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Translator: Nonon
Proofreader: Silavin
POV: Violet
“Fuu, I feel refreshed!”
Saying so, Kriemhild took off her headgear (?) while sweating a little.
I don’t know how it works, but when she took it off, the headgear gradually began to shrink and when it finally became the size of a palm, she put it away in the bag, which also had flyers in it, hanging from her shoulder… how does it really work?
“Was that also made from alchemy magic?”
“Yeah, that’s right… sir. It’s something I made quickly by mixing things.”
Lord Clo probably also became curious about it and asked.
“What kind of materials and the process did you use to make it float in the air like that, shrink and have glowing eyes? I’ve never seen a tool like that,”
“Uh, I mixed the core of a Trent, cursed water and a glowing liquid called Firefly Picker, kneaded it well, then quick poof, swoosh and it was done.”
“I see?”
“By the way, I made the voice by shaking my vocal cords from the inside.”
“I see.”
And halfway through, he gave up on understanding her.
It’s difficult to try and understand sensory-types like her. As I recall, there are a lot of alchemy magic users, who are like this, in addition to having special talents, so it’s hard to pass it on as an academic discipline… Kriemhild is different though.
“Anyway, I’m happy you guys came! Our class is doing a haunted house, so please come and say! Oh, or maybe I could show you around the school festival?”
Kriemhild suggested with her usual friendly smile.
Show us around, huh. Kriemhild is probably saying this while understanding the surrounding situation. I’m sure she’s trying to stand by me without worrying about her own position later… Well, if anything, I feel like right now people are more concerned about the ghost (?) from earlier.
“I’d be happy if you were our guide, but if you were handing out flyers, that means you’re working, right? Don’t you need to attend that?”
“I’ll hand them out while I guide you guys. It’s all fine as long as they’re gone in the end.”
“In other words, you have no intention of handing them out seriously.”
“I mean, because we have famous people like Char and Ash, it’s already a huge success even without the flyers.”
“Is that so… hm?”
It’s true that if Ash, Chartreuse and His Highness are there, the haunted house would become a hot topic, but would that alone be enough to make it a success? It’s possible, but I wonder if the advertisement worked better than expected.
“Speaking of haunted houses, people are in costumes like Kriemhild earlier, right? In that case, I don’t think having famous people would make any difference…”
Then, Gray asked Kriemhild, perhaps wondering about the same thing.
His question was just as you’d expect it, about how nobody could tell who they were if they wore a costume — wait, ‘Kriemdhild’? Did Gray just call Kriemhild by her name?
“The prize for surviving the haunted house is handed over directly. Currently enrolled students can nominate the person they can get the prize from, so we have a lot of repeaters…”
“Is that okay?”
“Ahaha, it’s… okay.”
In other words, due to the popularity of His Highness and the others, people try over and over again? It’s probably better since it’s more wholesome than the bars in the red-light district that I’ve heard about, but is it really okay?
“But apart from that, it’s amazing! Do you guys also want to come and see? His Highness and Mary aren’t here because they’re preparing for the play.”
“No, if I go now…”
“Right. If Lady Violet goes now…”
I appreciate the offer, but even though we have time until the play starts, I feel hesitant to go to my former class. His Highness and Mary might not be there, but Ash, Chartreuse and Silva, who hates the very sight of me, must be there. It takes courage to go there.
Lord Clo also glanced at the surrounding situation and looked uncomfortable.
“It’s okay, you guys just don’t have to get found out!”
“Hm, in short, what do you mean?”
“It’s a school festival, so it’s okay to dress up a little. There’s no problem even if somebody like Robo appears.”
“I think Robot would be a bit difficult to pass off… but yes, that’s true. Dressing up might be a good idea.”
“Lord Clo?”
I have a bad feeling about this.
“Do you have any specific ideas, Ms. Kriemhild?”
“Change hairstyle. Put on a hat. Put on glasses.”
Why is she speaking in fullstops?
No, I guess that’s fine. If we disguise ourselves too blatantly, we’d stand out even more, so with just that, we’d be better off than now.
“Yeah, that might be fine… but would we be able to prepare those immediately?”
“Don’t worry! If I have materials, I can make them for you right away, and hats and such can be found in the waiting room of the haunted house!”
“I see. Then can I rely on you for this? As for the space to change…”
“Yup! Then, you can use an empty room to change your clothes, and I’ll make sure that no one’s there, so let’s go together! Oh, put this on.”
“Wait, Kriemhild?!”
Saying so, Kriemhild immediately took my arm, put on a ghost costume with a different face from the one she was wearing on me, turned my body towards the classroom and pulled my arm.
At first I was surprised, but when not just Lord Clo, but also Gray, Burnt and Amber followed us without saying anything even though they were also surprised, I realized that this was Kriemhild’s attempt to get me away from my current location.
Doing this will put Kriemhild in a bad position in the academy, but she’s being considerate to me.
“… Don’t cause trouble.”
“What might you be talking about?”
I feel apologetic, but I’m also thankful to still have a friend who would pull me along like this. I think it’s a good thing that I can go around with my friends like this, even though this school festival is nothing but painful for me.
“…If we can trick the people around us well, it might be nice to give the haunted house a try.”
“Really? I’m happy about that but don’t push yourself too hard, okay?”
“Yeah, I know.”
And I also thought that if the costume worked well, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go into the haunted house where my friend helped set it up.
But at this time we still had not realized.
Why was there a prize for surviving the haunted house? In other words, it was because it was considered that there was a low chance of people finishing it.
And the costume tool that Kriemhild was wearing earlier. She said that it was created with alchemy magic.
There are two users of alchemy magic, who can create something like that easily.
The haunted house was presented by Luna class, where the talented students of Azalea academy had gathered.
Especially this year, there were charismatic students like His Highness, Ash and her, who were good at leading.
―― We could easily deduce what kind of a thing the haunted house that they went all out on would be if we just thought about it for a moment.
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