night faded away.

The next day comes and heralds the morning, bringing those who stayed yesterday to today.

However, at least one girl stays at the time of yesterday evening.

While watching this from the sidelines, the senior even said that it was nothing special and turned his insides upside down.

To be honest, I said it wasn’t a big deal, but I was able to notice that it was absolutely not the case.

Having just been stabbed by a person named Erica, and then getting drenched in unpleasant water, she didn’t know what to do.

After the story was over, I took a deep breath and looked at her face, lost in other thoughts. The girl who had been watching it didn’t want to move on just by looking at it.

In the world, how far is the senpai willing to endure?

“Lady Rhenias…? What are you doing here?”

“I have some places to go.”

“Where can I take you, Miss Rhenias?”

I don’t know why the senpai lied like that. She didn’t even know why she was doing this and she was just trying to put up with it. So she’s going to go find it herself.

The coachman, who had been wondering where our lady was going since morning, carefully accepted the paper she held out.

“How long do you think it will take?”

“Hmm. It’s quite a distance, so it will take an hour. Would you like to arrive a little sooner?”

“Yes. The sooner the better. It’s okay to be rattled.”

“I will do as you command, young lady.”

Her yesterday’s work was not finished properly, and the girl who stayed last night instead of morning climbs into her carriage.

And I had to meet someone to relieve this heartbreaking feeling before I could spend today.

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Her carriage arrives at a higher speed than usual, and a girl with beautiful flowing silver hair gets out of her carriage.

In order to greet the distinguished guests, the hostess of the mansion hurriedly came out to the front gate and politely bowed.

She is a hostess who apologizes for poor hospitality, but she doesn’t mind.

Actually, the visit came unexpectedly without even giving him a message in advance, and he didn’t arrive to receive a treat.

In that case, wouldn’t it be natural to ask the reason why they stepped forward so early in the morning?

“I came here to talk with my children.”

“You mean children… You mean her daughter?”

“Yes. You might ask why we didn’t share it by letter, but it’s a bit important.”

The hostess with her unexpected face immediately took up a room, and before long she was able to meet a noble lady who opened her door and entered.

The aristocratic lady who carefully opened the door and entered immediately showed her nobility.

“…What is it, Princess Lantana?”

A silver-haired girl who posed a threat to me as the strong wind pressure spewed out a certain amount of mana.

Renias personally came here and waited on the sofa.

“You don’t have to call me that stuffy title.”

“…Well, I don’t think so. Princess.”

It’s awkward to call it by such a formal title, but this isn’t an academy.

At Levant Academy, which insists on equality, age and grade take precedence, but this is the residence of Count Sherpen.

Since the other person is in a position with a difference in status, I have no choice but to use such a hard title.

Renias told me to do whatever I want since it’s okay, and then brought up this matter.

“Are you aware that the main ideology of Lebrand Academy is equality?”

“…I know.”

Everyone living in the Principality of Ardelion has a difference in status and power, but at the academy, the idea that the Grand Duke, the chairman of the board, nailed this rule to break.

All human lives are equally precious, and people’s talents are necessary for the principality regardless of high or low.

“Liberty and equality. It also aligns with the Academy’s founding principles.”

“You know that. Then you know that there are people who break this, right?”

“What can I say? It’s as the princess said. The class that confuses the two ideologies dominates the academy.”

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A high-ranking aristocracy. It is a force that opposes the ideology of the principality and insists that nobles should live like nobles.

It was a fact that most of them and their children, as well as those who attended the academy, had a sense of it.

‘Then why are you asking me this?’

The Sherpen count family is a faction on the side of the principality that originally joined hands with the grand duke…

As the questions piled up, Erica’s voice in his ear made his shoulders twitch and tremble.

“Why did someone who knew that well commit such an ugly thing as yesterday?”

That voice I saw yesterday.

Renias’ chilly voice, which threatened him while emitting tremendous magic power filled with anger, reminds him of yesterday.

But what a dirty thing. Wondering what that meant, Erica asked again.

“I don’t know what the princess is talking about.”

“Your young lady is arrogant. She was the one who slapped Junon-senpai on the face and splashed water on her. Is someone who knows the founding ideology so well, are you going to say that this is not a shameful act?”

At first, she was skeptical, but this convinced Erica.

Even this must have been Junon’s ruse, so if it was like this, he wouldn’t bother himself.

I wonder why he was shaken when he heard that he was killed by a Thembris party member. Anyway, it would be an obvious lie.

“I didn’t pretend to be shy, I approached him to pry into his plans because there was justification for it. That guy is worse than he looks.”

“…What?”

“I do not deny that the high-ranking nobles and their children who disregard the ideology of the academy, and the professors who allied with them, are wrong. But he has a darker heart.”

He is not a man who does things to the extent of ignoring an ideology.

“He’s someone who uses anything for his own ends. Anything bad can happen regardless of rank. But he’s a man who can’t do anything on his own.”

He is a villain who will one day drive those who are the hope of the principality to death and only seek his own survival, and will even throw away his party mates.

“So, if there’s someone around who can use it, he’ll take advantage of it. When his business is over, he’ll drive that person to ruin.”

For that purpose, he wouldn’t hesitate to trick a girl who only gave everyone a smile and cheers.

“I want to tell you that the princess is being deceived by that guy. She is weak and can’t say anything to me, so isn’t she trying to take advantage of the princess?”

If that’s the reason why this girl came to Count Sherpen’s house, then I won’t back down any longer.

“I want you to know that the action was not to harass the weak, but to punish the wicked.”

It’s not just limited to Thembris parties anymore.

He seduced an innocent girl who was no different from the jewel of the academy, and even tried to blackmail others using the girl’s identity.

I had to right the wrong.

However.

“Have you finished talking now?”

Rhenias was emitting more anger than before. As if she had touched the reverse.

Even without releasing the overwhelming magical energy contained in her body, her shapely eyes made Erica’s body flinch.

“There’s no difference between you and the people of the Noble Alliance. I never thought you’d make trivial excuses.”

Erica’s absurd reaction left her eyes closed, unable to answer.

Even though she revealed his identity, she still doesn’t agree? Why?

“Princess. I told you. That guy is the princess…”

“You. You were so weak and stupid that you couldn’t even compare yourself to Junon-senpai.”

“What…?”

“I’ll stop talking about this here. Excuse me.”

Renias left the parlor without continuing the conversation.

***

I visited Count Sherpen’s house to finish Junon’s work.

For one thing, the Sherpen count family itself is a member of the principality’s forces. They weren’t the ones who were arguing about the strength and weakness of their positions and their status.

Then, the Lady of Count Sherpen, who is known as a healer, may not be someone who argues with the lowly, so wouldn’t it be someone who can be resolved through conversation?

With that thought in mind, she came to Count Sherpen.

However, that thought was a mistake, and the opponent seemed to see him as a wicked man who had committed even a grave sin because he could not see him as a shepherd boy or a low-quality swindler.

But it can’t be.

The senior Junon that Lenias saw with his own eyes was stronger than anyone else, and he was a person who walked the path ahead, looking ahead even in adverse situations.

His self-management is so thorough that he spends most of his day training, and his skills are outstanding.

Is that all he is? Even if he suffers damage, the kindness of being considerate of others can never be seen as an evil person.

‘Erika Sherpen is just a strange person.’

With that in mind, Rhenias decided to cool down the rising heat like yesterday.

“Lady?”

“Ah… What’s going on?”

“It’s been more than 10 minutes since I arrived at the academy. I don’t want to get off too long… Is there something wrong?”

“…No. I’ll get off now.”

I was holding back my anger, so I didn’t even know when I arrived at the academy.

Now that we’ve arrived at the academy, it’s time to calm down.

“…Aren’t you here too early? It’s good to work hard, but I never told you to come so soon.”

“Just like that. You woke up early today?”

You can’t show off in front of seniors.

Just for today… Let’s wear a mask in front of our seniors.