It was an uncommon sight.

Seeing a strong and courageous sister shed tears was so rare that even I, a family member, had never seen it before.

If I had to argue, I should have cried last year, but those were tears that I couldn’t hold back and let go of my happy feelings.

The tears Delphina was shedding right now, at least, weren’t tears for positive reasons.

The words that came out of my mouth when I saw that were obvious.

“What kind of child are you?”

“Uh, yes… ?”

No matter how hard or tired she was, she must have been a child who never showed tears in front of others.

The fact that the little sister was crying quietly outside the dormitory meant that the person who made Delphina cry was not far away.

You must pay the price for daring to make my sister cry.

“Who the hell is the fearless guy who made you cry, Delphine? Aren’t you supposed to go right now and make them shed the same tears?”

“Oh, no, brother! I just cried because I was having a hard time, and no one else has anything to do with it!”

“Does it make sense that you, who had never said anything unpleasant even when you were in charge of managing the estate alone for several years, were just crying because you were having a hard time for no other reason?”

“… … .”

“Don’t lie, tell me the truth. Why were you secretly shedding tears here?”

Delphina hesitated slightly at my firm attitude, but, realizing that I probably wouldn’t back down, she frankly confessed the truth.

Among the freshmen, he received an invitation to a meal from Prince Antonio as the head of the Spear Department, but was told to return because he was not on the list.

And Prince Vincent, who thought he would solve the case, burned the invitation and conversely spat words insulting the family.

As a result, the story of how I was unable to participate in the precious meal and was forced to step back.

“Perhaps Prince Vincent changed the list. I don’t think Prince Antonio, who sees people with meritocracy, wouldn’t have dismissed me as a viscount.

It must be unavoidable. Prince Vincent is Prince Antonio’s closest aide, so even if I tell you about this, you won’t be able to look at it objectively.

I’m really fine. I was only saddened for a moment by the insult of my family, but now I have calmed down again. Although it is regrettable that I did not have a contact with Prince Antonio, there are also opportunities to build relationships with many people besides him at the academy.

Brother, please don’t worry too much. And… There’s probably nothing you can do. Ah, I don’t mean to say that my brother is weak, but it could be dangerous if you rebel against the Seitaridis duke’s family and the imperial family… .”

Words say that it’s okay, but at least the feelings of sadness must have been close to the truth.

It’s just that he was afraid of the aftermath that would come back when he touched the Seitaridis family.

It was the status of a mere viscount family to stumble even when the duke’s family was distorted.

Even so, retaliation for disobeying the imperial family was nothing more than an empty check.

True to his title as the 5th prince, the succession of Prince Antonio was quite backward.

In the case of the imperial family, which follows the firstborn inheritance law like most of the aristocracy in general, the comfort of the 5th prince, Prince Antonio, already had 7 siblings.

Although Prince Antonio was the heir to the imperial family, there was little chance that the pressure from the imperial power would return from him.

Above all, Prince Antonio was not a person who moved emotionally, but a person who properly discerned the situation and knew how to use his power where necessary.

As Delfina evaluated Prince Antonio, he was quite a meritorious and realistic person.

At least, judging by the character traits seen in previous lifetimes.

Since he was pushed out of the throne anyway, instead of looking at the tree he couldn’t climb, his goal was to fill his surroundings with powerful people and build an independent force.

In other words, if Vincent, an aide to Prince Antonio, proves incompetent, the prince will kick him out and fill the void with someone else.

The problem is how can I prove Vincent’s incompetence, as I have nothing to do with him?

“… … ah.”

And as a way to prove Vincent’s incompetence, one thing came to mind that could be said to be the most certain.

“Delphina.”

“Yeah?”

“You, don’t you want to become student council president?”

Not recognizing the next student council president of the academy and kicking him out of the door.

It will serve as evidence to judge that Prince Antonio is sufficiently incompetent.

* * *

Delfina decided to become the student council president in earnest, so now was the time to prepare accordingly.

Since there was less than a week left to run for student president, there were three main things needed to run for the candidacy.

One, an application for candidacy for student president with Delfina’s handwritten signature.

Two, a deposit of 20 gold coins, which must be paid to register as a student council candidate.

Three, three letters of recommendation from the grade chief of each department expressing their support.

Surprisingly, the process of obtaining the first preparation was more cumbersome than the second.

“I-I’m the student council president? Nonsense, brother!

Even if I, a freshman, went out, I would get no support and be humiliated! What if I’m treated like a viscount young lady who doesn’t even know the subject!”

Basically, Delphina had confidence in herself, but she wasn’t the type to put her head into something that seemed impossible.

It wasn’t that the network that Delfina formed in less than a month after entering the school was not small, but of course, that alone was not enough to look at the possibility of winning.

That’s why I changed the question a bit and induced Delphina to answer that she would know.

“I know, Delphina, who has no solid support base, even if you run for student president, you won’t be able to get out of the bottom of the vote.”

“If you know that, then of course you would stop asking me… .”

“But even if you get the seat of student president, do you have the confidence to lead the academy well?”

“… That’s natural.”

“Then you might as well at least try. After all, the seat of student council president doesn’t mean you’ll fall down just because you’re still.

Even if I lose, if I can get even 20% of the votes against Prince Antonio, that alone will not be a bad career.”

“… … .”

“I will prepare everything else you need. Delphina, just keep the mindset that you will do it.”

Delfina looked a little hesitant even after saying this, but with difficulty nodding her head and accepting the position as a candidate for student council president.

With this, the first preparation is solved once.

The second preparation, 20 gold coins for the deposit, was not that difficult.

It’s because the party members, including Lulu, Stella, and Xian-senpai, are steadily going out to the Devil’s Forest Guild.

On the other hand, consumer life has not changed much from the past, when people used to spend only what was absolutely necessary, so it was natural for people to collect unused money in their hands.

In the first place, the registration fee for the 20 deposits was also money to be returned anyway.

Even if only 15% of the total vote can be secured, the deposit paid at the time of candidate registration can be fully refunded.

It is just a clause to prevent students from registering as candidates indiscriminately.

Now that the second condition has been met, there is one last thing to receive.

Three nominations from the top of the year nominating my sister, Delphina, for student council president.

First of all, one of the three is, of course, mine.

Since last year, I’ve already been in the third year of the Ministry of Magic, as well as the position of the overall chief, so my recommendation won’t be short of qualifications.

There was no rule against recommending candidates between blood relatives, and rather, exchanging letters of recommendation between relatives was one of the most common methods.

The second letter of recommendation is from Delphina herself.

Delfina entered the school with the top score in the spear club, so she was also given the opportunity to express her support to someone.

Of course, the target included myself.

In other words, it means that one of the three recommendation letters is exempted when the senior of the year goes to the student president election.

Having secured two letters of recommendation this way, all that was left was the last one.

Among the seniors in the grade, there was only one person I knew who could write a letter of recommendation without any special conditions.

* * *

“I wondered why junior Conrad had come to the archery club building, so he came to ask for that.”

“That’s right.”

After hearing my story with Delphina, senior Xian came out and answered Delphina with a calm expression.

At least, he was the only person I knew who could write a letter of recommendation for Delphina.

Except for someone who might be willing to make troublesome conditions, such as asking to make me an escort knight.

“I would also like to ask, senior Xian.”

“Well, what should I do?”

Nara is a relationship that started with a common denominator, but Xian-senpai and Delfina had their own kind of friendship.

She still occupied the top of the grade in the 4th year of the archery club, so she was not lacking in qualifications to write a letter of recommendation.

It didn’t matter if I asked Stella or Lulu, but unfortunately, the two of them were not qualified.

First of all, since Stella belongs to the swordsmanship club and gets close to perfect scores in almost all subjects, to be honest, she was qualified to be the top of her class.

However, her rank was narrowly second, so unfortunately, there were not enough requirements to write Delphina’s letter of recommendation.

Even now, the reason why she is close to perfect is the second-in-command of the swordsmanship department because of her adoptive father and teacher Professor McDowell’s classes.

Professor McDowell’s classes were strict and full of assignments, but he boasted efficiency enough to return to noticeable growth even if he completed only one semester.

That’s why Stella also took Professor McDowell’s class every semester, but she would naturally be surrounded by suspicions that she might receive sexual favoritism.

Of course, Professor McDowell and Stella would be far from such denial, but normal people tend to judge by what they see.

However, going to another lecture instead of Professor McDowell’s class would rather slow her growth, so another problem arose.

Therefore, in this matter, Stella faced head-on without retreating.

As for his adoptive father, Professor McDowell’s class, he always finishes with the lowest score.

If this is the case, at least there won’t be any complaints from students that they are receiving sexual favoritism.

Of course, the overall rankings were always in the single digits, as all other grades were overwhelming.

A class or two from Professor McDowell always held her back, so Stella ended up finishing last year in second place.

Cha’s seat was also good. Besides, in reality, he is no different from a senior.

Of course, that alone wouldn’t make you qualified to write Delphina’s letter of recommendation.

In the case of Lulu, unlike Stella, she was not originally a vessel worthy of being the chief.

Her strength is that she can perfectly digest all the knowledge she has learned even once with her own skills.

So, by my standards, Lulu’s final achievement rate was always high, but the point at which the final achievement was completed was usually during vacation.

Because Lulu is a hard-working genius.

Rather than learning the skills to produce results in a short period of time, I was also the type to understand and move on perfectly even if it took a little time.

That’s why it always took about 5 to 6 months for Lulu to make everything she learned in class into her own.

Of course, it was after all the grading period was over by then, so it might be a bit unfair for Lulu.

what can i do It’s a pity, but I can’t cancel summer vacation because of Lulu alone.

Above all, I know best that she is competent, so the evaluation of the academy is not that important.

Lulu herself didn’t seem to care that much either.

So, the remaining option naturally became senior Xian.

At least among the top graders I know, he’ll be most sympathetic to me and Delfina.

“Will you write it, senior Xian?”

“If I say no, won’t Delfina’s juniors be able to run for student council president?”

“It’s not like that. Because there is no one else to write for.”

“… There are.”

I don’t know why, but I felt that senior Xian’s way of speaking made me feel a bit sad.

If senior Xian answered that he was in trouble because of his political stance, St. Claire would remain as another person worthy of a letter of recommendation.

But on the condition that I write a letter of recommendation, he will surely try to make me his escort knight.

Even if he wasn’t an official escort knight, he would have to accept a temporary job for a few months to be a compromise.

Of course, the moment you receive the title of escort knight, it is obvious that you will be busy for a while.

“If I ask someone else to do it, I might not be able to go on the weekend hunting with Xian-senpai right now.

They will probably make demands in exchange for writing a letter of recommendation, but depending on the situation, you may be busy throughout this semester… .”

“How long can I hand over the letter of recommendation? until tomorrow? Or tonight?”

“There is still about a week left, so it’s okay if you write within that period. First of all, you have to register as a candidate for student council president first, and there is a period of time to receive letters of recommendation after that.”

“yes. I will write a letter of recommendation for our Delphina juniors. Don’t go ask someone else for a favor, okay?”

Thanks to senior Xian’s attitude, which suddenly changed positively, I was able to safely obtain the last letter of recommendation.

After leaving the archery department building and walking around the campus with Delphina, my sister gave me an admiring tone.

“I didn’t see you like that. You are more skilled at stimulating women’s hearts than I thought, brother.”

“What are you saying all of a sudden?”

I couldn’t help but tilt my head at Delphina’s last remark.

Because I didn’t have any guesses, really.