Chapter 85

The party is over, and with graduation, it’s back to official duties.

I, while attending the Royal Academy, will now attend the Imperial Council meetings regularly. I’m no longer on the standing side but the sitting side. I’ll be learning the ropes of national politics from the ground up with His Majesty and the ministers. Even after graduation, it’s study, study, and more study—it seems that learning never ends.

Serala still has plenty of knowledge from her past life. Right now, she’s trying to recreate something called an "IV drip" with the people at the academy. It’s apparently effective for severe dehydration caused by high fever or diarrhea.

Serala received this every day while she was hospitalized. The saline solution is 0.9%, apparently. Sorry, I don’t quite understand that.

Spalutes, with a hint from Serala, is now working on the prevention and treatment of rabies. If this can be realized, it would be groundbreaking. It’s a deadly disease with a 100% mortality rate once infected, and no one has ever recovered.

Apparently, it can be managed if the virus can be weakened. I still don’t get it, but I’m sure Spalutes can develop the vaccine Serala mentioned.

Jane is finally pregnant and looks very happy.

"Perfect!"

I’ll have to ask Spalutes later what exactly was perfect.

Jack has returned to his territory with Silfa and started managing it. They plan to expand the ranch in collaboration with neighboring territories. It turns out that Fried’s territory, which he handles, is surprisingly close, but he hasn’t been getting a good response.

I wouldn’t expect anything else from him… He doesn’t seem to like forming alliances and has a rather unpleasant personality.

Pikar is as usual. He’s the envy of all the ladies in society. He’s spreading rumors at parties. It’s time for him to settle down.

Hartis has enrolled in the academy and is helping his father with his astronomy research. Being able to do the research he loves is the best thing. However, I made sure to get a promise from him that he would come to me if he ever had any problems. I won’t let him slip away.

The musclehead got disowned. I don’t know what happened after that. I don’t really care.

The heroine, having incurred the displeasure of the royal family, has been cut off by the Blouver family.

By royal decree, "The current competition among convenience stores is excessive and is causing disorder in the late-night environment. Convenience stores are driving existing shops out of business and skillfully extracting money from the people. What was once a law with no penalties will now have penalties for operating hours to regulate them." This is the announcement of the end of convenience stores.

She has been offered a role at the Globe Theatre in Shakespeare’s play, and we might see her on stage soon. She’s beautiful and a good actress, so she might succeed as an actress.

The second prince, Ren, has not been punished.

Being humiliated in front of the entire school and still having to continue attending is punishment enough. I hope he reflects on his actions and rebuilds his relationships at the academy from scratch.

Serala and I are happily in love every day. There’s nothing to complain about.

On weekends, we go to the church incognito and pray to the goddess Ranathes together. Instead of confession, we report our progress to the goddess’s statue. I don’t know if our voices reach her, but I’m truly grateful to Ranathes. Thank you.

"…Why did you do so much for me, Syin-sama? I was a strange child, and it would have been safest to choose someone else as your fiancée after being spoken to like that… I still find it mysterious."

Serala asked me this out of the blue.

"Hmm, do you remember the first time we met?"

"…I’m sorry."

"I screamed and fainted when I saw your face."

"…I’ve heard that. I was really rude back then…"

"If I had screamed and fainted and then backed out of the engagement, it would have been too embarrassing. I had to stick to my guns."

"Is that the reason?"

"It’s not just that."

"?"

"I thought it was wrong as a man to leave a crying girl in tears."

"…I’m a bit disappointed by the reason."

Serala pouted. Oh no, maybe I shouldn’t have said that.

"I was always worried about when you would say you had found your 'true love.'"

"What’s this 'true love'?"

"It’s the line a prince would say when he leaves me for the heroine."

"I found my true love when I was ten… Thank you, Serala, for always being there for me."

"That’s nice to hear…"

With that, I gently pushed her down on the bed and kissed her again.

What, when did this happen? How old were we?

That’s a secret!

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I’m not breaking the engagement, okay? END

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Thank you for reading to the end.

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The book has concluded, and the beautiful manga adaptation by Ootori-sama has also ended its serialization.

The third volume of the manga adaptation will be released on June 30th!

The cover of the third volume of the original is marked here!

From March 1, 2024, I’m starting a new series with a female protagonist, "The Demon Princess Goes to Another World!"

It’s a story about a demon priestess and demon princess who wield ancient swords and naginata to fight demons and perform exorcisms in another world.