Arc 1 Admission to Royal Magic Academy

Julis and Cecilia

 

Julis Anderburg is the son of the Viscount Lord of the remote land of Anderburg.
He is fifteen years old, which means he has finally reached the age of adulthood according to the public eye.

His mornings are late.
Basically, someone wakes up sometime after the sun rises.
But he wakes up around ten in the morning.　Therefore, he never has breakfast with the whole family.

His parents, unlike him, wake up regularly in the morning.
They are not conceited because they are noblemen, and wake up at a fixed time by themselves, which is very opposite to Julis.

But lately, Julis’s routines had changedーーーー

 

“Julis, please wake up! It’s morning already!”

 

The sun had not yet begun to rise.
But a lovely voice rang out from a certain room in a large mansion.

The blonde hair that was stretched to her waist, the white nun’s uniform with golden ornaments she wore, showed her divinity.

 

“Four hours, more …….”

“Sleep for another four hours is not good you know!”

 

The blonde girl sighed at the boy who still didn’t want to wake up.
On a not-so-large bed, a gray-haired boy curled up under the cover with only his head peeking out, trying to coast through a pleasant morning.

 

“……I’m lazy.”

 

The girl looked unhappy at the boy who wouldn’t get up.
How can I get him to wake up? How can I get him to look at me? The girl thought.
And as a result of thinking it through with her pretty headーーーー

 

“…… Julis, if you don’t wake up, I’ll sleep with you, okay?”

“Yes, good morning Cecilia!”

“Fufu, Good morning.”

 

The words she whispered in his ear seemed to have an outstanding effect.
The boy called Julis immediately got up and gave her a cheerful greeting. Cecilia laughed unintentionally at such a sudden change of him.

 

“…Hey, can you please stop waking me up like that every time? I’m about to have a heart attack in the morning.”

“If that’s the case, please wake up properly. It’s not me that’s bad! It’s Julis!”

 

Cecilia was indignant with her cheeks inflated.
I only came to wake you up. It’s Julis’s fault for trying to sleep again……, Cecilia thought.

 

“Geez….but you know? That threat is bad for your heart. It’ll shorten my life, frankly.”

“…… Are you so reluctant to sleep with me?”

“I am.”

“You don’t have to reject me with such a quick answer……. I want to, sleep with Julis.”

 

Julis felt guilty when he saw Cecilia’s overtly sullen face.
To be honest, Julis wants to sleep with Cecilia too.

Her light blond hair, fine white skin, a charming and well-rounded face, and a petite body reminiscent of a small animal.
Cecilia is an overwhelmingly beautiful girl. If he doesn’t want to sleep with such a pretty girl, he has lost his function as a man.
Even Julis would love to show off his magnificent thing to Cecilia!

 

(Well, I guess Cecilia simply wants to sleep with me…….)

 

Cecilia is a pure and innocent girl.
That statement didn’t have the same disreputable connotations as Julis.

But Julis and the others were different.
Spending the night in bed together inevitably had that kind of connotation.
That was why Julis categorically rejected Cecilia, whom he wanted to sleep with.

 

Or in other wordsーーーー

 

“If I sleep with Cecilia, the saintess, I’ll be killed…….”

“Huh? Why will Julis be killed?”

 

In contrast to Julis, who spat out heavy words, Cecilia did with tilted her head in a cute way.
The gesture was so cute that Julis was tempted to do a lupine dive right now, but he held back.

 

 

 

Cecilia, the one who is right in front of Julis.
She is one of only three priestesses in the churchーーーーwho titled “Saintess”.

As the closest existence to the goddess she believes in, she receives trust and protects the people from disasters, heals them with the blessings of the goddess, and leads the world in the direction it should go.
That is what a saintess is.

 

For this reason, the saintesses of the Church, who are worshipped on a global scale rather than a national scale, are not nobles, but they are considered to be in a higher position than the nobility.
In fact, they are of such a high rank that can be considered equal to a duke.
That’s how widespread the power of the Church and the belief in the Goddess is in this country!

 

But what if someone from the Viscount family gets their hands on such a saintess?

 

(It’s not just a matter of making a scene. ……)

 

It was not that they couldn’t.
It was just that he was afraid of the reaction of the people around once he laid his hands on her. The aristocrats of the Count houses and above would not keep quiet.
‘How can someone as low as a viscount be tied to a saintess?’ and such.

This is why Julis can’t do anything about it.
If a nobleman, even a viscount in a remote area like this, catches the eye of a count or higher, he will be finished in an instant.

 

“Well, let’s just put aside the part about me getting killed.”

“It wasn’t a matter that could be put aside……”

“More importantly than thatーーーー”

 

Julis looked intently into Cecilia’s eyes.
And then, he uttered his thoughts.

 

“…… When will you return, Saintess-sama?”

 

Saintesses would not normally stay in such a remote place.
They had to travel from place to place, spreading their teachings and faith, and providing healing.

That’s why the highest class of priestesses are often in the royal capital, or traveling from place to place.
Butーーーー

 

“Because I’m not leaving this place! To tell you the truth, I have no intention of leaving Julis!”

“……What kind of a saintess are you?”

“The Pope said that we are free to do as we please, so there is no problem. And please stop using honorifics! I hate it!”

 

As for Cecilia, she believes that it is of course her destiny as a saint to spread the teachings of the Goddess and heal people.
But there are no strings attached to that. She is not a good person as people think.

 

Even a saintess is a human being.
That’s why she wants to be with the people she likesーーーーeven the Pope, the highest authority in the Church, allows it.
Therefore, Cecilia has no intention of leaving this place. Of course, there is the condition that as long as Julis is here, but.

 

“…… Well, I’m not complaining about Cecilia being here.”

 

It was a lie.
To tell the truth, the other nobles kept saying, “You keep the saintess all to yourself!” If possible, he wanted her to leave this place immediately.
But he couldn’t tell her that.
Even Julis, who spoke openly to her, treated the saintess with the utmost care and respected her own opinion.

 

“……… Besides, I haven’t been able to repay Julis for his kindness.”

“……Hmm?”

“It, It’s nothing!”

 

Cecilia’s cheeks flushed and she turned to her side.
She seemed to have mumbled something, but Julis couldn’t hear it, so he just tilted his head.

 

(… Well, if father and mother have no problem, I have no problem too.)

 

After all, he is just a son of a viscount who had not inherited any title.
In the end, his parents would take care of the problems between the nobles and the territory. So, Julis should stay here and babysit Ceciliaーーーーthat’s what he thought.

 

“Ah, by the way, Marsha-sama called for you, you know?”

“Father did?”

“Yep…… he said that he had something important to discuss.”

“……Heh?”

 

What on earth could he want?
Julis wondered, but if his father wanted to see him, he would have to go right away.

 

“Thanks, Cecilia. I’m going now.”

“Please do so. I think he’s in the cafeteria.”

“Okay.”

 

Julis awaken his heavy eyelids and got up from his bed, which he regretted leaving behind.
He then left her room with Cecilia by his side.

 

 

 

 

“……Hey, it’s still dark outsideーーーーwhat time is now?”

“Is it four o’clock in the morning?”

 

Isn’t it too early?
Julis slumped his shoulders, thinking that the rhythm of life in his house was strange.

[End]