Chapter 4 - Seducing the Main Heroine
Seducing the Main Heroine
Translator : Elizabeth
『Saint Royal Dawnbringer Royal Magic Academy』.
Louise felt a surge of incongruity as she recalled the full name of the academy she was enrolling in.
“Mmm~ What is this? This naming sense?”
She had already committed a massive act of rudeness in front of the King on the day of the Saintess Appointment Ceremony, so she had no intention of nitpicking the academy's name as well.
However, this wasn’t as a Saintess.
But as her past life.
Because she was a woman who remembered her life as a South Korean man on Earth without omitting a single detail thanks to her heaven-sent memory.
She simply couldn't just sit back and watch.
“They attached Royal, but then Royal again? Isn’t that a redundancy in meaning?”
Deep, very deep inside the library of Louise’s mind.
Passing the Main Hall and the numerous branches of Physics that occupied the most memory,
Passing the second largest mental library called Mathematics,
Chemistry, Biology, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Systems Engineering, etc.
Then leaving behind other knowledge, such as Economics and Management.
And finally, when she passed even the memories of miscellaneous liberal arts.
『Note! From here on is the place where useless knowledge and memories that don’t need organizing and are of no help to life are gathered~♬』
She could finally reach the den of memories that were messily cluttered.
A signboard she picked up casually from there.
『The Legend of Legends.』
Louise picked up one more signboard.
『The Chaos of Chaos.』
“Yep! That’s right, this is it. It was something like this. Yep, yep~♬”
Only after digging all the way to the trash can in her head could Louise guess the identity of that incongruity.
“Royal Royal Academy. Even adding Magic Academy makes for some incredibly clumsy naming, on top of that.”
Anyway.
“Mmm~ That means—”
In other words.
“—It’s not fantasy-like at all~?”
To be exact,
It felt too much like a manufactured fantasy.
Honestly.
Right after reincarnation, she was too busy inserting the new physical quantity called Mana into the axioms of the four fundamental mechanics of physics to notice.
Or perhaps she noticed but didn't bother to care.
But thinking about it carefully, this world was strange and awkward, even while claiming to represent the Middle Ages.
The reason Louise made this judgment so late wasn't just because of the Academy's awkward-as-hell Legend of Legends Chaos of Chaos naming technique.
“I mean, there are flush toilets. Yep.”
And it wasn't even the Roman style, but almost the exact same structure and principle as those in South Korean apartments.
The only difference was that the method of flushing used a water mana stone instead of a mechanical engineering pump.
She discovered that magical flush toilet for the first time on the day she awakened as a Saintess, in her newly changed Saintess-exclusive residence.
For reference, when she lived in the convent before, it was a traditional squat toilet.
But even then, it wasn't to the extent that they had to call a night soil man periodically.
If it had been that old-fashioned, Louise’s days of cleaning toilets at the convent would have been hell.
If this were truly a medieval fantasy world in the first place,
Like the Middle Ages, one should relieve themselves in any basket and just throw it out the window roughly.
Like this,
Especially including the toilet issue just now, this fantasy world was strangely hygienic and clean.
simply put,
There were frequent parts that were opportunistic.
As if they were artificially and moderately created.
“Mmm~ I wonder if the simulation theory is actually correct for the universe we live in after all?”
All sorts of theories and hypotheses flashed through Louise's mind, were established, and then quickly discarded.
Tangling and intertwining here and there, as if knowledge were dancing.
If she walked for a long time humming like that,
Before she knew it, a new book would be completed in the library inside her head.
This was her usual daily life that had always existed, whether in her past life as him or in her current life as her.
“Susang (Suspicious), Susang~♪ If you reverse Susang it’s Sangsu~ Sangsu is a Constant~ Hmph, hmph~♬”
The library of vast knowledge in Louise's head was born that way,
“Alright. They say strike while the iron is hot, yep! Since it’s come to this, while experimenting to see if laser magic is possible, assuming this world is a simulation, let’s calculate whether I can give it an overload from the inside, and if possible, just how much load it can withstand!”
And even now, it was blowing up its size in real-time.
“They said Academy, right? Yep, going to school for the first time in a long while~! Ahaha~♬”
Like that,
Louise came out of the Saintess’s villa, received the send-off from the nuns who followed as attendants, and
—Vooooom!
—Scritch scratch!
—Twinkle twinkle!
She began to write light formulas in the air without rest,
And soon headed toward the main gate campus of the Academy school building.
“Susang (Suspicious), Susang~♪ If you reverse Susang it’s Sangsu~ Sangsu is a Constant~ Hmph, hmph~♬”
While singing the suspicious humming song she had composed impromptu just a moment ago.
That appearance was like the Pied Piper.
Or, a humming Saintess.
—Therefore,
“Huh……? That light……? Is it…… Light Magic like mine?”
Due to that suspicious singing voice and the light wriggling in the air,
“Besides, that beautiful person is…… surely……!”
—Dadadak!
“……E-Excuse me! I’m called Iris……! Excuse me, but perhaps…….”
The fact that she had unwittingly seduced the 『Main Heroine』 of this world,
“Hmph, hmph~♬ Hm?”
Was something Louise truly couldn't help.
『Saint Royal Dawnbringer Royal Magic Academy』.
Usually, they take out everything in the middle and shorten the front and back to 『Saint Academy』.
Although Saint Academy claims to be the highest and largest educational institution in the Dawnbringer Kingdom.
It is also a social venue where the children of all nobles within the kingdom gather in one place.
—Buzz buzz.
Already, the Academy’s main gate campus was forming a human mountain of young noblewomen gathered to watch the newly enrolling students.
“Hey, hey, look at the people from the Knight Department over there. Their faces are totally foul play. How are all four of them so handsome?”
“That person in the center…… I heard he’s the heir to the Luminous Count family. And the top of the Knight Department too; indeed, his aura is different.”
“I see the person from the Eisenburg family next to him…… Compared to the others, I wonder if he isn’t too free-spirited, but for some reason, he doesn't feel like a delinquent.”
“That’s because the Eisenburg Count family is a family that has produced the Knight Commander who protects the Kingdom and the Royal Family for generations! That type of man might lack a bit of sense, but they say once he falls in love, he’s more single-minded than anyone~”
“Oh my, isn’t the person smiling the heir to the Marinford Margrave? Rumors are already widespread that he’s made several young ladies cry, but seeing him in person, I understand.”
“Certainly, if I met his eyes up close, I feel like I would unknowingly fail to resist and fall for him immediately…… Still, my taste is the one wearing glasses. They say he’s from the Bertram Viscount family…… That quiet yet dangerous atmosphere is totally…… Fufu.”
Four male entrants seemed to possess an aura that stood out even more than the other men around them.
Those four were monopolizing the gazes of the young ladies in the campus at a glance, as if they had received a deeper existence from God, like the protagonists of a story.
Their outstanding looks, like beautiful boys, and their solid bodies felt even from the outside.
The young ladies would pretend not to look, glancing with eyes that seemed to be assessing them, and then if their eyes met, they would scream kyah kyah and giggle, not knowing what to do.
Of course, men were not the only ones who would become the protagonists of the gazes.
—Clack, clack, clack.
A group consisting of maids and butlers opened the path first.
—Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop.
Following that, retainers made up of young noblewomen came out through the gap and seized the surrounding atmosphere.
As if asking if they knew who was about to get off the carriage right now.
And if they did know, asking them to read the room and prepare to greet her properly.
In an atmosphere overwhelmed by such silence,
—Step.
One young noblewoman walked out loftily.
Silver hair harboring a faint blue light.
It was braided up like a work of art and neatly inserted into a hairpin along with brilliant jewel ornaments.
Her sharp eyes, looking clearly toward the inside of the campus, were like a judge measuring right and wrong.
But her fair skin, fine without a single blemish, seemed to show that she was a delicate young lady like a single flower.
There was no one among the noble children gathered here who did not know the seal symbolizing her and her family.
“Ro-Rosencrantz Dukedom…….”
“Lady Anastasia…… What a pitiful yet brave figure.”
“Woaah…… So this is the dignity of a Duke’s daughter…….”
Anastasia Zion Rosencrantz.
Excluding the Royal Family, she was the proud daughter of the Rosencrantz family, the only Dukedom in the Dawnbringer Kingdom,
And—
“……Then that carriage next to her is…… T-The Royal Seal……!”
—The fiancée of the First Crown Prince.
“It was true that the First Crown Prince is enrolling!”
“To think Crown Prince Lucerius is our classmate……!”
“W-What do I do! I’m so awestruck…….”
—Step.
Anastasia’s steps stopped near the carriage engraved with the Royal Seal.
—Swish.
When she, the Duke’s daughter, first took a posture of greeting in an old-fashioned manner without a word,
—Swish, swish, swish.
The nearby retainer young ladies also lightly lifted their skirts and began to pay their respects in turn.
—Creeeak.
Soon, the door of the Royal carriage opened.
A man with intense blond hair, as if modeled after sunlight, stepped out of the Royal carriage.
Immediately after,
“Have you been well, Your Highness Lucerius.”
As if they had already rehearsed, the Duke’s daughter greeted him gracefully at the precise and sharp timing.
The First Crown Prince of the Dawnbringer Kingdom.
Lucerius Aetherion Dawnbringer.
He glanced at the Duke’s daughter bowing her head toward him beside the Crown Prince’s path, and,
“……Hah.”
Lucerius simply let out a scoff as if it were ridiculous.
There was no response to the greeting.
“Lady Anastasia, you still have no consideration for me.”
Instead, without giving a single glance to Anastasia, the Duke’s daughter, Lucerius roughly spat out a grumble as always.
“If you flock together like a pack of dogs in the campus like this, it will truly only give a sense of intimidation to other classmates. Don't you think?”
“Your Highness Lucerius, please use expressions befitting the dignity of a Crown Prince. This girl merely offered a morning greeting befitting that dignity as Your Highness’s fiancée.”
“Ha…… Right, fiancée. That’s right. You are my fiancée, Anastasia. Whom my father and your father, Duke Rosencrantz, personally united. Since we didn’t even know each other’s faces when we were young.”
“…….”
At the Crown Prince’s openly sarcastic remark, the Duke’s daughter simply maintained silence.
Seeing that appearance, identical to any other time, Lucerius made a fed-up expression and soon continued speaking with a short sigh.
“Then surely, as a fiancée, you should fathom the heart of the one who will be your future husband. Indeed, you should.”
“……If there is something this girl dared not fathom, this lacking girl is ready to receive Your Highness’s teachings at any time.”
“Fine, I shall teach you. Lady, are you telling me to live with the feeling of a stifling palace even here at the Academy? Without being able to make decent classmates or close friends, just swaggering around with nothing but the status of Crown Prince?”
“……It is a misunderstanding. As Your Highness said, this Academy is a place where noble children break down the walls of distance and hearts, and build more faithful relationships with each other as talents who will lead the kingdom in the future.”
“Right. That’s it. Don’t you know it well?”
“However,”
While still in her bowing posture, Anastasia lifted only her head slightly and met Lucerius’s eyes.
At that sharp fierceness, Lucerius unwittingly flinched for a moment.
Even so, the Duke’s daughter spoke.
“Just as our Kingdom corrects order and prevents chaos beforehand under the rules of the five peerages across that vast land, this Academy, too, has merely narrowed the physical distance, but it can be called a miniature version of the Kingdom.”
As if admonishing.
“Therefore, rather, precisely because of that, within this small society, we must protect order even more thoroughly and set the dignity of the Royal Family upright.”
As if warning.
Even so,
“If you become lax under the loose rules of the Academy, surely it might engrave a deep-rooted trouble in the future Your Highness will govern; this girl was merely worried deeply from her heart.”
In the end, just like the words she spoke, she truly contained her worry.
That sincere emotion dwelling in the Duke’s daughter’s words.
But for Lucerius to accept that meekly, the two had already clashed for too long.
“Kuh……! You always, every time, every time! Every time, you put up the Kingdom or dignity or whatever as a shield like that and only try to teach me……! And right from this early morning! In front of all these people watching!!”
“Your Highness.”
“Do you want to humiliate me that much?! Just how far do you intend to play above this body’s head! Is that so enjoyable to you?!”
“Your Highness, this girl simply…….”
“Shut up!!”
The situation was racing toward the extreme.
The surroundings were whispering, asking if someone shouldn't stop them, but asking who would dare stop those two.
They could neither do this nor that, only holding their breath and watching the situation.
Among them,
‘W-What?! It’s the Slap Event already?!’
Inside that crowd,
‘Iris is nearby, Iris…… Huh, she’s not here?! No, if the 『Main Heroine』 isn’t here at the first event scene where she gets involved with the 『Main Male Lead』, just what are we supposed to do……!!’
There was a mysterious girl groaning, not knowing what to do in a completely different sense from those around her.