<h4 ss="entry-title">Chapter 99: Entrance Ceremony (partthree)</h4>


    After the freshmen finished the magical judgement at the Judgement’s Room, we were moved to the dining hall for a wee party.


    While moving, I found Tricia and Marquia who are my long time pen pals and joined them.


    “It’s been a long time, Erica-sama.”


    “It’s an honor to be able to learn magic together with Erica-sama.”


    “I’m also very happy that I’m able to enroll together with the both of you, Tricia-san, Marquia-san.”


    Both of them are my long time pen pals, and to some extent, trusted friends so I’m d that I can do this together with them.


    “Erica-sama and Tricia-san also wanted to take lessons rted to magical beasts, right?”


    “Yes. It will be great if we can take lessons together.”


    “I hope I can receive the same lessons with Erica-sama.”


    Depending on the judgement result of the pattern, there are lessons that cannot be taken.


    For example, it seems that if you are outstanding, you will be put into an advanced ss, and if you have a low aptitude, then you will be put into an elementary ss.


    If possible, I want to take the same lessons with both of them, though.


    I wonder how it will go.


    “Because, my pattern was not a big dealpared to Erica-sama!”


    “Certainly, Erica-sama’s pattern seemed to be one of the biggest. I was very impressed!”


    Even though they saw that ominous pattern, they seem to have favorable reactions.


    I was also secretly shocked; they are strangely more at ease than being terrified or treating me with great caution.


    “You should rx, Tricia-san. We should have amon lesson or two.”


    I also nodded to Marquia’s words.


    They are such great friends, so I’d like to sit with them and learn together.


    For the wee party at the grand dining hall, there are five rows of long tables lined up, one for each dormitory.


    From the right, it’s South Dorm, North Dorm, Central Dorm, East Dorm, and West Dorm.


    Students from the second grade to sixth grade are already seated in each row.


    On the table are a bunch of delicious dishes.


    Roasted beef and roasted chicken are cut and put on silver dishes.


    I guess the dishes with lids are soups.


    Well, it feels like a luxurious dinner party.


    By the time the wee party is over, the result of the analysis of Judgement’s Room will be finished, and the timetable will finally be decided.


    After that, we will receive our textbooks and return to the dormitory.


    Marquia who is in the South Dorm went to the table for South Dorm.


    Tricia and I went to the table for West Dorm.


    I wanted to look over the dining hall, so I chose the seat with my back to the wall.


    Harold who was sitting on the opposite side in the left direction was happily talking with a fellow redhead who has freckles.


    As expected of Harold, he’s very quick in making friends.


    While I was looking at him with a pleasant feeling, my eyes met with Harold’s.


    Harold smiled nicely at me.


    He was looking forward to the school very much.


    I also smiled in return in lieu of congratting him.


    “Wee to the West Dorm! Let’s reach the sacrament of alchemy!”


    A senior grade student with a good appearance kept distributing the food to the dishes with a cheerful voice.


    Roasted chicken with gravy sauce, warm and clear soup, hot vegetables and ham sd.


    Hafan is a gastronomic country, so everything is seasoned carefully and is very delicious.


    While eating and talking with Tricia and the senior students, my expectation for the school life became higher.


    I wonder if it’s possible to not only avoid the death gs but also have a fun school life.


    Yeah, that will be great.


    “The seniors in the student council are beautiful like stars, I was captivated by them subconsciously.”


    “Yes, they are very splendid.”


    “The prefects also have gentlemanly and stoic atmosphere, they were like knights.”


    “That’s true.”


    Tricia and the other girls in West Dorm were talking about the seniors excitedly.


    The student council and the prefects seem to be the subjects of longing.


    I feel like I can understand it.


    The student representatives are beautifully dressed, they have quite the atmosphere.


    “But, I think that us-sama is the best after all. He looked like a blue me which is fierce, powerful and quietly burning.”


    “That’s true, his eyes have a strong impression that makes you feel like you are going to be killed if he looks at you.”


    “His Highness Auguste is also bing more beautiful year by year, when he’s lined up side-by-side with us-sama, theyplement each other’s good quality.”


    “Because his face is small and waist is thin, as a girl, I truly don’t want to line up next to him.”


    Tricia looked a little strange as she heard my reply.


    Have I said something strange again?


    Oops, I guess it was a strange reaction when I should have been praising them.


    Because I have a long rtionship with those two, I assess them carelessly.


    “Um……Erica-sama, do you not long for either Auguste-sama or us-sama?”


    “I think they are wonderful, but as expected, my brother is the best……”


    “I understand. If you are watching Eduart-sama up close everyday, it is not unreasonable that your evaluation of the other gender has be slightly harsh.”


    While acting like a brocon to dodge the question, I secretly started observing the surroundings.


    Of course this is to search for the characters of 『Liber Monstrorum』.


    My search during the entrance ceremony was suspended because of various people ring at me and I couldn’t search for them calmly during the magical judgement.


    Everyone is rxing, so now is the opportunity as there is neither us nor Brad.


    I noticed that Chloe was sitting in the front row of the table.


    She seems to be good friends with Beatrice and other schrship students.


    First of all, let’s reconfirm the original game setting about Chloe.


    Chloe was a heroine without much monologue.


    The one who carried the story forward was the mascot character named Holle-kun, who had the form of a golden wolf spirit.


    With the setting that it was visible only to Chloe, it was a spokesperson for her who did not reveal much emotion.


    Speaking of which, I wonder whether Chloe sees Holle-kun in this world.


    As expected, it’s not something I can ask the person herself.


    The game producers of 『Liber Monstrorum』 inly divided the protagonist into two type.


    Type 1, a in and ordinary girl. However, she has an outrageously strong mental fortitude.


    Type 2, a in and ordinary girl……or so it first seems, but actually possessing a heap of hidden attributes and being a central character who forms the very core of their fictional work. To use other games as examples, being a character on the level of being ‘The Goddess of World Tree’¹or ‘The Princess of True Ancestor Vampires’².


    I wonder which type Chloe is.


    Next, let’s reconfirm the investigation information that is outside the game knowledge.


    Officially, she is from a wealthy merchant family which has the backing of the branch family line of the former northern royal family.


    She has supposedly enrolled in the academy as a healer, because she has an extraordinarily exceptional healing power.


    I couldn’t discover anything beyond that even through the investigation by Turm family.


    However, because such a mysterious girl was chosen as a King’s Schr, some of the school officials should have known that she is not an ordinary person.


    What was she doing for seven years since the Werewolf Massacre Incident?


    No matter how much we tried to investigate it any further, the closed off nature of the northern wall blocked the way.


    By the way, Beatrice seems to be a girl with aplicated lineage.


    She also enrolled as a schrship student, but she descended from the nobility.


    After graduating from the academy, she is obliged to be officially weed by a certain Earl.


    The boy who is talking to them right now is a King’s Schr from the North.


    I’m quite certain that his name is Jan.


    In the original game, that position should be Harold’s, but it seems that he has been reced by another person.


    “Clochydd-sensei is the type of person that I want to protect.”


    “……eh? Not Actorius-sensei?”


    “Yes, I mean Clochydd-sensei.”


    While I was thinking about Chloe, the others were talking about our teachers unexpectedly.


    Tricia was feverishly talking about Brad.


    “Gaze filled with deep sorrow and a somber atmosphere. I’m sure that he shut off his mind because he has lost someone he loved. It seems to me that he severely reproves himself more than anyone else.”


    “Does Clochydd-sensei have that sort of past?”


    “It’s all just my delusion. But, a gentleman with such past is somehow wonderful, isn’t it?”


    “I……I guess so.”


    Tricia seems to feel maternal instinct for that severe Brad for some reason.


    I guess people have all sorts of sense of values, huh.


    Personally, I’m more curious about the unreliable Actorius-sensei.


    While listening carefully to other people’s reviews of the teachers, amotion urred at the entrance of the dining hall.


    When I look over, the students belonging to the Dynameis seem to have entered the dining hall.


    They are divided into groups, and they are calling out the table of each dorm.


    I guess it’s a wee greeting or something?


    Shrill voice that doesn’t lose to the one during the entrance ceremony or the judgement is rising from there.


    Rather, it is alsoing from Tricia who is sitting next to me.


    It can’t be helped since the Dynameis consists of beautiful students regardless of gender.


    Many people would like to enter their fan clubs or groupies.


    However, well, such a charming life like being someone’s fan has nothing to do with me.


    I’ll just enjoy admiring them from afar.


    It is irrelevant to me.


    Two student council members sat in the seat in front of me while I was thinking carelessly like that.


    us and Auguste.


    Why? When did theye?


    When I look closely, the girls who were sitting there some time ago are standing nearby with a maiden’s expression as if they are happy.


    So it’s because of these ikemen!


    “Wee to Lindis. Lady Erica.”


    “You showed a splendid pattern just now. You don’t seem to neglect your training.”


    The two of them are curiously on good terms with each other.


    Oh, until now I thought that it was a rtionship like ‘the more you fight, the closer you get’.


    Somehow I have a bad premonition.


    “Oh my, I didn’t know that the two of you have be alchemists?”


    When I said so with a hidden meaning, Auguste’s lips formed a smile.


    This person has a beautiful smile only when he is being mischievous.


    “I don’t remember bing an alchemist, Erica, but I do have something for you. Right, us?”


    “What, don’t be anxious. We will return immediately as soon as we’re done here.”


    “So please rest assured.”


    I cannot rest assured.


    Especially, us who is unusuallyughing pleasantly is only fueling my anxiety.


    Moreover, this person’s eyes are notughing much even when he’s really having fun.


    This is scary.


    What’s going to happen?


    “Haah, so, what kind of business do you have?”


    When I said so, us and Auguste looked at me at the same time and smiled nastily.


    No matter how I think about it, this is a conspiracy.


    I should feign illness immediately, if I don’t run away it will be dangerous.


    “Congrattions. Erica Aurelia has been nominated as a student council member by the rmendation of twelve of its current members.”


    “Here is the notice. Please confirm it.”


    us took out a single envelope with a seal wax from his robe sleeve.


    At the same time, Auguste’s escort dragon, Goldberry swept my head with a flower crown.


    Tricia and the other students murmured “Well, how nice” unanimously.


    I gently put down the flower crown and pushed the envelope back.


    “I respectfully decline.”


    To be honest, it’s absolutely impossible.


    I might die during this one year, so if I think about it withmon sense, I wouldn’t be able to make active efforts as a student council member.


    I already have multiple tasks as it is, such as anti-vampire measures and the countermeasures for the second integral event.


    “Oops, this is troubling. What should we do, us?”


    “We have no authority to force her to do anything, no matter what. We have to pull back quietly, Auguste.”


    Apparently, us seems to be pulling the break this time.


    I feel relieved for a moment for the unexpected support.


    “Instead, we ought to praise her courage to apply mud to the face of the twelve rmenders including us, right?”


    us narrowed his eyes and said so with a roguish smile.


    (Oops, he suddenly cornered me…….what does he mean by twelve people?)


    Unlike the original game, he has a worry-wart personality, but just as I thought of that, he made a harsh offense.


    Aah, I have to reconsider the current situation.


    After all, this person is a sadist even if he doesn’t hold a darkness in his heart at a young age.


    I somehow calmed down my twitching cheeks and replied while smiling.


    “That is a great honor. But, us-sama, I……”


    “Erica-ojousa~n, shouldn’t you give up?”


    While I was trying to find an excuse to decline the offer, an inconsiderate voice rose.


    Looking back, there was Harold who was grinning.


    With this development, Harold has turned into an enemy.


    Don’t partners usually stand up for each other?


    “You should just join the student council. It’s not like you can run away from this when these two have already rmended you, right?”


    When Harold said such a thing, us and Auguste looked at each other with a smile.


    They stood up quietly and approached Harold.


    Harold, who was suddenly cornered, asked his ssmates for help with his eyes, but the students who were sitting at his sides also miserably gave up their seats to the two of them.


    “Harold, you say some good things at times, huh~”


    “Indeed, that’s correct. We won’t let you get away.”


    “Hee!? W-w-what are you saying~~ both of you!”


    Harold said tearfully as his shoulders were being beaten in a friendly way from his left and right.


    Oh, it seems that the direction of the wind has changed.


    “Congrattions, Harold Nibelheim III is appointed as the assistant to the student council by the rmendation of two of the current members.”


    “Eh.”


    “Kukuku, here is the notice. Please confirm it well.”


    “Eh.”


    They told Harold with a nasty smile.


    Naturally, they gave him an envelope and a flower crown.


    The two rmenders were definitely us and Auguste.


    “Ehh~~! I haven’t heard of this~~!”


    “Well, since you are appointed as Erica’s assistant, you can rest assured.”


    “Since you are a freshman, and moreover only an assistant, you shouldn’t be that busy.”


    Harold made a 180 degree turn from his attitude some time ago and was reluctant.


    us and Auguste were advancing the story forward indifferently.


    (Ah, but I can use this situation.)


    Giving a sidelong nce towards the dismayed Harold, I came up with my own evasion n.


    I will abandon my partner with this, but since Harold did it first, it’s okay.


    Sorry, Harold.


    “Senpai, I have a proposal.”


    “Hm~ what is it, Erica?”


    “What if Harold-san bes the real member and I be his assistant?”


    “Eh, what.”


    Harold is obviously dismayed by the sudden counterattack from me.


    Apparently, it is the student council’s intention to secure only one regr and one assistant from the dorm.


    And if those candidates are Harold and I……yup, it’s a suggestion that is a little unfair, but I can’t escape this situation without making some sacrifice.


    “Actually, I will be busy this year because of various things. But I can join if it’s just my name.”


    “Hou, howe you……”


    “I can’tpromise any further than this. If you still say that it’s impossible, I’m terribly sorry, but I’m willing to bring shame on the student council’s reputation. The two of you will be troubled by that too, won’t you?”


    us and Auguste looked away and shrugged their shoulders.


    “Indeed, Erica is very good at evading, huh~ It can’t be helped, that’s fine.”


    “Thank you very much, Your Highness Auguste.”


    “You are as cunning as ever. You will put proper effort when you be an upperssman.”


    “I will do my best next year, us-sama.”


    I smiled at Auguste and us.


    “Wait, my opinion is……”


    “I look forward to working with you, Harold-san. Let’s work hard together, okay?”


    “Um……”


    “Speaking of which, it is said that there are various privileges when one is a member of the student council, isn’t that wonderful~?”


    “Uuh……”


    Harold reluctantly agreed while half-crying.


    Even though he has been getting taller than I am, he is still moved to tears easily.


    I feel sorry, so when I have time to spare, I’d better help with Harold’s tasks.


    “I wonder if I should let Harold be an assistant in reading the scripture of the morning prayers.”


    “Heh!? There is a role like that, Your Highness?”


    “There are a mountain more responsibilities, you know. Now, shall we continue the exnations in the student council lounge……”


    “Eeeehh!? Can’t we do that here~~ us-sama~~!!”


    us and Auguste put their hands on both sides of Harold and forced him to stand up.


    It’s theposition of an alien being dragged away although their heights are reversed.


    And just like that, that Harold was kidnapped by us and Auguste.


    (Ah, by the way, I was thinking of letting Harold investigate the lost items……)


    I nced at the bag at hand.


    I would have to get involved with them again if I go to the student council lounge to follow Harold.


    I managed to escape with great difficulty, so I don’t want to search for troubles.


    I will pass the red leather book and the emblem to the staff of the Central Dorm.<hr>


    ¹Possible reference to visual novel Rewrite (won’t mention which character is referenced though, please keepments spoiler free)


    ²Possible reference to visual novel Tsukihime (1999 first released, so no spoiler right? It’s Arcueid, the blond, bob-haired, red-eyeddy you kill at the start of the game. She scolds you for itter.)


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