How To Live As An Academy Extra Villain

56 – Light green dream (2)

Yesterday, I was intoxicated by spirits and the softness of fallen leaves, and suddenly fell asleep in the forest.

Fortunately, I woke up at dawn and was able to return to the mansion, wash my body, and barely make it in time to avoid being late.

Still, I feel very refreshed, perhaps because I slept well. Yesterday I didn’t even dream at all. It may still be impossible for now, but if I work with spirits someday, wouldn’t it be possible to bring them to my mansion? Then, I think there will be less trouble sleeping.

“I want you to take a look at the picture here. The fork and knife are facing each other at a 45 degree angle, right? Let’s see…Okay, Grover, can you tell me what this means?”

“This is an expression of taking a break from eating for a moment, Professor.”

“That’s correct. But I guess I studied a bit this time. If I got it wrong again, I was going to chop off your head with a fork, but it turned out to be a shame.”

The professor spat out a bit of a wild joke, but the students didn’t care at all and burst into laughter in response to the professor’s words. Mason, a first-year liberal arts professor, although his speech was a little rough, he always took care of the students without knowing it, so he was always popular.

“Okay. Then let’s look at the next picture? A fork and a knife are placed horizontally on a plate? This time…Helen? Answer what this means.”

“It was a great meal.”

“Very good! Alright then…”

Half of the students at the academy were commoners, and there were some who were familiar with etiquette due to being children of rich farmers or merchants.

However, the only criteria for admission to the academy were individual talents in mana and radish, and those who were ignorant of such things always made up the majority of commoner students.

Surprisingly, even though they could easily master martial arts and magic, the subject that commoner students found most difficult was liberal arts.

This lack of culture was the main reason why Eugene was assigned an F on the entrance exam.

Among them, the scope of first-year liberal arts was very broad, and all kinds of subjects were crammed into the students, starting with table etiquette, tea party etiquette, prom etiquette, history, s*x education, and so on.

And since noble students grew up exposed to these things to some extent from a young age, they were able to spend their liberal arts classes relatively leisurely. Of course, so do I.

To be honest, just taking this level of class is humiliating to me.

But, as I said, Ellie seemed very familiar with these types of culture.

Last time I saw Ellie drinking tea, she was so elegant that I thought she must be the daughter of a noble family.

And as if Professor Mason knew it, he gave me and Ellie points just for participating in his class.

I didn’t bother to ask because I thought it was pointless, but I thought that even though Ellie was a commoner, she was born into a wealthy family and learned those manners.

As we get closer, I hope that one day Ellie will tell such stories out of her own words.

***

“Keluk… Junior, isn’t there one here too? You can only go deeper if you get the signature of the professor in charge. What should I do?”

“…I guess I’ll have to stop here. Thank you for your help, Senior Epania.”

Taking advantage of the free time between lectures, I went to the library. And next to me, a tall girl with ponytails was gesturing to chase away floating dust.

“Why do you have this. We’re between us. And you said you can call me Nia sunbaenim…? Do you feel sorry for me if you keep doing that…?”

“You are alone today? Where is Margaret-senpai?”

“Heh, talking again…”

At my euphemism, the girl crossed her arms and glared lightly at me. Efania-senpai was a second year student, and was also the vice president of the book club and the student librarian of the library. Even if I couldn’t do it, I always stopped by the library once a week, so I went back and forth with her and exchanged a few words like this from time to time.

“Margaret is currently on probation. It will probably be hard to see her face for a while.”

“Are you on your guard…?”

“Yes. I was caught drinking secretly at dawn by the headmaster. You know that alcohol is not allowed in the dormitory, right? He’s my friend, but sometimes I really don’t understand…”

Efania placed her hand on her forehead, shook her head, and suddenly walked towards me with long strides. Then he comes closer to me and whispers softly.

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“Then why did you find a book about spirits?”

“yes?”

“Don’t pretend you didn’t hear.”

At my question, Efania clings even closer. Epania lightly pulls my tie with her slender fingers. When I lowered my head accordingly, what I saw in front of me was a pair of vivid purple eyes.

Her whispers became more intense, her voice so low that you almost had to guess it by the way her lips moved.

“Why are you looking for a book that explains how to work with spirits instead of a children’s book? Junior, is it because you want to become a spiritist? Or… are you really a spiritist?”

“hahahaha, that can’t be possible. I’m just curious. You know I like books.”

“…That’s not true. Actually, the books I always look for are about dragons, vampires, mermaids, fairies, and walking corpses…”

Epania recited to herself the contents of the books I had borrowed, and then, as if she understood, she loosened her grip on my tie and let me go. Then he mutters something again in a voice that cannot be heard.

“…As expected…this distance…how can I…”

“Seniors?”

“…It’s nothing. Junior, I think there’s a group outside waiting for you.”

“ah.”

At Epania’s glance, I turned my head and looked outside the library. Ellie is standing there with her head down and leaning against the wall. However, although it is obscured by her bangs due to her head being lowered, she can clearly feel Ellie’s gaze looking at her.

“You must have been hated quite a bit? It’s been a while since you looked at me with such scary eyes.”

Efania must have felt Ellie’s gaze on her, as she covered her shoulders with both hands and pretended to shiver.

“It’s not my place to interfere, but wouldn’t it be better to do it in moderation? If you hold too many grudges, life will become tiring. The world isn’t like that these days…”

“I will take note…”

“And come here quite often. Don’t you think once a week is too little? If it keeps happening, I’ll start coming to the classroom too?”

“…I’ll try my best. Then I’ll really go.”

The senior tapped my shoulder and gave me advice, but somehow I felt like those eyes were directed at him.

As I leave the library and start walking, Ellie comes close behind me. Ellie still lowered her head and said nothing. After walking for a while and reaching a deserted hallway, I finally hear Ellie’s refreshing voice.

“…place?”

“uh?”

When I turned my head to look at Ellie, she was looking at me, puffing out her fire like a plump puffer fish. They may be trying to appeal to others because they feel bad, but every time I see something like that, I don’t think anything other than that it’s cute.

“Why don’t you treat that senior like you treat the kids in your class? Why are you so kind?”

“I did something again…you’re a senior. There’s no reason to do that because you’re an aristocrat. If you’re too rude, you might end up in the social world later. And when I said I was kind…”

“You did it kindly…and isn’t it too clingy…? From what I’ve seen, it’s almost worth being punished for disorderly conduct. How could you be so lewd in a public place…”

“What? What about something like that? If that’s the case, everything you do to me is dishonest?”

“Muh, what are you talking about…! That and this are different…”

After hearing my answer, Ellie suddenly screamed loudly. Ellie’s face was stained red, probably from the afternoon sunlight.

“Well, I think he’s a bit mischievous. He also has a bit of an eccentric personality. Well, last time he brought me a book with strange characters and asked me to read it…”

I continued to play to Ellie’s rhythm, and as time went by, her mood seemed to relax a bit. I don’t know why, but Ellie sometimes gets in a bad mood like this. Although it resolved quickly, Ellie would always say nothing about why she felt bad, even when asked why.

“…what if that’s enough…”

“That’s right. And there was originally one other senior…Ellie?”

As they were talking, Ellie suddenly lowered her head. Ellie’s ability to detect the presence of people was much better than mine, and when she made these gestures, it meant that someone was approaching nearby. At Ellie’s signal, I started walking again, facing forward, and after a while, I started to hear the sound of shoes clicking from the corner of the hallway.

And what appeared around the corner was my ex-fiancé, Iris Robinette, a beautiful female student with long, flowing brown hair.