CH 29

Chapter 29 Let’s Check the Information Properly

「Look, it’s the new student of the first class!」

「You’re right! He’s so handsome and talented, I wonder if he’ll take me as his wife.」

「We’re not good enough to be his wife. But, maybe we can be his mistress….」

Today is the entrance ceremony for Quall Royal Academy.

The students of the first class aren’t forced to participate, but I decided to participate because I was chosen to take an oath as the representative of the new students.

「Haha, you’re so popular, Jink-kun.」

「Give me a break. There are several cute girls, but their eyes are clouded with greed. If I put my hands on them, they will squeeze me dry along with my money, you know?」

I like girls, but… I don’t want a girl who only loves my face, money, and status no matter how beautiful she is.

There aren’t many benefits to marrying a noble daughter, so I’ll remain single for the time being!

If I want to play, I can just do it with a cute slave….

Well, I prefer a simple girl rather than someone who wears showy clothes.

「From what I can see, they are the daughters of lower nobles, so they must be desperate because their future is at stake….」

「If they want money that badly, I think they should go hunt goblins or orcs themselves. Setting aside physical strength, gender doesn’t matter when it comes to magic.」

There is discrimination between men and women even in this world, but adventurers are not discriminated against as long as they are capable, and there are plenty of jobs where women can earn money.

If they want money, they should try to earn it themselves instead of relying on other people’s wallets….

「Well, I also don’t like that kind of girl. (For the time being, I’ll tell father about those girls and have him put them on the NG list.)」

Knowing that the Quall Kingdom is willing to use even the princess if a woman can win over an enchanter, Chris is trying to figure out Jink’s tastes while thinking that it’s probably impossible to attract his attention using a girl who has received education as a noble lady.

「Hmm…. I knew it would become like this….」

「Are you talking about their gazes? It’s been a while since I’ve received such a blatant hateful gaze.」

After I flawlessly took the oath, what welcomed me were love calls from the girls and hateful gazes from the boys.

「The adults understand how important you are, and the decent ones have strong self-control, so even if they are a little jealous, they will try to be friendly with you….」

I understand what Chris is trying to say.

Most of the people who gave me a hateful look were freshmen with the badge of the third class.

「I’m an adventurer who was exiled from a small country after all. Even though I’m a high-rank adventurer and I’m treated like a noble, they couldn’t accept that I’m the only one who’s popular, right?」

Good grief….

A man’s jealousy is unsightly no matter where you are.

Especially, the jealousy from those who have bad results.

Even though their results are somewhat bad, they came from a family that can afford the tuition fees for the third class of Quall Royal Academy, so I think the ones with a good personality can be popular….

「Yeah. Ah! You should be careful of the pig… I mean, the male student who’s coming this way from the hall. His name is Broggy, and he’s a legitimate son of a duke. He’s the kind of guy who used his power to expel a number of lower nobles and commoners when he was in the middle school.」

「Even Quall has that kind of trash, huh?」

This kind of thing happened a lot in Rosalta….

Actually, for some reason, I was blamed for everything, and I received petitions at home from the victims, asking me to stop since they had suffered enough….

But I never thought I would see one in the Quall Kingdom, which looks clean (at least on the surface)….

「People like him can’t graduate from high school, so there aren’t many adult nobles like him, but… Quall Royal Academy is an educational institution that plays the role of screening out the children of the wealthy, so there are people like that here…. His father, the Duke, is a scum but a capable noble. He’s so good at erasing evidence, so when a talented student from a low-rank noble family was crushed, they couldn’t find the decisive evidence that Broggy did it.」

「Hmm….」

Even if Ian and I would be fine, I’m a little worried if Nina and the members of the maid squad were attacked.

They are women, so there are things that can’t be undone….

I think I should strengthen their equipment a little more….

「You must be Jink Nonland! I will put you to work in my house, the household of Duke Randsel. You should feel honored!」

「………」

Oh no.

I was speechless at the pig’s crazy statement.

「Randsel-dono. The royal family should have sent a notice to each family saying, 『Don’t forcefully solicit the S rank adventurer Jink』. What is the meaning of this?」

Ah, right, there was that thing….

Chris, thank you.

But before that… even if the other person is a commoner who has nothing to do with power, it’s not good to force them.

There’s a possibility of being resented and backstabbed when you’re sleeping, so setting aside slaves, you should hire workers by mutual agreement.

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「What are you talking about, Brand? I’m saying that I’m giving him the honor of being able to serve our Duke’s family. There’s nothing wrong with that. In the first place, you’re just the heir of a count’s family, so it’s rude for you to give me opinions!」

Ah, it’s useless.

Words don’t work on this guy… or rather, he doesn’t even understand the meaning of this school and the rules….

…… I guess Count Brand’s family will be in trouble if this goes on.

It can’t be helped….

「I’ll decline that invitation.」

「What!? How dare a commoner like you go against me, the heir of the Duke――BWOEEEEH!」

「Don’t vomit just because you got hit once, you third class pig. You know what? You can’t use your noble’s authority in the school. Also, the teachers and first class students have the authority to punish third class students regardless of their status.」

That’s why the third class is hell… a class where you’re checkmated when you enter it.

When I was shown the school rules and the data on the expulsion rate and reasons for the expulsion of the third class, I really got a chill.

Most of the dropouts were unable to endure the treatment from the teachers and first class students, so they ran away and got expelled.

And in the column about their current situation, there were disturbing words such as 『died of illness while recuperating』 and 『exiled from the family home』….

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And according to Count Brand’s wife, it seems that many of those who dropped out of school were particularly wealthy and tyrannical during their middle school days.

Perhaps, some of the teachers and first class students had relatives or friends who were abused by them in the middle school, so they used the school rules to pay them back double.

There’s the possibility of retaliation from a high-rank noble, but revenge against teachers and first class students (excellent human resources) will be carefully investigated, and the punishment is harsher than the crimes outside the school, so that case rarely happens.

Well, in the case of children who can only get into the third class, they are only a nuisance to the family, so they are half abandoned by their parents… or rather, it seems that some of their parents are actually welcoming it because they are looking for an opportunity to disown them without making a fuss.

「Go around the courtyard 300 times. You’re not allowed to eat or sit down until you have finished. If there’s a second class student who sees him slacking off, please report it to the teacher. Some of the teachers have relatives or friends who became the victims of this guy and his parent, so I’m sure they will discipline him properly.」

If this guy’s father is really capable, then he probably won’t help this pig, so there’s no problem.

Rather, he probably will be grateful….

Now, I have to report to the teachers about his punishment.

Even if I’m a first class student, I don’t think it’s okay to punish others as I please without informing the teachers.

Otherwise, there’s a possibility that the second class students will act violently against the third class students and blame the first class students for it.

The pig is saying something behind me, but I don’t care.

Ah, a second-year senior wearing the badge of the third class violently grabbed the pig by the hair and dragged him outside.

After that, when I went to report, I was greeted with compliments from the teachers because I followed the rules properly when dealing with him even though it was the first day.

They said that as soon as they finish their work, they will go to give additional punishment… I mean, education.

…… Just how much do they hate that pig?