Estimated reading time: 4–6 minutes
Chapter 26
The entrance ceremony ends, and class assignments are announced. I pray. Please don’t put me in the same class as that Alto…
Egotistic Fantasy is a game with a high degree of freedom where the story branches out in many layers. So, whether Eld and Alto end up in the same class or not depends on my luck.
「You’ve gotta be kidding me…」
As a result of the class assignments, I end up in the same class as Alto after all.
On top of that, I see the names of several other heroines scattered around who are on the protagonist’s side.
Goodbye, my school life…
This is surely the path to destruction???
No, wait. I just need to avoid getting involved with Alto in any weird way.
If I don’t provoke hatred from Alto, it’ll be fine.
Besides, I don’t even have dark magic powers now and have no chance of becoming a boss character anyway.
I just need to play the role of a random mob who happens to be good at healing magic.
Just as I was thinking of keeping a low profile,
Someone came to pick a weird fight with me.
「Hey you. You said your name was Eld Schmerzen, right?」
「Huh, what is it…?」
Seeing the face of the one who called out to me, it was someone I knew well.
A character who appears in Egotistic Fantasy as a heroine.
I think her name was Mirei Ashgold or something like that.
Mirei is a strong-willed character who, together with Alto, ends up cornering me.
I’d rather not get involved with her if I can avoid it but…
「It’s about what happened at the entrance ceremony. What’s with that nonsense about being Level 9999!? You must have cheated somehow! I absolutely will not overlook such misconduct!」
「Uh… I didn’t do anything though…」
What a completely baseless accusation.
But I guess it really is unbelievable…Level 9999.
Even Eld, who appears in Egotistic Fantasy as a boss, was only around Level 7000 I think.
My current level far exceeds that… Of course it’s hard to believe.
Mirei is a character with a strong sense of justice who will never forgive this kind of foul play.
But I really didn’t do anything unfair.
I should flatly deny this. Because I didn’t do it.
「I didn’t do anything. I’d like you to stop making groundless accusations.」
「Don’t lie! You’re a merchant family after all.」
Mirei looked down on me as she said that. I see…
The Noble Academy gathers many nobles.
There are various ranks among nobles. Among them, merchant families are looked down upon. They are undoubtedly nobles, but because they are merchants, they face discrimination.
The higher nobility are knights, royalty, and the like.
Merchants are sometimes called honorary nobles.
Well, few openly discriminate like that. But this is a school. There are still immature children, and discrimination is inherent in schools.
「And that face of yours… an evil visage as if wickedness has seeped in. You must have done something! I just know it!」
「Uhh…」
Certainly Eld does have a villainous face, but…isn’t that going a bit far…
Eld’s face has looked like an evil person’s since he was 6 years old. But I personally thought it had a pretty handsome side to it and liked it.
As I’m rendered speechless…
Arde jumps in to refute her.
「Lord Eld has never done anything improper! Please retract your statement!」
「Arde…」
The slave suddenly speaking up surprises Mirei to the core. She looks at Arde with disdain and says,
「Hmph, a mere slave dares speak up! I understand you want to defend your master, but don’t get cocky!」
「Lord Eld truly deserves his Level 9999 with all his experience! Despite appearances, he’s an expert on healing magic! If you doubt it, shall I cut off my arm here and have him demonstrate his healing!?」
Arde goes so far to defend me. What a loyal slave…
But for Mirei, Arde’s desperate plea has the opposite effect.
「What? This villainous-looking man is an expert on healing magic? Don’t spout nonsense in your sleep. Even more suspicious… We don’t need evil slave merchants at the Noble Academy…!」
Somehow I’ve suddenly been labelled evil… Is this really the path to destruction…?
Damn, I was trying not to stand out but got singled out by someone troublesome because of the entrance ceremony.
As we’re arguing in the classroom…
Someone else approaches and calls out to us.
「You seem to be making quite a commotion. What’s going on?」
「Milady…」
The one Mirei calls “Milady” is also a heroine appearing in Egotistic Fantasy.
Her name is Claire Grandrose. She’s a bona fide princess of the Grandrose royal family. A handful of royalty attend this academy as nobles.
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