Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Chapter 36 – Villager A goes around the Cultural Festival:-

Welcome folks, 4 more chapters and we will reach the main dish of the school arc, the condemnation event. And by the way, the next chapter is Anastasia’s POV of this chapter. Look forward to her reactions.

–Aninsar

Now, I decided to look around the other exhibits after closing the store. As I’m free right now, I might as well enjoy the occasion, cause it will be a loss if I don’t.

Well, Let’s start with Anastasia and the Crown Prince’s group’s exhibition.

If I remember from the gossips, it’s about the lifestyle in downtown ….

When I went to see the exhibition, the onlookers were already singing praises there. Since there was no one at the reception, I look around without permission.

When I saw the exhibition, I noticed that the contents were surprisingly thin.

It explains the lifestyle of the so-called commoners rather than the downtown. But it was clear that they didn’t interview the commoners. It is probably based on how Amy lived before being taken over by the Baron. But to be clear, this is a pretty good life.

According to the exhibition, commoner children basically live without starvation. They eat bread & butter with soup. And also vegetables and meat, which is not dried, once a day. It also depicts that in many cases, 4 to 5 family members live in a room of 2LDK to 3LDK. And since there are magic stones, there is no problem with water, but many houses use firewood for the fire, it seems. Then it portraits that the commoner children go to school, and when they graduate, they go to work.

I see. I did not know.

At least it’s completely different from the area where I used to live. In my case, it’s different because ours was a single child-mother family, but it’s normal for a poor household of eight with lots of children to live in a one-room apartment.

In short, the poorer the house, the more the children acts as the workforce. Because of that, children get forced to work from an early age. And a significant proportion of them misses the school.

Therefore, there are quite a few people who cannot read. And that is one of the factors that bind them to live in poverty.

And because of that, they rarely saw magic stones, so it is not uncommon for children to not know their existence.

Everyone spends their days this way, and their meals are usually hard bread, somewhat rotten vegetables, and a little dried meat or beans.

However, I think the part where the support system for the commoners of this country is described, is organized well. The support measures and the history of the school system are summarized in an easy-to-understand manner. It is probably made by Anastasia.

I heard the capture targets and Amy flirting from the next room, so I ignored them and left the exhibition room as it is.

Because it will make me feel uncomfortable, I’m sure.

Then I went to Margaret’s exhibition.

“Woah, Allen, you came.”

It was Anastasia who greeted me there.

“Huh? Um, excuse me for disturbing?”

“Why are you saying it in a questionable way. I was kicked out of His Highness’s group yesterday. So Margaret picked me up.”

“…”

What should I say? I was at a loss for words.

That wasn’t the case in the game. Moreover, in the first place, Did she usually act like that?

“Don’t make a face like that. Well, take a look at it because both Margaret’s and mine are on display.”

“Y-Yes, but I don’t know about embroidery …”

While saying that, I went around the exhibition. I don’t know anything about embroidery, so I can’t judge whether it’s good or bad, but I thought that it’s like designing flowers, birds, etc.

By the way, Margaret’s embroidery was colourful flowers, and Anastasia’s embroidery was fruit and cake.

“I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but I got hungry when I saw Anastasia-sama’s embroidery.”

“……really”

Anastasia, who said that was a little embarrassed. I’m used to seeing her usual frozen expression, so I was a little startled.

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We both stop talking, and an indescribable silence flows between us.

Right then, Margaret came for help.

“Oh, Allen-kun, you came. Thank you.”

“Y-Yes, even if I don’t know embroidery at all, what I get to understand is that I can’t do it.”

“Is that so. Well, the men are like that. By the way, the cultural festival is about to end. So we better clean up and go to the auditorium.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you for today.”

In short, it means that you should go out because it will close. Interpreting that, I obediently came out and head to the auditorium.

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“Then, I will announce the Grand Prize winner of this year. The Grand Prize goes to the “About the downtown culture and life, along with the kingdom’s support system” exhibition, represented by His Imperial Highness Prince Karlheinz Bartille von Centraren and his group.”

clap clap clap clap

Yup. I knew. It was a fixed race anyway, worthless.

“His Highness’s exhibition focuses on those who live poorer than ordinary commoners and highlights their living conditions through interviews. It also considers the role that the kingdom plays and what it should be like in the future. It highly evaluated the contents of sociality.”

Huh. Where in that thin content!

I curse in my heart. I’m sure I have an ugly face now.

I thought so, and for a while, I turned my face down so that no one could see it.

Then, the capture targets and Amy, led by the crown prince, go up to the stage and receive the award. Of course, there is no figure of Anastasia, who got kicked out yesterday.

“Then, I would like to hear from the representative, the Crown Prince.”

“It’s Karlheinz. I’m glad I won the Grand Prize. First, I chose this theme from Amy’s idea. We royalty and aristocrats always exist to guide the weak people. So we did this exhibition to highlight the status quo. And to think about what we can do from it. We will also graduate from our prestigious high school and become human beings who have to stand on top of the people. So I hope it will give us an opportunity to think about what to do then. That’s it. “

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

clap clap clap clap

It’s very flimsy, and surprisingly, abstract speech giving from the top.

Sometimes, It makes me annoyed when I think that he will be the next king!

Isn’t this country seriously in peril?