Chapter 41

Reincarnated Young Lady Aims to Be an Adventurer Chapter 3 Part 49

Bedridden

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The last tea we drank at Grandmother’s house, only mine was poisoned. A total of 10 types of poison. I literally drank poison this time! Perhaps because I recognized that, I do not want to exert energy in any form. I returned to the dormitory, but could not get up, and is absent from school today.

I am a bedridden. On the window outside is the cold rain.

Winter is coming.

“Good grief. Elsa-sama is too outrageous… Here, antidote.”

Kodak-sensei came to see me.

“Thank you, Sensei. But I won’t be using the antidote. I was determined when I did this last night, my body will get used to it. But if I use the antidote, all of this will amount to nothing.”

-haa- Kodak-sensei sighs and strokes my head.

“Young Lady is too earnest. I’ll bring food that is easy to digest at noon, so sleep well. Call me if something came up.”

When I asked Sensei, Eris-senpai, Sasara-senpai, and Alma went to school. It’s okay to do this with me since I’m a relative. However, poisoning other children without permission will lead to imprisonment if there are any bad after-effects…… That’s it, right? Grandmother?

I spend my time alone, staring at the ceiling. I was an indispensable person in the world of 『Wild Rose You,』 but I should actually just be a junior high school girl. There should have been no need to fear being poisoned. If I was murdered like that in the previous life, the story would not be a secret. There would be flashy publicity everywhere.

The room is then suddenly filled with a powerful aura. I put my right hand out of the futon and cast , , and magic.

「Sera, that is an unusual look you have. Are you feeling sick?」

I moved my face and greeted the Feathery Mofumofu after a long time.

“Ash, it’s been a long time. Aren’t your wings wet because of the rain?”

Ash’s brows(?) wrinkles.

「What is He doing even though Sera is in this situation?」

“Fufu, Lu went out to draw water from the since I vomited a lot last night.”

「……… Well, if you drink that, it will calm down. But, first aid for now.」

Ash jumped on my chest. I don’t feel any weight. It dropped a tear from one eye with a -porori- and wets my lips. My body becomes lighter.

“Thank you, Ash. As expected of a .”

「…I am well aware. If you cut my neck and drink the blood from it, you will become an immortal? Want to try it?」

I managed to sit up and leaned against the back of the bed.

“Stop that. Surviving alone will just make me feel empty”

「You are wise. As expected of a 」

“Where did you hear that?”

「Eavesdropping.」

“You are very defiant once again.”

I take a cookie out of my and put it on my right hand. I do not serve the cake. The war of ‘Sacred Beasts vs. Sacred Beasts’ will break out when I do that!

Ash realizes that he cannot move forward and shrinks to a mofumofu size on the bed, it holds the cookie with its beak, and eats it on my chest.

I asked Ash while stroking it’s beautiful seven-colored feathers with my left hand.

“Ash, have you ever met the Divine Beast of the North?”

「…We haven’t met for a long time already. Why are you asking that?」

“Older Brother’s survey shows that someone seems to have been it just recently.”

「…That’s the first time I’ve heard of it. Is that why Sera have a long face?」

“If you’ve heard of it already, you should know, right? My destiny in the book of prophecy. The Divine Beast of the North and its . Its appearance at this time can only be related to the prophecy. When I think that there is someone out there who can beat me and might be aiming at me, I feel depressed.”

「What does Lu think about it?」

“Even if they do appear as enemies, they did not appear in the book of prophecy, so the danger of being knocked down by a mysterious power doesn’t exist. There would be no problem for us fighting and winning.”

「……I wonder about that?」

“Ash?”

「Tarl is the oldest one among us. You can’t win in a frontal confrontation. Well, it depends on the power of the …But with Tarl, one would be on par with Ghilane.」

“…They would be stronger than me.”

「I’ll pass this story to Ghilane.」

“I don’t think I would be able to keep secrets from Ash and His Majesty!”

I pouted my lower lip and looked out of the window again. The rain is getting heavier. Is my Lu okay? I imagine a soaked Lu, and sigh.

「Sera」

“Yes?”

I moved my hand that had stopped and tidied Ash’s feathers for no particular reason.

「Ghilane has become the emperor. Both the first prince and the former emperor are in their residences.」

“……Fast”

「Faster than in the previous life?」

In the previous life, he was 25 years old when he got to the throne, and I was 15. He invaded Judor at the age of 27. I was condemned during the battle, and was asked by His Majesty to leave for Galle Empire at the age of 17. I became a prisoner at the age of 18. My magical power was continuously absorbed from then… Did I live to the age of 20?

The pace of events is about 2 years faster than in the previous life. Is this a deviation from the prophecy? Or did he follow the prophecy and became the emperor as a result?

“…His Majesty, did he wish upon the stars for an early rise to the throne?” (TN: Chapter 2 part 22)

「Reigning in Galle isn’t a matter of being early or late, but rather the power of Ghilane and his decision. He need not rely on the power of the stars.」

“Sure.”

So what did he wish then? Can an ordinary person like me understand what a genius like him thinks?

“How has His Majesty changed since then?”

「He is as strong as ever. No one can approach him.」

No one can approach him…? He’s already a living god. Are his eyes now the same icy ones they were in the past? Regardless of how and why he wanted to be the emperor, he would have accepted the loneliness he would be in as a result, but… at least, at the very least…

I took a blue stone necklace out of the glove compartment beside the bed and wrapped it in my hands.

Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck…………

Domestic safety Domestic safety Domestic safety Domestic safety…………

Fortune Fortune Fortune Fortune…………

The stone shines faintly.

“This is a self-made talisman from me. Give it to His Majesty as a celebration of him becoming the Emperor!”

I said that and hanged it on Ash’s neck.

「This is?」

“Ruri (Lapis Lazuli) is a stone that is said to bring good luck in my previous life. Also, a young dragon’s shell is woven on the string holding the stone, which would make the luck go up a little more. Ah, but His Majesty did not carry money. Is there anything he can’t get in the first place? Ash can have it if he doesn’t want it!”

「It is soaked with Sera’s magic. Did one just wear it like this?」

“Yes, I’ll give one to Lu and Father too, but the color and shape of the Ruri are different for everyone, so they have different designs. Ah, look! This stone, it is dark ultramarine like that night. There is a streak of gold as well, like a shooting star. Don’t you think so?”

「……Sure.」

“Ash came here today just to announce His Majesty’s ascension to the throne?”

「There are two years left before the promised ten years, I came to kindly remind you of that. Sera will turn 14 soon, right?」

His Majesty was 16 years old and I was 6 at that time. There is about 2 years until I turn 16, which is when he declared he would come for me.

“That promise is still valid? Isn’t he the Emperor already? There should be higher ranked and wiser Young Ladies, and more beautiful maidens, right? Does he really need a little girl like me?”

The mofumofu lazily listened to my statement.

「Naturally. But Ghilane can relax only next to you.」

Was I just praised? Or did he just nonchalantly diss my heart?

“2 years later… Fufu, I wonder if I would be alive then in the first place.”

I mutter what came up in my mind.

Ash’s eyes stare hard at me.

「……Sera, it is at times like this, Lu kept his mouth shut. The loss of a would cause us to also lose our soul. What this implied is that he can’t be calm about that.」

“Lu didn’t tell me. But Ash did, just because I was sick.”

「Sera…… You will be 16 and you won’t just die. Ghilane would stand against the enemies that threaten you.」

“Ash, the Emperor is not so free. I am just a part of the world.”

「But you are the part… The only person in the world who can give Ghilane what he wants is you, Sera!」

It’s my magic, isn’t it? Even in the previous life. I understand…

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Reincarnated Young Lady Aims to Be an Adventurer Chapter 3 Part 48

Trying out a ‘Secret Special Training(?)’

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“Nice to meet you! I’m Eris, Knights School, 4th year!”

“Nice to meet you. Also 4th year at Knights School. I’m Sasara.”

“N-n-nice to meet you! I’m, Alma! 1st year.”

“Fufufu, nice to meet you. Welcome to my Trundle Residence. I’m Elsa Trundle. Serafiona has always been in your care.”

On a certain holiday towards the end of fall, Grandmother suddenly summoned me. ‘Bring all of your female friends who had always been taking care of you for a tea party!’ She said. But unlike me who has Mofumofu, Trundle is very far for everyone else. And besides that, Sasara-san goes to the orphanage every weekend and is busy taking care of her sister and brother. When I told the story to Grandmother, she went to the Trundle Residence in the royal capital.

It seems Grandmother lived almost all the time here when my late Grandfather worked in the Royal Castle, but now she is busy with her territory and this house is rarely used.

There are swords and spears used by the ancestors here and there, which gives a completely different image from Granzeus Residence.

Grandmother gives a cheerful smile at my friends.

“Grandmother? If the greetings are over, can we have the appetizers at the guest room?”

“First, let me ask you Serafiona, are you all usually in uniforms all the time?”

Grandmother seems to not like the fact that they are in school-uniforms.

The other 3 girls stare at me. No, I am included in her question as well! Or rather, this topic, I don’t know that it is a mine when talking to Grandmother! Even Seniors don’t know about it, don’t give me such disapproving looks!

“I’m sorry for my junior’s…… Deploredness.”

-pan- -pan- Grandmother claps her hands. Then, maids suddenly appeared. But from their movements… They’re not just maids.

“I don’t have time. Start the operation! Get to work!”

“What, what!”

“Kya―!”

“Se-Serafi―!”

The three were taken away without being able to raise any resistance.

………

Wow!

Are the three returning to the guest room getting ready to attend a royal party? They are dressed and adorned to the MAX.

First, Eris-san. A simple dress with a dark-blue mermaid-line and silver high-heels. Her neck and ears are adorned with sapphire, and only a part of her jet-black hair is tied to the top of her head, while the rest is let down to her chest after being straightened.

Next, Sasara-san. She has a gorgeous crimson dress and high-heels of the same color. Her curly blond hair is nicely woven, with bare ears and her neck adorning shiny ruby.

And lastly, Alma-chan. Wearing Grandmother’s favorite monotone dress. Her top is white while her bottom is black A-line skirt. It’s very simple… But there are laces everywhere! With black high-heels and matching emerald accessories on her hairpin!

Beauties with different styles are on stage with makeup on! Not only are they sweet-looking, but also dignified.

“Amazing! Great! You three look so fabulous!”

The three check out what they are wearing in bewilderment.

“What is, what…”

“I can’t pay for them, I might get them dirty!”

“Such beautiful clothes… It’s the first time…”

-pan- -pan-!

Grandmother strikes her hand with a fan and draws their attention.

“Do you enjoy yourselves? I don’t know if you like or dislike those attires. But they are the one that looks the best on you as per my imagination. How to tie your hair, how to put make-up on, how to attach the accessories, have you properly mastered them?”

“””Y-yes!”””

“Alright, this is a so-called woman’s battle dress. Eris, can you attend a party with your armor if you’re the escort of a Princess?”

“No.”

“When you have to go to a ball in a neighboring country to secretly dig up information, Sasara, can you do that in military uniform?”

“No.”

“When you have to sneak into enemy territory as a couple, can Alma do so in a dress?”

“……Yes.”

“That’s right. To be a knight, a woman must be able to do the same thing as a man, and also be perfect in what only a woman can do. The role of a man can be done by a man. But if you can play the role of both, your value as a woman will increase.”

That was it. And now that I think about it, I am trained to hunt and fight with dresses on, as well as performing special training in stealth costumes, from an early age. Taking out daggers and shurikens from dresses makes me feel like I’m in a spy movie, and I found it fun. Oh, but, when I fell into a lake, I sunk due to the weight of the dress, ready to be reincarnated into another world… Lu would fetch me.

“Then, let’s go out to the yard. Choose an armor large enough to hide your dresses. One-on-one, 15 minutes, in 2 pairs. Ah, Serafi is also included. I’ll set the timer to 0! Now, start!”

“Huh?”

“Uwaa―!”

“Elsa-sama…… Imposing…”

………

“Okay, okay. Next, serve me a cup of tea gracefully after a break… Hey! Don’t walk around on your knees! Have your backs straight! Ah, it’s overflowing! Focus on your hands, it’s too crude! Does the heat concern you?”

“Tea leaves… This much?”

“Uwaa―!”

“Elsa-sama…… Superb…”

………

“I’m going to have you drink two cups of tea from now on. One cup is poisoned. So, which one? Oh, it’s okay. Even if you drink the poison, you simply would be paralized tomorrow. And there is the bonus of becoming more resistant to it. You can do more sneaky operations that way.”

“That’s dangerous…… I’m getting dizzy…”

“Hiiii―!”

“Tea made by Elsa-sama…… -goku- -goku- -goku-!” (TN: onomatopoeia of gulping)

What? I used to get sick every time I drank Grandmother’s tea.

「Umm, Sera, there are nine types of poisons in the cellar. I did not stop you then because it was not an amount enough to kill you.」

That was definitely something you should put a stop to!

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“Everyone has gone all the way. Yes, please show a natural smile. If you can’t do that, I won’t let you return.”

“Ni, ni, nico?” (TN: nico = smile)

“Hihihi?”

“Oo, eee!”

“Do you think you can deceive your enemies or allies when your faces are twitching like that? Once again! Be mysterious! Yes!”

“Nico――?”

“I, ihi?”

“Oo, eee!”

“That won’t do! Run around the outer circumference 10 times.”

“””Uwaaa―”””

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「Sera… Is it really so hard to be a female knight?」

“I don’t know because I want to be an adventurer…”

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“Seniors, Alma-chan, Thank you for your hard work.”

I serve the tea Grandmother prepared, with cookies to the three, whose souls have completely left their bodies.

“It’s okay, I already tasted them for poison!”

“I-is that so?”

Eris-san speaks as if she is completely frightened.

“Everyone is good? You’ll return here once every month to have a review about today. You’ll keep doing it until I’m satisfied. That’s the final decision. That sounds good.”

“””Yes”””

“Eris and Sasara, you will stay here even after graduation for a while. Then, you will visit the Marcus firm in the center of the royal capital for a mission. We will provide the dresses and jewelries you need. There was Madam Marcus among those that got you ready today. She already knows your faces, so don’t worry about suddenly going there.”

“But, but… Even if I have the money to go to Marcus Firm…… My status…”

Sasara-san looks down and sits still.

Marcus Farm is at the forefront of Judor fashion. And the price is also at the forefront. They run a super-luxury store that always needs reservations and refuses to see just anyone. It’s definitely a high hurdle for her.

“Well, my Kouhai should not be concerned about such things! Let me think about how much I and Selefione made for Marcus. The monotone dresses, the one-piece dresses, tops and bottoms, pajamas, they are all our ideas. Just leave it to me. A woman’s dress is her combat suit. You don’t have to be frugal about it.”

“But! I cannot be receiving alms!”

“Give the money you received from the dresses to the orphanage, and do a job well beyond their expectations, becoming the hope of your little sisters and brothers!”

“……Yes”

“Eris! You will live in the closed space of the temple in the future, but if you are not familiar with the world, and you are not sensitive, you will not be able to understand the worries of the believers. Use my name and leave the mountain once every month.”

“……Yes!”

I tell Grandmother only what I have heard from Sasara-san, Eris-san, and Alma-chan. But Grandmother, did you check their background without permission?

…Well, I can’t take a stance against her though? And the result is, all three of them being under Grandmother’s watch.

“Such… Beautiful things… I can wear it…”

Alma softly mumbled.

“Wear beautiful things, keep your back straight, and fight! That’s my order. It would be a good excuse for you to say that. Youths need to be in conflicts… fufufu.”

Grandmother gracefully hides her mouth with a fan.

“The events of this tea ceremony today should not be shared with anyone. If a woman doesn’t have one or two secrets, she can’t be completely beautiful, right?”

I just remembered that we are here in the first place because of an invitation to a tea party today.

But what happened is no different from the special training of hell.

………

Grandmother did one more thing as we are returning to the dormitory.

“All three of you, everyone will know at a glance who is behind you if you have these.”

Saying that, she handed hair ornaments of white gold with precious stones to each of the three.

“Elsa-sama…”

“Thank you… Very very much!”

“This is the first time I’ve received something glittering like this……”

“Lu, those are”

「Yeah, there’s a small amount of fluid inside.」

As soon as we return to the dormitory, I must give a lecture on those hair ornaments to …

Before they… End up dead…

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Reincarnated Young Lady Aims to Be an Adventurer Chapter 3 Part 41

Class has begun

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“Hey… Why do you have no haki since morning?”

“Yeah… I’m just a little short of sleep…”

I answered Nick’s question while I laid prone at my desk.

I did not sleep last night. In front of me were the eyes of the Sacred Beast, who was looking at the sight of his beloved cake disappearing again and again into the mouths of the girls. It is easy to tell that he was very mad.

I was just like a pitiful servant, going out in the middle of the night while wearing a stealth costume, jumping around amidst the dark night, using body strengthening, returning home, and barging into Matsuki and Martha.

They make chocolate cake, cheesecake, and tea cake in the oven nonstop with ingredients all around. Whipping fresh cream took 3 hours as well. I jumped out of the house and returned without helping them clean up, and barely returned before the arrival of dawn.

「Sera, make sure this mistake never happen again, -mogu- -mogu-」

Was his only reply. Yeah, I would most definitely not. From now on, there will always be stocks on cake for Lu. I left for school to let him eat in peace.

“O―ii, for the first period, it has been changed to a hand-to-hand combat practise in the arena―! Change your clothes and pair up―!”

Kodak-san’s voice is loud and clear. I get up.

“S-Serafi―, let’s go to, the changing room?”

“Alma-chan!”

I heard Alma-chan’s voice and I felt a little better…… My mood rose a little as well.

So, to the arena it is. The hand-to-hand combat practice is compulsory for everyone. In times of emergencies, there would be no point in it if we can’t fight without weapons. Other martial arts are optional. In other words, hand-to-hand martial arts is the only discipline where everyone could be ranked.

Each martial arts class requires us to wear comfortable clothes. The country provides gym clothes for those who need them. The boys are supposed to be in short-sleeves and shorts, but they are too big for some of them, and it felt like they are in long-sleeves and long pants instead. Nick seems to fit his clothes well enough to move around. While Alma-chan is in khaki-colored training clothes that young aristocrats often wear.

And naturally, I am not a stealth costume… I wear black long-sleeves and trousers, both made of cotton material. The focus is on their ease of washing. It looks like the regular clothes sold around here and there, but Older Brother’s defense magic is applied to them.

“Being girls around the marriageable-age, you both shouldn’t have a single scratch on yourselves!”

I just remembered.

“Nick, this is my sweetheart, Alma-chan. Alma-chan, this is Nick, the sun man!”

“Nice to meet you. Serafi, please stop saying that.”

“N-nice to meet you too. Please call me Alma. And please, pardon Serafi’s rudeness.”

“Eh… you and her… seem to be very friendly?”

Is that strange?

“Why ask that?”

“Oh, don’t you know… It isn’t something relevant in Trundle’s territories? Alma… san is from the prestigious Marquis McGregor’s family, who produced the head of the Imperial Knights for generations.”

“T-that doesn’t matter! Besides, it’s too embarrassing to call me with honorifics when you didn’t do the same to Serafi, who is way stronger than me.”

“Hmm, it’s like that?”

The Imperial Knights… McGregor… Older Brother… Marquis…

I look at Alma-chan carefully.

Bright green hair… Slim stature… Caramel-brown eyes…

“Alma-chan, do you have a brother with the same hair colour as you? Who also uses the spear and, probably, has a favourable attitude towards the second prince Gardner?”

“I have 3 Older Brothers who are prideful-bastards, spear-users, and royal-loving fanatics. The one who has any sort of affection for the second Prince Gardner and has hair that is like mine is just one of them… over there.”

Looking at the direction of her gaze… she made an obviously loathing glare, and there… I saw a face I knew.

“Haa―, we’re twins. Sorry. You may get involved in something nasty if you stay together with me.”

At last…… We met for the first time in seven years.

Cecil McGregor.

I desperately check my memories. Cecil is the son of the leader of the Imperial Knights, and being around the age of the second prince, he has been with him since he was young. Thanks to being a child of the Marquis family, his ability is so and so, but he has a very high pride in his ability.

What I mean by his ability being so and so is…

The Imperial Knights are groups that protect the Royal families first and foremost. An honorary position the sons of nobles would be assigned. None of them really fought on the frontlines. They are supposed to be subordinates of the military organization but, they are virtually an independent division. The army has no time to look after this troublesome group, so they just leave them alone. Which made them feel more and more narcissistic. Mere decorations that only have their pride.

My Older Brother, then the second prince, the third capture target of the Heroine… What a blunder. I thought everyone would go to the Magic Academy. But if one wants to be an Imperial Knight, he would obviously be in a Knight School. What a blunder.

I don’t want to get involved with him… But can I distance myself from Alma-chan? Impossible! Alma-chan is a fellow female classmate, of which there are only two of us. It would be even more so when Seniors graduate. I don’t want to lose my first female friend in this world.

The memories of my previous life instantly flashes in my head.

When I was denounced at the Magic Academy, Cecil grabbed my hair, dragged me around, and pressed my face against the ground.

『A cruel woman like you is not worthy of being near His Highness!』

『If wartime murder is a crime, please go make a case in the military court. I only obeyed His Majesty’s order. Yet here you are, guilty of hurting an innocent woman in this non-battlefield area? I thought the Imperial Knights are made up of the noblest people?』

『Your hands are stained with blood! Shut up!』

I was beaten and trampled on until my face was disfigured.

A cruel, idiotic man.

「Sera! What happened!?」

Lu rushes over with a serious looking face.

Breathe… Deeply… Take a deep breath…

“Hey, you have a really scary aura?”

After a sudden encounter, I could not control my emotions once again. I look up towards the sky.

“Sorry, Nick. I just overreacted at the sight of Alma-chan’s Older Brother. I decided to have a fight without any honour in it. Alma-chan, I may not be able to get along with your Older Brother. Is that okay?”

Alma laughed unexpectedly.

“Serafi, you don’t have to worry because we don’t even get along. Fufu, a girl who hates Cecil, it’s the first time this happened. I’m a little impressed even.”

That’s good.

Kodak-sensei came and tapped on my head with 1 finger.

“What a tremendous murderous intent! Geez. Blow off a little bit of steam. You are the first shot for sure. Attention everyone! Today is a hand-to-hand combat practice between the 1st year students. Absolutely no weapons. If you give up, tap the ground. Going out of bounds is also an out. I’m not going to teach you today, so try it out yourselves! The first of one of the pair going now is Serafiona! The second, anyone?”

“I’ll go.”

Cecil step ahead with an air of arrogance.

Lu peeked into my expression,

「A guy on the list?」

“Yeah… but later.”

“Alma-chan, I’m so sleepy today that I can’t help it. Sorry.”

“You don’t have to worry―!”

Alma-chan gave me the best smile ever!

“Little girl… afraid…?”

I stood facing the middle court.

A cheeky boy who seems to be just growing up is laughing with his nose up. Even though they have similar looking faces, his laughter has a very very huge difference from Alma-chan’s cute smile. Why is he wearing better quality clothes than Alma-chan even though they are twins? My innards are churning up more and more. For Alma-chan, let’s make this match end quickly.

I have no resentment for this world’s Cecil.

But, I am going to thoroughly beat him up. So that he will never try to show me his teeth again. And that he will never show me his face again.

It’s for the sake of my protection. So, sorry?

-pii-!

I jumped at the signal to start. I immediately went high above Cecil, who is just 190 cm away from me. I accelerate my fall and swing my right foot hard, unleashing a heel drop right at Cecil’s head.

-zun-!

His face sinks into the ground. As I landed, I grabbed his green hair, which did not move a single bit, and lifted his head and checked for a pulse on his neck.

“He’s alive.”

-pii-!

“End! Relief, take Cecil to the doctor’s office. Serafiona, can you adjust it more properly? Everyone, understood? Let’s keep going at this pace! Next! ………”

「……You put up with it nicely.」

“Well, but… It really was tough to look at his face…”

I stare at my toes.

「Tough…? You have finally started to say your thoughts…? Leave it to me. I’ll do it!」

? Lu smiled gently for some reason. Why?

He kinda looks like a mess… the thing on his face is the make-up cake from a while ago, right?

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AN: I divided it to from episode 38. This will be a Knight School edition.

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