“…I am not that selfish, you know? If Camille wants to continue going to school, then I will wait until graduation.”
“But if you did it now, then you wouldn’t need to worry about the Topagerian prince stealing Camille anymore, right?”
Even though I’ve gone to the trouble of holding myself back, His Highness says nothing but things to sway my determination.
He probably doesn’t mean anything bad by it, but I wish he would stop irresponsibly inciting me.
“…No matter what you say, Your Highness, I place importance on Camille’s wishes.”
“Hm~mm, well, I get the feeling that Camille isn’t dissatisfied with you either, after all. I completely intend on getting in the way of the meddling from the neighbouring nation for you two, you know.”
And in truth, because His Highness has been stopping them behind doors, up until now there have been few large movements by the neighbouring country.
I’m thankful to him for this.
I wish that Topageria would just give up already.
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“Achille Jade.”
Just before I entered the auditorium, a schoolgirl called out to me.
It’s a face that I recognise.
If I remember correctly, she was the person that Camille was drunkenly associating with at the entrance ceremony.
After that, I had to apologise and reimburse her for her uniform and various things like that, so I remember her.
She came and talked to me about weird stuff as well, after all.
“Achille, I’ll head in first, okay?”
His Highness probably thinks that I’m being courted by one of the noble girls again.
He disappeared considerately into the auditorium.
Certainly, this chain of events would normally lead to a confession, but…
But I feel that the girl in front of me has an atmosphere different to those noble girls.
“I need to have a talk with you.”
“…Please keep it short.”
First of all, the girl looked around, before leading me behind the auditorium.
It was dark here, and there was nobody around.
Is it something that she wants to that badly keep a secret?
“What do you think about this country?”
“…Is this, a solicitation of some sort?”
Religion, or a political movement? …We only just entered second semester, so I wish she would just give it a break.
Outside of work, I don’t want to get involved with such bothersome things.