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Translator: Nemui
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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 43: Important Cultural Properties and World Heritage Sites on the Academy Rooftop
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Once the holidays ended and we came down from the mountains, academy life began again.
On the rooftop, we were eating boxed lunches that had gone from five-tier pagodas to four-tier pagodas.
When I said five tiers was too much, she had reduced it by one, but honestly, it had not changed much.
"Lord Alphys! I made dashimaki egg!"
"I've been wondering this for a while, but when did you even make this stuff? Are the girls' dorm kitchens that free to use?"
"The dorm mother was noisy at first, but she went quiet after I let her taste it."
"So you crushed her with skill. That's the spirit."
Luchel pressed her head against me, looking extremely pleased with herself.
That was fine, but having to dispose of, no, eat this every single time was hard.
This alone was rough enough, but lately...
"Lord Alphys! I made you lunch! Please let me join you!"
"Leticia, what is with that Kinkakuji-looking box?"
"Kinkakuji?"
Yes, Leticia.
At first, it had only been Luchel, but even Leticia had started getting worked up and making lunch boxes.
From a distance, the male students were sending me looks filled with terrifying resentment, but this was genuinely hard.
"Damn it! Lord Alphys is that popular?"
"What happened to equality of status? In the end, noble boys are the only ones who get popular."
"But he's crazy strong. Being attracted to a strong male is a female instinct, you know."
There were even strangely enlightened guys mixed in, so lunchtime was chaos every day.
If they were that jealous, I almost wanted to call them over and tell them to eat with us.
Why did I have to eat two boxed lunches that looked like important cultural properties?
That was what I thought, but refusing them made me feel bad.
"Here, Lord Alphys! Say aaah!"
"Leticia! That violates the fan club regulations!"
"Huh? I read the regulations closely, and were the only prohibited actions not things like confessions?"
"Ah..."
Right, these girls were fan club members.
Did this not count as jumping the line?
I wanted to ask Esty, but surely she was not around here. There she was.
She was peeking out from the shadow of the building that held the stairs to the rooftop, showing only half her face while watching us.
Honestly, what was I supposed to do with her?
"Hey, Esty. Come here and eat with us."
"Hauwahhah!"
Esty was so shocked that she spun about three times and fell over.
How did she fall when she had not even been walking?
"N-n-n-no, I am the president, so!"
"What's wrong with classmates eating together? If you really can't accept it, call the other members too."
"No, noooooooo!"
Esty sprinted away at full speed.
I had been hoping she would help me dispose of this important cultural property too, but she was a cold one.
"Guess I have no choice but to hurry up and eat."
"You are eating something rather extravagant for a student."
"Another weird one showed up. You followed me again, didn't you?"
Lilisha appeared as if it were the most natural thing in the world, carrying a lunch box that looked like Ayers Rock.
Until recently, she had always eaten cafeteria food, but lately, she had started bringing boxed lunches too.
"I was not following you. I do not like you or anything, so do not misunderstand. I was simply a little curious."
"Normal people don't tail someone over a long distance just because they're a little curious."
"...By the way, how do you intend to eat that much lunch? Surely you are not shameless enough to leave any behind?"
Lilisha took a place beside me like it was completely obvious.
Then she kept glancing at the gorgeous lunch boxes as if she wanted some.
You brought a lunch box that looked like a World Heritage Site, and you still wanted to eat more?
"Lilisha-san, if you eat that much lunch, you will get a stomachache."
"Oh, Princess. Do not misunderstand. I only meant to feed this to Alphys. If he lacks nutrition, I will not feel happy even if I beat him."
"D-d-d-does that not make it a wife's lunch box!?"
"Wha! D-do not say something so stupid! This is not practice for newlywed life! I simply made a little too much!"
You just said you meant to feed it to me.
Somehow, both of them had gone red on their own, so I would eat while I had the chance.
"Moo, I wanted to spend a blissful time with Lord Alphys..."
"Stop muttering and eat as much as you want."
There was a lot of food, but it tasted good.
I had thought Leticia and Lilisha were sheltered young ladies, but they were surprisingly skilled at cooking.
The most unexpected one was Luchel. With her character, she would never cook even if it killed her.
As I dug into the food, I heard students talking in the distance.
"Speaking of which, I heard an officer of the Rubiton faction got taken down in a duel."
"Seriously? Right after the Togari faction? The Rubiton faction's officers are strong enough to rank in the top ten of their year."
"The Togari faction was almost wiped out after the female boss beat them all one after another. What the hell is going on...?"
As I let that conversation drift past me, a male student came up to the rooftop, panting for breath.
"Hah... hah... B-big news! Scalaba got taken down!"
"Wh-what? Who did it?"
"A first-year! It wasn't even a match!"
"The Scalaba faction expanded all at once after the Deniro faction disappeared, didn't it? Who is this first-year?"
My, my. The academy was lively again today, which was very good.
By all means, clash with each other and grow.
The escort selection exam was coming up too, so maybe some rising power would emerge.
"Goodness, that sounds rather dangerous... Lilisha-san, can something be done about it?"
"As the student council, we allow duels as long as they stay within the school rules. More importantly, Leticia, do you have no pride, relying on someone like me?"
"Because it is you, Lilisha-san."
"Huh? I-I see."
There was a strange mood on this side too.
Yes, you two should keep acknowledging each other like that.
More importantly, what I would do on the next day off mattered more to me.
We did not have enough days to seclude ourselves in the mountains, so training at House Balfont would probably be the reasonable option.
"Lord Alphys, about the next day off... I was thinking that, once in a while, I would like to go somewhere different instead of the mountains..."
"Somewhere different? Is there another place suited for training?"
"That is not what I mean! I-I mean shopping in the royal capital, or, well..."
Luchel fidgeted as she invited me out shopping.
For her to suggest what I should do on a day off, of all things.
Did she want to escape mountain seclusion that badly, or was this something else?
"Shopping?"
"With Lord Alphys?"
Oops. Everyone's hands stopped over their lunches.
Luchel, that was not the right thing to say in this situation.
Somehow, I could already predict what would happen next.
Footnotes:
Kinkakuji: translates directly to "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"
Dashimaki eggs: rolled eggs with dashi, dashi being a broth/stock
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