Under the student council president election (5)
As the student council president election approaches, the academic atmosphere becomes increasingly tense.
It seemed like there was already some outline among the students as to which candidates would emerge. Among them, interest in Princess Fenia was sky-high, so much so that even students who had no interest in anything other than academics were waiting for Princess Fenia to declare her candidacy.
“As of this morning, Lortel Kecheln announced that he will run for election as student council president.”
Princess Fenia could not help but be quite embarrassed by the information brought by her guard knight, Claire.
“Elte Chamber of Commerce… Lortel Kecheln… ? “You mean yourself?”
“yes.”
Princess Fenia tilted her head and expressed her curiosity.
Lortel Kecheln is the person in power in the back world who operates behind the scenes, and is not the type of person who tries to occupy a position that is revealed to the forefront.
In addition, Lortel is working at Elte Trading Company. There is no way he could hold the position of student council president with a heavy workload. If he really ascended to the position of student council president, it was safe to say that he would not see much of the business of the upper chamber.
I didn’t think Lortel would make that choice due to his personality.
However, it could not be said that Claire’s information was wrong. This is because he always carefully selects and brings only double and triple verified information.
“It’s not unusual… What is certain is that if she, who already holds a tight grip on her area of \u200b\u200blife, takes over the position of student president… In this Sylvania, she will be able to reign like a king. That’s as good as it gets… “I want to stop it.”
“If it’s the princess… ”
“but… “I have no intention of becoming student council president.”
Princess Fenia cut out Claire’s mantra exactly.
He put down the teacup on the luxurious table in the private room of the royal residence… She thought for a moment, and then Fenia came to her conclusion.
“I have to go see Miss Tanya in the guest room.”
*
“It’s a situation where we can’t just hide forever. “Miss Tanya.”
Even on the first floor of the royal residence, you have to go deep into the hallway and turn several times to get to the guest room.
It was a remote space where no one except those cleaning it could enter.
Due to the geographical characteristics of Aken Island, which is located on the outskirts of the empire, it is rare for guests of such high rank to stay there to stay. Therefore, the guest rooms were only built according to architectural conventions and did not fulfill their role.
Still, it served as a home for Tanya, who had run away, so now that I think about it, it wasn’t a complete waste.
When Princess Fenia entered the room, Tanya was just sitting quietly at the table and shaking.
“Princess Fenia… ”
“It may not be known how special a relationship Ed Rothtaylor had with Lortel Kecheln during his lifetime, but… Anyway, the merchant seemed determined to secure Miss Tanya.”
Princess Fenia clearly remembered Lortel always defending Ed Rothtaylor.
Although we do not know what the relationship is between the two, we can at least infer that Ed is a very meaningful person to Lortel.
“Anyway, no matter what Miss Tanya plans to do, she must first be cleared of the charge of murdering Ed Rothtaylor.”
“but… I think if there was this much circumstantial evidence, they would think I was the culprit. Very… “It’s not a good situation.”
“… “Then, I guess I have no choice but to ask Miss Tanya’s opinion.”
Princess Fenia came and sat down at the table across from Tanya, brushing her shiny platinum-blond hair to one side.
When I look at the girl who resembles Ed Ross-Taylor with her fiery blond hair and facial features, I am reminded of the man who died inexplicably before she could fix her mistakes.
Although he is no longer in the world, he was able to promise himself that he could not repeat the same mistake.
“If Miss Tanya didn’t instigate Ed Rosstaylor’s murder, then who did it?”
That question is also related to the question that Princess Fenia has had for such a long time.
A deep, deep darkness where the true identity of the Ross Taylor family is unknown. If only I could find that piece and pull it out… Helping Tanya would not be completely meaningless.
“that… ”
Tanya looked down and hesitated.
Kadek and Nox, who were identified as the murderers, are long-time vassals of the Ross Taylor family.
The status of a vassal means not just an individual, but a being who carries the prestige of the family on their back. They were also educated to be careful about their every move in order not to tarnish the family name.
What is the probability that such people will commit a murder completely unrelated to the will of their family?
Even to the extent of coming to this foreign place called Aken Island as a dispatched person and directly stabbing and killing the master they used to serve… There is absolutely no dogmatism.
Things went awry and the crime itself was discovered, but in any case, there must be a dark side that ordered such a murder.
“that… case… . maybe… ”
Tanya knows too. He said that if he hadn’t told him to… There are not many people who could order Kadec and Nox to take such extreme actions.
I was able to think of even the most likely suspects.
that… My father, whom I greatly respect, is Crepin Rosstaylor.
No one but him could order Kadec and Nox to kill Ed Rothtaylor.
“… ”
Just by looking at Tanya’s hesitation, Princess Fenia was able to guess the reason behind it. This is because Princess Fenia was also someone who had doubted the infinitely dark intentions of Crepin Rosstaylor in the first place.
Still, I didn’t question it further there. The fact that his father, whom he had trusted and followed his entire life, did such a thing so casually… This is because it would be difficult for Tanya to accept it right away.
“… The reason Kadec and Nox came to Sylvania… “It was just a justification to assist me, but in reality, it was to kill Brother Ed.”
Suddenly, Tanya seemed to have gathered her thoughts and slowly opened her mouth.
“Miss Tanya… ”
“I just…” “He was nothing more than a puppet.”
Tanya lowered her head and spoke quietly.
Come to think of it, Tanya’s life was always like that.
How many times have you been able to achieve something by making your own decisions?
After I grew up, I gathered my strength under Ed’s tyranny, which I had lost some sense of.
The only thing I’ve done since coming to Sylvania is… All he could do was ride on Ross Taylor’s prestige and walk around with his nose raised as if he had achieved something.
In Tanya’s life, if it weren’t for the support of Ross Taylor, there is nothing she could have achieved entirely on her own. Apart from the fact that she was born as the daughter of a noble family, she was just a girl of her age who had studied a little and a lot.
That fact hit me hard again, and I lowered my head and sniffled.
Still, as befits a poem, I didn’t shed any tears. Soon, she raised her head again and looked at Fenia, and her frightened expression had largely disappeared. It really impressed Fenia that she was trying to hold back her tears and put on a stern expression.
Every person in the Ross Taylor family is so arrogant and greedy that I can’t trust them.
This is Fenia, who fell for such prejudice and sent Ed away. Now that I see Tanya like that… Little by little, the prejudice against Ross Taylor that was inherent in her psychology is breaking down.
“I also… I will run for student council president election. “Princess Fenia.”
“It won’t be easy. “He’s even been charged with murder.”
“That’s right, it won’t be easy, but… “For the sake of the people who helped me when I was in such a predicament, I shouldn’t just be intimidated like this.”
Tanya, holding the hem of her skirt tightly and straightening her back, nodded.
“My father didn’t even care about Ed. The reason why I suddenly made such an extreme choice was probably… “It’s probably because I wrote about my brother in the letter informing me of my current situation.”
“… That means… ”
“yes that’s right. In a way… “I was the one who provided the opportunity for Brother Ed to meet such a terrible end.”
Of course, that cannot be called a sin. Tanya just informed us of her current status as usual.
I couldn’t have predicted that it would lead to Ed’s death.
However, the situation unfolded like this.
“There is something I confirmed when I came to Sylvania. Although my brother is no longer in the world, many things have changed in Sylvania, the land of learning. Until the day my brother passed away, I could not let go of that doubt… “I can admit it now.”
I think back to the time I visited Ed’s camp and was served tea.
In the end, I feel resentful of myself in the past for not being able to trust the character of Ed and for not being able to get rid of his suspicions.
Ed came to Sylvania, the land of learning, devoted himself to his studies, met many people, and finally felt like he was back to normal. It was so sudden that I couldn’t admit it. Because of that, I couldn’t even give a gentle smile to Ed Rosstaylor, who treated Tanya kindly.
If you are the one who caused the death, you have no choice but to carry it with you.
Surviving under that weight and not letting Ed’s death be in vain is the only way to atone for him becoming a dead man.
Will returns to Tanya’s eyes. Even the empty eyes began to shine to some extent.
“I will stand on an equal footing with Senior Lortel and gain power that will not allow him to influence me without permission. At least within Aken Island… “To the point where you can’t threaten me carelessly.”
“Right now, going for the student council president election is… It would be very disadvantageous. “More than anything, I have to undergo an academic investigation on charges of inciting murder.”
“I am still only a ‘suspicion’ and a ‘suspect,’ but my charges have not been confirmed. Strictly speaking, I’m not a criminal yet. If I end this life of seclusion immediately and the investigation goes well, there is no reason why I cannot run for the student council president election. “In the first place, since Kadec and Nox are keeping quiet, it is safe to say that my charges will not be confirmed unless other evidence comes out.”
Of course, according to the regulations, it does not end with just the issue of whether or not one can become a candidate for the student council president election.
Being accused of murder would be an absurd flaw for a candidate in the election campaign. It is highly likely that it would be excessive arrogance to run for the position of student council president with such flaws.
However, Tanya’s expression showed determination.
Princess Fenia smiled softly when she saw Tanya like that.
“Then I…” “Shall we officially support Ms. Tanya?”
There is no way Tanya doesn’t know how much Princess Fenia’s official support means.
At the same time, the fact that Princess Fenia will bear a huge political burden… Make it clear and clear.
When Tanya looked at Fenia with wide eyes, Fenia lowered her gaze as if telling her not to worry.
“I also have a debt that I couldn’t repay to Ed Rosstaylor while I was alive.”
Closed eyes contain many meanings.
I can’t stand by and watch as this entire school is taken over by that cruel merchant.
The fact that Tanya is cornered cannot be left alone.
And, in the end, I felt a sense of debt for not being able to apologize to the dead Ed Rothtaylor… He makes Fenia raise Tanya’s hand.
Who would have imagined it was the union of Fenia Elias Cloel and Tanya Rosstaylor.
* [Ji, can I talk to you right now? ] [ Leave it alone, please. Mug: If it was something you wanted to interfere with, I would have called you a long time ago. ] [ but… You’ve been sitting on the rock for two hours now, not even moving a muscle. It’s high tide soon, so shouldn’t you go into the cave soon? ] [ I think Master Ed is an idiot. When the water comes in, it will move on its own. ]
I heard Lacia and Mugs bickering.
Maybe it was because they had been sitting quietly thinking for a while, but the spirits seemed to be starting to feel strange as well.
Even if it is a spirit, it does not mean that it is always around. High-ranking spirits that wander around in a corporeal form, or are highly self-reliant, even act separately… Spirits that stick around for such a long time are less common than you might think.
Mug and Lacia mostly just hovered around me without going anywhere, so they would whisper when I noticed something strange. Merilda, on the other hand, just spends very little time around her. He wanders around as if the entire island is his, but it doesn’t really matter since he just shows up when it’s important.
“hmm… ”
What I was thinking about as I sat on the rock for a while was the conversation I had with Lortel.
– ‘I’m going to sell my position as student council president.’
– ‘It may not be an easy journey, but the return is as great as the effort put in.’
Act 3, Scene 2, Student Council President Election.
If I remember correctly… This is a stepping stone episode before the battle against ‘Claude, the Alchemist of Disaster’, the mid-boss of Act 3.
This scenario is intended to show the dramatic change in the composition of the characters around the main character, Tailly.
The villain Tanya Rosstaylor maintains her rivalry with Princess Fenia until the end… In the end, they are defeated cruelly.
He appears as a boss, but there is no particular fight scene. This is because the student council president election is nothing more than a competition for power within the university.
The main character, Tailly, was determined to actively support Princess Fenia’s forces. Not surprisingly, Tailley was bullied by Ed Ross Taylor at the beginning of the semester. It is inevitable that Tailly will always be hostile to the members of the Ross Tailor family.
Therefore, the same cannot be said about Tanya Rosstaylor. To begin with, Tanya is also a character who is wasted as an arrogant villainess.
Anyway, Tailley persuades the students to take Fenia’s side. Of course, based on the scenario, there is no way he would do something reckless like persuading the entire school. If you ask your players to do that one by one, they’ll get bored and run out of it.
So what Taily does in the scenario is… It was a matter of meeting the seniors of each grade and persuading them to support Fenia. Systemically, the support of seniors in each grade ultimately served as a variable that determined whether a candidate was elected or not.
If more than 5 out of the 8 people who can be persuaded are persuaded, Fenia will be elected, and Tanya will resist awkwardly and ultimately lose the election in an ugly manner.
During the persuasion process, you will complete various sub-quests required by each character, and the quest conditions required by each student are all different. I still remember that it was a bit of a headache.
“First of all, I understand that support from senior students is important… ”
I muttered to myself and stroked my chin a few more times.
The number of people who can be persuaded is limited to two moderates from each grade.
1st year Magic Department Chief Josef, Alchemy Department Chief Claude.
Clevius, a 2nd year senior in the combat department, and Elvira, a senior in the pension department.
3rd year Combat Department Chief Drake, Pension Department Chief Atalanta.
Dyke, a 4th-year member of the Combat Department, and Tracyanna, a member of the Magic Department.
Securing the support of five of these eight members was a key condition for winning the election.
Wade, the head of the 1st year combat club, is already supporting Princess Fenia, and Dorothy, the head of the 4th year pension club, is already supporting Tanya, so this is out of the question.
In addition, Lucy, the second-year head of the Ministry of Magic, and Yenika, the third-year head of the Magic Department, did not exercise their voting rights in the end. Lucy is annoying. Because Yenica is completely neutral.
“hmm… ”
If things were going well, it should have gone that way, but in reality, once the story got to this point, it was naturally twisted one way or another.
The cracks that appeared little by little from the first act snowballed out of control by the third act. At this point, it is impossible to imagine how the electoral structure will change.
So, it is greedy to hope that everything goes strictly according to the story I know.
However, I hope things go according to the original plan, with Princess Fenia, who will be of great help in the future battle to subdue Crepin, taking power.
Even if I couldn’t fit all the small details, it was comfortable for me to get the big trends right for future events.
but… I couldn’t ignore Lortel’s words.
– ‘I will first make Tanya the student council president. ‘By any means necessary.’
With the rolling waves in the background, he sits on a light brown rock, hugs his knees, and smiles.
It is a colossal statue of Elte Company that is sure to be filled with thousands of wild tigers inside.
When asked why they are trying to make Tanya the student council president, the girl in his memory answers.
– ‘That’s right, I’m your younger brother.’
That answer is just a model answer that Lortel created in his head.
Lortel’s scheme always seems to end here, but there is a deeper part left.
Therefore, I cannot just sit back and watch the situation.
But… It is unclear what course of action to take. First of all, I am now officially ‘dead’.
First of all, I need to quickly end this useless pretense of being dead, so it will be easier to move on in many ways.
*
“Relevant submitted documents have been collected here. “You really ran for the student council president election, Deputy Lortel Hoeju.”
“Oh, thank you. Rienna’s secretary. “You can leave it there.”
Lortel hummed, wondering what felt so good, and gave brief instructions to the cute red-haired secretary.
Since Lortel handles most of the work directly without a secretary, Rienna, a junior employee at the Sylvania branch of the Elte Company, thought it was a big deal when she received the task. Clearly, the workload was too much for Lortel to handle even the work related to the student council elections.
What is strange is that he voted for the student council president election even though he knew this clearly. Are you really planning on throwing a wrench in the Chamber of Commerce if you get elected?
“Assistant manager of Lortel. I… ”
“Let’s not ask useless questions.”
As if he knew what Lienna was curious about, Lortel answered gently without stopping his hands from flipping through the documents.
“anyway… “I have no intention of becoming student council president or anything like that.”
“yes? Then these documents… ”
Suddenly, Lortel’s hand, which had been dancing on the papers, stopped. Ink spreads little by little under a quill that stands still.
“Do you want to ask only the necessary questions?”
Although it was the most kind and beautiful smile in the world, Rienna suddenly got goosebumps and apologized. And she quickly closed the door to her office and left.
Lortel, left alone, hums again and moves his quill.
“anyway… I find out everything… ”
Tanya Rothtaylor is afraid of Lortel. On the surface, Lortel appears to think that Tanya killed Ed.
By maintaining that position and openly hinting at retaliation, Lortel becomes a ‘whip’ that puts pressure on Tanya.
On the other hand, whether it’s Fenia or Tanya… They probably have a strange sense of debt to Ed Rothtaylor, who is officially dead.
The psychological debt of not being able to properly recognize the man’s sincerity, treating him harshly, and ultimately leaving him like that until the day he died… It doesn’t disappear easily. This is especially true when you consider the personalities of the two.
If left as is and fanned, the existence of the man named Ed Rothtaylor will become more and more special in the consciousness of the two, and will develop into something like an untouchable sanctuary.
Then, when Ed Ross-Taylor returns, when the accumulated debt consciousness and compensation mentality finally bloom, the recognition and actions of the man named Ed Ross-Taylor will become a ‘carrot’ that is difficult to reject for them.
In order to do so, if you continue to stimulate your sense of debt to Ed Ross-Taylor, you may end up driving yourself into a situation where everyone is in Ed’s hands when you come to your senses. The more people are pushed into a corner, the more extreme their psychology becomes. The whip for him is Lortel himself.
The art of conquering someone and adjusting it to suit yourself by going back and forth between repulsion and acceptance.
The way he holds both the stick and the carrot in his hands and gradually pushes the next student council president into his grasp is like a puppeteer controlling a puppet.
The years spent coordinating between people in the world of mourning and mourning are half of one’s life. The messy power struggle is now as natural to Lortel as breathing.
*
“You know, Bell.”
“You have 24 days and 3 hours left.”
“… ”
Now it was a bell that answered like an answering machine.
However, the date does not decrease.
Lucy was sitting on the chair in the private room, hugging her knees and clicking the chair at an angle.
-Cudangtang!
Soon I lost my balance and fell down. I collapse helplessly on the floor and look up at the ceiling, but the world is still motionless.
“Kill me… … … … .”
“You can’t do that.”
“Kill me… … … !!!”
I was reflecting on myself and saying that I would never go on a rampage again due to my emotions, but regardless, I still had two-thirds of the punishment I had to pay.
Silence.
“… ”
Only the face of the maid, Belle, who was standing politely, was shining brightly as if she was at peace with the world.
Lucy’s face was so cruel.
