The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy

Chapter 298 – Side Story: The End of Vacation

The winter vacation that had lasted more than two months was already coming to an end. Today was the last weekend of the vacation. In two days, the opening ceremony would be held, and two days after that, a week later, the graduation ceremony would be held.

“It was fun.”

“Yeah, it felt really good.”

“There’s nothing we haven’t done, right?”

“That would probably be the case.”

“… … .”

I sat quietly, sipping the elixir like a vitamin, next to my girlfriends who were laughing, chatting, and sharing their impressions. It had been a long time since I had become accustomed to the taste and smell of the elixir.

Erestica’s words that she had emptied the palace’s treasury were not an exaggeration. Even though she had been drinking it six times a day for over two months, she still had nearly half of it left.

At first, I was more scared because I had planned to feed it all. If I had, I would have really had to live by drinking elixirs instead of water.

“What about you, Mira? Are you okay?”

Rosaria, who had been casually talking about things that would have terrified her a year ago self, such as which position was the best or which play she liked the most, suddenly turned her arrows toward me.

Other people’s eyes were also focused on it.

“Okay, me too.”

“What do you mean?”

“… … in many ways.”

My body is tired and my mind is tired, but as a man, there is no way it can be bad. I moved to the mansion every week and really did my best, so how could I not like it?

Although it is said that it was done without any reason, the weakness is that it will continue to be done in the future.

“Once school starts, we won’t be able to do things like we do now. It’s a bit disappointing that we have to wait four months. I’ll have to ask the Emperor to restock the treasury.”

Erestica muttered regretfully, stroking my head while hugging me. I was glad that she didn’t put my head between her chest and hug me with her whole body like she usually did.

It makes no sense to say that you are doing this because you care about what other people think, and it seems like you are doing it because you need to have a conversation.

“Hmm… … I guess it doesn’t matter? Since Master is graduating in a week anyway, I’ll be able to see him in the club room.”

“That’s right. If you can hold out for a week, you’ll be fine. You’ll be doing just as well as I am.”

As Rosaria and Nika just said, even if I graduated, nothing would change dramatically. To be exact, nothing would change dramatically compared to what I did during the vacation. I would just play all day.

With Laura, who will be graduating with me, and Rosaria, who has been doing so for a long time with the status of a saint on her back.

“Still, it’s a shame that we can’t eat together at the cafeteria.”

“Don’t worry. They are discussing using the facilities. How many times would I have gone to the academy for nothing?”

There is a lot of debate about whether I will be able to use the facilities at Bellium Academy even after I graduate.

There are various opinions, such as, “It’s right to not be able to use it after graduating,” “It’s right to let it be used for the 3 years it should have been originally supposed to have been used for since it’s an early graduation,” “Why can’t it just be treated similarly to Rosaria,” and “Don’t dare compare it to the saintess.”

Rosaria snorted after hearing those last words.

“They’re kids who don’t know anything. If you look closely, Mira is much stronger than me.”

“The saint is symbolic. It has nothing to do with force.”

The saint was called the last hope for humanity, but surprisingly, her own military power was not that strong. The fact that she was able to push a distance farther than the front line that humans had pushed for a hundred years was proof that real-time healing was a fraud.

The morale of the soldiers raised by the presence of the saint cannot be ignored, but the key is real-time, wide-area sustained healing.

“But Mira, you can tank, damage, and heal all by yourself. Oh, you can even do support and ranged damage by yourself.”

“… … .”

This was exactly the kind of ability that was required of wizards in the first world. While throwing in regular soldiers as consumables, wizards could deal damage, heal, and support all on their own.

I was at a loss for words, so I looked away awkwardly. Rosaria looked as if she was telling me to look at her. Laura, who had been quietly watching her, opened her mouth.

“I have finished talking to my father. He said he will continue to sit on the throne in accordance with our wishes.”

“I guess so. You even got rejuvenated. By the way, how did you decide to announce it to the public?”

Actually, that was what I was most worried about.

I declared that I would enthrone Laura as the next emperor, even to the point of investigating the entire nobility of the empire to root out any traces of Astaroth, so if I don’t step down now, all kinds of negative stories will start to spread.

Laura was abandoned, or she gave up the throne because she was crazy about men, or the empire is in the hands of Mira Crate. Either way, it won’t be a good story.

The latter two in particular were fatal rumors not only to me but also to the Crate family. I couldn’t let that happen.

“We haven’t decided on a specific plan yet, but the outline has been decided. We’re planning on holding a bit of a show.”

“show?”

Laura nodded.

“We have saints, warriors, and even goddesses. With those three, there’s nothing that people can’t accept. If we just provide a decent amount of variety, the imperial subjects will figure out the rest.”

“……but.”

With the authority of those three, even if the sun rises in the west, they could make people believe it. No, not just make them believe it, but they could even brand anyone who says it rises in the east as a heretic.

The three people had the power and justification to do so. Who would dare to refute something that the saint and the warrior agreed to and that the goddess herself had revealed to them?

“It’s not fair. Why do we have to study here?”

Elisier, who had been listening to the conversation, grumbled. As she said, only three of the people gathered here had to study next semester.

Elisier, Priscilla, and finally Karna.

“Haha… … I’m fine. It’s not like I can’t see it anyway.”

Karna, who came to briefly show his face and was caught and had to choose between continuing on or joining, smiled awkwardly as he chose to join.

In fact, from Karna’s perspective, it might be a bit unfair. He transferred to the academy on the day he was freed from the murderer, but he ended up graduating after only one semester.

“I don’t care. I just need to avoid failing anyway.”

For Priscilla, third grade was a real crisis. In the memories of hundreds of regressions, the third grade course did not exist.

It was always because the Academy was always in ruins due to the invasion of the demons, Erestica went missing, and Laura died, so I had to start the second part of my journey wandering around the world.

“For transfer students like us, the failure cutoff line is quite high.”

“Then I’ll just get expelled. It’s better anyway since I don’t have a mirror.”

“oh…….”

As Elisier began to think seriously, Leona made a bewildered expression.

“Oh, what the heck, oh, hey. You guys are the first transfer students, so if you get expelled because your grades aren’t good enough, you’ll be talked about a lot. Do you want to ruin Mira’s image as well?”

“I think so too.”

Leona and Latina each added a word. The irony was that neither of them were in a position to study.

One side chose to graduate over the other, while the other side came in as the saint’s assistant from the beginning.

Besides, Leona was terrible at theory even in the first semester. She was always dozing off while Aria and I were taking classes.

“I agree that it’s damaging Mira’s image. It would be better to end it normally. However, that’s not something I want to hear from people who don’t need to study.”

Elisier seemed to know that too, so she said something. At those words, the ‘things that didn’t need to study’, except for Laura, looked away awkwardly.

“Mira, can’t you just graduate three times?”

“You want me to hold the graduation ceremony three times?”

Priscilla clung to me, whining. She was in an awkward position because of Erestica.

“I’ll let you watch as much as you want, but it’s a bit much to participate after you’ve already graduated… .”

“Why? It doesn’t matter.”

“Why doesn’t it matter? It does.”

“That would be fun too. It’s going to be a noisy graduation ceremony anyway. If you use magic to hide your presence, wouldn’t they notice that one more person has joined?”

Laura took the words seriously.

“Oh, then can I join too?”

Nika, with her eyes shining, raised her hand and joined the fight, and the situation quickly grew bigger. While I was saying, “Oh, oh,” something was happening, and eventually even Erestica showed interest.

Erestica came into the room, embracing me like a mother kangaroo with her baby in her pouch, and in an instant the conclusion was reached.

First, let’s have each person graduate once according to their age, and then let’s have another graduation ceremony together for Elisier and Karna.

“… … ?”

I wondered if that was right.

“Is that okay?”

“I’m the chairman, so shouldn’t that be allowed? All I have to do is call the humans from the Magic Association and tell them to put up some kind of perception-obstructing barrier.”

I thought he was just joking, but he seemed more serious than I thought.

While I was panicking, everyone started discussing specific methods, and I took advantage of the gap to sneak out. Since everyone else was convinced except me, my presence was actually more of a nuisance.

“Your Majesty, please excuse me for a moment.”

Beatrice approached as if she had been waiting. Unlike her usual maid outfit that covered even her shoes, she was wearing a maid outfit with the length of her skirt shortened to near her knees.

The bow knot on the heel of the shoe was still there. It was only during this winter break that I realized that the knot meant exactly what Priscilla and Laura had said.

The fact that she had been carrying it around with her ever since she was assigned as my exclusive maid.

“what’s the matter?”

“Miss Aria has requested an interview, asking if she can meet with you. There is no need to force yourself to make time for her, and if you say no, she will go back. What should we do?”

“Aria?”

It’s surprising. And it’s very surprising. For the past two months, we’ve been moving from mansion to mansion, and we’ve only said hello to each other occasionally.

“Okay. That’s good, I had nothing to do. Where should I go?”

“2 I’m waiting in the audience room, so please head there.”

After finishing what she had to say and going back to her usual routine, Beatrice paused for a moment and looked back at me. Her cheeks were slightly red.

“Hey, would you like the skirt to be a little shorter… … ?”

“It’s been a while, Aria.”

“Miss Mira… … .”

2 As we headed to the audience room, Aria, who had been waiting anxiously on the sofa, saw me and stood up vigorously. There was even a hint of emotion in her blue eyes.

“What’s going on? I didn’t think you’d be the first to ask to see me. You’ve been avoiding me all this time.”

“… …Because I’ve made up my mind.”

With those words, Aria knelt down.