CH 9

Uuu, the Saint faction is live.

Curtis-onii-chan was aiming for it from the beginning.

Wanting to see my magic was an excuse to find out who I was as a person.

So, when he saw my character, he liked what he saw, and now he asks me to create a faction with him.

Ugghh.

I could say no to the faction because it’s annoying, but if I do that, Carol’s life will be in danger anyway, and the method of using a new faction to keep our enemies in check is the standard and the best way to go about it.

Fure Arai-san also said that difficult situations should be dealt with as a group.

Also, I have a feeling that Curtis-onii-chan really wants to protect Carol.

It sounds like they’re old acquaintances.

I guess he wants to protect someone important to him by using this foolish and too-casual saint candidate as his standard bearer.

Curtis-onii-chan is a terrible person.

Well, if it’s to protect Carol, I can’t say no.

But a faction?

I’m in trouble, I’m in trouble

Hello, this is Makoto.

After eating lunch at the upper-class cafeteria, I went to the auditorium again for the entrance orientation.

However, they only teach you the rules of dorm life.

After that, I got a paper for my room allocation and we were dismissed.

Easy-peasy.

“Okay, we’re here, see you guys again tomorrow,” I said.

“See you… tomorrow,” Elmer said.

“Thank you for the meal, Curtis, see you later, Elmer,” Carol said.

“Good day to you both,” Curtis said.

We said farewell to the men in front of the boys’ dormitory.

Carol and I enter the girls’ dormitory.

“Well, we’re also here, so see you tomorrow, good luck, Makoto,” Carol said.

“Mm, see you tomorrow, Carol.”

I’m on a different floor than Carol, so I’ll say goodbye at the stairs.

The 1st floor of the women’s dormitory is a multi-purpose hall and dormitory cafeteria, the 2nd to 4th floors are for lower-class nobles, and the 5th to 7th floors are for upper-class nobles.

It seems that the rooms of the upper-class aristocrats are luxurious, like luxury hotel suites.

They come with a shower, bathroom, mini-kitchen, reception room, and two bedrooms.

Carol’s room is a little special, with a special room that has an alchemy cauldron installed.

If a student has a family lineage of alchemists, a supply of chemicals to the infirmary will be expedited to them, so they will be put in a special room for storing and handling it.

See, students get hurt easily, so if you don’t have potions and other such alchemicals, the PTA will be annoyed with how they’re being cared for.

And, for me, my room is for lower-class aristocrats.

A 4-person room with a writing desk and a chest of drawers.

It’s the standard double room you’d get from a business hotel when you want to be near the international exhibition hall of Comiket.

Room 205, right here.

I open the door and go inside.

“Hello, my name is Makoto Kimball. I’m looking forward to living with you all,” I said.

“””…”””

Yep, I feel bad.

I ignore it.

There is one girl who is writing something at the desk.

The other two are in their beds.

“Margot, the maid of the earl’s daughter Heather Wilkinson-sama,” a lady on the bed replied without even opening the curtains of her bunk.

She is a maid?

The maids of the dukes’ and marquises’ children have their own dormitories, and they live there, but the maids of the earls are forced into the rooms of the lower-class nobles.

By the way, there is no maid for barons and below.

Lower-ranking nobles can’t pay the wages of maids for their children and the corresponding rent for their board.

“Nice to meet you, Margot-san,” I said.

“The woman who lives in the bed below you is the maid of Melissa Andrea-sama, a viscount’s daughter, her name is Karina,” Margot said.

“Hold up, Margot, don’t introduce me without permission, I don’t approve of being with such an eccentric woman, she seems like a failure of a noble lady,” Karina said.

“She appears mad, so please be careful,” Margot said.

“Thank you,” I said. “Nice to meet you too, Karina-san.”

“Humph,” Karina huffs.

However, it’s a room with a rather high proportion of maids.

“Shut up, shut up, shut uuu-uppp!! I’m studying, so be quiet!!” the grey-haired girl on the desk yelled, turning toward us.

“Huh, have you been studying since the day of the entrance ceremony?” I asked.

“That’s right, preparation is essential for efficient learning!! So be quiet!”

Ooh, ooh, she’s the famous background NPC, Megane-chan!

I’m happy to share the same room as her.

“This is Corinna Ceverus-sama, the daughter of a baron, and it seems that she had a low ranking in the entrance exam and can only enter Class B,” Margot-san, poking her head out the curtains of her upper bunk.

Unexpectedly, she’s an onee-san. I peg her in her 20’s.

She’s got a sexy face with dark circles under her eyes like she was crying. I get the feeling she loves gossiping.

“Before dinner, I have to prepare for tomorrow’s lesson, so please be quiet,” Corinna-chan said.

“Yes, you heard her, Bejeweled Reijou-sama-san,” Margot said.

“Don’t call me that Bejeweled nonsense,” I said.

“Pardon me then, Bejeweld Reijou-sama-sama,” Margot said.

“Don’t use my title like that,” I said.

“Ufufu, I’m sorry, Makoto Kimball-sama.”

Sticking her tongue out, Margot gave a wink.

Ah, this bitch, she’s a mischievous maid.

For now, I put my luggage in a chest.

“Where is my desk?” I asked.

“A maid doesn’t need a desk, so you can use whatever you want,” Margot said.

“Thank you, Margot-san.”

For now, let’s use the desk next to Corinna-chan.

Corinna-chan is frantically writing on parchment while looking at her textbook.

She’s giving it her all, huh?

Lower-class nobles are desperate because their future is determined by their grades at the Academy.

Now, can I have some tea?

Is the hot water supply in the corridor?

I grabbed a kettle and went to the end of the corridor, where I found a tap and a magic stove.

Fill it with water and then put it on the stove.

Until the water boils, I spend my time leisurely looking out the window and looking at the hubbub on the second floor now that I’ve moved into the dormitory.

There were students who brought a lot of luggage and were crying going, “What do I do, What do I do~?”, and students who introduced themselves to each other in a friendly manner.

How nice, they’re all cute.

The water was boiling, so I took the kettle and went to room 205.

“Let’s have some tea, everyone,” I asked.

“Oh my, will the young noble lady make tea for the maids?” Karina-san asked.

“Hey, we’re not aristocrats, you know,” Margot-san said. “Come now, Karina, let’s get to work.”

“Hmm, you’re not the kind of young lady I thought you’d be,” Karina-san said.

“There’s no way a former baker’s daughter would be a splendid young lady, but I did bring cookies,” I said.

Karina came out from her bunk looking embarrassed.

I take out the pot, put the tea leaves in, and quickly make the tea.

From the chest, I take out cookies for the number of people and arrange them on a plate.

“Oh, Hiyoko-Do’s cookies, you bought a good deal of them, even though it’s really crowded over there,” Margot-san said.

“I’m the daughter of the family who runs the place,” I said.

“Ah, I see, they’re delicious,” Margot-san replied.

“The tea is delicious, it puts us maids to shame,” Karina-san said.

“Corinna-chan, let’s have some tea. If you don’t eat sugar, your brain won’t work right,” I said.

Corinna-chan turned around with a jerk.

“Is it no good if I don’t take sugar?” she asked.

“Yes, there are times when your brain doesn’t work well before noon, and that’s because your brain doesn’t have enough sugar,” I said.

“Well, then I’ll drink some. Thank you,” Corinna-chan said.

The 4 of us in the same room have a peaceful cup of tea.

Corinna-chan is munching on and eating cookies with little nibbles like a squirrel, and it’s really motivating.

“Speaking of Hiyoko-Do, they discovered one of their daughters had Light magic and was sent to the Temple,” Margot-san said.

“That’ would be me,” I said.

“… You’re going to become a saint, aren’t you?” Margot-san said.

“I’ve become a saint candidate, so, after 3 years of learning manners and courtesy at a baron’s house, and another 3 years of enjoying my youth at this Magic Academy, I heard that they will make me a saint,” I said.

“Heh, so you’re the treasured child of the Temple, huh…?” Karina-san said.

“Stop talking like I’m an investment,” I said.

“I’m just a little relieved you didn’t turn out to be a spoiled noble lady,” Karina-san said.

“What did you think I was?” I asked.

“You know, you’d be stuck up, and you’d say you don’t have words to say to mere maids, you’d go, ohohohoho, and such,” Karina-san replied.

“Humans don’t change that easily,” I said.

“Ahaha, you’re right,” Karina-san said.

After the tea time was over, the maids retreated to their beds.

In the evening, it seems to be an important break time until their ladies call for them.

Corinna-chan clung to her desk again.

She’s a hard worker.

There’s still time until dinner, so maybe I’ll go to Carol’s room.

I keep going up the stairs of the dormitory.

By the way, there’s a magic elevator on the east side of the dormitory, but the gatekeeper won’t let anyone other than high-ranking nobles ride it.

Damn it, overthrow the ruling capitalist class! Waving a red flag in my heart, I went up the stairs.

Carol’s room is at the bottom end of the upper-class aristocrat’s floors, at the west end.

Anne-san, the eyepatch-wearing maid, lifted a chest in her arms and carried it into the room.

Fuoh, there are test tubes, flasks, beakers, and all sorts of alchemical experiment equipment.

“Oh my, Makoto, what happened?” Anne-san asked.

“I came to play because I had some free time, would you like me to help you with something?” I asked.

“Thank you, but, honestly I’m already almost finished, now come in, come in,” Anne-san said before giving me a silent bow.

She didn’t even talk in the game.

Oh, the background of the game is just like that.

She also has an alchemy pot.

It smells like some strange alchemicals.

Wow, it’s Carol’s room.

I sit comfortably on the sofa so as not to get in the way of Carol and Anne-san.

Oh, Anne-san quickly brought me some tea.

Thank you thank you.

I drank tea earlier.

Oh, it’s herbal tea, it smells good.

Oh, I’m calming down.

It feels like home.

Zzz.