How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 75

Winter out (8)

It doesn’t seem to have gotten any better.

Bell came to that conclusion after working as a maid for several months.

Salaries have certainly improved, but the scope of responsibility has become far too broad for the increased salaries.

Isn’t the top manager of an important facility called Ophelis Hall a position recognized as an elder-level even within the bachelor’s school?

Thanks to that, there are a lot of advantages besides the salary. First of all, the costumes are gorgeous and full of dignity, and individual work spaces and living spaces are given separately, and there is no need to do harsh work.

In addition, the social gaze also plays a part.

If he is the top manager who handles the maids of Ophelis Hall, even the children of nobles residing in Ophelis Hall give up. It’s because I owe a lot in my daily life.

Nevertheless, Bell Maia sighed heavily.

Belle Maia was a staff member during her senior maid days, but now she is a manager.

She claims to be a maid and wears a maid outfit, but she doesn’t do anything like a maid at all.

If you grab a kitchen knife to trim ingredients, the youngest maid jumps out and quickly grabs the knife, saying that she will do it herself.

In the first place, the costume of the head maid did not make sense. Rose-patterned accessories that look luxurious even at a glance are hanging all over the frills, and I don’t understand how they are told to work while wearing these.

In the end, the position of chief maid is nothing more than a face madam representing Ophelis Hall. It didn’t take long to understand that fact.

If you go to a high-end restaurant, there are cases where the most experienced chefs do not actually cook, but it is a similar feeling.

I gradually understood why Ellis, the former head maid, did not intervene much in the field despite her great skills. If she has risen to this level, she is now in a position that cannot even be called a maid.

Most of the work I do all day is to greet the distinguished guests entering the Ophelis Hall, inspect the house to check the cleanliness, check the behavior of the maids, and make comments.

Other than that, it’s administrative work such as organizing documents to be reported to the bachelor’s office.

Reaching such a position at such a young age is usually filled with pride. But Bell Maia let out a deep sigh as she crossed the hallway.

It doesn’t seem to fit my spiritual aptitude. Above all, I was more accustomed to working as a maid, and I had a better sense of working. Since I wasn’t a very ambitious personality in the first place, I feel very empty.

Reporting on the number of people in the dormitory, checking the status, giving work orders, and holding discipline among the maids who were paying attention had not been assumed in the first place.

The reason why Bell Maia was able to work for a long time was because she just likes to taste the food, enjoys washing the laundry neatly, and helps students who are anxious about their undergraduate life.

He is the type who feels the taste of working more by waking up students who have slept in late and tying their hair, rather than bragging among maids who have strong discipline.

“Have you finished sorting out the roster of freshmen?”

“Yes. Terry Lenuelle, Wade Kellamore, Tanya Rosteiler, Kylie Acne, Clarice, Haig McHalls, and Drake, all in 7 minutes.”

I nodded my head inwardly at the memorization power of the secretarial maid who memorized the new hires accurately.

Due to the nature of the Ophelis Hall, there are not that many residents, so it is a rule for the maids to know the personal information of each student.

“There are still a few days left for the freshmen placement test, so most of them haven’t gone through the admission process. Lady Tanya joined the company yesterday, and she’ll probably be contacted today…”

Bell strode forward, listening to the secretary’s report, when she bumped into a student walking in from the other side of the hallway.

Neat clothes with all sorts of golden lines wrapped around calm gray hair. It is clear that the clothes that look stylish and strong are the sons of military commanders who commanded the northern border area.

His name was Wade Calamore, and among Sylvania’s freshmen, he was the one who was expected to sit in the top spot.

Originally, it was customary for the head maid to go out and greet newcomers to Ophelis Hall in advance. However, she was not even reported, but Belle showed a bit of embarrassment at the sight of her already present.

“hello.”

Seeing Wade bowing politely with his arms bent, Bell quickly followed suit.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t contact you in advance. Originally, I was supposed to arrive this afternoon, but the schedule came earlier than expected, so I arrived in advance.”

“Oops… I’m not ready to greet you properly yet, but I’m sorry to show you.”

“No. It’s my fault for arriving first without saying anything.”

Saying that, Wade nodded again.

“Seeing the building of the Ophelis Hall, which I’ve only heard about through rumors, in real life is really amazing. It’s definitely not faulty as the management staff are veterans.”

“It’s partly because it was renovated in the first place. There’s no need to be respectful, so let go.”

“No. I just entered as a freshman, and I have to give at least a courtesy to the person who is always busy managing this Ophelis building. “

Seeing Wade say that and smile gently made Bell uncomfortable.

In any case, since his position has risen, everyone around him treats him with respect.

“You’ve arrived quickly. Most of the students are planning to start joining the company next week or so.”

“I want to see the atmosphere of the school in advance, and more than anything else, I have to say hello to Princess Penia in advance.”

Wade smiled and straightened the scabbard. The carvings of eagles and lions engraved on the scabbard are patterns symbolizing the protection of Chloel’s royal family.

“In the first place, since most of our family members belong to the imperial central army, shouldn’t we bow down to Princess Penia, the star of Chloe’s family?”

The expression is very direct. However, it’s not particularly sarcastic. For them, loyalty is a part of the body that is naturally attached to them, like limbs.

Born into a military family and raised as a soldier, Wade’s loyalty is commendable, to the point of seeming blind.

“Among all the Ophelis Hall classmates, was I the first to come?”

“No. Among Master Wade’s colleagues… Miss Tanya joined the company beforehand.”

“Is that so. He… hasn’t come yet. Maybe I can see his face during the placement test.”

“Speaking of him…”

I didn’t bother to say who it was. That’s because Bell realized in the middle of his words too.

Among the new students this year, he is definitely one of the best. She is protected by the Church of Telos, and she is a girl who is respected by countless followers.

It was the heart of the Church of Telos that made people swallow dry saliva even by casually attaching words to it.

*

Dishes were broken, meals were overturned.

It was because bugs came out of the soup served by the maid of the Ross Taylor family.

The young blond boy’s eyes flashed. She lifted the cheek of her lady-in-waiting who was quietly watching by her side.

At the word to bring the person in charge, the servant in charge of the kitchen jumps out. I grabbed the cheeks of a middle-aged man several times my age with one hand and slammed his face into the table where the uncooled soup spilled.

Then, he scolds the servant by wiping the soup on the tip of his feet on the collar of the servant.

The blond boy’s sister is just sitting next to him and quietly eating.

A boy who was practicing swordsmanship suddenly summoned a servant who was managing the garden and started beating him with a wooden sword.

When the servant asks why, he replies that it is part of swordsmanship training and tells him to be patient.

When he complained that he was in so much pain and suffering, he asked what he would do if the swordsmanship training of the next head of the Roth Taylors was disrupted. At that, the servant kept his mouth shut.

The corners of the blond boy’s mouth go up as he strikes the fat and dull servant with a wooden sword. I also feel a strange sense of joy.

He knows very well that he has no talent for swordsmanship. He’s not even a sincere person enough to train so hard. He was just having fun hitting the servant.

The girl who was reading a book in the corner of the garden couldn’t express her dissatisfaction even after seeing her like that.

Father spends time in the ecliptic doing official business.

The elder vassals have already given up on him, so he just keeps quiet.

After the death of the noble young lady Arwen, this boy had already become a petty tyrant, and this mansion was already his country.

On his 15th birthday, the richly decorated mansion is full of dinner.

As he opens the presents the servants have packed, he makes a satisfied face. It was a party prepared out of defiance of loyalty, but he didn’t care about that.

Only the splendor of this mansion and the size of the grand party caught my eye.

Sitting with his chin resting on the seat of honor, the boy with an eerie smile tramples and breaks the golden amulet prepared by the servants with their money.

Seeing the expression of the servants who were surprised to see it, they giggled and laughed.

Then, with a creepy smile, he looks at Tanya and talks. Look at that. Did he think that I would be truly delighted with the gifts given by those who were not even at the bottom? Or did I really think that I would be easy to plant because of such a petty taste.

Then, the servants kicked all the dinner they had prepared all night and overturned it. All ornaments are also broken.

Then we laugh and talk again. My birthday is still five hours away.

I want to celebrate my birthday in a grand way, so start preparing a birthday party suitable for that.

Then, looking at Tanya, who is sitting still, holding back her trembling eyes, she talks.

do you have any complaints

Could it be that you feel attachment or pity for those who are no different than tools?

You are not yet a nobleman.

Then, with a fishy smile, he spoke into Tanya’s ear.

You must be looking at me as trash in the first place.

Your patience in putting up with the eyes of contempt on your face is truly amazing.

I was really born with the way I behave and notice. No, rather than being innate, did they learn it on their own?

However, after living together for such a long time, you can’t help but notice.

You don’t even see me as a human in the first place, do you?

So what are you going to do? What can you do? will you kill me Arwen’s sister also passed away, so if I die too, the successor’s place will be yours.

Yes, where do you poke it once? Now, here is the dagger for dress. put it on my chest Now, like this… I’ll put it in your hand.

The boy places the dagger in Tanya’s trembling hand. Then he raised his hand and aimed the dagger at my chest. If you push it with all your strength, the boy’s breath will be cut off in an instant.

However, the boy knows better. He has no strength in his hands. If it really kills a boy, this girl is the one who understands better than anyone how heavy the responsibility is.

It’s just to make you aware of the difference in position. Tanya let go of his trembling hand and dropped his dagger.

The blonde-haired boy with a ghastly smile looked down at the fallen dagger, then burst into laughter.

After laughing and giggling for a long time, her breath died down in an instant and she looked down at Tanya with those eyes again.

and then talk

“thanks.”

“…”

The chirping of sparrows echoed several times in the northern woods that greeted the morning.

I was surprised that the tie pin Tanya gave me as a gift was of a higher quality than I thought, but considering my birth in the first place, a gift like this would not be too burdensome.

“Strictly speaking, I’m in the position of being excommunicated right now. I’m grateful that you even took care of things like this even though I’m not your brother.”

“That…that’s…”

Maybe she was thinking about something else… or maybe she was thinking about the old days, Tanya was shedding her horse’s tail while hesitating.

“I’ll use it well. Don’t wear it from the next semester to school.”

I took out two wooden mugs and boiled water for herbal tea. When I opened the storage box, the herbs were on the verge of running out.

In this world where he has fallen penniless, he is perhaps the only person who is related by blood. As it turns out, they don’t seem very hostile towards me, so there’s no reason to spare them in treating them.

Well, in the first place, the opponent is a nobleman, so there’s no way he’ll be satisfied with a cup of tea like this… but this is more sincere than taste.

“What are you doing standing there blankly? Sit near the fire.”

“yes yes…”

As it is, he walks in with short steps and looks around the camp with a dumbfounded look.

There are many things that will catch your eye, but the first thing that catches your eye is Lucy, who is sleeping on the side of a campfire.

“This… this child…?”

“Ah, he… you don’t have to worry about him. He’s an occasional visitor. Hey, give me a seat. Don’t stay still.”

Lucy rubbed her eyes a few times and then roughly pushed herself aside. Tanya looked at him with eyes wondering what kind of person he was, but he didn’t bother to ask.

I handed Tanya a cup of herbal tea. Tanya quickly accepted the glass with some hesitation.

“I heard that you go to see the bachelor’s school for a while, but have you met some people?”

“Ah… yes… I’ve heard a lot about you…”

“About me? Not many people I know, but… who…? What is Ziggs like?”

“Ah, yes… I also met Ziggs-senpai…”

I tilted my head once as I pushed the tea down my throat. Other than that, it’s obvious to say that it’s my human relationships.

“A friend of the same age who can be said to be close to me is… Yenika, after all?”

Tanya, who was drinking tea, giggled and quickly removed the glass from her mouth. Then she trembled and brushed a side of her hair, then nodded her head.

“Ah, yes… He’s kind, isn’t he? First of all, he’s the nicest and kind-hearted among the kids I’ve known.”

“Yes! Yes! You’re really nice! You were really, really, really nice! Really!”

It is very unnatural to see her suddenly rushing out and praising Yenika. When I ask why, she shakes her head and continues talking.

“And he’s not just kind, he’s very strong! Go… High-ranking fire spirit! A lizard the size of a house! He throws the servants around like toys! I’m not saying I won’t leave them alone if they don’t answer properly. You gave me your word…”

“Take a breath and speak.”

Suddenly, while drinking tea, a trivial question arose.

“By the way, did you even see him deal with high-ranking spirits? If it’s for a while, he won’t be able to pull it out well because the mana burden is heavy for middle-ranking spirits and above.”

“I didn’t bring it up! I really didn’t bring it up! This is a story I made up in my imagination alone! It’s just a rumor that high-ranking spirits look like that, so don’t misunderstand!”

It’s not particularly important, but there’s no need to desperately deny it.

After I said yes, I glanced at Tanya again.

It’s not as dignified as I thought, holding the mug tight and looking down.

Certainly, the Tanya Rosteiler I knew was far more arrogant than this, and always maintained a confident attitude.

When I think about it because I want something a little strange, I wonder if my judgment is wrong.

At least, I thought I would have lived a healthy life in the mansion… but I wonder if that’s a hypothesis that went too far.

In any case, it was hard to imagine that pathetic third-rate villain Ed Rosteylor would not have planted any ill feelings in Tanya. Such a hesitant attitude must be proof of that.

“Hey, Tanya. When I was living in the mansion, I was a little pathetic, right? I regret it a lot, and there are many things I can’t pick up now… But anyway, I’m very sorry. I don’t know what you will think. , Now I’m living my life trying as hard as I can, so don’t look too badly at it. I’ve already been excommunicated for that crime.”

In Act 3, Scene 3, Tanya Rosteiler is nothing more than a villain to enhance the dignity of Princess Penia.

It is partly because the characters of the Roth Taylor family are all villains, but in the first place, the essence of the scenario itself is inevitably a consumable character.

“I hear that you want to become the student president, but I support your will.

In other words, I’m talking like this, but I already know.

…Tanya can never defeat Princess Penia.

With that said, it won’t be very good either.

The entire bachelor’s full support for Fenia cannot be overturned by any candidate.

Now, she hasn’t revealed her intention to become student council president, but once Princess Fenia starts participating in the elections, the rest of the candidates will literally be swept away like the ebb tide.

It’s unfortunate, but it can’t be helped.

Still, Tanya Rosteiler is the only blood relative she can come into contact with in this world separated from her without any ties.

There is no need to explain in words how strong the existence of blood relatives born of the same blood in a land without a single ointment is.

Of course, there was some time left before Tanya exited the scenario. Still, he tends to leave relatively early, so… I can’t help but be poisonous.

Anyway, after conveying my opinion so briefly, and looking at Tanya, my eyes are shaking like crazy.

“…?????”

His eyes seemed like he couldn’t figure out what it was, but I couldn’t say anything more about it, so I kept my mouth shut.

* 2. Build a warehouse for storing materials 3. Expand the hut 6. Raise the mastery level to three levels or higher 7. Acquire special bow skills

Among the items I had targeted during the vacation, only four items remained.

After Tanya left, I spread the delivered magical engineering supplies and various materials on the camp floor.

After comparing and checking the documents one by one with the documents Lortel had provided, there were quite a lot of them.

Even if you make up your mind and sit down in the secret library and practice magic engineering, it seems that a lot of useful things will come out.

After the freshman class placement test next week is over, it would be better to focus on magic engineering.

In addition, it seems that you need to take care of combat skill proficiency. It’s much slower than other classes of proficiency.

In the first place, the fighting ability is somewhat limited by this body. So I think it would be more efficient to pick and learn only the essential skills you really need.

Among them, I definitely want to learn the bow-type special skill, ‘Magic Arrow’. Above all, if you can use magic to shoot arrows, you will no longer have to manage those damn arrows.

It takes a lot of labor to retrieve the arrows every time they shoot, and to maintain the arrowheads and shafts again. That’s why you don’t want to use a bow when hunting.

Although he had been forcibly hunting for bows to improve his proficiency in bow-related skills, it seemed like he could complete his bow training as long as he could learn magic arrows. It’s easy enough to give magic arrows elemental or elemental formulas.

Anyway, it seems likely that this winter will be the starting point for growth. It’s a cold and difficult time, but if you hold on, spring will come.

I sat among the forest and held my breath as I looked at the trees that stretched out into the sky.

Now it’s the freshman class placement test.

It’s an unreasonable test that doesn’t produce a single student from Class A… But anyway, a test is a test, so you’ll have to supervise it carefully.

It’s not that important what a bachelor’s scholarship student should do anyway. Most of the important things will be taken care of by assistant professor Claire or Anise… I will just have to do my job well.

The days are cold.

I hope spring comes soon.

*

Anyway, nothing feels right.

Both this and that are questionable. Among them, Ed is the most incomprehensible.

Tanya tried to agonize as she crossed the hallway of the Ophelis building, but her thoughts couldn’t be sorted out.

Tanya is the one who has been watching Ed’s growth up close as they grew up together.

There’s no way that tyrannical person could have come to his senses after being excommunicated and living somewhere else for a year. Human nature is not that easy to change.

However, the way he comforted Tanya in an open-hearted tone… I almost let go of my heart for a moment, as if I were just looking at my trustworthy blood kin.

However, even if everyone in the world believes it, Tanya will never believe it easily. It’s been ten years since I’ve lived seeing the trash-like essence that lies beneath him.

Suddenly, as I cross the corridor of Ophelis Hall, the scene I saw last night is coldly in my head.

Merilda’s guardian tree in the center of the North Forest, a spiritist with strangely sad eyes under the crescent moon shining in the Asrai light.

Gossiped about Ed in front of her, and was literally burned to death by a fire lizard.

Although she really didn’t want to kill her… Tanya was convinced by the girl’s sincere anger.

At least that elementalist girl truly believes in and follows Ed.

Where the hell are you looking at that person…? It’s not that I don’t understand it when I think of Ed’s appearance that I just saw.

Still, it’s strange.

I am not a person who is very good at acting in the first place, and after a year or so, the bottom of a person is revealed. Nevertheless, it is very unnatural to live with people’s trust.

“For now… I’m going to rest in my room… I need to organize my thoughts… I’ve been losing my mind ever since I came to Sylvania… You can’t do this…”

Whatever it is, the most important thing is to slowly organize your thoughts.

Tanya took a deep breath.

Ever since I arrived in Sylvania, it seems that I have been perplexed and confused.

Let’s get our composure back.

While thinking about that, I was about to enter the room.

– Whiik, whik.

The sound of flapping collars.

When I turned my head and looked in the direction of the hallway, a small girl was walking towards me, wriggling. It was the face I had just seen at camp. At first glance, she seemed to be particularly friendly with Ed.

The white hair that hung down on both sides swayed along with the body. She fluttered her oversized school uniform, crossed the hallway with her witch’s hat pressed down with one hand, and grabbed the doorknob of Tanya’s next room.

Apparently, she came after being scolded by the maids in Ophelis Hall. There was something strangely intimidating.

Subject, a noble person who lives in Ophelis Hall, living without being able to give orders to a maid… In a way, I think it’s really pitiful.

It’s like that from the beginning. The clothes are all messed up, so it looks like a lot to look at. No grace to be found.

Feeling Tanya’s gaze as she was about to enter the room, the girl suddenly nodded. Then she returned to her staggering gait, and she looked up at Tanya with a dry expression.

“…?”

“Is that his brother?”

There is no strength in the dull voice. When Tanya nodded lightly, wondering what this person was, her girl trudged over to her and tapped Tanya on the shoulder a couple of times, holding her tiptoe up.

“Tell me if you’re having a hard time.”

After saying that coolly, I opened the door to the room next to Tanya’s again and went in.

“…”

Anyway, the person who occupied the room next door. He looked at the nameplate on the door of Tanya’s room, hoping to find out the name.

There was a gold plaque symbolizing the top of the grade.

– ‘No. 302: Lucy Meiril’

“?????”

Tanya stood still with such a dumbfounded face.

Anyway, it seemed like it would take some time to get used to Sylvania.

It wasn’t really Tanya’s fault.