How to Survive as the Academy’s Villain

Chapter 75

“Kamon! That guy has been released without any charges. Everything’s been resolved perfectly!”

Elliot shouted to me joyfully as he returned with the great news.

“So? What’s next?”

“I took care of the rest. You probably won’t see him in the empire anymore.”

Seeing his eyes sparkle as he answered, I lightly patted his shoulder.

“Well done.”

“Thanks, but it was just what I had to do. But Kamon, how did you manage it?”

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

“No, did Lady Cecilia really contact Duke Romanoff and make this happen?”

“……”

At his words, I closed my mouth for a moment and recalled the memory of that time.

When Lady Cecilia mentioned she had a crystal orb that could directly connect to Duke Romanoff, I immediately wrote down the script she needed to follow.

Soon, we headed to the place where the crystal orb was…

‘There’s no one as doting as him.’

Though I couldn’t see his face, I heard the voice from the crystal orb.

Just a few seconds after trying to contact him, Duke Romanoff’s excited voice came through.

– Oh, my one and only lovely daughter, you called because you wanted to hear your dad’s voice again, didn’t you?

I felt something was terribly wrong and tried to leave the spot quickly, but Lady Cecilia calmly delivered the script I had given her.

When she mentioned that there might be royal forces hiding behind the student council election, Duke Romanoff got furious and promised to handle it immediately.

And now.

“Well, it seems to be true.”

“Whew, Kamon. You really worked hard too.”

“Hardly… It’s just the beginning.”

Honestly, I hadn’t expected the Flance Imperial family to be directly supporting Princess Francia from behind.

That’s why such a problem had arisen.

‘I’ll have to be more careful and cautious from now on.’

Blaming it on the fact that it didn’t appear in the original work was just an excuse.

While reflecting and reviewing the recent incident.

“There he is!”

“Ka-Kamon!”

I saw Bren and Lois running towards me with very urgent expressions.

“What is it, you two? What’s going on?”

Elliot, who was nearby, asked upon seeing their state.

But the two didn’t even answer Elliot’s question and shouted towards me.

“Hey, Kamon. You bastard…!”

“Lois, wait. We haven’t confirmed it yet.”

Quickly stopping Lois, Bren hurriedly handed me something he was holding.

“L-look at this.”

“……”

“What is it, what’s going on?”

Finally, as I took the large piece of paper they handed over, my reaction and Elliot’s were quite different.

“Pfft, what’s this?!”

“Damn, what is this?”

“Kamon Vade, explain this properly. Is it true? It’s not, right?”

With Lois’s angry question, the content of the paper that caught our eyes was simple.

[The Hidden Relationship Between Lady Cecilia and Kamon Vade, When Did They Become Secret Lovers?]

It was a scandalous article targeting both me and Lady Cecilia.

* * *

Even at quite a late hour, the lights of the academy’s training ground were still on.

Some students were still there, working hard for personal training or growth.

Creak, bang.

“Good job today, Chelsea.”

“Kyle, you did well too. See you next time.”

Chelsea, who had another one-on-one sparring session with Kyle, left the training ground covered in sweat.

After saying goodbye to Kyle, she headed straight to the shower room and saw some people murmuring there.

“Is this true?”

“Probably just a rumor like before. No way would Lady Cecilia be in such a relationship with that guy.”

“But the content is oddly specific for a rumor.”

Ignoring their noisy chatter in the changing room, Chelsea quietly undressed, preparing to shower.

At that moment, she overheard a familiar name.

“Yeah, why would Lady Cecilia accept someone like Kamon Vade?”

“Right?”

Chelsea paused for a moment, then approached the group she had only exchanged casual greetings with before.

“Could you tell me what you were just talking about?”

“C-Chelsea?”

The group seemed startled by her sudden action, but soon, a blonde girl who appeared to be their leader casually handed her something.

“Here, this was distributed throughout the academy earlier.”

Chelsea took the paper, similar in size to the posters used for Princess Francia’s rumors before, and read through its contents.

“Amazing, right, Chelsea?”

“We honestly can’t believe it either, but the details are quite specific, so it’s a bit suspicious.”

A few of them spoke to Chelsea in a friendly manner.

At that moment.

Crunch!

Chelsea crumpled the poster in her hand unconsciously.

“Hmm…?”

“Chelsea, what’s wrong?”

When the worried group of girls asked Chelsea about her reaction, she shook her head and replied coldly, “No, it’s nothing.”

Seeing her response, the girls nodded in understanding and continued their chatter.

“Some people threw up when they heard this news. They couldn’t believe someone like Kamon could be in a relationship.”

“Honestly, even if you gave me a thousand gold coins, I couldn’t date a crazy guy like Kamon.”

“Isn’t Kamon just a commoner now? They say he was kicked out of his family.”

“A romance between a noble lady and a poor commoner, huh?”

“Maybe Lady Cecilia has a fetish for that kind of thing. Haha.”

As they openly mocked and ridiculed Kamon and Cecilia, Chelsea closed her eyes briefly.

‘I don’t feel good about this.’

She felt as if something was about to spill out of her, just like someone had mentioned earlier.

‘Though I already had some idea…’

As someone who attended Princess Francia’s campaign meetings, she could foresee what would happen next.

But facing it as a reality was making her feel uneasy and queasy.

‘Is it because I know this is a lie?’

As she pondered briefly, Chelsea shook her head.

‘No, I shouldn’t care. It’s not something I should be interested in anyway.’

Having sorted her thoughts, Chelsea opened her eyes and prepared to leave.

“Chelsea, are you going to shower?”

“Yeah, I’m really sweaty.”

With an awkward smile, Chelsea replied and then hesitated before asking them in a low voice, “By the way, do you believe this?”

“Huh? Oh, no. We’re just looking at it. No one knows if it’s real or not. There’s so much fake news these days…”

“Got it.”

Nodding at the answer from the blonde girl who seemed to be the leader, Chelsea walked into the shower room.

The group, watching her leave, whispered to each other in confusion.

“What’s up with her? She didn’t look too happy.”

“Maybe she felt sick after seeing it, like the other girl.”

“Chelsea never seemed interested in these things, though. Strange.”

* * *

“Damn, why are we doing this crap?!”

“Oh, stop complaining. At least we’re screwing over Kamon.”

“Yeah, but still. I’m losing sleep over this.”

“Well, at least we know the best spots to put these up from our previous experience.”

“Haha, true.”

The ones posting rumors about Kamon and Lady Cecilia all over the place were none other than the Monster Trio.

“Stop chatting and focus on putting up the posters.”

Thwack! Thwack! Rip!

Sol Crensh’s order, as he set an example by sticking up the posters, prompted Crollin and Mork to start working faster beside him.

“Do you think it’s true?”

“No idea.”

When Mork asked, Crollin tilted his head in doubt. They then turned to Sol.

“Sol, what do you think? Is it true?”

“I don’t know. Who cares? Let’s finish up first and chat later.”

“Why’s he so grumpy lately?”

“Yeah. Is he on a diet or something?”

“Diet? He doesn’t have any fat to lose. Maybe you should think about that, Mork.”

“True. I need to lose some weight. Haha.”

As the two joked around, Sol Crensh snapped again in frustration.

“Hey! Are you going to keep messing around?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Geez, you act like you’re our boss.”

“Well, we got paid, so we should earn our money.”

“Fair enough.”

Nodding, the two started sticking the posters diligently.

Watching them, Sol Crensh grumbled internally.

‘Damn it, now she’s treating us like her lackeys?’

He had accepted the job without much hesitation since it was a way to get back at Kamon Vade.

‘That bitch is getting on my nerves more and more.’

Princess Francia’s attitude towards them and her recently announced pledge had both been annoying him.

A pledge to abolish class discrimination?

He had been furious when he heard that.

Although the scandal involving Lady Cecilia had somewhat tempered his anger, it was still simmering.

‘A princess sucking up to commoners just to win an election? Ridiculous.’

To Sol Crensh, Princess Francia was increasingly crossing the line.

Thwack, thwack, rip!

“Is it all done?”

After putting up the last poster, Sol Crensh turned to Crollin and Mork, who were finishing up.

“Yeah, we’re done.”

“I’m hungry. Should we get something to eat?”

“At this hour?”

“Who cares about the time? I’m hungry.”

“True. Let’s go for a late-night snack.”

As the two chatted, Sol Crensh watched them with darkened eyes and then spoke up.

“Hey, you two. Wait a minute.”

“…?”

“What’s up, Sol?”

Looking puzzled, Sol Crensh finally revealed what was on his mind.

“Whenever you have time, keep an eye on Princess Francia and her campaign members. Find out who they’re meeting.”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

“What’s this about?”

Ignoring their questions, Sol Crensh just smiled enigmatically.

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