After leaving the student dormitoryââor rather, after having been taken outside by upperclassmen that were gathering the first year students, there was a stylish bar outside of the academy.
âEh, Iâm quite glad that I can meet first year students of the same position this year.â
The one making the greeting was someone from a baron household who would be its successor.
Not so wealthy upperclassmen from the countryside had invited underclassmen of similar circumstances like me to a welcome party they opened.
I talked to a nearby first year student, Daniel Fou Darland.
Daniel is a healthy boy with tanned skin. He looks like a pleasant young man with short hair, a tall height, and some muscles.
âW, why are you guys doing a welcome party like this?â
âYou donât know? People in the same group gather together to talk about their troubles and to exchange information. Things like marriages or other important matters, you see.â
Itâs certainly sounds nice being with a group of similar people, but Iâm thinking that itâs going to turn into a free-for-all when a favorable woman shows up.
Tilting his head, a boy wearing glasses sitting across from me, âRaymond Fou Arkin,â pushed up his glasses while explaining.
Unlike Daniel, he seemed to have a bit of a rebellious personality with his intellectual glasses.
âEven if it turns into a scramble for a woman, weâd get along as a group of similar people, so we wouldnât do anything absurd. If thereâs a dispute, weâll negotiate it amongst our group. Well, moments where we would compete against each other will probably be rare though.â
After coming to that understanding, the greetings from the upperclassmen finished, starting the party.
It seems this welcome party was a treat by our upperclassmen.
Then next year, it seems that itâs our turn to do it.
One of the upperclassmen came over to me.
âWell, since weâve got a massively successful adventurer here this year, Iâm looking forward to it. Oh right, Iâm âRukul.â Nice to meet you, promising first year student.â
Rukul seems to be a third year student.
Heâs already found a marriage partner, and I can see that heâs quite content, since all thatâs left is for him to return home.
âPromising first year student?â
When I tiled my head, Raymond clicked his tongue.
âI prefer if you didnât play dumb. Youâre the third son of a baron household and was quite successful as an adventurer prior to entering school, right? Talks about it have reached not just the royal capital, but even over at my home.â
Daniel was surprised.
âThe one in that rumor was you?!â
I cast down my face.
âI had no choice. If I didnât get money, then I would be on a course towards a marriage interview with a perverted old woman.â
Perhaps sympathizing with what I had said, everyone didnât pursue the matter anymore. It seems it really is easy to talk with them since we have similar troubles.
Rukul talked about the academy while smiling. He also listened to Danielâs and Raymondâs worries, but they were really just zealous questions about marriage rather than about studies.
If us boys arenât married by the age of twenty, weâre treated like a disgrace, so we have to frantically get married somehow while attending school.
I also asked some things I was worried about.
âCome to think of it, my eldest brother is the one thatâs going to succeed my household, but perhaps he was in your group? Ah, his name is Lutart.â
Rukul and my second oldest brother are both third year students.
I was thinking that perhaps he knows about him, butââ
âThe upperclassman Lutart that graduated last year? He wasnât in our group. He said that he wouldnât be grouped with the lowest level.â
LutartâŚyouâre also part of that lowest level.
Rukul talked about what happened back at that time.
âHe mixed in with a rich group of people from viscount households and above. Though it seemed that he forced himself onto the group, it couldnât be helped because thatâs what he wanted. Were you close with him?â
When I shook my head, Rukul said âI thought so,â and lifted a stein to his mouth.
Rukul then talked to us.
âSince we have a few days until the entrance ceremony, Iâll show you around the royal capital in the meantime. So donât mess around too much to the point that it would put your body into disorder.â
Us three nodded our heads, and the smiling Rukul then made a somewhat serious expression.
âAlso, it seems that thereâs a scholarship student enrolling in your year. I heard that they were letting someone enter, even though theyâre not a noble, for the sake of picking up this talented person.â
Raymond had a bit of an unpleasant expression when he heard that.
Daniel didnât seem to be interested.
I suppose this reaction is normal for young nobles.
âA scholarship student? For the regular class, right?â
Rukul shook his head in response to Raymondâs question.
âThe advanced class. Quite troubling, especially when His Highness the crown prince is entering too, isnât it? I also heard that this girl is a commoner with no connections whatsoever, butâŚI donât know if thatâs actually the case. If you guys know anything, would you mind telling us?â
âŚThat commoner girl is going to be the center of the academy in the future, the protagonist.
I wasnât surprised, considering that I already know the scholarship student is a commoner, but the other two were astounded. Theyâre shocked at how she has no connections.
I suppose they thought that she would be the daughter of a merchant or some other kind of girl with a similar background.
I pretended to be surprised as well.
Did she become a saint in the future? Anyways, I should probably keep silent about how sheâll establish a very grand bloodline and how the nobles will eventually change their attitude about her.
Even if I did say it, nobody would believe me, and I donât intend to get anyone involved in the first place.
Iâll just let her enjoy her fun youth with the crown prince and the others.
Thatâs also for my sake too, after all.
â
It was the day of the entrance ceremony.
This is quite the grand auditorium, isnât it?
At any rate, the entrance ceremony began in a place that was like a large theater.
There were a surprising number of noble students present, some of which where yawning.
The combination of the scents from womenâs perfumes created an overbearing smell.
I suppose thereâs no hope unless one gets used to this smell.
Amongst the crowd, the crown prince âJulian Rafua Holfault,â with short navy blue hair, spoke greetings on behalf of the first year students.
The crown prince is first in line to the succession of the throne, but in the game, heâs the only prince that appeared, so heâs pretty much the prince that will rule.
He had a beautiful appearance. He was tall, lean, and had a nice body balance.
His navy blue eyes within his fair skin looked like they were sparkling.
The surrounding schoolgirls understandably sighed in affection.
ââIt was a different story for the others, though.
Daniel and Raymond were sitting next to me, but as expected, it didnât seem like they were going to voice out their complaints. I silently listening in on their conversation.
Upon which, from behindââ
âI finally arrived. Iâve already been waiting for the prince these ten years.â
I turned my head around towards a voice I had heard, but I couldnât find out who had said that. There were several girls around that were murmuring about the crown princeâs beauty, so I couldnât pick out the one that did it.
It wasnât a particularly loud voice, but it strangely got through to my earâŚthen my wandering gaze stopped when reaching at a certain girl.
Blond hair and blue eyes.
She had gentle, long hair, and was a short girl that was looking at the prince with a sparkled gaze.
She looked more like a cute girl rather than a beautiful woman. However, it was her gaze that I was uneasy about. Within the surrounding gazes of yearning or of favor, it was obvious that the little girlâs eyes looked like an animal aiming after its prey.
Her delicate body felt childish in some aspects. She looked younger than others of the same age, but the glint in her eyes was the only thing that was sharpâŚmy impression is that she was very unbalanced.
Daniel looked over at me.
âWhat the, did you already find your partner? Oh, she seems cute. Do you like that girl?â
I calmly shook my head towards Daniel, who was teasing me.
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âNo, if I had to say, thenâŚI dislike her.â
I set my sight back to the crown prince and readjusted my posture, but this strange feeling wouldnât settle down.
âI, Is that so. I think sheâs cute though.â
What I felt when I first saw the girl was anger. I donât know what I was angry about, but she was irritating for me.
Itâs not hatred. Itâs something more complexâŚand at any rate, I donât think sheâs someone I would view as a partner of the opposite sex.