I Became the Younger Brother of the Female Protagonist in the Novel

Celia, who had been quietly listening to the story, twitched her eyebrows.

“Haa, I already knew that that child was frequenting entertainment districts, but I didn’t think he would have neglected to that extent in managing his grades… … .”

The grade of the midterm exam of the first semester was 18th. And the final exam I took just a few days ago was 23rd. Delt ranked 43rd in the comprehensive practical evaluation for the first semester.

Celia could not hide her disappointed expression in many ways at the lower grades than expected.

“… … Maybe it’s because I neglected it too much?”

She grabbed her forehead with the thumb and forefinger of her right hand.

“I guess I should keep an eye out for that kid. If you do something wrong, even Delt might break off your marriage.”

Going out to entertainment districts despite the existence of a fiancée. It is only the heirs who will inherit the family.

Fortunately, the name of Spay One is heavy enough to put pressure on the newspaper.

Currently, all bad words about Delt were controlled by Grans.

“Even if they manage to maintain their engagement and even get married, if Delt can’t win the heart of the Marquis Rudel… … You will have no real power.”

Grans wanted the military power of the Marquis Rudel family.

Knowing that, Celia prayed that Delt would not do anything stupid.

“Whoa, yes. So Milien, how’s the kid doing? And grades… … .”

The maid started talking about Milien step by step.

There was nothing particularly outstanding about it. It was because his grades had been staying within 10th place since the first grade.

Of course, recently, he kicked a child of a commoner just because he was blocking his way, creating controversy, but that was not a problem.

And the story of the academy bullying several female students and wielding violence was also quietly leaked to Celia.

Besides, Millien’s extravagance… … .

“That’s cute enough. Rather, like Keynes, you asked for a mansion outside the academy?”

“Yes, that’s how I got it from the first deacon.”

“So what did the head of the household say?”

“… … There is no definitive answer yet. Recently, many events have happened simultaneously… … .”

When the maid answered, Celia let out another sigh and nodded.

“Yeah, that’s it too. Surely too many things have happened. still… … Phyllis, it was so much fun to see that X’s face stained with despair.”

At the time when the news of Sophia’s disappearance was delivered to the Speyone family, Phyllis despaired as if the sky had fallen.

Celia, who recalled her face once again, shook her shoulders as if she was really thrilled.

“First of all, please do what Milien asked for quickly with my authority. If it’s my authority, it’s possible enough to provide a mansion outside the academy, right?”

“Yes, of course. We will hurry up and find something for sale that the lady will be satisfied with.”

“Yes, please.”

The maid bent down at a forty-five degree and immediately exited Celia’s bedroom.

While strolling through the corridors, the maid found Phyllis sitting on a bench in the garden and muttering something.

As Felice’s white hair fluttered in the wind, she stopped for a moment.

Its beauty is enough to make even passers-by stop.

but… … .

‘… … You really must be out of your mind.’

Seeing Phyllis blankly staring at the sky, she furrowed her brow slightly.

And as Phyllis started biting her nails, she kept muttering the name of ‘Kaynes’, causing chicken skin to grow and trembling.

‘Anyway, it seems that there is not a single decent human being in this house.’

Celine and Phyllis are out of their minds.

The maid seriously contemplated changing her job and quickly left her seat.

* * *

Two months have passed since Sofia’s disappearance.

After the final exams, in July, the students slowly began preparing to return to their home.

The so-called summer vacation season. And during the academy’s summer vacation, the emperor’s birthday party was scheduled to be held.

“So you’re saying that Keynes-kun won’t go back to his parents’ house?”

“What, will that happen? I’m just tired from going back to my hometown, so I’m just going to spend some quiet time in Jedo.”

In response to Keynes’ answer, the red-haired girl nodded once.

She is the second daughter of Countess Calon, Elza H Calon.

The time when Sophia was traveling around the empire. Keynes secretly made friends while putting on a sad expression.

Like Katarina, Keynes has made a female friend with whom he can have a comfortable conversation.

“… … i envy you. Even if my mother didn’t ask me to come back to my hometown, I would just be spending time leisurely in the dormitory.”

As the youngest child of the Calon family, Elsa was a girl who grew up receiving lots of love and affection from her parents. Also, it seems that the sisters are on good terms with each other.

Kayneth gave a slightly bitter smile at Elsa’s grumbling expression.

“Rather than that, you said that Kaynes-kun’s fiancée might be the daughter of the Sephiroth family?”

“… … .”

It was Keynes who suddenly came to call Ardeal his brother-in-law.

Of course, her engagement to the Sephiroth family has not yet been confirmed. It was only assumed that the conversation was going on longer than with other families.

“Whoa… … . I really don’t have anything on my mind.”

“Well, if the family decides, we should follow it, but isn’t Keynes-kun’s position a little different? Since there is an independent family called Arden, you won’t be able to oppose the decision of the Speywon family. Besides, if you put your mind to it, you can marry the person you like.”

Elsa looked at Kayneth with envious eyes.

But can he really reject Spey One’s decision? If that happened, the Ardennes Company would fall into disrepair?

Keynes scratched her head and shook her head.

“You think I can reject the Speyone family’s decision at will? Then… … .”

When Kayneth paused, Elsa nodded in agreement.

“… … That would be it too.”

“Rather than that, Erza, you said you would get a job at the Mage Tower too. Being independent from your family and marrying the person you like… … .”

“Hmm, I thought so at first… … When I think about the salary I receive at the Mage Tower, I am a little worried.”

It was almost impossible for her to get a job at the Mage Tower and make a career out of it.

Elsa, who has completed the advanced course of the 1st Circle. If you reach the level of the 2nd or 3rd circle by the time you graduate from the academy, you will definitely be treated that much better and your salary will go up. Because this world is a thorough ability supremacy.

but… … .

“I heard that even 3rd circle mages only get 50 silver coins every month. In addition, the salary that can be received in the 10th year is about 90 silver coins. Employees in their 20th and 30th years also receive 130 to 150 silver coins every month, so they must work as mercenaries as a side job for the lacking part.”

What the hell is missing?

Keynes had to laugh bitterly at her story.

It was difficult for children who grew up in middle-class families in Korea to receive 3 million won a month. However, if you get a job at the Mage Tower and your annual salary including tax is 60 million won, isn’t it the same as getting a job at a large company?

Excluding taxes, his annual salary would easily exceed 5 gold coins.

Besides, if the annual salary for the 10th year was 10 gold coins, from the point of view of commoners, it would be no different from the elite.

‘Despite receiving that much salary, I had to take a side job after receiving a request from the mercenary guild… … . How much does he spend per month?’

You cannot compare the lives of nobles with those of commoners.

However, Kayneth, who still had the way of thinking on Earth, thought that Elsa’s remarks were nothing more than those of people with a full stomach.

Of course, I wasn’t in a position to tell my in-laws.

‘… … Well, the money I personally use doesn’t exceed 30 silver coins every month… … .’

Among the aristocrats, they must be quite frugal when it comes to daily life.

Yes, it must be so in relation to daily life.

but… … If you add up the amount of the skill book, Wiria’s holy water, and various magic tools that Kayneth bought at the gold shop, you can’t help but evaluate Elza’s extravagance as cute.

“So you’re going to give up getting a job at the Mage Tower and marry the fiancé decided by the family?”

“Hmm… … . I haven’t even thought about getting married yet. First of all, I want to meet a lot of people and seriously consider if there is a good person. To be honest, the fact that the salary at the Magic Tower is less than my allowance made me worry in many ways.”

At Elza’s answer, Kayneth nodded with a small smile.

Aristocrats who own estates automatically get money into their pockets even if they just stay still. With taxes collected from the people.

Of course, managing the territory would cost a lot. However, most of the nobles were setting 200-300% of the maintenance cost of their lands as taxes.

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And more than 50% of the tax collected was used for their own extravagance.

Is it because of that? In the case of children born to high-ranking families, the value of money was often regarded lightly.

I was born to parents who used the currency of gold casually, so it would hurt my mouth to say anything about it.

“Whoa, to be honest, I envy you so much. To be appointed as the heir just because she is the eldest daughter of the family and inherit the position of head of the family… … .”

It would be useless to complain about that part. As long as he didn’t kill all the heirs who existed above him.

In fact, there were cases of killing real brothers and sisters to take over the family, but Elsa did not think of such a terrible method.

“More than that, how are Katarina and Neris getting along these days? Both of them… … .”

“Yes, I can guess the feelings of the two to some extent. only… … Should I even think about getting engaged at such an early age? I just thought about it. As a result, it seems that the Spey One family is trying to decide on a fiancée at will, but… … .”

Kayneth sighed softly as he rested his chin on his chin.

Elsa then closed her eyes for a moment and placed the book in her right hand on the desk.

“Then, let’s stop talking about it. More than that, I have a question about magic theory… … .”

What she unfolded was a textbook on magic theory.

Kayneth smiled and explained her question step by step.

And Neris, who was watching the scene from outside the classroom, approached the two while swallowing saliva.

Followed by… … .

Tadada dat!

Katarina appeared in the classroom.

After leaving the classroom for a while due to club activities, she also immediately joined Keynes’ group.

and… … .

“Kaynes, my sister will not.”

Ardeal suddenly appears and speaks seriously to Kayneth. His first words took Kayneth a little taken aback.

I can’t believe that Ardeal was my little sister!

It was a strange feeling in many ways.

“No, it’s not a confirmed story yet… … .”

“Yes, that is why I am telling you in advance. Currently, the conversation about the engagement between the Sephiroth family and the Speywon family is progressing as if it were a fait accompli. but… … But my sister can’t.”

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll tell the family first.”

Engagement was a family decision. It can also be said that it is the will of the head of the family, the highest authority of the family.

However, Ardeal made a remark that he couldn’t tell if he was joking or serious, saying that he couldn’t accept the family head’s will, and Keynes nodded with a puzzled expression.

At that moment, Ardeal changed his expression and gave a small smile.

‘What kind of expression change is so fast? More than that, I have a promise with Elizabeth, so I have no intention of getting engaged to someone else… … .’

Keynes let out a small laugh.

I thought there was no need to continue this story for a long time.

How many minutes had passed?

As Elsa heads to the library to review, Kayneth and her friends visit the social club.

“Oh my, it’s been a while since I’ve seen your face.”

Was he trying to leave the social affairs club? The 1st princess of Rosen G. Crantes, whom we met in front of the door of the clubhouse.

Kayneth bowed her head slightly and greeted her.

“Yes, how are you? Princess Crantes.”

“Please do not use hard greetings. If it’s Keynes-kun, it’s okay to call him Rosen-senpai. More than that… … The last incident was really unfortunate.”

Rosen, who mentioned Sophia’s disappearance, not her disappearance.

There was genuine sadness in her remarks.

And at Rosen’s remark, Kayneth closed his eyes with a bitter smile.

“… … I believe that you will be alive.”

Rosen only nodded once. No other action was seen.

The conflict between the noble faction and the emperor faction was still full. Relations deteriorated day by day to the extent that suspicions were even raised that the assassination and disappearance were related to the aristocratic faction.

However, as a student, Rosen expressed sincere condolences for the disappearance and death of his junior.

‘Whoa, this feels like more and more guilt.’

After Kayneth thanked her for her sincerity, he immediately took a seat at an empty table in the social affairs room.

After Sophia’s disappearance, members of the Ministry of Social Affairs sent a lot of comfort to Kayneth and wished for Sophia’s condolences.

‘To condolences to someone who is still alive… … . It’s a bit ominous, but… … Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t reveal my sister’s survival… … .’

Kayneth meekly accepted their condolences, but swallowed the discomfort.

Like that, the last day of the first semester of the first year.

Kaynes, who visited the social affairs room after a long time, said goodbye to the other members once, enjoyed refreshments with the group, and said goodbye for a while.

Episode 62

62. Smoke (4)

Kayneth returns to the mansion.

From the first day of summer vacation, he started to spend the day in a relaxed manner.

Of course, she put on an expressionless face in front of the maids.

‘… … Have you still not forgotten Sophia?’

Lyn was properly fooled by Keynes’ acting.

Thanks to that, the Spey One family thought that Kayneth was having a hard time dealing with Sophia’s disappearance and death.

Is it because of that? Kayneth’s will not to go down to the main house seemed to be readily understood by the Spey One family.

Parbat!

Even though the person concerned was going to and from the Gold Rush auction house every night.

He overslept while going to and from the auction house at night, so he asked the maid, Abel, to adjust the breakfast time to 10:00 am.

“Boss, this is a message from the main family to attend the birthday party of His Majesty the Emperor on August 8th.”

At Grans’ command, Kayneth sighed and nodded.

“And there was an order to bring Dillia back to her hometown… … .”

“It doesn’t matter if at least one Dillia isn’t in the family. If the labor cost is a problem, I will pay for the salary separately, so tell the family not to worry about it. Well, if Dillia herself says she wants to go back to her parents’ house, she’ll have to let her go… … .”

“Yes, I understand.”