How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 146

Golden Home (4)

The third princess, Fenia, has returned to the Chloel Imperial Family.

It is the time when more than half a year has passed since Princess Penia, who always stayed in the imperial family, left for the Sylvania Academy.

Always walking around the imperial court with a beautiful appearance, and benevolently caring for the servants, he was admired by everyone.

The fact that Princess Penia would have to spend four years in a foreign country before graduation made the people of the imperial family very worried. Still, whenever she was on vacation, she came back to the imperial family and showed her face to alleviate her worries.

The same goes for this vacation season. It is the third vacation after entering Sylvania.

Upon seeing Princess Penia for the first time in a while, the guardsmen and servants all expressed respect and love. She must have been the same Princess Fenia whom she had always looked up to for her gorgeous white blonde hair, the dress that went well with her, and her dignified yet graceful appearance.

Like a triumphant general, he proudly passed through the main gate of the imperial palace and crossed the threshold of the most splendid rose palace, praying to the Lord Telos. It looked like a festive procession followed by numerous attendants.

Entering the throne room like that, Fenia politely bowed in front of Emperor Chloel.

“I returned home for vacation, Momma. Have you been in good health?”

“It’s been a while, Fenia. My health is at risk, as always. It’s probably because I’m not following my doctor’s wishes and focusing on my work.”

“Even if the people of all countries exalted and praised the name of Obama, what would be the point if the body of Obama was not at peace?”

“That’s right. However, my body is also my body, but you don’t look very healthy either.”

Fenia was suddenly speechless.

This is Princess Penia, who returned to the imperial family dressed in fancy clothes and showing off her dignified dignity. Anyone could see that she was as pampered and benevolent as she was before leaving the imperial family.

However, as if Emperor Chloel didn’t seem to see it that way, his gaze toward Princess Penia deepened even more.

To Emperor Chloel, who had watched Princess Penia since childhood, the present Princess Penia seemed too unnatural.

For example, whenever she had an audience with Emperor Chloel, rather than worrying about the emperor’s health and well-being, she would rather be excited and talk about her experiences or new things she learned. She was such a lively girl that, belatedly, after talking about herself so excitedly, she belatedly asked about Emperor Chloel’s well-being.

Princess Penia’s childhood was not always good.

Despite living at the pinnacle of power and being hit and run by all sorts of strife, there were many times when he showed an enterprising and lively appearance in front of Emperor Chloel. Such strength was one of the reasons why Emperor Chloel held Princess Penia in the highest regard.

However, as the time spent on Aken Island increases, it seems that Princess Penia is gradually losing her enterprising temperament.

This is her third vacation since entering Sylvania. At this point, Emperor Chloel began to worry about Penia.

The sight of Fenia slowly changing was a feeling all too familiar to Emperor Chloel, who had seen a lot of human groups.

“Have you ever been frustrated by numerous failures?”

At the words that hit the point, Princess Fenia shut her mouth for the time being.

After enrolling in Sylvania, I had a lot of experiences, and I got caught up in various incidents… Princess Penia, no matter what she did, things didn’t always work out the way she wanted. She was very different from the imperial family, where she was always able to work things out on her own.

From Emperor Chloe’s point of view, it is unknown exactly what happened. He may be simply s*xual, or he may be deeply frustrated with relationships or the political logic of reality.

Human growth is accomplished through many setbacks. Emperor Chloel was not unaware of this fact, but it was also true that her heart ached when she saw her daughter, who was born with her own blood, walking on such a path of hardship.

The fact that Prince Lindon gave up the succession to the throne after becoming disillusioned with the strife in the royal court remains a great scar to Emperor Chloel as well. He didn’t want to repeat that history.

“I… I think I am too far short of taking over the position of emperor.”

“Penia.”

“Certainly, since I’ve been away from the imperial family for a long time, my position must have weakened a lot.”

The power hierarchy within the imperial family is gradually shifting to the first princess, Selaha.

A position within the imperial family is eventually achieved with the support of key officials.

The Imperial Household Chancellor, General Guard Captain, Knight Commander, and Central Butler were all slowly turning their minds to Selaha… Few key personnel remained under Penia.

After all, authority is established by subordinates.

The more the people who support Fenia disappear, the farther away they are from the imperial authority.

Fenia was well aware of that fact. However, I had no intention of laying the groundwork again.

Chronic lethargy was eating away at Princess Fenia.

* * *

“I thought Ed Ross Taylor, the heir to the Ross Taylor family, would have been on the side of Fenia after he was excommunicated.

When you step into the audience room after dressing up and exuding a lofty dignity, it seems as if the air in the room freezes.

Because of her unique chilly atmosphere, Selaha Einir Chloel was known as the Princess of Frost.

That cool grace flowed invariably even when she was sitting at her office desk wearing only a comfortable lace slip.

I have reached the age of adulthood this year. She was the first of Emperor Chloel’s 1 son and 3 daughters to become an adult.

After the coming-of-age ceremony, he revealed his will to inherit the imperial power in earnest, but no one in the imperial family was surprised or surprised by it. Rather, he considered Princess Selaha the most powerful person to beat Princess Penia.

If the 2nd Princess Persica dreams of becoming a ruler with intelligence by awakening various knowledge regardless of the field, and if the 3rd Princess Penia dreams of becoming a virtuous monarch who embraces everyone regardless of rank, high or low…

The 1st princess, Selaha, dreams of using her lofty authority and power to rule over everyone.

A strong and stable state comes from lofty authority and centralized power. A ruler is one who sits firmly at the center of this vast empire. That is the rulership of Selaha.

As such, Selaha was a person who was infinitely sensitive to changes in the power structure and its direction.

“However, I heard that the excommunication of Ed Rosteiler was made at the suggestion of Princess Penia.”

“That’s right. It would be normal if the two of them were enemies who wouldn’t be strange even if they grinded their teeth. But what happened while they were fighting on the island of Aken, why did they become so close that they entrusted unsealed letters?”

Dest, the head butler, who was standing next to Sellaha, poured tea into the empty cup.

Sellaha is reading a letter from Fenia given to her by Krepin Rosteiler, and seems to even reduce the sound of pouring tea to prevent distraction. It is the appearance of an infinitely seasoned butler.

An elderly gentleman dressed in an elegant suit, wearing white silk gloves and a red bow tie, with a neatly trimmed square beard. He has moderation in every single attitude of pouring tea.

Dest, the butler, was Sellaha’s closest aide, managing the Ruhr Palace, Sellaha’s private annex, for 17 years.

Wearing only a lace slip, Selaha is half-naked, but she doesn’t even care about Dest’s presence. In the first place, the difference in status is so great that she doesn’t even consider him a person.

For her, the difference in status has such a meaning. It goes beyond simply high and low, and becomes the standard that separates people from less than people.

That’s why, unless she’s a member of the Roth Taylor family, she won’t notice.

Her platinum hair is similar in tone to Princess Fenia’s, but strangely more bluish. She brushed her bluish hair to one side, then she repeated herself.

“Certainly, the content of the letter itself is nothing special. It is just a greeting sent once a season, asking regards to Kreffin Rosteyler.”

“Then the letter…”

“Yes, the form is the key, not the content. Why, at a time like this, I heard and sent this letter to Ed Rosteiler, it must be important. Indeed, did Ed Rosteeler put a dot on his side. It looks like you’ve done that.”

Princess Penia is the most threatening entity to Selaha at this point.

If Princess Fenia was a person who tried to attract her to this extent, even Selaha could not easily laugh it off.

Selahha lifted the teacup with one hand, legs crossed and chin resting. A cold gaze descends toward the end of the teacup.

Alluring bare legs stretched out and tapped the edge of the luxurious wooden desk.

“Are you worth it?”

That question sits on one side of Selaha’s heart.

“I don’t know.”

There is no criterion as useful as the evaluation of others in judging someone, but that alone should not be the absolute criterion.

Sellaha was a person who saw and judged anything. However, you can refer to the evaluation of others.

“Well, it’s probably something to do at a social gathering. The social gathering will begin tonight.”

“How should I prepare the outfit, Princess Selaha?”

“Don’t leave it to your senses.”

The social gathering at Roth Taylor Mansion, which lasts for five days, becomes more and more magnificent as it goes on. On the last day, I heard that all of that large garden was used to make a huge party hall.

In the first place, it is difficult to gather all of them in one place, since all the celebrities who attend are busy people. That is why we are preparing such a grand event in the sense of being together at the last place.

The schedule for five days is not that complicated. In the evening, parties, social events, dinners, etc. are held, and in the morning everyone rests in their rooms.

In the afternoon, each of the celebrities who have gathered will have a personal meeting. Everywhere you go, such as a private room, a mansion garden, or a pavilion, you are talking with like-minded people.

And in the evening, everyone gathers together for a social gathering. If you repeat this schedule for five days, the number of people increases and you lose your mind.

“Who arrived on the first day?”

“Except for Princess Sellaha, there are only a few famous people. It’s Margrave Zahl and the head of the Bloomriver family, Cinir Bloomriver. Other than that, most of the lesser nobles are trying to get in touch with one another.”

Dest pushed a document and placed it in front of Selaha.

It was a visitor list that Dest had organized in his own way. Excluding the trivial nobles among them, the arrival schedule of people that Selaha could care about was written.

“Does Legion Commander Magnus arrive on the 3rd day, and Saint Clarisse on the 2nd day? Investor Roland arrives on the 3rd day…”

Volkus, the deputy commander of the northern steppe defense forces, will also arrive with Magnus’ corps commander. He has already been captured by Selaha’s forces.

Magnus was the one who held enormous military power, so he desperately wanted to keep his distance this time.

Not only that, but it seemed certain that Archbishop Samuel of the Church of Telos would also come.

When Samuel succeeded the excommunicated Archbishop Verdio, Sellaha rejoiced.

Samuel is indebted to Selaha since his days as a bishop. Now that he was in power, the line on the cult of Telos was stronger.

When it comes to the position of Archbishop of the Church of Telos, he is in a position where he can directly exchange opinions with St. Clarisse and actively express his will.

This meeting was an opportunity to solidify that connection.

Roland, an investor of Elte Corporation, is also in a position to look at Selaha.

Sellaha has a history of making the tax exemption bill of the Elte Corporation’s Chloeron branch reviewed again and again, and is in a position to use the authority of the imperial family to strangle it at any time.

If he made good use of this opportunity, he would be able to establish a point of contact with Lortel Kecheln, who was his direct superior and had risen to the position of the real authority of the company.

“The problem is the Alchemy City of Crete…”

Scanning through the papers, Selahha tugged her draped hair back and tucked it behind the nape of her neck.

Valverne, who leads to the master in Crete, the land of alchemy. I have no contact with him. He is a research fanatic who lives buried in the early night.

It is literally necessary to build between them from the ground up.

“Should I prepare a gift? I heard that alchemists prefer practical gifts over formal ones. It would be nice to have test tubes or consumable alchemy items wrapped and delivered beautifully.”

“Can we procure it from now on? This is Ross Taylor’s manor.”

“Balbern-nim arrives on the 4th day, so we can manage to make it on time.”

“Please.”

Saying that, Selah put down the papers.

Selah smiled coldly as she wiggled the ends of her crossed legs.

“Where, tonight, shall we talk to the proud head of the Bloomriver family?”

Of course, that’s for tonight’s social gathering. The sun is still up in the middle of the sky.

“But before that… hmm…”

* * *

-bang!

Fifteen wolves, embodied in hallucinatory magic, were instantly covered in flames and disappeared.

As soon as the ice spears that flew after it were realized, they were all eaten up by the vast amount of magic power.

It is a magic that has been manifested quite sincerely.

The gray-haired middle-aged woman, the head of the Bloomriver family, Cinir Bloomriver, was ridiculously surprised, but she didn’t show it outwardly.

“Is it over now…?”

A duel training ground in one corner of the Ross Taylor family’s central garden.

There, the girl who had received all of Sinir’s magic was standing and yawning. This is Lucy Mayrill, a girl with pretty white hair tied down neatly.

The people of the Roth Taylor family gathered to watch the duel. Everything from the refreshment table on one side of the arena to the wooden stand to block the sunlight was old-fashioned.

In the center of it, you can see Krepin Rosteiler, and his children sitting next to him… I see Ed and Tanya.

“There’s not a single scratch…”

Sinir uttered words of admiration.

The Bloom River family, the largest magical family in the empire.

In particular, rather than digging deep into the academic field by researching magic, it is a family that mainly deals with practical combat magic to win the duel itself.

In order to win, the Bloom River family is known as the ‘House of Witches’ within the Empire, as they use somewhat cunning and wicked magic.

This is because the head of the family, Sinir Bloomriver, was also a witch herself with a wicked side.

However, in front of pure power, all kinds of tricks are dismissed as mere hunting skills.

It’s hard to believe, but I felt as if my magical abilities were several orders of magnitude higher than that of Cinir, who had been in charge of the mighty Bloomriver family for a long time. despite being a single student.

Sinir swallowed dry saliva.

It was he who made this duel happen.

It was because Sinir had heard the story about Lucy Mayril, a freshman who entered the bachelor’s school during last winter vacation.

Tracyana Bloomriver and her twin sister Patriciana Bloomriver, the current Senior Senior of the Sylvania Ministry of Magic.

Both belong to the Bloomriver family, and are the children of Sinir.

The twins came home from vacation and talked about Lucy Meiril all day long, so I wanted to gauge how capable they were.

The result is beyond imagination.

Sinir couldn’t even scratch Lucy’s body.

When Cinir nodded in a cold sweat, Lucy turned her head away and yawned without even saying thank you for your hard work.

Then he trudged along and, not paying attention to the gazes around him, climbed up and sat on Ed Rosteyler’s lap.

It seems that all the majesty of the moment before, with her head buried in her chest and falling asleep soundly, was all an illusion.

“…You have an eccentric friend.”

“Yes, it’s quirky.”

Even Creffin had to admit that seeing Lucy’s appearance was more than expected.

Sinir Bloomriver is someone whose authority is acknowledged by even the best wizards in the imperial family. Lucy had already far surpassed his student level, and it was objective proof that she was strong enough to join the ranks of the powerful within the Empire.

That age… She hasn’t even become an adult yet. No one knew what kind of monster he would become when he grew up.

“Thank you for arranging such a strange duel upon arrival, Duke Creffin. My children are making a lot of fuss, so I wanted to test my skills.”

“Don’t worry too much. I think I did a good job watching.”

To what Sinir said while bowing her head politely, Crepin answered gently.

“It was the first day, so not many people gathered, but there will be a pretty luxurious social gathering from this evening, so enjoy it as much as you can.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Sinir bowed his head, unable to erase his bewildered expression.

Creffin sent off the senir like that, took a sip of tea, and looked at Lucy who was whispering in Ed’s arms. It was definitely more forceful than expected.

Although he is among the nobles, he does not show any signs of being intimidated. Rather, it seems to be taking a nap or sleeping heavily.

With such great power, such an attitude was not arrogant. Only then did Crepin realize that Lucy’s confidence was not in vain.

“You look pretty tired now.”

“I usually sleep a lot. I even lost my sleep yesterday.”

“You must be tired since you’ve come so far. You probably haven’t even gotten used to bed yet.”

To tell you the truth, Lucy stayed up all night to keep Ed from reading the letter he found in the chest of drawers.

He fell asleep halfway through, but he must have been alert to the sense of magical power even while he was asleep. Even taking into account his naturally indolent temperament, this was enough to make him tired.

“If you’re tired in the evening, I’d like to talk to you at dinner.”

The one who can make the great noble Crepin wait just because he is tired. Could it exist in this world except for Emperor Chloe?

The servants muttered at the thought.

“Then… I’ll talk to you before dinner.”

* * *

Lucy’s room was as luxurious as mine.

I tossed Lucy on the frilled bed and left Lucy’s door closed. Even so, there were relatively few things that would happen in broad daylight, so it was necessary to allow Lucy to rest during this time.

As I crossed the hallway, a familiar girl was walking in front of my room. There was nothing more to look at, it was Yenika Failover.

“Ed…!”

He walked up to me with quick steps and spoke slowly.

“As I said, I ordered the spirits to look around the mansion… There are certainly few people with the ability to respond to spirits, so it was easier than I thought. So… Duke Crepin’s private office…”

– Tup.

I shut Yenika’s mouth shut and looked around.

At the sudden touch, Yenika dyed her cheeks like carrots and gasped for breath, but I quickly checked to make sure no one was around.

Seeing this, Jenika widened her eyes and nodded as if she had admitted her mistake.

“For now, let’s go to a place where there are no ears to hear. Come into my room.”

“Eh, Ed Bang…? You two want to go in…? Now…?”

I opened the door and pulled Jenika’s wrist. Yenika, who was brought into the room with a bewildered face, looked around as if she had been to the city for the first time.

“Hey, this is Ed’s room… Woah, it’s definitely tidy…”

“The maid organizes it every day.”

“Yeah, but… Yeah… I, I… Where? Where should I sit…? The floor? Should I sit on the floor?”

I can’t understand the mindset of sitting on the floor when the only sofa I can sit on is stepped on four or five times. He must have been embarrassed because he wasn’t used to being in a bright room like this.

“Anyway, no one will listen here. No one will come into my room without permission. So if it’s here, just the two of us, we can talk.”

“Ugh, yeah… yeah… but to see me in Ed’s room… what can I say… that’s right! Yes! definitely yes!”

Yenika looked around and wiped her wand again. And, the moment he was about to continue talking while trying to somehow fix his blush-stained cheeks――

“Well, I don’t think it’s a very suitable place for a tryst. There are passengers.”

It was a clear, sweet voice.

The reception sofa behind it was obscured by the large door. It was only then that there were passengers on the sofa and table that came into view.

A woman sitting still with her legs crossed and her chin resting… It was most likely the first princess of the Chloe Empire, Selah, the princess of frost. She was so cold and still that she didn’t even know she was in the room.

A chilly, chilled air pervades the room. A strangely alluring smile represents her personality.

I calmly knelt down and took an example. It was as polite as possible.

In addition to having a senior-junior relationship with Princess Penia, he didn’t take this example because of Sylvania’s culture, where academics come first.

However, this wasn’t even a Sylvania bachelor, and it wasn’t even a senior-junior relationship with Princess Selaha.

“I’ve violated your decency, Princess Selaha. I didn’t know you were in my room.”

As soon as she heard the name of Princess Selaha, Yenika swallowed her breath and quickly knelt down. Even if you look at it, it looks like you are breaking out in a cold sweat.

“I ordered my butler to come and call you, but I didn’t know you would arrive first.

“…Is that so.”

“By the way, Confucius certainly seems to have a complicated relationship with women, yes. He must not have been a very nice man even to those women, to the point of having trysts with commoners.”

Saying that, Princess Selaha glanced at Jenika.

Yenika was embarrassed to be a blush, but Selah doesn’t even recognize Yenika as a person.

Commoners and nobles are different, and nobles and royalty are different. The gap between the two stages is even more enormous.

The fundamentals of her thinking are different from Fenia, who tries to treat even commoners with personality.

“If I’ve made you feel uncomfortable…”

“It’s inconvenient. It’s quite a classic hobby for high-ranking nobles to make four or five commoner women cry before a wedding ceremony. I don’t have the heart to discuss Confucius’ personal hobbies again.”

“…”

“Why? Did Confucius have a sincere relationship in his own way? Apparently, they became close friends in Sylvania.”

Saying that, Selaha laughed for a while.

“It’s better not to be too sincere with the thousand things. Even a child can turn upside down right away. I’ve seen a lot of noble men who were swung around by mere commoners like that. They look so funny, they’re disorganized now.”

“Thank you for your consideration, Princess Selaha.”

“Yes. If you’re going to tease the groin, you better be careful. Confucius is a precious body. A precious body should be used for other precious bodies.”

Yenika’s shame had already reached a lethal dose, and she was on the verge of exploding. She is on the verge of being shamed just for being misunderstood as a tryst, but it seems that she has a hard time handling even the words of Princess Selaha without brakes.

The situation of being despised as cloth and everything seemed to have no regard for it. rather fortunate

“Well, I’m sorry I interrupted you at an important moment. But since you’ve come this far, let’s cool down and talk for a while.”

“Do you have any business for me?”

“Ed Roth Taylor.”

She pulled out a letter and threw it on the table. It was a handwritten letter from Princess Penia that I delivered to Crepin.

“I don’t think we need to talk at length. You’re the one who knows everything you know.”

I looked up at Princess Selaha, who was sitting on her knees with her feet crossed.

Princess Selahha spoke quietly with an alluring smile.

“Would Confucius stay on a sinking ship like that?”

This… It was an unexpected offer.