Chapter 61
Chapter 61
Entrance Ceremony and Class Allotment.
“That in and of itself will be a problem though. I’m sure Brother Robin would not be very happy to see you with me of all people, brother Oscar.”
Indeed. Liz was one thing since he was infatuated with her, I was the guy he hated the most, and he probably wanted to kill me as soon as possible I’m sure.
“You don’t need to worry about that. After all…”
Oscar alternated his gaze between both me and Liz before continuing.
“He will be broken very soon, after all.”
His lips curled like a crescent moon.
What does he mean by…….[broken]?
“Brother Oscar, just what exactly…….”
“Oh dear, if we keep chatting, we really will be late now. So let us hurry up and move.”
Oscar urged us to start moving as well.
Liz, Maya and Anne were also constantly worrying about the time so I had no choice but to follow after Oscar as well.
“There, that’s where the new students are to be seated.”
“Th………..Thank you very much……..”
“Well then, I’ll take my leave for now.”
Waving his hand, Oscar headed to his own seat.
In the end, nothing of what he said really made any real sense………
However.
“……….Maya.”
“Leave it to me. Me and Anne will start observing Prince Oscar as well.”
As expected of Maya, she already knew what I was thinking.
She really has become an irreplaceable part to us as our personal maid……..hmm?
“Liz……….?”
“muu………..”
Oh dear, looks like Liz is sulking again.
Ever since I confessed to her at new year’s eve, Liz has started to become more and more possessive and now, she even gets jealous of Maya these days.
Part of me was simply happy, but it did trouble me a little as well.
When Anne was added as a personal maid as well, Liz was sulking so much she locked herself in her room for a while, and it was quite the problem………….because she was so utterly adorable, I couldn’t handle it.
“C’mon, this is important because it’s to protect you as well. So cheer up okay?”
“……….very well.”
When I took her hand in my own and said so with a smile, she agreed, albeit a little reluctantly. How incredibly cute.
And so, we finally went and sat down in the chairs allocated for the new students………but.
“”””………………………………””””
………..our fellow classmates, the noble boys and girls, were all looking at us from a distance.
In fact, some of them even left their seats to go and sit a little further away.
Ahaha………..they really are on guard against us eh?
That said, I am the bastard of the Emperor, the fourth prince. And there’s also pre-existing infamy from before the poisoning attempt, so I suppose this reaction was unavoidable.
However.
“”””eep!?!””””
The boys and girls standing away from us suddenly squealed as their bodies went stiff.
Of course, the reason was the person beside me, Lizbeth.
Over the last year, not only has she grown a lot more beautiful, her intimidating presence has also increased manifolds.
Enough that even I become basically air when I’m sitting beside her.
If anyone was hit with her absolute zero glare right now, forget Marquis Fahlcrantz, even Queen Alicia might falter from it.
But.
“Liz.”
“Lord Rudy, but……..”
I grasped her hand tightly, and urged her to stop intimidating the other noble kids however Liz simply pouted, seemingly unconvinced.
“I don’t mind it. And besides, I can change my reputation day by day while in class. And above all else, if you were to get a bad rep because of me, that is the one thing I won’t be able to forgive myself for.”
“……………………..”
“So, pay no heed to them, and simply look just at me okay? That is enough for me to be happy. That is what brings me joy in life.”
I smiled as I looked at Liz.
I simply need you to make me the only person who gets to see that special smile of yours.
“mou……….in the end, I can’t help but abide by your wishes, can I Lord Rudy?”
Saying that, Liz broke into a smile as well.
.
.
“…………and with that, the entrance ceremony has come to an end.”
The unnecessarily long entrance ceremony finally ended, and all the new students began to move.
From here, we’ll move to the pre allotted classes but…….well, even if I’m only the fourth prince, I’m still probably going to be put in A Class I imagine.
By the way, the real factor that separates the classes here in the Imperial Academy is not ability but status instead.
Starting with the Imperials, families ranging from Dukes to Earls are in Class A. and anyone below that is put in class B.
While there are some voices that say [You’re all learning together so focus only on your abilities] or [Don’t be a prisoner to each other’s statuses] but, those people should try putting themselves in the shoes of these students as well.
Even if you say that status doesn’t matter, if a lower status kid said something rude to one of higher status, their entire family will get decimated, and if anything, it would make it hard for them to figure out just how to even interact with each other.
There was simply far too little merits to do something like that.
But anyway, that’s how it was, so of course, me and Lizbeth were put in class A as per the usual policy.
But……..being a child of a Duke house, Wilhelm too was in the same class as us.
“haah………..I would have preferred to be in class B alongside you Liz, rather than this…….”
“I agree……….”
While looking at the board that showed the allotment, both me and Liz groaned in disappointment.
It was then.
“Hey, is that man, him? That fourth prince?”
“Apparently so.”
Behind us, I could hear a couple boys’ impolite chatter.