How to Survive as the Second Son of a Mage Family - Chapter 151

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How to Survive as the Second Son of a Magic Family (151)

“Newspaper…?”

“Yes.”

Elias answered firmly and then grinned with a mischievous expression.

“Ah~ No! Just open the disciplinary committee for me. I should receive proper punishment too.”

The Professor shook his head slightly. He seemed to think Elias was just talking nonsense.

He got up from his seat and started writing a note.

It seemed to be content he would deliver to another professor.

Meanwhile, the 1st Class Student, getting angry again upon reflection, whispered to Elias.

“…You said you’d tell them. I already know even if you don’t tell me, so why are you butting in? Acting like that and then asking them to open a disciplinary committee?”

“Huh? You know?”

“…”

“How?”

Elias’s mouth began to split into a grin. He threw his head back and let out a shriek.

“Professor! Please investigate this guy too…!”

“Ah! No! That’s not it! It’s nothing.”

The 1st Class Student covered Elias’s mouth with a completely drained expression.

His face looked like he had aged about 10 years since coming here.

“I get it… Stop it…”

“You should have done that from the start~”

Elias whistled leisurely.

Meanwhile, the Professor returned with a tired expression again and asked.

“But Student Elias, why are your clothes in that state?”

“It’s getting warm since it’s mid-January.”

“What are you talking about?! That’s not it, this guy did to me…!”

The 1st Class Student seemed lost, not knowing how to explain this situation.

Watching this, Elias smiled and tilted his head.

“What, Gunter. What did I do?”

The Professor also repeated his words when the Student didn’t continue.

“Did to you?”

“To me…! He said he’d tell me!”

“Tell you what?”

“What else would this Student be doing at the place he visited. He tried to do that to me!”

“…?! Huh…”

The Professor’s face became serious.

Accordingly, I heard the sound of Leo swallowing saliva next to me.

Elias alone asked nonchalantly.

“Tried?”

“Yes! You suddenly stripped and rushed at me, and now you’re going to make excuses?”

“I didn’t strip everything off.”

I want to tell him to put his belt back on before saying that.

Just then, Elias fastened his belt as if nothing had happened.

The Professor calmly clasped both hands and said.

“Student. I really don’t want to say anything to you, but this is a situation where I have no choice but to be suspicious.”

“I can definitely tell you it’s not all true, Professor.”

“Then where did you leave your robe and jacket? Now I see you don’t have a tie either.”

“They’re safely in the classroom.”

“First, at least button up your shirt. You’re not having a casual conversation with a friend right now, and I shouldn’t need to tell you that you must dress properly when having such official discussions, should I?”

“Yes…”

Elias returned to his sullen expression.

Then he roughly pulled his shirt together where the buttons should be.

The 1st Class Student pointed at Elias’s actions as if to say ‘look at this.’

“Professor! Look. He can’t button it because there are no buttons. He suddenly started tearing at perfectly good clothes, and you don’t know how shocked I was!”

“…”

The Professor, who just discovered there were no buttons, began looking at Elias with a pitying expression as if wondering what to do with him.

Elias cleared his throat and stood up from his seat.

“I’ll go change clothes~ I have to go to the disciplinary committee anyway.”

“No!”

The 1st Class Student grabbed Elias.

“What?”

“Besides entering Primrose Pass, there’s one more matter to report. This itself is evidence, so you should go as you are. Professor, I hope you’ll allow this.”

Determination could be felt on the 1st Class Student’s face.

Elias, who was momentarily flustered, snorted.

* * *

I moved to the meeting room where the disciplinary committee was being held along with the Students, since I was at the scene.

The School’s response was very swift.

As a school representing the Empire, the School was very sensitive to anything that would damage its prestige.

Creak―

Leo and a Student Council Student brought Elias into the meeting room.

Elias looked at the Students and Professors inside and shook his head.

“What, in a situation where everyone else is dressed properly from head to toe, I’m the only one who has to be here looking shabby? I’m a bit embarrassed~”

“You know to be embarrassed…? If you knew that, you shouldn’t have started in the first place.”

Leo said with wide eyes. From his slurred pronunciation, you could feel he was speaking through gritted teeth.

Elias naturally avoided Leo’s gaze.

The two continued to bicker with simple gestures until Elias sat in the middle of the spacious council chamber.

As I was mindlessly watching their pointless behavior, the Department Head Professor of the Department of Magic arrived here with several faculty members.

“Has everyone arrived?”

“Yes, everyone is in their seats.”

The Department Head looked around the audience once and frowned upon seeing Elias’s attire.

“Student, why aren’t you wearing your uniform according to school rules?”

“I wanted to dress like a civilized person too, but that 1st Class Friend sitting over there desperately stopped me, so I couldn’t.”

“What do you mean desperately stopped you?!”

Meanwhile, Our Class Professor cast a sound-blocking spell on the Department Head and said something.

The Department Head made an understanding expression, then cast an amplification spell and began to speak.

“We will now begin the first meeting of the Student Disciplinary Committee. At 3 PM today, there was a problem raised that Student Elias Hohenzollern visited an entertainment establishment. First, we will discuss this matter.”

The Department Head turned the paper he had prepared and began reading the phrases typically recited at disciplinary committees.

“This school has the duty to supervise the conduct of Imperial 2nd Education Institute Students both inside and outside school. Since your attitudes are directly connected to the prestige of the Imperial Court and Empire, this school’s principle is to immediately expel without tolerance any Student who has damaged the honor of this school.”

When the word expulsion came up, the 1st Class Student smiled confidently. Of course, even while smiling, his face was tired, with the aftereffects of being completely drained because of Elias still remaining.

‘Well, anyway, he must be confident.’

Antagonist was thinking that Elias had just gone to have fun at Primrose Pass, without properly understanding the true meaning of the letter.

Since there was even a photo, though fake, it was understandable that he would misunderstand.

“Objections can be raised within 3 months through administrative appeal. Today we will examine whether the raised problem is factual, and the final disciplinary notice will be issued after the second disciplinary committee.”

The Department Head continued.

“First, the mail and photo that Elias Hohenzollern received from Primrose Pass were re-photographed by Student Gunter Bock and submitted as evidence. Primrose Pass’s representative products are prostitution and gambling entertainment. You should well know that it’s not a place for students of this school, who are receiving higher education as pillars of the Empire, to set foot in.”

“Of course. I definitely know that.”

Elias said with emphasis, smiling.

The Department Head seemed to take this as defiance and made a deliberately stern expression.

The expressions of the other Professors also gradually turned unfavorable.

“Student Elias, is it true that you went to Primrose Pass?”

The gaze of everyone present focused on Elias.

“Yes, it’s true.”

“…!”

The Class 1 student called Gunter pointed his finger as if to say ‘I told you so.’

“Student, when did you visit Primrose Pass?”

“Is that important?”

Elias asked leisurely.

“It is important. Your attendance will be suspended starting from that date.”

“What time is it now?”

“It’s 5:40. Please cooperate so we can wrap up the meeting before 7 o’clock.”

“Well, alright. I visited about 2 weeks ago. I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you in advance, but it felt awkward to go around telling everyone I went there. Actually, I didn’t expect it to be revealed like this.”

“Student, you clearly don’t seem to understand that your actions are problematic.”

“Professor.”

Elias spoke with a serious face.

“I did go there, but I didn’t do anything wrong. It’s difficult to explain in detail right now. I have no intention of avoiding responsibility, so could you please discuss the next agenda item first?”

“There is a set order.”

“At six o’clock, I can tell you everything in complete detail. I’m asking you this favor, Professor.”

The department head looked at him silently.

Realizing that pushing forward like this would make Elias difficult to handle, he nodded.

“You must not delay beyond the time you mentioned. Then, let’s start with the second issue that was referred.”

At those words, the Class 1 student came to the center of the meeting room and stood in front of the desk next to Elias.

The guy moved his desk farther away with a disgusted expression.

“Student Gunter Bock distributed 500 unauthorized flyers throughout the school. Distributing flyers beyond the normal range is judged to be an act with another private purpose, not trying to return lost items.”

The department head magically projected evidence footage in the air.

“Especially, even though the lost item had a name written on it, what was your intention in not delivering it directly to the person but posting the letter in a space where everyone could see it? Actions that disturb students will be punished with 1 penalty point and 1 hour of school service.”

As expected, the punishment was light.

The Class 1 student still had a relaxed expression.

“I’ll tell you everything. First, I didn’t think the number 500 was enough to cause such problems, so I unintentionally caused harm. However, it’s true that it was only intended to return lost items.”

“Ha!”

Elias shrugged his shoulders and sneered.

The department head waved his hand with a stern face. The Class 1 student quickly continued speaking.

“Even though the name was written on it, posting the letter on the wall was indeed my mistake. However, it wasn’t an action I took hoping students would criticize Elias. I was concerned that if I returned a letter sent from an ethically inappropriate place directly, I too might be participating in his unethical behavior.”

“….”

“I simply didn’t want to become an accomplice in tarnishing the honor of the Imperial 2nd Education Institute. I’m truly sorry for throwing the school into confusion with my immature decision. I will gladly accept any punishment without objection.”

The Class 1 student said this and bowed his head.

Elias looked at him with raised corners of his mouth as if impressed.

‘Wow.’

Well prepared.

Well, you’d have to go this far to openly ostracize someone.

“I understand well. The punishment for this matter will be notified after deliberation. Then, this is the final issue.”

I glanced at the clock and listened to the department head’s words.

It’s 6 o’clock.

The department head seemed to be planning to go through to the end since he’d already postponed things, then return to Elias’s entertainment district issue.

“Student Gunter Bock reported that student Elias Hohenzollern sexually threatened student Gunter.”

“Me? Threatened?”

“As evidence, there’s a description of the student’s current attire. If you have anything to clarify about repeatedly making sexually suggestive remarks and chasing threateningly, please do so.”

“It’s a misunderstanding. I don’t even know how to do such things.”

“….”

Everyone looked at Elias as if he was talking nonsense.

Anyway, since there’s no way to prove it, this part will be passed over.

Elias stood up from his seat and muttered to himself with a smile.

“They don’t believe me~ I wonder why?”

“Then why did you take off your clothes and rush at the student?”

“When you put it that way, it sounds a bit…. Let me first clarify that I didn’t take everything off. Unfortunately, my words about telling him about that place overlapped and the student seems to have seriously misunderstood.”

At those words, the Class 1 student frowned.

“Misunderstood?”

“Yeah. What exactly were you expecting from me….”

The Class 1 student took a deep breath with a face that looked like he might fall backward. A fleeting sense of understanding passed through Leo’s eyes.

Elias chuckled and said.

“Professor. What I said I would show him wasn’t sexual acts as you mentioned, but I was trying to tell him in words how unwholesome such establishments are.”

“Student. Now I see, are you thinking of avoiding your wrongdoing this way? Regardless of what lessons you learned and returned with from that place, the very fact that you visited an entertainment district is problematic.”

“No matter what I went there to do?”

“That’s right.”

Elias smiled leisurely, then glanced at the clock and said.

“It’s past six o’clock.”

Elias cleared away the disciplinary committee notice that had been placed on the desk and unfolded the newspaper that was underneath.

It was today’s afternoon edition of the Imperial Newspaper that he had purchased in advance.

Elias stepped forward and handed the newspaper to the professor. He took out an ID card from his pocket and handed it to the professor as well.

“This is a Security Bureau investigator’s ID. Why is the student’s name on it?”

“Because it’s mine. It’s a temporary qualification though. First, please read the article, Professor. It would be good if you could project it and read it together.”

The professor looked at Elias with suspicious eyes, then silently read through the newspaper alone. Then his brow furrowed.

“…Hmm?”

“Now I can tell you about the first issue. As I said earlier, it’s true that I visited Primrose Pass.”

“So, student, you’re now….”

“As an investigator, I should at least make visits.”

“What? What are you talking about right now.”

The Class 1 student asked with a frown.

The department head, who had been reading the newspaper with his mouth open, looked up with intensity in his eyes.

From his expression, it seemed he hadn’t expected this far.

‘How much of a troublemaker has he been living as for his expression to be like that….’

The postcard sent from Primrose Pass had written ‘We will serve you with anything that won’t waste your time.’

This implies two possibilities.

First, just like Primrose Pass had corrupted the local police, they’re trying to win over Elias.

Second, we know you’re the one trying to bust us, so take it easy.

And in this case, it’s both.

This is both a passive warning letter sent to Elias and literally means ‘We can prepare anything you want, so please have mercy if you’re thinking of showing mercy.’

The moment he responds to this, Elias would also have something to be caught on, so from the business owner’s perspective, it’s quite fortunate.

Elias slowly explained.

“I heard news that the Capital Police Department was turning a blind eye to Primrose Pass’s illegal activities. The collusion between local police and entertainment districts is now a very historic practice. It’s a strange sight being painted nationwide where something that’s clearly illegal becomes legal in that area.”

“What does that have to do with….”

At the Class 1 student’s words, Elias glanced at him and looked around the audience as he spoke.

“I obtained investigator credentials from the Imperial Court’s Security Bureau and infiltrated Primrose Pass.”

“…?!”

The students who came with Leo looked at each other with faces that still couldn’t grasp the situation.

Elias took the newspaper from the department head and cast magic on it. The image was projected in the air of the meeting room.

[‘Primrose Pass’ 17 establishments searched and seized… 5 charges applied including murder, human trafficking, and criminal organization]

“Isn’t the timing of the announcement quite coincidental? I asked them to move up the schedule a bit since I was about to be expelled.”

Power is indeed good….

Because of Elias’s expulsion, the government moved a few days earlier.

“And to clarify a misunderstanding you’ve had from earlier, I entered through the gambling hall side. In any case, Professor. Is investigating to establish grounds for search and seizure also problematic?”

“….”

“Still, if it’s a problem, I’ll accept it. I did literally visit there, after all.”

The Department Head grabbed his forehead with a complicated expression, as if he had a headache. The other professors who participated together also looked dumbfounded.

Of course it wasn’t grounds for expulsion.

The Imperial Security Bureau had already been mentioned several times in the main article.

‘Come to think of it, he managed to get an investigator ID after making enemies with the Security Bureau.’

Antagonist hadn’t originally gone there planning to rob that district.

At first, he had just wandered in after hearing news that a gambling ring had opened about whether or not I could get into Team 1.

Of course, the investigator’s badge was prepared as a defensive tool against the Emperor, so he wouldn’t have gotten it now but rather two weeks ago.

“Well~ then we’re finished with the summary, right? Can I go now?”

“No, wait. Then would it be alright if we contact the Security Bureau to confirm whether the ID is forged or not?”

“Of course you can do that. But…”

Elias rummaged through his pants pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper.

“I thought you all might not trust me, so I asked them to write one for me.”

Elias’s eyes sparkled as if asking for praise. Naturally, no one praised him. Everyone was too busy trying to understand what had just happened.

The Department Head read through the note Elias handed him.

“The Security Bureau wrote a confirmation letter. ‘Investigator Elias Hohenzollern’s entry to Primrose Pass was essential for investigative activities, so we request the Imperial 2nd Education Institute’s consideration.’ You didn’t forge the seal, did you…?”

“Come on, Professor. Who would go that far?”

“…”

The Department Head looked like he had mixed feelings about hearing such words from Elias.

Meanwhile, the 1st Class Student remained frozen, as if he couldn’t believe the current situation.

“Well, now I need to go eat, so let’s wrap this up~”

Elias snapped his fingers.

“I was trying to inform Student Gunter about the ‘reality’ of this illegal entertainment business, but unfortunately there was a misunderstanding. Then I should only receive disciplinary action for the part about running around on School grounds, right?”

“Professor! What he’s saying right now is unreasonable!”

Elias cut off the 1st Class Student’s words.

“Since you are the Department Head Professor of the Department of Magic, you must have already seen today’s training of the 8th Team that I belong to. I heard that Student Leonard showed the training video to the Department of Magic professors.”

“That’s right.”

“Then you must have seen the process of Student Gunter excluding me from the group.”

“Wait, that’s…!”

“Professor, if Student Gunter truly didn’t want to become an accomplice, he could have delivered the letter to the faculty office. Student Gunter Bock did this to torment me, to advertise to the entire school that I deserved to be expelled. That would be his true intention.”

The professors probably understood the word games from the start anyway. They just didn’t pay much attention since it was relatively buried under Elias’s crimes.

Now that the situation had reversed, it was necessary to point it out again.

I watched Elias with a smile.

“Professor. There are certainly wrong aspects to my actions. I will cleanly accept punishment for those parts. However, if you think my logic is invalid, I hope you’ll recognize that Student Gunter’s logic is the same as mine.”

The 1st Class Student tried to say something, but the Department Head had already nodded.

He cast a sound-blocking spell and talked with the professors, then stood in front of the podium again.

“…It’s gotten very late. Since the problem has changed from what was reported, we’ll end the first disciplinary committee here for now. We’ll notify you of the second schedule through your professor soon.”

“Then can I go back to training now?”

“Yes.”

At those words, Elias stood in front of the 1st Class Student.

Unlike the 1st Class Student who had lost all color from his face, Elias’s face showed a slightly unhinged mischievousness.

“Failed to kick me out, Gunter.”

“…”

“Now we have to go train together, right?”

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