CH 41

At that time, Eloise brought in honey tea and soup.

“Lady, wake up and have some of this. You will feel much better.”

“Yes, thank you.”

I gulped down the honey tea first and then took a spoonful of soup.

Eloise asked, organizing the surroundings. “Do you remember what happened yesterday?”

“No, not at all. Come to think of it, how did I get here?”

The last time I remember was when I opened the 10th bottle for my solo drinking in the club room.

Eloise answered awkwardly with an expression of what to do. “Patriarch brought Lady yesterday?”

“…Huh?”

Patriarch? You’re not talking about the patriarch I know, right?

“Patriarch himself carried Lady on his back and laid you down on the bed. It seemed like he walked for a long time, but I don’t know where he started carrying Lady on his back.”

I opened my mouth in amazement. Raul wasn’t the character to come here unless Libby was in danger because of the demon popping out of the school.

“Why did he come?”

“I don’t know the exact reason, but I heard he donated a huge amount to the school.”

Donation? What kind of development is this?

“A new training ground, garden, and library will be built in Squire’s name. Famous restaurants and cafes will open within the next month.”

Is it because of Libby? Since this was where his precious daughter enrolled, he might put off the fight between families aside for a while. Either way, it wasn’t bad.

“That’s great. Because we can’t live to be hostile with the Willow family forever.”

In order to see the true ending, reconciliation between the two families had to happen. Of course, it wasn’t me who was going to do that. But the shocking story didn’t end there.

“The gain from the shopping mall will be paid to scholarship students in the names of Squire and Willow. The supervision duty will be left to the Squire Scholarship Foundation.”

This was a story that could hardly be believed. Being supervised by the Squire Scholarship Foundation meant leaving the authority to me.

Did you make that decision after seeing me drunk yesterday? But Raul hates it when someone is being rude. I even wondered if this situation was a bug.

Eloise smiled and pointed to the table. “Look there, Lady.”

A note was left on the table.

[I have appointed Damian West as your escort wizard. I’m sure he’s a wizard of outstanding talent. Since he’s from humble status, there is no need for the appointment

And today, I saw that you lost a lot of weight. Don’t skip your meals, eat well, and drink alcohol in moderation.

-Your Father, R.]

It was a note with unexpected nagging.

Eloise said while making a teary face, “Did you read that? Lady doesn’t know how much the lord scolded me yesterday. He complained about how I treated Lady to make Lady end up as light as a child?”

I scratched my cheek awkwardly. Honestly, the feeling of nagging and worrying like this wasn’t too bad. It felt like the inside of my heart was being filled with fluffy bubbles.

Feeling embarrassed for no reason, I hurriedly finished dressing up and left the dormitory. It was because Eloise’s gaze, which kept looking at me with delight, tickled me like a feather, making me feel like I was about to sneeze.

As I entered the school, I heard more lively conversations than usual.

“Good morning!”

“You too! Did you go home safely yesterday?”

“I drank too much, so I’m not feeling well today.”

“Hahaha!”

Even the students who used to go alone went to school in groups of twos and threes, laughing with each other, perhaps in the aftermath of the orientation of the social club. It was no different in Clybe.

“Hello, Lady Theresa!”

“Good morning, Lady Theresa!”

A friendly look was on the faces of the freshmen who greeted me. Aren’t they having a hard time after drinking yesterday? As expected from freshmen. They had the stamina from their age where they could chew even a stone.

“Yes, hello,” I responded to the greeting by waving roughly, although their attention was burdensome.

Then the freshmen laughed out loud at what was so good. They weren’t the end of people who were pretending to know me. There weren’t a few young ladies who greeted me as if they were proving that it was not nonsense that our club has the highest number of members ever.

Some of the young ladies were worried about what had happened yesterday. “The Duke looked very angry yesterday. Is Lady okay?”

I couldn’t readily answer. Because I didn’t remember.

According to the young lady, Raul seemed angry when he saw me drunk. But I wondered why he didn’t get angry until the end and why he gave me so many things?

At that time, another young lady smiled subtly with an expression of ‘You didn’t know about that?’ “Ah, didn’t you see that Duke Squire carried Lady Theresa on his back to the dormitory yesterday? There were not only one or two students who saw it on their back from the main building of Valhalla!”

…I’ve heard that he carried me on his back, but I’ve never heard of this before?

When I made an expression that I had never heard of before, the young lady, who brought it up, looked even more surprised. “Don’t you remember? Yesterday the Duke carried Lady Theresa on his back from there!”

Following the tip of the young lady’s finger, I moved my gaze beyond the window and saw a wide, straight road leading into the main building. It was the busiest road because it was connected to the main gate.

“…Is that for real?”

Seeing my reaction, the young lady said with an expression that she understood me. “Is Lady worried that it’s against etiquette? But no one who saw that scene yesterday would look down on the Duke who carried his child on his back. Honestly, I was jealous of that.”

Another young lady who had been quietly listening to the story also added. “He looked very sweet. In fact, no matter how close the family is, nobles don’t do such intimate things because they’re concerned about saving their faces.”

“I’m not saying that etiquette is bad, but sometimes it feels a little too cold.”

I didn’t expect it to be to this extent when I heard Eloise’s words. To think that Raul did such a thing without caring about the eyes of others.

The young ladies, who were talking to each other about how nice the sight of yesterday was, suddenly looked at me and covered their mouths with their hands.

“Oh my goodness… Lady Theresa’s face is red.”

“Uh?”

“It’s even redder now!”

“Huh?”

I was very embarrassed and covered my face in a hurry. My cheeks felt warm, as if I had been exposed to the spring sun for a long time.

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Bet Your Life on Theresa’ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]

[C!!!!!!!! U!!!!!!!! T!!!!!!!! E!!!!!!!!]

“Is Lady ashamed of that?”

“No way. Lady Theresa is known for having no shame! She drank so much yesterday, so she must not be feeling well.”

“No, this must be because Lady is ashamed! Am I right? You were ashamed that you looked friendly with the Duke, right?”

Stop…! Please stop…!

The young ladies were seriously debating about this. They didn’t even think to lower their voice, so the students passing by were listening to all of this astonishing conversation. The eyes that glanced at me increased.

No. I’ll have to run away.

I was in the middle of the main lobby. In order to escape, I had to climb the stairs to another floor or go to the library. Let’s go to the second floor.

“Guys, it was nice to meet you, and goodbye.”

“Yes? Where are you going, Lady Theresa!”

“Are you running away because you’re ashamed?!”

At this point, I think they were purposely teasing me, not being ignorant…

Anyway, leaving the young ladies behind me, I climbed the stairs. It was when I reached the second floor at a surprising speed and was out of breath.

“Theresaaaa—”

I could see Mimosa approaching from the other side with a terrifying look on her face.

“Why is she being like that again…?”

She shouted as if to vent her anger. “How dare you hit me in the back by joining the student council?! Leave immediately!”

…So that was the problem.

I thought Mimosa, who never joined even though Damian was in the student council, was because she was afraid of demons and monsters. But it looked like it wasn’t because of that, so she would surely get angry. That’s why I purposely didn’t tell anyone about joining the student council, but I was caught.

Damn it. I should’ve run to the library.

While I wondered if there was any way to solve this situation, I found Professor Ilya looking this way with an unknown expression.

“Professor!”

“Ugh?!” Mimosa, who had come close, immediately stopped walking.

I approached Professor Ilya with a brighter smile. Our professor was overflowing with the dignity of the archdemon to the extent that Mimosa couldn’t approach him today.

“Greetings, Professor. I was going to visit you, and just in time, I see you like this.”

Professor Ilya raised one eyebrow and glanced at Mimosa standing behind me.

“G-greetings… Professor…”

I raised my heels, comforted by the fact that Professor Ilya was being used to avoid the crisis again. The effect would be minimal, but it was to obscure his vision.

“Professor? I finished reading the book you gave me last time, so could you lend me another one?”

This time, I really have a business with him!

Professor Ilya looked at me from below and spoke in his characteristic nonchalant tone. “Follow me.”

“Yes!”

I looked back at Mimosa. “See you next time, Mimosa.”

“Hiik!” Mimosa stomped her feet with a very angry expression, but she couldn’t bear to follow us.