The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange

17. Freshmen are too strong (1)

After I finished my remarks, I looked over at everyone gathered here.

Instructors and officials at Bern Academy, outsiders attending the entrance ceremony, and first-year students who don’t know why I’m saying this are at a loss. A small number of second and third graders who know the details look at me with curious eyes. Most of the 2nd and 3rd graders are bursting with anger and swearing all kinds of things.

It is natural.

Many of the clubs and organizations within the Bern Academy have formulated a false budget. I’m fulfilling my self-interest by getting a huge blind estimate from the student council, but I, a young freshman, declared that I would conduct a tax investigation.

It is only natural that many of the 2nd and 3rd graders with the sting would be outraged. However, I boldly caught everyone’s gaze. And even among the 2nd and 3rd years, it seems that he was particularly under evil. I caught the faces of some students in my eyes.

This moment. Among the 2nd and 3rd graders who stare at me and burst into anger, there is a member of the “Must” Church hiding. That would be the case, because my remarks would have disrupted the believers’ plan to ‘steal the Bern Academy’s enormous budget and use it for the church’s operating funds’.

-Hey, you bastard! What are you? What is a freshman bastard, but I’m going to investigate the seniors!

-Such a cheeky bastard, hey. Aren’t you coming down right now?

“Hmm.”

I listened to curse words with one ear and roughly counted the number of people. An estimated 600 second- and third-year students were angry at the statement that they would thoroughly audit the budget plan.

It is twice as many as the list of members of the denomination inside the Bern Academy that I researched. My estimate was 900, which is a multiple of 3, but it has been reduced to 600, so the comparison will be a little easier.

I glanced at Lia while thinking about such idle thoughts. She jumped up as soon as her eyes met mine. He slowly walked beside me and stood side by side.

“Lia-sama. Do you see any suspicious people?”

“Yes, there is. But it’s not just one or two people, there are so many people mixed together that it’s hard to distinguish the mana waves. As expected, I think I will have to contrast them one by one, as I originally planned.”

“Okay. Then let’s move on to the second operation.”

After the whisper, I looked around the audience. More than 3,000 people stand on the podium and stare at me and Ria.

I opened my mouth, relaxed and leisurely.

“Guys, don’t you like me installing it?”

If the remarks so far were a declaration of war, this remark is an obvious provocation. Did some 2nd and 3rd graders realize that? He sent a more stern look and booing than before.

…… Well, this is also expected.

I turned my head left and right and started the second strategy.

“Don’t you like it when a freshman who just entered the school doesn’t know the subject and speaks arrogantly?

The second operation is wide-area provocation.

I came to the conclusion that there is not enough time to go and investigate every student suspected of being a believer in the church. The result of a month of thinking and thinking about overturning that conclusion.

“Then, challenge me to a duel. It doesn’t matter if you are a mage or a swordsman. I will fight a duel with only one sword.”

Even if we go to Moro, we only need to go to Seoul, so there is no need for us to visit them-. A very groundbreaking operation based on the idea of overturning the idea of

“Anyone is fine. If one of you defeats me in a duel.”

In other words, we are not looking for the suspected student. We’re saving time by having the suspected student come to us.

“After Lia von Eleves and I gave up our student council memberships and handed over our positions to that person. I will return to being a regular student.”

-…… !

-Hey, that….

Students’ murmurs grow louder. This too is natural. Being an executive of the Bern Academy Student Council is an indisputable being, tantamount to being granted extraterritorial powers. It’s because it makes no sense to risk that battle in just one duel.

But I walked. The reason is simple. Sweet honey like this, if only there was a reward. This is because it is certain that the frequency of church members visiting us will increase rapidly.

Of course, there will be a lot of flying flies that only aim for the student council’s fighting spirit. I am confident.

What confidence?

The confidence that will not lose to anyone.

“Everyone.”

Sure.

“If you don’t like me, try to subdue me with your skills.”

If I twist you, try it.

“I don’t listen to those who are weaker than me.”

You bastards.

* * *

The entrance ceremony for freshmen, which heated up the Bern Academy, has come to an end.

Today is the first day of admission, so the morning schedule ended quickly. The current time is around 1:00 PM, which is lunch time.

Lia and I, who are in the same 1st year A class, stopped by the restaurant to have lunch together, took our portions from the buffet-style kitchen, and sat down in a corner.

“You know, Cain. How was the atmosphere in the swordsmanship classroom?”

“It was unexpected in many ways. I thought it would be bloody because he provoked me like that, but it turned out to be surprisingly moderate. There was not a single student who was openly hostile.”

“Yeah, that’s right. The magic class classroom was similar. There were a lot of girls asking what happened to you, Cain, but no one brought up the topic of a duel.”

“Ah, is that so? …… Why?”

Not a single person has ever asked me such a personal question. Where does this difference come from?

“Well, I think maybe. Wasn’t it because it was a class that only 1st graders participated in? Most of the people Cain targeted and provoked were 2nd and 3rd year seniors.”

Yum, Lia took a spoonful of the soup and expressed her opinion.

That’s not what I asked. Quite plausible aside from the question, she nodded and swallowed a piece of steak.

“Well, there is no reason for the first graders to be angry at my words to find out the evil forces. If she gets angry, it will also prove that she has some kind of connection with the evil forces.”

“Yeah, and Cain being a member of the student council must have played a part too. As soon as the entrance ceremony was over, we went to class wearing badges that only belong to student council officers, right? It must have felt a little intimidating.”

Yum, Lia took two spoonfuls of her soup and tapped the badge on her chest.

At the center of the badge, which is slightly larger than a 500 won coin, there is a picture of a double-headed eagle, which symbolizes being a member of the student council. It’s a brand new one that hasn’t even been half a day since I received it directly from the student council president.

“Yes, what. But, Leah. What is your schedule after this?”

Today is the first day, so there is no afternoon schedule. So, you can walk around the inside of the academy and take a look. It’s okay to go see the procession of attracting club members led by seniors in the 2nd and 3rd grade. Leah is going to follow in the direction she wants to go.

“I’m still thinking…. Cain are you? What are you going to do?”

“Since I am Lia-sama’s escort knight, I will follow Lia-sama’s opinion.”

“Yeah, no. Don’t you know that after passing through the school gates of the academy, people of all ranks become equal? Because Cain and I are equal in this world. Call Cain not Lia-sama, but Lia.”

“That’s equality, isn’t it actually a nameless school rule?”

There is a school rule that says that if you pass through the school gate of the Bern Academy, there is no distinction between royalty and nobility. However, there is no crazy person who really only believes in the school rules and squeaks in plain language. Do you know what kind of secret retribution will return?

I don’t know if I’m going to live my whole life only at the academy. I have to leave after three years. If you act cheeky, you can’t handle it.

“Ah, but school rules are school rules, right? Wouldn’t it be better for the student council executive, who should abide by the school rules more diligently than anyone else, to break the school rules from the first day of admission?”

“Yes? No….”

I don’t have anything to say if you come up with a theory like that. Needing an excuse, she only bit her lips, and Leah leaned her upper body closer.

“We have to follow the school rules, huh? So, call me Leah. I mean, I want to hear Cain talking about me in a bad way.”

“No. How can an escort knight talk rudely to the lady he serves? It is against the etiquette.”

“Ugh, Cain! Is this all written in the school rules? Bern Academy Rules Art. 1 Paragraph 1. Inside the academy, regardless of social status, everyone is equal! It’s not that I’m forcing it, it’s the school rules. School rules!”

“… ….”

It must have been less than half a day since you received the student handbook with the school rules written on it, but how many times have you been memorizing what kind of school rules are in each section?

Realizing that Lia has excellent memorization skills, I admire her from within. She dipped a side dish with her chopsticks and held it out towards me.

“Now, I will give you a delicious dumpling. Call me Lia!”

“…… What am I, a puppy?”

“Yeah, didn’t you know? Cain looks like a rather large dog. What was that? Oh yes, Jin…….”

──Kung!

The moment Leah was about to say something, suddenly there was a loud noise next to us and her table moved. She was shaken so suddenly that Lia let go of the chopsticks, and she was about to drop them to the floor. I quickly moved my hand and caught her in the air.

I got it, Suuk. She caught her chopsticks pointing down and threw her dumplings onto the dining room floor. It was a pity that the side dish Lia had given me had run out, so I licked her lips and looked at the floor. I turned her head and looked to her side.

“Hey, red-eyed bastard. Are you that cocky freshman that Cain or what?”

She’s some sort of hulking bully, not a sophomore. She is leading several students in her grade and threatening me.

How did I know they were upperclassmen, the color of my tie was different. 1St grade wears red, 2nd grade wears blue, 3rd grade wears a black tie, but this boy wears a blue tie.

“Yes, I am. Who are your seniors?”

“What? Is that right? Look at this bastard, is he a very bad manners bastard?”

Hani is also next to Lia. First of all, I tried to have a conversation in a gentlemanly way, but the unknown sophomore boy copied my words and smirked. The group behind me also started laughing at me along with the male student.

-What, did you have a fight?

-Who is he? It’s a familiar face, but is it a sophomore?

-Does the kid sitting look like a first grader?

-Uh, isn’t that him? That handsome kid who made a fuss at the entrance ceremony!

Perhaps it was because of the loud noise, the students around us looked at us with curious eyes. Some of them recognize me, and some recognize this sophomore boy.

According to the stories I’ve heard, this male student seems to be an awake and delinquent in the second year.

──Kung.

“I don’t talk long. Do you want to quietly hand over that badge, or do you want to be properly humiliated in front of your girlfriend?”

“… ….”

Hmm, but it’s an academy mostly attended by aristocrats. I didn’t think he would use the classic tactic of leading a group and threatening him openly. Also, almost all places where people live are the same.

I glanced at Leah before saying anything. I only asked with my gaze if I could feel something evil or a special flow of mana from this rogue 2nd year male student. Lia shook her head from side to side.

In short, this male student is neither a member of the church nor anything. It just means lamb.

I got to that point and slowly got up from my seat.

A sophomore male student laughs at the chopsticks in my right hand.

“What, why? Could you stab me in the eye with that?”

“No, not that. I think this will be enough to deal with seniors.”

“…… What, you bastard?”

“Oh, no.”

After holding the chopsticks and shaking them, I corrected her words.

“To be honest, chopsticks are too much, but unfortunately, among the swords I own, there are no swords shorter than chopsticks.”

Chuck, I put my chopsticks forward.

“So, I will treat you with chopsticks.”

Knock-knock-knock-knock, he flicked his left index finger back and forth.

“Instead of that. The seon-gong will yield, so please come in comfortably, right?”

“…… Holy sh*t, you son of a b*tch!”