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Chapter 68
The decisive point in the student council president episode from the original work was the declaration of support for Princess Francia by the current student council president, Alexander Axellion.
The fact that he, who is related to Princess Cecilia, supported Princess Francia instead of Cecilia itself had various effects on numerous students.
“Turns out he’s just trash who’s fond of women.”
In reality, he later faces major trouble due to his messy issues with women.
It even creates the opportunity for the downfall of the great Axellion Ducal House, known as the Northern Great Duke.
In that sense, I decided to make a preemptive move before Princess Francia could use his weakness.
*Knock knock!*
“Wh-Who is it?”
After knocking on the door of someone residing in the upper floors of the dormitory, I answered lightly to the wary voice coming from inside.
“Camon Bede. A student staying in the same dormitory.”
“Huh? Ca-Camon? Wh-Why are you visiting me?”
“I have something to talk about. Could you open the door, Senior?”
*Knock knock knock!*
After knocking strongly once more, the closed door opened cautiously, accompanied by the sound of a faint sigh from the guy inside.
*Creeeak.*
“What brings you here?”
Then, I saw the figure of a male student wearing large glasses that covered half his face, looking at me with eyes full of fear.
“Let’s talk inside. It’s a bit cold out here.”
“Ah, uh… Yes, come in.”
He clearly didn’t seem welcoming, but I forced my way in.
As I entered blindly, a room filled with symmetry, OCD, and fastidiousness, no different from before, came into view.
‘It’s slightly creepy just looking at it.’
“So, your name is Jack Gallera, right?”
“Gasp!”
Seeing him gasp and look at me with surprised eyes, I grinned.
“Seems I’m right?”
“H-How do you know that name?”
“What’s with you, why are so scared? Did you do something wrong?”
“N-No. It’s not that……”
As he answered with trembling hands, I chuckled and asked again.
“Then, should I call you Senior Jack?”
“Huh? Ah, no. My name is Rond Gallera.”
“Pardon?”
“Well… Jack isn’t my real name, it’s an alias. Something I use when creating my works……”
“Ah-ha?”
So, that name ‘Jack Malion Gallera’ I saw was like a pen name or nickname?
Actually, that wasn’t important right now.
I had a different reason for seeking this person out so abruptly.
“Alright, Senior Rond. I came to propose a deal with you.”
“A d-deal?”
“Yes, a deal.”
“Wh-What kind of deal do you want with me, all of a sudden?”
“By any chance, do you have any interesting photos related to President Alex?”
“Huh?”
*Tap!*
As Senior Rond immediately stepped back and questioned me, I subtly blocked the door to prevent him from escaping.
“No, I really need photos of him right now. So I was thinking of purchasing them.”
“Ha, haha. I-I don’t quite understand what you mean? Why would I have photos of President Alex?”
In response to his defensive attitude of feigning ignorance, I looked towards the bed and said.
“You seem to be misunderstanding something right now.”
“……?”
“Should I open that?”
“No, don’t!”
Senior Rond instantly lunged towards the bed, showing his determination to block me no matter what.
Seeing this, I shook my head slightly and continued in a firm tone.
“I came here already knowing everything, so stop doing these foolish things. And, frankly, do you think you can stop me?”
“Eeek.”
Seeing Senior Rond trembling and expressing fear at my low-toned words, I slowly opened my mouth again.
“Then I’ll ask again. Do you have photos of President Alex or not?”
“……”
“Answer.”
“I… have them. I have them. I’ll give you everything. I’ll show you all the photos I have. S-So, Mr. Camon. Please, can you keep this a secret? Pl-Please don’t report me……”
“Of course.”
“Huh?”
“It seems we’ll be doing quite a lot of deals in the future, why would I report someone like you?”
Senior Rond, who was staring at me blankly as I responded with a relaxed expression, seemed to have finished his calculations and immediately moved.
*Tap tap tap!*
He immediately opened a hidden compartment installed above his bed and took out several photos from inside.
“You said photos related to President Alex, right? Here, here they are. They’re here.”
“Thank you.”
Taking the photos from Senior Rond, I twitched the corner of my mouth and stared intently at the person in the photos.
‘That’s it, this should be enough.’
“Pardon? About Alex Oppa? Why suddenly?”
“Please don’t ask for the reason, just prepare your thank-you speech for the day of the address.”
“Wait a moment, Camon.”
Princess Cecilia, who stopped me, looked at me with clear eyes and asked.
“Why are you telling me not to ask for a reason? Hurry up and be honest. What’s going on?”
Faced with her questioning manner, as if scolding a child, I kept my mouth shut for a moment.
Then, I soon shook my head and gave a short answer.
“You’ll regret it if you know.”
“Wouldn’t it be better than not knowing? Hurry up and tell me. Come on!”
*Tap!*
I then placed the photo I had in my pocket onto the desk.
“What is this?”
“You’ll know if you look.”
“Hmm?”
She shifted her gaze to the photo I had placed, and shortly after, she stared at the photo with eyes wider than ever before.
And then.
“H-How could such a shameless person…!”
“That’s why I told you. It would be better not to know.”
“Is this real? Not fabricated? Not like the fake news or rumors we dealt with last time?”
“No, that’s the real thing.”
Princess Cecilia, who seemed to be at a loss for words for a moment while looking at the photo given by Senior Rond, soon plopped down into her seat.
“What should I do? My uncle will be so disappointed. And Lady Giselle…”
What, is she worried about Duke Axellion and Giselle Kaisen now?
No, there’s a limit to being nice.
‘Shouldn’t you look after yourself first?’
At that moment, Princess Cecilia shook her head with a stern expression.
“This simply won’t do. I won’t accept Alex Oppa’s declaration of support.”
“Pardon?”
What kind of nonsense is this now?
“How can I give a thank-you speech to such trash, who abandons his fiancée and does such shameless things? I’d rather not accept it.”
“No, Your Highness. We are in the middle of an election. You must distinguish between public and private matters…”
“I don’t want to.”
“Your Highness! If we don’t take any action here, President Alex will support Princess Francia. Then all the votes that favored him will go over to the Princess’s side. Are you just going to let that happen?”
“Oppa is supporting the Princess? Why? He clearly told me he would remain neutral.”
“That’s exactly why I’m moving like this right now!”
At my answer, Princess Cecilia pressed her lips tightly together and began to avoid my gaze.
*Sigh*, seriously.
She’s acting like a child way too much.
What does she hope to achieve by acting like this now?
“Fine. Then there’s another way.”
“Another way?”
“We make this photo public. If we do that, those who supported President Alex will be disappointed, and those votes will disappear into thin air. Even if he supports Princess Francia, it will actually backfire on her.”
“No, you can’t do that!”
“Why not again?!”
“Lady Giselle is also my friend! She’ll be really hurt if she finds out about that!”
What the fuck.
So what?
Just because she’s your friend, are you going to give up everything for her?
“Then, are you giving up on the election now?”
“No. Why would I give up the election?”
“But you’re saying this won’t work, that won’t work. You don’t want to give up either. Stop whining like a three-year-old and tell me, what exactly do you want to do and how?”
Finally, unable to hold back, I let out everything I wanted to say.
At my sharp words, sharp enough to pierce one’s heart, Princess Cecilia stood there blankly, seemingly a little shocked.
Just at that moment.
*Knock knock!*
“Your Highness, a guest has arrived.”
At the voice of Secretary Albion coming from outside, Princess Cecilia, who had been dazed, snapped back to her senses and spoke.
“A guest? Who is it?”
“Well……”
“Princess Cecilia, it’s me. Rosen Ravenia. Long time no see.”
Rosen Ravenia?
Why is that woman, a member of Princess Francia’s election team, suddenly visiting here?
As I was thinking that.
“Then I’ll come in.”
*Creeeak!*
“Ah? W-Wait a moment!”
The voices of Rosen Ravenia, trying to enter without permission, and Secretary Albion, trying to stop her, followed one after another.
*Tap!*
In response, I hurriedly gathered the photos on the desk and hid them in my pocket.
And.
*Click-clack.*
“Hmm?”
Rosen Ravenia, who had now entered inside, looked alternately at me and Princess Cecilia and spoke again.
“Ah, there was a guest who arrived first. But it doesn’t matter, does it?”
*Click-clack, click-clack.*
Then, sitting directly on the sofa, she asked Princess Cecilia with a faint smile on her lips.
“It’s okay if I’m here, right, Your Highness?”
What the hell is this crazy bitch up to now?
Letting out a long sigh at the sight of this madwoman who showed up uninvited and was acting recklessly.
*Sigh*, fine. I’ll come back later to persuade her.
“Since you have a guest, I’ll take my leave and come back later……”
“Ah, so you’re Camon Bede? That lunatic who attacked the Princess.”
You’re the crazy one, you psycho.
“What did you say?”
“No wonder, the atmosphere here has been strangely odd lately.”
Muttering with a giggly smile, Rosen Ravenia rested her chin on both hands and continued.
“It just doesn’t make sense, no matter how I think about it. The airhead who only has a field of flowers in her head used a large poster strategy? Mmm, no. That’s not something our Princess could do. I thought someone next to her must have been playing tricks……”
Saying that, she looked at me and gave a light wink.
“The culprit was you. Caught you red-handed.”
“What are you trying to do right now?”
“Hmm? I’m not really trying to do anything? I just came to visit out of curiosity and found the culprit.”
I knew this novel’s world was overflowing with particularly crazy bitches and psychos.
But I never expected that even a character who didn’t properly appear in the original would have this kind of personality.
*Sigh*, is there really not a single normal person here?
Then, Rosen Ravenia spoke again.
“So, I’d like you to stop corrupting our oh-so-kind and pure Princess… Could you please stop?”
“That doesn’t sound like something I should listen to from a dirty traitor who abandoned her original master and ran away?”
“Oh my, our junior speaks so rudely? Well, fine. I don’t dislike that bad boy style.”
Feeling like I might truly lose my mind at the sight of Rosen Ravenia answering with a chuckle.
If I stay here like this, I might not be able to handle it, so let’s avoid her for now.
They say it’s best to avoid crazy bitches.
“Your Highness, then I’ll take my leave……”
The moment I tried to speak to Princess Cecilia after organizing my thoughts.
“No, Camon. Stay here.”
I saw Princess Cecilia stopping me with a tone more resolute than ever before.
And then.
“The one who should disappear from my office right now isn’t Camon, but that shameless trash sitting over there.”
Did Cecilia just swear?
