The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy - Chapter 266



Chapter 266 – Side Story: Birthday Banquet – 1

“You did a great job, sis.”

“You figured it out really quickly. We even made a pinky promise to keep it a secret between the three of us. I guess enticing me with food wasn’t enough.”

“I’m sorry, but they’re closer to me. No, I shouldn’t be sorry. I was the one who got hurt.”

As I entered the empty room on the third floor, Diana greeted me as if she had been waiting for me. She had changed from the party dress with all sorts of decorations to something more comfortable.

“When did you order this? Weren’t you with my friends?”

“He asked a maid who was passing by for more cookies. They were both eating this and that, so he tempted them with a special limited edition marshmallow cookie that he had prepared for them. They both ate it well. You don’t know where it went into their tiny bodies.”

“How much did you eat?”

“Three large cookie jars, for two. Beatrice told me.”

If you take three large cookie jars, they would weigh just under 3kg. Beatrice must have made up a story because she knew that the two were goddesses.

It was obvious what their reaction would be if they found out that two girls, who were barely 12 at most, had eaten nearly 30 kg of cookies.

“Be careful not to get a stomachache later. Eating too much is not good either.”

“It’s okay. If you’re sick, just use healing magic.”

“You should have prevented them from getting sick in the first place. Don’t show off that you’ve never raised a child.”

“What about you, sister? Just in case, if you say you saw it in a erotic novel, your bookshelf will be a lot lighter tomorrow morning.”

“… … Anyway, whose child is it? You all look too young to be the mother of one of the people around you.”

Diana shamelessly changed the subject. Anyway, that damn erotic novel is the problem. You should catch me and hold a reading session sometime.

“He’s my relative. On Ciel’s side.”

“Last time, you said that Ciel was an orphan from the heavens. So, I remember that he had to get our guarantee before he could transfer to Bellium Academy.”

“Did I do that?”

He accepted it calmly.

When I first brought Ciel, I didn’t ask for details. That still holds true. We’re careful not to touch each other’s secrets unless it’s harmful to the family.

Moreover, since there is a crown princess, a warrior, and a saintess next to them, we can be sure that we know their identities. We are just preventing them from leaking out to the surroundings for some reason.

“Personally, I would like to give strength to the idea that our brave younger brother has a hidden child. What do you think?”

“Just now, people around me were saying that I looked too young to be a mother. Do you know that I’m the same age as those kids who look young?”

“It could be that he used magic. After all, Chairman Erestica is one of the candidates. I know that he really likes you. Or, in the unlikely event that he’s the Black Star, the reason why the Black Star disappeared is because he fell in love with some guy.”

“That must be so true.”

Whether it was a joke from the beginning or not, Diana calmly drank the champagne. Her already slender body looked even thinner thanks to the tall champagne glass.

“So, how does it feel to have the bomb back?”

“You’re just throwing a bomb at people who came to celebrate the birthday of your friend’s older sister who’s a member of the same club. That’s too much.”

“You’re going too far. When you say you’re a member of the same club, those ‘members of the same club’ will be really disappointed if they hear that. It looks like none of them wanted to be called that.”

As expected, he is a sharp-witted person. When I did not deny it, Diana shook her head.

“You’d better be careful, Mira. There’s an old saying that says the place where a man is most likely to get stabbed is in bed, and the reason he’s most likely to get stabbed is because of relationships with women.”

“What is that old proverb? It must have been something I saw in a erotic novel.”

“… … Anyway, the women around you are all extraordinary people.”

Diana, who had changed the subject just like before, gave me a sharp, stinging gaze. It seemed like she had hit the nail on the head.

“It’s okay. They’re not like that. It might sound like a trashy thing to say, but… … .”

“That’s not trash, that’s saying it’s trash. You have to speak properly, my lovely little sister.”

If I didn’t know the details, I would have nothing to say even if I heard something like that. We both just laughed.

Diana held up a champagne bottle to me as if asking if I wanted a drink. Without hesitation, I sat down on the sofa opposite me. Gulp, gulp, the liquid the color of grape jelly filled my glass.

“Why are you drinking? You’re feeling lonely and alone without any food.”

“Someone who lives somewhere brought a bunch of women over, so I got a lot of attention from the first day. I couldn’t help but drink because I was worried about the second and third days.”

“Who would be healthy like that? You should have done like me.”

I never invited anyone to my birthday. It was part of the overprotection that I had until I entered Bellium Academy.

My parents rented the same banquet hall as my two older sisters to make sure I wouldn’t get hurt, but it wasn’t very useful to me since I didn’t like that kind of thing in the first place.

“Hmm, really? I guess you haven’t heard yet.”

Diana smiled playfully. A hint of uneasiness began to creep into her heart.

“I heard that starting this year, you’ll celebrate your birthday on the same day as us.”

“… … What? No, why?”

I asked back, embarrassed. Diana answered as if asking why I was asking such a thing.

“Of course, since you’re fine now, right? Mom and Dad were always sad behind your back, saying that you were the only one who had to deal with it. But now that you’re all better, there’s no way they’d just let it go. They were very determined.”

For a moment, a chill ran down my spine.

Parents in this world are the ones who commit all sorts of money-related antics without even intending to do so. If they had decided to do so, I couldn’t even imagine how big the scale would be.

“Oh, don’t worry. I’ll use all my connections to make sure our beloved little sister has a grand first birthday party. There’s only a week left, right? You’d better brace yourself.”

“Mira, you heard that too? I thought you were planning on having a huge birthday party.”

Rosaria approached him, making a fuss. Karna, who had been visiting the clubroom for the first time in a long while to spend time, also opened his eyes wide.

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“Really? Didn’t we just say we’d handle this quietly and end it among ourselves?”

“That’s what I was going to do. But it didn’t work out.”

There was a reason why things had come to this. The entire upper echelon of the Crate family had started a sale to celebrate my birthday.

The Crate family is one of the largest merchant families in the Empire. With so many stores advertising discounts, what kind of repercussions can there be?

Even the department stores located throughout the empire were no exception. Beatrice was truly terrified when she first heard that this was just the beginning.

“That’s great! I’ll have to celebrate your birthday with a bang!”

Rosaria rushed at me. Then, she suddenly hugged my head and tried to bury my face in her chest, so I quickly grabbed her armpits and lifted her up.

Due to the height difference of nearly 20cm, Rosaria was left hanging like a cat with its front legs held up. Her face turned chubby.

“What kind of cat am I? Why am I like this?”

“Well, wouldn’t you know better, Rosaria, who would have seemed awkward to anyone who ran into her?”

“… … What do you mean, awkward? I don’t really know?”

Anyone who saw it would think that there was something going on. Laura, who saw Rosaria blatantly ignoring the situation, quietly frowned. Priscilla was looking at her with pitiful eyes.

Looking at it like that, it definitely seems like it’s related to those two people.

“If you don’t want to talk, that’s fine.”

Just as Erestica did to me, I sat Rosaria on my thighs and hugged her from behind to hold her in place. The difference in size wasn’t that great, so her head was over her shoulder, but it was enough.

I felt Rosaria stiffen as she was suddenly hugged from behind.

“Some people have already had their birthdays, right? That’s why I wanted to do something normal, just among us.”

In fact, some of them had already passed their birthdays before this relationship began. Since their birthdays were in the middle of the semester, they would just give each other small gifts.

So I was planning to spend this year normally and then do something a little more grand next year, but the plan went awry.

“That’s good. We wouldn’t approve of such an absurd plan.”

“Right. That’s good.”

Elisier drew a sharp line, and Leona agreed. The rest of the people seemed to think the same. I had a gut feeling that things were going to get really big.

As always, the bad thoughts did not go astray. That very day, I received a call from the Wizards’ Association.

“To celebrate Mira Crate’s eighteenth birthday, our wizarding association has developed a spell that will set off fireworks in the sky across the empire for eighteen hours on the day of her birthday.”

“Just try that. I’ll show you exactly what I can do.”

Fireworks that go off for 18 hours? Do these guys have any conscience?

Even though they weren’t there from the beginning.

It was fortunate that I could at least stop it within my own line, like the Wizards’ Association. I couldn’t resolutely cut off a proposal made directly by the Emperor.

I heard from Laura that the Emperor would allow me to erect a golden statue of myself in the courtyard of the mansion. I had to go through all sorts of trouble to politely say it indirectly.

“Hoo hoo hoo hoo, kid… … .”

And Erestica, the biggest gatekeeper, greeted me with a serious, sinister smile as soon as I heard the news and went to see her. Her eyes were overflowing with desire mixed with affection.

“Why are you smiling so ominously?”

“Isn’t it your child’s birthday soon? So I was wondering what to do.”

“I don’t think worry and ominous laughter have anything to do with each other.”

Thankfully, he didn’t do anything crazy like announce my birthday to the entire Bellium Academy, but it was clear that he was planning something sinister.

“That’s an ominous laugh, absolutely not.”

“… … .”

I don’t think that’s the case.