CH 27

It’s morning.

I can’t remember what happened yesterday.

Damn you, Carol.

I climb down the bunk ladder and take the bread out of my chest.

Uhihi, I’m graduating from the bad porridge.

“Oh, how cunning, I didn’t think you’d betray me, Makoto,” Corinna cursed as she poked her head out of her bed.

“Fufufu, I don’t eat that bad porridge anymore,” I said.

“We promised that we’d both eat that bad porridge together every day until graduation,” Corinna said.

“I have not made such a promise,” I said. “But, if you’ll make some tea, I’d be happy to share my bread, Corinna-chan.”

“I’m on it!” Corinna said.

She ran out of room 205 with a kettle.

The maids’ beds are empty, and they have already gone to work.

I make tea with the hot water that Corinna-chan has boiled.

“Corinna-chan, which do you prefer, saint’s bread or mayo-corn?”

“I’ve never eaten mayo-corn bread,” Corinna said.

“Then, have that one,” I said.

The two of us munched on them together.

Ah, saint’s bread is good.

“Yummy, it’s so delicious it makes me cry,” Corinna said.

“Honestly, I have to do something about that lower-class noble’s food,” I said.

“It’s not something nobles eat, that stuff,” Corinna said.

“It feels like a prison meal,” I said.

“It must be that,” Corinna said.

Eating something delicious in the morning puts you in a good mood.

Let’s go to school.

I’m heading to class with Corinna-chan.

It’s sunny again today and I feel good.

Spring in the royal capital region is mild with little rainfall.

By the way, the climate of the Kingdom of Appleton is normally the same as that of Japan.

There is spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and there is also a rainy season.

Well, it’s an otome game, and it’s a different world, so it’s probably because it’s hard to get a feel for the dry season and the rainy season.

It’s probably hard for game players to imagine a climate they’ve never lived in.

When I entered the school, there was another wall newspaper pasted at the front of the school.

What is it, what is it?

“Another Massive Incident! At the Girl’s Dormitory, an attempt to poison a saint candidate took place!! What is the secret of the Bejeweled Reijou-sama who swallows the poisoned bowl and roars to a standing ovation?!!”

Umu, well, there’s some exaggeration, but in general, the Magic Academy News is an article based on the facts.

It’s easy to read with a consistent style.

The problem is with Noble’s New Bulletin, as it is doing its best to fabricate, bias, and insult.

The arrogant and vicious saint candidate got puffed up and high off her position, accused the waitress of poisoning, and yelled at a 2nd-year senpai who got in the way and forced her to leave the school, making her faint.

Ignoring the dead Bowgun Maid, huh?

Also, it is written that Curtis and Elmer were charmed by the poisonous saint and fell head over heels for her in a love affair trap.

“Is that so?” Curtis said. “It seems I’ve had a very bad fall from grace.”

Before I knew it, Curtis and Elmer were standing next to me.

“If it’s a physical relationship… you have to eat more… Makoto’s body needs to grow a little more… hard for me to imagine right now…” Elmer said.

“I know what you mean, you have to have breasts, hips, and such,” Curtis said.

“Oh shut up, you two,” I said.

Such erotically-charged boys!

It’s sexual harassment.

Even Corinna-chan can’t hold back her laughter.

“Honestly, Kimball-san… it’s troubling me.”

Woah, somehow suddenly, a beautiful second-year girl with a blue ribbon around her neck and short hair called out to me.

Wait, who?

She just called herself by male pronouns. 1

“Ah, my apologies, I am Heather from the Earl of Wilkinson. Please, feel free to just call me Heather.”

“Ah, I see, so you’d be Heather-senpai?” I asked.

Heather-senpai grinned. “You’re doing fascinating things every day, so Margot’s reports are getting long and she’s in a bad mood about it, it’s becoming trouble for me.”

Oh, is this the ojou-sama Margot-san served?

“I was wondering why you happened to have Albright-sama do the Human Power Plant on you in the hallways last night, I couldn’t sleep because I was quite troubled about it,” Heather said.

Somehow, even though the official name of that technique is the Canadian Backbreaker, it’s becoming the Human Power Plant.

By the way, there are no power plants in this world, so the syntax is something like “a person who is like a fortress that creates lightning.”

“Why were you doing that, Makoto?” Heather asked.

“That technique… even though it’s so difficult…” Elmer said.

“No, um, that was a trivial misunderstanding, and I got into a fight with Carol,” I said.

“You really are quite interesting, aren’t you, Kimball-sama?” Heather said. “There are a lot of middle-ranking aristocrats who are involved in intelligence gathering, but even at those meetings, you’re monopolizing the conversation.”

Middle-ranking aristocrats with territories that have no key product export seem to turn to intelligence work, instead.

It seems that they will do their best to keep the family going by collecting information and looking for momentum and someone to latch onto who can propel them onward.

However, the intelligence-gathering aristocrats seem to be black-hearted, aren’t they?

I don’t want to get too close to them.

Heather-senpai came up to me,

“My family, the Earl of Wilkinson, belongs to Pottinger-kyou’s faction, but they are currently planning to transfer to the Royal Faction. I’m not on your side but I’m not your enemy, either, so I’ll just eagerly sit back and watch your exploits.”

Heather-senpai whispered this into my ear with a smile and left.

Even in Pottinger-kyou’s faction, it feels like the nobles who are newer are trying to evacuate to the Royal Faction on a wait-and-see basis.

Even among the nobles that make up the faction, there are high and low loyalties, so it seems that the lower nobles have begun to waver.

“Hmm, the wind is blowing in our favor,” Curtis said.

“A tailwind… I can feel it,” Elmer said.

“I hope you didn’t plan anything today,” Curtis said.

“I have, I can’t go,” I said.

“I’m sure… there’s something that’s going to happen…” Elmer said.

Nuu, it’s unreasonable.

Well, I’m going to the adventurer’s guild with Carol after school, so there must be something going on there too.

Light Sky’s Events are all over the place.

In the game, there were three events involving bald macho adventurers.

Such as,

“The adventurer’s guild is not a place for little brats”

With that said the bald macho man loses when he gets involved with the protagonists.

Knowing that it was Prince Lloyd, he knelt on the ground, was beaten by Curtis, and was preached to by Gerald.

Depending on your choices, the main character can defeat them, but it’s a good deal if you say “Save me.” to the capture targets, as their favorability will increase.

The four of us go up the stairs to the second floor and pass through Class C in front of the densely populated crowd of fancy dresses, I say goodbye to Curtis and Corinna-chan in Class B, and Elmer and I head to Class A.

When I opened the door, Carol was reading a textbook.

Umu, it’s the usual scene.

“Good morning, Carol,” I said.

“Morning……” Elmer said.

“Good morning, Makoto. Good morning, Elmer-sama.”

Is Carol not mad anymore?

Is she still mad?

Perhaps sensing my timid gaze, Carol smiled.

“If you ever talk about that thing ever again, it’s the human power plant for you, no questions asked,” Carol said.

“Un-Understood,” I said.

Let’s hide from Carol and find the shop in downtown.

Ah, but I’d rather have something like that from Carol.

I’d like to have safe, secure, and clean erotic tools made by Carol.

Hey, it’s something my best friend made.

Won’t you be super excited with that sense of immorality?

Uhehehehe.

“You’re thinking of something bad again,” Carol said.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said.

Anthony-sensei came and started homeroom.

There was a notice of a school event in the 1st semester.

First of all, in the first half of May, there is a welcome dance party for new students.

It’s the first dance party that happens once a semester.

Participation is free for the time being.

In the game, everyone’s favorability is low at this time, so it was difficult to find someone to escort when participating.

Everyone usually has a fiancé or fiancee to go with them.

From the middle of April, 1st-year boys and girls who don’t have fiancées should desperately search for an escort partner.

So, it seems that it’s not uncommon for people to get married to the first person they invited to the 1st dance.

During the game, I always wondered why Carol wasn’t at the dance party, but after reincarnating in this world and learning about Carol’s circumstances, I’m convinced I know.

I want to do something about Carol before the graduation dance party.

I want to wear a beautiful dress together and go to a ball together.

Well, when the welcome dance is over, it’s golden week.

Yeah, it’s Golden Week, I have a sense of déjà vu.

There is a midterm exam in the second half of May.

An excursion in June. 1st-year students seem to take a hike in a small mountain on the outskirts of the royal capital.

In July, there will be a martial arts tournament, and after the final exams, it will be summer vacation.

It’s a surprisingly packed schedule.