After that, Rosalie guided us around the Grand Cathedral, and we were now in a rest area for tourists, drinking tea while listening to Rosalie talk about her life at the Royal Academy.
“Oh my! There’s an Inter-Class Tournament next month! I would love to go see it! If only I could get a tour…”
“I think there should be a general viewing area, so it should be fine.”
“Then I must! I’ll ask Cicely to make sure I don’t have any duties that day!”
Rosalie seemed to have a great admiration for the Royal Academy. Her eyes sparkled as she listened to Rouge and me talk about our school life. She said that she couldn’t enroll due to various circumstances, but I wonder if the Skill she was granted wasn’t suitable for war…?
I was curious, but it would be too insensitive to ask why she failed the entrance exam. Besides, it’s not like I can talk, since I got in by deceiving them about my Skill…
“Hugh is amazing! When he used his Skill during the entrance exam, fire went whoosh!”
“Fire went whoosh! That’s amazing! I’d love to see it! Could you use it here and now!?”
“The Grand Cathedral will burn down…”
It seems that Rouge and Rosalie have completely hit it off, and they’re chatting away noisily. I took on the role of listener, occasionally interjecting with a retort to their nonsensical remarks. I couldn’t keep up with their level of excitement.
After a while,
“So, you were here, Rosalie-sama!”
A woman came running towards us, having found Rosalie.
She was a young woman in her early twenties with short, navy blue bobbed hair. Her features were very refined, and her sharp eyes were amber. She was about 160 centimeters tall, wearing a white breastplate with red lines, and a sword at her waist.
She’s not from the Royal Knights Order… It seems unnatural to be carrying a sword in the Grand Cathedral…
“Oh, Cicely! You’ve come at just the right time! Why don’t you join us in hearing about the Royal Academy from Hugh-sama and Rouge-sama?”
“While I appreciate the invitation, it’s time, Rosalie-sama. You need to start preparing for your duties soon…”
“Oh my, is it that time already! I’m so sorry, Hugh-sama, Rouge-sama. I have an unavoidable duty this afternoon. I apologize, but I must take my leave. Thank you for the fun time.”
“Thank you too, Rosalie! I wonder if we can talk again somewhere…?”
“Of course! I’ll be staying at this Grand Cathedral for a while, so please come visit again! I want to hear more about the Royal Academy!”
“Yeah, of course! See you later, Rosalie!”
“See you later, Hugh-sama too!”
“Yeah, see ya.”
We waved goodbye to Rosalie as she waved her hands vigorously and left. Cicely-san, who was accompanying Rosalie, turned back and bowed to us, so I returned the bow.
She seems like Rosalie’s attendant, but I wonder who she is…?
“That person from earlier, she was a Holy Knight, right…?”
“Holy Knight?”
“They’re from the Knights Order that the Divine Blessing Church has. It was in our history class, wasn’t it?”
“Ah… now that you mention it, I think I remember learning about them…”
“Hugh~? There’s a midterm exam before the Inter-Class Tournament, you know? I don’t want to be in a different class from Hugh next year.”
“Ugh… I’ll do my best.”
At the Royal Academy, when classes are changed, students are assigned to each class based on their overall grades. I somehow managed to get into Class A based on my Skill scores when I enrolled, but there’s no guarantee that I’ll be able to do it again next year.
Rouge is second in the grade in terms of academic ability, next to Lily. In the overall ranking, including Skills, she’s a top student, ranked third in the grade. She’ll definitely be in Class A next year. If I want to be in the same class as Rouge, I have no choice but to study hard and improve my academic ability.
I don’t want to be in separate classes either.
Okay, so a Holy Knight, right…? I’m starting to vaguely remember what we learned in class.
“If I remember correctly, Holy Knights are knights who protect important figures in the Divine Blessing Church and guard religious ceremonies, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right! To add to that, they’re also an organization that corrects corruption within the Divine Blessing Church and cracks down on heretics. That’s why I was a little concerned about Cicely-san accompanying Rosalie…”
“Holy Knights protect important figures in the Divine Blessing Church, right?”
“Yeah… I wonder who exactly we had guide us around the Grand Cathedral…?”
I gave a vague “Who knows…” to Rouge, who was tilting her head.
It’s not like I don’t have a clue… She said that she couldn’t enroll in the Royal Academy due to various circumstances. If it wasn’t because her Skill didn’t meet the requirements, and there was another reason, then maybe Rosalie is…
“Well, she introduced herself as a humble nun. Whatever her true identity is, I think she doesn’t want us to worry about it.”
“That’s true. I’m looking forward to talking to Rosalie again.”
Rouge smiled with her hands together in front of her mouth. She must have really enjoyed talking with Rosalie.
Maybe we should visit this Grand Cathedral again on our next day off. Rosalie said she’d be staying there for a while, so there will be another chance to meet her.
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