Chapter 812 – 812. Magic School Strauss (6)
There was one more reason Sonya recommended me to the student council.
“That’s right. Student Lewis is eligible to join the student council, and this time the student council offered to join.”
It was because Lewis was likely to join the student council.
But when I heard Sonya’s words, instead of worrying, I just tilted my head.
“Lewis is a condition? Her grades are excellent, but… Louis is from the Brandrup family in Levin?”
Louis is the eldest son of the Brandtrup family in Levin Kingdom.
The fact is so well-known that there was no need to find out.
But what about the conditions…
Sonya looked at my puzzled face and nodded her head.
“It is normal not to understand. If you knew student Lewis, of course you wouldn’t understand. Student Lewis didn’t fit the criteria because of his status.”
“Uh… ? Then please… ?”
The second condition to join the student council that Sonya said.
“Yes. It is said that Lewis student has not paid his tuition for this semester. Of course, the student council found out about it and offered Louis, who was a top student, to join the ranks.”
Stratos is also an educational institution by name, so there are tuition fees.
By the way, the tuition fee for Stra was so expensive that even nobles could hear it with their ears.
So, how can commoners afford such expensive tuition?
Students who cannot afford to pay their tuition can be seen as having to pay for it with their bodies.
During the summer semester, he used to go around the city of Stra and use magic to help the residents of the city, in exchange for tuition.
Yes, the high tuition was not an important topic right now.
‘No matter how shaken Brandrup is, it won’t be to the extent that he can’t pay his tuition…’ ?’
No matter how shaky the Brandrup family was, it wouldn’t be to the extent that they couldn’t pay their school fees.
‘I’ll have to ask Karin about this again.’
I thought so and bowed her head to Sonya to thank her.
“Thank you Professor Sonya. Because you care so much…”
“Huh, receiving such a greeting from Suho, I think she did a good job recommending it.”
“Haha…”
Sonya basically treats all students equally, but there were two characters she treated differently.
It was me and Louis.
Since I was in love with her, she treated me better than the other students, and Louis tended to treat me coldly because he had made mistakes in the past.
And I could guess that the reason why he recommended me this time was because he was concerned that Lewis would do better than me.
In addition, knowing that Louis and I had a bad relationship, he was more discriminatory…
“As the name suggests, the student council is not a place to do grandiose or busy work. Most of them are just solving problems between students and dealing with club problems.”
Sonya stretched out her one-day speech, trying to get me into the student council somehow.
Sonya, who had been giving her long speech, ended with a bitter smile and her last words.
“Student Suho came here dreaming of a prosperous future, right? I hope Suho doesn’t miss this opportunity.”
I dreamed of a bright future… It’s a problem because I’ve already made my dream come true by taking Luna and Karin into my arms.
I listened to Sonya’s pleading speech and eventually nodded her head.
“There was also Professor Sonya’s recommendation, so I’ll think about going in.”
“Just in case, student Luna, don’t worry too much. I will tell you well.”
Currently, there were only me and Luna in the lightning research club.
If I were to join the student council, naturally only Luna would be left in the lightning research club.
Sonya took that into account and said she would teach Luna well.
“Ah, Luna, I’ll tell you myself.”
“It would be nice for Suho to speak separately, but it would be better for me to tell you the circumstances.”
As Sonya said, it was much better to see Sonya, who was well aware of her situation, explaining the problem of joining the student council.
If I say it, it’s likely that I’ll leave for my own benefit, but if Sonya says it, I’ll be seen as a professor who cares about my future.
“Professor Sonya… Thank you.”
“Huh, if you have another problem, come and consult with me.”
After clearing her doubts, she broke up with Sonya.
But she left Sonya with other questions besides clearing most of her doubts.
‘Why did Lewis not pay her school fees?’
The fact that Lewis’s tuition fee was not paid was in my heart.
I wondered if he accidentally found out about the conditions for joining the student council and deliberately failed to pay it…
[That’s probably not it. From the point of view of aristocrats, the disgrace of not paying school fees would be a title as terrible as treason.]
According to Kang Kang’s words, she said that if Louis’ personality was taken into account, she would join the student council, and she would not pay school fees.
The Louis I knew wasn’t patient enough to put up with that fact.
First of all, it was Karin who was well aware of Louis’ situation.
Karin is currently a member of the NTL Corporation, and it was not difficult for her to spy on her every move if she wanted to.
The problem is…
[We do not know the exact situation because we have not checked Karin Brandrup’s life separately.]
Even though she belonged to Armonia as Armonia said, she did not carefully spy on Karin’s private life.
I really wanted to meet Karin today and hear about her Luis situation.
‘I’ll meet you after a short practice at the dean’s house.’
That was the moment when he was about to head for the dean’s mansion.
[Suho.]
‘Huh?’
[I just uploaded Karin Brandtrup’s video and checked it…]
After Armonia slightly blurted out her words, she explained the current situation.
[Just then, Louis Brandrup came to Karin Brandrup’s lodging.]
***
Karin, who was given the name Brandtrup from the moment she was born, has lived her life in good will.
As soon as she was born, Karin’s room was much larger than her average family home.
Her attendants and guards were always by her side, and if she wanted anything, they would walk around at her feet and solve it.
Even though she lived such a life, it was Karin who did not feel particularly comfortable with her.
Because she thought it was her life.
However, Karin was living a life that was far from the life she had lived her entire life.
Karin was staying in her room provided by her stra.
She lived in a small room of about 10 pyeong, and was spending each day eating food that ordinary people would eat.
If she was an ordinary aristocrat, she would have screamed and ran away.
But Karin… Rather, she felt happy every day and her smile never faded.
There was only one reason why she was happy.
Stra.
She thought she would never be able to set foot in her life, but the fact that she set foot in the Strata made Karin smile every day.
And Karin kept her smile as she studied for her entrance exam from this morning.
Until just now…
“Why did you come?”
“…”
Karin showed all the irritation on her face as she watched her Luis come to visit her.
Louis looked at Karin and opened her mouth with an annoyed expression.
“Let’s go inside and talk.”
“I hate the small room. If you have something you want to say, do it quickly here.”
“Haaa…”
Layers of wrinkles formed between Louis’ eyebrows, and they began to burn red.
Louis, who had been hesitant in such a state, barely opened her mouth.
“Hey… Haven’t you heard anything about my school fees from my mother and father?”
Louis had a student council member come and talk to him.
There were two reasons why the student council came.
The first was an invitation to join the student council.
Even when invited to join, Lewis shrugged her shoulders and involuntarily let out a laugh.
After a string of bad things had happened recently, she felt better just because someone wanted her.
But she felt that way for a while.
The second reason the student council came to me was about non-payment of tuition.
As soon as Lewis heard about her non-payment of school fees, he threw it in his face as he went rotten inside of her.
In a sense, she felt as much humiliation as she felt when Luna was taken away by her holy guardian.
First of all, Lewis’s tuition was being collected by sending a person directly from the Brandrup family.
So Lewis never cared about his tuition.
When Louis asked, her face blushing, Karin let out her laugh and opened her mouth.
“My mother entrusted me with the money for your tuition. While asking for it instead.”
“What!?”
Louis began to take her anger out on her, feeling intimidated to hit Karin at any moment.
“Are you kidding me!? Do you know how much I was embarrassed because of you!? Hurry up and pay the tuition!!”
When Louise realized that Karin was to blame for her embarrassment, he began lashing out at her.
But despite Louise’s excitement, Karin calmly opened her mouth with her cool expression.
“Doesn’t exist.”
“… What?”
“Now your tuition is not in my hands.”
“What are you talking about! Why don’t I have my tuition?”
The moment Louis tried to brush it off again, Karin cut him off with something like a blue blade.
“I used up everything to keep my mouth shut.”
“Cut her mouth, nothing… Uh… ?”
A scene like hell began to unfold in Louis’ mind.
The image of a woman bigger than herself riding on top of her and crushing her silence followed as if breaking her silence followed…
And as she recalled that image, her face, which had been bright red until just now, began to turn into a contemplative color.
“D, there won’t be anything besides the tuition… ? Birds, cost of living… Oh, or don’t you have money too!? If you lend me some…”
“Doesn’t exist.”
“… What?”
“Not only did you pay for your tuition, but I handed over all of my money. All the expenses I will spend while living here… You didn’t care why I was here?”
“Well, then…”
Louis felt dizzy and began to stumble.
I thought it was strange.
It was because there was no reason for Karin to stay in the basic accommodation provided by her Stra.
At first, she thought she just loved Strata so much that she was staying here.
“Well, then the reason she stays here…”
“I’m staying here because I don’t have money to find a place to stay, let alone eat outside.”
“Ah…”
The words of Karin and the prostitute who rode him lingered in Louis’ mind, breaking his spirit.
No matter how immature Louis lived, he did not live his life ignoring reality.
I was willing to give all my possessions if I could stop the prostitutes and the coachman.
But in the process, she hadn’t even thought that Karin would be harmed because of her.
Lewis grabbed his messy head and put his next best thing in his mouth.
“Well, then… Send a letter to her mother asking her to send money…”
“How are you going to write the letter? Are you going to complain that you have no money? You’re going to send me a letter like that when the duke is away too?”
“D-Can’t you somehow send me the tuition fee!?”
“Do you know how much your tuition is?”
“Oh, how is it… ?”
After hearing the amount of tuition from Karin, Louise’s eyes began to blur.
“That, so… It was expensive!?”
“Ha… Seriously, this guy is my brother…”
Karin shook her head and opened her mouth with a cold expression.
“First of all, Shutra said that there are jobs for students who can’t afford tuition. Find out.”
“Ooh, don’t be funny! Why would I do that…”
“Then did you drop out?”
“Aww!”
Louise grabbed her messy hair and recalled what the senior from the student council said earlier.
(If you join the student council, tuition is waived.)
He had been angered by the words that seemed to comfort him, but Louis could now realize that those words were the rope that would save him.
When Louis recalled the memory, he was barely able to come to his senses.
“Whoa… First of all, I’ll take care of the registration fee. You prepare hard for the entrance exam.”
“You were doing great. Until I see your face.”
“You really…”
It was the moment Louis was about to erase his guilt about Karin and get angry again.
“Huh? What are you doing here?”
“Huh?”
Louis and Karin turned their heads to identify the owner of the voice.
The owner of the voice…
“Seo, Seong Soo-ho? Why are you here… ?”
It was Seongsuho.
