How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 108

Student President Election 下 (9)

the sun rises

Is it dawn at the end of a long night? The light was so dazzling that Lucy felt for a moment that her mind was losing her mind.

“You worked hard, Miss Lucy.”

30 days from the start of probation. After a long hardship, I finally met the morning of escape.

As soon as she went to work, Bell Maia stopped by Lucy’s room and put the key to the room she was managing back into Lucy’s hand.

And the door, which had been firmly closed for almost a month, finally opened smoothly. The sunlight streaming through the cracks in the door was so special that it was impossible to describe.

“The probation is over, and now you can freely come and go in and out of the dormitory according to your schedule. However, you must abide by the internal regulations of the undergraduate school.”

“at las…!!”

Driven by momentary emotions, he went wild and lived in hell for almost a month. How much regret he felt, confined to the corner of the room, staring blankly at the ceiling.

I was fed up with Belle Maia’s knowledge of catching the core of Lucy’s most painful punishment.

Lucy herself has no awareness of how profoundly that one riot had a profound effect on the structure of the student body president election. However, no matter how much it is, you will be able to realize that the atmosphere of the bachelor that came out in a month has changed a lot.

More than 10 days have passed since each candidate announced their run for student body president, and the election campaign, which has been causing a lot of gossip for a while, is now coming to an end.

A time when the voting day is approaching, and the structure has become fixed to some extent, making it difficult for further election campaigns to have much meaning.

“The smell of flowers…”

Of course, to Lucy, who comes out to the rose garden and looks up at the sky with her hat on… Such circumstantial information is not important at all.

Savoring the wind from the outside for the first time in a long time, stretching with a squeaking sound.

It’s been a while since I’ve been outside, so Lucy wants to go to all kinds of places… but the first place to go is decided.

*

“A sophomore of the Ministry of Magic, Ed Roth Taylor.”

Aren’t you caught up in a death case, aren’t you coming back alive? As a key figure who caused a stir at the center of all sorts of incidents, he was investigated to the point where he was really sick of it.

While the student body president election is underway within the school, if you add up the number of surveys I received, it will easily pass double digits.

He went to testify not only to the investigation department and the inspection department inside the school, but also to the faculty, went to the official investigation led by the third dean, and was busy pouring out all kinds of testimonies and writing documents.

Now, when I wonder if the investigation is really over, another explanation comes up, and then I go around the investigation from the beginning, and after repeating it, I’m really sick of it.

All investigations are coming to an end, and now we follow Dean McDowell, who assures us that this will be the last time we seek cooperation, and enter the Trix building.

How can I be sure that this investigation will be the last? Knowing how things will work out

With that thought in mind, I followed Dean McDowell, and soon realized. This conversation is truly the last.

Of course, the place that Chief Dean McDowell led was the largest room at the top of the Trix building. It was the principal’s office.

“Sit somewhere comfortable.”

Sitting in it was Principal Ober Forciers, the head of the school who had the authority to end all these cases.

Guardian Obel.

Short shaved hair and clean tanned skin. Although she is close to her 60th birthday, she looks quite young. In fact, compared to the senior professors, he was a young axis, so he was recognized for his skills rather than years.

As I sat down on the sofa for the audience, Principal Obel gave a swish and swung his magic power. Then, the tea set moved randomly and a cup of fragrant tea landed on the conference table.

Ober has a policy of minimizing the number of secretaries. He was the one who did the work of serving the car himself.

“I’ve read all the investigation materials. You must have had a really hard time. I apologize for being inexperienced in security management at the academic level. I’m sorry for the damage.”

Like that, Obel sat in the principal’s seat and acknowledged my hard work and the academic’s immaturity first.

In fact, it’s like a greeting to soften the other person’s heart even a little. Even so, since they were giving the least amount of consideration, there was no need to be too hard on them.

“No. The opponent has prepared meticulously and deliberately… It seems that it would have been difficult to prevent it with public security measures.”

“I appreciate you talking about it like that, but, well… what about the reality?”

Obel was piled up on his office desk with documents he had reported and investigated in various ways in all kinds of academic facilities.

I am grasping all the testimonies I have given.

In fact, the reality is that it is difficult for anyone who has risen to the top of the bureaucratic pyramid to grasp all of those details.

However, Obel is a poisonous kind of poisonous species that reads all the report documents without leaving out a single note.

As a manager, he has a great temperament, but as a subordinate, he is a human being who does not want to be included. Most of the people who left their names in history were often like this.

“I was able to survive being stabbed by a dagger imprinted with extreme poison and falling down a cliff… Did I mention that it was thanks to the ‘Delheim Hourglass’? It’s not something a student would carry around, though.”

“I have no intention of hiding it. I made it myself.”

“The production technology itself is simple compared to other magical engineering supplies, but the materials would not have been easy to obtain. The time spent on production itself would not have been normal.”

“I asked someone I know personally to get it. It took almost the entire winter break to make.”

Having said that, Principal Obel narrowed his eyes and did not inquire further.

If you were as smart as Obel, you would have easily guessed that there was some kind of connection with Elte Corporation when talking about procurement of materials. He must have grasped enough information about my personal affairs.

I don’t want to pretend to be with Elte Company for nothing, and the person named Lortel knows very well that he will only lose his strength if he is involved more than necessary.

“After that, I drifted in a cave at the bottom of a cliff… I was found and rescued by Yenika Failover. What I did immediately after that was to jump to the podium where Tanya Rosteiler was giving a speech and defend her, is this it? .”

“Yes that’s right.”

“I’ll be honest. It felt very contrived.”

Obel put down all the papers and leaned into the back of the chair.

“It’s as if they hid quietly until things calmed down. Is my prediction correct?”

“What can I say to that?

“The reason I went so far as to call you out for something that could have been handled with paperwork was to put an end to this pretentious fight.”

I have been making consistent statements, so even if you read through that pile of documents, the content will be the same.

I was stabbed by Cadek and Knox and fell off a cliff, barely surviving and drifting. That was all of the facts I was talking about.

“I don’t know how the internal struggles of a noble family like Ross Taylor happen. In the process, terrible things like someone getting stabbed to death or disappearing often happen. It’s really unfortunate, but I have no way of knowing what’s going on. I can’t help you, so I don’t have the heart to dig deep into the matter.”

Obel spoke quietly with his arm resting on the armrest.

“However, in this case, the problem is that it happened inside the school. I am the person who manages this school, so it is necessary to accurately determine the minimum facts and report them to the imperial family.”

“You are right.”

“However, looking at your actions and inferring them… It seems that you just wanted to remain a ‘dead’ person to the outside world… Well, at least in a few months, rumors will spread from the island of Aken to distant lands in no time. I will.”

He is a person who has survived the principalship for more than a day or two. Usually, a person who has defended this position for several decades will have several serpents inside.

If you don’t have that kind of notice and insight, you won’t even survive.

“From my point of view, it would be right to announce that you are alive under the hot spring. The basic reports of your death have already been reported to the imperial family, but there is no need to correct and re-report all of them. there is.”

“That’s also true. Even in Sylvania, the mecca of my studies, it would be proper for a servant to strictly observe the duty of reporting to the imperial family.”

“Rather than that, it’s about telling a more realistic story. It’s about avoiding responsibility. It’s a rather blatant story, but I won’t bother talking about it.”

If a report goes to the imperial family, the news will be delivered to Crepin, who is sitting in an important position in the imperial family, in an instant. That’s not a very good thing from my point of view.

“Kadek and Nox, who were accused of assassinating you, have escaped from the island of Aken. It smells that there must have been some involvement from the underworld forces, but I won’t bother questioning them. The problem is that our academics must take responsibility for it.”

“…”

“Even though he was excommunicated, a once-noble man was assassinated in the school building, and his younger brother was pointed out as the culprit, and the perpetrators escaped with the help of some kind of power. If you don’t, it’s hard to take responsibility at the academic level. So, it’s natural to want to make it clear that there were no casualties.”

After all, once you reach a high position, you have no choice but to react sensitively to the issue of responsibility.

It cannot be denied that even Obel, who is said to have risen to the ranks of the archmage, is ultimately one of the parts of bureaucratic society.

If a correction was reported to the imperial family at the academic level, the news would reach Crepin at a speed different from that of simple rumors.

This is because Crepin concurrently holds the position of Chancellor of the Imperial Family, and is the closest aide to Emperor Chloel. Most of the news that enters the imperial family also reaches his ears.

“That’s why I called to ask you one last question.”

Ophelia’s speech seems to be roundabout, but it is straightforward when you look at the reality.

Let’s talk about it one last time after putting everything down.

If you summarize his words, it’s a hot speech that makes you wonder if it’s really okay.

I will report your survival to the imperial family. That way, from the perspective of the bachelor, the subject of responsibility is reduced even a little.

However, looking at the research data, it seems that you want to be recognized as a ‘dead person’ for a while, even if it’s just a few months.

Still, it’s very difficult from the academic point of view. So I want to report it, what do you think?

I called to read all my intentions, understand even the position, and finally ask for an opinion.

Since he only read and figured out all of this by reading the reports in the documents, he has a much deeper view of the context than other academic staff.

Why did you come to the bachelor’s school and cause such a petty damage to your family’s internal quarrel… there is no grumbling. In the first place, there are all kinds of variables in the management of the bachelor’s school, and he deeply understands that fact.

“If the goal is to keep things as quiet as possible, it might be better to postpone the report on my survival.”

I told the story coherently.

“As you might have expected, the one who instigated my death… is my father, Krefin Ross Taylor, who is the head of the Ross Taylor family and the real power of the royal family.”

“As I said, I have no intention of digging into the family’s internal circumstances.”

“What I’m trying to say… is that another assassination attempt will only be repeated if I publicize my survival. If you want to, you will surely do it… In the end, you will do it in one way or another.”

In the long run, the number of incidents to be burdened by the bachelor is only increasing.

In the end, I have no choice but to match the position of the bachelor and my position as best as possible.

“And, putting off the report on my survival until later isn’t that burdensome? There are many excuses. The fact that it took time to find out the facts, returning and reviewing documents, disappearing due to bad weather… well. , things like that. While doing so, they are watching whether or not I report the facts about my return.”

“It’s about taking the risk and asking if there’s any reason to do that.”

“Rather, it’s an act of reducing risk. It means you can watch the situation.”

I slowly traced the tip of the teacup with my finger and continued the conversation.

Close your eyes and imagine.

Krepin Ross Taylor, sitting in the imperial office, reports and receives the documents.

All sorts of things were reported in the papers, but what caught his eye was… only one most important piece of information: Ed Rosteyler’s death was confirmed.

“The Ross Taylor family, which is the main pillar of the imperial family… Surprisingly, they won’t take this incident as a big issue. Maybe they’ll try to cover it up.”

“…”

“Of course, Principal Orbel will make the decision. You can report my survival later if you feel like it. Is there any risk here?”

After talking that far, I kept my mouth shut. It was to give Principal Obel time to think.

Principal Obel, who had been sitting still for a while… eventually smiled.

“Did you say Ed Rosteeler?”

“yes.”

“Looking at it, the rise in grades has been steep, and the evaluation among students has also rebounded to an amazing extent.”

No more talking about the survival fact report. What implicit conclusions have already been made?

“The evaluation among the top students is also good, so it can be said that he is the son of the prestigious Ross Taylor.”

“I’m excommunicated now, but…”

“Anyway, isn’t that younger sister, Tanya Rosteyler, also on a winning streak these days? In fact, it can be said that he has been confirmed as the next student council president. As I said one day, Sylvania is always on the side of the students. neither.”

It was a meaningful word, but I didn’t bother to ask about its implied meaning.

However, it felt as if he had been subtly recognized by Orbel.

“See you again. A talented student is always welcome. I will remember your name.”

*

During the undergraduate investigation, most of them stayed in the faculty building. Because of that, I barely had time to visit my golden camp.

Most of the investigations have been completed, and the election will be finished two days later with the voting event as the last, so everything is over.

First of all, I have a desire to normalize my camp, which has been neglected for a long time. I wanted to head to the northern forest.

After leaving the principal’s office and saying hello to the dean, I went out to the first floor of the Trix building after hearing that it was okay to go back.

This Trix building, which can be called the center of academic administration, is always busy.

It was the moment when I was about to get out of the crowd and go back to the main street of Gyodong-dong.

“I was waiting for you. I was surprised to hear that you were called by the principal, older brother.”

Should I say that I feel like a different person now? Tanya Rosteiler, who had a more noble feeling, was sitting on a wooden bench in front of the Trix building.

Bold, flowing blonde hair with graceful eyes.

He wears a neatly dressed school uniform and a cape embroidered with pretty gold rims. It seems that there are a lot of things to do outdoors.

It’s a time when I’m already busy, but it was very burdensome to hear that they had come all the way here and were waiting for me.

That would also be the case, because Tanya’s stock price rose sharply within the bachelor’s office in the past few weeks. Now that he has gained enough authority that it would not be strange to be called the next student council president, he has a lot of followers.

What’s funny is that Kylie Ekne claims to be the first follower to come in, and is acting like a resident… I can’t help but laugh when I know the girl’s identity…

There were a lot of stories that I couldn’t easily pass over when I heard Merilda lamenting about the girl.

“After hearing the news of the election, I heard that the election is almost assured. Congratulations. Finally, the day to shine has come.”

“I can’t be careless yet.”

It’s hard to see Tanya smile so innocently. It was a position where you had to value that dignity wherever you were, and now it’s all the more so because you’re going to wear the position of student council president.

The situation before the election went as expected anyway.

In the end, three factors contributed the most to Tanya’s victory.

First of all, his innocence has been proven.

He did not succumb to adversity, consistently spoke of his innocence until the end, and tried to be as confident as possible in front of the public who booed him like that.

It seems that there are quite a few people who were moved by that appearance, and the apology for being ridiculed for being a murderer seemed to have melted a little.

Second, most of the faculty chiefs declared their support for Tanya.

At least it was the part where I exercised some influence.

4th grade, 3rd grade, 12 seniors in total.

Among them are Wade, Joseph, Clevius, Lucy, Elvira, Jenika, Atalanta, and Dorothy. A total of eight chiefs supported Tanya. The support of the grade chief has a very large symbolism, so it is quite influential on the students of that faculty.

Such a tone had a great influence on taking the lead in the general trend.

Finally, the downfall of Lortel, which had been so supported in the early days of the election, was the decisive blow.

Should we say that Lortel’s discerning eyes are strong in political warfare?

Lortel tenaciously turned the structure of this political battle into a two-way structure between Tanya and Lortel, in other words, a one-on-one fight.

Even in public, he always mentioned Tanya, and was openly conscious of Tanya as a competitor… All the people participating in the elections made it possible to understand this composition through the fight between Tanya and Lortel.

After setting the stage like that, he himself resigned in disgrace by bursting into a scandal about embezzlement of funds and tyranny of customers. All of her accusations and attacks were directed at her, but I saw her smile as she came down from her podium.

As soon as Lortel leaves the picture of the election campaign, which has been settled in a Yanggang structure, all the spotlight is on Tanya. The rest of the minor candidates had no chance to squeeze in, and with the princess’s official support, Tanya completely seized public opinion.

As a result, now, two days before the student council president vote… No matter where you go in the school, only Tanya’s support remains.

Student President Tanya Rosteyler. It was the moment when the title was almost decided.

“I’m holding an election, and my brother is going to be investigated, but we barely talked about it, right?”

“Still, can I stay here at such an important time? Talking about it, you can do it after the election.”

“Looks like I’ll be a lot busier after becoming student council president.”

Looking at the smiling face, the expression that was full of sharp blades like before is hard to see.

It is somewhat fresh to me, who has only seen her appearance as the ‘lady of the lesser evil’. Its graceful appearance was quite impressive.

“There will be plenty of opportunities to talk, but I think I should say thank you.”

“You said it to the point of getting tired of it even then.”

At the time of the announcement of the election. The image of him burying his face in my hands while shedding tears was still vivid in front of my eyes.

Tanya herself must have been reminded of that scene as well, as she suddenly blushed and shook her head.

“Ah, no… And… Actually… My thoughts have been sorted out to some extent. The relatively important things are almost over. “

“organize?”

“The one who instigated the murder of Ed’s brother was…”

Yes.

Tanya… There’s no way she hasn’t thought about that part.

If it wasn’t you who tried to kill me, then who is it? A person who could exert that much influence on Cardek and Knox would be obvious within the family.

“Father… is it…”

I didn’t bother answering out loud.

Tanya is a girl who longs for the glory of the Roth Taylor family and has lived with her father as a role model.

It would not have been necessary to check the bare face, but now that the situation has come to this, it is impossible to live without knowing it.

I nodded, and Tanya lowered her head.

It was necessary to briefly explain to Tanya the circumstances that compelled me to hide.

Especially since he has a direct contact with the Roth Taylor family.

In order to do that… I have no choice but to talk about Crepin’s bare face.

“While staying at the imperial residence, I talked a lot with Princess Penia. Especially about Ed’s brother.”

However, it was Tanya who broke the story here.

“Did you tell me my story?”

“Yes. Princess Penia… she said that it looks as if Ed’s older brother was deliberately trying to come out of the family.”

“…”

“At first, I wondered what the hell that meant, but now I feel that word is convincing to me.

As I sat on the bench, I ran my chin. What Tanya was saying was not something to be overlooked.

“So, I wanted to ask just in case. Maybe.. the reason your brother tried to come out of the family somehow… was it related to the… ‘drawer’…?”

“…a drawer…?”

“The drawer in my brother’s room that he always… never allowed me to go near, never allowed me to open. At some point, he even locked it with a key.

From here on out, it’s completely uncharted territory.

In <The Fallen Swordsman of Sylvania>, the character Ed Roth Taylor is just a passing villain who is eliminated from the first rank.

The past wasn’t dealt with in depth anyway, and it wasn’t something that I considered very important from my point of view.

So, there wasn’t much I could say.

“Well… I don’t remember.”

I was just talking like that.

Tanya looked at me for a moment, then let out a small breath. The feeling of being more calm is the feeling of growing more in that moment.

“Isn’t it better to think about what you’re going to do next than to talk about the gloomy past? Tanya, now that you’re sitting in the student council president… the only thing left to do is shine.”

“Well, when I think about it realistically ahead of my inauguration, I feel like there are more things I have to deal with right away…”

Anyway, Tanya survived.

It was not in the name of enhancing Ross Taylor’s prestige, but he sat in the student council president’s seat entirely for himself. There is no guarantee that the road ahead will be smooth. I might be able to give you some support though.

“But brother, I tried to put up with this question… it seemed like a joke, and it didn’t sound very nice…

“What?”

“That… When I announced my candidacy for the election, the reason why you took my side even if you did that…”

Tanya, as if it was embarrassing to ask such a question directly with her own mouth, blushed and averted her gaze. It’s an embarrassing question.

“If you had to hide… you wouldn’t have had to go so far out there. It’s like… if you couldn’t put up with the injustice I’m experiencing… you’d feel… don’t you?”

“That’s how it feels and sleeps, that’s right.”

Tanya shrugged. It’s an overreaction.

“It’s family.”

“…”

“Then you have to side with me.”

At those words, Tanya gently closed her eyes… and soon smiled.

“They say that the person who stood by your side during the biggest crisis is your lifelong bond. This is a phrase I saw in a book I read while studying social life… It wasn’t a very good book, but that phrase remained in my memory.”

“…”

“Well, now I’m the student council president. I’ll be taking on a lot of public affairs, so that might not be a very nice attitude… but I can be a little bit biased, right? I’m a human too.”

Tanya smiled, stood up from the bench, and turned around to talk.

“Tell me when there is a crisis. I will help you with anything possible in my line.”

Her broad smile was far from the graceful young lady of the villain, so… I finally burst out laughing.

“Family, that’s good.”

“…Since when have you been here?”

“Since the senior started talking about Tanya in an unfamiliar way.”

There will still be a lot of things to deal with urgently related to election day. In the meantime, Tanya must have split the time to come and left in a hurry when leaving.

And it wasn’t until Tanya was completely out of sight that the girl sitting on the opposite bench stood up and came this way.

On the other side of the bench where I was sitting, the girl with her buttocks draped over her back and smiling like a fox was… the acting head of Elte Firm, and a candidate for student council president who had fallen.

When I covered my face and let out a quick sigh, Lortel laughed happily.

“Well, you should only talk about good things and live. It’s skillful to cover up the parts that you don’t need to talk about.”

The reason I helped Tanya… Yes, it was because she suffered far too much compared to the fateful ordeal Tanya had to go through.

In other words, it is due to sympathy, and also.. because he is the only person in this wide world who can be called blood.

Family love does not bloom so easily, but once again, the fact that he is the only blood brother in the world pushes her out, making it difficult for him to throw her away.

The similarity of blonde hair, eye color, and shared family background have a surprisingly strong power.

However, human behavior is not always driven by emotions.

I told Tanya as if I was defending her just because she was a family member… but if I said I didn’t consider her ‘use value’… I would be lying.

Tanya is a girl who has lived her whole life longing for the glory of Ross Taylor. Kreffin is well aware of that fact.

He is truly an insider who has buried his bones in the Ross Taylor family, and if he can be captured, his value is indescribable.

The student council president and insider of the Ross Taylor family. He even has a direct contact with the family, so he has a direct influence on obscuring family information or launching a smoke screen operation.

The benefits you will get if you have a special relationship… I think it’s overly calculated, but I can’t help but calculate it.

The difficulty of human relations is that the relationship between people is not always done purely with one emotion.

However, it is better to only know the bright side.

Only those who know about the dark side need to know. For example… A girl who has lived only in such a calculation since childhood.

In the end, the only person who could share that part was Lortel, at best.

“Recently, my notoriety within the undergraduate school is high. Miss Tanya also doesn’t seem to like me very much, so I’ll have to leave it to senior Ed for the time being.”

“You seem to have a bad habit of grabbing and shaking everyone around you, Lortel.”

“Oh my, it’s just an occupational disease.

“…The rumors I’ve been hearing these days don’t make sense, are you okay?”

“It’s not like rumors take money away, so what’s up?”

Smiling, Lortel stood quietly against the back of the bench and looked up at the sky.

“Well, I’m a villain, so it’s fine if I don’t turn my senior into an enemy.”

That smile was the same as always. So anyway, it’s not easy.

*

Thus, the bachelor faces a new phase.

Student President Tanya Rosteiler sits on the seat of power in the Student Council,

Princess Fenia, who does not hold the position of chairman, looks up at the sky from the royal residence. No one knows what direction she will take in the future.

The conflict between the royal family and the Ross Taylor family also depends on the will of the sky, and it is time to see how the scenario of the remaining three acts will progress…

“It’s been a while… It’s really special.”

My cabin and camp were still there after a while.

I missed this camp, which now feels like home.

First of all, it seems that there is a need to clean up the inside of the cabin, and to tidy up the campfire site again to normalize the camp.

Before that… I wanted to take a break.

– Kiki

Upon entering the dusty cabin, the familiar smell of grass settles heavily in your chest.

Shall we rest for a while? With that thought in mind, I threw off her coat on the wooden desk and picked up the blanket.

“Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”

“…”

However, there are passengers.

Lucy, who was sleeping wheezing, occupied my bed.

As if it were some kind of treasure, I was hugging the pillow I was sleeping on and sleeping soundly as if the world was good. It’s like returning home after decades.

Seeing that, I burst out with a dejected laugh.

I roughly tossed the futon back on and lay down on the wooden chair that was lying at an angle.

I took out an elemental science book from the desk, turned it over, put it on my face, and fell asleep.

For a while, only the wheezing of Lucy and I filled the cabin.

Finally back to camp. For now, I decided to get drunk with that feeling.

The news of Tanya’s election as student council president arrived three days later.