067. Justia Banquet (6)

that time.

The 1st prince, Ilois Leonine, was alone with a girl in his mansion.

Yuri Gilbert, a girl with black hair, dark eyes, and shoulder-length bobbed hair.

“Yeah, how was today again? Personally, I liked the story of the second prince being trained.”

Ilois asked with an interested expression.

“In the case of Prince 2, he collapsed while screaming after receiving a mana load job today.”

“A mana load?”

“Yes, I even fainted for a moment.”

“What is it?”

I had heard of the Mana Road, but it was only in my imagination.

Ilois’ brow furrowed at the unfamiliar term that came out of nowhere.

“It’s a new training course. So far, I know that Serena Yoheiden, Iriel Justia, and the 2nd Prince have received it. I decided to take it the day after tomorrow.”

“Ummm. Once you get that, give me detailed information.”

Then Yuri’s expression instantly rotted away.

“……Yeah.”

“Yes, and any other information.”

“I have confirmed Serena Joheiden’s strength.”

“Suddenly Serena Joheiden?”

Yuri nodded.

However, I was at a loss as to how to explain that unknown power.

It was still unclear whether it was because of the mana load, so it was difficult to give information hastily.

At first, she thought to tell only what she saw.

“When you swing your fist, dust rises.”

“……I see. There was dust.”

“And there was a roar.”

“The spirit was considerable.”

Ilois was a little frustrated.

This girl is rational and loyal, but there is no young talk.

I felt like I was only scratching around cool places because I received information like this every time.

Yuri Gilbert tried a few more questions and answers, but spat out abstract and conceptual words.

“Haa… that’s it. Well, it seems you’ve gotten a lot stronger.”

“Yes. It was strong.”

“Then you will be as strong as that.”

“…”

Yuri couldn’t answer that.

Because I couldn’t imagine myself being able to do that.

Yuri, wondering if there was any other information, remembered the paper he had put in his bosom.

“And this…”

She gave Justia’s invitation to the first prince.

“Justia?”

Ilois frowned and opened the invitation.

『First Prince Ilois Leonine. Please, please attend the Justia Banquet. – Iriel Justia. 』

‘Hmm? Strange?’

“Did you say that Iriel Justia gave you this?”

“Yeah.”

“What did you say and tell me?”

“I told you to come to Justia’s banquet and brighten up the place.”

Ilois looked at Yuri and said.

“It’s formal.”

“Yeah.”

“The schedule is too rushed. The banquet will be held in Justia’s mansion in a week…”

“That’s right.”

Ilois scratched his forehead and thought.

‘The important thing is that the invitation was given in the presence of Serena Joheiden.’

Serena Joheiden and Iriel Justia.

The fact that the princesses of the two hostile families had a bad relationship could be known with a little investigation.

Of course, it wouldn’t be strange if the impromptu and unruly Justia did this to show off her power in front of her.

‘Yes, if you gave me an invitation to invite me and Rosnante… … . I understand. Why now?’

I looked to see if there was something in the invitation, but it was plain without even a simple formula.

It was evident that the invitation was made in a hurry, since it was an invitation from the duke’s family.

It’s like saying that it doesn’t matter whether you come or not, doesn’t it?

‘Ha, if this is a provocation, it’s a great plan.’

Feeling a slight crack in his pride, Ilois asked Yuri.

“…was the invitation Rosnante received different from mine?”

“… The 2nd prince didn’t open the seal, so I couldn’t confirm it properly. However, it was the same in the case of Princess Serena Joheiden, a commoner girl, and the invitations given to me.”

“Is it okay to say that this is Justia’s move to stick to the side of the second prince?”

Yuri tilted her head.

In the meantime, the favor that Iriel had shown was to the swordsmanship instructor, Zeke Kleiman, rather than to the second prince.

However, it would be more accurate to entrust the judgment to a smart and high-ranking person in front of you rather than making a judgment yourself.

Yuri told him what she knew.

“Zeke Kleiman, I also gave an invitation to the swordsmanship instructor. And Iriel Justia seemed to care more about the swordsmanship instructor than the 2nd Prince.”

“……Zeke Kleiman, that’s him again.”

Ilois thought of the man with an insensitive expression who stole the magic stone from him.

Of course, after that, he succeeded in transferring interest to Rosnante.

He was making quite a profit thanks to the magic stones he gave away one every month, but

That is that and this is this.

As expected, it was difficult to make an accurate judgment just by hearing the news from Yuri Gilbert.

It seemed like the only way to know was to look at him and judge for yourself.

“Yes, it’s Justia’s banquet. I’m looking forward to what will happen that day. On that day, I’m going to attend. You too, prepare to go to Justia’s banquet.”

“……Yeah.”

* * *

“Then let’s begin.”

Zeke said to Soi, who was making a puzzled expression.

‘I-I didn’t say anything like this!’

Soi was ashamed and grieved.

It felt like I was a dancer in a low-class bar.

She had heard it too.

high-ranking nobles. their amusement.

Did you say that she danced in front of them, taking off her clothes one by one to the music?

It was said that if you were lucky enough to catch the eye of a high-ranking aristocrat, you could make unimaginable money.

‘This is the reason the instructor has been good to me all this time… … !’

It was just one humiliating thing to endure, so it wasn’t strange that there were women who were looking for such things with their eyes on.

but,

‘I didn’t want to… … .’

I bit my trembling lips, but those in front of me were the duke’s princesses.

They were the ones I wouldn’t even dare to see.

Because I felt a little more comfortable, because I was a little friendly, I mistook myself for being a ‘friend’.

If nobles want to play, there is a difference in status that they don’t even have the right to reject.

‘It was a lie that the academy was equal, and that it would not discriminate… … .’

yes,

I thought it was strange.

To think that a nobleman like him, who was as good as an instructor at the academy, cared about him like this.

‘Maybe it just stood out.’

first meet.

The instructor who pointed at himself at the entrance ceremony.

second encounter.

The instructor who came to the bakery and defeated the loan sharks.

third encounter.

The instructor casually held out a gold coin to himself, asking him to finally come to swordsmanship class.

… … Fourth, fifth, sixth… … .

In the meantime, Soi has received endless help. I only received

I don’t even know what the cost is.

It may have been nothing to him, but it was so dazzling to me.

just.

Among the nobility, there are people like this. stupid thoughts to

Or, are you interested in me? There was also a case where I blushed at night.

However, what the hell is the situation now?

Rather, if the instructor had come alone and said such a thing, he might have allowed it, saying that it was unavoidable because of the vision, although it was a little embarrassing.

However, he couldn’t help but think that the high-ranking aristocratic students in his class flocked to see him around him with a different intention.

‘The second prince… … . It’s fortunate that there are no other male nobles… … . Why on earth do you want to see the same woman undressing!’

What are the tastes of the nobility? A feeling of disgust came up.

However, I couldn’t help it.

So-yi closed his eyes tightly with a sense of betrayal and took his trembling hand to the buttons of his training suit.

Then, Iriel stopped in an urgent voice.

“for a moment! Why are you in such a hurry, Elise!”

“Instructor, I need to bring a cloth to cover my eyes! Mmm. thousand… … .”

“I’ll look for it!”

Iriel jumped up and started rummaging around the room.

Soyi looked at Serena and Zeke Klayman with a blank face.

“Hey, what kind of situation is this… … ?”

“Oh, I couldn’t explain.”

Then Serena seemed to have forgotten.

“Because I saw the 2nd prince looking at the mana road earlier. You know you have to take off your top, right?”

“Yes. Yeah… … .”

Soy Spoon, who was speaking in short language as usual, suddenly realized that he was outside the academy and raised his words.

“But, there are a lot of girls in our class.”

“U-isn’t it?”

“I think if you do it to a female student without taking any action, the instructor’s reputation may be damaged. No matter how necessary it is, it’s just seeing a female student’s bare skin.”

Soy Spoon nodded shyly.

“So, I’m trying to get rid of anxiety by covering my eyes while the instructor is working on it, and I’m observing. That this is not really another intention, but the intention of training. of course… … . I don’t know why they followed me all the way to that cliff.”

Serena rolled her eyes and saw Iriel wandering around the room.

“Ah, ah, ah… … .”

Soy Spoon trembled with shame when he realized what he had been mistaken about.

Recently, I feel that I have been discriminated against.

Just because you didn’t care about yourself

I was having an absurd misunderstanding.

They were aristocrats and I was a commoner, so I was the one who drew the line.

‘Oh, wealth, shy !!!’

at that time

Iriel, who was looking for a cloth to cover Zeke’s eyes, returned.

“Elise, what is this… … . where did you get this… … .”

she said in a chilling voice.

Iriel’s hand was holding an old shoe.

And on the side of the shoe was a large ‘V’ mark.

“That, that’s Dad’s memento!”