The Villain is Too Good at Sniping

31. Classes and Daily Life (3)

The protagonist of the original story, Kail Ivanstere, is a growth-type protagonist.

At first, he’s inadequate and lacks experience, making all sorts of mistakes, but with his unyielding [Willpower], he overcomes every obstacle that comes his way.

Kail’s scatterbrained personality is particularly prominent in the early stages of the original story, especially in episodes like ‘Ignatos Perseo’, which showcases his inadequacies.

-Airi, so what’s the deal with Peltus?

-It’s what Professor Izabella said. You have to help someone, but the rule is that the other person can’t find out.

-Huh? Then I’m…?!

-It’s a secret, so what can I say?!

Kail is in a position to help someone, while also receiving help from an unknown person, becoming a Reto.

The player knows that Serin Anett is helping Kail, but the point is that Kail can’t figure out who’s helping him, despite having countless clues.

-You need my help.

On the other hand, Serin Anette is asking the player for advice on how to help Kyle, and at this time, the player is given a choice. Depending on the choice made, the situation that unfolds later on will change slightly, which is also somewhat interesting.

In the end, Serin Anette makes a mistake, revealing her true identity halfway. However, Kyle doesn’t notice this and just lets it pass. This is one of the small comedic episodes in the original work.

This event was one of the key events that lifted the gloomy atmosphere of the dormitory after the ghost incident.

Now, that Serin Anette has become my manitto.

-Just in case, I’ll speak up first.

As the old saying goes, “A thief who confesses is not a thief.”

Serin left a word and fled the scene.

I don’t know why. In reality, there are many variables, so anything can happen, and it’s not strange.

What was unexpected was that even if the manitto changed, it wouldn’t appear as a “sudden event.” It seems that in this world, small changes like this are not treated as sudden events. In other words, it was a situation that could have easily occurred.

Anyway, Serin Anette disappeared down the stairs first.

According to my memory, she’ll eventually come back up. Serin Anette is in the same combat department as me, so we’re destined to meet in the next class.

I quietly leaned against the wall and checked my watch. I deleted the still-existing alarm.

[Someone is helping you with your school life. If you reveal your Peltus, you’ll receive additional points.]

[Message deleted.]

[All alarms off.]

[Do Not Disturb mode has been set.]

A phrase suddenly comes to mind. It’s what Isabella said during the 1st period.

– “Those selected as ‘Reto’ students must find out who their Peltus is.”

– “If you successfully find out who your Peltus is, you’ll receive the points they would have gotten. However, you only have three chances to enter the name.”

In other words, if I turn on my watch right now and enter Serin Anette’s name as a Peltus candidate, I can take away the points she would have received.

However, as I said.

It doesn’t have much significance to me.

Moreover, thanks to Airi, I’ll get free points anyway, so I don’t have a reason to be obsessed with Serin Anette’s points.

Thinking about it, it’s better to let Serin Anette keep her points. Serin Anette will continue to grow and have positive synergy with the main characters, including Kyle, in the future.

So, I had to suppress my trained [intuition] and [clairvoyance]. Even if there’s something bothering me, I have to pretend I don’t know and ignore it.

The problem is that several small episodes are happening at the same time as this manitto event.

Representatively, Serin Anette asking the player for advice, and Kyle Ivanstere making a mistake and failing at a critical moment.

Now, those small episodes have all flown away.

I turned my gaze outside the window. The voices coming from below, it’s about time.

“What are you going to do if you leave it like that?”

“Ah, sorry. I forgot. I’ll bring it again now.”

“If you go now, you’ll be late! Class is about to start!”

Below, I can see Kyle Ivanstere and Elin Beonard. The two of them are arguing, just like in the original work.

Originally, Serin Anette was supposed to appear there. At the moment when the conflict was escalating, Serin Anette would appear and hand over a pamphlet, saying she picked it up while passing by.

Yes, that’s how the episode was supposed to go.

But now, Serin Anette is stalking me like a stalker, and Kyle has become a pitiful guy.

“It can’t be.”

Of course, it can’t be.

Now that the new semester has begun, I can’t let Kyle fall behind. There’s a mountain of work ahead.

As the student council led by Rebecca and I clash, I’ll have to confront Professor Biern and uncover the evil hidden within him.

By the third act, I’ll have to join forces with other key players to stop my father, Duke Esperand.

Above all, I have to defeat the final boss, and that’s none other than Kyle himself.

Manito isn’t much help to me. Instead, he’s more needed by Kyle. Ironically, Kyle has become someone else’s Manito.

Originally, Serin Anet was supposed to be looking out for Kyle, but now that she’s gone, someone has to fill the gap.

Since Serin Anet has already become my Manito, it’s too late to back out now.

“Is it really possible to be this unlucky…?”

If I gradually narrow it down using the elimination method, in the end, I’m the only one who can help Kyle. I let out a sigh and ripped a page from my notebook.

***

In front of the flower bed.

“No, what do I do if I leave it behind?”

Kyle stands before me, with Elin Beonard, who’s making a racket as usual.

Elin’s flushed face looks like a ripe tomato. Meanwhile, Kyle awkwardly scratches the back of his head.

“Ah, sorry. I forgot. I’ll go get it now.”

“If you go now, it’ll be too late! Classes are about to start!”

“This is…really something.”

Kyle forces a laugh. Elin, seeing this, bursts into laughter again.

“Is this funny? This is our first class! What’s going on?”

“Ah, haha, haha…”

But apart from laughing, I have nothing to say.

It’s frustrating, but when I think about it, I realize I’m the one who forgot. I’m sure I put it somewhere on my desk, but when I checked again, it was gone without a trace.

Elin Beonard has temporarily formed a duo with Kyle Ivanstear. They’ve promised to team up for the upcoming evaluation.

Their skills and abilities have already been verified at the Titania observatory. So, it’s a team I’ve put my trust in.

“This is crazy.”

“That’s what I’m saying…”

It seems I’ve made a mistake from the start.

Still, I have no choice but to attend class. According to Elin, there’s no time to go back to the classroom and search for it now.

“Let’s just go in. That’s for the best.”

At that moment, a strange wind blew from behind me. Before turning around, Kyle reflexively stretched out his hand.

It was perfect timing. Kyle’s hand caught the object flying from behind.

“What’s this?”

“What kind of plane?”

The object he instinctively caught was not a dagger or a rock, but a delicately folded paper plane.

“What’s going on?”

“Just a minute…”

As Elin asks, Kyle slowly unfolds the paper plane.

The texture suggests it’s not A4 paper, and the torn edges indicate it was someone’s used notebook. When I saw the contents, Kyle’s eyes narrowed.

“Uh…”

The handwriting was atrocious.

It was as if a worm had crawled across the page, abstractly drawing something. The awkward penmanship looked like a right-hander trying to write with their left hand.

Just as Kyle was about to interpret the content, Elin shook her head.

“Let’s go. If we’re late, it’ll be a real problem.”

“Okay, got it.”

The sound of their hurried footsteps echoed softly in the corridor. After they disappeared from view, Sion Illeonhart turned around, watching them go.

***

The first day at Arsene had come to an uneventful close. After finishing my tasks, I headed back to my lodging.

Thud—

I dropped my luggage to the floor.

Before me, the guest house door swung open, welcoming me in. The atmosphere felt rather awkward, like they were trying to make me feel at ease.

Today was the first day of classes at Arsene, and I had returned to this place like a swallow.

It seemed like I had a curse that prevented me from staying in one place for too long.

As the teacher had said, we had to move out of our dorm rooms. It hadn’t even been a week since I moved into the guest house, and now I was being kicked out onto the streets again.

Of course, I understood. The roof of the Chanelia dormitory had collapsed, and some of the 4th-floor rooms were damaged. The students who lived on the top floor had to move out for repairs.

I recalled the words of my teacher: “You might experience additional accidents, so let’s prioritize safety.”

At least, Arsene had provided some guest houses for the students who were affected.

If I had stayed in the dormitory, I wouldn’t have been able to sleep due to the constant hammering noise.

The noise-cancelling magic didn’t work on the construction site, unfortunately.

The problem was that, unlike other students, I had a history of staying in this guest house. It wasn’t something to brag about, so I quietly climbed the stairs.

I remembered what Sato, the teaching assistant I met at Esperand, had said.

“Mr. Sion, you have a fate that prevents you from settling in one place.”

“I think you’ll be wandering around for a long time. Your departure from Arsene is just the beginning.”

“In the end, you’ll settle down, but I’m worried about the hardships you’ll face along the way.”

Rumor had it that Sato’s younger brother was a famous astrologer, and he seemed to have seen something in me.

At the time, I had brushed it off as mere fortune-telling, but…

“Then, I’ll guide you to your temporary lodging, students.”

…it seemed that Sato’s younger brother was quite the skilled astrologer.

[Achievement Unlocked: Unable to Stay in One Place]

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