Chapter 55 – The Student Council President Election Brings a Storm (4)

— Unity!! Cohesion!! Cohesion!! Cohesion!!
— Everyone, vote number 2, a red vote for Comrade Adela!!
— Burn the statue of the chairman at the main gate! All knowledge is useless!
— Unity!! Cohesion!! Cohesion!! Cohesion!!

Well, something felt very fucked up.

Students wearing red belts and shouting strange revolutionary slogans near the canteen. Adela’s face was printed on the banners and pickets they were holding throughout the academy.
I was just upset that I rejected Adela’s date request at the last meal, so I brought back her memories from Earth and gave her a little advice. Somehow, it seems like things have become very big.

What kind of revolution are these bastards calling for, even though they are nobles? I did not understand what kind of thinking led to the results.
Surprisingly, Adela’s eloquence was quite outstanding.

“Kyaaaaa!!! “I’m the boss!!”

The chairman ran into the canteen with his head on fire. After that, Adela’s followers——the Electors—came running in with sickles and hammers.

“Bring out the dirty upper class!”
“Store owners, wake up!!”
“Distribute the capitalists’ land!!”

A group of scary people trying to break into the store. But fortunately, Liv’s thought barrier that had been put up in preparation for this time saw the light of day. They walked around the outside of the cafeteria like idiots.

“Where are you!!”
“Is it over there?”

Some skilled wizards saw through the barrier and approached, but when they saw the two iron dogs purring as if they were going to bite them, they got scared and ran away.
This defense system, which was originally Goliath’s exclusive property, was a deadly weapon with high-level physical resistance and a lot of magic of the 4th level or lower.

The Academy site with black smoke rising. The world where Adela announced her candidacy for student president was chaos itself.

“Buy, buy, boss! The sword I bought last time! Where is that!?”
“I told you not to buy that, so I didn’t buy it.”
“Quickly, swing at something! In this way, my Parencia Academy… “Huh!”

It is said that there is a triangle in the human heart. A triangle of conscience that pierces a corner of your heart with a sharp point.
I, who was so worn out by guilt that things turned out like this, couldn’t help but feel a little remorse.
On the first day of her term, Lehel looked at her crumbling academy with an expression as if the gate had been opened.

“It’s all over now…”
“What do the security guards do?”
“We are taking the lead in destroying the academy.”
“Why them again?”
“Last time I lost all my money due to gambling, so I mixed sand with my paycheck and that was it…”

It would be better to just hand him over to the protesters. Rochear’s soldiers did not enter without blood for nothing.

As I smelled the burning rattlesnake, I extinguished the fire on the chairman’s head. Still, it seemed like she was the only one who remembered her school rules and took refuge in her cafeteria. That’s great.

“What should I do!? What should I do with all this!?”
“What should I do? If you screw it up, you have to win the vote. “What on earth is the princess doing?”
“I don’t know!”

As this happened, resentment toward the incompetent leader naturally arose. Isn’t it Ergé Bette’s fault for not being able to stop her from expanding her power to the extent of Adela Gai in the first place?
I can’t believe I can’t stop a guy who is a royal in name but doesn’t even have support from the Roshoard family and just runs around the school having fun.
I too naturally thought that Erzébet would have the upper hand, but she was very disappointed with her network.

“Is it possible that a guillotine will also be installed?”
“No, as far as that… Umm. Wait a minute.”

Lehel closed one eye in response to my question, checked something in her, and then flopped down in her seat.

“Hey! Front Door! At the front door… !”

Looks like they’re coming at the right time.

“Huh! “Please save me, boss!!”
“No, wasn’t it something about reincarnation?”
“If someone has their head cut off and is still alive, is that a person? “It’s a monster!”

That’s a really interesting consideration. According to that logic, I was still human.
Anyway, it seems that Lehel is not immortal. The name Yunhoegong is a waste.

‘I’m sure they haven’t been caught already…’

In fact, Erzsebet seemed more dangerous than Lehel. He is also the number one obstacle to Adela’s election, and he happens to be a royal who could easily be beheaded by the guillotine.
Her problem is that I have no contact with her so far and have no idea where she is or what she does…

“Pee—!”
“Uh?”

At that time, a familiar bird’s cry was heard outside the window. When I looked up at the sky, I saw a polar-colored bird flying in this direction, avoiding bamboo spears and a hail of arrows.

“Phee—! Pee—!”

A desperate movement, as if trying to alert her to the whereabouts of her own master.

“I’m guarding it here. “I’m going out for a moment.”
“Yes? “Go, let’s go together!”
“Oh, don’t come.”

I let go of Lehel, who was holding the crotch of her pants, and went out. And then he started chasing after the colorful bird that was flying towards where its owner was.

***

Why did this happen? That was the only thought in Erzsebet’s mind.

I definitely thought I would win at first. No matter what methods Adela used, there seemed to be no way for her to threaten her position.
However, surprisingly, there were many students at the academy who had a crush on Adela Sylvester, and she was already a celebrity in a different sense than the royal family she was.

After the polls closed, the situation worsened.

Hergé Bett responded to a long interview with a student in the broadcasting department with whom he was acquainted, and showed her face in the school newspaper.
Of course, there were many letters supporting her candidacy in the Farencia local newspaper and in Penheim’s national newspaper.
A great strategy to win back public opinion that has already been lost. But even that was destroyed with one punch from Adela.

[Shock! Personal life of presidential candidate revealed: hint of deep relationship with canteen owner?]

A small photo in the corner of a newspaper. But the impact was enormous.
For some reason, the graduating class——third years, who had no interest in the annual student council president election—declared their absolute support for Adela Sylvester.
Thanks to their fanatical support, as if she was receiving death threats from someone, Adela’s approval rating on campus soared like crazy.

Separately from him, Sir William, the eldest son of Count Clove, who was the most popular among her third graders, even wrote a separate article in the newspaper.

[When I first met her, her girlish appearance and the friendly nature of her speaking skills made me realize at a glance that the nickname Flower of the North Sea was not an illusion.]
[I hope that infinite honor will be given to the daughter of Rochear, who promised to meet in the future without showing the slightest sign of displeasure despite the somewhat rude invitation that was made out of blindness.]

In this way, the royalist faction, centered on the great nobles who support him, and the North Sea faction, who support Adella, a huge force now renamed the revolutionary faction, are in a two-pronged conflict.
Erzsebet, who had been completely pushed out of the first speech, was sighing deeply in front of the table in the empty student council room, probably never going to be able to sit down again.

“If I don’t get elected…”

If that happens, it will probably be a subject of considerable ridicule. It was a clear political failure that the princess of a country stumbled on the threshold of joining the academy’s student council.

But now there is only one chance left. Current opinion polls in the academy show that Erzsebet could never beat Adela.

The speech prepared by Adela, which she had thought to be of no substance up until now, was a masterpiece that she could not possibly have created with her own abilities. No great writer would be able to create something that would shake people up like that.

‘I have to get out of this situation somehow…’

As Erzsebet braced herself for weakening, a familiar voice sounded in her ears.

— Here?
— Phii—.

The person who opened the door and came in was the man I most hated to encounter in this situation.

“Are you weeping tears of defeat alone like Cheongseung?”
“I mean, who cries? “What’s your business, Louis?”
“I think it’s not me who has business, but the princess. “Is it really that hard to beat Adela?”

Despite his colder than usual reaction, he did not leave and instead stood leaning against the doorway. He has a lukewarm attitude, as if he is trying to give himself a chance.
Only then did Erzsebet realize why Louis had come here.

‘That man… There is some kind of means to turn this situation around.’

Okay. I don’t know why, but until now, the person Adela Sylvester respected and followed more than anyone else was Luis. She obviously has some way of controlling her.
He also knows better than anyone else that Adela becoming the student council president will not do her any good. I guess that’s why he came.

Erzsebet’s head spun. He forced his gloomy expression off his face, put on a cool-headed mask, and placed his blood on his shoulder.
As a member of the royal family, there was only one way left.

Even when she is pushed to the edge, she maintains her composure.

“If Adela is elected she will have no peace in Farencia.”
“Maybe so. But is she any different from the princess?”
“When I sit down here… “At least the safety of the canteen will be guaranteed.”

By revealing her own flaws, she instills trust in her partner.

“Isn’t that right?”
“Well, something happened to me…”
“Of course, I have no intention of keeping her quiet in the future.”

If necessary, use everything. Hair that shines like gold thread pulled out of gold and eyes where his gaze rests. As if giving the other person what they want. It whispers sweetly.

“What do you want in return for helping me, Louis?”
“…”
“What do you want?”

Even with her eyes trembling, Erzsebet easily stood in front of him.
When I felt cold black eyes scanning my face, I felt intimidated.

“Then…”

Finally, his mouth opened.

“Why don’t you show me some cuteness?”
“Yes?”

***

Unintentionally, she ended up pushing Adela’s back, but she doesn’t want to see her really get elected.
Based on the national judgment, I concluded that it was right for Erzsebet to take power.
To be honest, I was afraid that the peace of humanity that I had risked my life to protect would be shattered. Adela was such a dangerous being when the reins were released.

“G, ji, now…” … I beg your pardon?”

But that’s what it is, you can’t give it away for free. If I were to help a princess who had not been friendly to me up to now, then of course I should have at least a pinch of self-interest in it.
However, the outcome of our secret affair should be determined by my one-sided favor rather than being packaged as a transaction with nobles, especially royal family.

I did not want to be on equal footing with the princess. Because, in the first place, we haven’t been that way since I first beat the king in Thessalon.

“Try being a little cute. “Cute.”
“Oh, cute… ?”
“Yes. If I like it, I will take responsibility and give it to Adela. “I promise.”

It’s not even a title. It’s not even money. Erzsebet, who even tried to use her charm, was clearly embarrassed.

“How could I do something like that in front of you… !”
“If you don’t like it, quit. Ah, the guillotine just happened to be there.”
“Oh, why! Why is it like my aegyo…”
“Hmm… “Because you think it’s cute?”

It was a great joy to me just to see her, who had been tickling me ever since I first met her, feel so ashamed.
Erzébet’s whole body trembled in humiliation.

— Catch the princess!!
—Open the door!!!

There isn’t much time left to worry. In the end, she seemed to have made a decision.

“Just… “It’s just one time.”
“I saw you doing it.”

It was a moment of anticipation as to what kind of performance they would show. They are old-fashioned wizards and nobles, so they don’t do talent shows even when they go to MT, but will Erzsebet be able to do something cute that will satisfy me?

She lowered the polar shade that was always on her shoulder to her floor. Then he chewed her lips, his cheeks turning red, and he came so close that her breath touched him.

“Ha… !”

Eventually, the requested cuteness came out from the mouth of Erzébet, who was holding my collar and closing her eyes tightly.

“Peeeee——!”