“You want me to guide a first-year around campus?”

When I arrived at the disciplinary committee's office the next day, this was the assignment given to me by Talia.

Within the office, several girls crowded the area and whispered among themselves. Most of them were in disgust at my presence, while others gave me looks of confusion. They had probably figured I wasn’t actually gonna join the committee and didn’t expect to see me here.

“That’s right. Yesterday, a girl who enrolled ended up missing the first day due to duties she was forced to attend to. Thus, she’ll need your help today with going around the school and teaching her about the different locations it houses.”

“Why do I need to do something like that? I’ve never seen the disciplinary committee do stuff like that before.”

“That’s because you’ve never worked on the disciplinary committee before. Just suck it up and show her around. And please, don’t sexually harass her. Otherwise, I won’t hesitate to kick you out of this committee.”

“Geez. Talk about intense. Do you treat all your members like this? Or am I that special?”

I grinned sarcastically to which she merely responded with an annoyed glare.

“Just get out of here already.”

“Right.”

Casually walking out the door, I sighed.

“Dammit. Something tells me this job is gonna be a massive pain in the ass.”

With that, I made my way to the front office of the school to meet with the new student.

“It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Julia Riosha. I thank you for taking time out of your day to help me with this endeavor.”

Once I made it to the front office, I was met by a girl who appeared to be around the age of sixteen. She had long blonde hair, sky-blue eyes, and a cute smile that made it easy for me to believe she’d be popular with the guys.

Actually, now that think about it, her name sounded familiar.

“Riosha? Say, does that mean you’re related to Dianne Riosha?” I asked.

The girl named Julia nodded.

“That’s correct. Dianne is my older sister. You sound like you know her. Do you perhaps happen to be acquainted?”

“If that’s what you want to call it, then I guess so.”

I mean she has been trying to be friends with me for ages so I’d say we're well acquainted at this point.

“I see. Well moving past that for now, please take good care of me during the tour today.”

“Uh…Sure.”

She certainly was a polite one.

Leaving the office, I began taking Julia on a tour around the school.

I had been excused from first period to do this, so I tried my best to make sure I could cover as much as possible.

Our first stop ended up being Julia’s first-period classroom.

It wasn’t too far from mine, so I had no trouble showing her where she needed to go.

Her second period, however, was quite a ways away from mine since my schedule got changed around a bit to the point I had PE second period rather than third this year. Julia, however, had to make her way to a classroom that was almost halfway across the school building from her first period. This meant that she’d be cutting it close pretty much every day. Not the most ideal situation. Unless she spent at least ten minutes of her break period getting to class, things would end up being rather difficult for her.

“Sorry. This probably isn’t the most ideal situation for you,” I said.

“Think nothing of it. If this is what I have to do in order to be at the same school as my sister, I can handle it without issue,” Julia said.

“That’s…good?”

Strange way to look at it, but okay.

For her final period, I guided her out to the spot where her class would always take their physical education classes which thankfully was almost right next to her second period so she’d be fine.

Going over her schedule only took around forty minutes, so I decided I’d show her around the rest of the school.

From the cafeteria to the dorms, as well as a few extra spots that might come in handy for her to know about, we finished things up right before first period was about to end.

Standing in front of my first-period classroom, Julia bowed in thanks.

“I appreciate you taking time out of your day to help me. I apologize if I caused any inconvenience.”

I shrugged.

“It’s fine. I’m not too bothered by it. Besides, it’s my job as a member of the disciplinary committee. So no apologies are necessary.”

“I see. Well, thanks once again. Now I know my way around the school that my sister holds high esteem for.”

I rested my hand on my side as I heard her say that.

“You..uh…seem to have a lot of respect for your sister.”

Julia proudly puffed out her chest.

“Of course. As the next queen, she’s always been someone I’ve looked up to. While I may never sit on that throne, I know that as long as my sister is in that chair, this kingdom will be all the better for it.”

“I…see.”

I…don’t think she realizes she just outed her sister as a princess as well as a future queen. Well, whatever. I already knew about that so it’s not like she’s spoiling a story thread or something.

Although, from looking at how proudly she talks about her sister, I’m starting to believe she has a sister complex.

“However, as much as I build her up, my sister does have one problem.”

“That so?”

A problem? I thought Dianne was developed to be one of the most flawless of the heroines. What possible problem would she have?

“You see…my sister…she…”

Julia looked me dead in the eyes.

“Hm?"

“She won’t shut up about a stupid commoner she met at this school!”

A vein sprung onto my forehead.

“A stupid commoner you say?”

“Yes. I don’t know how she could be so obsessed with someone of such low social standing. As such, I’ve sworn that if I ever get the chance to meet that lowly commoner, I won’t hesitate to destroy him for polluting my sister's thoughts with his disgusting words.”

You know, as interesting as it is to hear how much Dianne apparently talks about me, I find myself getting more pissed off than anything else at this girl's words.

“I’d like to see you try,” I mumbled quietly to myself.

“What was that?”

“Nothing,” I replied sarcastically.

“So with how much your sister talks about this guy, has she mentioned his name to you?”

“Of course. It’s been forcibly shoved into my brain against my will. I remember it clearer than my own father's name at this point.”

“I see.”

Trying to ignore the urge to give this girl a chop to the head, I took in a deep breath in and out to calm myself.

“As I recall, I believe his name is Ax-”

Suddenly, the bell rang throughout the school and the door to my classroom opened up.

Students started flowing out of the room. Soon enough, Xara and Dianne stepped out and Dianne made her way over to us.

“Axel? What are you doing with my younger sister?"

Julia instantly froze up when she heard my name.

“Oh. I was asked by the head of the disciplinary committee to guide her around. Is it true she missed school yesterday?”

“Er…Yes. My father ended up forgetting some things he needed her to do and she ended up skipping school.”

“So that’s why she wasn’t at the meeting spot we went to yesterday,” stated Xara.

Almost mechanically, Julia cranked her head in Dianne’s direction.

“Sister…do you happen to know this boy well?”

Not seeming to notice her sister's rather nervous tone, Dianne nodded with a smile.

“Yes. This is my friend. Axel Savoncho. And I trust you’ve already introduced yourself, correct?”

Julia was frozen.

“Yeah. She already told me. It’s all good.”

“I see. Wonderful.”

I scratched the back of my head awkwardly.

“It was you…”

Suddenly, I felt a dangerous presence in front of me.

Sighing in frustration, I looked at Julia and saw what appeared to be a red aura surrounding her body.

“It was you! You're the filthy commoner who corrupted my sister's mind!”

Julia instantly lunged at me.

Not giving her time to see my moves, I jumped to the side and she fell face-first onto the ground below.

“Julia!? Are you okay!?”

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Concerned, Dianne ran over to her sister only for Julia to jump back onto her feet and growl as she stared at me.

The polite girl from before was gone. In her place, was a crazy person who was out for blood.

She tried lunging at me once more, to which I dodged once again. And this time, I cast some wind magic to soften her fall before Julia quietly crashed onto the ground once more.

Getting off the floor, it looked like she was ready to charge at me a third time.

Not wanting to deal with such a pain, I pushed some wind magic into my feet and dashed off before she had another chance to attack.

That ended up leading me to spend my lunch with Flynn a bit farther away from the usual meetup spot me, him, and my other friends normally went to.

“Geez. Why is it always the commoner's fault? I literally had nothing to do with half the stuff I’ve been blamed for,” I grumbled as I ate my food.

“Well, people do like an easy scapegoat. And you just happen to be the easiest one to use. Although, in this instance, it probably is your fault.”

“I fail to see how this is my fault.”

“Is that so? Well, then I’ll leave it at that for now.”

Huh? So he’s not gonna tell me how it’s my fault? Well, whatever. I don’t care at this point. All I had wanted to do was vent my frustrations, and I did just that. So I feel better now.

The first week was mostly uneventful. I still had to do my disciplinary committee duties which were a pain in the ass, and I also had to continuously deal with Julia coming at me, but other than that, the rest of the week went smoothly.

Tomorrow was the start of the weekend, and I was ready to take a break.

“Hm? Where are you going?”

As I was about to leave the disciplinary committee office, Talia stopped me.

“Uh…back to my room to prepare myself for a relaxing weekend.”

Talia shook her head in frustration.

“I’m afraid you’re gonna have to cancel such plans. As a member of the disciplinary committee, breaks are not an option.”

“They aren’t!?”

I found myself slumping to the floor.

“Now that you understand that, here. Take these papers to Mrs. Firuni. She needs them for her lesson plan next week.”

Begrudgingly, I tried taking the papers from Talia’s hands only for her to put them down on a desk next to her.

“Take them from this desk. I don’t want your filthy common man germs touching me.”

I growled in frustration.

This was how she’d been for the last week. Making the title of Princess Asshole that I'd given her work all the more.

Geez. She didn’t hesitate to kick me in the head before, but now she’s disgusted by the idea of touching me. What a pain.

Picking up the papers, I left and made my way to Mrs. Firuni’s room.

Once I’d finished delivering the papers, Sirin in cube form appeared beside me.

“Master, a few new nobles have attempted to steal the island. How should I dispose of them?”

“Again? Good grief. Just contact the authorities and let them handle it. I don’t have time to deal with things like that right now.”

“Understood.”

Sirin vanished from sight and I let out a sigh. I’d almost forgotten what it felt like for people to try and steal my island. I’d honestly hoped people would stop trying altogether. But alas, greed conquers warning when it comes to most people. Much to my own frustration.

Making my way back to the disciplinary committee office, I was about to walk inside when-

“But Ma’am! We can’t possibly have someone like him on the committee! He’ll only cause issues!”

A girl's voice was shouting from the other side of the door.

Deciding to listen in, I pressed my ear to the door.

Another woman’s voice spoke up. It sounded like Talia’s

“I understand your frustrations Katyln. However, these we were ordered by the student council president herself. We aren’t exactly allowed to oppose her.”

“Of course you can! The only reason you don’t is because she’s your childhood friend!”

“That has nothing to do with it.”

“Yes, it does! You even stated it yourself when the student council president offered him the role. You said how you’d only put up with him because the president wants you to!”

Talia went silent for a moment before speaking again.

“Does it really bother you that much?”

“Why wouldn’t it? When you formed this committee, it was to make sure boys behaved themselves. But having a boy on the team goes against that moral!”

“Is that so? Well, I suppose you are right about one part.”

The sound of a chair being slid back could be heard in the background before I heard a loud BAM echo from the other side of the door. If I had to guess, Talia had slammed her hand on her desk.

“It’s true. We do act as a force to make sure students behave themselves. However, we don’t just exist to deal with boys, but girls as well. No one at this school is free from punishment just because of their gender. As such, having a boy on the team will assist us in understanding both sides.”

“But…but…”

Talia sighed.

“I don’t like having to bring in a boy any more than I’m sure you all do, but we mustn’t be so stiff about our staff. If we must bring a man into our ranks to provide a better future for the students at this school, then I’m willing to let him work with us.”

The girl Talia appeared to be talking to was silent for a few moments before the sound of her footsteps stomping toward the door caused me to panic for a moment and I flew into the air just before she trudged out of the room with a defeated look on her face.

Talia came out a moment later and let out a sigh.

Deciding to make myself known, I dropped to the ground and stood up next to Talia.

“Dang. You shut her down instantly.”

“Gah!”

Surprised by my sudden appearance, Talia kicked her leg up in my direction.

I jumped back just before she made contact.

“What the heck. Is that any way to say hello?”

Talia glared at me.

“Did you hear all that?”

“Every word.”

“...I see.”

Looking toward the ground, Talia clenched her fists tightly.

“As I stated, I’m not a fan of you working for the disciplinary committee. However, if that’s what Haiko wants, then I have no choice but to bear with it.”

“Geez. You make it sound like working with me is one of the most painful experiences in the world.”

“With how much of an annoyance you are, it might as well be.”

“Harsh.”

“Still, you’re part of the committee now. As such, I plan to stay on you at all times. So make sure not to cause any issues while you’re working under me.”

“You got it.”

After hearing my answer, Talia began walking away before turning back to me.

“By the way, since you haven’t been showing up to the disciplinary after-school lessons, I’ve left you a stack of homework you have to have done by tomorrow evening. Goodbye.”

“Wah-!?”

Without saying another word, Talia left me behind as I just stared at her in complete silence.

Struggling to find the right words, I let out a frustrated groan before entering the disciplinary committee office.

Sure enough, a stack of papers lied on the temporary desk they’d provided me.

“Haaah. What did I do to deserve this?” I grumbled.

Probably skipping the lessons. But in fairness, with how much the girls in the disciplinary committee glare at me while I’m in the office, I’m not exactly interested in dealing with that for another two hours.

As stated by President Haiko, since I had to spend my first period with the committee, the group holds after-school lessons to catch everyone up on whatever subjects they missed. Having skipped those, I guess this is my punishment.

Picking up the papers, I shoved them in my bag.

When I returned to my dorm room, I had Nia give me a crash course on all the homework and managed to finish it all at around two in the morning.

Instantly collapsing into bed, I barely had any time left to think before the exhaustion hit and I passed out.

The next morning, a banging could be heard at my door.

Sluggishly getting up, I made my way to the door as Nia vanished back into the grimoire while Vey continued to sleep.

When I opened the door, I found Talia standing there tapping her foot impatiently.

“Uh…Hello?”

What was she doing here? And this early in the morning no less.

She glared at me angry.

“What’s taking you so long? You were supposed to be at the disciplinary office almost an hour ago.”

“Huh? What are you talking about.”

Talia seemed to be getting more irritated.

“Did you not read the books I gave you? Disciplinary members have to spend their weekends going over penalty forms for students who’ve caused problems over the last few weeks.”

I rubbed my eyes.

“Are you saying we still have work even though it’s the weekend?”

“Of course. I told you about this yesterday, remember?”

“You mean you weren’t joking?”

“I would never joke about disciplinary work.”

Stretching out my arms, I let out a sigh.

“Fine. I’ll get my uniform and be over there in a bit.”

“You better be.”

Giving me one last stern look, Talia left me behind to get changed.

Frustrated, I slipped on my uniform and grabbed my grimoire before leaving the room as quietly as possible in order to not wake up Vey.

A little ways off, one of the members of the Wizardly Six known as Royil Gurndam was about to meet with a merchant he’d purchased from many times.

As the merchant arrived, Royil’s eyes went wide when he saw the large crate of froya crystals the merchant had offered him.

“Where did you even get this many crystals?”

“A group of adventurers sold them to me. They apparently found a huge stash hidden off in some dungeon and sold them all to me. Pretty big haul, eh?”

“Yes. It’s quite big. Is this all of them?”

“No my lord. There are actually two more crates waiting in my cart.”

“I see. In that case, I’d like to purchase all three.”

The merchant's eyes went wide.

“Are you sure my lord?! Three crates ain’t cheap!”

Royil nodded.

“I’m quite sure. I trust that won’t be a problem?”

The merchant shook his head.

“Not at all my lord. I’ll unload them all immediately.”

Once all the boxes were unloaded, Royil had some servants bring the crates inside while he paid for the crystals.

After that was done, Royil was about to go inside when he noticed a stone sparkling in the back of the merchant's carriage.

“Say, what is that I spot in your carriage?”

“Hm? Oh!”

The merchant walked over to his carriage and pulled the item out. It was a stone that shined a crimson red with a black center that gave a rather chilly vibe.

“This is another special stone I purchased off those adventurers. I didn’t know why, but my instincts as a merchant were telling me to buy it from them as soon as possible. It was as if it was the most incredible gem I had ever laid my eyes on. Though, in my haste to purchase the stone, I ended up spending quite a bit of money purchasing it from them.”

Royil thought to himself for a moment.

“I’m curious. How much would it cost you to give me that stone?”

The merchant thought about it and then shrugged.

“I dunno. I didn’t really think of a price.”

“Hm…In that case, how about I pay you double the amount you purchased it for.”

The merchant let out a gasp.

“But my lord…that’d be over two hundred platinm. Are you sure you’d be okay with that?”

Royil nodded.

“Of course. I can tell just from looking at it that the stone you hold is quite unique. So would you be willing to sell it to me?”

“Absolutely!”

Upon paying the money, Royil waved goodbye to the merchant as he carried the stone he’d just acquired into his home.

A few hours later, Royil met with a man who looked at the stone with a grin on his face.

“Will this do for your experiment?” Royil asked.

“But of course. I can already tell how rare and powerful a gem like this is. I’m amazed you got it for so cheap. Especially considering in the past this would more than likely cost at least a million platnm.”

“Well, people in this day and age lack the understanding when it comes to identifying beautiful and dangerous gems. I simply took advantage of that.”

Finished examining the stone, the man slipped it into his bag.

“With this, preparations are almost complete. All that’s left is to get my guinea pig back.”

“Is that so? Good to hear.”

The man nodded.

“Yes…However, as rude as this sounds, there is something I must ask of you in order to do that. Is that alright?”

Royil nodded.

“If it means seeing my goal through to the end, I’ll bear any order I am given.”

“I appreciate your understanding. Now, what I need you to do is...”

As the next words left the man’s mouth, Royil stiffened in his seat.

“I see. That won’t be easy to do, but I’ll make sure it happens. You have my word.”

“I appreciate your compliance. Well, it is time I take my leave now. Goodbye, my lord. I look forward to when next we meet.”

With that, the man left.

A couple of weeks later, it would be made clear just what the man had asked Sir Royil to do.