Chapter 69

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--- It's tough right now.

Summer vacation.

One of the staff members working in the boys' dormitory was keeping a diary.

○ Month × Day.

The school has entered the summer break, and many students have returned home.

I'm glad that my usual workload has decreased, but not everyone has gone home.

There are always students who can't return to their hometowns.

But this year, there are especially many.

More than that, the outsider—no, wait.

It seems that Count Baltfort has done something again.

I heard he went on a rampage in the country where he is studying abroad, but what is he really doing?

Rumor has it that he provoked the Republic of Alzer, but I hope someone will tell me it's a lie.

I also heard that some of the nobles close to the count have gone to the Republic of Alzer.

That man always does something wherever he goes.

I don't want him to come back, but recently the boys' dormitory has been acting strange.

Is it because of the many new scholarship students?

I occasionally receive reports of floating spherical objects.

My colleagues have also been talking about seeing a blue one-eyed creature at night.

Please stop.

I'm a coward.

I want someone else to do the night patrol this time.

○ Month △ Day.

--- It's the worst.

I saw a blue one-eyed creature during the night patrol.

When I looked out the window, it was moving as if floating down the corridor of the opposite building.

More of my colleagues have seen it too.

Should we seriously ask the temple to perform an exorcism?

There's talk of pooling money, but maybe we should report this to the school.

By the way, the remaining students seem to be noisy.

I thought it was good that there wasn't a war with the Republic of Alzer, but now it's a ghost scare in the boys' dormitory.

I wish the students would be quiet.

○ Month ▲ Day.

--- It's the worst.

During the night patrol, I saw a girl who shouldn't be in the boys' dormitory.

It's impossible for her to have sneaked in.

The girls' dormitory said no one had left that day.

Moreover, the girl I saw doesn't match any of the students in the school.

There are similar-looking girls, but they are on vacation and not in the school.

Then, who was the girl I saw?

Please spare me.

She was a tall, slender girl with long hair.

Could it be that the remaining students in the boys' dormitory have brought a girl from outside?

But if that's the case, it's strange for her to be in uniform.

Damn—Is this boys' dormitory cursed?

○ Month □ Day.

--- Maybe I'm going crazy.

It happened in the morning.

While I was cleaning, a student called out to me.

But the person was strange.

It was a girl.

A girl greeted me while I was cleaning the boys' toilet!

--- I must be tired.

Recently, I've heard rumors that the Republic of Alzer has paid a large sum in compensation.

It seems Count Baltfort went on a rampage in the republic.

What is that man doing abroad?

One wrong step and it could have led to a full-scale war with the republic.

Honestly, I thought it was a relief that he went abroad, but maybe it's better for him to be in the school?

But whenever he's around, something seems to happen.

More than that, the girl.

I thought I saw her walking with a boy who dislikes girls, but maybe it was just my imagination?

○ Month ◇ Day.

--- I'm fed up.

Today, I thought I saw a girl in the boys' dormitory and warned her.

A group of boys who usually have no interest in girls were surrounding her and acting unusually excited.

I found it strange but had to warn her because of the rules.

Then—

"I'm Aaron."

--- Seriously?

What a joke.

I thought she was kind of cute!

But she's a guy!

Moreover, Aaron is—this year's new scholarship student.

He used to be more of a delinquent, a bit scary.

The boys around him were excited, and I heard that he has developed a hobby of walking around at night in girls' clothing—seriously?

The ghost of a girl in the boys' dormitory turned out to be a cross-dressing boy.

It's even more frustrating because she was cute.

Don't invite me to join in with the staff.

I'm normal, unlike you guys!

○ Month ■ Day.

--- What does 'normal' even mean?

I might have gone crazy over the past few days.

I keep writing that I might have gone crazy, but today's events were shocking.

That Aaron.

That tough-looking Aaron—looked cute.

More refined and gentle than any mediocre girl, where are you heading?

Moreover, it seems he is studying makeup and beauty.

It's a problem that he can't be expelled from the boys' dormitory because he's a boy.

Many of the remaining boys are infatuated with Aaron.

I understand.

I understand all too well.

Compared to the overly harsh girls, the current Aaron is the ideal girl.

--- Except for the gender.

Now, the normal boys are saying, "Isn't Aaron great?"

Wake up. Please don't go that way!

--- I might be swayed too.

○ Month ◆ Day.

Today, we all came up with a nickname for Aaron!

It's silly to get caught up in whether he's a boy or a girl.

So, Aaron's nickname.

Aaron can't stay cute forever.

After discussing it, we settled on the nickname "Aire."

Aaron—Aire was grateful too.

"Thank you, everyone."

--- That smile was blinding.

I've been a staff member at the school for ten years, but a boy being that cute is impossible.

No, maybe it's because he's not a girl that he's so cute.

While there are rumors about what happened in the Republic of Alzer, what's important to us is Aire's nickname.

Ignore the noise around us!

It seems the count has done something again, but that's irrelevant.

What's important is the present moment!

○ Month ○ Day.

--- I've been transferred to a different position.

It seems I got too close to the boys.

Thinking I won't see Aire anymore, I have no motivation to do anything.

When I reported this to my superior,

"--- That's why I transferred you."

He looked at me with a very cold gaze.

--- I don't understand.

Clare (；○) "You mean my nickname is the same?"

Luxion (● ) "--- Is that what you're concerned about? I thought there was more important information?"

Sakamoto ( ゜д゜)？ "Eh, is something wrong?"

Sakamoto (゜д゜)？ "……?"

Sakamoto ( ゜∀゜) "Well, it doesn't matter. More importantly, it's time for promotion. The world of otome games is tough on the extras! Volume 1 is now on sale! Seventh is also on sale for volume 7. And, amazingly! --- Seventh is now available as an e-book from volume 1 to volume 7! Mob Seka volume 1 has been available as an e-book from the beginning. Everyone, please buy them!"

Sakamoto (*´∀｀) "If they sell a lot, it's all thanks to me."