The Broken Possessors of the Infinite Regression Academy - Chapter 296



Chapter 296 – Side Story: Final Preparations

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In fact, there might have been a way to not pick just one person and use other numbers. It’s not like I’m only going to see my parents that day, and there will always be opportunities later.

You can change your appearance to match the spell of disguise, use the necklace of change made by Archmage Valera, or borrow the artifact that Io has.

More extreme cases could be made where the powers of the gods and demons are called upon. It would be easy to change a person’s appearance if it could restore their youth by decades.

But my girlfriends didn’t seem to think so.

“Well, please take good care of me… …Your Majesty.”

Otherwise, they would not have put Beatrice first instead of one of their own.

I looked at Beatrice, who was shy and hesitant, wearing a breezy white one-piece dress instead of her usual neat maid outfit, with a mixture of shock and bewilderment in her eyes.

“Beatrice? Why are you… … .”

“I, Your Majesty. That is—”

“You were wrong, Beatrice. What did I tell you to call Mira?”

“Huhhh… … Yoo, Yoo Seong… … .”

Beatrice, with her eyes tightly shut, called out my name on Earth and looked at a loss. Laura nodded.

“That’s right. When you arrive on Earth, you and Mira will be lovers. It’s natural for lovers to call each other by their first names. Also, you should keep in mind that your name is Jeong Da-in, not Beatrice.”

“Yes, yes… … I understand… … I understand… … I understand… … .”

“this.”

Beatrice kept mumbling and repeating what she had said, and was eventually dragged out by Rosaria and Priscilla, each holding an arm, under the pretext that she needed more education.

“What happened?”

I opened my mouth after confirming that the three people had disappeared.

“As I told you via text, there were many difficulties in selecting the person. We couldn’t narrow down our opinions on who would be first. In the end, we thought that if we continued like this, we might not be able to make it on time, so we changed our perspective. If we couldn’t come to a conclusion among ourselves, we said let’s send someone else. That’s how a dramatic agreement was reached, and Beatrice was chosen.”

“Why Beatrice?”

“At first, I was going to send Karna… … But she is a woman who has only seen swords her entire life, and has also lived as a murderer for nearly ten years, so she seems completely unfamiliar with the etiquette of a woman, even though she may be familiar with the etiquette of dealing with someone alone as a knight. She declined, saying that it would be difficult to completely change the habits she had ingrained in her.

It would certainly be difficult for Karna to act like a normal person right now. Not only has he been holding a sword since he was young, but he has also been a member of the Royal Guard, the first direct disciple of the Sword Master, and has also experienced being a murderer.

It may be possible to overlook the subtle movements that come out unconsciously because they are hunters, but they need to be educated about Earth’s civilization from the beginning.

“In contrast, Beatrice has been to Earth once and has been there before, so she can teach you enough within the time limit. Even if it’s impossible to teach you perfectly, she’ll be able to teach you enough so that your parents won’t get suspicious. Above all, wouldn’t it be the most important thing to not give you a strange feeling?”

“… … Are you really okay with that?”

I asked cautiously. I don’t know about this world, but Beatrice on Earth is a complete outsider. Even though there is no conclusion, I wondered if it was okay to give something like that to an outsider.

“I knew you’d ask that question.”

Laura chuckled.

“We’ve come to a compromise. Since no one wants to compromise on the first one, what can we do? We’ll hand it over to the person who needs to be as objective and fair as possible, and then decide on the second one using random gacha. If we hadn’t narrowed our opinions like this, we would have been arguing until the day itself. Or would you like to pick one person? Then there’d be no need for a fight.”

“… … .”

When I paused, Laura gave me a look that said she knew this would happen.

“You see. You wouldn’t love one of us more or less. That’s why we came to a conclusion among ourselves. Well, if it’s jealousy, we have enough of it, so you don’t have to worry. It’s just that I gave in one step at a time because I didn’t want to make things difficult for you more than my jealousy.”

In the end, this is what it was all about. I was jealous and wanted to take that position for myself, but I gave in step by step because my feelings for him were greater.

In the midst of all that, I couldn’t argue any longer.

“If you appreciate our hearts, please give us a lot of strength when we return to the mansion. Erestica has raided my father’s treasury.”

Laura whispered softly.

“… … .”

“Anyway, since this is something we have already agreed on, I won’t entertain any objections. Everyone said that Beatrice would be fine. There was even an opinion that we should leave it to Aria once.”

“To Aria?”

I asked back in surprise. No matter how much I was forgiven, I never thought it would be brought up in a place like this.

“Don’t be too surprised, it was just one of the opinions. And even if it had been seriously discussed, they would have rejected it. How could someone who doesn’t even come out properly do that?”

“… … Well, that’s true.”

Aria was staying quietly in one of the outbuildings of my family’s main mansion. She didn’t do much more than occasionally meet Leona and have a little conversation.

Since Leona kept what we talked about a complete secret, I could only hope that our relationship was improving.

I couldn’t ask Aria. She’s been avoiding me on purpose. Leona said that she still has feelings for me and doesn’t know what to do so she’s avoiding me.

Originally, I was obsessed with her because she was the ‘real person’ I was looking for, but now, there’s no reason to consider Aria and me as the only real people, and only that feeling remains.

“We’re here!”

“I’m back.”

Soon Priscilla and Rosaria came back dragging Beatrice, who was still trembling with one arm each.

“Okay, speak quickly.”

“I told you to just do as I teach you?”

At the urging of the two, Beatrice, who had been hesitating, began to open her mouth.

“Yoo, Yoo Seong-ah… … Yoo Seong… … Yoo Seong Seong Seong Seong Seong… … .”

“Oh, it’s broken.”

“… … .”

I wonder if I can do it.

Despite my worries, Beatrice performed her assigned role almost perfectly when she arrived home. It seemed that the words that I would be suspected if I did not do it properly had a big effect.

My parents were quite fond of Beatrice.

Even though his average income was high, it seemed like he was a normal person with no abilities, instead of a hunter who didn’t know when or how he would die, which was a passing grade, and the fact that he was polite in every move was also a plus.

There were some minor incidents like using stiff formal language because of my habits from when I was a maid, almost calling me “Master,” or trying to do all the housework for me because I was too enthusiastic, but those were really just minor incidents.

My parents thought it was cute because I was so nervous. They also thought that calling me “Master” was a mistake and a nickname I used often.

Doing housework well was a plus, if anything, and it wasn’t a minus, so it was good anyway.

“Hey, why is your maid here?”

Of course, Kang Yu-na, who had seen Beatrice when she went to play in the other world, was very frightened. The person who had clearly been working as a maid was suddenly acting like her girlfriend.

And I did that by abandoning all the people who were originally by my side.

“They couldn’t agree on who to come. So Beatrice came instead. Did you do your job properly, Sister?”

“I did. What do you think of me? But I didn’t have much to teach you. That girl is really smart. If you just teach her a few things, she’ll figure it out.”

“Sister?”

“Why? You’re my sister… … ?”

Kang Yu-na tried to make an excuse under my meaningful gaze. It seemed that she also felt a pang.

Her actual age was like that. Even at the minimum, the first digit would be more than 3 and approaching 4. Beatrice’s age was always a mystery.

“Did you forget that I introduced myself as twenty-three years old? There’s a six-year age gap between you and me. Sister? Sister?”

“Ui-ui-ssi… … I wouldn’t do that in front of mom and dad… … .”

I heard a grumbling sound. As I said, it wasn’t completely useless. It was all thanks to Kang Yu-na that Beatrice was able to do only what her parents wanted.

If I hadn’t set the score in advance, the honorifics and titles might have been perceived as strange and not as individuality. That alone would have been worth the money I’d earned so far.

“Well, strange… … here, you were… … no, you were… … ?”

Beatrice, who had been caught by her parents and was having a private conversation, suddenly appeared and linked arms with them. Her face had an expression that was a mixture of embarrassment and joy, and her hands and feet were trembling slightly.

“Yeah. What’s wrong, Dain?”

“ㅡ!!!!!!”

Beatrice’s face became so intense that I thought I heard a flat sound, and soon she began to stagger as if her legs had given out. She was about to collapse, so I put my arm around her side and pulled her toward me to support her.

Kang Yu-na looked at the sight as if she couldn’t believe it.

“… … You’re so noisy, you’re so noisy. How many times have you done that to be so calm?”

“It’s not that I’m being calm, I can’t just let you fall like this. And when I was younger, I did worse than this. But it was you who initiated it, not me.”

Since Beatrice was the one who took care of me in place of my parents, it’s safe to say that she’s literally seen everything. This level of skinship wasn’t a problem.

“No, that’s… … No. That’s enough. You’ll find out later.”