Chapter 24 - Volume 3 (1/2)

School Arc – Chapter 5

Although it wasn’t strange since we were in the same school, I instantly met her face-to-face.

Since lessons on manners were carried out by combining all the school year levels, she and I came to be in the same class. Even in the game, this had been so.

Since there had been no alterations in the previous year, I could recognize the members coming from the second year until the sixth year simply by sight. Continuing after the freshmen, it was Lily who began her self-introduction.

「I’m Lilium Valley. Please – kindly take care of me」(1)

Her gesture of bowing was even clumsier than the first year students’. The fact that she was a commoner was well-known by almost everyone in the entire school.

Her voice, which I’d heard for the first time, fit the impression a little when matched with her charming appearance. Even while her greeting was clumsy, it was easy to follow; I somehow managed to breathe again.

The subject of the first day’s etiquette lessons was determined by the newcomers’ greeting etiquette.

Although already well beyond the years and having a tensely-strained back, the etiquette teacher would speak gently when talking about greetings in regards to manners. Things such as not to carelessly talk when other people are giving their introduction, and, after giving a reminder on the very basic parts concerning things like the introduction’s procedures, it was brought to a close with the most important point – to constantly bear in mind not to allow ourselves to have unpleasant thoughts towards other people.

Even though there are also people who put out students’ every single move as hopeless among the etiquette teachers, this teacher’s lessons were popular with the students for being somewhat gentle. Of course, there might be some significance to those strict coachings, but, for me to also think 『I want to be a woman like that』 meant I was holding this teacher’s methods in high esteem.

「The accumulation of day-to-day effort gives birth to beautiful actions. Observe your upperclassmen’s ways closely and use them as reference, okay? Especially since Miss Dormitory Head is also in this class」

And so, I ended up feeling the pressure when I considered those kind words.

Of course, since I can’t disregard it, while chanting in my mind 『don’t rush it, do it slowly』, I picked up the hem of my dress and with a 「I’ll work hard to meet your expectations」, I gave my thanks.

What happened after what was, so to speak, a『mock introduction』 and 『mock greeting』 .

I believe another purpose for this was to ease the new students’ nervousness, and it seemed to be successful with that. Every girl seemed to be having fun – with this slightly embarrassing game of pretend, they were enjoying themselves.

The girls don’t know. Although this teacher was a person who never loses that Buddha-like smile, this person’s own expectations for us just continues to become higher and higher. I will never forget about being made to do pseudo-weight training everyday for『the sake of beautiful actions』. Ah, no, I respect this person. Really.

It wasn’t limited to this person, but, for the etiquette teacher, she can’t help but think of pumping blood through means that were fundamentally athletic-oriented.

With the likes of what was called my pensiveness concluding at an appropriate point, I tried to participate in the lessons as well.

It was a little around that time.

At a short distance away from where I and the teacher were, several people raised their voices in laughter.

In this lesson, we were to greet our fellow companions as we were setting up the common desks with a 「Nice to meet you」.

That was certainly a spectacle that would invite laughter. In fact, I did hear some who couldn’t hold back their giggles.