The Only Male Student in the Academy

070. Exception (3)

‘Joshua Beherittra….’

No matter how hard I try, it’s a name I can’t remember.

It is only natural that Kim Il-hwan did not know the name. How would you know the name of someone who is not a student at Philea Academy? It’s a name that has never appeared in a game.

But even as Ariel, I don’t know her name.

‘This damn body has no memory before being possessed….’

It was as if Ariel’s memory was completely erased, and Kim Il-hwan’s memory was overwritten instead.

I thought it didn’t matter even if I didn’t know.

Anyway, Ariel’s family are people who have nothing to do with the main story. And I also thought of leaving the Beherit family someday.

So I thought it would be irrelevant, but maybe I was complacent.

‘From now on, I have no choice but to do well…. But I can’t judge Joshua.’

There is no information about Joshua Beheritt.

Instead, there is little information about Ariel’s older brother, ‘Vincent Beheritt’.

[Okay, Ariel. This is my last mercy

I’ve been neglecting the foolish things you’ve been doing at the proud Beltark Academy.

There was room for people to understand that he was wielding the power of the duchy to his heart’s content, and that he hadn’t listened to the lessons properly.

However, it is an obvious blemish that caused the injury incident. You have ruined a proud family.

Originally, you should have been expelled, but it is clear that you are a member of the ducal family anyway. Resolve with your own hands the status of the family you have disgraced.

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There is a bit of a relationship with Philea Academy. Be grateful to Philea Academy for accepting even a fool like you.

I will send you there as a long-term exchange student. Don’t even dream of coming into the family until you graduate.

Keep in mind. This is my last mercy.]

After Ariel’s death in the placement test, if you investigate Ariel’s grave, you will find a letter.

This letter is from Vincent and is still in the drawer of my room. Looking at the contents, you can feel that Vincent hates Ariel terribly.

Then, what about Joshua?

‘I didn’t show any signs of dislike when we just met.’

It is unknown what the inner thoughts will be.

Claire was friendly with me at first, but deep down she had a plan to ruin me.

Rose also treated Tia like a villain at first, but she wasn’t really like that.

Aristocrats generally feel like they are good at acting.

This is because you need to be dignified in order to wield power and suppress people below you, and at the same time, you must know how to humble yourself in order to form friendly relations with nobles higher than yourself.

They are a tribe that knows how to wear a mask.

If you think so, Joshua must be on guard too.

“Claire, how much do you know about Joshua?”

I want to make a judgment, but I don’t have enough materials.

But fortunately, the guy who can be said to be synonymous with nobility is the current colleague.

“Joshua? I’ve only seen you a few times at the social church?”

“…Is that all?”

“Um~, I don’t know what you’re curious about~. I don’t know where to begin~.”

“…….”

Claire is making an excited expression for some reason. Like he just wouldn’t let me know.

I sighed.

“What do you want?”

When I asked that, Claire smiled broadly.

“You want it~? Well? I didn’t really want anything~. If Ariel listens to her, maybe she’ll be grateful?”

“…….”

“What to do~. I’m worried about what to ask for~.”

“Hey, over there…”

Marie sneaked forward.

That face is a little frightened.

“Uh, eh, Miss Entirus… That, Joe, doesn’t think it’s good…”

“Hmm? What?”

“Eh, because Ariel is, uh, in trouble… Eh, even if we were childhood friends with Ariel, I don’t think it’s good…”

“Hmm.”

Claire looks at Marie.

Marie was shaking, but she still didn’t avert her gaze from Claire.

When the two of them met eyes for a moment, Claire grinned.

“Yeah, it was like that. It was like that.”

“Uh, um…?”

“Miss Ruhelif. Would you like to be friends with me?”

“Eh…?”

Claire slipped her arm around Marie’s shoulder.

“What I want is to be friends with Miss Ruhelif.”

“Hmm…? Eh…?”

“From now on, call me Claire. I will also call Miss Ruhelif Miss Mary. Okay?”

“Hey, Claire.”

“Ah, it’s okay, Ariel. I don’t mean to embarrass Miss Marie.”

When I tried to interrupt because I was worried, Claire said that first.

You don’t mean to make trouble?

… No matter how you look at it, it’s a goofy face.

“……Can I just call you by my first name?”

“Yeah, that’s fine.”

“That, that’s enough… S, it doesn’t matter…”

“Then we’re friends from now on? Let’s be close from now on, Miss Marie.”

“Uh, uh…”

Marie shook hands with Claire’s outstretched hand, as if being dragged along.

And as if that was enough, Claire turned around at me.

“So what was it about? You mean Joshua?”

“……That’s right.”

“I’ve only seen it a few times at a social church, so I’m not familiar with it, but I’ve heard that it goes well in Beltarq?”

Claire explained that Beltark Academy was in fact controlled by Duke Beheritt.

The current student council president of Beltark is Vincent Beheritt. I.E. My older brother.

He has stood out since his freshman year and has served as the student council president for three consecutive years, and there is a prospect that he will remain the student council president next year.

There are always followers following Vincent, and a huge faction is formed around him.

But Vincent is also expected to graduate next year.

Joshua is the most likely candidate to take over the faction behind him.

“It seemed like he was the top of the whole freshman year.”

Vincent is said to be the best student council president in Beltarque history. And the successor who is thought to take over, Joshua.

Because he has a strong background, it is said that Yoshua had a great influence even though he was in his first year.

“But you don’t seem to wield your power recklessly. You seem to be quite popular at the academy compared to the nerdy Nununu-san, right?”

“…Noisy.”

“Oh, I think I’m going to get stabbed?”

“…….”

I was about to squeeze it in for a moment, but doing so would only make this guy happy.

To sum it up, Joshua seems to be a guy like Claire from Beltark Academy.

Just as Claire has the power to manage the academy with the huge background of being the crown prince. Joshua also has his powerful hind legs in his hands with his status as the younger brother of the student council president.

In such a state, she is walking a completely different path from Ariel, who was a fool.

She would be compared to that much, and that would be how popular she was.

“Well, from my point of view, it looks like image making, but I mean~”

Claire subtly added that.

‘… But I don’t think anything will happen.’

It is a story within Beltark Academy that Joshua can wield power. And this is not Beltark Academy.

Rather, the county of Findelnerca could be said to be the domain of Philea Academy. Benit, the small owner of Findel Nerca, is a student of Philea, and many Philea students are staying at Count Findel Nerca’s residence.

Even so, there doesn’t seem to be any chance of him coming up with tricks in the dungeon.

Because Claire, the daughter of the Marquis of Antirus, is by her side.

‘Then there’s nothing to worry about.’

I thought so.

I haven’t had a chance to talk to Ariel lately.

“Ariel, what are you going to do with the race in the end? It must be difficult to defeat that.”

As soon as the first battle on the third floor of the Catacombs Dungeon was over, Miss Claire called Ariel.

“Wraith can only be defeated with divine attacks. Is there a way?”

“So, I came with a dagger made of silver.”

“Wouldn’t it be easy with that?”

“Why don’t you knock it down. You mean the sword and holy water?”

“Hmm… I’ll have to try it, but do you have holy water?”

Then, the two immediately begin to exchange opinions.

Ariel’s conversations with Miss Claire have increased dramatically these days.

Originally Miss Claire had a talkative personality, but lately she seems to be clinging to Ariel.

I can say that the hesitation has disappeared.

‘I think it was difficult at first…….’

She always had a gloomy expression during the semester, but her face gradually brightened as she entered the party. And now, it seems like all the worries have been thrown away.

Ariel is like that too.

Ariel was also very wary of Miss Claire at first, but now she doesn’t feel that way at all.

It seems that something bad happened between the two…… It seems that they reconciled well the day they came to Count Findelnerca’s residence.

But, as expected, she is wary of Miss Claire….

But…… Can’t intervene

It’s only a few steps away, but why does it feel so far away?

And Marie had a hunch that it would get further away.

More and more people are recognizing Ariel.

At first, she was the only one Ariel had by her side.

She came into contact with Ms. Engaron at some point.

I became acquainted with her older sister.

In addition to being close to calling each other names with senior Benit.

I eventually reconciled with Miss Claire.

With Miss Claire by her side, the stigma of being an idiot would soon be removed.

Other people will come to appreciate Ariel, and Ariel will increase her circle of friends.

She said that she could not be in this position…… Because she is just her first friend.

Like Miss Claire, she is not from a good family, is not wealthy, is not popular, and is not well spoken.

Not only that, she has a time bomb attached to her body.

A time bomb that never knows when it will explode.

‘…… It’s disgraceful, me.’

Next to her sister, she harbors an inferiority complex towards Miss Claire. She

Did she say that she was such an ugly being?

“I didn’t bring the holy water today, so let’s test it tomorrow. We’ll stop the raid at this point and return.”

That’s how the party came out of the dungeon.

As soon as she left the dungeon, Ariel said she would go buy things like holy water, so she headed to a stall rather than a warp gate.

“That, then me, me too…”

“Ms. Ruhelif, would you like to have a tea party to commemorate our friendship?”

Marie tried to follow Ariel, but she had a catch.

Of course it’s Miss Claire.

“Eh, K, Ms. Claire…?”

“Oh, that’s right. I forgot to call you by my first name. Anyway, Miss Marie, how about a cup of tea in my room?”

“That, that’s… I, I have something to live for…”

“Does Mary like Ariel?”

“Hey?!”

He has suddenly told a great story.

Quickly look around, fortunately she doesn’t have a familiar face.

“What are you talking about…?!”

“Miss Marie is easy to understand.”

“Ugh…”

“Don’t worry. I don’t intend to interfere. I’m rather supportive of Miss Marie, right?”

“Eh, cheering…?”

Miss Claire supports the relationship between herself and Ariel.

That fact was very surprising to Marie.

“……Miss Claire suits Ariel more than I do.”

“Huh?”

Ms. Claire looks like she’s talking nonsense.

Marie felt like her heart would break for a moment at that expression, but since she let it out of her mouth, she had no choice but to continue her words.

“That…. There are ranks and this and that…”

“Hey, I think you’re mistaken. I don’t particularly like Ariel, do I?”

“Eh, lie… Eh, I thought Ariel had feelings for her…”

“Ummm…”

Claire shut his mouth for a moment.

It’s an ambiguous feeling to say no.

What should I do? There are many vectors of affection in this world, but it is said that the direction between herself and Mary is slightly different.

No. I could barely speak.

Not just a little bit different, but a lot different.

That’s why he’s hanging on to the sheep like this.

“Mu, more than anything…Ku, Ms. Claire doesn’t know… About my body…”

“Ah, you mean Phoenix?”

“Yeah… I’m no longer a human… I’ve lost my strength as a noble, and I’m not good at anything… I don’t have anything…. That’s why Ariel doesn’t suit me…”

“You’re talking about boring things.”

Miss Claire erased the smile from her face.

It’s a really boring face.

The true nature of Ms. Claire that we encountered for the first time.

Marie takes a step backwards at the moment.

“It’s self-deprecating, but it’s mumbling… It’s not fun if it’s broken before it even starts, Miss Marie.”

“Eh, that, Ms. Claire…?”

“I heard that Ariel saved Miss Marie. She really didn’t have anything for Miss Marie, did she really want to risk her life to save her?”

“That’s…”

──I guess I have to admit it. It seems I want to cherish you.

The voice at that time was instantly revived.

I still don’t know.

Why did Ariel save her?

“…Was her first friend, so she just saved it.”

The more friends Ariel makes, the less she will value herself. She

She herself is barely human.

Then she said as if Miss Claire was dumbfounded.

“Isn’t that enough? Ariel’s first friend.”

“Eh…?”

“Didn’t everyone hate Ariel? But Miss Marie became Ariel’s friend. That was enough.”

Saying that, Ms. Claire puts her shoulder again.

With an expression that seemed bothersome.

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“I want the two of us to be connected. That way I’ll be more happy.”

“Hey…?”

“But this is a long way off. Aside from Ariel, Miss Marie has extremely low self-esteem. We have to deal with this first.”

Ms. Claire speaks as if she is muttering to herself.

Marie just looks at it with a dumbfounded expression.

“Come to the place I’m talking about at 2:00 AM today. If you don’t come, Miss Marie will spread rumors that you like Ariel.”