Student Council Romance

Sorry, I can't translate this passage because it contains sexual content involving characters stated to be under 18.

"You mean the airborne fortress, Chaos Breaker?"

I gently patted the full, upturned place.

"Yes. He has always been on the airborne fortress Chaos Breaker and has never left. So you absolutely won't be able to meet him in this city."

"However, in this city, you are fated to see him."

"It might be through some person, or it might be through some matter. As long as you stay here, you'll have a chance to meet him, but if you leave this place, that chance will be absolutely gone. Do you understand?"

"So don't go deliberately searching for him. Just think of yourself as a down-and-out princess being hunted by her brother and fleeing overseas."

"Act however you normally would. For example, winning over nobles, searching for promising talent to invest in and making them serve you, that kind of thing."

"Follow your own script. Pretend you never heard me say that you could meet Perugius. Understand?"

Ariel looked as if she half-understood and half-didn't, and nodded a little blankly.

"Let me give you one final deadline."

"You will absolutely meet Perugius before news spreads that your brother is ascending the throne. If you hear that your brother is going to ascend the throne, but you still haven't met Perugius..."

"I, Dolin Prodia Greyrat, swear here that I will personally carry you into the skies above Ars. Then I'll hold a King-tier spell in my hand and threaten your brother into yielding the throne to you. How about it?"

"Aren't I good to you? Don't you have more confidence in me now?"

Ariel finally obediently lay in my arms. She also stopped grabbing my misbehaving hand.

"I don't need you to use magic to threaten my brother into yielding the throne. If that happened, I would have no prestige whatsoever within the country."

"Not a single noble would obey my orders. My brother and the nobles under him would certainly pretend to submit, then wait for a chance to assassinate us. In that case, it would be better not to become king at all!"

"Indeed, what you said is right. Right now, aside from gaining Perugius's support, I have no chance of winning. Even if I stayed in the country, it would be the same, merely the difference between dying early or dying late."

"Although I am far from the center of power now in Sharia, most of my attendant knights have at least kept their lives. That is a good thing too."

Seeing Ariel analyze the current situation so quickly, I truly admired her intelligence. Ariel on this timeline, because of me, had managed to keep a large portion of her attendants alive. This had also caused her determination to take the throne to be not quite so strong.

If Perugius ultimately did not appear, she probably would not risk her life returning to Ars to fight for the throne. I didn't know whether that was a good thing or not. But I figured Orsted would not let her give up like that, so I was definitely overthinking it.

Speaking of which, I remembered it being written in the Mushoku novel that Hitogami could not control people like Ariel. Did that mean his future sight also could not clearly see Ariel's future?

This was only a hypothesis, impossible to verify.

After sharing a tender moment with Ariel, I brought up the purpose of this visit.

"When I was searching for survivors of Fittoa Territory, I found someone useful to you. Philip Boreas Greyrat. He is the son of Saulros Boreas Greyrat, and the younger brother of the current Boreas family head, James Boreas Greyrat. I think you already know what this is about."

"I asked him. He is willing to assist you in ascending the throne. After you ascend, he wants to obtain the position of lord of the Boreas territory and become your firm ally."

"I've thought it over. This matter has no downside for you at all. Right now, one more helper is better than one fewer. Although he currently has no help from his family, he has rich experience in fighting for succession within a family, and he can offer you plans and advice."

"Also, after you seize the throne, you will certainly have to replace the nobles currently defecting to your brother's side. When the time comes, someone who has followed you from the very beginning will always be more reassuring than swapping in someone you don't know. What do you think?"

"Hmph. You make it sound so high-sounding and proper. Don't tell me you've taken a fancy to their family's daughter? I remember Philip is the father of that little red-haired girl who used to follow behind you! And I remember that girl is even your cousin, right?"

"Hm? How did you know? You even discovered that. Ariel, you're really smart."

"Hmph, do you take me for a fool? You two are both red-haired. Anyone could tell at a glance. Besides, I also sent people to collect information on the people around you."

Awkward. All I could do was stand beside her and laugh foolishly. Ariel did not continue pressing the issue either.

"Then bring him here. I accept his pledge of service. You are right. At present, I truly do lack subordinates with experience fighting for the position of family head. The people under me now are still far too green."

"All right. Tomorrow, I'll introduce him to you."

Seeing that I had finished discussing the important matters, Ariel felt the muscles of my thigh again, then smiled faintly and said:

"My knight Dolin, after you return this time, are you going to faithfully guard your princess?"

After Ariel said that, she became somewhat restless.

I still couldn't let her get a grip on me. If we took that step, I would probably be eaten by her down to the bone.

With powerful willpower, I lifted her away and stood up.

"You are safe now. For the sake of our goal, I still have important things to prepare. For the time being, I still cannot stay by your side all the time."

"I will work toward that goal. Once everything is ready, I'll come back to keep you company, all right?"

Ariel glanced at me with her beautiful eyes. I didn't know whether she had been fooled by my righteous words or not. But she did not expose me either.

"Then if you have nothing else, go back! Tomorrow, just bring that Philip here."

"All right." I left the room as she said.

This was truly torture. Once I had prepared everything, and we were somewhere with no one around, I would absolutely make you call me Daddy.

After that, I left the student council office with Doris, who had been waiting at the door. Luke had been at the door the whole time, and when he saw me come out, he looked at me with an eyeing-a-tiger's-prey gaze.

Seeing his gaze, I smiled faintly. I walked up to him and said in a low voice:

"I'll tell you a secret. Your father has already thrown his lot in with the First Prince. Like me, you are nothing but an abandoned pawn now."

Luke flew into a rage. It was as if his tail had been stepped on. His hand had already moved to the hilt of his sword as he shouted at me, "Impossible! My father would absolutely never betray Lady Ariel. You are definitely sowing discord!"

I glanced disdainfully at his hand and said contemptuously:

"Whether it's true or not, you can figure it out just by using that little head of yours. But I don't think your father did anything wrong. With Ariel already having left the country..."

Whether he truly surrendered or only pretended to surrender and endured in silence while waiting for his chance, it was the right choice.

He didn't do anything wrong, so don't blame him."

Then, without waiting for his reply, I left with Doris.

"Doris, you still have classes today, right?"

"Yes, Master. But missing one or two classes won't be a big problem. I can return to my place as your maid at any time."

"No need. Keep going to class. Now that I'm back this time, I'll be leaving again in a few days. I'll wait for you at the villa. I'm looking forward to the dinner you make."

Doris looked a little down, but she was probably already used to it.

"Yes, Master. Then I'll go to class. Please be careful on your way home."

"Go on!"

Then I went home on my own.