Chapter – 10
You Must Not Underestimate the Lowest-Ranked Class
“This is Kanato. It might be easier to understand if I say he’s Rina’s brother. Go ahead and introduce yourself.”
“Ah, um, I’m Kanato. Nice to meet you.”
After my brief introduction, everyone started whispering among themselves.
“A commoner?”
“What an insult. This academy, too.”
“No, he’s the brother of Rina, the most excellent first-year student.”
“Still a commoner, in the end.”
“A mere commoner.”
As I thought, being a commoner makes it tough to live in high society.
I felt like I got a glimpse of how much pressure Rina must be under living her school life.
I’ll spoil her plenty later.
No matter how low-ranked this class is, every boy and girl sitting here is a young master or lady from a good family.
It’s only natural that when an outsider intrudes upon a place where such vested interests have been established, everyone would try to ostracize them.
Hello, it’s me, who lost all motivation on the very first day of school.
But if I dropped out, I’d have to earn a huge amount of tuition fees.
I tried to let out a sigh without anyone noticing, but—
Suddenly, a refreshingly handsome blonde guy stood up and announced loudly to the whole class.
“Kanato is a guy who’s got the seal of approval from the Fiebel family~ If you guys antagonize him that much, nothing good’s gonna happen, ya know~”
Everyone who saw the blonde guy puffing out his chest as if lounging back widened their eyes and started whispering again.
“N-no way.”
“So that means Rina, the first-year, is also connected to the Fiebel family?”
“Who the hell is he, really?”
“Crap… He didn’t hear what we were saying just now, did he?”
I heard all of it, by the way.
“Kanato-kun, there’s an open seat over there. Please have a seat.”
“Y-yes.”
When I looked toward where the teacher indicated, I spotted the seat in the very back row. As I headed there, I happened to make eye contact with a beautiful girl with purple hair sitting in front of my seat.
“…”
She gave me a small nod.
Hmm… I feel like I’ve seen that purple hair somewhere before.
Once I sat down, class began right away.
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Morning classes were over.
Since they were at a middle school level, they were honestly too easy.
For the next exam, instead of writing information from my previous life’s world, I’ll make sure to write answers based on common sense in this world.
As I stood up from my seat, two people came over to me.
“Kanato, I’ve been waiting for you all this time~”
“Lord Jeff, please mind how you address someone you’ve just met.”
It was the lively, refreshing blonde handsome guy who had defended me earlier, and the demure, elegant girl with purple hair.
Even when stopped by the girl, Lord Jeff didn’t waver at all.
He leaned forward eagerly, his eyes sparkling.
Then he firmly grabbed my hand.
“This is a fated meeting, Kanato. I’m so glad to meet you.”
“…”
“Lord Jeff, Kanato-san looks troubled. Why don’t you introduce yourself first?”
“Oh, right. My bad. I got so excited that I acted in a manner unbefitting of an earl’s family~”
Lord Jeff pulled back from me with a swoosh, pumped his fist, and opened his mouth.
“I’m Jeff Elgin. The eldest son of the Elgin Earldom~ Nice to meet ya!”
“I’m Mia克兰内尔 (Kuraneru). I am the fourth daughter of a baronial house and serve Lord Jeff.”
“Ah, yes. N-nice to meet you.”
I bowed my head deeply. The two of them smiled and waved their hands at me.
Lord Jeff aside, I can’t shake the feeling that Lady Mia resembles someone.
“Kanato-san?”
“Ah, Lady Mia! I’m sorry!”
I’d been staring without realizing it.
I hope she doesn’t think I’m rude.
As I nervously and timidly looked at her—
“Is Sister Hanna doing well?”
“Sister Hanna?”
“She is my older sister.”
Ah, so that’s it.
In other words, Lady Mia’s family is connected to the Fiebel family.
Probably, given the expression Lord Jeff had when he defended me earlier, it’s highly likely that he also knows someone in the Fiebel family.
For now, I should express my gratitude.
“Lord Jeff.”
“Hm?”
“Thank you for earlier. For defending me.”
“Oh my? I just stated the facts, y’know?”
“Since I’m a commoner, that kind of consideration really helps me out.”
“Hmm~”
Lord Jeff pursed his lips sharply and approached me. When he got right up close, he suddenly grabbed both my hands and, still smiling, opened his mouth.
“Well then, how about a dance with me?”
“Huh!? D-dance!?”
“Here we go!”
Lord Jeff pulled both my hands and started dancing.
W-wait… what is this guy doing?
He’s someone whose actions I can’t predict at all.
Though he doesn’t seem like a bad person.
As I danced with Jeff-san in confusion, I heard laughter from around us.
“Ahahaha! Look! Lord Jeff is dancing with a commoner!”
“Jeff’s really such an oddball.”
“That commoner’s gonna have a rough time of it.”
“This is hilarious!”
Unlike the contemptuous atmosphere that had been flowing just moments before, everyone was now laughing cheerfully with bright expressions.
“Ahahaha! Ahahahahaha~”
“H-hey, Lord Jeff! This is too fast!”
I tried to protest as I couldn’t keep up with Jeff-san’s increasingly quick movements, but he wouldn’t listen.
“Ahahahaha! Ahahahaha! Ahahaha… BLEEEGH!!!”
Just then, Lady Mia, whose purple hair was so striking, brought a chop down on Lord Jeff’s head.
Lord Jeff collapsed on the spot and twitched like a fish.
“You’re troubling Kanato-san.”
“O-oh… my apologies.”
Jeff-san was still twitching.
At that moment, a white carved object fell from his pants pocket.
A carving that looked like me.
This, too, feels like I’ve seen it somewhere before…
N-no way…
“Ah!! My treasure! My treasure that I bought from Rina-chan for ten gold coins!”
It was you all along!
“Kanato-san… um… I’m sorry.”
“Ahaha… Lady Mia, you have your hands full too, don’t you.”
“Uuu…”
Lady Mia suddenly started crying and wiped her tears with her finger.
The lowest-ranked class.
Do not underestimate it.
(Chef delighting as he rubs the carving against his cheek)
