chapter 237
237 – Scene 237# Vacation Ceremony
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“I am confident that our proud Mayka Hell students will not neglect their training even during vacation. Magic is a path of constant progress. If you use this vacation as an opportunity to work harder and harder, your skills will change beyond recognition. Also…”
Time passed and the semester was already over. In the main auditorium in the center of the university, students gathered to listen to President Mondry’s speech.
Starting today, Maykahel University is on vacation.
Although it was a short vacation of just over a month, the students’ faces were bright as if it was good enough.
As the top magic university in the empire, the knowledge students need to learn is vast compared to other schools. In order to digest such vast knowledge, students usually had to invest a lot of time in reviewing.
Therefore, from the students’ point of view, vacation will be like rain in a drought.
Well, vacation is good for real students too.
I sat behind the podium and looked down at the students.
I saw quite a few familiar faces everywhere.
Even at first glance, Xia Ryumin gives off the air of being an honor student and a member of a good family. And Wendy, a small girl sitting next to her.
“… ?!”
The moment their eyes met, Wendy was started and avoided her gaze. Now I see she was looking at me the whole time.
What. If I react like that, it makes me feel like I did something wrong.
This time, Wendy, who had been looking at me silently, awkwardly greeted me with her eyes.
She seems like a cute girl. Every single action like that seems like cuteness.
I suppressed the feeling of bursting into laughter and looked away, this time I found Luna in her corner. No, it’s still daytime, so it’s probably Lucy.
Lucy is sitting with a slightly tired face. She was sitting far away from Wendy, whom she once hung out with.
I could somewhat guess why the two became like this.
She must have been shocked to learn that Lucy’s identity her was actually the emperor. Not only that, she must have been very shocked to learn that she had entered the school under the pseudonym ‘Luna’ in order to intentionally approach Wendy, who was related to the warrior.
Even so, it was a very strange thing.
Even though she was shocked, Wendy had a weak personality and thought she would be swayed by Lucy, the emperor… She was quite surprised that Wendy ended the relationship so decisively.
If I remember correctly, the last time Lucy hung out with Wendy after revealing her identity was at the amusement park.
‘I don’t know what happened at the amusement park…’
Since then, the two seemed to get along like strangers.
I stared at Lucy blankly.
Now that Wendy’s identity has been revealed, she won’t have any reason to come to school. However, it seems that she was attached to her school, as she not only did not skip classes but also participated in the school vacation ceremony.
There was a feeling that she was being pushed out by Luna, who had the personality of an ideal emperor, but Lucy, who had the personality of an ideal emperor, had excellent learning abilities. He is a genius who probably would have made a name for himself by becoming a magistrate if he had not been born an emperor. This fact is supported by the fact that he is currently ranked at the top among first-year students in terms of grades, even though he is busy living with two personalities.
“… !”
Is it because I’m staring too intently? I made eye contact with Lucy. Then, like Wendy, she avoided eye contact, but the next action she took was completely different.
Lucy had a reluctant expression on her face, hiding her lower body with the cardigan she was wearing as if covering her knees with a blanket. He didn’t stop there and even put his hand inside the cardigan.
As if insisting that you not peek at me.
I couldn’t say I had no idea what that series of actions meant. However, it was clear that Lucy had heard something from Luna.
I succeeded in bringing shame to Luna, who suffers from extreme myelophobia, but my evaluation seems to have become the worst in inverse proportion.
I looked around at the students again with a solemn attitude. Then, I saw students starting to doze off everywhere.
I guess it’s because President Mondry’s boring sermon continues for a long time.
Even for students from no matter how prestigious a university it is, it is difficult to endure just sitting still and listening to such a lengthy speech.
It’s so boring that not only the students but also the professors sitting below me feel like they’re listening in with one ear and letting it out in the other.
Only Ariel, Mondry’s greatest disciple and representative of the professors, was listening as if he were hearing some kind of revelation from heaven.
“… I will urge you to do so in detail. To… “Then I will reduce my remarks to this.”
Mondry spoke for about 10 more minutes before finishing his sermon.
Only then did a sigh of relief flow from the students sitting.
The long school vacation has finally come to an end.
But suddenly I heard a sound like a thunderbolt.
“Then, there will be a final speech from the Chairman.”
“… ?”
Chairman’s speech? Me?
That wouldn’t have been planned, right?
As soon as they were reassured that everything was over, they said that there would be another sermon, so of course the students’ expressions were crumpled. Moreover, it is Tristan’s speech at the entrance ceremony where he shamelessly said that the school is mine, not the students’. The reaction could never be said to be good.
Ariel, who was in charge of the proceedings, approached me with an extremely businesslike smile.
“Please give kind words to the students. Chairman.”
“This seems like an unplanned story.”
“All you have to do is tell the president whatever he or she wants to say to the students. Of course you have that, right?”
Since you said it that much, I couldn’t answer that it wasn’t there.
I realized that I couldn’t back down and got up right away.
“… I understand.”
Looking at it, it seemed like Ariel had done it on her own. The professors and President Mondry who were around had expressions on their faces that did not understand the meaning.
It looked like he was going to embarrass me by suddenly standing in front of the students, but it was absolutely laughable.
I went up to the podium in front of the students and faculty. It felt like I was receiving the attention of many people at once for the first time in a long time.
Thanks to my ‘pride’ of looking down on everything except myself, I wasn’t particularly nervous. But I couldn’t think of anything to say.
Even if I had been given time, I wasn’t confident I could give a good speech.
I am not a great wizard like Mondry.
He’s just a young, arrogant nobleman who got the chairman’s seat with money.
What advice would I give to students who become promising wizards?
In the end, this time too, what I chose was the Tristan-like method.
I opened my mouth while holding the staff that had the loudspeaker spell engraved on it.
“It was hard.”
When I first got lucky, I spoke to the students in a clear voice.
“Ideal.”
“… ?”
For an instant, the air in the main auditorium froze.
However, it felt different from when I used ‘anger’. If I were to compare it, it would be an atmosphere where everyone is disbelieving their own ears after hearing something so absurd.
Either way, I left the podium as if I had finished my business.
In terms of time, it is about 3 seconds.
The moment I passed Ariel, who was standing there with a dumbfounded expression, she called me out.
“Uh… ? Hey, Chairman? Chairman! “Wait a minute!”
“What is it?”
“Why do you stop mid-speech?”
“I didn’t quit. That’s all.”
“Ah, anyway, such an insincere speech…”
Ariel couldn’t hide her embarrassment, as if she didn’t know that I would end her vacation with such a short statement.
“I only praised the students’ hard work, but can you say that was insincere?”
“Ah… No. Sorry. It’s not that it’s insincere or anything, it’s that… Should I say that the talk was too short? . It would be nice if you could tell me a little more…”
It’s a bit weird to turn a blind eye when Ariel is hanging on like this in front of everyone.
I looked down at the students without hiding my annoyance.
Since it was right after my speech earlier, all the students were waiting for my next words.
Even though they are college students, they are still just adults. I thought as I looked at the faces that were still unspoiled.
You won’t be able to enjoy your vacation like this until the players arrive.
With such sympathy, I spoke to them.
“It’s vacation. Enjoy. Over.”
As I turned around and came down from the podium, belated cheers erupted from behind me.
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After finishing the school vacation, I was waiting for the carriage to return to the mansion.
The campus was crowded with people as many students came for the vacation ceremony.
As a result, the time to return was delayed.
In fact, there was another reason it took time.
It was really unexpected, but there were students who asked to take pictures with me.
Am I not scared, or am I prepared to be scared…
They said they didn’t know that a one-day puppy tiger was scary, but they were all first-graders who didn’t know anything.
My guess is that they were some of the students who sent me letters after seeing my sudden change in appearance after losing weight.
It would have been fine to just refuse, but he had the courage to approach me so I took a picture with him.
In this world, photographers are people with a level equivalent to that of a craftsman. Of course, the photos they take with the technique are also expensive. So, when I saw that the students were trying to take pictures with the pocket money they had saved, I paid for the pictures instead.
‘Whoa…’
I didn’t know it when the photo was taken, but taking photos with young female students was quite an exhilarating experience.
Also, some students seemed to be asking me to take pictures, so I deliberately avoided going to a place where there wouldn’t be any students.
I called the carriage through the small door in the middle, not the front or back entrance of the school.
If it were a place where students don’t commute often, it would be less crowded.
But that was then.
“Ship, Count… !”
When I turned around, I saw a girl with twin tails wearing a school uniform, out of breath.
“Wendy…”
“I was looking for the car…”
“Me?”
“Yes… !”
Catching her breath, Wendy nodded her head.
Is there something I need to do?
She suddenly took something out of her arms and showed it to me.
“I came in second place… ! Lol…”
It was a report card.
She got excellent grades on the exam she took just before vacation, and Wendy came in second place overall. Considering her origins and environment, her second place was a truly remarkable achievement.
But I am the president of this school. I already knew that much a week ago.
“I know.”
“Yes? “Eh?”
Wendy, who was laughing brightly, paused for a moment.
“… Why do you do that?”
“Oh, no! Yeah, right? You probably already know…”
“… ?”
What? The face looks somewhat sad.
“Well, still… I wanted to let the Count know first…”
Wendy wiggled her fingers and looked up at me.
Do you really want me to praise you? It was too late to notice.
I tentatively brought my hand up to stroke Wendy’s cheek. However…
“Hiya?!”
“… Wendy?”
Wendy suddenly sat down, cupping her cheek.
Was it just her her hand her touching your cheek her her her?
I was quite embarrassed by the reaction as if I had been slapped.
“Are you okay?”
“Gwae, it’s okay…” ” ” . My tooth hurts a little…”
“… Hmm.”
“I’m really fine! No need to worry…”
Come to think of it, Wendy’s cheek looked a little swollen.
Did I have a cavity?
‘Then…’
After thinking for a moment, I opened my mouth.
“Wendy. “Have you eaten?”
“Oh, not yet?”
“Then, I saw a restaurant that sold unusual food the other day. Would you like to go there with me?”
“Yes?”
Wendy’s her face her her her, which had been shedding tears, brightened like a flower.
“Ho, maybe you and the Count… “Is this here?”
“Do you not like it?”
“No!? I’m going, I’m going! I’m going! I will definitely go! I will definitely go! Wow!”
“Okay. Is it that good?”
“Yes! Great! Hehe… Ah, but what kind of unusual food is it? ?”
I answered while gently stroking the head of Wendy, who was overjoyed.
“They said it was pork cutlet.”