The Only Male Student in the Academy

078. Catacombs Dungeon 4th Floor (3)

“No? I’m not particularly fond of it.”

When I asked, an unexpected answer came back.

I thought it would be more embarrassing or trying to deny it, but a face that was more calm than expected.

Momentarily, Jayca thought she had tripped over.

“You weren’t energetic until the midterm exams, right? But lately, her appearance has brightened. Does it really have nothing to do with Beherit?”

“Well, how about it?”

Claire gave a smirk.

After all, is Claire far superior in terms of status as an aristocrat?

Claire is the daughter of the Marquis of Entirus.

On the other hand, Jayka is from the Countess of Ancilla.

The difference is stark. Claire grew up with an excellent education in a marquis family, and Jayca received a lesser education than that.

Facial expression management, conversation skills, political power, networking, authority, etc….

No matter how much older Jay Carr is than Claire, you can’t beat her when it comes to her negotiations.

Although she had no intention of defeating Claire in the first place.

“Well, it doesn’t matter which way Claire is. Claire’s love story… Honestly, it’s interesting, but there are more important things than that.”

“How about something more important?”

“If you want to protect Beherit, watch out for Della.”

“Senior Della?”

At Claire’s question, Jay Carr nodded her head.

Where should I begin?

I can’t explain everything to Claire.

“Today’s raid failure was something that shouldn’t have happened.”

First of all, Jayka says so.

Currently, Jayca is going through some unbelievable things.

By the way, until about a week ago, Lapisca and Lucius’ party were in the County of Findelnerca,

This time, like Claire and Ariel’s attacking the catacombs dungeon,

And today’s raid failure was also unbelievable.

“Something that shouldn’t happen means that the raid failure was intentional?”

“Well. It might be so, and it might just be due to coincidence and bad news.”

As Jay Carr says, she recalls her morning routine.

Before leaving for the dungeon, Jay Carr received a report from her lieutenant.

-“The 3rd party says that there will be a vacancy.”

-“Vacation? Reason?”

– “Della says she’s on her period today, so she can’t come because she’s sick.”

She heard such a report.

It wouldn’t have been a false report. That Delaga is menstruating around this time is her deputy chief of staff, Jay Carr, who knows best.

However, whether or not she participates in the raid is different each time.

As a priest, Della can cure menstruation herself.

“Oh, yes? Can you treat her menstruation yourself? That would be comfortable.”

“It’s not a particularly comfortable technique. ‘Treatment’ is the act of making the body normal, but menstruation in a woman’s body is ‘normal’, right?”

So treating menstruation yourself is basically not an easy skill.

Advanced technology that suppresses only the pain while allowing physiological phenomena to occur naturally…. It is even a technique that treats the inside of the body, not the outside.

Since it is also a technique that can make the body condition worse, even a priest does not always try to treat menstruation every time it occurs.

Some priests just let it go even if they endure the pain, and there are priests who write healing prayers even if their physical condition worsens a little if they feel too impatient.

“Actually, Della has missed her period a few times.”

So Della’s absence is not of the kind that is particularly incomprehensible.

But…… Do you think everything fits so well?

Ariel appeared.

She was absent because Della had her period.

The raid failed because the barrier of the tank line of the party Della belonged to was delayed.

And Della joined Ariel’s party.

-“How about inviting Ariel Beheritt’s party, Lieutenant Commander?”

-“Miss Claire Entirus is a promising knight, isn’t it? I think it’s good to attract her party.”

-“But Ariel Beheritt will not be seduced by money.”

-“I don’t think it will be easy to attract them.”

-“I heard that Ariel Beherit saved Marie Ruhelif.”

-“Then isn’t Ariel Beheritt surprisingly strong too? It seems worth trying to appease him, right?”

That was a story I had shared with the officers of the Knights before meeting Ariel.

Jayka had a meeting here to discuss how to deal with the failure of the raid, and many of the knights were surprisingly positive about Ariel Beheritt’s participation.

-“It won’t take money to attract Ariel Beheritt. Someone has to join his party and act as a helper.”

-“It’s best to be a priest.”

-“Then I’ll go.”

-“I lost because I was absent. So please give me a chance to take responsibility.”

“If you just listen to the story, it doesn’t seem like Della was leading the way, right?”

After listening to Jayka’s explanation, Claire answered.

“Although it’s certainly a bit unnatural for the other knights to want Ariel to participate in the battle. It’s not too strange to say that they also have strong hopes for raiding the dungeon.”

“That’s right.”

“But it fits so well. You’re trying to drag Ariel into thinking you’ll be embarrassed.”

Claire thought maybe it was like that.

And Claire knows that…… I don’t like it very much.

What should I do? Ariel should have been her own.

Of course, now it’s a good story. I just found out something a little better.

What kind of expression would they make if they knew that Claire of the world had a leash on the hand of a man called a maniac?

It’s thrilling just to imagine that, but that’s why I don’t like Ariel being swayed by other people.

That’s why Miss Marie is a perfect fit in many ways.

Spotless purity. Miss Marie often feels that she is of a completely different race than herself.

Being that kind of person, Ariel cherishes the most,

Being that kind of person, Claire thinks she can’t beat Miss Marie.

That’s a good thing.

The feeling of humiliation and defeat of being pushed out by such a woman is also a pleasure.

“I understand the story. You mean to keep an eye on Della-senpai?”

“It’s even called surveillance. Just be aware of it.”

“In other words. If you’re so suspicious, why didn’t you stop Della-senpai from coming to our side?”

“Because Claire is here.”

You’re lying.

Jaca probably isn’t the only one suspicious of Della. She must be suspicious of Ariel too.

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Is she thinking of keeping an eye on both Ariel and Della at once?

She doesn’t know why she’s such a bother, but it seems that Jay Carr wants something from her.

Also Ariel.

And to Della.

I can’t….

Ariel can only do what she does.

With a shrug, Claire stands up.

If Marie was the opponent, she would feel the thrill of humiliation and defeat.

Would you say that the knights are lacking in that respect? No matter how hard they try, it seems that they will only feel that they are inferior to themselves. Does it feel like if they use their hands, it will only make them feel better?

She, like the princess, had something superior to herself.

Or she’s like Miss Marie, or she’s a completely different race than herself.

‘Well, this life is wrong.’

With that thought, Claire left the room.

If there’s something wrong with her, it’s probably that she can’t even feel a sense of shame.

The boss battle is said to be held in the next three days.

-“Della will lend it to you for a week. Borrowing more than that… Is probably a bit difficult.”

The next day, Jayca said so.

Well, that is also unavoidable. Della’s internal position is high enough to take over her sub-captain, so she can’t lend someone like that for a long time.

“Senior Calliot.”

“Ah, you can stop talking. I’ll call you Ariel.”

Della said in a warm voice.

Come to think of it, Ariel is one grade down, so she’s the same age as me and Della.

Since I am also the party leader, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to clarify the relationship between the top and the bottom here.

Then there might be no reason to be respectful.

“Then Della. She’s only for a while, but she’s kind to you in the future.”

“Yes, Ariel.”

“About our future party schedule. I plan to go to the 4th floor within two days.”

“Within two days…?”

It was Marie, not Della, who raised the question.

Seeing Marie like that, I nodded.

“You can only borrow Della for about a week. The boss fight will start in three days, so you’d better get all the mulberries before then.”

Of course, since we have a week, we can go to the 4th floor leisurely after finishing the boss fight. I decided not to do that.

Ultimately, the most important thing is the boss fight. I have to somehow make Jayka defeat this boss, and I have to make him break through dungeons in the future.

To do so, it was important to increase the success rate of this boss battle,

Then I must become stronger than I am now.

So, you should go to the 4th floor early.

“Pongri. Ariel, your tone is frivolous.”

Claire pointed out that point.

Then Della shook her head.

“No. Please feel free to say it. Even if it’s for a short period of time, we’ll be friends together.”

While doing so, Della grabbed both of her hands as if they were naturally clasping them.

You can feel the scent of the shampoo from the tip of her nose.

And I can feel Della’s soft body heat from the back of her hand.

“I’ll do my best. It’s my fault that I failed in this boss fight. So it’s my mission to have everyone participate in the next boss fight.”

“Since you weren’t able to attend because of your period, it’s not really your fault… Hmm?”

I tilted my head.

I felt a sense of incongruity.

“Ariel-kun?”

“……No. It’s nothing.”

I shook my head and got out of Della’s hands.

Something is strange.

‘If it was the way it was originally, would Jayka have succeeded in defeating the boss?’

However, in this world, the boss battle failed.

I heard that the reason was because Della was absent from the boss fight because of her period, and the connection was skewered as a result.

In other words, something happened that shouldn’t have happened in the original story.

But.

‘Della is a woman’s name just by looking at it.’

That means Della Calliot is highly likely to have been a female character in the original work as well.

Then she would have had the same menstrual problems in the original work, and Jay Car would have finished the boss battle well.

Nevertheless, Jayka failed to subdue the boss.

‘If that happens…… It’s not because of Della’s physiology that Jayca failed to attack the boss.’

There is something I don’t know.

Something that did not happen in the original work is happening beneath the surface.