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Episode 11:
I Am a Student Now… And Then…
THINGS WERE A BIT OF A MESS AFTER THAT.
After the earthquake that was localized just to the heart of Count Auber’s lands for some reason, the citizens had all rushed for safety into the chapel. We scolded Tina for making such a mess of the building. The demons and vampires worked together to clean up the debris, and then they passed out warm cups of tea to the frightened people. They sure all took their jobs seriously. They also took the opportunity to claim that Count Auber and his lady wife had died in the earthquake.
While we were dealing with that, morning had come, so we ignored Mylene’s insistence that we help more (since the vampires had to go to sleep) and went home.
I had been the fastest in the Demon Realm, so I yanked my attendants along by the scruffs of their necks and flew as fast as I could. I just knew I’d be in for a long scolding if I was caught coming home after being out all night without telling anyone!
I just barely managed to make it home before everyone woke up. Yet for some reason, Vio was there to greet us, looking quite imposing with a wonderful smile on her face. My attendants and I were all subjected to a long lecture until it was time for breakfast.
W̄е̃ḃ ńо v̆ èl̀ Е̌n ū m̃ а̀
By the by, people reported seeing an unidentified flying object that cast golden light shooting through the sky that day, and they were all busy discussing whether it was a good omen or a bad one.
“Lady Yulucia.”
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“Yes?”
My attendants knelt before me and Vio in perfect order. No longer did they wear slovenly looks on their faces. They were the image of what a princess’s attendants should be: calm and graceful.
However, many people still remembered all of the unpleasant things that had happened until now, so in order to show the staff that the four had turned over a new leaf, I sent each of them to help out across the castle. By the end of the day, the entire staff was begging me to let them only serve as my attendants instead, since otherwise they wouldn’t have any work to do themselves.
“Just what kind of training did you put those four through?”
Ѐ n ū mä
“Sorry, but that’s a trade secret.”
Maidens always had lots of secrets.
I said they had learned new skills, yet just this change in their consciousness alone had been enough to make them this competent. The staff all had to wonder just how much they had been holding back.
Even though I couldn’t do a thing.
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“I must say, my lady, not only have there been improvements in their behavior and enthusiasm, but they even appear to sparkle when you look at them.”
“I suppose you’re right.”
W е̄ b̈n о v̈.ѐ l̃ Е̊ n ú m а
Though they had actually changed quite a bit.
“Lady Yuluciaaa, look at this.”
“What is it, Fanny?”
Since they were so good at their duties now, my attendants were no longer considered in-training and were allowed to fully wait on me for my daily needs. Ever cheerful and easygoing, Fanny had an unusually despondent look on her face as she held the objects out to me.
“Oh, my.”
“I tried to fix them with my hair.”
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It was the silver comb and rabbit doll that Fantine had destroyed. Fanny had sewed up the doll with her silver hair and even mended the broken teeth of the comb. Both had been completely restored to their former condition.
Fanny hadn’t been the one to destroy them, but she must have felt something like guilt about it because her soul had merged with Fantine’s.
These four truly were different people from whom they had once been. They only looked like my former attendants, but my darling demons had gone and grown up so big.
I took the silver comb and put the rabbit doll in Fanny’s arms. “You can have him, Fanny. You’ll take good care of him, right?”
“Of course I will!” Fanny beamed and gave me a hug.
Noah and Tina smiled somewhat enviously, though Tina was tearing her handkerchief apart with her teeth.
Wе̌ b̄ n̊o vе̂ l̇ Ê ṅu m а
Aww, everyone come here! I’ll give you all head pats!
At the end of the year, I attended a party at the royal castle.
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Even Mylene la Auber, the Silver Princess who was rarely seen, attended on behalf of the lord of the land, and everyone was abuzz about it.
She was so gorgeous, she didn’t seem like she could possibly be only eleven years old, and as she was next in line to inherit the title of countess, the boys all flocked to her. However, she chose to greet me first over the royal family as a way to show everyone that she was friends with the Golden Princess.
Perhaps now the nobles would be less inclined to poke their noses into her family’s affairs, especially since she was Count Auber’s only daughter. This also gave her the opportunity to show her innocence to Lady Elea, since surely if she was friends with me, it meant that she was safe.
“I shall be your friend for the next thousand years or so. You’d better not bore me during that time, Yulucia.”
W̊ёb̂n о̂v̇е́ l̈ Е̇ǹùm_a
“Of course. I look forward to the fun times we shall have as friends, Mylene.”
The two of us whispered to each other and then started laughing like the high-class ladies we were. For some reason, none of the other nobles, not even Shelly or Betty, dared to approach us.
Though the only knowledge from the other world I had to offer was how to restore a person’s hair.
And then it was the new year.
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After all of the festivities of the new year, it was almost time for me to start going to school at the Academy of the Magical Arts. My grandfather the king then proclaimed with a triumphant look, “Yulucia, you’ve been picked to make the welcome speech as the representative for this year’s new students!”
…What? What in the world was Grandfather talking about?
Е̄ nùm а̌
What welcome speech? Was that a thing they did? I glanced at those who looked like they had graduated from the academy and they all slightly shook their heads.
Apparently, it had been a thing back in Grandfather and Grandmother’s time at the academy. Why had they stopped? Because it was a huge headache.
The new students were six years old. That was an awfully difficult thing to ask of them. And there wasn’t a test to decide who got to do it either, so the role just automatically fell to a kid from the family of highest status.
The one who had gotten it abolished was Grandfather himself. He’d thrown such a tantrum about it because it was such a pain. Yet here he was, stupidly forcing his granddaughter to do the very thing he hadn’t wanted to do!
Both Rick and Timoté had looks like they were glad they hadn’t been forced to do it too! Was he one of those overly doting grandfathers or what?!
“I heard that you were a big help after that earthquake in Count Auber’s lands. The people all sent their gratitude, so the headmistress wants to show off the Saint’s holy magic to the students and has even gone ahead with making a round podium in the center of the auditorium for you.”
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“Ugh.”
I felt a bit responsible for what had happened after the earthquake, so I had secretly used holy magic in a corner of the chapel to heal those who were injured. One of the people there happened to be a child who had been kidnapped for the demon-summoning incident, and he’d told everyone who I was.
“Lady Mylene has spoken highly of your efforts as the current steward of the land as well.”
She’d sold me out! She was trying to get back at me!
“Fine.”
I really hated that I had to do this, though.
Е̇ nü_m̃á
It was the day of the Academy of the Magical Arts’ entrance ceremony.
Mother had told me in advance that I wouldn’t be attending the branch school in Toure, but the main campus in the capital, since nearly every child of nobility attended there. It was only nearly every child because there were cloistered maidens like Mylene who chose to attend the branch schools in their own lands or were homeschooled instead. Nobles who didn’t have estates in the capital stayed in the dormitories; however, Mother, everyone from the manor, and I had all moved into our manor in the capital at the start of the year.
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Unfortunately, my older sisters were studying abroad in the Kingdom of Sigoules, which was where my aunt lived. It was almost tragic enough to bring a tear to my eye.
I arrived at the academy in an enormous coach escorted by ten of my guardian knights riding on their steeds. I wouldn’t have been surprised if the commoners had prostrated themselves at our passing.
Shortly after, the ceremony began.
“And now for the representative of this year’s new students, Her Highness Princess Yulucia von Versenia.”
Ӗ n̈ũ m̌a. і̂d
“Thank you.”
I was addressed by my full title even though I was a student.
I did not sound enthusiastic at all as I stood from my seat. I caught sight of my parents, who were both getting excited just from my doing that much. My grandparents were sitting with them in the same box seats. They were both able to attend because my uncle and Lady Elea were handling things back at the castle for them.
Clunk…
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Some mechanism made a noise and a round podium five meters in diameter sprang up in the center of the spacious auditorium. Did they really need to waste all that money just for this? The headmistress and other people were all on the regular stage when they talked!
I climbed up the podium, dressed in my school uniform, which consisted of a dress that reached below the knee. We were supposed to wear these until we were sixth-years, but of course we weren’t allowed to walk about with bare legs; we needed thick tights. I bet it would be hot in the summer.
Е̃ n̆ú m̀ӓ . іd̄
For some reason, not only our guardians but the entire student body was in assembly for this. Shelly and Betty gave small waves at me from their spots where the high-ranking nobles sat. They were dressed the same as I was—they sure looked cute in their uniforms. Maybe I should style myself like them? Also, why was everyone in my grade surrounding me from a distance?
Everyone stared at me as I stood at the center of the platform.
Why, though? Were they expecting me to sing and dance or something?
Was all this really necessary…?
“I…” I began.
There were so many eyes looking at me now. I could feel the genuine yearning of the children.
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I had decided to live as both a human and a demon. Just what did they see when they looked at me?
Can you see me? As the princess of the Holy Kingdom, I will save you all. What do you feel in your heart? Can you tell what I’m feeling?
From the shadows of this world, I shall love your souls as the demon I am. Now offer up your love unto me until it borders on stupidity. Sleep like babies in the womb in a cradle of nightmares.
“I bless the lives of each and every one of you!”
And I shall love you for your misery.
In that moment, my feelings turned into light that spread and illuminated the entire auditorium. It captured numerous light elementals with no wills of their own and thousands of angels of light materialized, only to whirl around as they merged into one enormous archangel to grant everyone in attendance my blessing. There were shrieks and confused cries as the auditorium descended into chaos.
Еnum̊ а.іd̊
Oops!
Because of the reckless, emotional thing I had done in front of so many people, the entrance ceremony was called off on the spot, which was not surprising. The speech given by a representative of the new class was once again abolished.
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Mother and Lady Elea caught me and ordered me to write an apology letter to every single person who had been in attendance. I was then confined to the palace and placed under Vio’s watchful eye.
Someone help me escape this scolding, please!
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