The Flower Petal Revolution Stage
3 - 07

Anna invited me to the cafeteria for a break. Feeling grateful and not wanting to be disrespectful, I accepted her offer.

"Hm... How does school dinner work?"

"You can use the canteen in the dormitory or canteen in the main building of the school. ...Oh, but we're getting nobility lessons today so..."

"Hm?"

Anna opened her mouth to explain, but was cut off due to the arrival of others.

"Anna!"

"Silenziosa-san and...Waarheid-san, right?"

"Charlotte, Sayuri.."

"Oh, Kris is also with you..."

"Why act so shy, Charlotte?"

"Huh? Uh... Why ya?"

"Mountbatten-san, why are you so quiet? Are you okay?"

"I haven't seen you since class, Charlotte. Anna just showed me around the school."

"So, what are you two doing? It's time to go back to the dorm, isn't it?"

Charlotte showed a caring, yet somewhat agitated face.

"Anna... are you okay? You sighed and put on a lot of unusual expressions in class. I'm worried."

"During class..?"

"Yes, you make a face like this. Mountbatten-san is worried about you, so I'm here with him to check on you."

The girl who looked like a Japanese doll was pulling the edge of her eyes. I was really impressed that he could do that with his face.

"Ah, right, just like Sayuri pointed out."

"Did I really make a face like that?"

"Mhm. That's a pretty interesting face. Actually, I was disappointed in myself for not filming it with the camera.

"Basic, he thinks it's wrong who-"

Anna stopped in the midst of her grievances and readjusted herself before looking at me.

"Kris, I haven't introduced her to you yet. This is Sayuri Nanbu. He's one of the six Radiance, just like us."

Nice to meet you, Kris Waarheid-san. My name is Sayuri Nanbu.

He spread out his folding fan and hid his mouth in a very delicate manner. Its elegance is a flowing elegance. There are no hard edges in it, or any flaws.

If behavioral ethics were the most important, she would be above Anna.

"I heard that you had a meeting with Hui-ho this morning."

Suddenly, that elegance became a sharp aura of hostility.

It's tearing, stabbing. He did not touch or threaten me, but his presence just seemed to erode my consciousness.

"Hm... This place really has a lot of interesting people."

"Sayuri, you shouldn't make such a scary face when she's in front of you."

"How naive. Mountbatten-san, you are really too gentle. The school treasurer shouldn't have acted that way."

"Treasurer?"

"Yes. Chairman Mikagami entrusted some aspects of running the Academy to us. The five of us Radiance acted as Chandeliers and helped manage this place."

Oh, so basically it's training to power.

"So this Chandelier is..."

"This word refers to the members who control the school. It's like a student organization. Although, it may not be the right comparison for you...."

"Anna is the leader, so she is like the head of OSIS. Sayuri is the vice-chairman. I am the treasurer. Hui-ho is the administrative manager, while Elsa is the secretary."

Elsa is probably the little knight I've seen in class.

So Chandelier is not only the best student in the school, but also has real power.

"Forget that! Anna, are you okay? Did Kris... do anything unusual to you?"

He looked at me apologetically. I realized this in class, but he was a very considerate person.

"I guess you can say it like that."

"What?!"

"Oh no. How's this.. What if Elsa knew that Anna was already at *****\, she would probably go and do ****** to Kris..."

"Stop using such indecent language! He did not do anything strange like that!

"Then...what is he doing?"

"She said some things that did sound strange to me..."

"We were just chatting a lot as I gave him a round-the-school introduction."

"Mhm. And my words made him give in to indecent fantasies."

"Hahaahhh?!"

"NO THAT!"

Her stress exploded, and for some reason, she directed her angry aggression at me.

Wise people in the past would have called it a reckless and irrational outburst of anger.

With the help of Charlotte and Sayuri, Anna was finally able to calm down. However, it took about five minutes.

"Then, we'll go first."

"Waarheid - san, see you soon."

"Mhm. I'll look forward to it."

When both of them left...

"wait. Especially you, Charlotte. You are careless, so I warn you now. Try to avoid this guy."

Anna stopped and warned them while pointing at me as if I was dangerous.

The accusation for me is not very noble.

"I really can't express it in words, but he's really weird. Even perverted. If I could, I would kick him out of the Academy."

"Heheheh. I'm here in front of you, but you're not holding back at all. It's amazing."

"That's pretty cruel, Anna. He's one of our friends."

"Friends... We still don't know that. Having Grace...being an HGG just means she is qualified. That doesn't mean he can be one of us. Waarheid-san, you know that well, don't you?"

"Geret."

"That's true, but..."

A strange Eve enveloped us. Not hatred, but still a tense feeling.

"Mountbatten-san, you treated him as a friend for being too naive. To have Grace, there's some responsibility to take."

"So Sayuri agrees with me."

"Not really."

"Huh?!"

"From what I heard, Waarheid-san was personally invited from abroad by the Chairman of Mikagami and Adella-sensei. This doesn't happen often. And even if you ignore that, I'm still interested in him. He has the ability to defeat Hui-ho-san, and he said something shocking in class today."

"Chairman Mikagami could have made the mistake of wearing the wrong glasses when meeting this pervert."

"I wouldn't say that I understand Chairman Mikagami's thought process, but I imagine He has something to think about. I trust him in that."

"What do you think of Charlotte?"

"He's a little hard for me to understand..."

"How honest. But I am just the opposite."

"She looks scary, but I'm sure she's a sincere person."

"Well.maybe."

"In addition, as vice president of Chandelier, I cannot turn a blind eye to Kris Waarheid. Thus, allow me to greet you again at a later time."

With a perfect appearance, he gracefully lowered his head towards me.

"of course. I'm always ready for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

Sayuri turned around and left. Charlotte stayed behind for a while and hesitantly opened her mouth.

"Ma...."

"Yes?"

"If something disturbs your mind, come and talk to me. I will help with all the abilities I have."

"I'm so grateful, Charlotte Mountbatten."

"See you later, Kris."

The night curtain has been lowered outside. School ends for the day. We decided to visit other places later on.

"I forgot to tell you that the Academy also has a lot of dangerous research facilities, so be careful and stay away from places that ordinary people should not visit."

"Don't worry. I'm far from the usual word."

"Yes, it's not! The content of your head is not, but you are an ordinary student!"

"Hm... Am I being praised?"

"Ugh...! Whatever! Just stay away from those places!"

"By the way, Anna... What's that?"