Chapter 104
Chapter 104
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Uncomfortable Dormitory
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"...Lize, I'm sad."
"Young Lady, being sad won't change anything."
"No. This isn't right. They talked about equality and all that in the Academy. So how do they divide the dorms by grades?"
"They don't divide by status. Isn't that equal enough in its own way?"
"No... still..."
Lying on the bed.
Part of it was that there was nothing to do anyway, but today... that wasn't the reason at all. It really wasn't just lying down for no reason.
I never usually felt sad, depressed, or annoyed like this... but today I really did. For real. Totally. Super. Really. Very!
"How can they not let me upgrade even when I'm offering to pay? No, even when I said I'd pay four times more?"
"What can we do about the rules?"
"Rules are meant to be bent a little with money. That's how the world works!"
"...Is that something a businesswoman should say?"
"That's exactly why I say it, because I do business! Every time I do business, nobles loosen their family rules for me!"
"........"
"Kwaaaang!"
I was so angry that I had no choice but to keep kicking the mattress.
Really, how can they stop me when I'm offering my own money, the money I've earned myself since I was little, to upgrade?
"This room sucks!"
"...Young Lady, that's embarrassing."
"No, it does suck! The room's narrow as is, and the kitchen's super basic... no, there's basically no kitchen!"
"...That's true."
"And why is the bathroom so tiny!? If they're going to do that, why give nobles single rooms at all?!"
I'd heard all that nonsense about equality here and no status differences, and it was driving me insane.
No, beyond insane—I almost exploded right there on the spot!
The Academy dorm room we'd just moved into was just way too awful.
Because it really was!
They call it a single room, but it's basically a studio for two people... and no matter how I thought about it, it was too lacking for one noble and their servant.
No, it was a waste!
Not the room—it was a waste of me!
"It's smaller than my roommm..."
"Your room is plenty big..."
"I don't care!"
It wasn't completely unusable, but honestly, I just didn't like it. What can you do about that?
From what Rozalin had told me before, I'd imagined something huge... like a single room the size of a four- or five-star hotel room.
Showing us this studio-level room, of course my mood soured, and nothing about it pleased me.
"Lize."
"Yes, Young Lady."
"...I'm bored."
"You can get a better room through grades. How about studying?"
"...Maybe?"
Hmm. She wasn't wrong.
As Lize said, studying was important right now.
"But that's no fun."
"......."
"No fun at all, and anyway, I'm confident I can ace most exams."
"Is that so...?"
Lize gave me that doubting look, but I really was confident, and it was true.
I'd studied more than most kids since I was little, and for magic, even Ashley—a top mage from the Magic Tower—had acknowledged my amazing talent!
Especially for magic, I could use upper-tier spells already—a truly incredible student, probably better than most upperclassmen.
Ashley had acknowledged it, so it was certain.
"...But Lize, how do they assign rooms anyway?"
"Through grades too, I assume?"
"Maybe?"
"That's my guess."
"Annoying."
Can't they just solve it with money?
No, just bribe for a better room... hmm.
No matter how I thought about it, I was definitely a Leonhardt through and through. I couldn't think otherwise.
"...Lize. Nothing to do, right."
"Yes, nothing."
We'd already unpacked yesterday, and this morning we'd argued endlessly about dorm stuff.
Neither Lize nor I had anything to do. Nothing left to handle.
"Hmm... what to do."
Nothing to do.
Really nothing, so I was bored, a bit angry... hmm.
What should I do?
"Lize."
"Yes, Young Lady."
"Get on the bed."
"...Young Lady."
"But the pillow's so hard and awful. Didn't you notice sleeping last night?"
"......."
Silent as ever.
Lize agreed too. Aside from the mattress, the pillow was definitely bad—I'd used Lize as a pillow and my arm as another.
"Hurryyy~"
Normally, with nothing to do, I wouldn't think of this... but today, for various reasons... no, just because so much didn't sit right.
This dorm room didn't please me at all, so I needed to cheer up with Lize.
Resting while hugging soft, fluffy Lize on the fluffy bed would make me feel so much better. I wanted proper relief.
"Hehe..."
"...Just thirty minutes."
"Not ten more?"
"...If you don't hug too tight."
"Then up to twenty?"
"Young Lady."
"Hehe. Joking. Joking."
Too bad.
But from thirty to forty minutes—that should be enough, right?
*
"Tch..."
"It really sucks, huh?"
"Yes!"
I met Ella before dinner. Naturally, we brought our maids, and we even crossed a bridge.
The Academy campus was definitely... huge.
With the bridge in the campus as the divide, study and sleep buildings on one side, shops and all sorts of places on the other.
It was practically a small city, so yeah, big.
"Honestly, I don't like it either. If they're doing this, they should've just made it two-person or three-person rooms."
"Right? They said no status divides... but commoner students start in four-person dorms?"
"It's so paradoxical."
Now that time had passed, I somewhat understood the Academy's intent.
Just... with so many nobles, royals, and all sorts of diverse students...
In a place with all classes and types, status divisions would breed factions and problems.
Various reasons like that, so they set it up basically like this...
"...If so, shouldn't nobles take entrance exams too?"
"Well, good thing we don't!"
"True."
Anyway, Ella and I walked the campus, venting complaints.
It was way better than the inn we'd stayed at a few days ago or the area around it.
"So why'd you suddenly want to go out? It's cold, I don't wanna walk!"
"Oh, nothing much, just want to buy a pillow."
"Huh?"
That's why we came out.
Not for any other reason. Just purely to buy pillows, and I called Ella along.
"...Pillow?"
"Yes."
"For real?"
"Yup."
"...Why?"
"It's uncomfortable?"
No, really just uncomfortable, so I came to buy a new one. Why was Ella staring at me so weirdly?
She used the same dorm room type, same setup, right?
"...Why?"
"No, uh... your decisiveness is impressive...?"
"Is it?"
Hmm... is it?
Just saying something's uncomfortable and changing what you can seems normal.
Of course, Ella's awkward look wouldn't stop me from buying.
"Ella, wanna get one too? Fluffy pillows good for your head are way better than hard, uncomfortable ones, right?"
"Should I!?"
"Yes, let's. I wasn't planning one anyway, but several. Let's go look together."
"Sounds good. Honestly... the pillow was uncomfortable for me too. And the blanket... kinda not soft enough!"
"Hehe, perfect."
Ella had looked at me awkwardly at first, but she felt the same discomfort.
I knew she'd join.
I wasn't just buying pillows, but seeing me buy would make her buy too, obviously.
Anyway, we headed to the shopping street selling furniture like pillows.
"Ooh... oooh..."
We arrived at the furniture place with Ella.
Seemed pretty big...?
"Wow!"
"...Ella."
"This one's super fluffy!"
"Like it?"
"Of course! Can't compare to the Academy dorm one!"
"True."
"You know how much I tossed and turned last night!? The pillow was so bad I took it off and slept on the mattress alone!"
"...That bad?"
"Yes!"
...Hmm.
Looks like I'm not the only one.
Probably in a few days, other freshmen besides me and Ella would flock here?
Good thing we came early.
"Anyway, shall we look one by one?"
"Yes."
"Lize?"
"Yes, Young Lady."
I thought of browsing with Ella, but ultimately, the one I'd sleep with was Lize.
Plus... today and usually, I used Lize as a pillow too much, felt bad...?
Better to pick what suits Lize best?
"Let's find pillows and blankets to share."
"...Yes, Young Lady."
"Hmm... pillows first? They're what bugs me most."
"Whatever you want is fine."
"Got it."
Since she said it's okay, we did that.
Fluffy pillows are nice, but hugging Lize is best.