The Alexandros Academy was a place where the door to learning was open to various types of students, regardless of position or status, but it was only a story limited to ‘admission’. existed.

The most obvious example would be that the dormitories and facilities of the Ministry of Magic, Swordsmanship, and Theology were quite good compared to other departments.

Leaving aside the Theological Department, which had no choice but to have good facilities as the orthodox church could reach them, the fact that the facilities of the Swordsmanship Department and the Ministry of Magic were better than other departments was, of course, for a reason.

That is, the ratio of nobles among the students admitted to the two departments is overwhelmingly higher than that of other departments.

In the case of swordsmanship, as it is the longest-developed combat science, there were many families that inherited the family’s secret swordsmanship from generation to generation.

In addition, the genetic factor could not be ignored. Because the child of a hero was born with the blood of a hero.

Occasionally, there were cases where a child from a completely different background, like Stella, showed talent in swordsmanship, but that was only a small percentage of cases.

Even if you really have talent there, swordsmanship was also a science that could not develop without the guidance of an old master.

Perhaps if Stella hadn’t been adopted by Professor McDowell, she wouldn’t have been able to complete the journey of being reborn as a warrior later on.

In a word, since the study of swordsmanship itself is difficult to express talent unless one is from an aristocratic family, many came from aristocrats.

And if a lot of children from aristocrats enter the school, of course the academy will continue to put pressure on them with donations, etc., so they must have noticed in many ways.

Thanks to this, the swordsmanship department now has the best facilities and dormitories along with the theology department and magic department.

As a direct example, only the Department of Theology, Ministry of Magic, and Department of Swordsmanship use the dormitory for all students in one room.

It wasn’t that other departments didn’t have single-person rooms at all, but it was a difficult story unless you were at the top of the grade or who had been appointed to a major position, such as the student council president.

Even in places like the engineering department and production department, where the proportion of commoners was overwhelmingly high, the number of single-person rooms was only in the single digits.

In this way, the academy was the place where clear discrimination of status took place.

The circumstances of the Ministry of Magic and the Ministry of Swordsmanship were not that different. Rather, it was even worse.

Magic was fundamentally a difficult discipline to approach unless you were a noble. No matter how low a person was, he was at least the son of a baron or baronet somewhere.

I didn’t even have to say that it was a study that cost a lot of money.

In my case, my mother was a wizard and knew how to handle various attribute magics, so I was able to enter the Ministry of Magic even with the status of a viscount.

Usually, magic tutoring basically costs close to double digits of gold coins at a time.

If you do such classes several times a month for several years, it would be an instant to consume three or four digit amounts of money.

Magic tutoring was impossible at all unless you were a noble enough to be able to release that kind of money right away or a nobleman with credit.

Especially if you remember that before I entered the academy, the budget of the Perdalos estate was 150 gold coins.

So, most of the wizards, except for the high-ranking nobles, were really wizards, so their children were often wizards. Me too.

I heard that Prince Antonio also received private tutoring from a court mage and opened his magic up to the 3rd circle.

Even with such a talent, the reason why he entered the swordsmanship department rather than the magic department was probably because he thought the swordsmanship department was more suitable than the magic department to meet various personal connections.

And now I was on my way to the VIP room to respond to Prince Antonio’s call.

this morning. Because Prince Antonio’s servant came to me with these words.

“Are you Prince Conrad Perdalos?”

“… … Yes, but who are you?”

“I came to deliver the words of Prince Antonio Alexandros. 3pm today. You said you would meet Prince Conrad Perdalos in the VIP room. If there is an impossible reason, please let me know and I will deliver it.”

In principle, the academy prohibits access to private users.

Because it was the most extreme factor that caused the difference in status in the academy to have an employee or not.

However, it was not the case if it was strictly prohibited without exception.

It was possible to bring servants into the academy with a little trick.

It was a method of having his servants take the academy entrance exam and enrolling together.

The academy didn’t bother to get involved with servants who were admitted in this way. Exactly, there is no justification for sanctions.

Of course, there was no way that Prince Antonio, a member of the royal family, also had a student servant, and I nodded quietly to the man who was waiting for my answer.

“It’s 3:00 p.m., you mean the VIP room, right?”

“That’s right.”

“There is no schedule at that time, so I will definitely attend. I know the place, so no guidance is needed.”

Even with the status of the imperial family, being polite to the Viscount Confucius was itself a pretty good attitude.

It was a natural attitude for members of the royal family to show up without asking why and drag me away, or to hold me like that and then show my face a long time later.

The first princess, Malicia, was like that in her previous life, and the second princess, Berman, was the same.

In that respect, it was my honest feeling that I did not want to fall out with Prince Antonio, who had such a personality.

“All right. Prince Conrad Perdalos.”

It was a few hours ago that I had a conversation like this with the employee who was withdrawing after hearing my answer.

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The VIP room of Alexandros Academy.

This was my second visit to this place.

The first was when Atière visited to retrieve my coil mouse material that he had stolen using the engineering students.

At that time, I was really grateful to Prince Antonio.

If I hadn’t recovered the coil mouse material that day, I wouldn’t have been able to make the perfect armor for Lulu.

Leaving that aside, Lulu, who thought she lost her subject because of herself, could have blamed herself for a while.

The second visit did not mean he was used to the VIP room.

I use the expression ‘private room’ because it means the dormitory of the royal family, but in reality it was more like a huge building covered with money.

The décor was so overdone that it was hard to believe that it was a student residence, and there were so many chandeliers hanging all over the hallway that I couldn’t tell how many were hanging.

There must be three or four chandeliers in Perdalos Mansion at most.

With that thought in mind, I walked to one of the rooms built in the VIP room with a student presumed to be an imperial servant.

“Prince Antonio Alexandros is waiting inside.”

“… Are you already waiting?”

“Yes, Prince Conrad Perdalos.”

It was a totally unexpected reaction that I arrived 30 minutes earlier than the appointment time to use the manners that Delfina said, but the reply that I was already waiting.

Of course, he must have called me because he had such an important agenda, but no matter how much time is an asset, Prince Antonio wasted his time waiting for an interview with me.

Feeling a little suspicious, I passed through the hallway of the VIP room and entered the room where Prince Antonio was waiting.

“You came earlier than expected, Prince Conrad.”

Prince Antonio, who had heard it so many times, called my name with a rather familiar voice.

“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting, Prince Antonio.”

“I’m sorry, what do you mean? between you and me.”

The words “What are you talking about?” almost jumped out of my mouth at the moment, but I was able to endure it with patience.

A gesture that seemed relaxed but could not hide its trembling.

An attitude of speaking with intentionally exaggerated gestures.

The fact that I kept making eye contact with him meant that Prince Antonio was in a hurry to examine my expression.

I sat down following the servant’s guidance while wondering why someone the size of the royal family would be looking at me.

“Ewes, bring the refreshments I prepared.”

“I understand, Prince Antonio.”

Two cake plates and two cups of coffee were placed on the cart that the maid, who answered Ewes, had pulled from the kitchen.

Looking at the shape, it is a tiramisu cake. I could confirm with my own eyes that it was a fairly expensive dessert.

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Judging from the faint scent of coffee, it seems that good coffee beans were used.

It was a moment when I became more and more suspicious that Prince Antonio was showing this kind of attitude towards me.

“Don’t hold back, I’ll listen, Prince Conrad.”

“Yeah… .”

It was also impolite to turn down the refreshment once it was served, so I reluctantly used a fork to pop a piece of tiramisu cake into my mouth.

The subtle coffee aroma and the soft, savory taste of mascarpone cheese blended in the mouth.

The coffee I drank lightly to rinse my mouth filled my mouth with a rich aroma with just one sip, and I felt the rich taste of freshly roasted coffee beans with unnecessary acidity removed.

“… … .”

The problem was that Prince Antonio’s gaze was burdensome throughout the time I was leisurely enjoying the taste of dessert and coffee.

I couldn’t figure out what the intention was when I saw that he didn’t even touch the refreshment placed in front of him and watched me eat.

“Prince Antonio?”

“Um, why?”

“Didn’t you call because you had something to say?”

“What does that matter? Let’s start with dessert. When you feel better, let’s talk slowly from then on.”

If you look at me so openly, I’m sure you’ll be able to solve it.

It was difficult for me to even understand what he was talking about, as I had nothing in particular accumulated with Prince Antonio in the first place.

Of course, I couldn’t get those words out of my mouth easily.

“… yes, what.”

Although I often got involved with him on various things, if you look at the root, I was the eldest of the viscounts in the periphery, and the other person was born with the blood of the imperial family.

The circumstances weren’t good enough to openly say something I didn’t like about him talking like this.

Besides, this is not Perdalos’ mansion, but the VIP room where Prince Antonio stays, so technically, it’s also the domain of the imperial family.

Although he had entered the academy as a student, if he was conscious of the gazes of other people who were servants of Prince Antonio, it was only right to respect his words.

… yes, that would be correct.

“… … .”

For some reason, Prince Antonio’s gaze, which didn’t leave me even for a second, was hard to bear, no matter how much I called myself.

In this situation, even if you try something like tiramisu cake, there’s no way you’ll be able to taste it properly.

“… Prince Antonio.”

“Why? Maybe it doesn’t suit your taste? I heard that you like sweet food, so I brought it by air.”

“Don’t go round and round, please speak openly. What on earth do you think I did wrong to the prince?”

As soon as I said this, Prince Antonio opened his eyes wide as if he really didn’t expect it.

“… … Hey, do you really not know?”

Soon after, I was left speechless once again by his absurd argument.

“Aren’t you trying to damage the relationship between me and Delphina?”