The Sub-Heroine’s Butler Is a Vicious Bastard

55. preparation (1)

“It’s Monday… ”

“Princess… ”

It’s a peaceful Monday morning.

After the self-study week, Arlot and I went to school.

She was groaning with her cheek against the desk.

“Didn’t you say that going to school was fun not too long ago?”

“It’s different then and now… But why do you keep looking away?”

I heard that going to school was fun when I had just entered school.

After all, school makes people sick.

I put that impression behind me and quietly turned my head.

Seeing Arlott’s pouting lips and cheeks sticking like glutinous rice cakes, it was because he didn’t have the patience to hold back his laughter.

In that gaze… I could see the back of Koyono who was absorbed in something.

“Come to think of it… You seem to be very engrossed.”

“yes? ah… doll?”

Koyono was diligently carving wood with a small carving knife.

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Judging by the results that can be seen at a glance behind the back, it still felt very sloppy,

The fact that I was focusing on something other than self-harm was encouraging.

“Koyono-san, what are you making?”

“Oops!”

So as not to be surprised, I tapped my shoulder with my finger,

Koyonoda shows a good response without any doubt.

“I didn’t want to surprise you… sorry.”

“Ugh… Be careful. You almost got cut.”

Koyono glared at me.

At the end of her gaze, there was a hint of shyness mixed in.

“… So why did you call me?”

“I did it because I was curious about what he was making because he was absorbed in his hobby.”

There were quite a lot of wood shavings from the carving knife on her desk.

The doll revealed among the crumbs… He appeared to be a man in a robe.

“Hey, this is just… It’s like a Buddha statue.”

“Buddha… did you say?”

“There are temples and temples in Heirin City, so it wouldn’t be strange to make a statue of Buddha!”

I never said it was weird.

Koyono, who stutters, is strangely suspicious.

Looking closely at the figure she was embracing, it was the shape of a monk in monk’s robes stroking the head of a smaller monk.

… Do Buddha statues usually pose like that?

“What are you staring at so intently… ”

“Excuse me.”

The case was settled when Koyono hid the fragment in her chest.

Well, it would be better than having the bad habit of making someone into a figure recurring.

“ha… Good morning guys… damn.”

Lapis Ryan, who looks insincere, appears in the classroom.

Is it already morning meeting time?

It is very impressive that it is different from last Monday.

The time I pictured the week that came back, passing her bylaws in one ear,

Instinctively, you feel your body shrinking.

It was because my name was heard out of nowhere in the church.

“… So, the morning ordinance is over. Oh. Schmitz, after you finish, go to the dean’s office.”

“The dean’s office… you mean?”

“Yes. Because the report you gave was selected as the best report for this self-study activity.”

“…?”

“More than.”

Ryan walked out the classroom door with a devilish smile on his face.

I only blinked my eyes at the bad incident that started on Monday morning.

Arlott, whether he knows my feelings or not, pats my shoulder with a smile.

“Good job. Could you give me some prize? Just like the last time at the treasure house.”

“ah… haha. That’s definitely a good thing.”

I forced a smile and quickened my brain.

This Savior Academy, to which I belong, is by far the best educational institution in the world.

Peshakrid Celestina, the dean, was also a woman with the title of the best in the world.

‘… And a troublesome quest manufacturing base.’

Whenever the academy is in danger or something interesting happens, she always appears and grants quests.

I don’t know how different the games of the past and the reality of today are…

My gut kept telling me not to go to the dean’s office.

I asked the laughing Arlott with an angry smile.

“Shouldn’t I go?”

“no.”

… It was a firm answer that made my heart ache.

In the end, I trudged along like cattle being led to the slaughterhouse.

* * *

“Hmm… Are you the student named Schmitz that Professor Ryan was talking about?”

“Yes, it is.”

… Why did this happen?

Why am I standing alone in the embarrassing director’s office?

Should I be trembling in front of the chairman who only looks like a middle school student even if I hit him well?

“I thoroughly enjoyed reading the report written by the student.”

The chairman of the board walked around me and fluttered the report.

Straight brown hair bouncing in line with her steps, creating a unique youthfulness of a child.

Of course, the atmosphere she gave off was never light.

“Arlot student sent a giant spider flying with magic, Koyono student took on the role of a tanker to get the boss’s attention, and Evan finished the game. It’s a neat and classy party connection. Except for one thing.”

The chairman suddenly stopped walking.

gaze toward me.

There was a clear curiosity in her gaze in the round glasses.

“But why are there so many stories about students?”

“… That’s because you didn’t do anything.”

“Hmm, I didn’t do anything… Do other students really think so?”

The chairman brought another three documents from the desk.

As I was staring at it, a familiar handwriting caught my eye.

… I knew that only the leader would write the report, but did other party members receive it as well?

“Then who is in charge of the whole order of the party? Who brought all the food, emergency tools and lodging supplies, who discovered the Hidden Boss Room, and who saved Arlott students from several crises?”

“… … ”

“The answers to all these questions are in the statements of all three other members of the student’s party.”

Celestina’s finger pricked my chest.

while still smiling.

“Everyone wrote down Schmitz’s achievements. Except for Schmitz’s report.”

“… ”

The dean’s eyes sparkled as if he had discovered a new gemstone.

I looked at it in silence and was lost in thought.

How did he catch Celestina’s eyes?

Unfortunately, Dean Celestina didn’t give me time to question.

“Well, good. The reason why they hide their achievements is because they seem to know about it.”

“… ?”

“As rice ripens, it lowers its head. Lions don’t sharpen their claws in public.”

It seems that they misunderstood that my efforts to hide my achievements were a form of humility.

I firmly denied this, but her misunderstanding continued one after another.

‘Isn’t it bothering me to stand out more than the lady of the employer?’

‘Don’t you want to reveal your power to those who are hostile to you?’

I can’t deny everything, but the biggest reason was one.

I just didn’t want to stand out.

Even if he stands out for his outstanding performance, only envy and jealousy will follow.

If I wanted to live with my pride, I would have made a name for myself in the upper class by now.

But I didn’t want that kind of life.

A happy ending only for Arlot.

That was my only goal, and I decided that being in the eyes of others didn’t fit this goal.

“…That’s not all,” he said.

The dean was heartbroken over my continuing infidelity.

It’s impossible to say ‘I just want to live quietly for Arlotte’s happy ending’.

It was a rather embarrassing situation.

“As you know, I hate ignorance. Schmitz-kun’s strange behavior from the entrance exam onwards. I really want to know the whole story.”

“There’s not the slightest bit of a great story that could be called the Whole.”

“Well, that’s for me to judge.”

‘I’ll continue to keep an eye on you with a happy heart, Schmidt-kun.’

In her greeting to see me off, there was interest as if she had found a good research subject.

* * *

“… ha.”

“Schmitz, is there something wrong?”

After returning from the dean’s office, I had to taste tired all day.

It would not be strange for Arlot to look at me with a worried look.

As soon as he tries to talk to her about his worries, Ryan’s funeral begins.

“Today was a lot of hard work. Before that, here’s the big news.”

It was Lapis Ryan who rarely created a serious atmosphere.

“It is about the upcoming midterm exam. The details are secret, but it will be a simulated drill mimicking real combat situations. The important point is that you have to organize a party in groups of four.”

‘Is it midterms already?’

A few months have passed since I entered school.

As it was a fairly large event, various information began to emerge.

‘The midterm exam was a mock assignment.’

The frontline meant the front between the Demons and the Humans formed on the northern and eastern borders.

For this midterm exam, the challenge was to break through that front by constructing it in a simulated environment.

A party consisting of 4 people wins by defeating the monsters that have been replaced by monsters and destroying the core placed on the hill.

Monsters constantly appear in the core, so time was the key.

The criteria for evaluation were time taken, teamwork, and the presence or absence of injuries.

Of course, the number of people will be the same as the self-study group of 4.

As if Koyono, Arlot, and Evan had waited, they met their eyes…

Without hesitation, I took the paper and wrote down the four names.