Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 439

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Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School Episode 439
Simon and his companions left the bustling marketplace of Parona Peninsula, where people had crowded thick, and arrived at their lodging by carriage.
It was a small but beautiful place. Mountains rose behind it, and a valley stream flowed in front. With hardly a soul around, it was quiet and serene.
During the day, they descended into the valley to play for a while, and as evening fell, they kindled a campfire.
On the spot, they carved wood into skewers, hung chunks of meat purchased from the market, and roasted them over the fire. The taste of meat cooked outdoors was, needless to say, the finest.
All four of them ate and drank with great cheer, talking merrily.
Perhaps because they hadn’t seen each other in so long, the mood was at its peak, and they lost track of time.
“Ugh, there are way too many insects. Let’s go inside.”
The four of them went into the lodging and sat around the table, chatting over a glass of wine.
“Dick! This lodging is so nice.”
“Hehe, didn’t I tell you? And the real highlight of Parona Peninsula comes the day after tomorrow, so look forward to it.”
Merin, who had been listening quietly to the conversation, turned her head.
“Simon.”
Simon, who had been lost in thought, flinched at the sound and looked at her.
“Huh? Yeah. What?”
“…You’ve been acting a little strange since yesterday. What are you thinking about so hard all by yourself?”
“Oh, that’s…”
Simon made excuses as the words came out.
“I was just thinking when we’d get to travel like this again. I’ve always lived in Resshil, so this is my first time going on a trip with friends.”
At those words, the faces of the three others brightened. Dick immediately raised his glass.
“In that case, we should have another toast! I hope this year is as full of fun things as last year was! Cheers!”
They all clinked glasses and laughed boisterously. Simon laughed along with them, but his face fell into shadow as he stood alone.
‘Damn it, I can’t find the right moment to bring it up!’
The conversation was shifting topics far too quickly.
Right now Dick was talking about tips for 2nd Year course registration, and the Student Council hadn’t come up once since it was mentioned in passing before.
‘I can’t put this off any longer. Now, when the mood is ripe! I have to do it!’
Simon lifted his head abruptly.
“Hey, everyone!”
The three of them, who had been discussing course registration, looked at Simon.
“Yeah?”
“What is it, Simon?”
He had to do it.
He had to speak now.
Just as Simon steeled his resolve and was about to bring out the story he’d been holding in his chest―
―Of course, I’m grateful for the offer and deeply honored! But… I’m not sure if I can take on such a position, and I worry my skills may not be adequate.
Kamibarez’s voice from yesterday echoed in his ears, ringing and ringing.
―I won’t do it. From 2nd year on, real major studies begin, right? Even if I focus on studying, there’s no time to spare, so I see Student Council work as a burden.
Followed by Merin’s voice.
―Honestly, by anyone’s standard, I’m not cut out for the Student Council—I’m the scheming troublemaker who gets caught and scolded by it.
Dick’s voice rang in his ears.
Simon’s confidence suddenly plummeted, and he averted his gaze, his words trailing off.
“I, I’m just curious who the next Student Council President will be… haha.”
The three of them blinked.
“All of a sudden? Isn’t that the topic you brought up yesterday?”
Dick spoke.
“What’s going on? Why are you being so coy about it?”
Merin’s eyes gleamed sharply.
“That’s right, Simon. Just say it comfortably.”
“Wait, you don’t mean―!”
Finally catching on, Dick bolted upright from his seat.
“Student Council President…!”
Simon swallowed hard without thinking.
“The Student Council President offered you a position in the Student Council! That’s right, isn’t it? Isn’t it?”
“Oh yeah, right~ Is that what it was? You’re joining the Student Council?”
“Simon! I’m really happy for you!”
The three of them clapped their hands in congratulation. Simon let out an awkward laugh.
“That’s not it.”
At this point, he had no idea.
Come what may.
“To be precise―”
Simon pulled out the Student Council President Badge he’d been fidgeting with in his pocket and held it up for the three of them to see.
“Starting this year, I’m Kizen’s Student Council President.”
“???!”
All three of them went slack-jawed.
Shock.
Astonishment.
Disbelief.
And a profound silence settled over the Lodging.
The three stared blankly at Simon’s Student Council President Badge, as if their thoughts and reason had simply ceased.
“Haha, whoa! Almost had me fooled there. This is a joke, right?”
Dick, the only one still capable of moving his mouth, examined Simon’s Student Council President Badge more closely.
“A 2nd Year as Student Council President? Where’d you get this counterfeit…….”
But.
It was far too meticulously crafted to be a counterfeit.
“Wait, you seriously……!”
“Simon!!”
“For real? For real? For real? I can’t believe it!”
Simon covered his ears for a moment. The three of them leapt to their feet and began hurling different questions at him all at once.
“Wait, calm down! I’ll explain!”
Simon explained the whole situation calmly.
With each part of the story, the expressions on the three faces shifted and changed.
“I, I see.”
Merin sank into a chair with a dazed expression.
“Because Aezel’s return from 3rd Year has been delayed, the Student Council President position fell to Simon…….”
“Wow…….”
Dick let out a hollow laugh and poured wine into Simon’s empty glass, filling it to the brim.
“It’s the same face I see every day, but somehow you look like a different person now! We’re still friends, right? Do you still remember my name?”
Kamibarez clapped her hands softly.
“I’m really amazed. Congratulations again, Simon!”
Merin rested her chin in her hand, smiling meaningfully.
“Hmm~ So that’s why you’d always flinch whenever the Student Council President came up?”
“Yeah, something like that. Which reminds me, Merin.”
“?”
Clink!
Simon grabbed the wineglass Dick had just filled to the brim. Then he drained it in one shot. Merin jumped in alarm.
“Hey! What are you doing? If you drink that fast——!”
“Merin!”
Simon sprang to his feet and leaned forward with sudden intensity. Merin’s face flushed bright red.
“Why, why are you acting like that! Ever since yesterday you keep…….”
“As Kizen’s Student Council President, I have a proposal for you!”
How one glass of wine could give him such courage, Simon didn’t know, but he grasped her hand firmly and fixed his eyes on hers with determination.
“Be my Vice President, Merin!”
With those words.
Time stopped for her.
“Me, me?”
She pointed at herself with a trembling hand.
“Yes! I’m looking for Student Council officers to work with me. And you’re the only one who’s right for the Vice President position!”
Whoosh!
Flushed crimson all the way to her neck, she sprang up and stumbled backward.
“W-w-w-what are you saying right now!! Are you teasing me? Don’t joke like that! You’re getting my hopes up for nothing!”
“Do I look like I’m joking?”
Simon stepped forward with tremendous intensity, and Merin, startled, backed up until her shoulders hit the wall.
“Of course I know you’re busy with your 2nd Year studies, and I know how seriously you take your academics! But……!”
Simon, watching the tremor in Merin’s pupils, spoke again in a somewhat subdued tone.
“If I don’t at least ask, I know I’ll regret it.”
“…….”
Her sky-blue hair fell forward, obscuring her face. Silence descended. But it was silence longer than any other moment in the world.
Then.
She lifted her head.
“Don’t you dare lie to me!!”
She shoved Simon backward with the flat of her palm.
“Ugh!”
“Why? Why me? I never said I’d put you in the Vice President’s seat! Serne is far more capable than I am, isn’t she? And you’re incredibly close with Lorain too!”
She shouted, pressing her hand to her chest.
“During the break, didn’t Serne brag about this at the Ivory Tower? She said she got invited to the royal ball with both Special Cases #1 and #2, and went on dates with them!”
Simon’s expression faltered.
“No, wait! That was Princess Molly who—”
“And if they put you in the President’s chair, isn’t it obvious what Kizen headquarters is thinking? Of course Lorain, who’s Neftis’s heir, would be the perfect fit next to you!”
Her eyes had reddened, and now she shrieked with barely contained hysteria.
“Why? Why me?! Did you get rejected by those two and come running to me instead?”
“No.”
Simon shook his head and stepped closer.
“I only ever thought of you.”
At those words from Simon,
‘?!’
Merin’s mind went blank.
Her heart began to race wildly, thrumming like mad.
“From the start, I could only picture you. This is my first proposal.”
Simon was recalling Phantasus’s voice.
—Choosing the student council officers is strictly “the President’s right,” you see! Pick people you can trust unconditionally, people who will stand by your side no matter what external pressure comes.
“People I can trust. People who’ll stand by my side.”
—The Vice President’s role is special, now. A running mate whose policy vision aligns with yours! They need to be capable and excellent. If they’re trustworthy and ranked in the top ten, that’s ideal.
“Capable and excellent. I’ve watched you all year long, so I know better than anyone.”
Simon extended his hand with quiet certainty, driving the point home.
“You’re the most qualified Vice President in this entire school. I’m asking you, Merin.”
Ripples spread through her blue eyes.
‘He really means it…….’
A flood of emotions crashed over her. Suddenly her eyes grew hot, and her chest tightened.
She trembled on the edge of tears, and finally covered her face with both palms and turned away.
“Ah.”
Simon stood awkwardly with his hand still extended, watching her slender shoulders quiver faintly.
“So……you’re accepting?”
He couldn’t see her face, but beneath her eyelids he caught the faint glimmer of tears.
Then, in a voice thick with emotion, came a soft murmur: “Yes.”
‘Done.’
Simon’s face finally brightened.
Clank.
Merin, overcome with embarrassment, fled the Lodging with her face still covered in her hands.
“Sigh.”
Simon, too, felt a wave of awkwardness wash over him moments later.
He’d said things he shouldn’t have said. He’d remember to go easier on the wine in the future, he thought, and turned to leave.
“And Dick, Kamibarez. You two as well—hm?”
Squeak.
Dick and Kamibarez were both huddled in opposite corners of the room.
“……Oh my, how magnificent, sir.”
Clap. Clap.
Dick offered a hollow round of applause.
“President Simon and Vice President Merin! Phew—we ordinary students were supposed to notice right away and quickly clear the stage for you. Haha! I’m afraid I mistimed it.”
“What—what are you talking about all of a sudden!”
Simon’s face flushed crimson as he shouted.
“……Congratulations.”
Kamibarez gazed ahead with a somewhat vacant expression, tracing circles slowly with her fingertips.
“The two of you drifting further and further apart. Climbing higher and higher, ever more distant…….”
“Kamibarez! Why are you doing this too?”
Everyone had taken a glass of wine and lost their minds.
Simon quickly regained his composure and cleared his throat with a cough.
“Dick.”
“Yes, sir? You called, Mr. President, sir?”
Dick struck an exaggerated pose, as if preparing to kowtow to the floor.
“Let me get to the point. I’d like you to be the Student Council Secretary General.”
“?!!”
Dick’s head snapped up.
“You’re serious?”
“I am.”
“Dead serious?”
“That’s what I said.”
“You know the kids all call me ‘Sneaky Dick,’ right? And I’m ranked 400th.”
“Rank doesn’t matter.”
Simon continued with a smile.
“What matters most is competence as Secretary General. Remember? Back in your 1st Year, while everyone else was buried in studies, you were the only one doing market research and starting a small business. Now as a 2nd Year, you’ve acquired shops across Rochester and you’re running a substantial operation. There’s no one like you anywhere in Kizen. And besides—”
Simon raised his clenched fist.
“Since you’re good at scheming, you’ll be just as good at catching people who scheme.”
“……Heh heh.”
Dick’s whole body trembled. In the next moment, he threw his head back and struck his fist against his palm with a bang, then sprang to his feet.
“Nobody in this world’s better at that than me! Ha ha ha!”
Simon laughed quietly at Dick’s complete revival.
“So you’re accepting?”
“You bet! Once I’m in public office, I’ll have to step back from some operations and install a proxy director, but honestly, Student Council officer has way more scope than being some 2nd Year. Plenty of merit there! Now I’m playing in the big leagues!”
“Of course.”
Simon laid down the condition.
“Merin will be the auditor. You’re not to spend school funds however you please.”
“……Ugh, we know each other too well for this.”
If Merin served as a check on him, she could easily rein in any recklessness on Dick’s part.
Of course, even saying as much, Dick wasn’t the type to embezzle.
“Next is Kamibarez… ah.”
While rescuing Dick, Kamibarez had been sinking into deeper despair.
Somehow she’d gotten into the materials storage room and was crouching there, scratching at the floor with her fingers.
“Kamibarez.”
The storage door was open, but Simon knocked gently anyway.
“May I come in?”
She gave a small nod. Simon knelt before her as she crouched and spoke gently.
“I understand that the Student Council proposal feels burdensome. But I’d really like you to take on the position of Secretary. It’s careful work—handling administrative duties, writing meeting minutes.”
At Simon’s gentle voice, she lifted her head.
“……Will I really be all right? I’m so ordinary. I’m worried I’ll be dragging down the three of you.”
“You’re still saying that?”
Simon laughed as if to say she was hopeless.
“How many times do I have to tell you? You’re more special than anyone in this world.”
“……!”
Her face flushed bright red.
“So you’ll accept?”
Simon then extended his hand, and Kamibarez shyly took it. Small tears glistened at the corners of her eyes.
“Yes! I’ll work hard so I don’t fall behind the three of you!”
“There’s no falling behind to worry about.”
Simon carefully helped her to her feet.
Creak!
Just then, as if her composure had returned, Merin came back into the Lodging with flushed cheeks.
“I’m Vice President of Kizen! Kyahahaha!”
Her excitement had climbed even higher.
Kamibarez scampered over and threw her arms around her.
“Merin! I became Secretary too!”
“Really? That’s great, Kamibarez! Congratulations!”
Beside them stood Dick with his stiff pride and shoulders reaching toward heaven.
“I’m the Secretary General!”
“You crazy bastard! You’re managing money?”
Merin looked aghast at Simon.
“Simon, seriously?”
“If Dick acts out of line, you’ll just have to stop him.”
“……Um, well. I suppose that’s true.”
“Then, come on!”
The excited Dick poured Wine into empty glasses and passed them around to the three. Soon everyone raised their glasses high.
“Simon! What generation is our Student Council?”
“This year we’re the 330th Generation.”
“Okay! To the 330th Generation Simon Polentia Student Council!”
The four of them clinked their glasses together, their voices rising in unison: “To us!”
Amid boisterous laughter, the new Student Council members’ celebration stretched on until dawn.
It was a night ablaze with passion.

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