“...”
“...”
The Headmistress’ Office was engulfed in a long silence.
And the first one to break it was .
“...You are not even gonna ask if I had a good holiday now?”
“I don’t ask aningless questions.”
“...”
I see.
It seed like this person had learned about everything that happened. I couldn’t refute her words now since I understood where she ca from.
“So, how was the Tristan Duchy, Dowd?”
“...It wasn’t bad.”
I was being sincere, it wasn’t bad.
Except for the fact that I left my father there.
“...? You left Viscount Campbell there? Why…?”
“The Lord held him back because he had sothing to say to him. I believe he said he has sothing to teach him?”
That was what Leonid had told in person. He suggested that my father should stay away from the Viscounty in the anti since he had sothing to teach him in person.
Of course, he emphasized several tis that my father didn’t need to if he didn’t want to, but with his personality, of course he’d hastily consent to it since he couldn’t risk getting the Viscounty caught in the crossfire for rejecting the Lord.
“...”
Hearing what I said, Atalante looked at with an uncomfortable expression.
As if she was asking if I seriously didn’t know what it ant.
“...Isn’t that for the wedding preparation?”
“What?”
“This is sothing that commonly happens whenever a major noble gets married with a much lower ranking noble. It’s like a tradition when you accept a live-in son-in-law. They teach you things in advance, like giving you precautions and the risks when you get married.”
“...”
“Maybe that’s the reason why they called you and your father over in the first place…?”
“...Anyway.”
As I could feel goosebumps creeping up on my skin, I quickly changed the topic.
“You look more lively now. What happened?”
I really was curious about that, since this person’s skin was glowing brighter than usual now.
The usual Atalante always looked like a corpse—thanks to her overworking herself ever since she t —compared to that, she looked way too different.
“...Ah, ?”
Hearing what I said, Atalante let out a smile.
It seed like my words made her feel good or sothing.
“...”
Well, if it wasn’t for her dead eyes, I woulda thought that she was living the life now.
“I used a Spell. Physical Regeneration.”
“...What?”
“It’s a spell I’d usually use in an ergency. You see, if you live a long life, like , there are tis when you’d need to use sothing like this. Though, using this spell requires to sacrifice my future…”
“...”
I could only sit there dumbstruck for a mont before I could even say sothing.
“...Isn’t that a combat Spell?”
“It is.”
“...”
I swear, this was the kind of shit that people on the verge of death would use…
And she used it to sit in her office, working on docunts…
“...What in the world are you overworking yourself on?”
After hearing my question, Atalante let out the smile of an ascetic.
I could guess what she was trying to say.
It was probably sothing along the lines of, ‘If I could tell you what it is, I’d already tell you earlier’.
“...”
In other words…
This was a matter that even the person who was building a whole continent to hold the Devils in check for , couldn’t reveal to .
“...Is it really sothing that serious?”
This ti, she glared at angrily.
As if trying to say, ‘Did you REALLY just ask that?’.
As if I was the cause of all this.
“Of course it is, but it doesn’t matter since you’re going to carry the can anyway.”
“...”
“My suffering is over now. It’s your turn next.”
“...”
“I’m joking.”
When I saw her grinning face, I instantly broke out in cold-sweat.
I could tell that she was joking, but I could also tell that she was serious when she said that.
Seeing staying silent without replying, the Headmistress continued while sighing.
“...Anyway, I’ll feel the rebound effect in my body in about a month and I won’t be able to move for a few days, so I’d need to deal with all the urgent matters before that happens.”
Atalante said before handing sothing.
She slid sothing that looked like a badge towards .
It was a copper badge with Elfante’s coat of arms. From the design, it seed like it was supposed to be worn on the uniform.
“...This is?”
“You know that from now on, you’ll be a third-year, right?”
She replied while letting out a yawn.
“Elfante has a total of six years. From the third year onwards, you’ll officially be treated as a senior student. That thing is the ID card you’d need to wear from now on.”
Ah, right…
There was such a setting, huh?
If I rembered correctly, there was sothing that ca with the position…
“It ans that unlike before, ‘duties’ will be imposed on you too now.”
She continued while rubbing her eyes.
“You’re now in the position to guide the ‘junior students’ from now on. So, you’d need to be careful with your behavior.”
“...Is that all?”
“Nah, that was just generally speaking.”
“...”
“You’re an exception after all. Get all those won like a beast or whatever, just as you've done so far.”
“...”
I noticed this over and over, but…
It seed that this person had put aside all pretense when she talked to .
“But, there’s still a catch, well, it’s the only catch. There’s sothing you’re required to do by school regulations.”
“...”
As soon as I heard that, my expression stiffened up.
Because I roughly knew what she was talking about.
●
Thinking back, I had never focused on my school life at all.
In the past, around this ti, I even received a warning from the Headmistress that if I didn't study, I might have to repeat a year.
That was why…
“...Club, huh…?”
I scratched my head while looking at the badge on my uniform.
Once a student becos a senior student, they’d need to be ‘affiliated’ sowhere and from then on, they’d be unable to freely attend classes in the academy unlike before.
In other words, the academy wanted them to form their own ‘personal network’. Considering Elfante’s level, there was a high chance that you’d et the people you’ve t here again in high society.
Honestly, whichever club I’d end up joining doesn’t matter…
I an, it wasn’t like I had so kind of flaw sowhere. Blending in wasn’t a problem for .
The problem here was…
_This is the Branching Point for the Ending. _
While joining a club didn’t seem to be a big deal at a first glance, it was actually the starting point that would decide the axis of the ‘incident’ that encompassed the entire ga.
Of course, whatever I’d choose here wouldn’t decide the ending imdiately, but it would at the very least have a direct effect on the ending.
The reason for this was because the characters you could et in each of the clubs were predetermined. Think of it as you were choosing which characters’ ‘favorability’ you wanted to raise the quickest.
Riru and Seras for the Knight School, Faenol for the Magic School, Lucia and Yuria for the Theology School…
There would be so events with characters specialized in the field.
Basically, this was the point where you’d decide which characters you’d spend the ‘most ti’ with.
This was sothing that I couldn’t avoid, and the need for to choose where to join put in a difficult position.
As I was racking my brain about that while walking through the corridor…
“Teaa—ach—!”
Soone pounced on , pressed against from behind while calling out to .
Then, she supported my unsteady body with her body and closed my eyes with one hand.
“Guess who?”
“...”
“If you got the answer right, I’ll give you a reward!”
Oh, c’mon…
From your voice and the nickna she used, it was clear that you are Iliya…
“Ramming against my back like that, Iliya, you—”
“Since you got the answer right…”
She cut off as she stealthily put down the hands that she used to cover my eyes.
Then, she traced down my neck to my uniform top.
“Shall I give you the reward?”
“...”
This girl…
She had been behaving well until the Harvest Festival was over, but seeing what she was doing, it was clear that she had made so kind of great ‘resolution’ during the ti.
Maybe she thought that since soone else had beaten her and took my first ti, she figured that she had to do it with too, as soon as possible.
This was why, whenever she had the excuse to, she’d pounce on , tried to act sensually while being physically affectionate with , just like what she was doing now.
“...No, actually, I think I mistook you for soone—”
“If you don’t get the answer right, I’ll punish you.”
“...”
What are you, a robber?
Seriously, what do you want from ?
I drew in a sharp breath at the sensation that struck my body as she groped it in sensual ways.
“...Iliya, stop—”
“Ayy, it’s a joke.”
The mont I said that in a slightly serious voice—thinking that things would get a bit dangerous if this continued—Iliya imdiately backed off.
“...”
I sent her a silent gaze as she smiled at .
It was hard to deal with this punk recently since she was always acting like this.
She’d charge at so actively and put in a difficult position, but since she always withdrew imdiately the mont I felt uncomfortable, I couldn’t say anything to reject her advances.
“Anyway! What’s bothering you? Your expression doesn’t look good.”
“...”
Seeing her asking that question with a serious look on her face made let out another sigh.
Seriously, I just couldn’t escape from her…
I swear after she awakened as the Hero, the level of her obsession towards had gone up so high that it was almost comparable to Eleanor’s.
[She’s my sister and all, but I don’t know… This girl has always been a cunning fox like that…]
…Then tell how to get her off .
[Uh, that I don’t know either. I an, I’ve never seen her fail to get what she wants the mont she sets her eyes into it.]
...
Seriously, you’re so useless.
I thought as such as I replied to her in resignation.
“It’s nothing, really, just… clubs…”
“...Ah, aha…”
Hearing my reply, Iliya held her chin as she began to muse on sothing while making a ‘hmm’ sound.
“So you’re suffering since you’re stuck between your won again. Am I wrong?”
“...”
Fuck, she hits the bullseye.
But yeah, no matter which club I’d join, there's bound to be soone who’d get dissatisfied by it.
I let out another sigh.
“Do you have any good ideas?”
“Uh, it’s a little awkward to call it an idea, but…”
She scratched her head before continuing.
“If you’re having difficulties choosing, why don’t you just make one yourself, Teach?”
“...”
“Pretty sure from third-year onwards, you have the right to do that.”
Uh.
That’s—
She has a point, huh…?
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