I Don’t Remember the Number of Regressions of the Villainesses Who Have Returned.

Chapter 7 - Academy, dirty and hard to get into. (3)



Arthur Arcana

Born into a famous merchant family of the Empire, she’s forced to enroll due to the viscount title her parents bought. She’s also,

The only magic swordsman in this world who can handle both aura and mana simultaneously.

That’s right.

‘Magic Swordsman’

This protagonist uses both magic and sword.

And she’s proficient in both.

The reason for using a greatsword is simple.

She uses aura for body enhancement, then enhances her body again with mana, so any sword smaller than that greatsword would deform when swung…

“By the way, where’s the all-purpose scabbard?”

I can’t see it no matter how much I look around her.

‘The Blue Lion’s Scabbard’

The artifact simply called the ‘all-purpose scabbard’.

Its ability is simple: it becomes the perfect scabbard for anything and even removes the weight. It’s a starting item.

It’s a high-performance storage that could even be used as a kind of inventory, storing things other than swords.

But it’s not there.

Currently, Arcana is carrying her greatsword in a simple scabbard with no patterns.

‘Is it because it’s a starting item?’

Certainly, if that scabbard really existed, it would be too overpowered.

A scabbard that can even ‘store’ magic. If it existed from the start, it would be too much.

“Well… let’s think about it more after going down.”

Just then, the Academy’s main gate began to open.

The start of the main story.

—–

“Wow…”

It was frustrating just watching from up there, but it’s even more of a spectacle coming down.

“It’s my first time seeing an elf. I’m…”

“Paying respects to the ducal family…”

The Academy is already a mess before even entering.

If earlier they were greeting the higher nobles of their own countries, now they’re busy greeting foreign nobles.

“The reason I can empathize with why they’re doing this makes my head hurt even more.”

Surprisingly, the fact that I can understand this mess is ridiculous.

For nobles, status is power.

The high nobles gathered here will essentially be their superiors in a few years.

And with ‘ducal families’ gathered, whose words will hold weight, it’s helpful in many ways to make a good impression while putting on a little show.

The ducal families, essentially the highest rank in the Empire after the Emperor, are like gathering executives of major corporations. It’s normal to bow your head to them.

I’m the strange one for standing in the back, staring blankly and sighing instead of going there and bowing my head.

‘……’

Why aren’t you going there to bow your head, you ask?

Well, there’s nothing for me to do.

Even if I break through the crowd of nobles and reach the high nobles, I have nothing to say to introduce myself.

What introduction can I make when my noble title is meaningless due to being from a ruined family?

And the biggest reason is…

“It’s troublesome.”

I just can’t be bothered to break through those people and greet the ducal families or high nobles.

Even if I went to greet them, they probably wouldn’t remember a ruined noble anyway.

“When will this end?”

Realistically, entering the Academy is impossible until these guys finish their self-introductions.

‘Should I look for the main characters?’

With nothing else to do, I decided to look for the faces of the main characters.

‘Two from the ducal families… two from the elves… two visible from the magic tower… the saint is… there she is.’

Seeing the main characters in person, I felt it again.

‘Life really is unfair.’

Their faces are too beautiful.

“And… huh?”

What’s this?

I see a face that shouldn’t be here.

-Blink

Even after closing my eyes and opening them again, nothing changes.

‘Why is that woman here?’

A beastkin with gray hair.

However, her true identity is that of an executive of a huge mafia organization that controls the underworld of many countries.

‘Empress’ Sephir.

She’s a character that doesn’t appear in the Academy part.

Originally, when Arthur and the Saint go to the Papal State, they start opposing Sephir by stopping her slave trade.

Why is such a character… at the Academy?

And at the entrance ceremony?

-Swish swish

‘Moreover… she’s not hiding her tail and ears?’

As a characteristic of beastkin, emotions are revealed through the tail and ears, so she usually moves around the underworld hiding them thoroughly with illusion magic. But… she’s swishing her tail so proudly.

“What’s going on?”

Really, what’s going on?

How am I supposed to deal with this?

‘……’

I don’t know.

I never thought about the possibility of Sephir being at the Academy.

“She doesn’t even have a reason to come!”

I know her lineage is the daughter of the beastkin’s great chieftain, but she clearly said this:

“Father, can you afford the losses if I go to the Academy for 3 years?”

As she was a major source of funds for the beastkin race, her absence would be significant, so the story was supposed to flow with the great chieftain making a deal with her…

“What on earth is happening…”

An unknown force called the ‘underworld’ has been added to the Academy’s power structure.

“I… don’t want to go to the Academy.”

I already didn’t want to go to the Academy, but now I want to go even less.

—–

“State your identity.”

“Goris Garmun, first son of the Garmun Count family of the Empire.”

“Confirmed, congratulations on your admission.”

What kind of entrance ceremony is this?

I understand it’s an era full of dangerous elements from revolutionaries to senseless terrorists, but the scene is something else.

The nobles are lined up in multiple rows, and their identities are checked at an airport, confirming admission certificates and unique mana signatures.

Who would think this is an entrance ceremony?

‘If they’re going to do this, they should have done it faster.’

The timer on the confirmation slip has long since ended, but I still haven’t even entered the Academy.

If it was going to be like this, I should have just slept in and come later.

‘I woke up at dawn for nothing.’

And so, time passed as I waited in a line longer than those for theme park roller coasters…

“State your identity.”

Finally, it’s my turn.

“Aaron Dight of the Dight Viscount family of the Empire.”

-Hum

The professor seems to be checking if the mana signature matches.

“Dight… Dight… Wait, there’s no such family?”

-Pause

‘Oh no.’

Something came to mind.

“Haa…”

I can only sigh.

“You, state your exact identity.”

-Swoosh

Unlike before, the professor’s demeanor has changed.

He starts rotating his mana.

‘……’

Ah, this is embarrassing…

The gazes of those around me start to focus on me.

If I drag this out any longer, the situation could become dangerous in many ways.

“It should be under the ruined families of the Empire.”

I told the professor in a deflated voice, but…

“What? Speak louder!”

Our dear professor, who’s gone into alert mode, seems to have damaged ears too.

Thanks to him shouting at me to speak louder, the eyes of nearby nobles are increasingly focusing on me.

“I said it should be under the ruined nobles!”

I had no choice.

My parents fled after passing the title to me, and the domain was ruined. How am I supposed to know if the title is still valid?

-Rustle rustle rustle

“Hmm… Here it is. I apologize.”

The professor, who only found me after flipping to the last page of the documents, looked at me apologetically.

But what can I do?

“To think such a person is at the Academy…”

“No wonder I didn’t see your name earlier…”

I’ve already become famous among the nobles.

“Haha, it’s nothing…”

‘If you’re sorry, why don’t you die socially just like me?’

I seriously considered saying that.

“Well then.”

-Bow

I quickly bowed my head and entered the Academy, escaping the burdensome gazes of the nobles that carried various meanings.

“How much more complicated can it get right from the start?”

Strictly speaking, it hasn’t even started yet, but I can already tell it’s ruined.

—–

“This is the training room… and this is… the club room.”

The first thing I did after entering the Academy was memorizing the classrooms.

I don’t know exactly when incidents will occur, but I know where they’ll happen, so this was the first thing I needed to do to move according to the situation.

‘Of course, given how messed up things are from the entrance ceremony, I wonder if any incidents will even happen.’

-Thud thud thud

“Hey, did you hear earlier? That ruined noble…”

“Is it true? How did he get into the Academy?”

Everyone I meet while walking down the corridor is talking about me.

‘But, that’s something I find strange too.’

I thought I had applied and passed as a viscount family, but I’m classified as a ruined noble.

How did I even get into a place that’s said to only admit nobles of the continent?

I know it’s not just first-come-first-served; there’s even a screening process to determine admissions.

-Ding dong

-Classes will begin soon.

After I had roughly memorized the locations of the Academy’s classrooms, the preliminary bell announcing the start of classes rang.

“It’s been a while since I’ve heard that.”

Come to think of it, it seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve been to a place called school.

Since I didn’t go to university and just worked in construction, how many years has it been since I’ve heard this?

“Let’s quickly return to the classroom.”

The attention I got earlier because of that incident was already burdensome, it’ll be even more problematic if I’m late for class.

—–

-Slide

I opened the classroom door and surveyed the situation inside.

‘The main characters are gathered… good!’

Fortunately, there are no villainesses in the same class as me.

I was worried about what I’d do if Sephir was in the same class, but thankfully, that didn’t happen.

After that, I looked for the seat where I’d attract the least attention while observing the class atmosphere.

Right in the middle of the row closest to the window.

It’s a seat where you won’t get much attention since it’s neither the back nor the front row.

It’s a good seat, and you can even sleep well if no one is around to draw attention.

-Thump

I sat down and casually hung my bag.

‘The main characters are… quite popular.’

From the start, their status is Elven Prince, First Son of a Ducal Family, Disciple of the Magic Tower Master, and Saint.

They’re the kind of people who naturally attract others even if they don’t approach them.

However, the most surprising thing is that.

“Now, now, since we’re all meeting for the first time…”

The protagonist, who only has a viscount title, casually mingles with dignitaries at the top of a country and leads the conversation.

‘Is that… the protagonist?’

What’s with that sociability, it’s scary.

I now see that the protagonist’s ability to socialize was scarier than I thought.

-Slide

The classroom door opened, and a man entered.

-Thud thud

The sudden silence that fell, with footsteps loud enough to be heard

Even I, lowering my head to be as inconspicuous as possible, could tell.

‘The professor must have arrived.’

The professor who will be in charge of us for the next 3 years.

Even in the game, the professor randomly determines each playthrough, so you never know who will come.

‘Please let it be a flexible professor…’

I raised my head and saw the professor’s face.

“Nice to meet you!”

A voice I’ve heard somewhere before.

‘Ah.’

A face I seem to have seen just recently.

“I’m Hector Hecter, and I’ll be in charge of this class from now on!”

‘I’m doomed.’

It seems my Academy life is ruined.

“I look forward to working with you!”

It’s ‘that’ professor I met at the entrance earlier.


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