Translator: Kuhaku Chisaac
The day after his engagement with Duke of Olivier Alway was decided, Jared ‘s everyday life did not change.
Jared, who went to the Royal College of the Weathered Kingdom, noticed a sense of unpleasant feeling in the school. This was probably because the other magicians have not been asked by the Mage Society Association to be a candidate for court magician.
“It feels somewhat unpleasant doesn’t it.”
For good or for worse, Jared was famous among the students.
While being despised as the eldest son of a baron who does not have a family boss, he was being popular because he was asked by the magicians association.
The school’s policy that puts emphasis on helping magicians, wants to improve Jared’s talent as an earth attribute magician. However, teachers who can teach Jared are not at the school.
Whether it is a royal academy or not, the number of magicians themselves is small, and many of the outstanding magicians are in the magical divisions. Beyond that, there are court magicians. There were also freelance magicians, but those are acting as adventurers. In other words, there were never many teachers who were magicians or people who magicians in general.
Jared’s abilities as a magician have already exceeded the average magician. That is the reason why the magicians association chose Jared to be a candidate for court magician.
Among the 500 students enrolled in the school, there are about 50 students who were magicians, but there were only a handful of magicians comparable to Jared. They were being asked for by the magazine association and in exchange for being in the magazine association, they would get a class exemption.
It is obvious that the other students are not interested.
So it is not uncommon to get lots of gazes when you go to the school. However, the gazes that Jared felt this time is different from usual.
It is a striking discomforting feeling. It is similar to being glared at when despised, but I there was another emotion.
“Oh, good, thank you! Murphy-kun!”
While heading to the classroom, he was stopped by a familiar voice. When Jared looked back, a girl who he knew comes up to him.
A girl with a cheerful impression and short hair came up to Jared.
“Krista, it’s been a long time. You seem to be in a hurry, did you need something?”
“Well, it has been a long time – not to mention it, I’m hurried because of Murphy kun!”
“Because of me?”
I just caressed my head. On the other hand, Krista let out a sigh.
“Murphy, you know that half the students of the Royal Academy are nobles right?”
“I don’t think I need to say this, but students who are nobles are decreasing year by year because of the school’s policy. Their policy is to enroll people who study hard and not just people who are nobles.
However, Jared does not like to call people who are is not aristocrats like “Krista” “commoners.” Nonetheless, he uses it when he can not find another word to use.
“So what happened? I am tired of having people stare at me like a little while ago.”
“Well, that’s because of Murphy.”
“Me, why?”
If you ask questions, Crista takes one step closer and stretches backward. She brings her mouth close to the ears of Jared and gently talks in a small voice.
“You got engaged to Olivier Alway, did you not?”
“- why, why, why?”
“Ha, half of this school are people who are nobles. You should know how fast an aristocrat can spread rumors”
“No way, the event happened only yesterday”
“The student council is very serious and is getting the information about the rumors right now. If you listen around, you will that many people are talking about you. You should be aware of your surroundings”
Jared listened to the voices of unspecified students who were talking about the rumors.
For example, he heard that “Olivier was engaged by the eldest son who does not have a family head,” “Who is that poor woman?” “That is famous Olivier,” and “A masterpiece, a woman who is said to be the nobility with the lightest hip in the country.” There were many unpleasant rumors.
Jared tried to open his mouth to complain to the students, but Krista grabbed Jared ‘s arm.
“It is useless.”
“What?”
“If you try to complain to those who spread the rumors about you and Olivier’s things, nothing will change. But your complaints will only cause more rumors to come up. ”
“Should I ignore it?”
“Well, yeah. I am sorry. I made you feel uncomfortable because I told you to listen, but I wanted you to realize that there were engagement stories about Olivier going around the school.”
Jared knew that Krista didn’t like the rumors too.
To be honest, Jared was angry.
Certainly, Jared also knows about Olivier’s rumors.
Still, it makes Jared uncomfortable to hear that someone who does not know about Olivier is making a story up and having rumors about her.
“Oh, I forgot, The teacher called for you”
“The teacher called me? I don’t think I did anything special that would cause them to call me.”
“I do not know the details, but it seems that the magician association people are here.” Did you do something?
It is probably the case of me being the court magicians candidate.
I told my grandparents to get it, but I am impressed that after one day, the association appeared. Just being a court magicians candidate made Jared’s heart dance.
But there were concerns at the same time.
Many of the court magicians have to retain some merit to prove that he or she is fit for a court magician.
Jared has no such credit.
Then, what should I do? There is no choice but to make a contribution from now on.
However, during this time there is no war. The demonic beast is Jared’s best hope. Jared has defeated many demons, but the demons were not strong enough to be considered an achievement.
It would be nice if we could beat dragons and or demons all the time, but the weathered kingdom has an alliance with the dragon, and if a disaster-designated class demon appears the country’s crisis.
Jared does not know what to do and act as a court magicians candidate.
While Jared was delighted with the chance to become a court magician, he could not help feeling a little uneasy about the current situation where his future cannot be seen.
“What’s in on your mind?”
“I will explain later. I do not want to stay here, so let’s go to the staff room.”
A glance at the students who were still hanging on their backs while enjoying themselves, I wiped my small nose and turned back.