Siod entered Ginevra’s laboratory as usual, startling Ginevra, who looked up in surprise.

“…Oh?”

Before Siod could blurt out nonsense, Ginevra warned him, “Shut up.”

“Is this some event for me?”

“I said shut up.”

Ginevra was currently wearing the academy’s female student uniform. Siod, covering the tail of his mouth that kept going up with one hand, asked, “If not an event, then what is it?”

“I’m going to infiltrate the academy.”

“Why?”

“…I’ll check on how Larisa is doing with my own eyes.”

Although using invisibility magic to go and return would probably go unnoticed, Siod nodded his head anyway. He wanted to keep seeing Ginevra in the school uniform.

“It suits you well.”

Siod’s compliment didn’t matter much; Ginevra applied an illusion magic to her face, and her appearance became blurry.

“Anyway, welcome. Is it appropriate?”

Siod nodded his head. The drawback of illusion magic was that the caster couldn’t confirm it themselves in a mirror. So, someone else’s confirmation was needed to know if it worked correctly.

Siod spoke casually, “While you’re at it, want to briefly visit the School of Magic?”

“Why?”

“It seems like some professors there are up to something suspicious. They seem to want to mimic you, and it’s awkward for me to stop it in my current status. At the same time, it’s difficult to reveal my abilities, you know?”
“Imitating me?”

“You’ll know if you go.”

Many wizards wanted to mimic Ginevra. It was not a big deal to her. She roughly nodded.

Infiltrating the academy as a student, Ginevra wanted to confirm the reputation Larisa had among the students.

She wasn’t the type to care about rumors, but Larisa often worried about Ginevra’s unfavorable rumors.

‘Larisa will definitely care about her own rumors.’

Hearing rumors about Larisa wasn’t difficult. Even without Ginevra prying, students were all talking about Larisa.

“That Larisa from Rodante. She got invited to Princess’s teatime again.”

“Again?”

“Isn’t it too discriminatory?”

Complaints about whether she was the princess or Larisa were rampant.

“No, they even set up regular appointments to meet.”

Just sitting on a garden bench, Ginevra could hear many rumors using the eavesdropping magic she learned from Siod.

“Princess favoring just one person this much is unprecedented. And that, too, a commoner.”

“She’s not just a commoner. She’s Larisa from Rodante.”

“Still, she’s a commoner. Even if she entered as an adopted daughter, it’s a world where it’s difficult to be treated like nobility. What’s the reason she’s still here as a ward, then?”
Ginevra raised an eyebrow. Although Larisa had said she didn’t want to become a noble, Ginevra would have granted her noble status right away if Larisa had wanted. However, people couldn’t know about it.

“Isn’t it obvious? It’s because Rodante judged her as having no utility. So, isn’t that why Larisa, with all her determination, entered the Knight Academy? Probably to receive a knight’s title and cling to high society.”

Slice. Ginevra sharpened her teeth.

‘Hold back. I have to endure.’

Before coming here, even if she was annoyed, Siod had told her to endure a one-sided speech. She said Ginevra taking the lead would be something Larisa wouldn’t want.

‘These little things make a big fuss.’

Ginevra pretended to scatter a flock of doves with the wind.

As the wind carried the flock far away, the pigeons landed on the heads of the girls gossiping behind the wall.

Flap.

“Kyaaaah !”

With an improved mood, this time Ginevra turned towards the direction of the Knight Academy. As she continued walking, she heard the spirited sounds of knight trainees.

Not everyone was training, so there were students chatting here too.

“Is it true? Matching the budget for a year?”

“Really?”

“Wow, that’s crazy.”

Ginevra instinctively stopped.

“Who will be the lucky man to marry Lady Larisa?”
As expected, they were talking about Larisa. Ginevra leaned against the wall so that students couldn’t see her. In the astral space, she took out a book and quietly flipped through the pages.

“Lady Larisa also enrolled in the Knight Academy to find a marriage partner here, right?”

“One hundred percent. Why else would she be close to Alexander? If we consider it in terms of a groom, he’s the best. He comes from a major noble family.”

“If that’s the case, isn’t it too obvious?”

“She’s still young.”

A guy chuckled and said, “Since she’s young, if we treat her nicely, she might fall for it, don’t you think? Shall we try to win her over before graduation?”

“Crazy bastard, you have a fiancée, don’t you?”

“What does it matter? We haven’t had the engagement ceremony yet. If an accident happens, it can’t be helped.”

Unable to bear it, Ginevra closed the book. When the students sensed her presence, their conversation also came to a halt.

As one guy started to stare in her direction, Ginevra walked slowly towards him.

When a female student in a fourth-year uniform approached, the expressions on the faces of the male students seemed to indicate they recognized her.