Mia decided to have Bel stay in the same room as her and Anne. The extra bed made the room cramped, but she couldnât demand for an extra room after having asked special permission to enroll Bel. This also made it easier for her to talk to Bel.
âSo, what happened, Bel?â She asked Bel who had been acting strange since they left Rafinaâs room.
The two people were sitting next to each other in bed. Mia gently watched over the pale Bel. There was the warmth of a grandmother watching over her grandchildren. This is the moment when Miaâs grandmotherhood sprouted.
Looking at Mia, Bel mumbled.
âI remembered⌠something.â
âWhat did you remember?â
âMr. Ludwig said that what caused the world to fall into turmoil and chaos was this student council election. He was really sad about it, and he kept on saying, âIf only Her Highness had run in the election.ââ
Upon hearing that, Mia gave a resigned sigh.
I donât know whatâs going to happen, but it seems like I wonât be able to skip it. I guess it canât be helpedâŚ
While she sighed about giving up joining the Council, she was actually happy inside.
But⌠Mia was misunderstanding something. She didnât realize the meaning of Belâs words, and the horror they contain. Thatâs why Mia nodded in a calm manner.
âI see. I really wanted to decline having a position in the Student Council, but if Ludwig said that, I canât help it. Iâll go to Rafina-sama and tell her that I will officially accept her invitation⌠huh?â
Mia noticed that Bel was shaking her head.
âNo, Mia-neesan. Thatâs not what I meant.â
âWhat do you mean?â
âMr. Ludwig said⌠If Mia was in the election and defeated Empress Prelate Rafina, history would have changed.â
â⌠Huh?â Mia tilted her head, unsure and confused. âWhat are you talking about? Bel, do you meanâŚ?â
Mia tried to calm down and remember Belâs words.
She did say that I have to run the election!
Now that she finally understood Belâs words and their implications, panic started rising. This was going to be an open declaration of war! Against whom? Of course, to Rafina Orca Belluga! The trauma that was never dealt with on the previous timeline revives in Miaâs heart. Mia, moaning and holding her chest, immediately smiled at Bel.
âOhohoho. What in the dark moons are you talking about silly girl? Do you understand what that means?â
Belâs answer to Mia was extremely ruthless. Bel said with a straight face. âIâm not sure. Itâs just what Mr. Ludwig said.â
If it was Belâs words, Mia could have denied it. But when she heard that Ludwig said them, she had to consider it properly.
âOh, but didnât you doze off couple of times? You mustâve misheard it.â
âIs that so?â
âIâm sure it is.â
âOkay. If my respected Mia-neesama says so, Iâm sure it was my misunderstanding.â
âAhahaha, Bel mustâve just dozed off, huh?â
Then, the two of them laughed. Belâs laugh was genuine, Mia wasâŚ
What am I doing?! Even if I have persuaded Bel, it wonât change anything! Mia screams inwardly.
After seeing Belâs reaction, Mia guessed. What Bell was saying was true, and not a misunderstanding. If Ludwig really said that⌠then he expects that the fate of the world will change if she defeats Rafina in in the Student Council electionsâŚ
But itâs possible that Ludwig, the four-eyes, might have made a mistake. Thatâs right, Iâm sure Ludwig must have made a mistake.
Mia took a deep breath and exhaled to calm herself down.
Suddenly, a single tear fell from her eye and rolled down her cheek.
Ah, oh, I get it now. This is it, isnât it? Itâs over. I have no choice but to take the plunge.
Miaâs intuition told her that Ludwig canât be wrong. If that Ludwig said that if Mia didnât win the student council election, then the world will be in trouble, then it must be so.
Understanding that she will now be stepping into hell, with no hopes of returning back to her happy life, Mia just spilled tears.
Oh, Iâm dead. Thereâs no way out of this anymore. Uhuhuhuh⌠Woeful moons, why?
Mia dived onto her bed, and buried her teary face in her pillow⌠That was how she slept that night.
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By the way, Bel was alarmed when she saw Mia suddenly cryingâŚ
Why is grandmother crying?⌠Oh, she must have been impressed when I told her how Mr. Ludwig took really good care of me. She must have been moved to tears with Mr. Ludwigâs loyalty.
With this logic, Bel was thoroughly convincedâŚ
Grandmother is a sensitive person with a kind heart who understands the feelings of her subjects and can be moved by them!
As a result, her respect for Mia only grew stronger.
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In this way, Miaâs future was clearly pointed out by her guiding star. Nevertheless, it was only at the eighth day that that she filed a candidacy application. During those eight days, Mia was procrastinating, hoping against hope that a solution would present itself.
On the day that her name appeared on the candidate list, Saint Noel Academy was shaken to its core.
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