Academy Slave Instructor

105 – Face

Face

Selenas quietly tilts the teapot and pours the tea.

Her graceful hand movements create the illusion that tea is pouring out of her hands.

Warm steam rises from the teacup, and soon the scent follows and tickles the tip of her nose.

The light from outside the window stays in the teacup and sparkles like a jewel.

She is sitting in the same space in the picture, but Philia’s expression is stiff and does not know how to straighten it.

Even her fragrant tea and a soft sofa do not give her her comfort.

“It’s a mixture of chamomile and letcha. It’s a favorite drink in the Kingdom of Saxony.”

Selenas puts the teacup in front of Philia with a smile.

She expresses her gratitude and takes a sip, but Philia cannot properly taste her taste due to her discomfort.

The Academy sided with her.

She grew up in a political family, so Philia knows what that means.

My father, who is intolerant of his bigotry, will now bet on everything in the academy, and the 2nd Prince faction will secretly put pressure on him.

Even if the donations they make right now decrease, the academy will have to adjust the budget for next year.

Philia couldn’t lift her head, sorry for the academy that was harming her because of her.

“As you may have already heard, I refused Count Serios’ request. Miss Filia can continue attending the academy.”

“Thank you, but…”

Philia, about to get her words out, stops when Selenas raises her hand.

“We just followed the rules.”

There’s no way the Infante would have agreed and left just because she followed the school rules.

The apologetic Philia continues to wet her lips with tea as her throat burns.

“The problem is the tuition.”

Selenas said while furrowing her eyebrows.

“As Count Serios left, we collected all of Miss Philia’s remaining school fees. The tuition itself belonged to the Count, so we couldn’t stop it either.”

Academy tuition is different for each student.

Precisely, it depends on the wealth and income of their families.

In the case of Zeroa, their income is low, so they pay fairly cheap tuition, and large families like Seset and Philia pay additional tuition in the name of donations.

After saying that she had followed her rules, Selena put down her teacup and looked at Philia, who was still listening to her.

“I know the situation, so I want to lower the tuition, but according to school rules, Ms. Philia still belongs to the Serios family, so I have to take her according to her status. I’m sorry.”

“No, you’ve taken good care of the situation until now.”

If you dig into the weaknesses of the school rules that Selenas emphasizes, there are many ways to cut them, but Philia didn’t bother to mention them.

Even in a difficult situation, her sincere personality does not allow for cleverly giving benefits to one person.

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Besides, she has already caused a lot of trouble for her, but she doesn’t hesitate to ask for that.

Seeing Philia nodding her head with her unwavering eyes, Selenas smiles at her.

“Yes, so 6th Princess Emilia decided to subsidize Miss Philia’s school expenses.”

“The 6th Princess?”

Filia asked back as if it was unexpected.

It is safe to say that the relationship between Emilia and Philia was zero. I’ve had a little time with Rai at her villa, but that’s it.

As she was a member of the 2nd Prince Pine Serios family, Philia couldn’t get close to Emilia and kept her distance even within her academy.

“Princess 6 was heartbroken over this incident. Originally, she hid her name and donated to her scholarship fund, but it should be revealed so Miss Philia will feel more comfortable.”

Speaking softly, Selena raises her teacup.

Philia, watching her leisurely drink her tea, lowers her head.

“Thank you for the offer, but I will pay for the tuition.”

Selena, as if not expecting her rejection, stared at her philia, forgetting to put her glass down.

Toward Selena, who seems to have stopped, Philia speaks softly.

“I’m sorry for causing trouble to the academy. If the 6th princess helped me, then the 2nd prince might look at me badly.

“However, the tuition is not the amount to pay alone.”

Whether she was a warning or she was genuinely worried, Philia didn’t break her opinion.

“Yes, so I have to deal with it. If the fact that you received such a large amount of support is known, it will cause trouble to the 6th princess and her academy.”

At Philia’s resolute words, Selenas finally put down her glass.

If you say it this far, she won’t be able to invite you anymore.

“I see… I get it. I’ll explain it well to Emilia 6th Princess.”

“Yes, I would appreciate it if you told me that you would only accept my heart. Thank you to the 6th princess and the head of the academy for taking care of this insignificant body.”

After rejecting her application, Philia exchanges a few words with Selena and leaves the academy manager’s room.

She remains alone and Selena smiles as she looks at the empty seat and the glass Philia drank from.

“You interfered.”

Selena says as if someone is sitting in her empty seat.

There’s nothing there, but in her eyes, it looks like Rai is eating cookies and laughing.

“Anyway, there’s something about surprising people.”

Feeling unfair about missing her chance, Selena grunts and gets up from her seat.

I don’t know why he cares about Philia, but she still has another chance.

* * *

“Philipillipilly~!!”

As soon as you leave the building where the dean’s office is located, Sesset runs and hugs Philia.

Rubbing his face on her chest, Sesset looks up at her.

“What did the principal say?”

“Mmm- He told me not to worry.”

Seeing from Philia’s cool smile that she’s hiding something, Sesset narrows her eyes.

“Filly, you’re being so sad about me lately?”

“Huh? What am I? I’m the same as usual.”

As soon as Sesset heard that, she exaggeratedly touched her forehead and put on a shocked expression.

“Is it the same as usual? You abandoned your best friend of 10 years and chose Laikang? The Phil I knew was a person who chose friendship over love!”

“What love!”

Startled by Seset’s words, Philia screams and reaches out to catch her.

Hoit! She made her noise and tried to get out of there with great vigour, but her pure sorcerer’s poor movements are easily caught by Philia’s disciplined hands.

Dangling from her hand, Seset stretched out her short arm and stroked her Philia’s head.

“I’m a little Philly now. Don’t mind me too much.”

“……”

“Because I’m by Philly’s side. I’ll call her grandfather if it’s necessary.”

“No, that’s a bit…”

When Clyde Eliza steps forward, it doesn’t end with a small incident.

He was a loving grandfather to her granddaughter and her granddaughter’s friends, but Philia knew what he was like to others.

“Are you going to continue living at the Raicang’s? We have a lot of rooms.”

“I want to go, but I can’t right now.”

She understands Philia’s mind that she doesn’t want to bother her, but she nods her head and understands, though it’s a pity.

As Philia knows Clyde well, Cesset knows what kind of person the Infante is.

She had to leave it to Rai for now and help her behind her back.

“Money or clothes? Have you got your toothbrush?”

“Mom? Don’t worry.”

Reassuring her worried sesset, Philia laughs.

She has nothing, but there are many people who want to protect her, giving Philia strength.

Seeing the uneasy smile, the 3-3 are also relieved and chatter as usual.

Academy people already know about Philia’s discord.

Since the Infante made a big fuss and left, it was hard for her not to know.

There were people who laughed at her, but most of her tried to help her philia, such as worrying about her or encouraging her.

“That’s why I beat that stupid orc.”

Mentioning Gill Bard, who has her ill feelings towards Philia, Cesset punches her in the air.

She says that she actually didn’t fight hit and run, but rather hit her head.

Philia laughs at Sesset’s humor as she explains the situation in a funny way, and soon breaks up with her.

Pure wizards who did not receive equestrian training had to take a lot of additional lectures.

She complains that she wants to run away, but in the end, she goes to her lecture and gives Philia a last hug.

“If Philly leaves the academy, I will also drop out.”

“Don’t say that.”

“So don’t ever go out. We have to graduate together.”

She forcibly puts her finger on the promise, and leaves to listen to her lecture while laughing hee-hee.

Left alone, Philia stands and waves her hand until she is out of sight, then turns around and starts walking.

I knew about it after it happened, but there were a lot of people who were worried about me.

Not only her friends, but also her seniors and juniors whom she has never seen before came to give her words of encouragement, and her instructors also take care of her when they see her philia.

Realizing that she is loved by so many people, Philia feels more fulfilled than usual.

I just want to thank everyone.

With her faint smile on her face, Philia continues walking until she arrives at her academy’s shopping mall.

Her destination is a cafe in Soltain.

“Hey- did you have a good talk?”

She arrives first and is greeted by her rye who takes her place.

I already ordered a seasonal juice that suits her taste.

She only ordered it once when he was working at Saltine’s shop, but Philia, who is curious about the rye she remembers, sits down.

“I refused as the instructor said.”

She sets her eyes on the juice, but Philia doesn’t think to drink it.

Her expression hardened as if she was thinking differently.

Pilia is still confused about whether she did the right thing by rejecting Selena’s offer.

The way to finance her tuition was simple.

She was borrowing money from Selma.

Before Philia was summoned to her academy manager’s office, Rai told her what was going to happen.

She got an offer exactly as he expected, and Philia, who had heard of it beforehand, declined her offer without embarrassment.

She is not her nuisance to Emilia, but she ends up nuisance to her mentor, Selma.

She was worried that someone like her mother, who taught her a lot, would bother her, but Philia refused Emilia’s support as Rai said, and she decided to borrow her money from Selma. .

“Well done. Disciples are supposed to eat the teacher’s spine.”

Feeling like she was being cursed at, Philia couldn’t answer.

“Even a lizard wouldn’t want his apprentice to be used in politics, so there’s no need to be sorry. He has a lot of money.”

“……Why would anyone want me when I have nothing?”

Filia couldn’t understand.

She grew up in a political family, and she prides herself on knowing quite a bit how politics works.

Politics is fighting for place by exchanging cards with each other while weighing cause and profit.

However, there was no benefit to the hand called himself.

“You don’t know how much you’re worth?”

“Me?”

It brought dishonor to the family, and is in a state that is tantamount to being kicked out. How much should it be worth?

“Now that I’ve heard of it, I heard that the 2nd Prince faction to which your father belongs is very particular about his status?”

“Yes, they want to go back 100 years.”

“What is the most important thing for that kind of person?”

Philia ponders on Rai’s question, then answers.

“Is it by blood?”

“No, it’s face.”

Philia tilts her head as if she doesn’t understand the word face.

“Those who judge status compete with each other to see who is the prettiest. Dukes boast useless achievements and blood and boast that I am the most noble. But there is a flaw in one feather? Then I lose face. I can’t brag myself.”

“I am the flaw.”

Filia, an excellent academy student, understands Rai right away.

Once there is a stain on the family, authority does not arise.

It’s something that can be ignored in the eyes of others, but it’s quite a big deal in an organization that values social status.

“If we bring you to the fore, we can cut the face of the Serios family. It’s a very desirable weapon for a faction that wants to reduce the influence of the Second Prince faction.”

After hearing Rai’s words, Philia frowned at her.

According to his words, it was almost certain that the factions that wanted to take advantage of him would rush at him like a minnow.

Seeing her expression, Rai smiled.

“Now you have to decide between two things. One of them you’ll dislike because of your personality, but let me explain.”

Rai, who raised one of her fingers, continued her words.

“Joint with political forces who want to use you to get revenge on your father.”

“I don’t like it.”

“I guess so.”

As soon as she finishes her words, Rai nods her head at seeing her loathing Philia.

Her second finger goes up.

“Become a commander and accumulate achievements. However, in order not to be taken advantage of, you must become a commander upon graduation.”

“……”

Filia couldn’t answer easily.

There are many people who come to the academy with the goal of becoming commanders, but few actually become commanders.

Besides, it’s the same as graduation.

No matter how elite an academy is, they don’t use fresh graduates with no experience in important positions.

Those who became commanders upon graduation are among the few in the academy’s long history.

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“Why? You think you can’t?”

“Honestly, I don’t think I can, but I’ll try.”

“I’m not going to try, I have to.”

“Yes, I will!”

Filia responds strongly as if in defiance.

You will be protected in the academy, but if you graduate like this, you will be bitten from all sides.

To expect her gentle invitation like her Emilia, Philia has already seen the dirty side of her politics through her father.

If it’s worth it, I’ll definitely contact you, and if it doesn’t work out, I’ll try to take it by force.

I absolutely didn’t want to be taken advantage of by those guys.

Become an absolute commander and leave the academy.