CH 7

Warning: Return of Slut-Shaming and Rape Victim Blaming.

Since the entrance ceremony is over, everyone from Class A moves to our room.

Hoeh~, the inside of the school is just like in the game.

It’s not super extravagant, but it’s not simple, it’s an elegant building.

The classroom for the 1st years was on the 2nd floor, and Class A was the furthest in the back.

When I entered the classroom, there was a name tag made of parchment on the desks, and I sat where mine was.

Just like in the game, the back seat by the much-desired window.

Carol is usually in the seat next to me.

I stroked the desk with a smile on my face.

I will be living here for the next 3 years.

I’m looking forward to it.

“You’re next to me, huh, Makoto, looking forward to being with you this year,” Carol said.

“Yeah, I’m looking forward to being with you too this year, Carol,” I said.

It’s a sight that makes me feel calm like I’m back at my parents’ house.

Because of Light Sky I worked so hard to draw manga.

By the way, Class A is the class for those who will focus on their academics.

Only high-achieving students are gathered here, half of them are upper-class nobles, and half are lower-class nobles.

A lower-class noble who can achieve great grades has the life of a castle bureaucrat waiting for them in the future.

Group B is a regular class.

This class is for people who are not good at academics.

Second Prince Lloyd and Curtis-onii-chan are there.

Group C is the so-called “orthodox noble” class.

It’s a place to confine the daughters and sons of upper-class nobility who can’t perform well in academics.

Vivian-sama and her entourage are generally in this class.

Anthony-sensei is at the podium, talking about the curriculum and cautions about future school life and so on.

Hmm, today we will be disbanded in the morning, and we will have a dormitory briefing at 1:00 after lunch, huh?

In the game, the inside of the dormitory was just an animated icon, and there was no detailed depiction.

Once you made your schedule for the week, the bed-shaped icon appeared to rest, and then it was an automatic training mini-animation until Sunday.

Carol’s room leaves a stronger impression than my 4-person room.

I went there every Saturday to check the favorability levels of the capture targets and to ask for dating spots.

“Well then, everyone, please follow the rules and have a fun school life,” Anthony-sensei said, ending the orientation and the 1st homeroom.

Hmm, now to have lunch first.

I don’t know what to do, but I think I’ll go to the lower-class cafeteria because it’s cheap, even though it is rumored to serve terrible food.

The upper-class cafeteria is rumored to serve extremely delicious and ridiculously expensive food, but it bars anyone who’s below the rank of a viscount.

What will Carol do?

“What are you planning for lunch, Carol?” I asked.

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“Hmm, what do I do? I heard that there is a delicious bakery near the Academy,” Carol said.

“Oh, that’s probably my blood parents’ house: Hiyoko-Do,” I said.

“I see, so that’s where your blood parents live,” Carol said. “Small world, isn’t it?”

“Isn’t it?” I asked. “If you do go there, I can recommend some bread we have.”

“Shall we?” Carol asked.

That was when Carol stood up.

“Bejeweled~, where is the Bejeweled Reijou-sama?” someone cried as he opened the door to the classroom.

He was a handsome man with short black hair and a large build.

Huh, Curtis-onii-chan, why did you come over from Class B?

The intelligent, glasses-wearing Gerald silently pointed at me, and Curtis-onii-chan headed straight for me.

“Hoh, you, you must be the Bejeweled Reijou-sama, oh, you’re rather beautiful,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Curtis-sama, Makoto must be surprised to see you,” Caroline said.

“I heard that she was with you, Caroline-sama, and that you became friends, yeah, yeah,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

By the way, Curtis-onii-chan is a senior, so you shouldn’t reply without permission.

It’s troublesome.

“Oops, I’m Curtis Browright. I’m the second son of Margrave Browright,” Curtis-onii-chan said. “But, I don’t care much for honorifics or politeness, so you may speak directly to me.”

“Pleasure to meet you, Browright-sama,” I said.

It’s my first time meeting him, so I’ll give you the usual courtesies.

“Somehow, you’re different from the Bejeweled Reijou-sama I was imagining, aren’t you?” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Don’t call me the Bejeweled Reijou-sama,” I said, glaring at him.

Curtis-onii-chan burst out laughing.

Carol also burst out laughing.

“Ah, that’s right, I was imagining something more like this, alright, alright, I won’t,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“You can call me Makoto, Browright-sama,” I said.

“Makoto, mm, mm, got it, got it, but you call me just Curtis, as well,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“As you wish, Curtis,” I said.

The classroom was silent.

“Amazing, superb, the Bejeweled-Reijou-sama.”

“Is she really going to drop honorifics with the margrave’s son after they’ve only just met?”

“I can’t take my eyes off Makoto-sama because of all her mischief since this morning. What is it, this throbbing feeling in my chest?”

“It’s beyond the realm of rudeness, but I feel something like a mysterious, untamed dignity,”

Ugh, shut up!

Curtis chuckled.

“I like you very much,” Curtis said, “it feels destined. Makoto, come to my House as my bride.”

Ah, Curtis-onii-chan, here comes the favorite first-meeting proposal.

How many Light Sky fans were fooled by this and ended up drinking moonshine cider with Carol with the Friendship End?

This man proposes at the Meeting Event, is friendly, and is easy to get along with.

However, in order to trigger his Confession Event, an astonishing amount of combat ability is required.

At first glance, you would inevitably burst into tears, saying, “Oh, Curtis-onii-chan didn’t come to confess his love to me.”

House Browright has been the leader of the royal knights for generations, and Curtis-nii-chan is also a martial arts enthusiast.

Boasting Light Sky’s greatest combat power, he is also very popular in BL as the pairing’s Sao-yaku, the Top.

Anyway, strategy-wise, to capture him you raise both your physical and combat strength.

He’s a difficult man to deal with, who will only come to confess for the first time after you are able to defeat a dragon alone.

However, since it doesn’t feel like he’s truly in love with you as a person, Curtis is not very popular with general Light Sky fans.

He’s like an onii-chan in your neighborhood who’s fun to hang around with, you know?

When he becomes more likable, he shows his blunt kindness, but rather than being heart-pounding, it just ends up being more adorable.

“I’ll think about your marriage proposal,” I said. “So, what do you want?”

It’s still the day of the entrance ceremony, so I haven’t raised a single parameter, so why is this muscle-brained idiot showing up?

“I heard that a girl defeated Michael-kyou, who I was eyeing to defeat myself,” Curtis-onii-chan said. “I wanted to see the Light magic you used to beat him.”

“Fine by me, but I’m moving into my dormitory after eating lunch, so I don’t have time today,” I said.

“Alright then, if you go with me, I’ll treat you to lunch at the upper-class cafeteria,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“I’m in,” I said.

“Alright, alright, quick answer, Caroline-sama, are you going, too?” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“I’m interested in Makoto’s magic, so let’s go together,” Caroline said.

When the 3 of us were about to leave the classroom, we were blocked by a handsome boy with an icy aura about him.

“Your magic… I also want to see it.,” he said.

Elmer, you too!

You’re a character I wouldn’t be able to get to know unless I raised my magic stat first.

How did this happen?

“Elmer-kyou, magic otaku as you are, I suppose you couldn’t overlook this, come on, come on,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“I appreciate it… Curtis-kyou,” Elmer said.

The four of us walk as a group through the school building.

Ugh, since I’m with two handsome guys, the eyes of the ladies around me are so glaringly sharp.

“My, you’re a baker’s daughter, you’re not worth their presence and yet you’re taking Elmer-sama and Curtis-sama.”

“You’re so confident, even though you’ve got that whore with you.”

“Wherever and whatever you’re planning to do, it must be disgusting.”

Uwah, this area is Class C’s, so it’s a nest of that sort of young lady.

Please don’t let Vivian-sama show up.

If she does, it’s trouble all over again.

While I was thinking that, a lady in a yellow dress stood in front of me.

“Curtis-sama, what do you mean by this, taking a commoner student and that abominable wretch?” she asked.

“Nn, Elsa,” Curtis-onii-chan said, “I was going to have Makoto show me her magic in the arena.”

“You are a son of the proud Margrave Browright, so you should not associate with such lowly beings,” Elsa said.

This is Elsa-sama, Curtis-onii-chan’s fiancée.

She was a strong-willed beauty and often quarreled with Curtis-onii-chan during the game.

In the second half of the Curtis Rout, she teams up with Mike and comes to stab me to death.

The still image of my stomach being punctured and bleeding profusely from the wound was impressive, I still remember it.

Well, even if a candidate for the Holy Maiden of Light was still vulnerable enough to be stabbed in the vital organs, she can cast healing magic on herself and be completely fine after.

“Caroline is neither abominable nor vulgar, take those words back,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

Elsa-sama clenched her back teeth.

“I, I’m sorry, I’ll take those words back, Caroline-sama,” Elsa said.

“You are forgiven, I’ll think nothing of it, Elsa-sama,” Caroline said.

However, her treatment of Carol is terrible.

This is probably a dark side that is not shown in the game.

It’s just too adult for the age rating.

We passed Elsa-sama in silence.

“Curtis, please be kinder to Elsa-san,” I said.

“… Huh? Did that not seem gentle to you?” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Did you think that was being gentle?” I asked.

“Eh, what, did it not look like that?” Curtis-onii-chan replied.

What the hell is with this naivete of a Meiji-Era soldier?

“It looked so cold to me, too,” Carol said.

“Curtis-kyou… it looked like you were pressuring her… to me, at least,” Elmer said.

“Even you, Elmer-kyou…!” Curtis-onii-chan cried. “Ah, I thought I was being you know, normal with her…”

“Curtis, you seem like the kind of guy that treats his opponents like crap once he gets his hands on them, you know,” I said.

“Uu,” Curtis-onii-chan moaned.

I’m not sure if I’m right or wrong.

Curtis gripped his chest and lowered his head.

That was no good, Curtis-onii-chan.

“Or rather, even though you have a fiancée, why did you come and ask me to marry you?”

“What he meant was he was asking you to be his concubine,” Carol said.

“So you’re the kind of person who can say such cruel things so openly, huh!!?” I snapped.

That’s just the kind of man you are, Curtis-onii-chan!