Chapter 28: About the incident of meeting a very unique instructor at the beginning of the school ye
"Can I ask a question?"
"Please, what is it?"
Ellaje answered timidly, looking a little nervous.
"You have been looking at me since a while ago. Is there anything wrong?"
Alfred asked straight to the point.
"Well, I am a little concerned about what book you are reading..."
Ailajie'er shook her body at first, then answered in a panicked tone.
"I see... This book is 'The Eternal Time Gap Library', and the author's pen name is Lydia Rael. I wonder if you, Mr. Lespinas, have heard of her."
"Lydia...eh? Is it the "Eternal Time Gap Library" in the Time Gap Trilogy?"
Elaje, who was originally a little nervous, immediately became excited when the topic that interested her was mentioned.
Her beautiful eyes, like amethyst, sparkled as she leaned close to Alfred and asked.
"Yes, have you seen it too, Mr. Lespinas?"
"Yeah! I like it very much, especially the part where the protagonist Miss Illya in the story is forced to stay in the library in the time gap forever and part with her lover and important sister forever. I really..."
Ella was stunned for a moment, then her cheeks blushed shyly and she apologized to Alfred.
"Ah! No, sorry, I'm too excited."
"It doesn't matter. I'm also happy to find a common topic with you."
"Is that so? No, but I am a little surprised. I didn't expect that the book that Elect would read would be The Eternal Time Gap Library. I heard that boys seem to prefer adventure novels."
"I don't have any particular preference when reading books. I will read any book that is interesting."
Alfred replied with a shrug.
"I see... You seem to be different from what I heard. That's great."
"Huh? What does this mean?"
Just as Alfred was confused by Ella's words, a boy with dazzling red hair entered the classroom full of energy.
"Ah, I thought I was the first one to arrive, but someone else got here first."
The boy first felt disappointed that he was not the first one to arrive in the classroom.
Then he introduced himself in a very cheerful and enthusiastic tone.
"Although you two may have heard my name during the class division ceremony, I will still introduce myself. My name is Leonard M. Rockefeller."
Leonard said.
"If you don't mind, you can just call me Leonard."
Although Leonard's familiar attitude made Alfred feel a little troubled.
But he doesn't hate the other person.
After Alfred introduced himself cordially, Ellaje followed suit.
"Oh, so you are the heir of the Elect family~ You seem completely different from what I remembered."
Leonard looked at Alfred with interest.
"I always feel like you said something strange, Reynard. What kind of impression do you have of me?"
"Because I rarely saw you at noble banquets before, I thought you would be a gloomy person. And, and..."
"Also, because my family members have not made any achievements in the field of puppeteers, the court nobles have said a lot of bad things about them behind their backs, right? I am not the monster that the rumors say I am, which is really great."
"I always feel so sorry."
"Pfft, I'm not being sarcastic. I'm glad to be in the same class with you, Leonard."
Alfred chuckled and held out his hand to Leonard.
"Me too. As the only two boys in this class, let's get along well!"
"Only two?"
Alfred's confusion made Leonard stunned for a moment, then he chuckled.
"It seems that because of the trouble caused by Senior Holhua, you didn't have the opportunity to have a good chat with others."
"I'm really troubled by this nonsense from my senior. So, the girl who asked for leave, Rosalie B. Mansfield, also got Noren's blessing and was assigned to our class, right?"
Alfred guessed.
"You are clear about this, aren't you?"
"I was just guessing. Her student number happened to be right after mine, so I heard about her asking for leave."
"I see... Ah, whoever you name will be here."
A cute girl with her silver hair tied into a ponytail entered the classroom with elegant manners.
"Hello everyone, my name is Rosalie B. Mansfield, and I am very happy to be in the same class with you and learn and improve together."
Rosalie said in a friendly manner.
(Hmm... I feel a bit like Rose-san... Is this my illusion?)
Rosalie's gentle and steady aura, as well as her unusually beautiful silver hair, made Alfred think of Rose.
The next person to enter the classroom after Rosalie was Stephanie Q. Layton, a princess from the Empire's neighboring kingdom, the Kingdom of Layton.
However, Her Royal Highness the Princess' attitude was very cold.
She simply said hello and sat down in the seat farthest away from the four people.
The next person to come to the classroom after Stephanie was Liliana, the daughter of Duke Christiana.
As soon as she entered the room, she greeted the students in the classroom warmly, except Alfred.
After picking a seat and sitting down, she turned around and glared at Alfred.
(Lily is still the same...)
Alfred smiled wryly and responded to Liliana's gaze.
Finally, it was Adelaide who seemed to be still asleep and had chatted with Alfred yesterday.
After all the students arrived, Leonard suggested that everyone introduce themselves again when everyone was present.
Stephanie looked annoyed by this, but the other students agreed.
After the seven people introduced themselves and waited for a long time, the instructor in charge of the Nolen class still did not show up.
"Hmm...it should be past class time now, right? Why hasn't the instructor arrived yet?"
Leonard, who was sitting in front of Alfred, turned around and asked in confusion.
"I don't know either~ I heard that Illya and Alia have many unique instructors. Maybe our instructor overslept today, so he hasn't come yet."
Alfred shrugged and replied half-jokingly.
His mother, Karolina, also graduated from Illya Alia.
However, unlike other students, she did not choose to graduate after completing the elementary or secondary departments and return to her family to inherit the family business or get married. Instead, she completed the academy's highest-level research department in one go.