Chapter 25 (1/2)
Chapter 25 – I stole an event again
It’s been a feeeks since the incident where I stole Jared’s event
So better with Maria-chan ever since that incident
After that, Maria-chan would often make sweets for my sake
“Please have some, Claes-sama”
She would always offer the best, most delicious sweets with a s me to the student council room all the time
And so, I would get to have Maria-chan’s handmade sweets and the president’s tea he brewed himself, and I spent every day in such luxury that all the other students would surely curse me in jealousy if only they knew
Not only are Maria-chan’s handmade sweets unbelievably delicious, the president is also unbelievably good at brewing tea for a noble The president’s tea had a very gentle taste to it
By the way, the president seems to be distantly related to Nico, and they’ve apparently known each other since childhood That explains why he was Nico-resistant
And so, I’ really ith the other members of the student council that didn’t start out as my friends, but other than in the student council room, I still don’t have a point of contact with anyone
There’s no avoiding it for the student council president since he’s in a different grade, but Maria’s in the sa better with her outside of the student council room…… Somehow, there’s still some distance between us outside of the student council room
Well, basically, all of us are considered members of the country’s upper echelons, but…… It’s not just Maria-chan, h social status either, so they’re not approaching us……
In the game as well, at first Maria wasn’t so close with the capture targets outside of the student council either As the gas went up, the capture targets will finally be able to get closer to Maria, and she’ll finally spend time with them outside of the student council
However, right now it see to approach Maria Everyone has a normal, friendly relationshi+p with her, but it feels like nobody’s gone crazy in love for her Rather, at this point in time, since I’ve been coht be the one with the highest love rating towards Maria-chan right now
So that’s how it is, nobody’s going all lovey-dovey over Maria-chan……
And right now, outside of the student council room, Maria-chan is stillit upon themselves to bully her like Katarina would have……
I’ about it
While that’s what I thought, I didn’t really have any good ideas on how to do it, so I consulted my wise stepbrother –
He said that things would get better if she just stuck with us more often
After all, we are basically considered to be this country’s upper echelons If she’s with us, no h the other nobles’ ranks are, they won’t be able to ainst us easily, is what my stepbrother said
When I was panicking in the student council rooain, it was Maria-chan who loaned me her easy to understand notes, and politely helped explain the probleh I always say “ some more sweets over!” Maria-chan would always have a s more delicious sweets over
Before I realized it, I’ve becoirl that should have been Katarina’s mortal enemy, the heroine Maria Campbell
That’s why, I can’t turn a blind eye to the situation she’s in
Alright! I’ets anyet closer to Maria-chan, to be able to hang out with her even outside of the student council!
A few days after I steeled my resolve
I had decided that for lunch break today “let’s invite Maria-chan to have lunch withfor Maria-chan
By the way, ether, but I’ve never seen Maria-chan there
If I recall correctly fro was that she would be nervous sincenobles used the cafeteria, so instead she would always make her own lunchbox in her dorms and eat it by herself
Based on such infor for likely spaces where she would be eating – at the edge of the school garden, I found Maria-chan on a tiny bench
However, Maria-chan wasn’t by herself Just like what happened a feeeks ago, so her There was still quite a bit of distance between us, but the wind carried their voices over to me
“Even though you’re just a no-good coot chosen to be on the student council, aren’t you getting too carried away!?”
“Just because you have light et all this special treatment, and it’s really sad that the student council has no way but to put up with you!”
“That’s right! It’s probably that you got favorable treatic is special!”
The girls surrounding Maria-chan were showering her with an unending torrent of verbal abuse
And so, while everyone was busy yelling at Maria-chan, one girl ast the on her hands
That’s fire ic!!
That girl over there was trying to injure Maria-chan with fire ic
And so, I ran as fast as I could to close the gap between irl with the flaer! But, I was too far away to stop her……
If it’s like this……
“Come out! Earth Thud!”
With my shout, a clump of earth about ten centi Maria-chan And so, that girl stepped on the clu onto her butt
Alright!! I made a victory pose innow, the power of my Earth Thud!?
And so, while the other girls were being distracted by the girl that fell on her butt, I rushed to Maria-chan’s side, and stood between her and the other girls And then, I glared at the girls with my villainous face
“Exactly what are you all doing!! In the first place, saying that there was favoritisic, don’t accuse people without evidence! This school is a meritocracy with no place for favoritism!”
If there really had been favoritisotten higher than just average grades
“And what’s ! Her test scores are the result of hard work!”
That’s how it is While in the gaenius, the actual Maria-chan is a really hard worker
She’ll always showain order to teachMaria-chan was every day
Maria-chan’s not a genius, just an exceptionally hard worker
“What’s more, everyone in the student council, as well as ether with Maria-chan just because she has light ic! Because she’s a hard worker, because she tries her best at everything, because we like her, that’s e’re together!”
I glared at the girls with ht a villainess would
“If you guys keep doing things like this – you’ll reach a destruction end!”
Just like the villainess Katarina Claes in the game~
And so, I think it was because of fear caused by ain in an unladylike et away
Sigh, they’re all so gutless Such insignificant creatures, they’re no match for the likes of this villainess, Katarina Claes-sama!
And so, irls off, and when I turned back to look at Maria-chan –
For so a stream of tears!?
“M, Maria-chan!?”
I hurriedly got close to Maria-chan and placedback
Being surrounded and shouted at like that, alic used on her…… She ently After rubbing her back for a while…… Maria-chan suddenly
“……Uh, Claes-sama…… My name……”
Huh, naht about it for a while, and then realized
……Ah, come to think of it, I accidentally called her “Maria-chan” just now, the nickname I’ve always secretly had for her inher “Campbell-san” up until now –
“Uh, uhh, I’ that you’re not used to so suddenly……”