Alexandros Academy Swordsmanship, MacDowell Arwen’s Professor’s Office.

Inside, two men and women were talking with a rather serious expression across the office desk.

There is one old sword master whose eyes have not lost their vitality even though he looks quite old.

There is one blond sword expert who is said to be just like him in terms of spirit, even though they don’t look much alike.

It was a meeting between senior professor MacDowell Arwen of the academy’s swordsmanship department and his adopted daughter Stella Arwen.

“stellar.”

The daughter’s name was called from the mouth of the old professor.

“Yes, Father.”

“Do you know why I called you here today?”

Stella listened to Professor McDowell’s words, pondered for a while, and then spat out the answer she thought of.

“As usual, didn’t you want to ask about my life at the academy?”

“Of course I will ask about that, but I have something more important to tell you.”

“A more important story?”

She pondered what ‘more important things’ would come out of her adoptive father’s mouth.

“stellar.”

“Yes, Father.”

“How old were you this year?”

“Three years have passed since the day I entered the academy, so after my next birthday, I will be nineteen.”

“Yes, it is the right time.”

Unable to grasp the meaning of ‘the right time’ that came out of her adoptive father’s mouth, she asked back.

“Is it the right time?”

“It means it’s the right time for you to have a fiancé.”

“Yeah? A fiancée?”

“yes. Even though I adopted you as an adopted daughter to make you inherit our family’s swordsmanship, that doesn’t mean you lose your qualifications as the Arwen family’s daughter. When the time comes, shouldn’t we get engaged, marry, and inherit the family heir?”

“… Isn’t it too soon? It’s something I’d never thought of before.”

“Rather, it is too late. In addition to noble children who make their fiancés before entering the academy, there are also cases where some families have a fiancée from the womb of the mother.”

“Yeah, yes, but… .”

Stella had also heard that someone close to her was almost engaged, so she couldn’t blindly deny Professor McDowell’s words.

“However, I still want to focus more on swordsmanship training. When I’m not ashamed of the Arwen family’s reputation as a proper swordsman, wouldn’t it be too late to bring in my fiancé?”

“Do you think there are one or two children who miss out on marriage with such an excuse? While you’re thinking that, the other children who have enough qualifications as a marriage wife will already find their mates and get married one by one.

Then, if you go and find someone to be your partner, the only ones left will be people who haven’t gotten along properly or people whose age gap is too large.”

“… … .”

“Also, so did I.”

Having said that, Professor McDowell continued as if recalling.

“Since I was also born as a child of the Arwen family, I swore that I would not turn my attention to anything else until I reached the level of a sword master, and of course that also applies to love between a man and a woman.

Thanks to that, I succeeded in reaching the level of a sword master, but it was already too late to find a marriage partner at that time. Stella, you know the outcome too.”

“… That’s right.”

Stella thought of her stepmother, who was closer to her in age than her father, and her younger brother, who was more than ten years older than her.

When he thought of his adoptive father who finally found a marriage partner after giving up marriage and adopting himself as his adopted daughter, there was no law that it would not become his future.

“Of course, thanks to that, I was able to take Stella as my child, so you could say it was a blessing, but I can’t deny that missing the wedding date is fatal anyway.”

“… That’s right.”

“And I’m not asking you to set a wedding date as soon as your fiancé is decided. Engagement is just deciding who to marry in the future, and it’s never too late to get married after you’ve improved your skills to the point where you wouldn’t be ashamed of being a swordsman. Stella, with your looks and skills, it shouldn’t be too difficult to get someone like that to be your fiancé.”

Stella couldn’t refute the words of her adoptive father, who continued word by word.

He just kept silent, hiding his true feelings.

“… Still, I don’t want to take my fiancé.”

“Whoa.”

Professor McDowell, who seemed to have expected Stella’s attitude to some extent, let out a low sigh and, as if he already knew everything, brought out the next story to her.

“Then, do you want to have a love marriage?”

“Yeah?”

“You know that young man from the Ministry of Magic who said you had a good relationship with him. I asked if he was doing it because he wanted to marry that student for love.”

“Oh no! Senior Conrad and I are not like that!”

McDowell continued to ask questions to her daughter, who couldn’t hide her face that was too hot to deny blindly.

“Come to think of it, that student said he helped you when you were in trouble when you were a freshman.”

“… Yes. Senior Conrad is a benefactor who helped me when I was in trouble at the time surrounded by rebellious groups.”

“And also took care of some bad incidents at Cherryfield Orphanage, your hometown.”

“… Yes. Thanks to senior Konrad, I was able to handle it quietly without tarnishing Director Hermia’s honor. In addition, the children from the orphanage at the time were able to safely move to the orphanage in the Arwen estate.”

“It’s not that bad. To be your fiancée.”

“I think so too… Yes Yes?!”

Stella, who accidentally spit out her true feelings in front of her adoptive father, showed an embarrassing reaction.

“I came up with the thought that she would be a perfect match for you, Stella, since she not only has strong power, but also knows how to use that power in the right place.”

“Well, those words… . Besides, without asking Conrad-senpai’s intentions… .”

“Then what do you think he will answer?”

“… Yeah?”

“As you say, he is asking what kind of intentions and feelings you might have.”

Stella quietly recalled the conversation she had with Conrad the other day.

‘I’m not engaged. It’s not the time to worry about engagements, and even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to afford to take care of my fiancée.’

The answer that came back when I questioned the party members about the rumor that he was engaged to the daughter of the Warburg family.

Hearing those words at that time, Stella was relieved for a moment, but looking back, the words that she would not get engaged were, of course, true for herself as well.

“First of all, I have a close relationship with senior Conrad, but I think he probably doesn’t have a lot of rational feelings for me. Above all, he said that he had no time to worry about things like dating or engagement.”

“Then give up.”

“… … Yeah?”

“If you don’t want to grow old as an old virgin seduced by a halfway man who says he has no intention of dating or getting engaged, give up and find someone new. If you miss the marriage period, it will be you who will have a harder time finding a partner, not the man.

In the first place, even if you spread rumors that the third of the Warburg family is the person you’re after, and you really decide to marry that person, it’s probably going to be a tough fight.”

“… … .”

“Still, I respect your wishes and will not force you to get engaged or matchmaking to make anyone meet you.

Instead, be sure to attend the noble ball hosted by the imperial family that will be held during the upcoming holiday. Couldn’t you start by having enough conversations with a lot of people there and slowly building a relationship with the guy you like?”

“… … .”

“Are you not going to answer me?”

After thinking deeply about Professor McDowell’s words for the last time, Stella reluctantly spat out an answer.

“… All right.”

“yes. Is everything going on in your academy life?”

“Yeah. There is nothing particularly wrong with that.”

“i get it. Go in now.”

“Yeah… .”

Stella quietly got up from Professor McDowell’s office and trudged to the door.

Looking at her daughter’s back as she walked out of the office door, Professor McDowell let out a small sigh.

“… It would be nice if I didn’t die of old age alone.”

It was a murmur made out of regret.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

About two weeks had passed since the day I met Seneran Winte.

In the meantime, the student council election period for the academy’s new student council president passed safely, and the new student council president was also elected.

Delfina’s 2nd year of consecutive appointments without seeing the result.

Last year’s biggest rivals, Prince Antonio and Ryan Sepia, both lost their candidacy as they entered the 4th grade, and Prince Antonio even participated in Delfina’s election campaign in this election, so the result is a matter of course. was

In the first place, most of the students did not doubt Delfina’s tenure, and only three candidates, including her younger sister, participated, and even the two who did participate were actually engaged in election activities without enthusiasm, as if winning was not the goal.

On the return voting day, Delfina succeeded in re-election with an overwhelming approval rating of over 80%.

This not only meant that the other major contenders had disappeared and was easily elected, but also meant that the policies Delfina had put forward as student council president over the past year had worked.

Regarding this result, I also couldn’t save my sister from the bottom of my heart.

“Good job on the election, Delfina. Congratulations on winning.”

“Thank you, brother. It’s all thanks to my older brother.”

“This is the result I made because you are the most suitable vessel for the academy student council president. Not because of me.”

Unlike the first election, in which I and the party members intervened in various ways, this election was purely the result of my sister’s efforts.

The student council cabinet seemed to be almost the same, except for the members who had to be replaced due to graduation, etc. So, if this continues, Delfina’s student council will probably have a good wind this year.

For a while, I thought that the days where I could take a breath would continue, but unexpectedly, another troublesome thing came quite quickly.

“stellar.”

“… … .”

“stellar?”

“… … .”

“Stella, Stella!!”

“Ah, ah, yes!”

How many times have you already done this today?

It was only when I spoke holding onto Stella’s shoulder, who was running through the schoolyard in a daze, that she finally turned around in line with my answer.

“Muh, what did you say, Conrad-senpai?”

“I’ve already run for over three hours by myself, so shouldn’t I take a break soon?”

Evening workout time with Stella.

She didn’t respond to my words all day, just stared blankly into space and ran forward.

“… yes? Has it been that long already?”

“Why are you so careless today? Is there something troubling you?”

“… … Oh no. There is nothing like that.”

I was dumbfounded for a moment at Stella’s appearance as if she was hiding something openly.

After all, she was a young girl who had no talent for lying.

“Have you ever had a conflict with someone among the professors like last time?”

“Nothing like that.”

“If it’s not ‘something like that’, does that mean you’re thinking about ‘something else’?”

“… … .”

“Do you have any concerns that are difficult to tell me? If not, I will help you.”

After hearing my words, Stella looked around for a bit, then shook her head and answered.

“No, this is something that cannot cause any trouble to senior Conrad.”

“Stella, it’s up to me to decide whether you’re going to bother me or not.”

“It is just my personal concern, and it is not something that can be said to be a concern. Of course, it is not a problem that Conrad senior solves.”

It seemed pointless to question Stella, who had a pretty determined expression on her face.

Seeing that he’s making such a complicated expression, it certainly doesn’t seem like a problem to be overlooked.

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Judging from this atmosphere, it didn’t seem like he would bring out the troubles he was hiding at all by simply asking.

‘Perhaps… .’

I thought back to her at about this time, in case my memories from my previous life would be helpful.

Before long, I was able to figure out what Stella was struggling with.