How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 103

Student President Election (4)

The average number of agenda items at academic conferences has almost doubled. That’s the only way to do it.

While the academic schedule is proceeding normally, there are a lot of unsavory incidents that have occurred within the school, and the annual schedule must be prepared.

With this happening, the professors belonging to the bachelor’s department, from senior professors to junior professors, all had to work while sleeping less.

The academic meeting used to be once or twice a week, but the business process had to be updated every time, and the situation fluctuated so frequently that the cycle was moved up to once every two days.

For faculty and staff, this period was almost hellish.

“The investigation into the death of Ed Roth Taylor is also coming to an end. The investigation into the circumstances is almost finished, and I am certain that the true culprits are also the Roth Taylor family vassals. We, Sylvania, are just an educational institution, so the part about punishment It will have to be transferred to the imperial family, but the facts will need to be confirmed and reported.”

With Principal Obel Forciers at the center, senior professors from each faculty and junior professors were all gathered in the conference table.

Headmaster Obel sighed as he listened to Professor Pleubang’s report.

If you’ve been in the principal’s position for decades, you’ve experienced all sorts of accidents.

In particular, in the case of the death of Ed Rosteeler… the background was obvious.

He was excommunicated now, but he was a boy from the Roth-Taylor duchy. In addition, if the true culprit was also a vassal of the Ross Taylor family, it seemed almost certain that the murder was due to internal family circumstances, such as various succession disputes within the family or disputes over interests.

It was the most painful case.

The incident itself took place within the school, but it is very difficult to pinpoint the truth because most of it is due to internal strife among those in power.

First of all, Ross Taylor Mansion itself is physically very far from the Sylvania Academy, and even if you can investigate it, you don’t have the authority to go around the empire’s most powerful people.

The desire to properly search for Tanya Roth Taylor, who is the prime suspect who led the murder and is currently missing, is like a chimney… but the current situation of having to notice the Roth Taylor family is also not very pleasant.

In the end, the only thing the Sylvania Academy’s academic staff can do is to accurately determine whether or not the incident occurred in the academic institution is true, and transfer the incident itself to the imperial family. After all, the only institution in a position to evaluate a person in power to that extent from the point of view of a judge is the imperial family.

I don’t know how things will work out after the transfer.

Since the relationship between the royal family and the Ross Taylor family has always fluctuated according to the times, it was completely unknown what effect this incident would have on the overall political situation.

“I also checked the situation at the site through flame magic. The weather at the time was not very good, so it was not possible to accurately reproduce the scene at that time, but the testimony of Yenica Failover was correct to some extent. It has been confirmed that Taylor was stabbed and the person fell over the cliff.”

“Then it’s safe to say that death is almost certain.”

“If you fell to the cliff area with the imprint of the poison… you’re probably certain.”

“Complete the preparations by organizing the facts well and delivering them to the imperial family. Before that, be sure to get approval.”

Professor Plavin lowered his head and replied that he knew.

Fellow professors looked at Professor Plabang with pitiful eyes.

Professor Plabang, a senior professor of monster ecology, is busy because his classes are very popular.

It must have been a workload that would not be lacking even with two bodies, but except for the impression that he looked a little tired, he handled all the work without any problems.

“Next… yes, Lucy Merrill’s attack on the Ophelis Hall, the head of the year. I was too busy to attend the disciplinary committee…”

“According to the recommendation of the chief maid of Ophelis, a 30-day probationary disciplinary bill has been passed.”

“It’s quite a light punishment. Did you finish the overall facts about the relationship?”

“Yes, I checked carefully.”

A conversation between Principal Obel and Vice Principal Rachel.

While the two top students at the Sylvania College exchanged their opinions, the rest of the faculty in the conference room kept their mouths shut. No human being had the authority to interrupt the conversation between the two.

“This was a private act by Lucy, a student who was deeply shocked by the death of Ed Rosteiler. No loss of life, and some property damage. Other than that, there were some disturbances in which students were evacuated in the middle of the night. In the end, they were stopped and went to the rose garden. The job ended well by securing the recruit of student Lucy, who was sitting quietly in the .

“Have you been stopped?”

Principal Obel Forciers knows enough about Lucy Meiril’s magical abilities.

As a veteran in battle, equipped with both practical combat experience and academic experience, he was evaluated as a person who emits power comparable to that of the legendary great wizard Glockt.

The one who couldn’t deal with even Obel without being nervous was Lucy Meiril, the head of the entire grade. A genius born of the times, the pride of this Sylvania.

None of the students wearing the Ophelis crown or the personnel in charge would be able to stop the girl. If there was such a person, there was no way that Obel would not know.

“Yes. Clevius Nortondale, the head of the 2nd year combat department, defended the entrance to the Ophelis Hall to the end. We are preparing a commendation at the academic level.”

“Were you a student with that kind of quality?”

“It was a situation where I was overwhelmingly pushed in terms of quality, but I seemed to have endured it with almost mental strength.”

“I see. It sure is great.”

Compared to other grades, there were a lot of students of the current second grade generation who had outstanding qualities.

From Lucy Meiril, Ziggs Epelstein, Taily McLore, Lortel Kecheln, Isla Triss, Elvira Aniston, Adele Seris… from those who were noticed from the beginning to those who gradually proved their achievements over time. varied.

Among them, Clevius Nortondale had a cowardly temperament that was too strong compared to his position as the head of the combat department, and he was an ambiguous person to be included in the lineup… but this incident definitely raised his evaluation.

“Certainly, there have been a lot of incidents and accidents lately… but I think most of them are just side branches of a big trend. Above all… the ramifications of Ed Rosteeler’s death are more than I thought. I couldn’t figure it out yet. … It must have been a student who had an influence on many people.”

Obel sat politely and sorted out the situation. In the end, the biggest trend was the sudden death of Ed Roth Taylor.

“Professor Flavin has been entrusted with the case of Ed Rosteylor’s death, Professor Altman confirmed that Lucy Meiril was rampaging, and Vice Principal Rachel is in charge of the commendation for Clevius students. Certainly. .. It’s a case that has been extended from one stem, but since the work is divided between several professors, the work efficiency won’t be very good.”

“Surely that’s right.”

“Then wouldn’t it be much more efficient for a professor to handle the entire process? Is there someone I can recommend as a suitable person…?”

Silence reigned among the faculty.

Even just hearing the explanation is annoying, there are ridiculously many things to be responsible for, and the process itself seems very complicated. It was something that no one could hastily say that I would take over.

“Hmm… Is there any other professor from the Ministry of Magic who knows a little about Ed Rosteiler, has some contact with Clevius, and has contact with Lucy as well?”

Soon… the professor’s gaze is driven to one side. Obel also moved his gaze to that direction according to the atmosphere.

A person sitting in one corner of the conference room, blacking out the corner of a document with a quill, flinches and raises his head.

The flowing blonde hair extends over her shoulders and down to her shoulder blades. He stared blankly at the scene of the meeting, but soon realized that it was his story and was startled.

“Uh… well…”

“Assistant Professor Claire…?”

Should we say that people who are truly blessed by God are born human beings? It was already famous among professors.

In the first place, there is no qualification like her.

Even just looking at the assistants belonging to that laboratory… Senior Assistant Anise, the victim of this case, Ed Roth Taylor, the Nortondale family’s Sword Demon Clavius, and the master of flying magic, Onyx.

He is even a professor at the Ministry of Magic. Moreover, because he is the youngest professor, there is no other person who is as comfortable as throwing work.

“I… um… uh…”

Claire, with a half-crying face, tried to find an excuse somehow, but all the way back was blocked.

Cold sweat was pouring out like a flood.

“Yeah… I’ll try hard to handle it…!”

It was a death sentence.

*

“Why are you only doing this to me! I was just about to finish all the work that was pushed on me throughout the vacation, and now I was thinking of living a more liberal bachelor’s life while taking care of my classes…!”

A tall tower was piled up on Assistant Professor Claire’s desk with only the work papers transferred from Professor Flavin and Professor Altman.

It seemed like it would take a month just to read it.

“This… how am I supposed to handle it all by myself…!”

Assistant Professor Claire buried her face in the desk while crying. It was now an almost everyday sight.

“I really liked my student days… I want to live as a student for the rest of my life… I don’t like this heavy workload anymore…”

Fortunately, all the assistant professors belonging to assistant professor Claire’s lab are clear and tidy.

Not to mention the head assistant, Anise, Clevius is inexperienced in paperwork, but he is very good at handling practical work and using his body. Onyx is also a model student who handles most things well, so it was a much easier environment than other times.

Still, Ed Rosteeler isn’t there. It was sad.

He didn’t look like that, but he was quite savvy, and he was always a neat student. He had been plagued by quite a few bad rumors for quite some time, but he didn’t seem to be struggling with paying attention to those rumors.

“Ehh…”

Being confused, Assistant Professor Claire sighed deeply.

Still supporting his chin with both arms, he stared into the air and uttered words of lamentation.

“I guess we don’t know what a human life will be like. It’s our lives that we don’t really know how to solve… We must always try to live each day with value.”

“That…that’s a good thing…is that what Assistant Professor Claire said…?”

The one who answered was Clevius, who was wrapped in bandages all over his body.

Although he was injured quite a bit, he was a naturally resilient human being. His body, which had been damaged by the decisive battle with Lucy, had already almost recovered and returned to work as a teaching assistant.

In any case, there are few things that can earn tuition as efficiently as teaching assistant work.

“Oh, Clevius. What are you talking about? I’m living a pretty hard life. Now, look here. Just looking at this amount of work…”

“Ah, yes…”

After exchanging such fruitless conversations, Assistant Professor Claire’s eyes suddenly turn to the other side of the work table.

A large square table was placed in the middle, and assistants were organizing papers stacked in front of it.

Assistant Professor Claire felt a great sense of incongruity at the sight of the senior assistant, Anise Heylan, quietly drinking tea and reviewing the documents in the corner.

“Anis… has been feeling a little weak lately.”

“Yes? Me?”

“Yeah. Are you aware? I’ve been talking less lately.”

Anise brushed her light gray hair once and brought the teacup to her mouth. The elegant look was still there.

When describing Anis walking around with Clara, everyone uses the same expression.

Commoners like nobles and nobles like commoners.

Unlike Clara, who was always bright and unreserved, Anis, who maintained a decent appearance even when she acted, had a more aristocratic dignity than a nobleman.

Even so, when working as a teaching assistant, she rolled up her arms boldly, actively engaged in everything, and the result was certain… It was only natural that all professors wanted to have her in my laboratory.

“Certainly, Ed’s vacancy must be very empty…”

“That, that’s…”

Anis, who was drinking tea with her eyes half open, blurted out her words.

The emptiness that assistant professor Claire refers to must be the emptiness of losing a colleague who worked as an assistant in the same laboratory.

However, Anis’s heartache was on a higher level than that.

Clearly, Annis Haylan had a crush on Ed Rosteyler.

Contrary to rumors that he was no different from an idiot, I don’t have any doubts about the fact that he was a fairly solid and capable man.

However, Anise did not show that emotion even by biting her lower lip.

It was because I was not in a position to argue about loss or emptiness.

Perhaps the person who was hurt more than anyone else was her best friend, Yenika Failover.

Even this painful feeling rising up from her chest must be infinitely weak compared to the pain she will feel.

Anise somehow managed to endure the moisture rising up the tip of her nose.

It seems that his figure flickering through the papers in the seat next to me flickered in my eyes, but now it was time to accept that he was not there.

It was a short relationship anyway. People who are better than him must have been widely spread in the world.

Consoling herself like that, she pushed the suddenly rising sad feelings into her heart along with the tea.

Now is not the time to reveal your feelings of loss. To put it bluntly, it was time for her to comfort Jenika, who was in despair.

I had planned to visit Yenika sometime today. Just imagining it would be gloomy, and it would be emotionally difficult… but at times like this, it is her true friend who does not avoid and stays by her side.

Finishing the rising emotions well, Anise finished her work step by step.

“Today, I’m going to try curry..!”

“…”

Laplace Bakery, outside terrace seating.

Jenika, who had been embracing the ingredients she had bought in the living room and put them down one by one, was talking to Anis with a face in full bloom.

“Anise is pretty good at cooking, right? What do you think? It’s a bit difficult for me to control the heat, so I’m thinking of cooking a long-simmer over medium heat… I’m good at trimming ingredients, but I’m also a bit scared to try a dish I’ve never tried before. …!”

“…”

“Um, isn’t it? Have you been eating too many hot dishes lately? But they say that cutting down on vegetables is bad for you… how about something like salad?”

“Yes, Jenika…”

In front of Jenika, who was talking in a lively way, as if a flower was blooming, Anise stammered out her words.

“Yo, cooking seems to be a lot of fun these days.”

“Huh? That’s right..!”

The scene that Anise had in mind before coming to the bakery.

The scenes of Yenika, who was in despair, sitting with tears in her eyes and reminiscing about her past with Ed all collapsed.

Yenika, who is not bright but energetic, looks more like a newly married woman than a girl in despair. As if she was smiling and imagining that she was happy, Yenica looked more energetic than usual.

is this the right response?

As for what was so enjoyable, Jenika was explaining in detail how high quality the ingredients she had prepared at a low price in the Living Building were… Anis was rather confused.

“Yenika, did you hear the news…? Did you hear that?”

“Huh? News? What news? Ah… ah…”

Anyway, I couldn’t have heard the news.

It’s the news that’s been circulating the most turbulently in the school recently, and judging from the report documents just put together, it was Yenika herself who testified about the real culprit in Ed’s murder.

Yenica Failover certainly knows that Ed is dead.

But, what is that lively attitude?

Ed’s death will never mean lightly to Yenika.

If so, what Jenika looks like now…

Suddenly, goose bumps ran through Anis’ body.

Yenica was good at cooking because of her dexterity, but she wasn’t the type to enjoy cooking to this extent.

Even if you think about Yenika’s recent moves… It doesn’t seem that much has changed compared to before Ed’s death.

It appears to disappear in the northern direction of the island at every opportunity. I could have thought that Ed would be going to see him before he died… But now, there is no reason for Jenika to go to the North Forest so often anymore.

Overlapping with the sudden interest in cooking recently, only bad thoughts arise in Anise’s head.

empty cabin.

The image of Yenika sitting alone in the camp holding a cleaver and trimming ingredients.

There is no one to eat the food, but with empty eyes, he takes out the food and sets it up… and speaks kind words that no one can hear.

Sitting alone at an empty table, smiling soullessly… That’s how the girl repeats futile reminiscences.

“Calm down, Jenika.”

Anise suddenly burst into tears and grabbed Jennica’s hands tightly.

“Now… that man is gone…! He’s dead…!”

When he said those words out of his mouth, he was the one who was hurt more than anyone else.

My heart jumped up for no reason, and I put strength into my own hands that tightly gripped both of Jenika’s hands.

“Now… accept it…!”

“Ah, Anise…?”

Anise, who said that and hugged Jenika tightly… only then did she realize it. He wanted to be comforted more than anyone else.

“Just because you pretend nothing’s wrong… doesn’t mean the dead will come back…!”

“…Ah, Anise…”

Yenica, who came to her senses only then… first of all, she patted her on the back while hugging Anis.

“…”

[ Miss Yenika, is this correct now? ]

‘Shh… shhh…!’

It was only then that Jenika realized that her behavior was a bit wrong… she just kept ignoring the strange gazes of the spirits while breaking out in a cold sweat.

*

“The investigation that I entered at the bachelor level will be completed to some extent.”

The place was the royal residence’s reception room.

If you want to ask for an instant meeting with Princess Penia, you must be a person with a solid standing in Sylvania. Of course, I don’t meet anyone.

Only when he was at the level of Lortel Kecheln, the person in power at Elte Firm, was he able to request a direct meeting with Princess Penia.

“It’s very unfortunate about senior Ed’s death, but we’ll have to deal with our bachelor’s schedule as we do. Isn’t that right, Princess Penia?”

“So, why did you come to see me?”

“I came to ask why you are hiding Tanya.”

Lortel’s way of speaking with a smile and a straight line is exhausting to deal with, no matter who it is.

Fenia miraculously kept her benign expression, but Lortel insisted that she knew everything.

“Did you know that all of the lifestyles of this Aken Island are in the palm of my hand?”

All commercial districts in daily life play under the command of Elte Trading Co., Ltd. It is already clear that all the money circulating there eventually comes out of Elte and goes back to Elte.

If I put all the money in my hands, even the people who come and go in that money are the same.

Lortel’s eyes and ears are spread out everywhere in this area of ​​life.

It was not difficult to guess Tanya’s movement by searching for eyewitness information. In the first place, there was no physical evidence, but the psychological evidence was clear.

The place where Tanya could most directly ask for help was almost certainly this royal residence, where even the school could not reach out hastily.

That’s why, by collecting information centered around the road to the imperial residence, the outline is clearly captured.

The fact that Tanya said she didn’t know all the other merchants she could ask for help and the descendants of noble families also played a decisive role in solidifying her feelings.

Tanya is being hidden by Princess Fenia. It is almost certain that the bachelor has not yet been able to specify the whereabouts.

Lortel had come to that conclusion from the beginning, but she hadn’t told anyone about it. He didn’t even say anything to Ed Ross Taylor, whom she loved.

“You’re talking nonsense. Lortel Kecheln.”

“The atmosphere at the undergraduate school is turbulent, isn’t it? The election for the student council president is coming up soon, so we have to finish all the noisy things early.”

“Why is Miss Lortel looking for Miss Tanya in the first place?”

“If I have to say, I personally have full rounds left.”

Lortel smiled gracefully and dipped the teacup brought by Fenia’s attendant into her mouth once.

“As the princess knows, I’m an opportunistic and petty person… I act infinitely weak against those I can’t touch, but I’m harsher than anyone else on those weaker than me.”

“That’s… not something I’m proud to say.”

“It’s natural when you live by weighing your own interests. Being infinitely weak to the strong and infinitely harsh to the weak may seem mean, but if you step back and think about it, isn’t this rather natural?”

Seeing her smiling brightly, Princess Fenia felt uncomfortable.

“The Roth Taylor family is a place with such high authority that even our imperial family wouldn’t treat it carelessly, but whether Miss Tanya, the heir there, is weaker than Miss Lortel… isn’t it something to think about a bit more?”

“Well, I’m a person who judges everything based on interests.”

Lortel did not lose a word even against the princess.

“I’m just a merchant doing business in Aken Island, right?”

Even though he is a son of an aristocratic family, the position of acting head of Elte Firm is by no means light.

Of course, if you are fighting over the entire empire, it might be more important to have the dignity of the Roth Taylor family on your back, but… This is Aken Island, which you have to get out of the empire’s territory quite a bit.

People of noble status and high standing were widely scattered in this Sylvania Academy. People like Princess Penia and Saint Clarisse are just unreasonably lofty and noble.

This land of learning, Sylvania, is a place where order revolves in a completely different direction from the ecliptic, and no matter what happens in this island of Aken, it takes two or three days for news to reach the capital.

Two or three days… It’s a period of time that won’t be strange no matter which way a person’s luck turns.

“I am a person who lives on money and dies on money.”

the fox laughs

“And this Aken Island life is completely under my control.”

Her intentions were clearly visible in the eyes of Princess Fenia.

Externally, this Sylvania is the land of learning where the virtue of learning is located. However, if you dig a little deeper, the flow of gold coins that lead to this place all flow out of this girl’s wallet.

“So, unless you’re a human who can overturn the power structure in this island of Aken… Whom will I notice? How can I go against your opinions?”

He smiles brightly and talks like that, but Princess Fenia knows about it. Those words just show respect to the imperial family.

If he put his mind to it, he could use all sorts of trickery to twist and disregard even Princess Penia’s opinion.

If all the central powers of the imperial family were brought in, Lortel could be overpowered, but Fenia, the third princess, did not have that much influence. Unfortunately, this is an outlying area where the influence of the central power is relatively weak. If this was the ecliptic, the position would have been opposite, but that was a meaningless premise.

What is the meaning of a power that is only ceremonially respected and given a lot of protocol thanks to its noble lineage? Princess Penia narrowed her brows.

“So, I must find Miss Tanya… and finish my ‘personal business’.”

“There is no reason for me to concern myself with Miss Lortel’s personal affairs.”

Penia drew a line for now. She only wanted to dig further into her self-portrait that was hiding Tanya from being involved any further.

In fact, it is Lortel who has risen to the point of becoming a shadowy presence in the bachelor’s life. If you want to stop it somehow… In the end, you need real internal power that can definitely pressure her vested interests.

Only then will Lortel have a reason to notice, and a weapon to pressure her. For example… student council power.

The student council president has the authority to propose entry into various facilities in the living room, the authority to revise operating guidelines, and even the authority to revise various customs regulations to coordinate the flow of goods.

Words are the authority of the proposal, but in reality, even the bachelor cannot completely ignore the opinion of the student body president. The student president is supported by the students. In other words, it was no different from receiving the support of various nobles and powerful people.

“…”

Lortel spoke up to that point and kept quiet.

Tanya is under pressure for her life by Lortel. At least she herself would think so.

It is unknown when support from the Roth Taylors will arrive. This is because unless Kadek and Knox are released, the family cannot receive an accurate report on the situation.

You can’t easily run away either. All routes out of the island of Aken are within Lortel’s grasp.

In the end, if Tanya wants to survive Lortel… she has no choice but to become the student council president.

It was the moment when the fact became clear.

*

After Lortel finished her work, she got out of the royal residence and got into the carriage.

As the coachman whipped the whip, the wagon slowly moved forward.

A smile emanated from under the robe he was wearing, and a soft light gleamed from his amber eyes.

Bachelor Jungkook gets confused.

It was only Lortel who fully comprehended all the pictures.