I perked up my ears at Leonhardt’s words.

“What did our dad do?”

“Huh? Huh?”

“Just now, in a very low voice, he said something like, ‘I wonder what Lord Matthias did.’ Like this.”

Leonhardt, looking quite awkward, turned his head back.

“W-what did he say?!”

“Uh, um?”

“He said something, didn’t he? What did our dad do?”

“Uh? Uh?”

The children in the academy were making a fuss. Curious, I listened intently. How did those kids know about my story?
As if there were or weren’t, Acid, who was quietly beside us, whispered cautiously.

“It’s nothing.”

“…Huh?”

“There’s nothing for Miss Sienna to worry about.”

Acid smiled innocently and gracefully like a water lily.

‘Something feels different.’

Baffled by the strangely unusual appearance of Acid, I blinked my eyes and stumbled in my speech.

“W-Well……”

“Yes, let’s go inside.”

Examining Acid’s expression calmly, I noticed that it had returned to its usual gentle face.

Probably feeling unfamiliar because I had been preoccupied with Leonhardt, I decided to let it go.

I extended one hand each towards Leonhardt and Acid.

“Now, let’s get in quickly!”

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The three of us entered the academy classroom energetically.

There were three empty seats assigned for us at the back of the classroom.

After putting the bag that the maid sister had packed for me on the desk, I glanced around.

‘The atmosphere is strange.’

Although it seemed like self-study time, and it appeared okay to make noise until the teacher arrived, the way other kids were exchanging glances felt like they were avoiding us.

‘Come to think of it, as soon as we entered the classroom earlier, an eerie silence filled the air.’

I intentionally made a creaking sound with the chair. Kids began to twitch, and some turned their heads sharply towards us. It seemed like they were curious about us to some extent.

“Bantol.”

“Huh?”

“The atmosphere here is… weird.”

‘Leonhardt must have noticed that something is off too!’

I sighed deeply and prepared to respond to his words. Then, Leonhardt exclaimed with a mischievous smile.

“The atmosphere is great, isn’t it? Looks like we can make a lot of friends!”

The somewhat tense classroom atmosphere turned icy again as soon as his words ended.

I sighed internally and shook my head.

‘As expected, Leonhardt is always inside the family, so he doesn’t know much!’

The sound of whispers from everywhere crept into my ears again.

“Hmph!”

“It seems that girl is Sienna Mirmod!”

“The daughter of that evil… right?”

‘Evil… daughter,’ hearing those words, I raised my eyebrows.

Leonhardt pricked up his ears, and Acid rolled its eyes. The two of them seemed to have caught on to what the kids were trying to say.

‘I didn’t hear exactly, but there’s definitely something.’

I focused my gaze on Acid and Leonhardt, ready to eavesdrop on what the kids were saying.

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Three people from the Mirmod family were transferred to the academy with a parachute!

This fact was enough to set the hearts of academy students on fire.

The Hwanglip Children’s Academy was a place where the difficulty level of the entrance exam was quite high.

However, to enter the academy without even taking the entrance exam and in the middle of the term?

Exaggerating a bit, it felt like witnessing an entrance exam scandal.

Moreover, it’s the Mirmod family. As much as the infamous reputation of the Mirmod family, there were many who were sharpening their knives against them. For example, the children of the Friendly Crown Prince Faction.

Little lady Riena from the prominent Friendly Crown Prince Faction opened her mouth.

“Something unbelievable happened!”

“That’s right.”

“How can people enter through corruption in the middle of the term?”

Riena chirped like a baby bird.

While I knew about the prestige of the Mirmod family that even scared away birds, I also had my own trust in Riena.

Taking a glimpse at Leonhardt’s terrifying expression, Riena deliberately raised her voice.

“They can’t intimidate us with whatever happened at the academy anyway!”
In accordance with the decree of the invited emperor, immunity privileges were applied within the academy.

They openly stared at Sienna with stiff necks. Despite being aware that she was being scrutinized, Sienna sat neatly at her desk without any particular reaction.

On the contrary, Leonhardt beside her and Acid, rumored as the healer of the temple, glared back at them.

It was a situation where sweat involuntarily trickled down, but they pretended not to be intimidated, keeping their mouths shut.

“That child mentioned that her increased upper body was not of her own discretion.”

“Well, isn’t that a piece of new information?”

Due to being too self-conscious, the theatrical tone of Yungukjo slipped out. Riena glanced towards Sienna and raised her voice.

“Anyway, it’s a big mistake! It’s unfair for a child who hasn’t proven her achievements to enter our academy!”

“That’s right, it’s unfair!”

Although I’m not sure exactly what “천부당만부당 (unfair without innate talent)” means, the kids unanimously voted against Sienna, Leonhardt, and Acid’s unauthorized admission to the academy.