Youd better hurry it up. If you do, Im willing to overlook this.
I found myself flabbergasted before I could even get mad at that haughty proclamation.
Youre supposed to throw away all thought about the social position when entering this school, but perhaps its ok to be this haughty since weve yet to enter still. Michelle stiffened up at the sudden allegation.
However, it was Letina and not me that reacted to this first.
Same to you, shouldnt you be apologizing without delay?
What was that!
I dont know where youre from, but isnt it regretful you were raised like this?
You mean you dont know me? Fine then, listen well. I am Donovan Stra-Salwa, eldest son of Margrave Salwa of the Stra territory! declared Donovan in a snort.
Hearing his name, the curious onlookers started causing a bit of a ruckus while gathering around us.
The Stra region was a large expanse in the northern part of Raum, you could argue the margrave of the region held status equal to a marquess.
Here in Raum where the rank of duke is filled by the relatives of the royal family, you could say hes from the upper stratum of unrelated nobles.
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Growing up like that, its little wonder he grew too big for his britches.
However, Letina laughed scornfully at Donovans introduction. After all, shes the same.
While the margrave carried similar gravitas to a marquess, its just similar. He fell short of Letina who was the heiress of an actual marquess title.
I was sure she was about to give her own name and rank in return but
Do you not know before whom you stand? This person is Lady Nicole, daughter of Lord Lyell and Lady Maria of the Six Heroes!
Wait a minute? Isnt this the part where you give your own name, Letina!?
Huh? Why would I?
Letina stared blankly at my retort.
Im pretty sure this is normally the scene in stories where one gives their own name to intimidate their opponent, this is strange.
Besides, Lyell and Maria are just commoners now. They have little actual authority here
Wha, What did you say!?
or so I thought.
Rather, since I am the daughter of two great heroes, it seems the effect is twice as strong, not to mention Im actually Reid, so the hero component is three times as strong.
Well whatever. You pushed this young Lady and made her roll on the ground, do you understand the significance of your actions here?
When we first met, didnt you literally drag me around with you?
Its my policy to never look back on the past!
Im amazed she can seriously say things like that. But Ive started to realize that being so open about things like this is one of her charms.
Shes fundamentally a good person, even now shes getting mad for my sake after all.
I wish I knew how to use my authority like that
You say something?
No, Nothing. And Im not too worried about it, if Donovan is willing to drop this whole thing Id like to move on.
Eh, Oh.. Y- Yeah.
Well, margrave or whatever, hes still just a noble from Raum, with no authority beyond the country.
On the other hand, Im the daughter of the heroes who saved the world with authority resounding across the world.
Both Lyell and Maria have enough potential to compete with any army, and they are closely tied to Maxwell, Cortina, and Gadius, each of them a monster in their own right.
If they felt like it, they could overthrow the country. No matter how you look at it, theyre not the kind of people that can be dealt with by a single noble.
Donovan who was used to using his parents authority as a crutch understood that well enough.
As long as his opponents rank is higher, his parents authority is meaningless. If he continues on its likely his family will be crushed.
Pl- Please forgive my rudeness up to now. Are you hurt
Yea, its fine. Im ok, so dont worry about it, I responded flatly when Donovan started his obsequious apology.
It seemed he wasnt as thick-skinned as Letina as expected, well, you could say shes just especially thick-skinned.
However, the rubberneckers werent about to let the spectacle end there.
Hey, that girl Did she just let herself get pushed and forgive that obnoxious noble brat just like that?
How magnanimous. And that beautiful silver hair and heterochromia. Shes bound to have all manner of suitors in the future.
You, no matter how you look at it, shes not someone you can get involved with
No matter how you put it, her parents are hella scary!
Yeah. I have no intention of going out with any guys, not one bit.
I decided it was time to leave and pulled on Michelle and Letinas arms to get out of there before our troubles increased.
However, my grand escape was quickly foiled.
Its impossible for a large disturbance like this to fail to catch the teachers attention.
By which, I mean Cortinas.
Hey now, whats with all this racket you lot.
Ah, Cortina.
Lady Cortina! This is, umm
Eek.
Cortina grabbed me by the nape of my neck, hanging me in mid-air like a kitten.
At Cortinas sudden entrance, Letina started to hem and haw, meanwhile Michelle stiffened back up.
Letina was self-consciously awkward knowing she had bullied the other guy.
Since there was an uproar we couldnt ignore, I came out here to check it out
No, umm, this is
Are you interested in getting a sermon too?
Ah Im sorry
Letina admires the six heroes, so as expected, she cant handle being lectured to by one of them.
No matter how you look at it, a kid cant handle that kind of pressure.
This is, she was just trying to stand up for me, so if you could just look the other way
I see, I see. Nicole, youre too kind. But its a teachers job to set kids straight when they mess up. That includes you.
At Cortinas glare, Donovan stiffened up just like Michelle.
It doesnt look like hes able to talk back to her.
After all, from the publics point of view, shes a devil capable of manipulating the army with one word, producing plenty of casualties, earning her the nickname: The Reaper.
Ill let you off the hook this time with just a warning, do take care from now on though, got it?
Y-Yes
And with that, Cortina started to take her leave. It would seem I stumbled on my first step into academic life.
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