I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

27 – Push

After taking a bath in the morning, the Duchess of Chablis put on a white gown with the help of her maids.

As the Duchess took her steps towards her room, six of her maids followed her with their heads bowed.

I don’t know why, but I think Daniel will die soon.

She raised an eyebrow at that fact.

Because I couldn’t acknowledge the son of a prostitute.

At that time, the butler rushed over.

“Why are you running in the hallway?”

“Sorry, hostess. A letter came….”

“A letter? Who sent it?”

“I am Joel, the eldest son of the Marquis of Jahe.”

Joel?

Ah, that poor fellow?

Unlike my father, he was not well versed in martial arts, so there were even rumors that the Marquis’s wife had an affair with another man.

But when you meet Joel in person, you immediately know that’s a myth.

Because it’s literally the same as Marquis Jahe.

“Well, nothing special.”

The Duchess snatched her letter from the hands of her boss and went to her room.

And she carelessly took off the sealing wax.

She read through the letter.

Still, she must have been from a high-ranking aristocrat, so she kept her form well and her coat of arms was dignified.

If it had been from another noble family rather than the son of the Marquis, she would have seen the light of day, but she laughed.

‘You found evidence?’

However, the ridicule quickly disappeared from the Duchess’ mouth.

This letter was, in short, a threatening letter.

If you don’t want the Duke of Chablis to know that Daniel and his mother’s meal was poisoned, do as he says.

Obviously, all evidence has been removed.

No, to be precise, the cook who cooperated in adding the poison was sent down to the far country.

On the condition that he was at an age where he would soon retire anyway, and that he would receive a generous severance pay.

‘Could it be that the old man betrayed me?’

Contrary to the original plan, they failed to kill even Daniel.

Still, she got down on her knees to the Duke of Chablis, shed tears saying it was her fault, and acted passionately, rather taking care of him.

To see it as Joel’s bluff, he still has the status of the Margrave’s successor.

In other words, as stated in the letter, he has enough power to move the spies of the Marquis family.

The secret agents of the Marquis are so talented that even the imperial family sometimes requests them.

Even if the prostitute and Daniel are clearly the result of her husband’s fault, killing them is another story.

You can’t avoid legal punishment and your reputation will be damaged.

‘Joel gains by solidifying her re-engagement to Ellie Anne….’

The current Jahe Marquis Baek wants to strengthen his influence towards central politics.

That’s why he strongly wanted to become an in-law with the Duke of Chablis.

He agreed because he thought it would be of great help in strengthening his martial arts, which had been weak compared to other dukes, even as the Duke of Chablis.

Now that Julian has emerged as a replacement for Joel, Joel must have felt threatened in his position.

But what if the Duke of Chablis strongly supports Joel instead of Julian?

Then, as Marquis of Jahe, Julian will not be abandoned, or at least Joel will not be ousted from the position of successor.

‘A clever bastard.’

You dare to threaten yourself as the Duchess.

Even to a princess from the imperial family.

But I strangely like it.

He tries to maximize his own interests by using his weapons.

When I spoke to you before, I was just a naive child, but I never thought I’d hide my true nature.

‘Elianne’s useless anyway, so it’s okay to test her out.’

The Duchess of Chablis gave birth to four children.

One son and three daughters, her eldest son and heir to the duchy.

But among them, only Eli Anne had a different hair color.

Her eldest son, eldest daughter, and second daughter all have the same black hair as the Duchess.

Only Ellie Anne had the same silver hair as her husband.

Even Daniel, the son of another woman, has silver hair.

Ellie Anne resembles her father not only in her hair color, but also in her personality.

She pretends to be initiative, but I am weak.

She tries to be cruel to others who are not very helpful, but once she becomes attached to her, she cannot easily abandon her.

“Let’s have a party the day after tomorrow as planned.”

“Yes?”

The maid blinked at the Duchess’ words.

Then she glared at her maid.

With a look in his eyes, he asked if he was going to make me say it twice.

“Because of Master Daniel’s sudden illness, the head of the household ordered the acting to be performed. Are you really okay?”

“Go out and ask the imperial subjects. Would you be able to sincerely and sincerely care for the child that her husband had after having an affair with a prostitute?”

“…… All right.”

The Northern Church, the state religion of the empire, originally strictly forbids adultery.

It is within the authority of the Duke of Chablis to bring Daniel and the prostitute into the house, so her wife cannot touch her, but there is no law that requires her to admit them both.

In other words, since she can’t approve of Daniel, she can push for a birthday party for him whether he’s sick or not.

“Don’t forget to inform Elianne.”

“Yes, hostess.”

Joel de Jahe.

I will clearly judge whether he is a person who will benefit him.

At the party the day after tomorrow.

***

The morning after sending her letter to the Duchess of Chablis.

I was on my way to the main building to listen to the first class lecture, and Elianne talked to me.

“Looks like there will be a birthday party for your mother tomorrow as planned.”

Contrary to her calm tone, her expression was a bit dark.

She’s probably not happy that her own mother doesn’t care if Danielle is sick or not and throws her a birthday party.

On the other hand, I thought it was fortunate that her threat, which was a bit like a gamble, worked, but I also heard a lot of apologetic feelings from her now that I had to hurt her heart.

Coming to think of it, Eliane’s mentality also needed to be taken care of.

She will build up a lot of feelings of wealth when her younger brother, whom she trusted, dies and turns against me.

In other words, the worst situation could happen when her balbino approaches her and feeds her [Her fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil], Just like Daniel did.

“Would you like to talk to me over there on the bench?”

“Yes, I am.”

I put my butt on the bench in front of the main building where I sat the other day.

For Ellie Anne to be comforted emotionally, she must develop her relationship with Lando. She

She seemed to be interested in him, but she didn’t seem to be going any further than that.

I need to push from behind.

“Do you know about Lando’s identity?”

“…… I know that Mr. Lando has a special bloodline, so the upper echelons of the kingdom brought him here. I don’t know exactly what that special bloodline is.”

As expected, I did some background research.

As soon as he entered the academy, he tried to contact him right away, and it was clear that he was very interested in him.

It’s just that, unlike the game story, I got involved in the incident and my eyes were a little distracted.

“Landau is the heir of the hero.”

“Yes… ?!”

Eliane’s eyes widened.

In the world of , Warriors are special.

Because he was the only one who subdued the demon lord.

The demons who now sit on the throne of the Demon Kingdom are the descendants secretly left behind by the demon king.

The person who first applied magic to swordsmanship was also a warrior.

Today’s knights, as well as even the demons, are using the combat method developed by the hero.

The successor of the man who changed the world’s war is Lando, so there is no one who can’t be surprised.

Perhaps even the demons will be surprised.

“Wouldn’t it be okay as a groom?”

Landau is already making a name for himself within the academy little by little.

Knowing that the reason was because of the hero’s successor, Elianne would fully expect that it would be more advanced in the future.

She basically has her kind personality, which is her taste, and the ability that her family likes, so there is no reason to refuse.

“If you are the heir of the hero, yes….”

“I’ll talk to Lando well, so go a little bolder.”

“… All right.”

Somehow, unlike usual, it was an answer that didn’t have a pulse.

Well, I heard that my dearest little brother could die.

As expected, Lando has to actively comfort her first.

After breaking up with Ellie Anne, she took the first class lecture.

And I met up with Lando using the empty time.

“Let’s go over there to the bench and talk.”

“Oh yes!”

She sat back on her bench where she had her conversation with her earlier.

She asked him carefully.

“What do you think of Elianne?”

“Are you Elianne? You are a good person!”

hahahaha, he smiled brightly.

If I kill Daniel, there’s a good chance I’ll be a bit awkward with Lando.

Due to his personality, he would defend me a little, saying that I must have had some circumstances.

There is no choice but to get rid of the awkwardness little by little by secretly explaining the [Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil] To him only later.

“How does it look? Isn’t that your taste?”

“You are beautiful! To be honest, I would like to marry a woman like Elianne, who is proud, kind, and beautiful.”

“Then you can marry Eliane.”

“Yes?”

Landau tilted his head sideways, as if he didn’t understand what I meant.

I told him one by one that he wouldn’t have much trouble marrying her as long as she was a competent knight even though she was of commoner origin.

Anyway, even if he was a commoner, if he was officially commissioned as a knight, he would be given the title of nobility.

“The important thing is to make you like Eliane.”

“Can I do it?”

“You can do it, be confident.”

I patted him on the back.

Because you’re a man, keep your back straight.

“What do your parents do?”

“Farming. It is not our land.”

“What do you farm?”

“Tea leaves.”

A fact you already know.

But he never told me. If he did, he would look a little strange, so he dared to ask.

“Did you bring those tea leaves?”

“Yes, I want to drink.”

“Okay, then treat Elianne to tea as well.”

“Yes? To someone like Elianne? Mine isn’t that expensive, so I don’t think you’ll like it….”

“Eliane has never drank black tea from the Kingdom, so it’s okay.”

Rando nodded at first.

It looked like he couldn’t really believe what I was saying.

While I was telling him how to seduce Eliane based on the game story, he asked.

“By the way, Eliane-nim and Joel-nim weren’t engaged?”

“Not now, because I broke up. I broke off the engagement because it was my fault, not Elianne’s fault. I know you’re a good man, so I’m introducing you to Elianne.”

“Still, isn’t it worth getting engaged again? Looking at Ellie Anne, it seems that she doesn’t particularly hate Joel….”

I remembered Eli Anne’s words that she never liked her, but she never hated either.

Anyway, it’s sharp in a place like this.

That’s why he’s the main character.

“Eliane will hate me.”

“Yes?”

“Landau, man to man please. You support Eliane.”

She turned her body to him and bowed her head.

Then she replied that he would understand as he panicked.

***

Elianne was moving to another classroom.

On the bench in front of the main building, she watched Joel and Lando talking seriously.

I remembered Joel’s words earlier that he would speak well to Lando.

‘How can she talk so well?’

Eliane muttered a chant.

The tip of her finger carefully threw her small magic circle near her bench.

It was the eavesdropping magic.

The sound of the two people’s words stuck in her ears.

Joel knows one after another about himself.

How do you know, her face blushed with shame.

-Ellie Anne, she’s going to hate me.

‘Huh?’

I don’t know anything else, but I couldn’t understand Joel’s words.

Introducing herself to Lando as a nice girl, why does Joel say she’ll do something he hates?

Joel suddenly gave away high-class information that was almost confidential, and I couldn’t help but see that he had some intention.

‘What the hell are you decorating?’

A mysterious ominous feeling overcame her body.