The Engagement Was Broken Off and I Became a Munchkin

Episode 13 Entrance Ceremony (2)

As time passed, I came to my senses and it was the day of the entrance ceremony.

My rank was still officially undisclosed, but a few days ago, through a letter from Legion, Yulia and Julis believed that I entered the school with the highest rank.

Just then, Julis asked.

“How did you beat the princess?”

“By skill?”

“Your brother has been a genius since childhood, so it’s only natural!”

“Ool. Well done brother Ouch!”

I slapped a beetle on the forehead of Julis, who was tsuntsong.

Of course, I did it as a joke, so it wouldn’t have hurt that much.

Yulia ironed my cadet uniform and handed it to me.

I changed and checked my reflection in the mirror.

“Hmm.”

A man with black hair stood there.

I trained since I was young, so I can see a well-balanced body.

I was also quite tall, but as I went through metamorphosis, I got bigger, so I’m not envious.

Let’s move on to the cadet uniform.

A white shirt.

A navy blue tie.

Dark navy blue pants.

I’m assuming this is the case, but I feel that the hat is quite contrived.

I wonder if something like a navy hat shows traces of an ‘academy’ when judged from a previous life point of view.

“Awesome! Brother.”

“Hey! Not bad.”

It’s clear that she’s not bad enough for Julis to say that.

I headed to the Legion Entrance Ceremony with my two younger sisters.

It was quite close from the mansion to there, so we arrived quickly.

“Older brother. Have a good speech and come! I’ll leave a cool video.”

Yulia was eager to buy some kind of magic recording device and leave a video,

Julis is charming in her manner and strangely increases her words.

“Let’s eat something delicious after we finish~ Are you going to buy me something?”

“Do what you do, brother.”

“Yes. Oh bread!”

I dropped them on the upper row of the auditorium and headed towards where the cadets were gathered.

The chairs were arranged, and a sparse number of cadets were sitting.

There were still a few minutes before the entrance ceremony started, so while I was sitting and waiting, someone called me from behind.

“Yoo Jin-ah. Nice to meet you! I’ll see you again!!”

When I turned around, I saw a bright smile on my face,

What… Rossi is right.

Since the day of the entrance exam, I haven’t had any communication because I haven’t had any means of contacting you, but it was nice to see you after a long time.

“Yes, it’s been a while. You passed.”

“Yes! Thanks to the points! Don’t be surprised I entered 7th.”

The whispers whispered in my ears.

“You don’t have to whisper.”

“Ah~ To say it out loud, doesn’t it sound like you’re bragging too much? Eugene must be the senior, right?”

What. Yes.

But there is something more important than that.

Just then, Joogi looked at the familiar silver back of his head.

Roshi followed my gaze and murmured.

“Ah… That’s Ruina!”

That’s right, Ruina.

I was actually quite curious what he was thinking after today.

As I sat and chatted with Rossi, the cadets settled down one by one.

The total number of members is 2,000.

It is divided into a combat job group and a non-combat job group.

The two job groups only had their entrance ceremony in the same space, but the examinations and treatment were completely different.

In the case of me and Rossi, you only need to pay attention to the combat class,

There are 300 combatants in the Faculty of Magic.

This is how 300 engineers are.

During the entrance ceremony, there is a procedure in which the senior and second seats go out and read a speech, and I am the chief.

The second seat is, as expected, Elizabeth.

We have one thing in common: we both came from the engineering department.

There was no separate rehearsal.

However, considering Elizabeth’s status, I was notified that they would stand side by side rather than in the order of grades, and they said that there were separate speeches for mine and Elizabeth’s.

But honestly, I don’t know why people read the speech.

I think it is a formal procedure that is not necessary at all.

I think I can just pay the certificate and scholarship award ceremony.

While I was thinking about those things, a pop sound resonated from the stage.

“Ah. Hello everyone?”

Then, the amplified voice hit the ear.

Isabella, the president of Legion with her characteristic long red hair.

“What happened?”

“Huh?”

No.

Today, I’m wearing clothes that cover my upper chest.

Because the last time we met at the castle, or when we occasionally came to the mansion to chat, we always wore revealing clothes.

I wonder if that woman also knows how to cover the time and place.

The entrance ceremony has begun.

Even Isabella, who was quite pleasant when I met her in person, has become your very boring aunt up there.

A formal greeting. It happened after introducing the faculty and staff of the academy.

“Now, next, there will be a speech reading by the freshman representative! The senior cadet who entered Legion… !”

It’s time to read the speech because the procedures have already gone too far.

Even if it was Isabella, it took a lot of time.

Then, under the podium, the newly admitted students began to hum.

“Nothing to look at, Princess Elizabeth.”

“It’s too obvious this time. Rumors say that the princess played a close match against the master?”

“… I can’t believe it, but if she said that the princess did it, it wouldn’t make much sense.”

The male students in the back seat were chatting like that,

Isabella laughed at what was funny and pointed her finger at me.

“Eugene Taranhilt!”

The movement of her fingers has the effect of forcibly drawing attention, so the gaze is really driven into me like an arrow.

The figures turning their heads all at once.

“Ugh… “

In what horror movie do zombies turn around all at once? No, it feels like ghosts are looking back all at once.

Since Rossi, who was sitting next to me, flinched, I don’t think it will be much different.

Drreuk.

That’s it. That buck-.

Hearing the formal clap clap clap, I went up to the podium.

On the way, the buzz of the cadets reached my ears.

“Is he the chief?”

“A face I don’t know?”

“But it’s Taranhilt. It’s a famous swordsman in the west.”

They are curious eyes.

They seem to be wondering which one overtook Elizabeth to be the top.

Actually, I was a bit curious about Ruina’s reaction.

So I peeked…

“Oh.”

I made eye contact with him, but his expression didn’t lie.

It must be quite surprising that someone like me is the chief.

Louis had seen me for quite some time, so I could guess what she was thinking just by looking at her expression.

Looks like he’s thinking something like, “It can’t be that way!”

A group of stages of denying reality.

“Second seat! Elizabeth de Erkionel Charabien… De Florance.”

In the meantime, Isabella called Elizabeth by her very long full name.

She came up to her podium and pretended to know me with her eyes.

I stood in front of Isabella, greeted with a small nod of her head.

By the way, we met by chance after the entrance exam.

When I went to get my cadet uniforms tailored, we got into a fight, and then we met.

At that time, Elizabeth said something quite meaningful.

“Now then, the two of us, the head and the second head, will read the speech as the freshman representatives!”

Erzebet raised her hand at Isabella’s words.

And then, at the scheduled place, he said something unexpected.

“President. I will speak my mind.”

“Huh? Yes, yes. Can you amplify your voice?”

“Yes, please.”

As expected, Isabella had jjambab, so she calmly responded even to unplanned situations.

At that reply, Elizabeth glanced under the podium and began an unexpected speech.

“As of today, this princess will enter the Legion here as a cadet, not as a princess. As a weaver girl in the original empire, she said that she would put aside what she should protect and receive until she graduates. This is what is being said.”

Sure. Elizabeth’s words roughly sound like she’s treating me like that because I’m no longer a princess, but a cadet… I don’t know how many people would treat her as her mediocre cadet just because she said that.

But why are you saying that now?

“For that reason, I don’t think it’s fair for the second-seat to stand side by side with the chief. Isn’t it? President?”

“Huh? What… If Miss Elizabeth wants to do that. Good.”

Thousands of cadets down the podium. And it’s an entrance ceremony watched by their families and other guests… Something like a family atmosphere flows over the podium.

Anyway, Elizabeth made a sudden declaration,

Sure.

Standed behind me.

And right away, I felt like the eyes of the cadets under the podium were shining.

I also know a little about Imperial Law, but there is a class distinction apart from grades.

The emperor is the highest person in the empire.

The princess is such an emperor’s daughter.

For that reason, for the princess to stand behind her mere cadet is to undermine her authority.

It’s a bit of an argument, but if I were an earthling, I wouldn’t have understood it, but there are definitely emotions unique to this place.

In the Joseon Dynasty, why didn’t intellectuals fight over useless things like Yesong and Hwanguk?

That’s why it’s a ‘big deal’ for the princess to stand behind me.

In addition, since it is widely known that Elizabeth’s talent is outstanding and her pride equals her skills, the confusion felt by the students is more, not less.

This must have been the princess’s meaningful words while fitting her school uniform the other day.

I’ve never specifically asked for something like this.

Of course, Isabella just seems to be having fun with this situation.

He smiles and hands me the sloppy-looking microphone.

“Then Cadet Eugene should read the speech as the freshman representative?”

I accidentally took a step forward and covered Elizabeth.

‘Oh my God.’

But the water has already been spilled.

I know that others look at her in surprise, but it doesn’t matter since Elizabeth is okay.

Besides, even the emperor of the empire is somewhat lenient towards the ‘master’… Isn’t there no need to be too afraid of the strict imperial law?

With that in mind, I started reading.

“… All 2,000 students enrolled in the 301st Legion. Eugene Taranhilt, representative of the Faculty of Engineering. I swear.”

Ruina’s distraught face came into view.

I just smiled at her when she felt my gaze.

As she watched her expression, she had a sudden feeling that something interesting was about to happen.