Chapter 416 – Chapter 416 Magic School Shutra (3-27)
[Louis Brandrup approached Luna Stadtfeld.]
‘….’
At first I thought it was a joke.
However, looking at the place where Luna was, just as Armonia said, Louis was really in the group that included Luna.
Now, the banquet hall has made the other party unrecognizable with magic.
Even the clothes were changed to match the mask, and furthermore, all the accessories were changed.
Still, Louis didn’t talk to Luna, but she stuck around her.
‘Is it a coincidence?’
It could be a coincidence.
However, there was something reluctant to dismiss it as a coincidence.
[Strange. Lewis’ actions earlier were exactly the same as walking around to find Luna.]
That’s the story….
‘Lewis is saying magic doesn’t work right now?’
[It is very likely.]
But… Even the magic I used last time didn’t work at all.
If the temple had grown steadily, there was a high possibility that the magic of the court mages would not work.
‘A piece of trash… Are you cowardly using cheats?’
[….]
I carefully approached Luna, igniting the fire of the righteous Naero Nambul.
Fortunately, Louis and Luna were not alone. It looked like Louis had carefully entered Luna’s group.
The only problem was that her Luis clings to her as if she were certain that she was her Luna without any doubt, just by looking at her behavior.
It was about the time we almost reached the group where Luna and Louis were.
“… Huh.”
Louis, who had the face of an eagle, looked at me with a frown and turned his head away as he snorted.
This made it clear
‘I don’t know it when I’m far away, but when I get closer, I can clearly see it.’
If he could have known from a distance, he wouldn’t have bothered to look around her like that to find Luna.
Louis in the early days was definitely doing the same thing as Jeff.
As he is mostly in animal form, it wasn’t difficult to sneak in the middle.
Louis was the only one watching me and being wary.
Of course, the topic of conversation among the nobles, including Luna, was about the dean who visited this time.
“I never dreamed that the dean would visit Levin.”
“Right. What a glorious day.”
“Even neighboring countries are making a fuss about whether the dean is taking this opportunity to tour all continents.”
Haha! But… Even if you expect that, you will be relieved.”
Everyone was proud of the fact that the dean had visited their country.
By this time, news would have spread from other countries that the dean had traveled to Levin.
They must be thoroughly preparing with the expectation that they will visit their country next semester.
‘What… At this point, if you put some fun into the trip, you’ll be able to go again.’
It’s not empty words, I judged that there was a possibility because he was a nobleman who lived a very boring life.
As the story gradually progressed, it began to change into the story of the dean and the people accompanying him.
“Levin is very blessed. I couldn’t believe that Stra’s first and second places would come out at the same time.”
“Even Sir Lewis was the first to enter. He’s really looking forward to seeing him when he graduates.”
“It’s fortunate that Lady Luna also allowed her talent to blossom.”
She all started praising Luna and Louis from Levin.
Due to the nature of the masquerade banquet, the more compliments you give, the more you benefit.
After that, she took off her mask, because there was no windfall like that if the being she admired was by her side.
Louise was nodding at her as she closed her eyes and listened to his compliments in her eagle face.
But Luna only smiled bitterly, perhaps embarrassed, as her own compliments went around.
Maybe it’s because it’s a parrot face, so it seems that people around you couldn’t catch it….
And the story flowed again, and a familiar name began to flow.
“Come to think of it… I heard that student Seong Su-ho is so amazing?”
“Are you the student who came with me this time? I heard he got good grades….”
“The dean said he had a lot of trust.”
“Trust?”
“The dean said that if he needed anything, he would always call the student and talk with him.”
“Oh My God….”
Shit… When I heard my story, I started to get goosebumps without even realizing it.
It was a moment where you could understand why Luna was so shy.
Luna, with the parrot face, smiled at my compliments and started participating in the conversation.
“I heard that you have a close relationship with the professor who is visiting this time.”
Haha… Originally, when you enter Stra, do you get along with professors like that?”
“I hear he’s a bit unique.”
“I envy you… I would like to have a serious conversation and build a friendship.”
“….”
Louis guy… No matter how much others couldn’t catch it, it was showing a very uncomfortable look.
That was when Luna smiled at my compliments and assimilated into her surroundings.
Suddenly, Louise opened her mouth and started tearing her rhyme.
“There is a good way to catch Seong Soo-ho.”
“A good way? Please tell me.”
All the nobles in the vicinity began to turn their eyes to Louis.
That gaze included not only me, but Luna as well.
Louise made sure everyone’s eyes were on her and opened her mouth with a smile.
“I heard she likes women.”
“Female… Are you a woman?”
It was none other than Luna who was taken aback.
Luna is stabbed. When she says she’s the girl next to me, she puts herself first.
Haha… Then she’s even better. At this point, it would be good to find a suitable companion in Levin Kingdom.”
“Isn’t Levin’s kingdom famous for being overflowing with handsome men and beautiful women?”
Haha, at this point, my daughter… No, it would be nice if I introduced you to someone who suits your surroundings.”
So everyone started talking about something that might appeal to me.
But Louis seemed unwilling to continue watching their pleasant conversation.
He had made a bombshell statement.
“I don’t seem to like being tied down to anyone.”
“… Are you saying you don’t think of marriage?”
“Yes, to the last, I have heard the story from the merchants….”
Even though it was a banquet hall, Louis whispered quietly so as not to silence the rest of the group.
“I heard you like prostitutes.”
“… Yes?”
It was Luna who answered, embarrassed by Louise’s words.
But that bewilderment was an emotion felt by all the nobles in our group.
It was because, due to the nature of the masked banquet, it was very important not to gossip about anyone.
The nobles laughed awkwardly and barely opened their mouths.
“That… Okay. But… If you are from another country… You might like that.”
“Levin… I heard there’s a good place, so I’d like you to introduce it.”
Even as the others panicked, Luna frowned and began asking Louis.
“Where did you hear those rumors?”
“… I heard from the merchants.”
“What kind of merchant are you….”
Luna eagerly tried to pry out information about her counterpart, but her counterpart interrupted her expressionlessly and opened her mouth.
“Is there anything wrong with liking a lot of girls?”
“Yes?”
“There are a lot of men who are not satisfied with one woman and reveal her color. Isn’t it a bad thing to like women?”
“But what you said now….”
“Thinking about it….”
Louis interrupted her Luna and looked at her expressionlessly as she opened her mouth.
“I think I told you a very bad story in front of a woman. I apologize.”
“….”
Haha. But… If you’re still single, you probably don’t want to talk about this. Let’s move on to another story.”
That’s how the story about my female sex ended.
‘… I don’t know about prostitutes, but it’s true that I’m revealing my female identity, so it’s embarrassing.’
[This is not a compliment.]
‘….’
I know, this is Gasna….
That’s why I’m cursing, but I can’t defend myself by participating in the war.
She secretly hoped that Luna would win the fight with Luis, but she knew nothing about her opponent from Luna’s point of view, so she wouldn’t be able to say anything pushy.
In contrast, Lewis understood all the people around him and figured out that there would be no problem even if he talked like this.
She had taken control of the situation just by knowing the information.
One of the nobles in the group started rhyming to erase the awkward atmosphere.
“Come to think of it… Did you say that the dean and all three of the people who accompanied you were at the top this semester?”
“Yes, they said they won first and second place.”
“Then who is third?”
“As I heard, Lady Luna and student Seong Su-ho tied for first place, and Sir Louis tied for second place.”
“Lady Luna took 1st place in writing and 3rd in practical writing, and student Seong Su-ho took 1st in practical writing and 3rd in writing, so they tied for first place.”
“Then Sir Lewis must have placed second in both written and practical skills, so he came in second overall.”
Louise’s face, which had been laughing a while ago, started to crack again.
The smile itself was the same, but the stiff expression was intact in my eyes.
“I’m curious if it’s at this point.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s not a test, it’s a ranking of the three people’s pure skills.”
Everyone noisily started expressing their opinions with eyes full of interest.
“After all, isn’t Sir Louis number one? He is such an outstanding person that he was admitted at the top of his class.”
“I think Lady Luna is amazing. Didn’t he enter the school after learning magic on his own?”
“Come to think of it… What is the entrance rank for Seong Su-ho students? “
I had no way of knowing my admissions ranking.
I was a known person through this opportunity, and few people would know about my past.
But there were two people here who knew about my past.
“I heard it was 175th.”
It was a line that Lewis spat out with a bitter laugh.
Haha… So, the number of enrolled students… ?”
“I do not know… Probably around 200 peoplehaha….”
“Well, wouldn’t that be great? I entered the school normally, but in the end I won first place.”
If everyone goes, it’s probably because it’s a banquet, so they seem busy adorning themselves with nice words rather than gossip.
Above all, it is known that he is close to the dean, so he won’t be able to go so far as to gossip about me easily.
However, you never know what will happen if you drink gradually and get drunk with the atmosphere.
‘Armonia, check if there is anyone who talks about me behind my back.’
[I knew.]
Originally, I could just make a mistake and leave, but I have a temperamental window.
I also had the idea that if I got caught talking strangely, I would later get rid of it alongside Count Potts.
“Heh….”
Louis was enjoying the conversation, gossiping about me right in front of me.
You know I’m here and you do that on purpose….
But it was amazing.
‘Am I going to leave before the banquet is over?’
[Probably so. If you gossip like this and reveal your true identity, Lewis’s reputation will suffer. It is expected that he will leave quickly after spreading rumors.]
‘That’s awful… He’s really good at thinking trash.’
I didn’t know it when I met Louis in the beginning, but when I tried to drag him to the club forcibly on the first day, I was able to grasp his personality to some extent.
It is not enough to receive the admiration of those around you, so you need someone who will stand by your side.
A person who doesn’t like to step out on his own, and places importance on solving problems by using someone else as a piece on the checkerboard.
That was Louis.
‘Perhaps Jeff is one of those chess pieces.’
It’s not that he doesn’t like Jeff, he wants to bring down Karin.
Perhaps the reason why Jeff was able to get to the point where he could marry Karin now was because of Lewis’ secret plan.
Lewis would think of Jeff as an easy pawn (chess piece).
And I was also going to make it with that phone….
Louise, who had been looking at me with a mockery, suddenly came up to me and spoke to me politely.
“You’ve been listening quietly ever since. What do you think?”
Everyone started fixating their eyes on me.
‘If I answer Seongsuho here, I’ll be treated like a dog later, right?’
Since I was wearing an owl face, I was so conspicuous that when I took off the mask later, everyone would notice that it was me.
But going out in the middle of a banquet is like that….
More than anything….
‘In the first place, I don’t praise myself with my mouth. That’s a real man.’
[….]
No matter how much I put an iron plate on my face, I won’t do that.
I put another person’s name in my mouth.
“I think Lady Luna is the best.”
“Hoo… So, what do you think, lady?”
Louis pretended not to know and asked Luna directly.
Louise seemed to think that her name would come out of Luna’s lips.
But, of course, another person’s name came out of Luna’s mouth.
“I think Seong Su-ho is excellent.”
“….”
Lewis was twitching his beak, unable to speak easily.
It seemed that she never thought that my name would come out of Luna’s mouth.
I was concerned that Lewis’ identity would be exposed, so I asked Luna instead.
“… May I ask why you thought so?”
“Despite the low entrance grade, you got first place in the semester, right? I think it’s a tremendous talent to reverse it in just one semester.”
I said to Luna even though I was delighted with my praise.
“If you think about it like that, wouldn’t Lady Luna be more amazing? Not having ups and downs is also a quality that a wizard should have.”
“That… You’re right, but if she came from a distant foreign land to take an exam, there’s a high chance her concentration would have been consumed that much. It affects her entrance exam….”
“However, if you apply what you have just said, it is the conclusion that Seong Su-ho does not have the talent to achieve rapid achievement after all. As expected, I think Lady Luna has the upper hand.”
“Keugh…. Seong Suho has achieved growth in a short period of time. That’s much….”
Soon enough, Luna and I started bickering, not paying attention to the surroundings.
Embarrassingly, the two of us debated hard to prove that the other was superior, not that we were superior.
His voice wasn’t too loud, so it didn’t interfere with the banquet, but the nobles around him started avoiding them because they felt like they were fighting something.
I guess it was because I didn’t want to get into a fight at such an important banquet hall.
All of the aristocrats around me left before I knew it, leaving only me and Luna bickering, and Louis standing at the side.
Louis was more than just dissatisfied, he had an expression full of annoyance.
From Lewis’ point of view, although Luna and I don’t know each other, we are working hard to speak for each other.
Luna looked at me as if she couldn’t think of anything else to say, and I quietly waited for her next words.
Luna let out a deep sigh and opened her mouth.
Haha… You speak well. Being able to keep catching mistakes and sticking to them is also called ability.”
“Thank you.”
“… Huh.”
I’ll have to apologize later.
In fact, it wasn’t that I was biting and dragging my horse to fight.
As Luna humbled herself and kept praising me, I was so moved that I humbled myself for her praise.
After such an argument, a voice came from the podium.
“Ladies and gentlemen. To make the atmosphere more enjoyable from now on, we have prepared a dance time where men and women can dance. I hope you find a partner you like and enjoy dancing.”
Come to think of it, I think I heard earlier that there is time for dancing.
I didn’t really care, so I just passed it on….
While I was lost in my thoughts for a while, Louis quickly moved between me and Luna, and then she reached out her hand to Luna and began to ask for it.
“Miss… Could you please dance with me?”
This… Ruined.
“I….”
Actually, she didn’t think Louis was going to dance with Luna because she thought it was ruined.
Luna….
“I’m sorry.”
As I thought, I expressed my intention to refuse.
Upon hearing Luna’s refusal, Louis opened her mouth with her black eagle’s face trembling.
“Roo… My… I… In the heart… Aren’t you eating?”
Louis guy… I was about to call her Luna by mistake, but it seemed that I managed to hold it in.
Luna shook her head and said.
“Not for that reason. I’m sorry.”
“It’s great… Oh, I see.”
Louis closed her beak and backed away with a nod of her head.
Luna refused Louis’ request to dance and started looking at the center of the banquet hall.
In the middle of the banquet hall, the tables were cleared before I knew it, and the number of aristocrats dancing with the opposite sex gradually increased.
I glanced at Luna and shook her head.
‘Gosh… It’s ruined.’
[Why don’t you try proposing her partner to Luna Stadtfeld?]
‘Anyway, in the current situation, I can’t reveal her identity to Luna and ask her to dance. Let’s give up.’
There was no way she would accept the offer of a partner unless she could reveal her identity.
After all, no woman wants to be a dance partner with the person she was arguing with.
While I was hiding her regret, Luna suddenly came up to me with her parrot face and she opened her mouth with a provocative expression.
“I guess you don’t have anyone to dance with?”
“Ah… There is nothing right now.”
“Heh….”
Luna smiled and held out her hand to her.
“You seem to have excellent speech earlier… I wonder how good your dancing skills are. Would you like to dance with me?”
