I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

12 – Minigame

After a brief conversation with Delia at the door, Elianne returned to her room and was convinced.

Joel is producing her magic potion through her.

Eliane didn’t miss the moment when the door opened wide.

Thick grasses in the room.

She was supposed to be a magical second.

‘How much money and how much?’

Of course, the amount in Delia’s room was a level that any high-ranking aristocrat could afford.

But if you want her to keep buying that amount and have her manufacture it, she’ll run out of money before long.

It didn’t seem like Joel bought it from the market without knowing it.

Has the Margrave of Jahe found a supply route to obtain cheap Magic Herbs on their own?

But he hid the fact from the imperial family?

Due to the current family head’s personality, he wouldn’t have done anything suspicious.

‘Where in the world is Joel getting funds or magic plants?’

I send people to monitor Joel’s every move, but I can count the people he meets on my hands.

Maid Louisa, recent friendship with Lando, exclusive healer Delia.

Even if there is a special bloodline running through it, it will not be Lando who is dark in world affairs.

Delia’s family, which fell as a noble after her title was confiscated by the kingdom, is also unlikely.

‘Luisa….’

The daughter of the Daesanghoe who grew up in the Marquis of Jahe.

She is a commoner bourgeoisie who has no political power but is backed by abundant capital.

The Daesanghoe, run by her parents, is active in trade between territories as well as between countries.

If that’s the case, there’s a possibility that the Imperial family or nobles may have figured out in advance the sources of supplies in other countries that they don’t know about.

‘Louisa said she was probably sent to Joel’s mistress.’

There are not a few aristocratic men who treat the maid who has always been with her since childhood as her favorite concubine.

From the standpoint of the Daesanghoe, which has no political power, it is necessary to establish a relationship with the nobility.

That way, they will be able to steer the policy in favor of their company.

There is no man who can easily refuse the request of a lover whom he loves more deeply than his wife who is married for convenience.

Then, why did Luisane’s company supply Joel with that expensive magical herb at such a low price?

It’s a huge burden in terms of money simply to look good.

‘Is Joel really lacking in magic in the first place?’

He is hiding skills that cannot be captured even with the [Green Eyes of Insight].

As he is the son of a Marquis, he must have inherited abundant magical power.

But why bother using magic potions?

I couldn’t infer further due to lack of information.

Ellie Anne let out a long sigh and stood up from her chair.

She and she lay down on the bed.

His words I heard in the afternoon kept popping up in my head.

-Just what, competent.

Why?

I felt a moment of joy.

The daughter of the Duke of Chablis must be competent.

First of all, you must be a talented person who will bring benefits to the family.

Secondly, marry a man who will benefit the family.

Her older sister and younger sister succeeded in both.

‘A fiancée who is said to be expelled from the family because he entered the second place, not the top.’

I couldn’t wear both, so I took off the lump called Joel.

If he had been admitted at the top of the class, it wouldn’t have been a problem for her to enter the second class.

A fiancee with a bright future will bring benefits to the family.

A nice and competent man can only be coaxed by a woman.

But a man who is only nice and incompetent is of no help.

‘The relationship is reversed….’

I was going to be the woman who wielded Joel.

Now she has become a woman who is swayed by him.

To the extent that I was subconsciously happy to be praised for being competent.

It would have been better for her if she had revealed her true colors from the start.

Or was it that Ellie Anne was not very attractive to him, and she deliberately pretended to be incompetent?

Don’t let the woman cling to you, let the woman announce the breakup first.

‘Bad bastard….’

If she had told me where she didn’t like it, she would have tried to fix it.

Thinking that Joel liked her daughter, that bourgeois, more than herself, her fists clenched tightly.

I will definitely make him regret it.

Eliane made a resolution deep in her heart.

***

“You mean the back alley?”

“Uh, do you know where it is?”

“I know, but….”

The day after the actual lecture.

I asked Luisa in her room.

But she hesitated.

She doesn’t seem to want to let me know.

In Lauris, where the academy is located, there is a so-called black market.

Since it is an area jointly governed by the Empire, Kingdom, and Republic, there is some ambiguity about which country’s regulations should be applied in case of conflicting laws.

The back alley of the academy is where you dig into that area and buy and sell things on the border between legal and illegal.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to the casino.”

“But….”

“If I do something strange in the back alley, how can you stop me by sending a letter to my father? Is that okay?”

“… All right.”

Originally, it’s a rule for academy students to wear cadet uniforms even when they go out on holidays, but it’s impossible to go to the back alley.

I put on the black robe Luisa had given me and went outside.

The back alley is so narrow that even a carriage cannot pass through it.

You have to walk about 40 minutes from the academy.

“Eh, those panties….”

“Get out of here you bastard!”

When I entered the back alley, a man who had already been kicked out of the casino naked appeared.

Ashamed of people staring at him, the man covered his crotch with his hand and ran away.

But no one walking down the back alleys laughed at the man, and didn’t look at him very interested in the first place.

As if it were everyday life here.

“He is here too.”

The Marquis’ son entered a suspicious-looking store.

According to rumors, he was greatly reprimanded by his family for losing a duel to me and losing an heirloom.

In effect, his successor was deprived of by his younger brother.

Luisa said softly.

“Maybe he’s dabbling in illegal drugs.”

It’s a drug….

I was a little worried that the Marquis’ son might also be involved in the events in the main story.

I continued walking down the back alley and looked around at the store signs.

I didn’t come here because I was bored.

I was looking for an item for last year’s April Fool’s Day event.

“Boss, what store are you looking for?”

“Witch’s dance studio.”

“… Yes?”

Louisa asked back as if doubting her ears. She

She said the same, she said [Witch’s dance school].

“Boss, I don’t think the dance studio is in the back alley.”

She said something very common sense.

I really didn’t have anything to refute.

This is the sense of the production team of ….

After wandering around the back alleys for about 20 minutes, I couldn’t find the [Witch’s Dance Studio].

As expected, did last year’s April Fool’s Day event disappear?

That item is also very fraudulent, but he licked his lips in regret.

“Boss, it’s over there… ?”

Luisa questioned and pointed her finger at her.

A revolving signboard that looked like a hair salon was spinning in front of a store.

[Witch’s dance school] Was written on it.

“I found it.”

The exterior of the store was the same as in the game.

As an April Fool’s Day event, they put out something that doesn’t go well with the Middle Ages.

Originally, it only existed during the event, but it existed in this world as it was.

I thought that perhaps the past April Fool’s Day events would not disappear and remain intact in this world.

“Are you sure you want to enter here… ?”

Luisa backed away in front of the store.

The door to the store is not an ordinary wooden door, but a glass door that is hard to find here.

It was opaque like sheet paper, so I couldn’t see the inside.

She was probably very foreign and foreign to her, which gave rise to her fear of the unknown.

“Trust me.”

“Do, Bocchan, I always believe in you.”

“Then go in.”

“Do, boy… !”

Louisa even goes pale in her face.

It looked really scary.

She held out her right hand to her.

“Do you want to hold hands?”

“Yes?”

“Wouldn’t it be scary to go in holding hands?”

“Is it okay for someone like me to hold the young master’s hand… ?”

“Why are you like that? You are the one who catches it.”

Because he is one of my few allies, I must treat him well.

She had a thin smile and a blush on her face.

She then placed her left hand on my right.

She squeezed her hand lightly and pushed on her glass door.

Rabbing—.

There was only a sound as if it was locked and the door would not open.

Why?

Because it’s not during the event period?

[Pull.]

“… ….”

I belatedly found the phrase written on her handle.

I pulled back and the glass door opened smoothly.

“Welcome back, Joel de Jahe.”

An old woman sitting in a chair wearing a navy blue cone hat mentioned my name.

Even though I didn’t reveal it.

I already knew.

This witch is a wizard who has lived for over a thousand years.

She can use special magic to peek into other people’s status windows.

“Uh, how did you name the boy… ?!”

The witch giggled at Louisa, who seemed shocked.

“Nothing is impossible for this old man, Luisa.”

“… !”

Luisa must have been nervous without realizing it, so she grabbed my hand so tightly that it hurt.

This witch does me no harm.

So she was not afraid and asked the witch.

“Mechanical training… , is it possible?”

“Yes, it is possible.”

The old woman got up and guided me.

In the back of the store was a machine made of iron.

It was a machine that I saw every time I went to the arcade.

“One gold coin per song.”

“Louisa, give me 20”

“… Yes.”

Last year’s April Fool’s Day event was a mini game.

Compensation is given according to the result of clearing the mini game.

I climbed onto the machine.

There were large [↗] [↙] [↖] [↘] Buttons embedded under my feet.

That’s right.

This machine is a dance rhythm game like DDR or Pump.

I only had to press the arrow keys in the game, but here I had to move my body myself.

“Do you know the rules, Joel de Jahe?”

“I know. First-timers should start from level 1.”

The witch giggled and operated the machine.

Then a blue window appeared in front of me as if replacing a monitor, and notes began to descend along with the song.

This mini-game has a total of 5 levels of difficulty.

You have to clear the 5th stage song with a full combo to get the item you are looking for from the old woman.

An item that can reset skill cooldowns.

‘Oh, it works for some reason?’

[MISS]

Sir….