Chapter 136: Marie, an ever-so-normal Countryside Girl (2)
npl“Marie. Are you stupid?”bOdjTcV
M0H43PAlthough the Academy had a fresh supply of ingredients coming in every morning, there were still some discrepancies in the cafeterias and restaurants inside the campus.oNzLUgo
hTjjgIOne such example was the cafe with an intelligent and cute design with the glass displays full of sweet cakes, which boys were known to never be able to visit by themselves. The cafe, Marshmallow, was therefore dedicated for female students and couples.w4sO7Z
2jWGBUEThat was further proven by the fact that most of the customers were female students in casual clothing and boys who were being forced inside by their girlfriends.NqbM0b1
defZvzMarshmallow simply had a different target market compared to the study cafes and the ones that ran 24 hours a day, which boys tended to visit to buy coffee in the stead of energy drinks.b8za1e5
uUshOne of the regular customers of this cafe, Isabelle Kirmin, was having brunch with her best friend Marie Dunareff, with the menu being some basil sandwiches and two glasses of strong espressos.cVhL9
gCtwuNaturally, the girls were talking about a bunch of topics unrelated to food and the current topic for them was in regards to a certain boy.FUB
H5XI“I get that you like him, but anyone will be scared out of their minds if you give that many things at once, okay?”IzqD
Dl7ricw“R, really?”9ASfx
dmQbTJ“What was it again? Giving him a whole district of a city? A squad of wyverns? And what? A Hresvelgr? I don’t even know what to say.”FvvnUak
NlX“Ugh… I, it’s not that bad! Besides, buying wyverns and constructing the office were all n, necessary…”rxtGa
eqwc7ti“Yes. And even if you add them all up, they don’t even cost as much as a monster carrier.”rNGT0
Jr3cIt was a peaceful morning with the fresh scent of flowers tickling their nose, but Isabelle couldn’t help but scold her best friend after hearing how overly dramatic her love life was.BH5T
gGZ7“A, and this is not about me, remember? I, it’s about one of my friends!”EEv
sQoNjNREven though she was saying it wasn’t her, it was obviously not enough to fool Isabelle.HlH
qnea“…”PlX
S3PIsabelle barely held herself back from telling her that… the only individuals in this continent that could buy monster carriers with their money were the two princesses and her, Marie.hZi
iaAoelcIn fact, even Saintess Estelle and Princess Miruam would only be able to afford one by using their official funds, and regardless of how much money they were in possession of, wasting it like that for personal reasons was bound to make them a vulnerable target for the other party.anUPw
rbuUAnd as for Marie? There might be one news article or two with the headline, [The extravagant use of money of the high social classes disheartens the public].8DDYv
IeLThey even had a newspaper company, didn’t they? It was clear that such articles would never be published in the south.XLSP
oWfmE“Marie. Let’s be honest. You like Korin, right?”z809Kt
B3x“N, hnn? N, no? No? I, do not?”UOP7HCB
t1dYRV“Huh, do you not like him? Then can I go and confess to him tomorrow? To be frank, he’s very famous and handsome, isn’t he? He must be super popular.”132l
qu6Qs“N, no!!”dsCarnR
o9Gkn“Right?”fwWv
BZqiZxf“Ughh…”ryUFCB
4amx7zGKorin Lork.Lu8
BQmaHe was a junior with a good reputation even among the 3rd grade female students. The only reason why no one was hitting on him from the 3rd grade was because it was a well-known fact among them that the top idol of their grade, Marie Dunareff, liked him.y3HK
wSgNone of them wanted to antagonize Marie, who was beloved by every one of them. That was the general consensus of the 3rd year students.Bc5NM0
SQXDjRK‘Maybe not so much for the Saintess, though.’V97
IocAn exception was the senior who entered the Academy 2 years before them, who had recently returned to the academy as a 3rd year, Princess Estelle.BhM3vf2
rQXT3CThe only reason it wasn’t as obvious as Marie was because she was busy dealing with cases like Elder Morushtan the black mage, and the impression Isabelle received was that even the Saintess was interested in Korin.He8miw
L3YLooking back, she also recalled the rumors that had spread at the start of the semester about the 2nd princess, Princess Miruam, chasing after Korin’s back.5Nd0IeF
mcgyof9‘Ehew… What’s with these competitors?’WuWLLoa
3cRJ0sThe future successor candidate of the renowned Arden household,ycUG8
Qdjn25A probationary sister of the New Faith, who was at the same time the strongest living jiangshi of history.xzLU3b5
GAtr7IOne of the top executives of the New Faith and the likely heir to the throne, 1st Princess and the 2nd Princess, whose influence was on par with that of her sister’s.TgC
SnNdvTAlthough Marie wasn’t lacking compared to them in the slightest, it was still unquestionable that her competitors were all on another level.BiVzix
i9yPeU“And yet look at you throwing away your advantage by being stupid…”e5VhMt
xm36xlD“S, stupid? You’re so mean!”bP3mk
sORPKHIsabelle took a sip of her coffee while savoring the scent of the strong espresso.yUu3wL3
N4IN“You said he rejected the Hresvelgr, right? You better be grateful that he didn’t refund the wyverns on top of that.”QVypR3Z
A1di“Ughh… W, what exactly was the problem?”hEeO
sbP6eQ“I should have known you would do this when I saw you renovating the potato warehouse on campus…”K115B
PhEEmGp“T, that didn’t cost that much though?”ti5C
HlES“Wake up, Marie. That potato warehouse is so damn big that they’re giving away the potatoes in there to feed the poor. You need to admit that your use of money is not normal.”NqOJd
IJXp“Haaht…?!”FAF1rMZ
31OsIsabelle couldn’t help but sigh as she looked at the dumb look on her best friend’s face.A8oeQu
toFv“Even a guy that’s after your money will be scared away by the sheer scale of your gifts.”BH6Xu
WfTRv“K, Korin doesn’t care about my background!”cALCnU
GMkk7S“Yeah, well… You might be right but still.”dbLLEs
XVyXAcoKorin Lork’s personality was well-known and praised in the whole city, let alone the campus. He was a good-natured person, who unhesitatingly took missions for those that were struggling, regardless of how big or small the reward was.CT4Xrd
8pNSThere were endless positive stories about him, starting from Mr. Yoon’s sweet and sour fried chicken store, which had been a great success, as well as the boy who had been saved from a bunch of scoundrels.Zwx8
QxRIn the first place, considering how that boy had thrown himself in to save Marie who had become a vampire at the start of last year, he would have long asked Marie for rewards if that was what he had been after.QvWx8
qDisLjX‘It might be a whole big scam to get married into her family but…’weLZ2
QxYVA9XThere were way too many girls that he was flirting with for that to be the case. Even players tended to focus on one girl at a time, right?bx8NIe
nvGY3QX“As you said, Marie, do you think Korin was after money when he saved you?”HCWb
sAf6G“Absolutely not!”8Lnm
FJAjbUg“Right? That’s just the type of person he is. He was born a good person. Do you think a person like that would enjoy seeing you spending a lot of money for him?”jao
hzA3x“That’s true, but…”77J
lziPIt’s not even that much though… Marie added with a whisper.7EJP
2XBnaWTo be fair, Marie was from an extraordinarily wealthy family, where buying out a whole street of luxuries and buying monster carriers were only considered as her being ‘slightly wasteful with her allowance’.EQE
batvta9Isabelle decided that suggesting another method would be better than fixing her perception of money.V81
reah“Marie. There’s no way you can use the hot and cold strategy considering your personality, so just go in.”LFd
SZrnXJ“Go in? What do you mean?”ouAr
0nhEtms“You idiot. What can you use aside from money to lure him in?”iBnsskx
GoWrf“Umm… potatoes?”yVbhf
GE0XKY“Come on! Wake up, Potato Princess!!”UIKBD
r2cVgD“Haht…!”RVw5tf
XPYIn deep frustration, Isabelle slapped her on the shoulder which startled Marie.6T3
E8o6“Listen, Marie. With money gone, you have one charm left.”qeyJ
KQwFBp“O, only one?”489j7M
yZwZMVK“Maybe two. But this is the best one you can use for a teenage boy.”bGL
97qe2i“W, what is it?”9yq
uvtGulp! Hearing that audible gulp even from afar, Isabelle gave her advice with a serious look on her face.bPF
yzlMq“You’re big; except for your height. That’s your greatest weapon.”n9pjeTb
mMiCLh0“Huh?”MT6Hi
CLcShe was around 160 centimeters tall, which was just about right, and her body fat was all heavily focused on certain parts of her upper and lower body. Her bodyline was so destructive that parts of her body might be censored if she were to go on TV, no matter what clothing she were to wear.QJze
Evu0BVO“In the end, he’s just a teenage boy. Just make up the right mood and go closer, and I’m sure he will pounce at you.”GD7
SjNN“Korin’s not like that!”5gj
AyGz7“Hah~. Are you sure about that? Boys our age are all the same.”iXIavy
HpaU“He’s different!”z0kn
94TS“You sure? Look at Doggo. He’s going around doing all the dogs of the city. Where do you think his genes came from?”HFms4
yJD“Ugh…!”miGI0yX
vEuIsabelle was so persuasive that Marie was lost for words in response. There were a bunch of complaints from all around the city, and Doggo’s genes had already been spread across the entire city.dHhc
GG3SD“B, but… Korin is a lot more mature… and responsible…”KTKo
FmJ“Korin, that little guy, is blessed with women. Besides, he’s so dense that he doesn’t even realize he’s going around hitting on girls, and that makes him even worse.”lt6
Ll1Isabelle remembered the time when she was moving experiment apparatus after being told to do so by one of the professors.LAIEY
ftQ5[Huh? Senior. Isn’t that heavy? Do you need help?]V1rjlO
L5dzVm[Uhh, I, I’m alright. I can do it by my—]mJrap1Q
KSLT[Don’t worry. Life’s about helping each other.]mZruo
93ZEven after being turned down, he gave help without making it seem oppressive or repulsive, and nonchalantly said, ‘Instead of saying thanks, just buy me something later on if you want to,’ to set future plans.jsK
MUBWP‘I thought he was hitting on me at the start.’qIfX
4uEGBut after some time, Isabelle realized that Korin didn’t mean anything from it. That was just how he was born.rRzeM
hQ2c“Think about it, Marie. He has more than a girl or two next to him, does he not?”uqCgp
CnZAriz“H, he has a lot of male friends as well!”bGKuQ
Cyr“It’s across every grade… I even saw him having a meal with Professor Deina the other day. You know how she’s suffering in debt after the failed experiment with Fang Boars? She was forced to become a vegetarian and you know what he did? He invited her out to the steakhouse saying she needed some protein in her diet!”JtZQ
LfdGQ“E, even the professor?!”SqUM1l
TJCkUuHe was exceptionally talented at forming relationships – his nonchalant smile and kindness made him extremely easy to befriend. It was therefore very normal for there to be a lot of girls going after him.kpRaVjs
Y360BmH“Everyone else is running, so are you going to be content with walking? Do you think you’ll win by doing that? Getting overtaken happens in a flash!”SUhQ
MP4xAG“Uhk…! W, what should I do…?”WOBtVU
UZv1K79“Attack his instincts as a male, Marie.”fS7ePDq
1uar“Instincts… as a male?”ERP
v74tkq“You’re used to touching each other anyway, aren’t you? I saw you hugging and doing all that stuff.”L7W4E4c
kp9UaWP“N, n, n, n, n, noooo???”UBJ
ndWO4“Really? Then can you tell me what you were doing 2 days ago at the lecture room 403 in—”8ri
1OW1mrE“Ahhk! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!! No one should have known anything about that! How did you find out?!”UiHd
n3zuIDid this girl really think no one was going to find out about it?nlCV
kDBx“Anyway, you might think you’re being affectionate with how touchy you are, but that’s all fake.”sFdG2
uWulmA“F, fake??”arTFt
TeGCl7“It’s a forced one.”yxM3
VWf8w???h7h
kqLTMarie tilted her head with a slight look of disagreement in her eyes. She was by no means being forced to touch and hug him, so Marie couldn’t understand what Isabelle was trying to say.oeqp
98sg6eE“Think about it. Korin giving you blood is just to help you. It’s like emergency first aid. It’s no different from a blood transfusion service that he is doing for medical purposes alone.”CMbcoC
oLG“M, medical purposes alone?”wEK4ZwB
YTZMarie wanted to tell her that it surely wouldn’t be that dry.O09aszO
4jJ3aR“You don’t need to think about anything else, Marie. You just have to do one thing, to see whether he is interested in you or not.”dV0koZ
EtqsvBI– Gulp!GN7BYzz
o0CSThe sound of her gulp was buried by the chattery background noise of the cafe. However, Isabelle could easily tell what Marie was thinking just by looking at her face.wfdW
Sh5“A, and… what is that?”I9CPvLU
hGr5Qs“Listen carefully. When it’s just the two of you—”AJkyfK
d9UuHo****n9hW6
doklO“Uhmm… You see, apparently you need a big shed for the wyverns so that they don’t feel too stressed!88U
KWrNN“And we also need that cafeteria! We need to be prepared to invite more people in.wvTOb
CNV“For the buildings that are already done… Maybe we can rent them out.”a9mz
U0sI was at the Guardians office yet again. I learned the hard way how much money she could waste when I left it in Marie’s hands, so I decided to supervise myself.YvLuYha
rEs0K“Huu… Change the owner of that building back to you, and for those buildings over there, rent them out from the Guardians… No wait, that’s not going to work out.”z8Mv6
R3u9hEven though I had come to supervise so that there wouldn’t be any more problems, there were already way too many things to deal with in our hands. And most importantly…DXs
7DtsHL“Kyaaaah…!”MOWE
wPueUKoIt was hard to tell what it was unhappy with, but the Hresvelgr constantly let out a loud roar. This guy… how energetic and handsome…tNEpzv
kzh“No. 23,000 gold coins is still way too much.”p0heNL
tXXIn the game, it was accessible by using time instead of paying with money, but in real life, that Hresvelgr cost just as much as dozens of buildings.RvIe
uqaThere were a lot of things to say to Marie, looking at how she wanted to give that as a gift, and it was just way too expensive for me to accept it as a simple present.DkFNGvY
S3jWe couldn’t even afford the price to manage that thing in the first place.LDj7j
87gIf I were to say that to Marie, she would probably say she could pay the price herself. I knew it was her way of saying thanks but… but, still… This is way too much, noona.DF0C
FGv18“K, Korin? So how does that sound? We can make it a bit smaller and rent out the buildings that we don’t need…”X90p8t
4tV“We’ll do that, and please don’t use any more money than this.”fI1eL
Xj2Fynh“O, kay? Ugh. I was going to bring in some restaurants and stores, but I guess I need to cancel that…”rsKo
IsISz“What did you say just then?”hYL6
LgQe“N, nothing!”ug0sK
E0a1In any case, this should be pretty much everything. We had already used up a lot more money than necessary, but by putting most of them back under Marie’s name and renting out the other ones, we were left with what we could actually chew.hjAhscm
LbY9gHwIn the first place, the only role of the office was to act as a mission hub where you could directly accept missions from the Alliance without having to go through the Mission Board. Marie was way too enthusiastic, and there was absolutely no need for a facility this big.enCThzc
FP8Fy“A, actually, Korin!”oak
LwAQHztMarie walked up while fidgeting with her fingers. For some reason, her face was red.bjuB5p0
449bRHV“Since we’re here anyway… Do you want to take some rest at the guild dormitory? You’ve been trying way too hard these days, haven’t you?”Ybj
RnuI“…”D5z
bmDThere was no time to waste. I had to practice more and get stronger even by a bit, but… seeing the look of concern in her eyes made it hard for me to turn the offer down.s35
Ywu5ref“Then… shall we walk around the staff dormitory to make sure there’s nothing funny going on there?”SOJLO
Inv“W, what do you mean by that? You’re making it sound like I’ve done something incredibly wrong!”UEY6Hg
Am5“We’re going there to see if you have done something wrong or not. And you are already proven guilty, Senior.”ki8Me
jM3“Ugh… So mean.”kusfg
aLq2SOI am not going back on my words even if you roll your feet like that, okay!FpjPjCP
QkeBefore long, we arrived at the dormitory. After creating a Guardians Guild, it was possible to sleep outside the Academy and take a few more days off so we did need a place to sleep in, but…twX
qzrZox0“This is huge.”Lf8
ZkVJCuKThe room inside the dormitory that Marie made as the guild master’s room… which was right next to the deputy master’s room… was more like the suite room of an extravagant hotel than a dormitory.CLoDeQW
sLGJRtU“That bed looks big enough for a giant…”mtlqq
2Cg“L, look. This bed doesn’t shake no matter what you do! Look, look! Kyaaa~!”qgcrWCw
4Ty89KlMarie threw herself on the bed, jumping up and down while shouting that out loud. Despite the consistent shock, the bed did not jiggle sideways in the slightest, as expected of a king-sized bed.9Uxlcca
Vaant7hJumping up and down the bed, Marie seemed to be trying to prove the elasticity of the bed. Something else jiggled up and down elastically instead of the bed, and it was a very embarrassing sight to see.uSF
7eYYwbV“Oh, r, right.”khgY2
KePAfter suddenly stopping the jump, Marie said while fidgeting with her fingers again.4ZHCg
86S“Korin, do you know?”9Fo
J8Ryv“Know what?”ccT5G
iHuRPqw“This is… something I heard from someone… It’s a super super interesting research…”hbm2qR
VpAukt“A research?”VGdAL4N
1gpMarie said something completely unexpected with her face flushed red.4otLh
wVZnTEW“Apparently there’s something resembling a magic spell that reduces the stress and fatigue of a stressed-out person…”0E4W
UxReIRz“There is?”2rie2hW
1PDWIIt indeed was a bit stressful recently. Even though I didn’t mention it, I could still feel the stress building up inside me.bqTta3
nL1zc6Well, I did remember seeing research about de-stressing even back on Earth, so she was probably talking about something similar to that.49t
t0LSK“What is it? Tell me.”LVp3tn
Vnde8pt“B, breasts!”10rAX5
EexDc4“Breasts?”QvoIvZ
SEKe7“Apparently the stress and fatigue levels of boys decrease when they see big breasts! S, so, with that said…”yoPi57U
qUMF7YsHer robe slithered down her white shoulder. The stimulating scent of skin stimulated my nose as her sensuous eyes looked straight into my own.l6oI46
CMwtst“…”E4ikwt
vBAQuietly, she stared at me with a gaze of approval and permission.v8Bf1
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