" Ara, Ara Maria, are you okay?"
The Kingdom of Farrant is the world's largest country in the center of the continent.
In the courtyard of the school in one part of the royal capital, a beautiful girl of the world was smiling elegantly while hiding her mouth with a fan outstretched.
Her name is Isabella Variers, who swayed in a vertical roll of luxurious blonde hair that stretched to the waist and boasted outstanding proportions that were clearly visible even from the top of the school's designated uniform with pure white gold decorations.
She is the daughter of the Duke of Variers, one of only three dukedoms in the kingdom, and the Lord I serve.
"If you sleep in a place like that forever, you'll catch a cold, right?"
Miss Isabella pretends to be worried and calls out to the girl who is collapsing in front of her.
However, his hanging emerald eyes clearly showed that he looked down on the existence in front of him.
"Speaking of the original, it was your fault, wasn't it!?"
Perhaps reading the inner thoughts from such a young lady's attitude, the girl with cherry colored hair reveals her anger.
She, Maria Norton, is a girl who was taken from the orphanage to the Baronial family after being revealed to be Baron Norton's hidden child, and came to the school earlier this year.
While the young lady is a bewitching beauty with a harsh face, this is a beautiful girl with a cute appearance that invites a man's desire for protection.
But now Miss Maria was lying in a puddle on the ground, and her pretty face and the pure white uniform she was wearing were smeared with mud and ruined.
"It's terrible, I just fell on my own, but to blame Isabella-sama for worrying about me..."
"After all, people from the common people are less dignified."
"Really..., after all, former commoners are not suitable for this academy."
The three girls around Miss Isabella react to Miss Maria's words and blame Miss Maria.
They are all the daughters of the house that obey the Duke of Variers, the house of Miss Isabella, and they always follow the young lady's side.
Who but you guys would suddenly have a puddle on an empty ground!?"
"Oh my god..., I'm scared..."
"You didn't just miss it, did you?"
Keeping the position that she only fell due to Miss Maria's carelessness, the girls mock Miss Maria with eyes that look at insects crawling on the ground.
However, as I watched the whole thing from behind, I caught the sight of the rings worn by the girls around her shining the moment Miss Maria was about to pass by the young ladies.
It was shortly after that that Miss Maria was caught by an unnatural dent that appeared on the ground and fell out of position slightly.
A gust of wind knocked Maria completely off balance, and she fell into a puddle on the ground.
"I can't believe you would use magic for such a thing!"
As Miss Maria said, the holes, gusts of wind, and puddles in the ground were all caused by the girls' "magic."
It is a supernatural power that can change the world at will, such as making fire from nothing, making rain, causing wind, and crushing the earth.
Nobles like young ladies are born with energy called "magic" in their bodies, which is the source of their power, and can use that magic to use magic.
For generations, the country's aristocracy has used magic to develop the land and defend its people by defeating foreign invaders and monsters.
Therefore, the aristocracy is proud of it, and the commoners who benefit from it fear and respect them.
Here at the Ferrant Royal Academy of Magic, the sons and daughters of such nobles attend and receive various education, including magic, to become knights and sorcerers who are guardians of the kingdom in the future.
However, in the case of a high-ranking aristocratic family like a young lady, a private tutor is hired to educate the gifted from childhood, so the reality is that they go there to build a network in the future.
Miss Maria, who is thrown into such a school for aristocrats with a complete lack of etiquette and culture, is a clear foreign object, and to many students who take pride in being an aristocrat, she is seen as an eyesore and an unpleasant existence.
It was inevitable that Miss Isabella, the highest status among such nobles and her pride was higher than anyone else, was not supposed to be recognized for the existence of Miss Maria, and began to try to exclude her.
"What are you doing!"
After a while of the glaring between the young ladies and Miss Maria, a man who could be said to be the "other cause" that caused this situation came with an angry voice.
The man with sparkling blonde hair, clear blue eyes, and a sweet mask that fascinates people is Albert Farrant.
Unfortunately, he is the first prince of the Kingdom of Farrant and the fiancée of Miss Isabella.
"Are you okay, Maria?"
"Yes, Albert-sama..."
The prince ignored Miss Isabella, who was supposed to be his fiancée, and approached Miss Maria first, holding her up, not caring that his uniform would get dirty.
Embraced in the prince's arms, Maria squirms in embarrassment with her cheeks stained, and the prince looks at her with smiling eyes.
Looking at the two of them, no one would think they were just friends.
This is another reason why Miss Maria is regarded as an enemy.
Miss Maria, who had entered the school a few months earlier, quickly approached several men and took them in.
In the aristocratic society of this country, where it is legal for unmarried women to engage with men who are not fiancés, the sight of Miss Maria using her eyes on many men was frowned upon, and many students, including young ladies, expressed displeasure with her behavior.
In addition, the objects that Miss Maria approached were the sons of the knights commander, including the prince, and the sons of the sorcerer commanders, who could be said to be important figures in the future of this country, so the quality is even worse.
"Hmm...!"
Seeing her fiancé making out with another woman in front of her like that shouldn't make Miss Isabella angry.
The young lady was still smiling elegantly, but the fan clasped in her hand was screaming.
"Good luck, Prince Albert, what are you doing for you?"
"I saw you guys crowding Maria in groups, so I thought something was wrong."
On the surface, the two of them seem calm as they converse with each other. But neither of them was smiling at all.
Although the relationship was decided due to the convenience of the family, the relationship between the two was the worst, even though they were fiancées from a young age.
The Variers family, the daughter's parents' home, is famous for its constant black rumors.
According to him, he kidnaps his people and sells them as slaves.
They sell illegal drugs.
According to him, he is connected to a criminal organization.
And so on, and so on.
The prince, who had a vainly strong sense of justice, had always hated the Variers family, and he hated the young lady who was raised there as well.
On the other hand, the young lady was only interested in the prince's good face and his status as the future king, and there was no way that the two could get along.
"Well, we were just worried about Maria who fell, right?"
"yes, you're right."
"How kind Isabella-sama is."
You must have harassed Maria again!"
Speaking to the place where the entourage was lifting the young lady was a red-haired man with a well-trained body.
Leon Russell. The son of Count Russell, Commander of the Royal Order, and Prince Alberto's bodyguard, he was also one of Miss Maria's captives.
If you unilaterally blame us without evidence, we will take appropriate measures as a duke, right?"
"Ugh...!"
As soon as he came out dashingly, the young lady nailed him with frosty eyes, and Leon was at a loss for words.
Even though he is a close aide to the prince, he is still a little boy of the count's family. There is no way that a person of that magnitude can compete with a young lady who is a duchess.
"Go down Leon"
I was in awe..."
"Oh my gosh, it's over even though it came out so strongly? I thought you could enjoy it a little more..."
whispered... whispered...
Leon, who quietly withdrew at the prince's words, laughed a little as if she had made a fool of her, and the girls around her followed suit and sneered.
"Please stop insulting my friend."
This time, the prince comes forward to protect Leon.
On the surface, the prince is maintaining his composure, but he can't hide the fact that his cheeks are twitching with anger.
"Oh, did I say something wrong? And, Your Highness, you had better choose your friend. If you are with too lowly people, your highness' dignity will be questioned."
It doesn't matter who I'm with."
Since I am His Highness' fiancée, it is my duty to keep His Highness from getting too many feather insects."
"You...!"
The smile that had been somehow maintained until then collapsed, and the prince glared at the young lady with a terrible expression, but the young lady parried it with a cool smile.
It was clear which side had the upper hand here.
"Oh, it's time for this, isn't it?"
「... That's how it is."
Their seemingly endless gaze was interrupted by the sound of the bell signaling the end of their lunch break.
"Well then, Your Highness, we have the next class, so excuse me, I'm going."
"Yes, Isabella!"
The young lady walked past the princes with the girls around her and left the courtyard.
"Excuse me."
If the young lady is not there, there is no use for her.
I bowed lightly to the princes who were staring at the young lady's back with a grim expression, and I left the place as if following the young ladies.
「...」
Anyway, why was Miss Maria always looking at me instead of her?
That was the only thing that bothered me a little.
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In general, witchcraft can be broadly divided into two types.
One is "emission magic", which is used by the girls around the young lady earlier, which releases magic power inside the body and causes various phenomena.
And the other is magic called "enhanced magic" that flows magic power inside the body or object to strengthen it.
This is the magic that the young lady is using right now.
"What the hell is that little girl!"
"Gahh
The toes of the leather shoes with a faint magical light pierced my abdomen, and my body, which had been stranded on the ground, lifted slightly.
"You can't go against me like that when you're a commoner!"
"Ugh... Gah, gaaa Geho!"
In order to vent her uncontrollable anger, the young lady repeatedly stomped on my back as I lay on the ground, and each time the impact hit my body as if I had been hit with an iron mallet.
No matter how feminine and delicate the young lady has, for me, as a mere commoner, the kicks strengthened by magic have the power that each shot can be fatal.
I am alive because the young lady is doing the right thing.
After leaving the courtyard where the princes were, the young lady did not return to the lecture room.
When I came to the less popular garden, he erased the smile he had been wearing and exploded his anger at me.
The anger was so intense that the girls who were with them had long since run away for fear of being collateral damage.
"Your Highness, Your Highness! Deredere to such a little girl! You're more attractive than me!?"
"Geho, burrow...!"
The young lady's body, which shakes her long blonde hair and screams hysterically, overflows with dense magical power in response to her anger, and the surrounding flowers shake violently in the aftermath alone.
With enviable beauty and bloodline, as well as high education and intelligence, Miss Isabella is the perfect woman.
However, if there is one drawback, it is that because she was raised as the daughter of the duke's family without any inconvenience, she grew up in a selfish way, and if something does not go as she wants, she may immediately hit and scatter around her.
The young lady has always obtained what she wanted, no matter how expensive or rare, and even if it belonged to someone else, by asking for money and power.
On the other hand, those who did not like were eliminated by all means, and many people had their lives ruined by the whims of the young lady.
In the life of such a young lady, the fact that one daughter of a commoner baronial family could not be eliminated was impossible.
The young lady can only repeat small harassment of her under the protection of the prince, and even that is disturbed by the men around her as before.
Recently, I have been accumulating more and more stress at the reality that things are not going as I want, and I have more opportunities to hit eight.
I am the greatest noble family in the country, Isabella Variers of the Duke of Variers!"
"Oh...!!"
It was probably thanks to his experience so far that he was able to react to the explosively swollen magic and protect the kicks that attacked him with both arms.
There was a disgusting sound of arm bones shattering with an impact that was incomparable to before.
"Gahh Ugh...!"
My blown body bounced and rolled on the ground like a ball over and over again, and finally stopped when it crashed into a tree beyond.
Severe pain ran through his body, and even though he tried to breathe, his internal organs were damaged, and his mouth was leaking a whirring breath.
This may be a bad idea...
"No, I spent a lot of time because of that little girl."
In my fading consciousness, my consciousness slowly sank into darkness as I stared at the back of the young lady who was leaving the garden without paying attention to what was happening here.