Chapter 220: No School for You and Me!

Chapter 220: No School for You and Me!

Hey, look, isnt that the young dragonewt lady? Why is she here at the academy during our recess?

W-What?! She's His Majestys honored g-guest?! So, all the nobles who attended the ball already knew her before that singing performance?

Her appearance at the ball and concert really made me believe she couldnt be the one who kidnapped the professors. But in that outfit, yeah, definitely the same person Shes beautiful, right?

Even in another world, school is filled with gossip, huh? Whether nobles or commoners, teenagers talk about anything and everything.

The number of times Ive visited and walked inside the royal academys grounds could really only be counted as one. My first visit, which was kidnapping some professors for my magic guild initiation, was only me flying around and using warp points to teleport around. Aside from when I came for the festival, all of the other visits were just me escorting Ellaine, nothing more.

I only checked the outside last time, but now, I was able to check out the inside of the academys building. I was walking through the halls with Ellaine as my escort. Technically, this was Ellaines time off from class, so unfortunately I didnt exactly have the time to explore to my hearts content. As we needed to speak with Thyra Morgiana about Ellaines school attendance, I decided it would be best to come over when Ellaine had the longest break to speak with her, which was lunchtime.

Compared to students on Earth, nobles get far longer breaks in between classes. Its supposed to aid in socializing, the main skill for most nobles.

Ignoring the gossiping students who had started whispering the moment I entered the academy, I took in the exterior and interior of this place. To start from the top, the academy was similar to the magic guilds area, as both could be compared to a university setup multiple buildings in an area to which you had to walk between.

The royal academy was divided up into four buildings one for managerial and social skills, one for physical training and tactics, one for magical training and studies, and, lastly, a new building that was currently being constructed by earth mages; sadly, Ellaine didnt know what disciplines the new building would be used for. The current buildings were divided this way based on the size and requirements that each of the three subjects had for their students. You required an area to train socializing and debating skills, a training ground for physical education, and a magic practice area protected by magical wards to name a few.

Thyra, as the principal of the royal academy, had her office in the managerial and social-focused building. This was also the place for the board of directors to gather, who managed and made sure the principal would do her job well. Since the education of future nobles was a very important aspect of the academy, this council was only composed of experienced and noteworthy aristocrats.

As I walked through the halls of this building, it honestly reminded me too much of an aristocrats mansion. I knew this was made for nobles, including royalty, to attend, but it still was surprising. If I were to compare this to the private school I attended on Earth, then I would be insulting this place. This place was absolutely gorgeous.

The same blue and white uniforms from the festival? Noble children have crests with white outlines on theirs, while commoners with prominent families only have a simple crest. Those without a notable family have no crest at all. Easy to distinguish, easy to discriminate, I guess.

After satisfying my curiosity, I turned to Ellaine. Her strained expression exposed how uncomfortable she was feeling.

Ellaine.

I understand, Lady Hestia. Less nervous, more confident, she responded to me.

You wanted to participate on stage with me; remember how I helped you train and warned you about stage fright. Hold your head high, some eyes shouldnt unnerve you, I said, while remembering very well how nervous I was when I had my first concert.

It would be too awkward if we dont talk about something. Shell only get more nervous.

Since youre from Greenveil, you should mostly have classes in this building, right? I asked, trying to clear the awkwardness away.

Yes, that is the case, Lady Hestia. For a Greenveil noble, being able to take care of their fief is one of the highest priorities. Even if I were to be married off, my husband would have expected me to have the knowledge and skills to make our fief flourish, so that is why I attend these classes.

At the start of a semester, students were allowed to send in their preferences for certain classes, which the academy uses to construct the overall curriculum for that semester. It sounded overwhelming, but, as this academy was the only educational institution in this kingdom, it was a must in order to appease all the different nobles.

I nodded, but then looked at the two spell rings on her left hand. Then what about now? I heard from your father that you would be able to change your classes at the beginning of a semester if you didnt like your current ones. Shouldnt you fill your schedule with more magical- and physical-oriented training?

Much like on Earth, each class would be held in a certain time slot. In the first two weeks, students were able to change their schedules if they were unsatisfied with either the time, the lecturer, or whatever reason they could think about. Within reason, of course. You couldnt order them to completely change when these lessons would happen, even if you were the crown prince or princess.

As I was wondering why Ellaine hadnt changed the classes she would attend, her mouth twitched a bit and she began whispering into my ear, The semester was already two weeks in when we arrived in Griffonpeak.

It seemed that I had forgotten about that fact. We spent about two weeks of SpringBloom in Cedaraille.

Anyway, even if I could, I wouldnt. Well, with father, mother, and everybody from Aurora helping me train in their own ways, why would I want to fill my academy day with less effective training? I mean, the moment I come home, I usually either train or do my homework. That was true. If Ellaine wasnt spending leisure time with me and the others, she would usually be busy with mastering KleaHatmas powers. Besides, Im the one responsible for our finances and any future mercantile deals, like with the Sarlenzia company, so it would be better if I knew how to cut better deals.

Our financial situation has pretty much stabilized with the deals we made with the Sarlenzia company and with Duke Greenveil. Mages were buying our fulinoe leaves in abundance and I had heard noble ladies and merchant wives were pre-ordering pastries and rice sweets for their tea parties.

However, between Grimnirs projects and my concert costs, we probably would face some trouble after we leave Artorias. Saoris merchant guild membership allowed her to withdraw the money owed to us, but only from within Artorias, since the merchant guilds bank option only worked inside this kingdoms vicinity.

We probably wont have any problems if we continuously do some B rank Quests, but the money wont come in as easily anymore. Or, we could rely on serving rich merchants and nobles through our restaurant, but we havent tried doing that yet. We should do it soon.

Thyras office was on the third floor of the building. On the way, we overheard people sharing various rumors, but there were some substantial ones among the superficial.

Hey, I read in a book that dragons learn how to change into humans and elves whenever they come down, since, you know, they are quite big. My father and mother told me they saw a red dragon at the Cedaraille battle.

Huh? You arent meaning to say that His Majestys honored guest is that very dragon?! That would be absurd, shouldnt she be a visitor from Loatryx Wait, could that be the case? Lady Ellaines father was recently elevated from the rank of Count to an Arcanuess, too.

Im just saying. Its known in our duchy that House Helvas have been providing lodging for Lady Hestia for a while now, and then suddenly they introduce yeast to our Kingdom through Lady Amelias confectionary shop. We really shoul Actually, our parents are too low rank for this. My sister told me the rumors said she was a greifnoble ranked guest.

Rumors cannot be stopped, it seems.

After we made it to the front of Thyras office, I spoke with the secretary for an appointment. Funnily enough, she seemed to have recognized me, not needing to ask for my name before knocking on the office door and going inside. At this point, Ellaine wanted to leave since she needed to prepare for her next class. However, that wouldnt happen.

Huh?! Principal Morgiana wants me to come in too?! After all, she would be coming with me.

Lady Hestia, welcome to the royal academy once again. Please, have a seat. Thyra, the heir of House Morgiana, stood up from the sofa, showing off a formal but fashionable dress. Her sharp ears made me remember that she and her family were all half-elves.

I greeted her with a curtsy before doing the same for the woman sitting next to her. I apologize if I interrupted your discussion with Lady Maverina, Lady Thyra. I probably should have sent a letter instead of coming unannounced.

Maverina von Dareinburgh, the guild master of the mages guild of Griffonpeak and a noble from the Folschreck Empire, reciprocated my greeting, May the Earth Goddess, Crustacia, bless you on this fine EarthDay, Lady Hestia. Please, be at ease. Lady Thyra and I were only speaking about trivial subjects, you did not interrupt us.

I nodded and headed over to the sofa, only to wonder why Ellaine was standing still. She expressed how she wasnt sure why she had to join this discussion, to which Thyra explained that she also wanted to speak about her coming too late to classes yesterday and the two weeks she missed at the start of the semester.

Since that was why Ellaine was called in, I thought it would be best to skip the small talk and get straight to business. Lady Thyra, I want to ask you if there is a way for Ellaine to skip the next few weeks of classes.

Declined. It was an immediate answer! Lady Hestia, it is common for students or professors to miss classes due to their duties to their families. However, only if they have a reasonable justification. Lady Ellaine, your parents recently informed us that your brother, Lord Jonathan, will be on an indefinite break due to his own wish to better himself. I cant force him to come, but this will absolutely affect his chance to graduate this year.

Since Jonathan was now only focused on his adventurer work to become stronger, he had decided to stay away from his family as well as the noble circles. He was in a single-minded pursuit for power.

Lady Ellaine, I can already guess that your reason will be related to Aurora. That's your party name, right? She looked over to Maverina, who nodded, and then back to me. There are five days of lectures each week. You may do whatever you wish on the weekends, even doing some Quests. I am an advocate for my students to hunt more in their free time, but you shouldnt miss class for that.

Even if the classes arent teaching her much? Thyra frowned at what I said. Maverina let out an Oh my while Ellaine looked a bit panicky. I apologize if I sound a bit rude, but I remember you saying something similar at the festival. That the lessons arent practical enough. Maybe I dont have the full picture in mind since Ive never attended the academy, but Ellaine requires more than theoretical classes to better herself and her skills.

I kinda sound like Ellaines sister in this case, but Im only doing this so we can keep Aurora working together.

Thyra thought my words through as she sipped her tea. She continued speaking after turning to Ellaine. Lady Ellaine, I think you are aware that if you miss too many classes that I cannot allow you to advance to the next year, delaying your graduation. These are Aleistunum rules; I cannot change them.

That is correct, Maverina agreed. As the representative of the Magical Capital, Aleistunum, I am a member of the board of directors and responsible for most of the rules, since Griffonpeaks academy and university are built using Aleistunum as their role models. I will allow changes to accommodate the country, but not for an individual.

Thyra nodded. It is as you heard. However, I still want to ask you personally, why do you wish to miss out on classes? If the subject matter is too basic for you, you may ask the professors for additional materials. I am also attempting to introduce new classes to accommodate people with your interest.

That was probably the goal for the new building.

Well, my main reason is to continue working as an adventurer. Lady Hestia and the others from Aurora are planning to increase our partys rank and do some favors for the hunters guilds master. I also would like to train and test out my skills outside of practice, in the field, and since I cant improve on them with the current lessons the academy offers, Ellaine stated, hiding the fact that the abilities come from KleaHatma. But, the thing is, I also wish to continue going to the academy. I see enough reasons to attend the managerial classes.

Thyra began tapping a finger on her cheek, looking perturbed, before turning over to Maverina and asking for her opinion. She thought over the question before turning to me. Lady Hestia, as a void-touched, how high is your [Space-Time Magic]? Since you can use warp point, you should be level five at the very least.

I am level six. I have access to [Room].

Oh, really? That is a shame, since you are an [Otherworldly Reincarnator] I thought you could spend skill points to level it up.

I can, but the cost of each upgrade of [Space-Time Magic] is so substantial that I dont want to was Ehhh?! Seeing how out-of-nowhere Maverinas comment came from, my reaction was severely delayed until my parallel minds reminded me that I had not told her my secret. H-How do you know that?!

Ellaines surprise was anticipated, but Thyra was giving Maverina an equally questioning look, making me believe the former did not tell the latter anything.

Are you asking me how I know you are an otherworlder or why I knew you were a reincarnator and not a visitor?

Both.

Ah, for two reasons. One I am almost completely convinced you are the rumored red dragon who showed up at Cedaraille. Your scale color matches the reports and you participated in the rachonoid battle after the dragon disappeared. King Drangleic did call you his honored guest, meaning you have diplomatic immunity, but that doesnt prove anything, only that you are a special dragonewt.

That first reason was already pretty convincing for most people. Why did the dragon disappear at the Cedaraille battle? Where was its corpse if it died? Why did we not see it fly off? Those questions were reasonable, and then you realize that I was participating in the battle. Why did I start healing people so late? Why did I not shoot my spells earlier?

Maverina continued. Second reason I have no idea of which draconic bloodline you belong to, but I do know Atsuko is either an unknown dragon or its your middle name. Strangely, it sounds pretty similar to Miss Saoris and the names of the heroes, from my research. Atsuko, hmm, Atsuko. Lady Thyra, could you repeat the names of the heroes once again.

The names of Saoris students sounded pretty normal to me, since I was used to how Japanese words and names sounded. However, to Ellaine, Thyra, and Maverina, they sounded pretty out of place. The European sound of most names in Artorias and the nearby human lands would have made me stand out like Saori were it not for my first name Hestia.

So, Maverina figured it all out herself.

Haaaa, yeah, I guess theres no need to hide it anymore. I slumped into my sofa. If she is that convinced, denying it when I dont have a good excuse ready would just make me more suspicious.

As I thought. My deduction was correct, hohoho! Which means that y

However, we will still issue a request for enchantments, if possible. We will pay of course, I requested from her. Also, would it be possible for you to acquire some Evida Desert Cactus Water? Of the highest quality?

The last one was for Farrons elixir.

She showed me a wry smile but still accepted my offer. Of course, since you are members of the mages guild, you have every right to use the guilds resources for a price. Please, come to the guild with your catalysts and I will have everything sorted, Princess Hestia! And, about the cactus water; that will be harder to get, since it is extremely expensive. If you have the funds, I can acquire it for you, but please be prepared when you come to the guild.

And with that, I left the academy, leaving Ellaine to join her class. Since our initial plan to gain permission didnt work, it meant that I had to create that teleportation method somehow with [Room]. For that, I had to wait for Grimnir and the others to return.

For some reason, instead of arriving that same day, like I expected, they didnt make it back until the next day. Once they were back, I gave all of Aurora a general overview of what happened at the discussion the king had with Muraina and what our future plans will be.

That is a good plan, Hestia. Good work. If we can help Artorias form an alliance with the dwarves, elves, and dragonewts, we will at the very least have allies for our future battle with the demonkin princes. However, if possible, I would like to visit and get to know the demonkins before then, Saori stated with a serious face.

I agree. Krymdar's words did make me curious why he mentioned how demonkins werent our enemies despite what Id told him. He clarified that the ones who are causing trouble in Artorias and in the Empire were the problem. Aurena didnt have a good relationship with the demonkins thanks to her followers, but that didnt mean every single one of them needed to be our enemy.

It was worth the visit, I think. Besides, since its Saoris dream to travel throughout Peolynca, we will have to visit the demonkin kingdom one way or another, but I personally wanted it to be a peaceful visit.

I also wanted to ask Grimnir about the [Room] rune sooner rather than later, but first, we had to switch our Jobs and get our Quest rewards.

C rank, here I come!

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