chapter 35
35 – Roommate
A week after the academy entrance exam and the confrontation with the president
I was looking for a dormitory room assigned to the academy.
A week ago, I was worried about whether I would be able to enter the academy due to the disappointing results of the first and second exams, but then the president’s call came on top of that.
I thought that was why I couldn’t enter the academy….
Fortunately, I received a letter congratulating me on entering the academy.
Thanks to that, I didn’t have to go back and be made fun of by Ecclesia.
So, I am currently going to my room mentioned in the letter.
Is this the building?
Contrary to expectations, the academy building looks quite ordinary.
I thought it would be very glamorous as it is an academy where all the top people on the continent gather.
More than I thought…… It’s normal.
Not flashy, but frugal.
Rather than a high-end academy attended by nobles, it’s something…… Feels like a military school?
It feels like a facility to train soldiers.
If you think about it, is it natural that it is a facility to raise apostles who are like the army of God?
Plus…… Isn’t this a one-person room?
Other rooms seen on the way to my room.
I saw two people in each room.
This is surprising.
Does that mean I also have to live with a roommate?
A roommate…….
In my past life, I had a lot of things to do with someone.
I was always with my colleagues,
We fell asleep while protecting each other.
I miss you.
I hope I meet a good roommate.
I don’t want to discipline my roommate.
While wandering around the dormitory, I found out that the room assigned to me was located on the third floor.
A small room in the far corner of the third floor.
…… No, even if it takes a room, it’s a place like this.
Squeak
When I opened the door and went inside, I saw a handsome man reading a book.
Is this man my future roommate?
As I entered the room, he looked up from his book and looked at me.
“Are you my roommate? Nice to meet you, my name is Zenith Paraizos.”
He looked at me with a faint smile.
“Yes. Yes, nice to meet you. “I am Arwen.”
First of all, the default setting set with Ecclesia is an ordinary commoner.
Even if you are a commoner, you can enter the academy if you have the ability, so it is an appropriate status for you to be active without attracting enough attention.
If you create a noble status there, troublesome things might happen.
…… Wait a second, Paraizos?
The name of the most powerful empire on this continent.
And the country where Ecclesia and I were born and raised.
…… No way?
“hahahaha. “It seems like you noticed.”
Zenith suddenly burst into laughter.
“I am the first prince of the empire. “This is Zenith Paraizos.”
This guy is the prince of the empire?
Come to think of it, there was talk that the prince of the empire would be admitted to this year’s academy.
I never thought I would be roommates with the prince.
…… But if you’re the prince, should you be polite?
I don’t know much about that.
But this is an academy.
God’s realm where all identities are temporarily neutralized.
Should I be polite?
“But I hope you don’t go too far. I want to make friends. Above all, isn’t this an academy? “An academy where all social status disappears and everyone becomes equal.”
When I heard his identity and stood confused as to how to deal with him, he spoke to me.
It’s an academy that becomes equal….
I thought he would show off his status by saying he was a prince… That’s surprising.
He is completely different from the prince Sion who led the remnants of an empire that only interfered with the Allied Forces in his previous life.
When I first heard of his status as a prince, I was a little reluctant because it reminded me of that child, but unexpectedly, I might be okay with it.
“…… Okay. Janice. I’m counting on you.”
I said that and held out my hand to him.
“Huh?”
Zenith was taken aback as if she had seen an unexpected reaction.
Didn’t you think that I would treat you like this?
Certainly, no matter how informally the prince requests to be treated, it would be a bit unusual for an ordinary commoner to treat him like this.
In this situation, I am an ordinary commoner.
“So, I’m asking you to treat me like a friend. Right?”
“Uh, yes. Yes. Okay. Please take care of me too.”
He is the one who holds my hand.
…… But why are his hands so soft?
It feels like a woman’s hand….
Plus a sharp nose and thin jawline.
There are clear eyes.
You have a pretty face…… Is it because nobles take good care of their skin?
“Why are you looking at me like that, my friend?”
“Huh? Oh, no. Since it was a new friend I made, I was staring at him without realizing it, hahahaha. “I’m sorry if it was inconvenient.”
Wow. I can’t look at you anymore.
If this continues, I feel like my s*xual identity will become strange.
I don’t think it’s as pretty as Erde or Ecclesia… I feel strange because men think I’m pretty.
* * *
-Ahahahaha! So I looked at the prince’s face, and I felt strange! I didn’t know that our hero was so energetic!
Inside the communication crystal ball, Ecclesia was laughing excitedly after hearing my story.
In order to explain what has happened so far, I am communicating with Ecclesia in the alley outside the dormitory.
“Stop laughing. Just… It’s just because I’m embarrassed. “The prince he met in his previous life was trash.”
Sion, the prince of the fallen empire.
If it weren’t for that guy, my colleagues wouldn’t have died.
…… No. Even if that guy wasn’t there, the demons would have found a way to come to the continent.
If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been able to return to this world, and my children would have been exposed to demonic attacks while I was gone, so should I have at least protected my children thanks to that bastard Scion?
-Anyway, you’ve become roommates with the prince of the Paraizos Empire, right?
“Yes. I never thought I would be roommates with the prince. “This is so unexpected.”
-But you say he has no sense of authority and seems fine? And there is no such thing as status at the Academy, so what does it matter? And is it really possible to get attention from people around you with something like that?
“…… “You’re right.”
Well.
What does the prince have to do with it?
I don’t think I’ll get any attention just because I’m roommates with the prince.
“Ah, has it already been so long? “I’ll just go in.”
-Ah. Okay…. Well, it can’t be helped. Then let’s communicate again next time. If anything happens, tell this sister.
Ecclesia’s expression of regret.
Why have I been so obsessed with my ‘sister’ since then?
“Yes. See you next.”
I put the communication crystal ball with a black screen in my arms and entered the dormitory.
* * *
“Did they send it to the academy for no reason? “It’s so hard to bear not seeing your face even for a moment.”
Ecclesia sat at her desk and looked at the closed communication crystal ball for a moment with affection.
“No. There are plenty of perspectives. That’s why I sent that guy too.”
She placed her hand on her crystal ball and applied her magic power to change the frequency of her magic power.
Beep
Then she activated the crystal ball.
A moment later, the face of a beautiful woman appears in the crystal sphere.
-Did you call me?
“Ah, Zenith. “Can I talk to you now?”
-…… Yes. After receiving the communication, I came out of the room. What’s going on?
“I heard that you met Arwen, so I contacted you.”
-Yes. We just met.
“That guy. I think I have a crush on you! Ha ha ha!”
Ecclesia tells a joke that doesn’t even make sense.
At her words, the face of the other person who appeared at the communication port turned red.
-… That’s troublesome. My future roommate is falling in love with me. It looks like he’s a little suspicious because he already shook my hand.
“No. There’s no way he would notice at all because he doesn’t have any sense. Please take care of my younger brother from now on.”
-Okay. Could you please tell me how things are going in the imperial palace?
“Imperial palace? Of course. We have captured all of the 2nd Prince’s henchmen who were keeping your forces in check. They are still pretending to take the 2nd Prince’s side, but they will all turn against me and betray me with just one command from me. “It explodes and causes downfall at exactly the critical moment.”
-It seems like your ability to embrace people from before was really great. How can hostile people be brought to the same side in an instant?
“I sent you there, so shouldn’t you take responsibility and make the imperial palace yours? Anyway, leave the imperial palace to me. My involvement with the academy is limited to room assignments, so I’ll ask you to do more than that.
-Yes. Of course. Then.
Beep
“Huh… …. Surely our Zenith wouldn’t fall in love with Arwen? …… “Oh no way.”