Chapter 82

To my great surprise, classes at the academy went on normally despite Esmuer’s sudden visit.

The sight of professors and students walking past Esmuer as if they were ordinary students, after they understood that Esmuer had no intention of breaking the rules of the academy, seemed very foreign to me.

Even aristocrats passed by with only light greetings as if they were greeting each other whenever they recognized her.

“That’s how much I believe in the laws of the empire. It’s possible because there was a lot of effort to reach this point.”

As if he had read my expression, Esmuer explained with a proud feeling. Well, her pride was quite understandable.

No matter how disciplined the academy is, in the end, they are characters who will one day escape from this place and become members of a class society. Even professors are already members of society.

It is clear that if there is no firm belief and conviction that everything that is kept in this academy will not cause any disadvantages when going out, the faculty will not try to follow this system.

They will keep an eye out for fear of retaliation that may come one day.

“I expected it to some extent...but I didn’t think I would trust the discipline so firmly. I have no idea how long it took me to achieve.”

“As expected, it’s quick to understand. However, it didn’t take that long. Just a few hard-line measures to make sure that ‘this is how it was originally.’ Because you lose.”

I felt that Esmuer’s eyes slightly sharpened at the part called hardline, but I decided to just skip it.

“Even though there are differences in status, all positions and powers come from the imperial family. In this place established by the imperial order to discover talented people for the empire, discrimination and persecution due to differences in status in itself occur, His Majesty the Emperor It is an insult to .”

Esmuye, who tells stories with a dignified gait with a straight back, continued the conversation whenever the scenery changed, not paying attention to the gazes that were pouring on me and myself as escorts.

As many foreign aristocrats have already visited the academy since yesterday, I was very grateful for her willingness to protect me from incidents in the name of her escort, but honestly, I can’t help but worry about it in a different way.

Given the huge height difference between me and me, it’s almost pity for her to see her struggling even to cross her arms.

It was not difficult to guess that she was wearing high-heeled shoes on purpose, but there seemed to be a difference in height between her and me by more than 30 cm, and she inevitably had to raise her elbow to her shoulder to put her arms around me.

“Esmuer. Thank you for caring about yesterday’s incident and taking care of me, but aren’t you uncomfortable with your posture?”

“Ehh? Gwa, it’s okay! Go, sometimes you have to have days like this to get rid of stiff shoulders? I have a lot of open desk work, so this is necessary!”

No, far from loosening up, I think my shoulders will be stiff.

Seeing her smiling brightly even though it must be quite uncomfortable, it might be that she is excellent at managing her expression like a princess.

“Th-Isn’t Eldmia rather inconvenient? Things like having to keep pace with women, being the Marquis of Levien...” “No? It’s not

really anything. Rather, it’s nice to be able to hear this and that while moving. ”

I don’t know why Ragnis asked, but whatever’s okay is okay. ah. Perhaps, since I was in the position of Ragnis’ attendant, was it a question of whether escorting myself, not the owner, was negligent?

It’s not a problem since I’m not a friend who’s complacent enough to call being close to a candidate for the next emperor a negligence... Well, I haven’t met him yet, so I guess it’s a general idea.

“By the way, why are you so quiet, warrior, wearing a bamboo statue like that?”

“If I tell you, you’ll want me.”

wince Convulsions appeared on Ragnis’s smiling face.

“Then, I’m glad. But can I know what’s going on with the academy? From my limited experience, I heard that Esmuye has already completed all the courses at the academy... I can’t imagine that he will suddenly appear escorted by my attendant. I couldn’t.”

Well, you seem to be a bit dissatisfied... But since you’re smiling, it’s probably because of your mood, right?

For some reason, Ragnis’ eyes didn’t seem to be smiling at all. Esmuer, who could only see the back of his head from my side, answered with a small smile and his shoulders trembled.

“Shouldn’t you, as the princess of the empire, make up for the mistake of the empire? Since yesterday, many foreign nobles have already received the same invitation as you and entered the country. She wanted to be with Eldmia herself and not give an excuse at all.”

“Gyeok, you’re going to stay by my side?”

“That’s right. It’s not possible to shout at the yard after inviting a guest. I hope you accept it as an apology for this incident.”

“Well, don’t go that far, just your heart is enough...”

“Hahaha. It’s because ‘my heart’ isn’t comfortable. Fortunately, we’re the type to communicate well, so I guarantee that it won’t cause any inconvenience to you. ”

“...huhuhu. Then there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Hahahoho, seeing the two ending the conversation with a smile, it must have been my mood.

“It’s nice to see how quickly they become friends. I thought Ragnis would want to be formal like this. Didn’t he?”

I was quite satisfied with that, so I looked back at Zeke with a hearty smile, and now the guy with a rotten expression shook his head and punched me in the side with his fist. No?

“Eup! Why are you fucking again all of a sudden!”

“Just pluck your eyes out, bastard. Why are you wearing useless things?”

“No, why did you suddenly take out your two fine eyes?”

“Is that all right? Then it looks like your brain isn’t all right, so take out your brain dude!”

No matter what this bastard wants to say, he swings his fist so confidently that I can’t bear to refute it because I wonder if he really did something wrong.

“Eldmia? Should I go to class?”

Ragnis, who seemed to have no intention of protecting me from being beaten so unfairly, called me with a smile. As I turned my head and looked at Esmuer, who was smiling at me, one thing became clear.

Just looking at her, her eyes aren’t smiling right now.

I didn’t do anything wrong, so why are you doing this again...

“You’re not coming?”

“No. Let’s go.”

For a moment, I felt a sense of life in my voice, so I became low-key without even realizing it.

As soon as he approached, leaving behind the tongue-clicking Sieg, Ragnis’s eyes cooled as if they were frozen as he watched Esmuer naturally cross his arms again.

Something...something is happening.