“What? Something like that happened?”

Hilra was very excited.

“What’s the limit of the joke, if uneducated guys are one thing, but well-educated guys are that immature and cheap?”

“But fortunately, I avoided any trouble.”

“It’s very fortunate that someone was passing by. Did you thank them?”

“Yes, I bought them a meal.”

“What’s their name?”

“I don’t know. I asked, but they didn’t want to tell me. So, I’ll call them ‘that person’ if we meet again.”

“‘…That person?”

“They said it doesn’t matter if I call them ‘this person’ or ‘that person.'”

“They seem to have a fourth-dimensional personality.”

“It seemed that way.”

Hilra nodded her head and stealthily glanced around.

“That’s why their eyes look so fierce.”

Riley awkwardly smiled while scanning the surroundings. There were certainly a few who were giving them nasty looks.

“People from Blesstige tend to stick together like that. They seem to dislike us, so why not just report what happened yesterday?”

“Do you think they’d believe me without any evidence?”

“You have a witness. The man who saved you yesterday!”

“Well, he might find it troublesome.”

“Still, you should ask him just in case.”

“I don’t even know where he is.”

“He must be somewhere around here. Look carefully. And report it to the student council.”

I don’t want to make a big deal out of this, but there’s no guarantee that they won’t do the same thing again.

How did I get entangled in this? All I wanted was to live quietly as an academic. Riley let out a long sigh. Seeing this, Hilra became gloomy and consoled her.

“I’m sorry I can’t be of more help. There’s nothing I can do…”

“It’s okay, just listening and being there is enough. I’m more worried about you getting involved because of me.”

“Ugh… This is really immature. I’ve heard of their bad reputation but didn’t know it was this bad.”

“I was surprised, too.”

“It seems like it’s the same everywhere. There were people like that at the academy I attended too.”

Compared to Claire and Eardalin’s family, these people seemed much worse.

Although they had teased me unpleasantly in the past, they never made me feel threatened to the point where I feared for my life. This time, it was a bit scary. If I messed up, I could die.

Maybe because I’ve been kidnapped by bandits and almost died before, it wasn’t as scary as that time. I could relatively maintain my calm.

Of course, I was calm because I was certain that they didn’t intend to kill me, just harass me.

While it’s scary to be in a situation where you’re intended to be killed, being harassed is a familiar situation.

In familiar situations, it’s easier to cope and emotional fluctuations are less likely.

Riley was experienced in being harassed, so while she was a bit surprised, she wasn’t severely shocked.

However, she was worried about the future.

‘Will I continue to be harassed?’

Being harassed isn’t good. Just because I’m used to it doesn’t mean it’s good. Nobody likes being harassed. If they do, they’re perverted. And Riley was not perverted.

“I don’t know if they’re immature because they’re young, or their heads are just filled with crap. Anyway, Riley, just be cautious.”

“Yeah.”

“Don’t follow anyone blindly.”

“I won’t.”

“At least try asking the person who helped you yesterday to be a witness.”

He probably belongs to the magic department since he used magic.

But how easy will it be to find someone here when all I know is their prickly personality and handsome face?

‘…Shall I look for them?’

“Ban, some girl seemed to be looking for you.”

Ban leaned nonchalantly against a tree. He looked uninterested.

“Why would you tell me such a useless thing?”

“Just saying, she’s a freshman. Has your reputation reached even the freshmen now?”

“…Freshman?”

Frowning, Ban got up.

“What does she look like?”
“I don’t know, some pretty young thing has been going around asking about you to anyone she comes across.”

“How do you know she’s looking for me?”

“She said she’s looking for a tall, handsome man with silver long hair who has a bad personality. If it’s not you, who could it be?”

His eyebrows furrowed at the mention of a ‘bad personality,’ he lay back down.

“What did you do for a fledgling to be searching for you?”

“……”

“Did you start dating without telling me?”

“Nonsense.”

“Well, it’s too absurd to even consider. Why don’t you put that handsome face to use instead of wasting your youth?”

“Go away, don’t bother me.”

“Anyway, she seems pretty desperate to meet you. It could be urgent.”

Ban lay back down without a response. The colleague who brought the news vanished somewhere.

Alone now, Ban thought of Riley.

It was obvious who the freshman looking for him was. He had only had contact with one, and that too, twice by chance.

Her foolish face had been annoying. While there were many clueless and naive people among the freshmen, she was particularly bad.