chapter 40
40. Close Combat
Students attending the academy in another world are usually nobles, and the academy grounds are lined with shops for such nobles.
So was the clothing store. In a different world without factories or machines, clothes were all handicrafts that had to be made by hand.
Thus, commoners without money would weave cloth among themselves and wear similar clothes for the rest of their lives, and wealthy aristocrats made it a virtue to waste their money by changing designer dresses quarterly.
“This store is the best.”
“Well… … ?”
I was led into the clothing store by Stella’s hand, and I looked around and pondered her words. at least it’s ok
‘this?’
There were dazzling suits, Renaissance-style clothes that looked like medieval nobles would wear, men’s sailor clothes, and clothes that you couldn’t even understand how to wear.
If it had been in reality, this clothing store would not have even paid attention to it. To me, clothes were just something I could pick up and wear at any clothing store for tens of thousands of won, because they were not professionally dressed up in a store like this.
“Welcome, guest.”
As soon as I entered the store and was looking around, the manager rushed to me and started rubbing my hands.
Stella waved her hand as she looked at the manager.
“I’ll take a look around for you, so take a look.”
“Yes. Call us anytime if you need help.”
After driving the store manager away, she told me to pick out some clothes. I was rummaging through the clothes on the shelves, looking for something to match.
However, with my lack of fashion sense, it was impossible to even tell whether or not these clothes fit me just by looking at them.
Stella, who was staring at me choosing clothes, took the clothes I was holding and hung them back on the shelf, talking.
“It’s not even a child, can’t you choose that too? Really-.”
Stella started choosing my clothes with a voice that seemed to be happy even though she grumbled so much.
Clothes that I couldn’t understand what the hell this was good for were piled up one after another, and in the end I had no choice but to change into the clothes piled up on my hands.
“Come on, this and this- put on a set and put this on before coming out.”
“… … uh.”
Following the guidance of the store manager, I went into the changing room, changed clothes as Stella said, and looked in the mirror and checked myself.
‘Jjajjik, you look good.’
People who look in the mirror say that they think they are more handsome, but apart from that, objectively speaking, my face is handsome.
The only thing that had to be done was that this body was not me, but the game character, Ian Clark.
‘… … Suddenly I feel depressed.’
As I walked out of the dressing room with a feeling of depression on my face, Stella, who was waiting for me, started looking me up and down.
After staring at my face for a moment, she nodded as if this was enough, and spoke to the manager.
“For now, please adjust the size of this.”
“Yes. All right.”
“Ian, take it off and change into this one.”
“No, one outfit is enough… … .”
“enough? I don’t have any clothes, so I wear a school uniform.”
“… … .”
Obviously she wasn’t wrong, so I went straight to the locker room and changed into the clothes she said and came out.
The store manager took a change of clothes and adjusted the size to fit me with a magic tool, and even said bullsh*t that refunds and exchanges were impossible because I had already adjusted the size.
“Calculate with this.”
“No, it’s my clothes. I’ll count.”
“What money do you have?”
“I have a lot of money now. I got a card from your father.”
“… … Why do you take it?”
“ah.”
When Stella heard that I had received the card from the Duke of Iritz, he looked at me with a look as if he was wondering why you got it.
I quietly shut my mouth and put the card in my pocket.
To explain how I received this card, I had to bring up all sorts of stories. For example, a card received after refusing to marry Stella.
“I will be late for my appointment.”
“Why did you get it!?”
“let’s hurry.”
“hey!”
So I ignored her words and headed to the dormitory with my clothes.
In the meantime, Stella was chasing after me and making a loud noise.
* * *
“Five… Ian, are these new clothes?”
“I know.”
“Of course, because you only wore school uniforms every day?”
As soon as Shira saw the clothes I was wearing, I knew it was brand new.
Shiira, who doesn’t seem to notice at all, said so, so it was clear how I was doing.
‘It must have been really bad.’
Reflecting deeply, she looked at the restaurant behind Shiira.
It was a famous restaurant that only reservations were delayed by several months, but how she got a reservation was questionable.
And whether such a question was the same for Noah, she opened her mouth and began to ask Shiira about the restaurant.
“Wow— isn’t it very expensive here?”
“It’s not that expensive. That’s why it’s so popular.”
“is it-? I heard that the ticket costs millions of credits.”
“Don’t do that with the password.”
Saying so, she took us inside. The strict reservation system, like a famous restaurant that has been booked for several months on such a topic, was admiring the manner in which it guides us.
Tableware set before you even sit down, and appetizers that arrive as soon as you sit down at the reserved time.
It was easy to see that it was a figure that could not be made in a day or two.
I immediately picked up a spoon and ate the soup, savoring the taste. As it is a high-end restaurant, there was no shortage of taste. It was a little boring, but it was because it was an appetizer after all.
“Did you guys go to the Duke of Iritsu?”
Similarly, Shira, who was eating the soup, asked a question. At the same time, her eyes were on Stella, and the girl from the Iritz family went to the Iritz family, and her eyes were filled with questioning whether there was something wrong with it.
Stella, who received those eyes, smiled and glared at Shiira.
“Then you wouldn’t have gone to Acacia Marquis, did you?”
“Um- right? Oh, isn’t the soup here delicious?”
“Drink-!”
“okay? But I can’t refill here – if you want to eat more, would you like to eat mine?”
“I really!?”
Shira lightly deflected Stella’s counterattack with the Friends Shield using Noah.
The ignorant Noah fell in love with the dull yet profound taste of the soup, which he had never tasted in his life, and took Shiira’s plate and scraped it all the way to the bottom.
While she ate the food, Shira and Stella’s nerve war continued on the table.
“The Duchess of Selene hastily returned to her estate… … What happened?”
“Well, your mother must be out of control. How was it in your estate like that?”
“Huh- Our Youngji, well, it was normal. It wasn’t a territory that was attacked by monsters in the first place, and I spent time dealing with monsters that naturally occurred in agricultural areas. are you?”
“We are the same.”
“Isn’t the Duke of Iritz the front line? By the way, did you say that you were dealing with seawater in agricultural areas in your leisure time?”
“okay.”
“To make fun of a 3-star pet like that, the Duke must have died a lot.”
“Because we are students – but the marquis seems to lack a lot of staff.
Even a single hit is fatal.
Political intelligence wars aimed at each other’s vital points continued.
I didn’t know the political dynamics intertwined between the two of them, and I had no interest in them, so I enjoyed a course meal with Noah.
‘The nobility is… … It’s uncomfortable.’
I didn’t even have to tell you how tiring it was to not be able to enjoy these things and always have to worry about something.
If you ask me for something like that, I won’t last even a month and I’ll collapse from a neurological disease. It was something a noble person who had been trained from a young age could do.
‘It’s not like there are few stories of commoners becoming nobles for nothing.’
It was a really arrogant idea to say that commoners would be able to overcome aristocrats who had accumulated a lot of know-how since they were young.
There are very few geniuses who can do that, at least not me.
“Ian.”
“Well?”
“What happened to you?”
And Shira, who was knocking on each other’s hard guards, decided that there was nothing to gain from Stella, so the protest turned to me.
But her choice was the wrong one. Because I didn’t know anything in the first place.
“There was none.”
“really-?”
“yes.”
“Then what are those clothes?”
“uh?”
“I used to eat lunch every day because I couldn’t even get pocket money, so there’s no way I could have enough money to buy such clothes, right?”
However, I was underestimating the nobles.
A nobleman is a being who can extract oil by squeezing dry land.
They were the politicians of another world.
I was fiddling with my clothes, thinking about what to say.
What if I said that Stella bought it? She was able to create a rumor between me and Stella.
What if I said I bought it with the money the owner gave me? That escalates into a bigger problem. The son-in-law who received the approval of the state of California – because it could lead to such a problem.
Stella opened her mouth first, as she was contemplating about what to answer.
“I bought it.”
“Hey, Stella- are you?”
“What, can’t you?”
“why?”
snake’s tongue
Shira was a snake.
The words she spit sharply target the neck of the other person.
and poison it
“just.”
“Ugh… Nyan?”
“Oh, just.”
However, she is dealing with a nobler than her, and thus, the duke’s daughter who has dealt with more and more enemies and has learned monarchy.
It was Stella Eritz.
“I bought him one because it was unsightly for him to wear a school uniform. why?”
“Are you two buying clothes and having a relationship like that?”
“yes. It seems like you and Ian are just in a relationship that you can’t share.”
“Ahahahaha- … … It would be in trouble if there were even rumors that Princess Iritsu was only dating the son of a baron.”
“I? Are you in trouble?”
Stella, who heard Shiira’s threats rather than threats, leaned back and folded her arms, creating a confident look.
Then he burst out laughing and looked down at Shira.
“Do you think the Duke of Iritsu will be shaken by just a few things?”
“—No, don’t you?”
“There is no need to answer every single rumor.”
As I listened to the conversation between the two, I felt dizzy. As I listened to the conversation between the two with a small sigh, I felt a hand touching me.
“… … ?”
“Ian- Eat this!”
“… … Noah?”
Noah, who had a bright smile on his lips with the sauce on his lips, handed me the meat.
I swallowed the meat she gave me with my fork and looked at her.
‘It is also healed.’
Looking at Noah had the effect of relaxing the body and mind as if they had come down to the countryside.
“Drink?”
“yes.”
“Hehe, okay? Would you like one more?”
“… … No, it’s fine.”
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My conscience was pricked in my conscience to take more meat from such an innocent child, so I cut up my meat and gave it to her.
She looked at me in amazement, then, without refusing to refuse, picked up the meat and started eating.
And Stella and Shira, who looked at them like that, muttered a little.
“That fox… … .”
“When it’s on fire… … .”
Neither of these words was applicable to Noah, so I had no choice but to tilt my head.