CH 6

Hello, this is Makoto.

Luckily, I defeated the villainess, Vivian-sama, and the minion of said villainess, Mike, so I took Carol by the hand and went to the auditorium for the entrance ceremony.

Or, so I thought we would be…

Together with my best friend Carol, I was taken to the student guidance room, asked about the situation, and the staff got really angry at me.

The entrance ceremony will be postponed for 1 hour.

It is Anthony-sensei who is scolding us.

He is a handsome glasses-wearing sensei who is in charge of Class A, which Game Makoto and Carol should belong to.

By the way, he’s a Capture Target.

To win his heart, first, you study, second, you study even more.

If you shut yourself up in the library, his affection will grow normally.

Because it is so easy to capture his heart, he was called “the Backup Plan” by Light Sky fans.

He is a warm and good person.

By the way, in the Light Sky popularity poll of game magazines, Anthony-sensei was ranked first.

Ordinary otome game fans like the safe characters.

Unexpectedly, the princes are shunned.

If this becomes the opinion of BL lovers, the favorite character rankings will change again, so the demographics of the fandom are a really strange thing.

“Especially you, Kimball-san,” Antony-sensei said, “why did you kick a man’s most important part? There is no way you can become a fine noble lady doing that.”

“Yeah, well, I had to do that, I was going to get kicked out of the school after being beaten up,” I replied.

“That is true, but you’ve gone too far, if you’ve been insulted, you should have just settled for a slap or something similar.”

“Do you think a Royal Guard Candidate would even flinch from a slap?” I countered. “He was already looking down on me because I was a commoner.”

“That’s, well, you know…” Antony-sensei said.

When it comes to Mike, that’s the only way.

I could have blinded him for life with a 12x collapsing flash of the Light spell.

“I thought Makoto was being much too rough,” Carol said, “but even if I stepped in instead of her, I would have injured Michael-kyou severely with my chain golem, so I don’t think the damage he suffered would have been much different.”

“Even you, Albright-san…” Antony-sensei mumbled. “But, this is still a serious incident. It’s unprecedented for a girl and a boy to fight a duel before the entrance ceremony and then send the boy to the infirmary.”

“I gave my maid a hi-potion, so I think his wounds will heal,” Carol said. “As for his emotional wounds, well, I think it’s a natural consequence for a foolish gentleman who tries to hit a girl.”

“What a surprise, you seem to have become so much braver these days,” a fourth voice said.

The door and a maid with an eyepatch came in and stood behind Carol.

Oh, it’s Anne-san, Carol’s maid.

She really does have an eyepatch over her right eye.

Basically, she probes the favorability level of the capture targets, so it was often mentioned in Light Sky’s chat thread that she might be a combat maid of House Albright or a kind of ninja.

“Thank you, Anne, for delivering that hi-potion,” Carol said.

“Yes, Michael-kyou’s life and male functions seem to be functioning without any significant issues,” Anne-san said.

“That’s the most important thing,” I said.

Reproductive function is important for nobles.

No matter how arrogant they are, nobles are reproductive machines for the survival of the family.

The door opened with a bang, and First Prince Kevin and his escort knight entered. 1

“Well, well, Kevin-sama,” Anthony-sama.

“Please relax, Anthony-sensei,” Kevin said. “No need to stand up, the rest of you.”

Hmm, what are you here for, Ouji-sama?

Do you want to talk to me?

“There’s no need to be so wary,” Kevin-sama said. “I’m here to apologize as Vivian-sama’s fiancé, not as the prince.”

“”!”””

The royal family, apologizing?

“My fiancé’s recklessness has embarrassed Caroline Albright-sama and Makoto Kimball-sama,” Kevin-sama said. “This time it was all Vivian’s fault. Please, forgive her.”

And with that, Kevin-sama bowed his head deeply.

We can’t even say a word about the abnormal situation of a royal family member apologizing.

The royal family never apologizes.

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Because they are the greatest in the country.

If they say something, even if they are wrong, it will be right.

If they say, “It’s a horse,” the picture of a deer will become a picture of a horse.

“No, don’t, please raise your head, Kevin-ouji,” I said.

“The apology is accepted,” Carol said.

“Ah, amazing for you to come full circle, Kimball-san,” Anthony-sensei said, upset with me.

Why?

I don’t understand.

The prince sat down on the sofa and put his hand on his forehead.

“Vivian always spends her time in her territory, and she seems to have misunderstood that the actions she did there would also be sanctioned here in the Academy,” Kevin-sama explained.

“… So in her territory, the knights routinely beat the commoners they don’t like on a daily basis, is that right?” I asked.

“Yes, that’s right, it’s most certainly a problem,” Kevin-sama said. “It’s unacceptable to show to you, Kimball-sama, as you were a commoner.”

“There are many nobles who don’t see even see the commoners as people, Kevin-ouij,” Carol said, smiling and adding to his words.

What is with this cruelness suddenly popping up?

I wonder if only the commoners of the royal capital, my barony family, and the Great Temple were exceptionally kind residents in this world.

“In principle, all students are equal at the Royal Appleton Academy of Magic,” Kevin-sama said. “If Vivian continues to push you too hard about your social status, talk to me and I’ll take care of the matter.”

Well then, what’s he up to?

Does he want to keep a relationship with Carol’s family, House Albright?

Does he want to hold down his relationship with the Great Temple?

Maybe both.

To the royal family, Albright territory is a major production area for alchemical ingredients and products and is strategically important, and it would be terrible if the Temple took the saint exclusively for themselves.

That’s why the prince took the unprecedented action of apologizing to us.

It’s probably a plan from Gerald, the Prime Minister’s son.

Come to think of it, Kevin-ouji is a hard worker, isn’t he?

“Come now, then, the entrance ceremony is about to begin, everyone, let’s leave here,” Kevin-sama said.

“Understood,” Carol said.

“Sorry to bother you, Anthony-sensei,” I said.

” Albright-san, you’re behaving beautifully, and you, Kimball-san, well, you’ll have to do a little better than that,” Anthony-sensei said.

Huh, did I do something wrong?

I don’t understand.

“Ah, well, last but not least…” Kevin-sama said.

What is it, Ouji?

“Be careful of poison,” Kevin-sama said.

With a bang, the air in the room froze.

Yes, even in the game, there are frequent poisoning attempts in the latter halves of all routes.

“I have an antidote on me,” Carol said, pulling out a test tube with a blue liquid from somewhere. “Do you want to bring one too, Makoto?”

As expected of an alchemist.

“All Light magicians have a constitution that makes them immune to poison, so I’m fine. Also, I can use Cure Poison magic,” I explained.

“Is the poison ineffective against the saint? That’s… rather convenient,” Kevin-sama said.

“Very convenient, you say?” I said.

Ah, oh no, I stabbed Ouji-sama with a suspicious remark.

I really shouldn’t have.

Carol smiled wryly, Kevin-ouji looked dumbfounded and then smiled wryly, and Anthony-sensei also smiled wryly.

“Kimball-sama, you truly are a strange one,” Kevin-ouji said, laughing.

Geh, your smile is sparkling.

He’s a handsome man alright.

My, my heart isn’t pounding at all, no.

Fuhn.

In the hallway leading to the auditorium, I wondered where Carol was pulling the chains and test tubes out from, but when I tried to roll up her skirt, she got really angry.

I’m sorry.

By the way, it seems to be an alchemist’s secret.

Is it also an infinite storage bag?

Carol’s underwear caught my attention, they were drawers and they were cute.

The 4 of us enter the auditorium.

We seem to be the last inside, as everyone is sitting on the chairs and looking at me.

“Hey, it’s the Bejeweled Reijou-sama!”

Everyone burst into laughter.

What is it, a Kabuki theater call out?

“Puh, the Bejeweled Reijou-sama, is it?” Kevin-sama snickered.

Shut up, Ouji-sama.

When I glared at him, Kevin-ouji looked away.

When Carol and I took our seats, Kevin-ouji walked forward and stepped onto the stage.

Is he going to read a speech?

“Students, all rise. We will sing the Academy anthem.”

From the live band, the music flows out, and everyone sings the school anthem of Appleton Royal Academy.

By the way, as a game Light Sky was strangely elaborate on the small details, so the school anthem was actually part of the music files.

How nostalgic.

The entrance ceremony was followed by the words of the headmaster, the welcome words of the current students, and the new students’ remarks.

After all, Kevin-ouji gave a speech.

He delivered his words sonorously and concisely, as expected, he had the personality of a prince.

While listening to the speech, I look at the block of chairs for Class A.

Ah, that silver-haired person is Elmer, the Prince of Ice.

Including Kevin-Ouji, there are 3 capture targets for Class A.

The second prince, Lloyd-chan, is in Class B next door.

He’s the shota choice.

There was another prince in the royal family, the third, but he died.

6 years ago in the spring, the engagement between that third prince and Vivian-sama was decided, and then said prince died in the autumn of that year.

And 2 years later, Kevin the First Prince and Vivian-sama’s engagement was announced.

Rumors circulated in the royal capital that Pottinger-kyou’s house servants poisoned him because Pottinger-kyou was dissatisfied with his daughter’s engagement to the third prince.

So that may be why Kevin-ouji said, “Beware of poison.” earlier.

Those who earn the ire of Pottinger-kyou oft die of poison.

Yes, it’s a whole mountain’s worth of deaths.

From now on, many people will die from poison, and House Pottinger will surely continue to grow when they are gone.

How terrifying.