“Veronica, I-I love you! Will you please go out with me!” On a certain empty classroom in the afternoon, a boy confessed in a tense and nervous manner to a girl while also handing out a love letter to her.

The girl looked a little flustered after hearing the boy’s confession.

“Please accept this. I’ve written on it with all of my feelings for you.” The boy followed up after sensing the girl’s hesitation.

The girl then pondered after recovering from her flustered state. ‘Hmm, what should I answer…'

She then looked at the letter he presented to her.

“Thank you, David. Is it okay if I gave you my answer after reading the letter that your giving me?” She asked him.

“Th-that’s fine, Veronica. He-here.” The boy looked really more nervous now as he passed the letter to her. He actually thought that he would receive an immediate answer, a rejection for that matter actually. But after hearing the girl he confessed to say that she’ll think about it, hope began to bloom in his heart.

“I-I’ll be waiting for your answer.” He said to her.

“Ok. Hehe. Expect an answer by tomorrow, ok?” She giggled cutely and smiled at him when she started to leave the classroom.

Dazed with her beautiful smile, it took him several seconds to come to and left the classroom in a happy mood.

*

“David Sterling”. Veronica Marionette muttered the name of the boy who just confessed to her while looking at the envelop he had given her.

The boy who is known as the most ordinary member of all the Sterling family that always produced prodigies that can leave their name in history. Although they refused to receive peerage from the royal family, they were always the first volunteer whenever something happens to the country.

For example, they were the first to discover and produce the medicine that had cured an epidemic that happened 10 years ago. It was a scary disease where even healing magic could not cure.

They also contributed to military by sending their best mages, alchemists, and artificers in times of war which in turn also boosted the development of magical technology.

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With all this achievements they gained, the only thing they asked is that Sterling Estate will not be considered as part of the Reverencia Kingdom. This makes the Sterling family able to confidently decline any political marriage proposals coming to them. They are said that all members of their family are free to love whomever they want.

So being part of the Sterling family would set you for life of luxury.

One really can’t tell if he really is from the prestigious Sterling family or if he was adopted by them.

Veronica was tempted to accept his confession just with that but given how unassuming David was, she’s a little hesitant.

Getting in a relationship with David would likely help her family. Even though the Marionette family were nobility, they are just a mere barony on the country side. She thought that this could be a chance to have a more luxurious life.

She studied really hard in order to get ahead of life but such chances for an easy way to reach that is very welcome. Her hard work actually paid off and now she’s a top student in the 1st years.

“Veronica! There you are. I missed you so much! Where did you go and what were you doing? I was looking for you.” A boy came near her and asked. He tried hugging Veronica but she dodged. Based on the green color of his necktie, he was a 2nd year.

Blake Simmons, heir of the Ducal House of Simmons. Their family’s inherent magic is based on the element of fire and Blake’s affinity to their magic is quite high even compared to his predecessors. With his ability combined with his smarts, he was able to reach the status of a top student in his cohort.

“What do you need, Senior? I don’t remember having an appointment with you though?”. She smiled and asked Blake.

“Well….. I saw you walking here with some unknown kid. I tried following you but I lost sight of you which made me really worried. I was all over the place, going back and forth in this corridor and checking every classroom, but I-“ As Blake answered worriedly, he was cut of by Veronica.

“What did you say you were doing Senior?”

“I said that I tried following you but I lost sight of you which made me really worried. I was all over the place, going back and forth in this corridor and checking every classroom but I wasn’t able to find you. Where were you?”

A sudden confusion came to Veronica since she just left the classroom that was two rooms away from where she and Blake is right now.

“No, but I was just in that empty classroom.” She pointed at room she came from.

“Huh? I checked that room before but you weren’t there though.” Blake said. A little confused.

“Let’s just forget about it then. So from your question before. I was actually just got confessed by David Sterling. I actually also got a love letter from him.” Veronica waved the letter in front of Blake.

He frowned and tried to reach for the letter but Veronica dodged him and hid it in her pocket.

“So you were with that weird guy? Yo-you rejected him, right?” Blake asked.

“No, senior. I said to him that I’d think about it and would reply to him tomorrow.” Veronica said, smiling as she remembered the tense and nervous look of the boy who confessed to her.

“Is that so? You better reject him, okay? An ordinary guy like that is not a match for you.”

“What does that got to—” she got cut of when Blake suddenly pulled her.

“Let’s eat your favorite parfait, I know a good shop. My treat” Blake said as she lead her out.

“Geez. Your so forceful senior. Let me go back to my classroom first to get my things.” She just let her pull her by the hand.