How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 207

Youngest person to retire (2)

“Chairman. The Reagent Manufacturing Club of the Ministry of Alchemy sent me a present. It is said to be a tool that puts scented candles in a glass bottle and continuously emits scent with magic flames. It smells really good! I’ll leave one in the office!”

“Beros, the former student council president, said he was proud and sent me a top-notch magic wand as a gift. Should I instruct him to bring it to his private room?”

“The Academic Headquarters gave instructions that it would be okay to make the renewal cycle of the current status report a bit looser.

“The Merchants Association of the Living Hall also sent me various snacks and ornaments as gifts. There was no room in the Obel Hall storage room, so I put them in the hallway for now. Shall we just distribute them to the student members?”

“The Tog Magic Society sent a message congratulating them for their hard work. They said they were grateful for the great contributions they made to the study of magic… I guess they benefited greatly from the policy of sharing the results of the bachelor’s research that was pushed the other day.”

Tanya walked down the Obel Hall hallway with a pale face.

All of the reports posted by the various student assistants following Tanya were about gifts that flew in to show off to the wonderful president.

“Oh, that’s right. I’ve compiled and uploaded a list of student proposals! They say it should be processed by tomorrow, so please review and approve!”

“The Academic Headquarters requested the other day that the disciplinary committee improvement plan has been completed!

“In the afternoon, we have to go out to encourage the employees of the Lorail building! The site on the other side is said to have finished preparing for the reception, so we only have to inform them of the schedule, but how do we schedule the time?!”

Of course, it wasn’t just one or two things about the job.

Tanya suffered from the secretaries for a long time, then entered the office and buried herself in the seat.

“…”

Now this silence has become more precious than a thousand gold.

Unless you are asleep at night, you are in a position to only report and listen until your ears bleed.

Even at this moment, the work of the student council is busily going back and forth.

“I can’t stay like this… I can’t…”

It must have been a dream to become the student council president of Sylvania and become a widely recognized person.

Now, Tanya only had a feeling of drowsiness.

“If I continue like this… I really… I will become the student council president for life…!”

Even if he became the representative of the original group, it does not make sense to say that there were no opposing forces.

Someone is going to oppose the person sitting in the seat of the current student president, conflict, and try to shake the supporters like that… Tanya was bizarrely supported by all the students.

I had to get a little more serious. You have to give yourself a chance so that the forces that can rebel against you can stir up.

However, I wonder what it would be like if there were victims in the process. I want to make a fuss, but I want to make sure that no one avoids unreasonably.

… Sadly, there was no one around Tanya to tell her that that couldn’t be possible.

“…”

Tanya catches her breath… He sharpened his gaze from a corner of his office.

If the world turns out like this, you don’t sit still. If this happened, it would thoroughly stir up a riot.

So I promised myself.

The next day, Tanya headed to Ophelis Hall.

Ophelis Hall is the best dormitory in Sylvania, and it is a place where dignity must be maintained, and the maids who manage it work with great pride in that fact.

Once you scratch that pride. In the name of investing in student welfare, the funds invested in the Ophelis Hall are cut, and they even point out that the Ophelis Hall seems to have neglected student management lately.

“I’m sure it is. I was aware that Ophelis Hall seemed to have neglected manpower management. As expected, you were able to see through it to some extent. As you pointed out, I will come up with an improvement plan and report it. Lady Tanya.”

“…yes?”

However, Belle Maia, the head of the maid, let alone look upset, rather bowed her head to Tanya, showing a self-respecting attitude.

“Of course, Ophelis Hall tended to receive special treatment among the facilities inside the school. Of course, it is a place that requires a lot of special support as it is a mid-level position, but that does not mean that discipline should not be lax. Thank you for your timely advice.”

“…Ah, yes…”

However, there was no way that the head maid, who already had a favorable relationship with Ed Rosteiler and knew Tanya’s true nature, would try to confront her.

Rather, it served as an opportunity for self-reflection on internal manpower management and an opportunity to strengthen internal stability.

Tanya put on a dumbfounded expression, but before long, she led the student secretaries to the Trix building.

Suddenly, when the student council president, Tanya, announced that she was going to attend, Vice Principal Rachel appeared and greeted her from the trix hall. Tanya put on a bewildered expression, wondering if the vice-principal would come out to deal with a certain student, but at the Trix Hall level, she treated her with the highest level of respect.

“Recently, Elte Corporation has been showing a lot of limited responses to undergraduate students, but I heard that the policy of recruiting at the student council level worked well.”

Vice-principal Rachel looked at Tanya and spoke with a satisfied expression on her face.

“I expect that he will continue to play a big role as a bridge between the undergraduate school and the upper school. It is safe to say that no student council president has been able to integrate and co-opt like this since the opening of Sylvania.”

“That… Vice Principal Rachel… It’s none other than that, to suggest… a cut in the faculty’s research funding…”

“Hmm.. Research funds? Certainly, the performance-to-fund ratio hasn’t been effective lately. Shall we raise the research team’s discipline and the reduction plan to the Academic Headquarters? Principal Orbel might object.”

“Well, then… Principal Orbel might not have a good heart…! The research staff will hate it too…!”

When Tanya said that while snorting, Vice Principal Rachel thought it over and replied that it would be so.

“We must proceed! Funds will be drained from research without results… It is right to invest in student welfare…!”

By pushing so hard, Tanya was able to get Rachel’s confirmation.

The next day, an answer came back from the school headquarters to the student council.

― ‘It was surprisingly easily passed because the current student president directly suggested it. Researchers also reported that they would reflect on themselves to make more meaningful achievements for the development of magic, correcting themselves who have forgotten the meaning of academics and being indolent through the passing of this reduction plan.’

― ‘It’s not just the student management, but the Trix Hall faculty members were broadening their horizons. What a surprise, Tanya Rosteeler. It wouldn’t have been easy just to do my duty as the student council president, but I want to sincerely congratulate you for your hard work.’

“why why why!”

Tanya screamed, tearing her hair from the desk in her office.

“This week, he toured the Lorail Hall to encourage faculty members, voluntarily inspected the operation of the Ophelis Hall and internal stability, and even reviewed the performance of research professors. Actually, don’t you enjoy being the president?”

“I’m just the student council president! Anyone can see that this is clearly an act of overreaching! Why aren’t you offended?”

“The image of a person is so frightening. Looking at it in a big way, it eventually becomes an external activity to increase student welfare funds.”

Ziggs Eiffelstein wiped his longsword with a rag, grabbed one of the student assistants and gave him instructions.

Most of them were related to preparations for the unification competition to be held in late fall. As a member of the executive committee, Ziggs was in charge of securing the venue and managing contacts.

“In the afternoon, you have to go to the student meeting you called. It won’t be too late even if you finish eating and start preparing.”

“This is what happened… Why don’t we get rid of the privileges of the seniors of each year?!

“Look at the faces of the chiefs. Wade Calamore, Lucy Meyril, Ed Rosteylor, Dyke Elphelan. Don’t you know the names?”

Ed Rosteylor is Tanya’s older brother, and Dyke Elphelan is a student member.

Lucy Meiril would completely follow Ed Rosteyler’s opinion, so it was safe to say that the majority were already pro-Tanya faction.

“Why are you like this… My supporters are strong…!”

“…Are you saying that with such a desperate expression, that’s…?”

“Isn’t the Elte Merchant Corridor somehow hostile?! Why don’t we catch the pod with exclusive rights to some items?”

“Anyway, most of the items are clearly stipulated in the contract without any controversy… Also, as long as senior Ed remains a pro-Student Council faction, it won’t be easy to set up a confrontation with Elte Co.”

“Eek…”

Again, it was Ed Rosteyler. As long as he is supported by Ed Rosteiler, it is correct to assume that he is also in a supportive relationship with Elte Corporation.

“Hwa, how about the imperial family? If we go to the imperial family’s quarters where Princess Penia is staying and ask for something like a bachelor’s pay… Wouldn’t it be taken as an insult to the imperial family?”

“Isn’t Princess Fenia’s side already stuck with the Ross Taylor family side? You’d better stop. Then, if you succeed in getting even a few gold coins, your support for the bachelor’s side will become stronger.”

“Why is it that when you stab this side, that side hardens, and when you stab that side, this side hardens!”

“It’s embarrassing to ask me.”

It was not Tanya who would give up here. Gritting my teeth and rolling my head, I repeated the process of somehow concocting my thoughts.

“Denomination! The Tithe collected by the Church of Telos is being held back as unreasonable! The religious issue is indeed the most sensitive part!”

“Oh… senior Ed must have already made sure that the forces on the side of the Church of Telos are clear. First of all, Saint Clarisse is a completely pro-student council faction.”

“Yes?! Saint Clarisse supports me? Why?!”

Tanya does not know that Kylie Acne and Saint Clarisse are the same person.

Ed Rosteiler and Tanya Rosteiler. For Clarice, who has completely favorable feelings for the two, wishing for hostility is rather a choice close to self-inflicted.

“That… I wonder if Senior Ed had a hand in it…”

“How many bodies does my brother have?!”

“It’s embarrassing to ask me.”

Tanya slumped back into the president’s seat. After a few sweeps across her face, she made a dying sound.

“I can’t run away… I can’t… In this drunken student council president’s seat… I have to be tied up forever…”

“That… President Tanya.”

“…yes?”

“… the Dex Hall Budget Decision… You must sign…”

Tanya raised her head. Decisions on the operating budget of Dex Hall for this semester.

The budget bill, which had to be approved by the student body president before going to the academic headquarters, was approximately 147 pages long.

“Please review it in an hour, so you can eat and attend the afternoon meeting.”

Tanya looked at Ziggs as if asking for help, but the answer Ziggs could give was still the same.

“It’s embarrassing to do that to me.”

*

“Oh, Tanya. Why are you so dead. Are you tired from work?”

It was a few minutes before the afternoon meeting started when Tanya met Ed Rosteiler for the first time in a long time.

Before entering the small conference room, as soon as I ran into Ed Roth Taylor in the hallway… Tanya cried.

All of the aristocratic children who had gathered under the chair of the student council president, Tanya, sat together in the small meeting room of the Glockt Hall.

When everyone returns to their own territory, they are treated with respect by their vassals and rule like kings, but at the Sylvania Academy, the land of learning, they are just students.

Recently, student council president Tanya, whose momentum seemed to pierce the sky, called it herself, so everyone had been sitting and waiting for fifteen minutes.

Looking at the faces of the people sitting there, they were all students from aristocratic families known within the school year.

There were a few students who were not from aristocratic families, but most of them were involved in the imperial competition.

1 Grade.

Wade Calamore. Joseph Whitefelts. Aeg Lokin. Delus Einshaven.

Saint Clarice could not be summoned with the authority of the student council president.

2nd grade.

Ziggs Epelstein, Clevius Nortondale, Elvira Aniston, Elka Islan.

Likewise, he couldn’t summon Princess Penia directly.

3rd year.

Ed Roth Taylor, Febri Ginifail, Drake Ragers, Clara Danielheim.

Grade 4.

With the exception of Dyke Elpelan, Dorothy Whitefelts, Tracyana Bloomriver, and Ziggs and Clara, who voluntarily moved into the dormitory, all of them are VIPs using Ophelis tubes.

In addition to that, there are many children from various aristocratic families in Sylvania, but if we were to select students who would be most affected by this imperial competition for each grade, this was roughly the case.

The rest were either descendants of nobles from the periphery, or people who had a hard time influencing the imperial competition.

It is also an uncomfortable place for everyone in this place where people from such famous aristocratic families are gathered together. It’s a place where you can’t speak and act carelessly.

It was just that everyone sat quietly and waited for Tanya, who presided over the table, to enter.

“He’s been busy running around here and there lately, but it’s nice to see him as he seems to be busy with the president’s work. I also don’t see his face often because I’m busy doing survival activities, renovating the cabin, and managing my grades.”

On the other hand, in the hallway, Ed and Tanya were facing each other for the first time in a long time.

It was a very welcome reaction for Ed.

In fact, Ed Rosteeler was popular throughout the undergraduate school, but very few people were genuinely welcomed by him.

This is because, no matter how favorable the relationship, Ed Rosteeler must keep the minimum line.

Is it because the intimacy of blood mixing remains strangely lingering?

Some people might be envious of Tanya, who was treated fairly by Ed, but Tanya herself only spoke seriously with a pale face.

“Brother, please save me…”

“…what?”

“I… that…”

Tanya pondered over what to say, but slurred her words. Because she had a hard time figuring out how to rhyme.

I’m grateful that Ross Taylor’s prestige is high and that he always works hard, but can’t we do it in moderation?

It’s a bit absurd to even say that. Ed just lived hard in his own way, and in the first place, Tanya is the next successor to Ross Taylor before being the student council president. It is also not appropriate for her to tell her to work hard in moderation with her status.

“…What? Are you in trouble?”

“That… to explain… it’s a bit complicated…”

“Tell me. Don’t worry alone.”

Seeing Ed actively expressing his intention to help, I feel like I’m about to burst into tears of gratitude… In fact, most of the problems were caused by Ed himself.

But blaming Ed was ridiculous, so Tanya was going crazy.

“Does it have anything to do with calling this meeting?”

“yes?”

“I was a little curious about your intentions, as you suddenly summoned only the sons of nobles.”

“Oh, no… This is a completely separate issue.”

Tanya shook her head and told Ed clearly.

“From now on… I think I’m going to have a war of nerves with Princess Selaha. Before and after the unification competition planned for this semester.”

Tanya was always crying and suffering, but she had a clear plan for the future.

No matter how grouchy she is, she is a girl who is always clear about her course of action.

“Before that, you need to have insurance in place so that there are no unnecessary aftereffects.”

“insurance?”

“Imperial power competition is imperial power competition, and bachelors are bachelors… I thought to announce it to everyone.”

Only then did Ed Rosteylor read Tanya’s intentions.

In order to catch Princess Sellaha, who is taking the most active opposition to the Roth Taylor family, she has to lay the groundwork for it from now on.

When Tanya, a member of the Roth Taylor family, takes the lead and starts confronting Princess Selaha… The family that supported Princess Selaha would not stand still.

The aftermath of that conflict would obviously affect this Sylvania Academy, so I was thinking of taking a preemptive response to alleviate it to some extent in advance.

The imperial family’s political strife is a political strife, and we must practice the virtue of learning in our own way.

Let’s not bring the imperial family’s political strife to Sylvania, the land of learning. It is not polite to this land of study to cloud the atmosphere of the bachelor with pointless factional fights.

It was my intention to convey the words to that effect to everyone.

“Is that going to be what you think?”

Ed expressed his skepticism. Of course Tanya was the same.

“But I can’t help it. I don’t want to see Sylvania split in half because of the imperial competition.”

Tanya opened and closed her eyes gently and spoke.

“For this unified competition, Princess Sellaha will also come to Sylvania as an observer. Active members of the Imperial Knights and Magic Research Society will also come to see the students’ skills. In the name of teaching students who will be responsible for the future of the country.”

It was not easy for the students to beat the knights and wizards active in the imperial family.

It’s really unusual, there are students with skills comparable to active duty, but even that is compared to normal active duty.

Among the active duty members, the top-notch staff members of the imperial family who remain as legends… It’s really a different class. If the leader of the knights, Dilux, or someone similar to the president of the Imperial Magic Academy pops up, the students will never be able to compete.

Of course, this is a story when Lucy Meiril is out of the question.

“I have some plans for that time. I haven’t materialized yet, but I think I can see a way to deal a meaningful blow to Princess Selaha’s position.”

From Ed Rosteylor’s point of view, there is no reason to stop him.

Princess Persica was appeased, and Princess Penia was an ally in the first place.

From his point of view, the purpose of which is to station the imperial army on Aken Island when Velbroke descends… If the last variable, Princess Selaha, is somehow removed, all worries disappear.

As for removing that last variable… Rather, it is a position to roll up your arms and help.

“Yes. If you have any concerns, tell me right away. I will help you with everything possible.”

“Worried… Worryed… I mean…”

“…Are you worried about something? Your expression has been crying ever since.”

“…I really think I’m going to die, brother…”

In the end, Tanya couldn’t stand it and spoke while wearing a bamboo statue.

“It’s hard to take responsibility for the family as the head of the household, but I want to give up the position of student council president…”

finally said…

Tanya took a deep breath as if she had accomplished a great deal, then went straight to Ed.

“I might really die of overwork if I keep going like this… I… I want to stop being the student council president…”

“…”

“Ugh… But… Even if I tried to look at it a little bit, it was interpreted in a strange way, and only supporters were gathered, and wherever I tried to argue, Ed’s brother put an end to it…”

“…”

“To be honest, I’m tired of being the head of household. I told you the other day. I think you just overlooked it, but I mean it in my own way… When the family is stable to a certain extent… I just want to… retire… Ugh…”

Then, Tanya suddenly grabbed Ed’s hands tightly and spoke as if he were begging.

“This, this is how it happened… When the work is over, can’t Ed’s brother spread gossip about me? Because it was, there are probably a few scenes that can be used as a basis!”

“If I gossip about my younger sister, won’t my image deteriorate before your image?”

“How bad can it be if someone like me is called an idiot!”

“You… I don’t know if you’re aware of it, but you already have a lot of support within the undergraduate school… It’s a burden to me too at this point.”

“Why! Why! Why the hell is that!”

“…”

Ed lowered his gaze for a moment, then spoke shyly.

“You’re already in a position where you are supported by consilience from the bachelor side, the high school side, the church side, and the imperial family quarters. They say it’s the first time in the history of Sylvania… In fact, from the standpoint of the bachelor, you’ve risen to an irreplaceable position.”

“…”

“If you quit the president right now, the bachelor’s side won’t be insignificant… I won’t let it go like that…”

Tanya let go of Ed’s hands with her face flushed. and swish her hair with both of her hands, not caring that her neatly arranged blond hair was disheveled.

“Then… Then…! There’s no escape route! Then how can I…!”

– Boom!

At that moment, the door to the small meeting room opened as if to show off.

Inside, all the children of nobles who were waiting for Tanya were sitting together.

“Are you here!!! President Tanya!!!!!”

“I’ve been waiting for you!! Have it inside!!!!!”

Members of the student council shouting in respect in a loyal tone. He bent his waist at 90 degrees and was greeting them politely.

Only the middle seat is empty as if to be seen. Everyone was waiting for Tanya with respect.

Tanya could feel her tears welling up.