Bolton shouted as loudly as he was embarrassed.

“Hey, you! You’re not growing taller because you’re so sensitive!”

Height? Did he just talk about height to a dwarf? Aaron flared up and put his hands on his waist.

“You just made a discriminatory remark against dwarves, you know that? Bolton Boutke. Guilty!”

Aaron waved the wooden hammer he was holding in the air as if striking a gavel. Then he took out a piece of paper that looked like a menu from his arms.

It was his own fine manual, and the discriminatory remark against dwarves was a whopping 50 rubes.

‘He just arbitrarily decided that himself. There’s no way an idiot would actually pay that….’

There is. The sucker is right there. Rukna sighed in spite of herself as she watched Bolton take out money obediently while grumbling.

He had been spending all the money he earned from the elixir patent on things like this.

“Ruka.”

At that moment, Chad, who was following behind, poked Rukna’s shoulder. As she turned her head, his finger poked her cheek.

“Stop it.”

Rukna mercilessly slapped Chad’s finger away. That finger went down and poked Rukna’s solar plexus.

“Hey, were you perhaps found out?”

“I said stop it.”

Rukna slapped Chad’s hand away once more and hurried to follow the group. But she couldn’t move forward.

Wooden vines sprouting from the ground wrapped around Rukna’s feet like a trap.

“Let go right now, Chad!”

“Did the great President also find out that Ruka is a woman?”

Startled by the word ‘woman’ coming out of Chad’s mouth, Rukna checked the location of the rest of the group.

Only after confirming that they were some distance away did she let out a sigh of relief.

“He didn’t find out.”

Actually, there was no need to even answer like this, but this body was often afraid of Chad like now.

‘I keep getting tense without realizing it.’

Rukna bit down hard on her molars.

In the meantime, Chad’s irritated gaze pierced into the inside of Rukna’s jacket.

“Then what’s this?”

“What?”

“The thing wrapped around inside your shirt. It’s Matian’s shirt, right? That guy was shirtless.”

“……”

“You lent him a shirt but didn’t know you were a woman? Does that make sense?”

“I have nothing to say to you.”

Rukna tore off the vines wrapped around her legs and moved forward.

Chad followed close behind with a curious expression.

“You look really fat with that roughly tied, Ruka. How about my shirt? I can magically tie it tight so it doesn’t show.”

“Get lost.”

“Haha! I told you it’s not easy. It’s fun, indeed.”

And then something flew and covered Rukna’s head. What is this? Rukna took it off to check what it was. It was Chad’s jacket.

Annoying bastard. Rukna threw the jacket towards its owner following behind and walked faster.

If she could only beat that jerk, she would challenge him to a duel right away.

She would personally teach him what it’s like to get beaten to a pulp on a rainy day.

‘But I can’t recklessly provoke him now.’

The moment she touched Chad, it seemed like an unbearable danger would befall.

From the imperial pendant he was secretly hiding to the suspicious behavior he showed during major incidents and the scenes in the prophecy book.

The puzzle pieces that hadn’t been put together yet couldn’t be definitive evidence, but Rukna decided not to take them lightly.

Still, she couldn’t help but get angry.

‘Bisby, is there any way to assassinate someone with holy power? I have someone I really want to kill.’

「Is my lewd master now dreaming of becoming a murderer?」

‘Is there or not, I’m asking.’

「How could there be?」

‘I thought so. Sorry.’

Rukna gave a quick apology to the holy sword and diligently followed behind Bolton and Aaron.

Vowing that she would definitely pay him back for what she suffered when the time came.

“I have no face to show to the young ladies.”

Lady Mella Chamber bowed her head and apologized to Rukna.

She explained that a faculty meeting was held due to this incident and that the imperial family would also come to investigate.

The building Rukna and Matian had moved to was a place where young ladies who had committed crimes or violated school rules in the past were punished.

It was said to be currently closed and under the management of the superintendent, who was the mastermind behind this incident.

‘He was found dead, but he’s the mastermind?’

Rukna thought the Red Eagles must have cut off his tail and ran away.

They put a young lady related to Matian on stage in this incident.

It was probably to tarnish Matian’s honor or deal a blow to his family.

‘It could be an incident they planned from a very long time ago.’

Lady Sara had a history of stalking Matian for a whopping two years. If exaggerated, this plan could have been made two years ago.

‘For black magicians who had been living in hiding for the past 300 years, two years might have been a short time.’

Thinking that way, the obsession of the Red Eagles was palpable, giving her goosebumps.

As Rukna sighed, the complexion of Lady Mella Chamber, who was explaining the details, worsened further.

“That’s right. It’s all just an excuse. What happened at St. Agnes Girls’ School is also my responsibility for not being thorough!”

Lady Mella Chamber clasped her chest tightly and squeezed her eyes shut. She looked like she was about to commit seppuku.

“Ahem, cough, no.”

Rukna, who had difficulty speaking, shook her head while making awkward coughs.

It meant not to misunderstand, but Mella Chamber seemed to have misinterpreted something.

“You can be endlessly cute, but when you’re decisive, you’re so decisive like this. You’re truly aristocratic, young lady!”

“……?”

“Alright. Your rejection was somewhat rude, but I’ll accept it gracefully like a lady.”

Mella raised her chin high and swallowed her sorrow.

Matian, who came to his senses belatedly, appeared in front of his cousin who was wailing, rubbing his throbbing head.

“Stop the nonsense there and talk to me for a bit.”

Matian checked Rukna once and then discussed the incident with Mella Chamber.

‘It seems like a serious conversation, so I should excuse myself.’

Rukna moved her steps near the Pond of Truth where the incident occurred.

Then she overheard the chatter of young ladies passing by.

“Really? Swimming in the pond? Isn’t it scary even after such an incident occurred?”

“That person’s appearance is even scarier. I almost screamed thinking he was a bear!”

No way. Rukna, who thought of someone from the conversation between the two, hastened her steps.

‘I knew it.’

Rukna held her forehead as she saw Bolton comfortably swimming in the Pond of Truth.

He had jumped in without hesitation because he heard that soaking your body here would develop muscles and make your face more handsome.

“Wow, the idiot virus has spread in the pond.”

Chad, who came after hearing the rumor, was busy mocking Bolton without even taking him out of the pond.

Aaron, who was watching the situation, was also drawing a line to the accountant on the girls’ school side, saying, “We can’t cover that on our side.”

His expression was so cold that it gave onlookers the chills.

“What do you mean by that?”

“If you want us to pay for the pond purification cost, I’m saying to leave that guy and use him as labor. He may have water muscles, but he’ll be somewhat useful.”

Aaron emphasized “no budget” once more, then waved his wooden hammer around, saying to Bolton, “Are you not coming out quickly, you bastard?”

“I’m coming, coming.”

Bolton grumbled that there were so many people who would be jealous once he became beautiful, and swam out slowly like a swamp hippo.

After many twists and turns, Rukna’s group, who finished preparing to return, boarded the carriage provided by the girls’ school.

When it was Rukna’s turn to board the carriage, Lady Mella Chamber called out to her and approached.

“Please accept this, Lady Rukna. It’s a final gift.”

Mella Chamber handed over a white handkerchief. Rukna’s initials and a sparrow embroidery were stitched on its corner.

When did she make this? As Rukna stared blankly at the handkerchief she received, Mella Chamber shyly answered.

“I made it while praying for your safety when you went missing, young lady.”

She must have been a very skilled lady to have embroidered all this in such a short time. Especially this sparrow embroidery was so cute.

“The sparrow is rea-”

“At a glance, it will look like the griffin you were riding when you soared into the sky, young lady.”

Ah, so it was a griffin. No wonder the sparrow’s eyes looked unusual.

‘By the way, the handkerchief has an incredibly nice scent that’s hard to smell normally.’

Rukna, who couldn’t take the handkerchief away from her nose while smelling the fragrance, bowed her head in gratitude.

‘Are you unable to take your lips off the handkerchief I just gave you?’

Oh, dear God! Mella hurriedly fanned her flushed cheeks with a fan.

“Are you seducing me again like this after rejecting me?”

“Huh?”

“Toying with my heart, that’s the real rudeness. I don’t need a cute playboy anymore!”

Mella Chamber exited with a sad face.

Rukna, who suddenly became a playboy, looked at Mella’s back figure in bewilderment.

“Wow, you’re popular, Ruka.”

Chad, who got on the carriage, piled the letters he received from the young ladies on his lap and smiled languidly.

His provocative attitude only made her snort.

“Rukna.”

Matian called her name quietly, stealing Rukna’s gaze, and tapped the seat next to him.

“Get on quickly. The carriage is departing.”