I Became the Maid of the Lout Prince Chapter 146

I Beca the Maid of the Lout Prince - Chapter 146 [I Hope We Beco Friends (1)]

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The first eting of the Communication with Spirits lecture class ended in less than an hour.

As with most classes in the academy, the first day usually was dedicated to an orientation of the course syllabus.

Of course, there were occasionally people like Harold, who started practical training from the very first day, but that was really because Harold was an exceptional case.

All the professor of the class did on the first day was assign seats and give a brief explanation of the upcoming topics.

…Also, the professor paired up students who would work together for the sester.

“Don’t worry if you don’t know anyone~. I’ve already decided on partners who I think will be a good match for the sester~.”

‘Wait, don’t tell this ans…’

As is often the case with clichés in these kinds of events, my uneasy premonition turned out to be correct. [Axiomatic on GalaxyTL]

When I ca to my senses, my partner had naturally beco Agnes.

The half-halfling professor said sothing like this:

“Agnes and Lilith have similar mana capacities~. Also, you two have similar grades, so you’ll make good partners~. Ahahahaha~.”

When he suddenly matched with Agnes with an innocent expression, I almost objected to the professor.

…But if I had argued against the partner the professor had already decided on by his own criteria and asked for a change, the atmosphere would obviously have beco awkward.

To be honest, I didn’t know anyone else taking the class, so I didn’t have another partner to switch to anyway.

In terms of psychological distance *1, Agnes, whom I was familiar with from the ga, was actually one of the better options.

‘If only we hadn’t irritated each other before class started, it might not have been so bad…’

Looking back, I wondered if I had needlessly provoked her.

…But Agnes was the one who started the provocation first, wasn’t she? I just responded in kind.

To be honest, my fault was at most 10%. About 90% was all Agnes’s fault.

Although I found out later through speculation, it seems my pairing with Agnes had been decided from the mont of course registration.

There were a total of 30 students taking the Communication with Spirits class.

Excluding , who had a sowhat special connection with Sally, there were 14 students who had already contracted with low-ranking spirits and 15 who hadn’t, making up the 30 students in the lecture.

I only realized near the end of the first day that it was a class where students who had already been in a contract would guide those who hadn’t.

‘I didn’t know about this class in my previous life because I never had to take it…’

The protagonist had a decent enough Charm stat, so there was no need to raise Spirit Affinity separately. In fact, I only found out today that Agnes was taking this class.

Agnes and her “fans” probably all experienced this class that seed to be useful for raising affection with her, but I had never liked Agnes romantically, even once.

Her being 145 cm and being an A-cup were far from my taste, no matter how I thought about it. In my previous life, my preference was firmly for healthy beauties like Natalie.

…Well, whether she was my type or not wasn’t important now.

Now that we’ve beco class partners, I was destined to face Agnes once a week, whether I liked it or not. [Axiomatic on GalaxyTL]

Of course, properly progressing through the class would be impossible in this situation, where we had just irritated each other with our most recent conversation, so I needed to repair our relationship first.

‘It’s clear that I need to beco friends with her sohow when thinking about the future. …This is going to be troubleso.’

…Well, I guess I’ll have to try approaching Agnes based on her hobbies and interests as I did in my previous life.

I never thought I’d be in a position similar to the protagonist, trying to conquer a heroine, but it wasn’t in my nature to despair and do nothing.

“Since it’s co to this, let’s try to get along for the sester, Miss Blaze. We can’t be at odds with each other all sester, can we?”

“…Hmph, do as you like.”

At this point, I had no idea how to beco friends with that sourpuss over the course of a sester.

A week passed right after the start of the second sester.

Normally, the beginning of the sester would be the most relaxing period for regular students, but I had quite a packed schedule.

I had to be busy from now on to make various preparations for the end-of-sester Hunting Festival, which was the main event of the second sester.

It was ti to start actively interacting with students from other departnts to gather mbers for the Hunting Festival and to secure items needed for it.

For reference, there are generally preferred departnts for party mbers in the academy’s Hunting Festival. Among them, the students of the Magic Departnt had the worst popularity.

This was because out of the five combat departnts, only the Magic Departnt was unable to “solo hunt” in the final evaluation.

The Swordsmanship Departnt, the Spearmanship Departnt, the Martial Arts Departnt, and the Archery Departnt. [Axiomatic on GalaxyTL]

Unlike the Magic Departnt, these four departnts could solo hunt in the final evaluation. As such, many students with a certain level of skill often participated in the Hunting Festival solo instead of forming parties.

Of course, students who were ambitious about their grades ford parties to hunt stronger prey, but usually, these parties were often just groups of acquaintances rather than gatherings of strong individuals.

This ant that even though I had achieved good grades in the first sester, there was still a possibility that I wouldn’t be invited to a party.

Of course, even if I wasn’t invited by anyone, I had Ethan to rely on, so I was sowhat at ease.

‘If I can pair up with Ethan, our duo would be enough, but it’s better to form a more impressive party if possible.’

I had to consider the possibility that Ethan might not think to gather additional mbers beyond our duo party.

I couldn’t afford to carelessly pass through the Hunting Festival, which had the most significant impact on the final grades for the sester. The more insurance, the better.

Of course, as Ethan’s exclusive maid, it was difficult for to be brazen enough to socialize with students from other departnts in front of Ethan, so there wasn’t much room for to intervene in securing mbers.

Sotis, when I talked with male students from other departnts, I felt a strangely sharp gaze from Ethan’s direction. He probably didn’t like that I wasn’t focusing on my duties as his exclusive maid.

Being perceptive, I had no intention of preparing for the Hunting Festival by doing things that the young master I serve disliked.

…But it wasn’t in my nature to make no preparations at all either.

Having given up on securing party mbers, I instead focused my ti on two areas: ‘self-improvent’ and ‘potion procurent.’

The second part, potion procurent, was particularly important.

‘Potions are literally a matter of life and death.’

Unlike the first sester’s evaluation battle, where we could fight with Death Prevention Magic, living wasn’t guaranteed in the second sester’s Hunting Festival.

It was impossible to secure the enormous amount of mana needed to cast and maintain Death Prevention Magic over the entire Black Forest, and besides, the said magic wasn’t limited to just humans.

If they didn’t want to see live monsters being delivered to the academy’s Theology Departnt building, they wouldn’t do sothing crazy like casting Death Prevention Magic in a forest where monsters appeared.

Potions were what could preserve life in case of ergency in such a dangerous forest.

I needed to start talking with potion suppliers now, if only to treat potentially fatal injuries and preserve my life.

At this point, there was only one acquaintance in the Pharmacy Departnt I had who could act as a potion supplier for .

‘Lizzy Lynn August.’

The young lady of the August Margrave family. Second-ranked in the Pharmacy Departnt.

I honestly don’t know how she rose to second rank in the Pharmacy Departnt.

I’m not sure whether she was naturally talented in that area or if she used sowhat underhanded thods befitting the young lady managing the August Trading Company.

Given that she maintained her second-rank position even after a sester, it was more likely that she herself was talented in pharmacy. …But even if the young lady of the August family had secured her rank through underhanded ans, it didn’t really matter to .

After all, what I needed were recovery potions for the end-of-sester Hunting Festival, not a friend overflowing with loyalty and morality. [Axiomatic on GalaxyTL]

The problem was how to befriend Lizzy again, whom I had parted with sowhat awkwardly during the first sester.

After I rejected her offer to be her secretary, our tea tis, which used to happen once or twice a week, naturally disappeared. Also, since the August and Blackwood Estates were far apart, it was difficult to even accidentally run into each other during the sumr vacation.

Because of this, I thought that even if I went to the Pharmacy Departnt building to look for Lizzy, she might have lost interest in and could turn away at the door.

If I went to the top student, ‘Witch Lara’, instead, I would undoubtedly receive a quest that would be difficult to complete as Lilith, so restoring my relationship with Lizzy had beco one of my essential tasks now.

‘I know how to approach Agnes, but how should I approach Lizzy…’

She’s not even a heroine in Luminor Academy, nor does she appear in the main story since she died before it happened.

Moreover, judging by her personality that I confird at the masquerade ball, she was a woman with quite a strong personality and wasn’t the kind of woman that I, who was a virgin in my previous life, could easily beco friends with.

…Especially considering that I had already rejected her goodwill once.

However, if I went to the end-of-sester Hunting Festival without potions, I might be in danger due to the ‘First Hunting Festival Event.’ Recruiting a student from the Theology Departnt was even more difficult.

While I was pondering this difficult situation, a thought suddenly seed to flicker in my mind.

‘…Co to think of it, I feel like I’m forgetting sothing important.’

As I was walking towards the Pharmacy Departnt Building to et Lizzy, I felt troubled by a question that had arisen in my mind.

I realized that the question in my mind wasn’t just a feeling right after that.

“Oh my, it’s been a while, Miss Lilith.”

“…Princess Seraphine?”

“I have sothing I’d like to discuss with you, Miss Lilith… If it’s alright, could you spare so ti?”

As soon as I saw Princess Seraphine’s face and the face of her exclusive maid, Luke, behind her, I was finally able to rember what I had forgotten.

‘Ah.’

Right, Luke’s dagger.