Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 215

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After returning from the Demon King Council, we each threw ourselves into our work. Gerth went to care for the Demi-humans, while Seian, now a fourth-year student, was busy preparing his graduation thesis. Eugene suffered from the pain of becoming a Demon, and the mages studied to prepare for midterms.
I too needed to study, so I relocated to the quietest place with the best facilities I knew. Opening the windows to bask in the warm sunlight, I savored madeleines and black tea brought by my attendant, indulging in the feeling of being an Academy student studying at a study cafe.
“How many times must I tell you this isn’t a cafe!”
Bachelor arrived with an afternoon tea set, his irritation evident. The Crown Princess Palace was spacious enough, with plenty of unused rooms, so why was he making such a fuss?
“You’re being petty, Bachelor, when you have so many rooms anyway.”
“You should have plenty of rooms in the mansion His Majesty granted you last time.”
“Ah, that place is a bit inconvenient because I have so many younger siblings there.”
“Normally, wouldn’t you find the Crown Princess’s Palace even more inconvenient?”
“Don’t worry about that. It’s as comfortable as my own home.”
If I were to rate just how comfortable it was, I’d give it five stars!
As I spread my fingers wide to express a perfect rating, Bachelor grabbed my hand and tried to bend it backward.
“Ow! Joint locks hurt! Stop it!”
“You stop it! Who in this world comes to the Imperial Palace to study for exams!”
If you don’t know who, it’s only natural I tell you! I shrugged my shoulders and pointed at myself with my thumb.
“Me!”
“Nonsense!”
Bachelor, thoroughly exasperated, lifted me chair and all and hurled me at the wall. As I flew through the air, I twisted my body mid-flight, pushed off the wall with my feet, and landed gracefully on the floor. Stretching my arms and body wide, I waited for a score when Cecilia, who had been watching me study, offered her comment.
“Impressive footwork.”
“Thank you. I’ll continue to improve.”
“Your Highness! You keep accepting her behavior, and she’ll only get more brazen!”
For some reason, Bachelor raised his voice at Cecilia. It wasn’t just me who was seeing a man act this way for the first time—Cecilia’s eyes widened in surprise as she scolded Bachelor.
“I must admit, I do seem to have grown softer lately.”
“My apologies, Your Highness. I was disrespectful.”
“That’s right, Bachelor. You can’t yell at your superior.”
“You shut up!”
He’d just been scolded and he yelled again. As I teased Bachelor with exaggerated sounds, he tried to hit me again, while Cecilia tilted her head in contemplation.
“Still, it is strange to me that this child’s personality has changed so much.”
To Cecilia, who was confiding that he wasn’t originally like this and only raised his voice whenever I visited, I calmly explained the cause.
“Bachelor was always like this. What changed was you, Cecilia.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
Not understanding, Cecilia tilted her head again. Yes, keep living like that forever.
“Anyway, when are you going to become Emperor? You’re not just playing around every day, are you? How much longer are you going to drag things out with Sera? I need Sunbird for something, so I’d appreciate it if you’d wrap this up soon. Once you’re Emperor, you’ll have to marry anyway—are you interested in younger women? My younger sibling has grown up quite well.”
As I nagged Cecilia like a relative I’d met during the holidays, Bachelor snarled and applied a cobra twist to me. It hurt and I was choking, so I tapped his arm twice, but Bachelor ignored the rules and continued to torment me.
This bastard—I’ve never once seen him follow the rules of this place!
“Are you coveting Sunbird?”
“Yes. He’s been quite useful lately.”
“Hmm.”
Cecilia completely ignored my nagging and, after thinking hard, told me about Sera’s current situation. Apparently, mistakes had become frequent because she appeared alone at official events where she should have been accompanied by Sunbird.
I’ve only lent Sunbird out twice, so why isn’t she bringing him to official gatherings? Isn’t that just strangling herself?
“Why does she go around alone?”
“Well, I suppose she doesn’t want him taken away.”
What? Why does Cecilia understand this when I’ve thought about it for a while and still don’t get it? I activated my Mitchell persona and thought about it from the omniscient obsessive perspective.
“…Ah.”
I understood. Sunbird is in the same state as my grandfather right now.
“So Sera was ultimately just a creature of darkness born from the Imperial Court.”
“Call it heredity.”
“It’s the same thing either way.”
Cecilia, having discovered subtle similarities to herself in Sera, seemed to be in a good mood.
In any case, the Puppet King who had been controlling Sera is now in confinement. This feels like an opportunity I could exploit.
“Where Sunbird is now…, Seian would know. Never mind that.”
“Did you think of something fun?”
“Even though it’s exam period, I’ll carve out time from my busy schedule. I’ll accompany you to any events or meetings where you and Sera participate together.”
“Hmm.”
Sensing what I was getting at, Cecilia lifted only the corners of her mouth in a slight smile.
“So I’ll get to see Sera’s cute side.”
“Right. You’ve never seen my siblings’ aegyo before, so enjoy it to your heart’s content.”
I’ve always given my siblings plenty of opportunities to show their cute sides. At the recent wedding, they even prepared a musical about me getting married.
As I went on and on bragging about my siblings, Cecilia pouted her lips and pretended to be jealous.
“How strange. I was a good older sister to my siblings too.”
The fact that you’re even thinking that way means you’ve already lost. Besides, what are you—the kind of person whose greatest mercy is not killing your siblings? Who would dare show aegyo to someone like that?
I finished the afternoon tea set and saw Cecilia off as she left for her schedule. When I told her I’d take good care of the house, she laughed and said I was a well-trained guard dog before leaving.

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“Legendary!”
“I forfeit!”
During the Combat Magic practical exam, the moment I made a casting gesture, students would cry out their forfeit. Once everyone had surrendered and no opponents remained, I attempted to spar with Reina Letem instead, but the Professor in charge stepped in and talked us both down.
“You’re both getting A+ grades! That’s enough! Stop destroying school property!”
The problem wasn’t that my magic had grown powerful—it was that I had nowhere to safely unleash it. Reina Letem, the Flame King, seemed equally frustrated these days, her expression perpetually sullen.
“Seriously, if we had a proper practical training facility like the Combat Techniques Department, that would be amazing! All we get is the Training Ground!”
I agreed completely. Their facility had damage-absorption devices and even shower rooms attached—I was genuinely envious. When we protested for our own training building, the Professor gazed wistfully at the setting sun, speaking with unexpected sentimentality.
“Long ago, our department had a building just like that.”
Ah, so that’s what this is about. The students had already destroyed it.
“Reina’s mother cast a single spell and it fell apart.”
“Hey! That’s Letem’s fault!”
“Damn that woman, seriously!”
“Ugh, that middle-aged woman is really something!”
Reina brought up her name and we still haven’t recovered the damages. But shouldn’t Letem actually be paying for this? Didn’t Count Letem destroy it?
“The Former Count Letem shifted responsibility to the current Count. Since she was a minor at the time, naturally her parents should have been responsible—so the current Count Letem shifted the blame back to the Former Count Letem.”
“Your mother and grandmother are seriously shameless.”
“No wonder Reina has that personality.”
“Blood doesn’t lie, they say.”
So passing the buck and displaying bat-like characteristics was hereditary. As everyone united in cursing three generations of House Letem, Reina apparently snapped and conjured a massive inferno.
“Evan Mitchell! I’m begging you!”
“Everyone, be careful not to get caught in the shockwave!”
“Hey! Grab my hand!”
“Legendary Absolute Zero!”
The moment a blazing inferno like the sun itself crashed onto the Training Ground, my legendary Absolute Zero engulfed the entire area in ice. As I split Reina’s flames in two with towering glaciers, the fragmented fire scattered everywhere, and I encased each piece in ice to extinguish them.
Where two legendary skills collided, the Training Ground was left with students reduced to tatters by the tempest and salt crystals dried to brittleness.
“Evan Mitchell and Reina, clean up the salt before you leave.”
“Ugh.”
“This is unfair.”
“If you think it’s unfair, become a professor yourself.”
Tch.
I had no choice but to grab a salt rake with Reina and sweep the Training Ground. At least with two strong people working, it finished quickly.
“We could make decent money selling this.”
“I’m busy and need to go. You handle the inspection alone.”
“Whoa, whoa! Where are you going! If you’re going out, take me with you!”
“To attend the Nobility Council and kidnap Sunbird!”
“What? That sounds incredibly fun! Hey, let me come!”
True to her House Letem nature, Reina shirked her responsibilities and ran after me. To attend the Nobility Council, we went to the Neftis Townhouse and hurriedly dressed in formal wear. Reina asked to borrow some spare formal clothes, so my younger brother Rael lent her a shirt.
It was a bit tight in the chest, but once I left the buttons undone, it fit reasonably well. The length seemed perfectly tailored to Reina’s frame, so she was delighted while Rael looked miserable. I’d thought he’d grown quite a bit during my absence, but since he was still roughly the same height as Reina, his despair must have been profound.
“Don’t despair. House Letem women are naturally unnecessarily tall.”
“Yes, Sister! I’ll hold onto hope!”
That’s right. You’re still growing, so there’s no need to lose heart. Besides, if you get discouraged over something so trivial, you’ll spend your entire married life with Cecilia unable to hold your head high.
Looking at Rael’s face and Cecilia’s face, they seemed to match well enough. I decided to probe the marriage topic once more next time, then summoned my ice wings. Reina made such a fuss about wanting to try them on, so I attached wings to her back as well and soared toward the sky with a triumphant cry.
“Hey! Fly straight! I’m spinning in circles right now!”
That was intentional. I spun Reina around and around as I pleased, heading toward the Crown Princess’s Palace. First, I needed to pick up Seian Crowell and escort her.

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