Chapter 26 Freshman Exchange Meeting (3)
Compared to Lucius, Alfred seemed much calmer.
He stood in front of Rose with a stern expression and questioned Lucius in a low voice.
The seniors challenged the juniors to duels, especially the freshmen who had just entered the school.
Even if you win the duel, it will not be considered a glorious thing, and it would be even more shameful if you lose.
But now Lucius seemed to have no reason to consider these things.
"Stop talking nonsense to me! I will defeat you completely and make you, a useless bastard, dare not get close to my senior sister Rose!"
"That's enough, Junior Holhua. Calm down. What on earth are you thinking of challenging a freshman to a duel?"
Cecilia seemed to have lost her patience with Lucius's hysteria and shouted at him.
"Senior Roscoe, are you going to use your authority as the student council president to protect this guy?"
Holhua widened his eyes and pointed the finger at Cecilia.
"Defending? I didn't see Junior Alfred do anything wrong, and it has always been Junior Holhua who has been picking on the problem unilaterally, right? Pick up the gloves for me right now, and then leave the venue and calm yourself down."
"Hmph~ Anyway, you are like that Aeril over there, and you have a crush on this damn brat, right?! A bastard like you who flirts with other girls everywhere is not worthy of staying with Senior Rose!"
Lucius gave a despicable smile and glared at Alfred and Ariel with bloodshot eyes.
After hearing what he said, everyone's eyes fell on Cecilia.
Although Cecilia looked very calm, she didn't say anything immediately.
Because Alfred is now surrounded by girls.
If I rashly refute it, it will sound like an excuse to cover up the truth to others.
Roderick also felt that what Lucius said made a lot of sense.
(That’s what I mean! That last boss, that damned yellow-haired bastard.)
He bit his nails and mentally agreed with Lucius.
"Why, you don't want to refute it, Senior?"
Perhaps he thought he was right, Lucius raised the corner of his mouth as if he was convinced that he had won.
"Why should I refute your unreasonable behavior?"
Cecilia held her forehead with a troubled expression and spoke in a voice that everyone present could hear.
"Although I don't know exactly where you misunderstood, Aeril and I just met with fellow student Alfred for the first time yesterday at Illya Alia. If there is no evidence, I hope you can stop making up rumors that will affect the image of the student council."
"But, but you all..."
“Are you all so close to Junior Alfred? Junior Alfred is Rose’s adopted brother and fiancé, so we should keep a proper distance, but Ariel and I can’t be too cold to him, right?
Or is there anything in our conversation just now that you, Junior Brother Holhua, feel is inappropriate?"
Faced with Cecilia's questioning, Lucius fell into a brief silence.
Unable to refute, he glared at Alfred fiercely.
"Hey, Senior Cecilia, can I say something?"
"Eh? Yeah, sure."
Alfred sighed, picked up the white glove from the ground and threw it at Lucius' face.
"Senior Holhua, I accept your duel."
"This is going to be interesting~"
Brady, who was at some distance from Roderick, whistled and cheered.
Many other students also started to follow his lead, looking as if they were waiting for a good show.
"Ah, now things are getting interesting, right, Zimmerman-san?"
"Ah, yes, that's right."
Roderick answered absentmindedly.
He was confused because the process of the duel was so different from the plot of the game.
(What will happen next? Why do I feel like the villain leader accepted the duel only because he was sure he could win... Is this my illusion?)
Roderick thought uneasily.
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"Oh, Lina, you're back."
Seeing Sabrina enter the room, Alberta immediately greeted her with a friendly smile.
"Yes, Principal Alberta."
In contrast to her relaxed look, Sabrina's expression was a little heavy.
"What's the matter? What happened again?"
"Rosalie B. Mansfield, who arrived at school this afternoon, has also completed the class division ceremony. She received Norn's blessing..."
"So that's how it is... And Lina, don't blame yourself. If it's really as I guessed, it's normal that the result of the Star Roulette is not as expected."
Alberta smiled and consoled him.
Her and Sabrina's original plan was to allow students who possessed ancient species of puppets to obtain Brunhilde's blessing and gather them into Brunhilde's class.
Brunhilde's class always has a large number of people.
If all the students who possess ancient puppets are concentrated in this class, it won't seem too abrupt.
But it was unknown which troublemaker actually interfered with the Star Roulette that Sabrina had tampered with.
As a result, Brady, who possessed the ancient species, was assigned to the Hera class, Curitis was assigned to the Brunhilde class, and the remaining four were all concentrated in the Noren class.
However, in terms of results, it was not too bad for Alberta.
(Let Michelle go to Norenban next, but the son of the fake hero turned out to be Heraban, so I feel like something is going to happen.)
Alberta folded her hands and thought to herself.
However, she did not express her worries out loud to avoid Sabrina from worrying and blaming herself.
"B-but... I understand. Thank you."
"Really, Lina, given our relationship, why are you being so polite to me?"
"I dare not overstep my authority on you. After all, you are... oh, excuse me. Oh, there is one more thing I need to report to you."
Sabrina looked a little dumbfounded, then as if she had thought of something, she immediately returned to her original serious expression and continued reporting.
"Lina, you're still the same as always, messing up in some strange places. What else is going on?"
"At the student exchange meeting tonight, Lucius V. Hall challenged the first-year students to a duel."
"Ah... that arrogant brat..."
Alberta felt a little troubled when she heard Lucius' name.