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"Wow! A parade? That sounds really cool."
"Yeah. The motto is 'A festival with the citizens.' What do you think? Isn't it great?"
Bellum clapped her hands.
"You're amazing, Public Relations Director! How did you come up with that idea?"
"Ah, actually, it's not my idea. It's Student Council President's idea."
Bellum tilted her head.
"Student Council President?"
"Yeah. I'm just fleshing out the idea."
"Ah..."
Public Relations Director Priya Anar smiled brightly.
"Doesn't it suit me?"
"Huh?"
"That the Student Council President came up with this kind of idea."
"Ah? Ah, yeah. Somehow... I wouldn't have thought the Student Council President would come up with a festival idea..."
A festival with the citizens, a city parade.
Anyone would think it's an idea that the bright and cheerful Public Relations Director Priya Anar would come up with.
Bellum thought of the Student Council President's face.
'To think that it was the idea of the always serious and taciturn Student Council President, Ludwig Jeron.'
Public Relations Director Priya Anar continued.
"He may seem like that, but he's so enthusiastic about student council affairs. You'll soon find out. He never misses a meeting and always comes up with original ideas."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah. If you stay by his side, you'll soon realize Ludwig's true worth. That's why he won against Sergio."
"Sergio?"
"Yeah. Ah, Bellum, you've only just become a junior, so you might not know? This student council president election was really something. There were four candidates, and the most likely were the current Student Council President, Ludwig, and Sergio, who I just mentioned."
"Ah..."
"In the first election with four candidates, there was a tie, can you believe it? That was so thrilling."
"The two of them had the same number of votes?"
"Yeah. Exactly 39% each. So we removed the other two candidates and had a re-vote with just the two of them."
"The result?"
"What are you asking? Of course, Ludwig won, so he became the Student Council President."
"No, I mean the vote count."
"Ah. It was really close. 51% to 49%."
"Wow."
Davian, who was listening to Bellum and Priya's conversation, tilted his head alone.
'Sergio... Sergio Vincenti. That name sounds familiar.'
It sounded familiar as soon as he heard it, so he must have heard the name in the previous playthrough.
But he couldn't remember who it was, so it must not have been an important person.
"Originally, Sergio had overwhelming support. He's been working to become Student Council President since his sophomore year."
"Oh, really? So Ludwig overturned it?"
"That's right! He suddenly announced his candidacy last year."
"Wow, amazing."
"Actually, Ludwig was originally in Sergio's camp."
Bellum asked in surprise.
"They were on the same side?"
"Yeah. They've been best friends since freshman year, and Ludwig was the one who helped Sergio the most when he ran for Student Council President."
"Then why did they suddenly split?"
Priya leaned in and lowered her voice.
"Sergio's illegal political activities seemed to bother Ludwig little by little."
"Illegal political activities?"
Priya lightly shook her head from side to side.
"Well, you know. Doing behind-the-scenes work to get the professor's support, lobbying influential underclassmen in each grade, and so on."
"Ah..."
"Then Ludwig, who couldn't stand that, broke up with him. Eventually, Ludwig formed a separate camp with his classmates and underclassmen who followed him in the student council and ran for Student Council President."
"That's an amazing story."
"Yeah. That was just around last fall. It was a time when everyone thought that Sergio Vincenti would be the Student Council President this year."
"But how did Ludwig beat Sergio? He was a leading candidate for president."
"Well, I don't know. I guess his unique seriousness and sincerity resonated with people. Everyone who's left in the student council now are people who supported Ludwig."
Bellum opened her mouth wide.
"Wow... It really feels like I'm listening to a political story."
"Right? Elton Academy is a microcosm of society. And do you know what it means to have served as the Student Council President of Elton Academy?"
"Isn't it a bit more advantageous for getting a job?"
Priya raised her hand and lightly ruffled Bellum's hair.
"Our Bellum is still so innocent?"
"Huh?"
"It's not just a little more advantageous for getting a job. The position of Student Council President of Elton Academy is... a free pass ticket to enter the political world of the 수도 Royal Family."
"Huh?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
Just then.
"I remembered!"
Davian stood up suddenly, as if he had remembered something.
"What's wrong? What did you remember?"
"It's nothing, Senior. I'll tell you when I'm a little more sure."
"Huh?"
"The festival parade led by Senior will definitely be a success. Because I'll make it that way."
I have to clear the achievement event.
"What's with you, Davian? You're being cool for no reason? I feel reassured."
Bellum chimed in.
"Right? He's usually so aloof, but whenever he's like that, I feel so reassured."
"Bellum, do you like Davian?"
Bellum was startled and shouted.
"No! I like Nubes... It's not that."
Davian looked at Bellum.
"Hey, the whole grade already knows. How long are you going to hide it?"
"Huh? Huh? The whole grade knows what?"
"Just be open about it. Everyone knows."
"What, what?"
"You and Nubes are... Ugh."
Bellum stood up and covered Davian's mouth.
Then she whispered in his ear.
"Really? The kids all know?"
"Mppf."
"Really?"
Davian nodded.
Bellum released her hand from Davian's mouth.
"Really?"
"Why would I lie to you? Do you know how hard it is for everyone to hold back their laughter whenever you two pretend you're not together?"
"Haa... I need to talk to Nubes."
Only then did Priya realize what was going on and stood up suddenly, grabbing Bellum's shoulders.
"Bellum, you have a boyfriend? Nubes? That tank Nubes, right?"
Bellum hung her head, as if she had given up on everything.
"Yes..."
Davian put the final nail in the coffin.
"Bellum has always liked men with good bodies."
"Wow! Then you've met your ideal type?"
Bellum quickly raised her head and waved her hands.
"I, it's not like he's my ideal type! I just got attached to him after seeing him often."
After leaving the student council room.
Davian said.
"Bellum. Let's do something together."
"Do something? What? A part-time job?"
"No. A project to make the festival parade a success."
"Yeah. I have to do that. That's why I came all the way to the student council room today. They said they'd tell us juniors what to do the day after tomorrow."
"If we leave it like this, there will be an accident during the parade. Many people will get hurt."
Bellum looked at Davian with a surprised expression.
"Really?"
If another friend had suddenly said something like that, she would have asked what they meant first.
But the person was Davian Naone.
He had already predicted and solved dozens of things that would happen in the future, as if he knew the future.
"Yeah. Anyway, I need your help to make the parade a success."
"What do you want me to do?"
'I completely misunderstood.'
Davian, who had returned to his dorm, took out his own notebook.
The notebook was filled with Korean written by Davian himself.
The notebook did not contain anything about the 3rd year festival in the 3rd playthrough.
If you look for what Davian did during this period...
'Found it. I was in Fortus City then.'
That's why Davian didn't have any memories of the 3rd year festival.
The previous 3rd year festival was not related to any events or quests, and Davian was even in another city at the time.
He heard about the accident during the festival performance and the many citizens and students who were seriously injured after returning to the academy.
At that time, Davian was not only not in Elton City, but he was also busy fighting the imperial spies and clearing quests.
'I didn't think it was a big deal then.'
It wasn't something that was directly related to Davian.
He returned to the academy after all the incidents were over.
He didn't know that the number of academy students had to be maintained as much as possible because he hadn't experienced the demon wave yet.
'If I remember correctly, about a hundred people died then.'
That's what I remember.
More than 100 academy students lost their lives in the accident.
So, of course, I thought it was the work of the Marino Empire spy organization.
But.
The moment he heard the name Sergio Vincenti in the student council room, something came to mind.
'Sergio Vincenti.'
Now I remember.
Due to the festival accident, all student council members, including the student council president at the time, resigned, and Sergio Vincenti became the student council president through a re-vote.
In particular, Ludwig Jeron not only resigned from the position of student council president, but also withdrew from the academy.
'Ongoing event.'
I brought up the event status window.
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[Achievement Event: Make the Festival Performance a Success]
―There is a force trying to interfere with the festival performance. Make the festival performance led by Public Relations Director Priya Anar a success.
―Reward: Leadership +5
―Acceptance: Accept
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Since it said that there was a force trying to interfere with the festival performance, I naturally thought it was the Marino Empire spy organization.
They're always trying to reduce the number of academy students.
But after hearing the conversation between Public Relations Director Priya Anar and Bellum Amandria in the student council room, my train of thought shifted.
There is a cause and effect relationship in all events.
Perhaps.
The person who benefited the most from this incident.
Sergio Vincenti, who was unable to become the student council president because he was pushed back by Ludwig Jeron.
It's a perfectly natural investigation direction to put the person who benefited the most from the incident on the suspect list first.
'I was wondering why the Marino Empire spy organization, which has been quiet lately, suddenly appeared.'
Maybe this has nothing to do with the Marino Empire.
The next day.
"Davian!"
"Oh, Lieber. Did you find out?"
"Of course. Here."
Lieber handed over a thick stack of documents.
"I collected and organized all the information I could about 7th grader Sergio Vincenti. He's the son of the Royal Minister of Finance. And I organized everything about what he's been doing at the academy."
Davian quickly flipped through the stack of documents that Lieber handed over.
All the documents were written in Lieber Specula's sophisticated handwriting.
Judging from the ink on his thumb as he flipped through the pages, it hadn't been long since he wrote it.
"You did all this in one day?"
"Yeah. I was up all night summarizing it. The data sent from the family was more than 10 times this much."
"You didn't have to go this far."
"You said it was urgent, Davian."
Lieber looks at Davian with the expression of a dog that has brought back a bone.
"Good job, strategist."
"Hehe. But what's going on?"
"It's still just a guess, but I think this senior is going to do something."
"During this festival?"
Davian tilted his head.
"I didn't mention the festival."
"It's obvious. Isn't he going to interfere with this festival and bring down the student council led by Ludwig Jeron? It just came out when I was organizing the data. How did you know that first, Davian?"
Davian clicked his tongue.
Yesterday, he only asked her to investigate Sergio Vincenti without any prior notice.
Lieber Specula.
Anyway, he's an amazing guy.
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