The World After the Bad Ending - Chapter 85



Declaration of Tomato Victory

The night of the Founding Festival.

A boy who had slipped out of the boycott sighed.

To be precise, it was a girl.

“What a hassle this is.”

The girl, disguised as Hanon, was Hania Lepidodia.

She was the daughter of the Imperial Knight Commander.

After learning that Isabel was chasing Hanon, she thought it could become a troublesome situation and joined the boycott.

No one questioned her appearance, as she looked like Hanon.

Having subdued a few members of the boycott, she sighed again.

Hanon had already encountered Isabel’s group and quickly slipped away.

‘He could have at least given me a hint.’

She had only suffered by getting involved for no reason.

She felt like going back and taking a quick shower.

“Hania.”

It was then, as she trudged along.

She flinched and looked up at the voice.

Because the owner of that voice was none other than Iris.

Jet-black hair fluttered like the night itself.

Beyond the long eyelashes reminiscent of a long-haired breed, ruby-colored eyes shone in the moonlight.

“What is that appearance?”

Iris instantly saw through Hania’s disguise.

She, who should have been waiting in the dormitory, appeared here.

Thus, the flustered Hania couldn’t answer immediately and just opened and closed her lips.

This fact only solidified Iris’s suspicion.

Iris looked at Hania with narrowed eyes.

Her gaze was sweetly enchanting to Hania, but it harbored a chilling undertone.

“Hania, you’re not a girl who lies to me, right?”

Iris’s warning continued in a low voice.

Hania was her loyal subordinate.

Telling a lie to Iris is akin to a mortal sin.

Hania bowed her head.

“Yes, of course.”

Though she had decided to keep it a secret from Hanon.

This was an irresistible force, and there was no other way.

Hania confessed everything that had happened to Iris.

Starting with the fact that Hanon was the ringleader of this boycott.

She even covered for him, saying that he must have prepared this for Iris, feeling sorry for not keeping his promise.

Iris chewed over the story and remained silent.

Worried about Iris’s reaction, Hania fidgeted.

“…I see.”

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Iris said no more and turned away.

“Ah, Lady Iris, let’s go together!”

Hania hurriedly took off her wig and lenses and chased after Iris.

For some reason, Iris’s breath came out in gasps.

Every time the Founding Festival came around, her heart, which had always been cold and empty, was filled with an inexplicable warmth today.

* * *

Due to the untimely boycott, Jerion Academy was thrown into chaos.

The professors and assistants who were conducting the Founding Festival eventually came and sorted things out, but the ones who played the biggest role in resolving the situation were Isabel and her friends.

They mediated and suppressed the fight that could have escalated between the boycott members and the student council.

Thanks to this, Isabel’s status rose significantly.

Most of the boycott members were captured and dragged to the professors and assistants.

It was to hear their circumstances.

Moreover, the corruption incidents that had occurred within Jerion Academy were brought to light.

The student council, as well as the Jerion Academy’s education department, could not escape criticism.

Additionally, several students were suspended due to this incident.

The president, Rozamin, who had been the mainstay of the boycott, accepted the suspension calmly.

In the original scenario, he would have shouted that it was unfair.

This time, he had a look of complete detachment.

Even as he was being suspended and heading to the dormitory, he spoke to the children who had gathered in the commotion.

“Run away well.”

It was unclear to whom he was speaking.

He left those words and was finally taken away by the assistants.

Moreover, President Sylvester Drapen, who had shown great disgrace due to this incident, was also in a difficult position.

Although it was before he became president.

The students questioned him for turning a blind eye to the student council’s corruption, which had been rampant since before.

Sylvester, who was originally known to be incompetent.

This time, he was bitten from all sides.

Outside the Jerion Academy, the Drapen Ducal House was fiercely attacked under the leadership of the Third Princess faction.

In the end, Sylvester earned the stigma of bringing down the student council.

He resigned from the presidency himself.

Anyway, due to this incident, he could no longer remain in the student council.

Other student council members tried to dissuade him, but Sylvester shook his head.

“Even if I stay, it will only increase the workload. I’m sorry. It looks like I’m running away.”

He smiled bitterly.

“Maybe I’ve been running away all along.”

Leaving behind a lonely figure, Sylvester returned to being an ordinary student.

Due to the consecutive vacancies of the president and vice president, the student council was in a state of emergency.

However, due to this incident, the student council was temporarily banned from entering.

This was because the inspection dispatched from the Empire searched the Jerion Academy.

In this process, not only the assistants and associate professors but also the professors could not avoid inspection.

As a result, Jerion Academy was in a state of turmoil.

There was news that new professors, associate professors, and assistants would be coming in soon, but it would take some more time.

A wind of change was blowing through Jerion Academy.

The goal of the boycott itself was achieved.

Since it was so chaotic, Jerion Academy decided to go into self-study for three days.

Originally, the students were thorough in their self-training.

There was no problem with the professors being absent for about three days.

Thus, the period of change.

The classroom for self-study.

As soon as I arrived at school, I was forcibly dragged outside and found myself in a very difficult situation.

“Lightning sweet potato.”

“Hanon.”

“You.”

Seron Parmia.

Iris Hyserion.

Isabel Luna.

The three of them stood tall in front of me simultaneously.

I briefly pondered as I looked at the three people who appeared with different intentions.

Should I run?

“Don’t even think about escaping.”

Seron, who had noticed my pattern, snapped sharply.

They even blocked my retreat.

Repaying kindness with enmity.

‘More than that, even if it’s Seron and Isabel.’

I looked at Iris with curiosity.

Does Iris really have a reason to wait for me like this?

As I was looking at Iris, I made eye contact with Hania, who was quietly behind her.

She flinched her shoulders and then quietly bowed her head.

‘…I’ve been caught.’

I realized the situation and sighed inwardly.

Well, in the end, it was impossible not to get caught.

‘The problem is.’

They say it’s better to get beaten first.

I couldn’t be sure who I should get beaten by first.

The three of them glanced at each other.

It seemed that none of them had expected this situation, as they all stood up as soon as I arrived.

Surely, the first person to back down here is the mature one.

At that moment, Iris spoke up.

As expected, the third princess.

You have a big heart.

“Hanon, come to my room after this.”

The 3rd Princess fired a cannon instead of just having a big heart.

Iris spoke in a very familiar tone and turned around.

Of course, her room meant the girls’ dormitory.

This alone was problematic, but it was enough to interpret what it meant to be in and out of the 3rd Princess’s room.

Because of her bombshell statement, Isabel and Seron simultaneously dropped their jaws.

Both looked at me with eyes full of shock.

“Go, go, go, sweet potato, you crazy b*stard.”

Among them, Seron, who had seen my true identity, mumbled.

At least if it were Hanon, I could use the excuse of being the Princess’s cousin, but I am Vickerman.

Sneaking into the Princess’s bedchamber with my identity hidden was tantamount to a death sentence.

“You…!”

I immediately raised my hand and covered Seron’s mouth.

Seron struggled with his mouth covered.

Seeing me as Hanon, he was about to call out my name but remembered I was Vickerman, and his face turned bright red.

Still has a girlish taste.

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At that moment, someone grabbed my wrist.

The person who grabbed my wrist was Isabel.

She looked at me with calm eyes.

“What did you do with Lady Iris every night?”

Slept.

But if I said that, I’d be buried right away.

“…I had some business.”

“Oh, really? Business in the girls’ dormitory.”

Isabel smiled brightly.

“…You left in the middle of doing it with me.”

We were fighting, though.

“What, what, what!?”

Seron looked at me with wide-open eyes.

Why is he making the situation more difficult?

Is it on purpose?

Isabel snorted and turned away, leaving for good.

In the end, only Seron remained.

Seron, who had been freed from my grasp, slowly raised his head.

I quickly avoided Seron’s gaze.

“Then I’ll be going.”

“Where are you going?”

As I tried to disappear naturally, Seron grabbed my collar tightly.

In the end, I couldn’t move far and stopped, looking back at Seron.

“Seron, about what happened yesterday.”

“Forget it, just be honest.”

It seems there’s no way out of this.

“Lightning sweet potato, are you Senior Vickerman or Hannon?”

In the end, I raised both hands in surrender.

There was no way out from the moment I revealed my identity to Seron.

“I’m Vickerman. For some reason, I returned to Jerion Academy in this form.”

Hearing my answer, Seron chewed on his lips.

He seemed to have a lot to say but was choosing his words carefully.

“…Is the reason you came back because of Senior Nikita?”

Was that what he was concerned about?

As Seron, looking dejected, waited for my answer, I sighed.

“I can’t say it’s not, but that’s not the only reason.”

Nikita is important, but I have a more important reason.

I came here to prevent this world from ending in a bad ending.

But I can’t tell him that.

“…But you liked Senior Nikita.”

“That was a long time ago.”

And it wasn’t me, but the old Vickerman.

Above all, I probably lost the feeling of love because of the bandages on my veil.

“I don’t like anyone right now.”

Seron was silent after hearing my answer.

Then suddenly, Seron grabbed my collar tightly.

Seron is also a martial arts student.

In that moment of being pulled by her sudden strength, our faces came very close.

She pressed her forehead against mine and lifted the corners of her mouth.

She had a very mischievous smile.

“Then I don’t have to give up yet.”

My face turned blank for a moment.

“You know I was Hanon.”

“That doesn’t matter.”

Seron let go of me with a relieved face.

“You’re still the prince I liked.”

“You once called me a sweet potato.”

“And even if you were a sweet potato, I didn’t dislike you. I just liked you more.”

Seron said that with a bright smile.

…This girl, after this incident, she says such embarrassing things without hesitation.

“Prince Sweet Potato.”

Seron said with her hands firmly on her hips.

“Be prepared. I won’t lose this battle, no matter what.”

Her vigorous laughter was so charming that even my eyes wavered for a moment.

What should I be prepared for?

This battle might be a very tough one.