Chapter 30: About the incident of meeting a very unique instructor at the beginning of the school ye
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"Miss Michelle wants you to go to her laboratory, right? Ahahaha, how should I put it? Good luck, Al."
During lunch, Rose heard about Michelle.
When she learned that Michelle had met Alfred alone, she showed an indescribable expression and laughed dryly twice.
Aeril, who was sitting next to her, also smiled wryly with a complicated expression.
"Sister Rose, Senior Aeril, do you know Miss Michellia?"
The reactions of the two made Alfred feel a bad premonition.
"Mrs. Bertha, who was in charge of alchemy science in our grade, once took a leave of absence because she had to go back to her hometown to get married. The tutor who temporarily replaced us at that time was Miss Michelle."
Rose said as she placed her knife and fork on the plate.
"Well, whether as a scholar or a mentor, Ms. Michelle is very good. But as an adult... Anyway, I was taken care of by her during that time."
"What do you mean Rose, you are being taken care of? It's obviously that useless tutor who is being taken care of by you, right?"
Aeril complained with a somewhat dissatisfied expression.
"He said he was Madam Carolina's student and that he should take special care of Rose, but in the end he asked Rose to help with his daily life and clean the room... Even I was often dragged over!"
Aeril said this while fiercely cutting the steak on the plate with a dinner knife.
It seemed that she had accumulated a lot of resentment at that time.
"Is that so?"
Alfred replied in surprise.
"Well, maybe that useless teacher asked you, Al, to come over because he wanted you to do daily chores and clean the room for him like Rose did."
"Shouldn't, right? After all, Al is a boy, even that Miss Michelle..."
"That's hard to say, right? Rose, you better be careful. Maybe Al will be snatched away by that useless teacher. I heard someone say that she... Hey! Senior Cecilia, what are you doing all of a sudden?"
Senior Cecilia, who had been eating quietly and listening to the conversation, raised her fist and gently hit Aeril on the head, interrupting her.
“Ariel, you are a member of the student council, please don’t spread unfounded rumors to me. Especially rumors about the instructor that will have a negative impact.”
"Wow! Senior, you're taking it too seriously~ I was just joking, teasing Rose~"
Aeril held her head in her hands and complained.
"That won't work either~!"
"You've become so close to the two most beautiful girls in the senior grade right after you entered school, Alfred...you're really amazing."
Leonard, who was sitting next to Alfred, whispered with a somewhat envious expression.
"It has nothing to do with how powerful I am, right? The seniors are all Sister Rose's friends, and I met them because of Sister Rose. Isn't this a strange thing?"
Alfred was a little dumbfounded by Leonard's behavior.
"Damn, that doesn't seem to be wrong!
But, it seems that all the girls in our class have sat together with us because of you, and Teacher Michelle seems to be particularly caring towards you, and there is also such a cute puppet girl..."
Leonard looked at the girls a little further away and retorted in dissatisfaction.
In addition to Rose sitting opposite them, Emilia next to them, and the student council duo, there were four other beautiful girls sitting near the two of them eating.
Although the four girls in the Noren class maintained a close yet distant distance.
But from an outsider's perspective, it would be easy to regard them as the same group as Alfred and others.
First came Elajeer, who had no friends. She seemed to feel lonely dining alone, and timidly asked to sit nearby.
Rosalie seemed very interested in Rose and sat next to her after getting Rose's permission.
For some unknown reason, Adelaide got Ella's permission and sat next to her.
As she ate her lunch in silence, she would occasionally steal glances at the others, especially Alfred.
The last one to come over was Liliana.
When she noticed that Alfred was surrounded by girls without realizing it (Reynard silently shed sad tears because he had no sense of existence), she said goodbye to those who had been pestering her without permission and sat next to Rosalie.
After sitting down, she would occasionally raise her head and glare at Alfred fiercely.
(Hmm... In a sense, what Leonard said is true, but it really has nothing to do with me, right?)
Alfred, who had noticed this situation a long time ago, felt wronged.
"Uh... I think you misunderstood, Leonard, I guess."
"What's the misunderstanding? You've been living a rosy life since the beginning of the school year, Alfred, you're such an enviable and hateful deadhead!"
Leonard complained in a voice that no one else could hear.
Sad tears flashed in the corners of his eyes, and Alfred thought it must be his illusion.
"By the way, Reynard, are you some kind of adolescent idiot? Normally speaking, even if you are the third child in the family, you should have at least one engagement partner by now, right?"
Alfred felt that the topic was heading in a direction that was not favorable to him, so he tried to interrupt.
"Someone did propose to me before, but I ran away from home to reject the proposal, so the marriage never came to fruition."
Leonard replied with a smile that seemed to show some pride and nostalgia.
"Because the other person is not my type at all, and it seems that he already has someone he loves. I think it's a good thing for both of us that we couldn't get married."
"I see... You really have been working hard."
Alfred responded without much intonation.
After all, both parties were born in aristocratic societies, and political marriages were very common.
Alfred and Rose's engagement actually began shortly after Alfred was born.
At that time, Rose was not the adopted daughter of the Elect family.
The two families would want to marry their children offspring in order to establish a closer relationship with each other.
A lot of things happened after that.
Young Rose lost her family and the protection of her clan, and was taken in by Duke Elect, who adopted her as his daughter in order to protect her...
(Now that I think about it, Rose and I are actually pretty lucky.)
Alfred looked at Rose.
Rose noticed that he was looking over at her and smiled slightly.