I Became the Academy’s Pink Airhead

“Oh—! Hohohoho! Judging by this cute reaction… It seems the commoners’ minds lack space to engrave this lady’s noble figure! I shall specially forgive you! Hmhm~”

Flowing blonde hair.

Shining red eyes.

Adorably protruding fangs.

A casual dress with a length revealing her calves.

“Ho—hohoho!”

The suddenly appeared vampire girl stood at the center of the grand conference hall, fully displaying her noble figure. She was showing off in a pose like an ancient Greek statue.

‘No, she’ll have to sit down again anyway… Why on earth…?’

Hilde, who needed to proceed with the meeting.

She spoke in a blunt but somewhat tired tone:

“…Sit down, [Yellow Mist].”

“Hooh—! Hohoho! Brunhilde! To give orders to this lady— How truly rude—! As one in a shining position, I understand the mission to lead others. But to deprive commoners of the opportunity to admire the appearance of this lady, the noblest incarnation of night and crystallization of beauty…! You are truly a cruel one!”

“…Astrid. There’s no such person.”

“Hohoho!! That’s right—!! There exists no one in all creation of this universe who dislikes this lady’s beauty—!! Now, admire to your heart’s content, you commoners—!”

“…Astrid. No one wants to look at you. If you don’t sit down, I’ll consider you as not attending the 1st Union Meeting.”

“Hmph…! What a boring one! This lady specially prepared 17 performances unimaginable in commoners’ minds to congratulate your love—!”

“…I’ll just accept your sentiment.”

“Hmph, boring person.”

Hilde rubbed her eyes, pressing them hard.

“Haah—”

Hilde’s truly weary sigh that was hard to hear. But Astrid paid no attention and began walking proudly to her seat.

Cheerful sound of heels.

Click

Click

Matching her steps, the girl’s voluminous blonde hair swayed, and a cheap soap scent spread from it. A sharp mint scent likely found in public facilities or relief supplies…

‘She’s not a real lady, just a daughter from an ordinary household…’

Looking closely, her brightly colored midi dress also had sloppy finishes and slightly discolored parts visible. Judging by quality alone, it would be believable if she said she got it from a used clothing collection box.

Overwhelming appearance and confidence. Those two things completed [Yellow Mist] Astrid as a chuunibyou* stupid noble cosplay girl. (tl/n: a japanese term used to describe a person who manifests delusional behavior, particularly thinking that one has special powers that no other person has.)

“Hehe~”

Astrid twirled her blonde hair with her finger, searching with her red eyes for anyone who would praise her.

“…”

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Awkward…

We were tired of going along with her cosplay for too long. We were subtly avoiding eye contact with those sparkling red eyes.

“…”

Skadi, who was completely unfamiliar with Astrid even among 3rd years, seemed to have grasped her troublesome nature just from her appearance and was looking away.

Skadi muttered in a very small voice:

“Why are all the [Unique Ether] ability users in the academy city…”

Well.

Except for me, an ordinary airhead, I agree they all have quite a personality.

‘Is it because I stirred things up? They seem to bounce around more freely than in the original work…’

Alvit beside me was also silently lowering her head, trying not to make eye contact.

…

‘She’s not a bad kid… but she’s a bit tiring.’

Mosquito… vampire girls tend to be attention-seeking, but Astrid was especially severe.

in the fog-filled northwestern forest. It was the most geographically distant among the nine union schools.

‘Maybe she has a compensation mentality for being in a corner, always causing a scene when she comes out…’

[Yellow Mist] Astrid, the representative from there. Unlike concept freak Bell who knows when to stop appropriately, her role-playing had no end.

Even I, who had some inner closeness as a gamer, found it difficult to continuously go along with her cosplay.

Well… apart from that…

There was nothing particularly strange or bad about Astrid. She was just like a potted plant that grows well on its own if given proper attention.

While everyone was thinking that, a metallic sound echoed in the grand conference hall.

Click—!

When everyone looked there, we could see Hilde taking out a watch from her chest.

A luxurious silver gleam shone from the pocket watch in her hand.

Gulp—

Astrid seemed to think that watch was very ‘lady-like’, as she swallowed and stared intently.

“Wh-What an elegant watch…”

“…”

Of course Hilde noticed that gaze, but ignored it.

“…”

After checking the time, Hilde hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a businesslike voice:

“…Ahem, since time has been delayed. There was an event originally scheduled before the meeting, but we’ll postpone it.”

“Ahaha…☆”

I laughed softly, but inwardly broke out in a cold sweat.

‘That… do we really have to do it? Can’t we just consider the congratulations from earlier as enough?’

Representatives of nine schools. The ten students gathered here began the meeting with shining eyes.

* * *

A time to talk about unusual situations witnessed in the academy city. Brief reports from each school’s representatives continued.

representative, 2nd year Knight Commander Helina.

Helina, wearing gloomy black armor, finished her report with just one sentence in a voice resonating through her helmet:

“…No abnormalities in the dark side of the World Tree’s roots.”

“I see.”

Whoo— Whoosh—

“…”

And she sat down with the sound of her breathing.

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“…”

The four of us who had reached beyond the realm of wuji, including myself, looked at her for a while. But Helina paid no attention to those gazes.

‘Oh ho, keeping a poker face even though we all detected she’s a [Unique Ether] ability user? She’s weaker than us but holds her composure well…’

Finally our turn came.

Hilde looked this way and said:

“Then, it’s ’s turn.”

“Yes, it’s officially my first time meeting you. I’m Alvit, serving as student council president of .”

“Waaah—☆ Applause—☆”

“S-Senior?!”

Clap clap clap

“Um, should we clap now?”

“Hyah!! Three claps start now!!”

Clap clap clap

Then some students swept up in the atmosphere joined in clapping.

Alvit looked at me with dumbfounded eyes. But Hilde looked this way with fond eyes once, then told Alvit to continue her report.

“First of all, our school is a very small-scale school, so there were no troubles or incidents on campus… but we witnessed most of the major incidents. Starting from the very beginning, one of our students was caught up in a large-scale kidnapping incident that occurred from the start of the first semester.”

Alvit’s following presentation proceeded surprisingly diligently.

The things witnessed while chasing after incidents throughout the first semester… and the reasons they tried to help.

Listening to that, eyes like Eir, Freya, Anna, and Astrid showed signs of approval.

‘Well, we can’t talk about the incident of instigating chaos on ’s airship due to circumstances… but thanks to going around helping for free, we’ve suddenly gained the position of a reliable third party ally.’

Actually, Hilde knew about most matters

Through exchanging phone calls with me, but…

She didn’t particularly interrupt and was calmly listening to ’s story.

Alvit finally finished her story.

“This concludes my report. …Senior Clara, you don’t need to clap.”

“Ah, I got caught—☆”

Alvit glanced at me, gave a slight bow and sat down. Then Anna, Eir, Freya, and Skadi who had received help or had good impressions spoke as if impressed:

“Oh, so a 1st year is student council president over there? That’s really amazing~”

“Unable to stay still when seeing injustice and going around to help… Hehehe, a sprout with potential.”

“Huhuhu, she’s our proud junior—☆”

“W-Well… W-We ended up receiving help from too… H-Honestly I think they were more helpful than .”

“…Not bad. Having neighbors who can keep morals. Though it’s a flaw that it’s used as Maya’s hideout to skip work.”

Ah…

Maya, they all found out you were skipping work…☆

“L-Last would be of course…”

Among them, the last was the presentation from , which was responsible for the big event of the first semester.

It was such a complicated mess.

Even summarizing as much as possible, there was no end.

Still, traces of trying to organize and summarize for presentation were visible here and there.

It was like watching a PPT using all sorts of magic with purple drawings coming to life.

“Hah, haah…”

Freya finished her long presentation with a tired face.

“Th-That’s… the content regarding this incident… D-Does anyone have questions?”

The one who raised her hand was Eir.

“Um… so what’s the conclusion of the damage? Honestly I couldn’t listen because it was long.”

“G-Golden Street northwest completely destroyed… N-Noble faction leadership annihilated… Research faction stepping up to clean the mess… 30% of ’s public funds evaporated… S-Signed document saying ‘We won’t cause trouble again’…”

“Aha. I see. You, you explain well.”

“A-Anyway, so won’t be able to hold the summer-fall festival this year…”

“Then should we do it instead? The kids said the rampaging festival we did last time got a good response.”

“N-No thanks…”

The Eastern Alliance and ’s rampancy.

After the report summarizing that incident ended, Katrin, attending as acting representative of , was hanging her head with a pale face.

‘Well, they say she didn’t actively follow Andrea’s orders, but… she must be nervous anyway. Having to hear the resentment for the damage caused by her seniors.’

If it were me, I probably wouldn’t have even come out of fear of taking the blame. Just coming here and nominally taking the representative position was quite admirable.

Skadi seemed to have such feelings towards Katrin too, as she quietly advised with her arms crossed:

“…Hmph. I’ll take responsibility now. No one here will harm you, so raise your head. That’s your job here.”

“…Yes.”

As we exchanged information about and the damage situation, we had somehow really become a ‘union’ exchanging information. This was certainly a situation united much faster than in the original work.

‘I’m glad we can have a meeting like this…’

* * *

“…”

There was a white wedding dress in front of me.

Somehow, it was a size that fit me perfectly to the point of being creepy. The atmosphere decorated with pink ribbons and embroidery was like something a bride would wear on a fresh spring day.

And beside it was a dress with restrained design embroidered in silver and blue.

“…”

No way…?

This isn’t that, right…?

Tell me it’s not.

But Hilde embraced my shoulders and whispered sweetly:

“…I couldn’t measure properly, so I referenced some old records a bit. Sorry…”

“…”

“Let’s receive everyone’s blessings…”

Hey…

This is a bit…