Chapter 53 – End of the Afterword

The academy is always thirsty for interesting rumors. As long as they gathered young men and women in their prime, they needed entertainment to satisfy them.

In particular, this phenomenon was seen more clearly as we went up to higher grades. Hobbies that require a lot of time investment are an area that is difficult to touch for seniors who are overwhelmed by just following a busy education schedule.

In that sense, gossip has always been a game that satisfies many people.

It’s because it changes the same routine every day, you can have a conversation on a different subject with the same gossip with everyone, and it doesn’t take up too much time and money.

“Did you hear? It is said that the red maniac knocked down senior Wisen of the student council this time..!!”

In that sense, Artin could be seen as a person who is gaining popularity in a different way at the academy now. Artin’s behavior of throwing new rice cakes every time he got tired of it was as interesting as a dungeon full of treasures to the rich people hiding among the students.

“You mean senior Wissen following the heir of the Wise family last time..?”
“I heard that you have an endless resentment against the aristocracy because you were persecuted in your family.”
“No, I heard that Senior Wiesen gave her a terrible insult in front of her face her and her eyes her went out ..!”
“Everything is wrong. Senior Wisen, who was usually light-hearted, was judged by Artin, her maiden chosen by the unicorn..! From now on, all golden suns should be afraid of Artin..!”
“Who called him while he was eating? I told you not to call him last time.”

The rumor that first spread was not much different from the fight he had with Rexton before. Wissen, who had excellent grades in most of the tests, including swordsmanship, was beaten, but Artin had already defeated the imperial knights in front of everyone.

However, as the rumors grew deeper, the academy began to shake.

“It is said that Artin has declared that he is actually Princess Agnes’ fiancé!”
“The reason why he beat Wissen senior was that he insulted Vice President Agnes in front of Artin Ludwig!”
“Actually, she attacked Wissen-senpai when he tried to insult Agnes-senpai, so she said that the unicorn gave her the power to her herself!”
“No!! Artin Ludwig is not a man!!”

Leaving behind a twisted taste, rumors that Artine was Agnes’ fiancé began to spread throughout the academy faster than the earlier rumors that Rigardo had beaten Wissen.

At the same time, as she became involved with rumors that she had beaten Wissen, it was only natural that her notoriety for Wissen began to spread exponentially.

“If we continue like this, the authority of the aristocrats in our kingdom will fall!”
“Now that Wissen-sama is receiving treatment, let’s move and change the flow of rumors..!”

As the bad flow continued, the first to move was the kingdom’s aristocratic students, led by Rigardo Wissen.

“Actually, Artine’s rampage was to cover up his own accident his!”
“The mysterious destruction of the Bronze Dormitory..! They are said to be traces of the terrible crimes that Artin committed!”
“I heard, too, that he tried to hit the senior who warned him not to cause an accident, and that he also tried to knock down the female student who was stopping next to her..!”

The strategy of the aristocratic students is an intensive attack on the students who are the center of luxury.

Let’s mix slander and gossip with vivid testimonies of what we witnessed at the scene. Due to the mixed rumors spread through some pompous people, Artin is currently being evaluated as a rare romantic who shared forbidden love with the princess and as a terrible violent student who should not exist in the academy.

“… Rumors are spreading that much. Young master.”

Xiao Mei, who started investigating rumors that were spreading within less than a day, was convinced that he would not be able to control these rumors.

Originally, Agnes, who had a hard time dealing with luxurious people, should have moved, but it was clear that Agnes herself would not be able to use her strength properly because she was also involved in rumors.

“Well, I heard a lot. Hey, I don’t know when our Artin got engaged to the princess.”

Crunchy!

Originally, it was a silver class room that fell short of the gold class, but Zorba Pelkas’s room could be said to be more splendid and splendid than the room in the gold class dormitory.

Furniture made by traditional artisans made in the empire, carpets made of leopard and chandeliers decorated with beautiful jewels of the kingdom.

Possibly, among all the students, only Master Zorba had a room as rich as this, Xiao-Mei thought to herself.

“Well, if Artin is in trouble, I can help him.”
“Is that true?!”

It was hard for Xiao-Mei to hide the brightening expression at Zorba’s words. No matter what anyone says, the most proficient temperament in this field is because Zorba Felcas was the best.

Of course, Zorba, as if he had no intention of helping lightly, took another bite of her apple as he was lying on her couch and glanced at Xiao Mei.

“But, that too. Keep it a secret from me as to where the two of you have been going around like that, excluding me lately.”
“…That.”
“I heard that the surveillance sent by the student council to monitor Artine the other day was actually a unicorn? Were you surprised?”

Seeing Zorba’s smirking attitude, Xiao-Mei let out a deep sigh. Because she knew what Zorba wanted, and Xiao Mei, whom she had been with for a long time, knew.

“…Talk to Artin’s brother, and I’ll make sure he explains everything properly. We don’t hide it because we want to hide it.”
“Hmm, it’s nice to hear that. But that alone is not enough.”

Did something come? Xiao-Mei closed her eyes and bowed her head.

“…It works.”
“Yes? I can’t hear you well.”
“Sleep out…You can give it to me..”
“Speak properly, loudly.”
“You can keep it a secret from your parents’ family when you go out with girls!!”

At that, Zorba smiled with satisfaction, and she put down her apple and stretched herself.

“How long have I waited for that word! Did you even hear that if you get caught in an accident again, you’ll cut your allowance in half?”

Xiaomei felt dizzy at those words. What’s the difference between that and saying you’re going to have an accident?

“…Please, I’m the Bocchan’s friend and step-sister, and at the same time a bodyguard. How scolded I get every time I go back to the top..!”
“Uh huh, so you’re saying I’m going to step in and help you? Don’t worry, you go and convince Artyn.”

Kuwu, Xiao Mei had to suppress her desire to beat her at least once.

In a situation where Violet’s sister’s case had not been properly dealt with yet, they needed Zorba now. Zorba shakes people’s minds and knows women’s feelings well.

“…If you work on Princess Agnes instead…”
“Oh, if anyone hears it, they will misunderstand. Do I truly regard Artin as a friend like her own brother her?”

Perhaps this is how she feels when her long-suffering cavity is removed, the excited Zorba opens a notebook with her personal connections written on it, and she smiles confidently as if telling Xiao Mei to trust only herself.

“I don’t touch my friend’s woman, even the prodigal son has his own rules?”

Good. As she did and folded her notebook her, Zorba Felcas, who had already anticipated Xiao Mei’s request her, began to act on her behalf her. In anticipation of what his dainty friend has been hiding.

**

After returning to my room, taking a nap, washing and cooling my hair, I struggled with how to deal with the aftermath of what I had done.

Having defeated the duke’s heir, who is no different than the second in the kingdom’s hierarchy, it is clear that it will be a headache whether the family or the people around them step forward.

Worried that if I stayed like this, I would lose my head due to stress, I secretly went to Agnes’s room when the appointed time came to catch my breath. Of course, Unicor bought me some carrot salad and left it in my room to read a comic book.

“Welcome, Artin! You have no idea how long I waited!”
“Have you waited long? I’m late to get you some blueberry cake, which you like.”
“Oh my, that’s good. The wine I just prepared went well with the sweet food.”

When I knocked according to the pre-determined code, Agnes smiled brightly, hugged me, and welcomed me into the room.

After that, the two of us chatted a bit while enjoying wine and cake prepared by Agnes. Like reading a new romance novel yesterday or seeing a professor’s wig blown away by the wind today.

I couldn’t help but laugh happily at the latter story, but I think we both had a pretty good time. Neither of them talked about rumors or what happened earlier.

Is it because there is an unspoken trust between us that we can overcome this level of trouble if the two of us work together?

Smart, smart, smart.

“What? Who’s here again?”

At that time, when I opened the door to the sound of knocking on the door, Xiaomei stood there with an embarrassed expression.

“Xiaomei? What’s up?”
“Sorry, I hope you two are having a good time. I thought I should let you know beforehand.”
“It’s okay! What’s more? Don’t stand in front of the door, come in and talk.”

Xiao Mei rhymed with a serious tone, not with her older brother’s body. Understanding that something important was going on, Agnes and I took Xiao Mei into the room and she started to listen to what was going on.

By the way, the current situation that Xiaomei started to tell was really strange.

“…So that’s why things turned out this way?”
“Yes, Master Zorba has done another thing.”
“..How many people does he really have?”

Zorba didn’t do much. She just sprinkled 5% seasoning on 95% truth.

“Do you know that, you guys? It is a fact known to all who know that Rigardo Wissen has admired Princess Agnes from long ago. But such a princess fell deeply in love with my younger brother, Artin!”
“The disrespect that the enraged fellow treated my brother Artin and her princess is beyond words. She called the princess her niece her and called Xiao Mei, her sister-in-law her, a slave. Calling a prisoner a slave in this era is a fearful outdated way of thinking. How dare you call the princess a concubine? It is a political matter for the Empire to step in.”
“Of course, I don’t expect much from them. But, people should know the truth. Aren’t they?”

Zorba, who started to move his harem, began to use the malicious rumors of the aristocrats thoroughly and deliberately.

“Don’t you think it’s a little ugly? To denounce the hero who killed the ganja of the demon king’s army as a criminal. The impurity of those intentions is a fact that even a child can tell.”
“Several seniors kicked and threatened with knives and hit a female student? In fact, I heard that none of the female students present at the time were hospitalized? Your reputation will be tarnished if you carelessly spread such nonsense.”

Zorba, who thoroughly destroyed the malicious rumors of the aristocrats as if he were there, immediately followed me and Agnes into a rare romantic story, turning the rumors about me.

“Fighting against the successor of the count family who has longed for Xiao Mei and has been maliciously harassing him, and then the heir of the ducal family who said terrible things to his lady that she shouldn’t even put in her mouth ! Isn’t Artin really a romantic guy?”
“Unyielding to injustice, giving everything for love! I think he’s a nice guy out of a chivalric novel!”

In addition, Zorba’s numerous contacts agree with that opinion. Malicious rumors about me have long since disappeared from the academy.

“In addition, a petition is being raised in the student council that the love affair between Artin Ludwig and Princess Agnes should be acknowledged, and the number of voters has exceeded 300…”
“… How many hours did you do that?”
“Two hours, to be exact, wouldn’t it have been more than an hour and 40 minutes?”

…I had no choice but to hit my forehead at this absurd situation.

“With this, it is decided. What to do with Zorba.”

If you turn it into an enemy, it becomes very annoying. If you keep a vague distance, they will become suspicious. If so

“Tomorrow, definitely tell Zorba. About the situation we are in.”
“..I think that’s good for me too. I never imagined he would be this capable.”

Actually, I knew to some extent when dealing with the church. I just felt it again.

“Anyway, I’m glad things went well. I was worried about how much Artin would suffer inside… “

When Agnes let out a sigh of relief and held my hand, I held her hand her and met his eyes her. It seemed that the two of us were having a hard time figuring out how to handle this.

“..If the two of you are going to enjoy it, shall I go now?”

Sigh,

When Xiao Mei read her mood her and got up, Agnes grabbed Xiao Mei’s hand her.

“It’s okay if you don’t have to go, Xiaomei. It’s okay to spend romantic time together.”
“Yes? Ah, no, I’m fine, so just the two of you..!”

The next morning, the three of us woke up on Agnes’s bed with her.