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97 - By any chance, are you serious (for real)?

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“What’s this, nya? This thing.”

Nyanna asked me.
First of all, I asked the security guard who accompanied me to record the details of how that was discovered and have him collect that very thing.
In a sense, it will become a problem if it was left alone.

Also――I roughly grasped the gist of the incident.

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The number of students in the whole [Sackwill Magic Academy] is small.
I'm using the standards of my previous life though.

Even though wealthy commoners and daughters and sons of nobles are supposed to gather here, the number of students, including those from other countries, does not reach 30 per school year.
Therefore, some people can remember faces and names of all students of all grades.

I'm someone who can roughly remember them.
Amazingly, all the students of the academy gathered here. Furthermore, maybe even all faculty members are also here?
So to speak, all the servants inside the academy, from the cooks to the gardeners, every single one of them is here.

Even if everyone is squeezed into this auditorium used for the ceremony of events, there is still some space.
Well, since they have a dance party (ball) for graduation prom, they have to secure enough space.
Due to the suddenness of the event, the usually quiet nobles are whispering gossip with each other without making any speculation.

When the teachers, including me, lined up at the window, away from the students, the students naturally stopped chatting.
They will probably start explaining the gist of the whole incident.
Is what they thought, I got it from reading their atmosphere.
Precisely because they were nobles who stayed in high society, they were very discerning in these areas.
I want them to use their strengths to their own advantage, not to assert dominance in high society.

Most likely, Ekaterina will take the stage together with the arrival of the other teachers.
That’s how it’s supposed to be――but it was Basili who directly strode onto the stage.
Oi, what happened to Ekaterina?

While I and everyone else had our doubts, Basili openly declared.

“Everyone! On this occasion, the principal... No!! Ekaterina confessed her relationship with Josiah, a human commoner over there!! Ekaterina as well as Josiah are hereby expelled from the academy on suspicion of violating E Kingdom's royal decree. !”

...Ha?

I thought he was going to make a fuss about things like infidelity, engagement annulment, or cheating like in some novel.
Ah―, so it's not like this guy just sprung it up from his own head.
It reduced my stress a little bit.
Still, royal decree? That’s unexpected. Depending on the content, it could be a real hassle.

But...
It goes without saying that everyone other than me, except Basili, had a look of “Ha?” on their faces with different meanings.
Like about the royal decree of E Kingdom.
Or the relationship between me and Ekaterina.
That's nonsense. I guess it’s not for E Kingdom people on Basili's side.

Even if, for argument’s sake, that it’s really a violation of royal decree, the current problem is the commotion about [Phantom Thief R] and the loss of confidential documents.
They all have that look on their faces.
Instead, we've been presented with a nonsensical problem, smashing everyone's faint hopes that the case had been solved. Causing us to hold a kind of dissatisfaction.

On the other hand, this serves as a bad example for the whole student body to learn from, that acts of engagement annulment during graduation ceremony is what these kind of out-of-place people make a fuss about.

While everyone was troubled as to how to react, Zekkiro unusually retorted.

“Ba, Basili-dono? We don't know the details of the royal decree of E Kingdom...”

“Hmph. In E Kingdom, there is a royal decree regarding a woman's duty of procreation. Due to her transfer to I Confederacy, she has a duty of giving birth to children with a fellow elf in E Kingdom. Yes, we won’t accept a half between a human and an elf. Even if this is a failed attempt, it could be a violation of the royal decree.”

Isn’t the more he opens his mouth, the more he’s digging his own grave? This guy...
No, Basili's statement may be correct, but even so, can't he express it in a more, roundabout way, maybe?

Even if it is a royal decree, that’s a set of three: a woman's duty, the responsibility to bear children, and the compulsion to have a partner with whom they have children.
As long as there are arranged marriages in noble’s society, one shouldn’t just carelessly open their mouth, but why does he take an attitude of despising women?
The female students are trying to keep up appearances by hiding their expressions peculiar to nobles, but their gaze exposes their disgust.

Riccarda, after hearing that it is related to the law, can’t keep quiet and opens her mouth.

“May I? Could Basili-sensei please release the full text of the royal decree that you mentioned? I think we need to compare it with the laws of E Kingdom, and make a decision based on――”

“Shut up! Women shouldn’t butt in!!”

Oi...
I wish you’d stop from doing anything to add oil to the fire.
Even when the atmosphere of this place becomes dangerous, Ekaterina doesn’t seem like she’s going to appear. Could it be, was she dragged away to E Kingdom first?
No, in that case I wouldn't be in a position to attend either.

Since there’s no choice, I interrupted.

“Excuse me, but could you get to the main point?”

“What! Are you trying to get away with the crime by diverting the topic?! Are you not going to even make excuses?!”

I deliberately let out a big sigh and say.

“Everyone wants to know if the issue of the loss of confidential documents has been resolved, and if there has been an invasion by Phantom Thief R. We shouldn't be talking about me without addressing the concerns of the students. If we are accused of violating the royal decree, it would be unproductive to argue about it here. That is exactly what E Kingdom's trial is for.”

That’s all I can really say.
Whether it's an engagement annulment or a violation of the royal decree, it's pointless to play a condemnation drama so that I can't talk my way out in public, so it's a waste of time.
And yet, Basili responded like this:

“You must be the one who helped Phantom Thief R with that. We all know about your relationship with him.”

Oi, you’re bulldozing things there.
Since I have no choice, I decided to bring up that evidence I had collected.

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