I Favor the Villainess Chapter 37Courtyard incident

“It’s terrible, leader!”

“How noisy”

During a meeting of the Order of the Academy, such news suddenly came.

The male knight who brought the news had a pale face.

“A noble student seems to have attacked a commoner student!”

“What!?”

Unrest spread across the room immediately.

“Tell us the details”

“Yes. Today, just past noon, a noble student Deed Marey seems to have argued with a commoner student”

“Deed did!?”

Yuu-sama’s expression changed.

I think some people may have forgotten, so I’ll explain, Deed-sama is Yuu-sama’s attendant.

When we played cards with Yuu-sama, Deed-sama was the swindling dealer.

As royalty’s servant, he’s a noble himself.

“Did you see the act of the attack…”

“… Yuu, let’s hear the report for now”

Sein-sama urged.

“… Continue”

“Yes. It appears it was just an argument at the beginning, but gradually people around seem to have become involved”

Apparently, it became nobles versus commoners.

“And… Somehow, it seems the commoner insulted Yuu-sama, unable to settle down, Deed-sama attacked him with magic”

“It can’t be… We’re talking about Deed”

Yuu-sama appears to trust Deed-sama, he seems unable to believe it even if the situation was explained to him.

“Because the information is disorderly, the truth may lie elsewhere. But, the facts are a male commoner was seriously injured, brought to the Church hospital, and Deed-sama surrendered himself to the army”

Yuu-sama, still unable to believe it, was still in a daze.

There was no sign of his atmosphere of a prince (although he is a genuine prince).

“Yuu, go to where the army is keeping Deed and ask him for further details. Okay, leader?”

Rod-sama acted quickly.

“Yes, I’ll be saved if you do that. Even if we received a permit from the army, we wouldn’t be able to meet him immediately, to that end, since meeting during his restraint is allowed for family members, Yuu-sama should do”

Leader nodded.

“The situation is like that. I will give you Lambert as an escort”

“I understand. I’m off”

Yuu-sama and Lambert-sama quickly left the meeting room.

“I also want information from the commoner’s side”

“Should I go? I am a commoner like him, it might be easier for me to hear his story”

It was Misha who came forward.

Although she feigned her usual composure, those aren’t her true feelings.

That’s because, the trouble occurred close to Yuu-sama.

She’s oozing with the feeling of wanting to do something for Yuu-sama.

“Misha alone won’t be granted the meeting permission. Claire, you also go”

“Certainly”

“Then, me too”

Where Claire-sama goes, so do I.

“Please. We’ll observe the state of affairs in the academy and respond if necessary. We’ll bring any situation under control before it gets complicated”

Being able to make exactly the right decisions at times like this, even if it means passing the leadership to Rod-sama, is Lorec’s, the Order of the Academy leader’s, strong point.

Because the leader knows it, he didn’t interrupt.

“Then, everybody move out!”

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A hospital is a medical facility operated by the Spirit Church.

It’s a place where sick and injured can receive medical treatment, the way people are charged is slightly special.

It’s expensive for the wealthy and cheap for the poor.

With this service, the Church gained tremendous support among commoners.

The Church’s approval is not just for religious reasons.

Hospitals were established in various places, there’s also one attached to the Royal Academy.

It’s that hospital that the injured male student was brought.

Due to practicing magic, and demon extermination by the Order of the Academy, the academy’s hospital has a rather advanced medical care system.

A lot of students being nobles is also one of the reasons.

“He’s still receiving treatment, please wait for a while”

We sought to meet him in the hospital, but as he’s undergoing medical treatment, we couldn’t meet him immediately.

Right now we’re in the waiting room.

“It is mostly the commoner’s fault for spewing an outrageous rant. He is paying for his own mistakes”

While we’re waiting, Claire-sama said such a thing.

As you can see from her actions so far, Claire-sama is a genuine noble.

Discriminatory feelings towards commoners are strong.

“But, to attack with magic, isn’t it obviously excessive?”

Misha said, remaining objective.

Although she’s a former noble, she’s a commoner now.

Having experienced both positions, there’s little bias in her point of view.

“In the first place, it is strange for commoners to throw insults at nobles. Rather, the positions should be reversed… Since when have commoners stopped knowing their place like this”

“Is it okay with positions reversed?”

As Claire-sama’s complaints became excessive, I tried to refute her a little.

“That is… Even nobles should not use foul language without a reason…”

“Ah, but, feel free to do it more with me. Rather, please abuse me”

“Restrain yourself”

As expected, with the current serious situation, Claire-sama won’t join in.

How sad.

“Claire-sama, the treatment is over. Please enter”

Like that, after waiting for a while we were allowed to see the injured boy.

Looking at his appearance, we gasped.

The reason being, his body was so injured, only few spots weren’t covered with bandages.

“…”

Claire-sama, who said a while ago that he’s paying for his own mistakes, unsurprisingly became speechless.

I think declaring he’s paying for his own mistakes is as expected impossible.

“I am Rei Taylor. What’s your name?”

“… Matt. Matt Mon”

“So it’s Matt. We came to ask about your story on behalf of the Order of the Academy. Although your injuries must hurt, could you cooperate with us a little”

“I refuse”

Matt said curtly.

“Isn’t the Order of the Academy an ally of nobles? There’s nothing to talk about”

Since he engaged in the commoners’ actions, Matt doesn’t have a good image of nobles.

“The Order of the Academy isn’t an ally of nobles. We’re an ally of all the students”

Misha declared in a calm voice.

However――.

“That’s a wonderful official stance. Leave”

Saying so, Matt lied down.

He became unapproachable.

“Hey, Matt. You may not want to talk, but I think it’s better if you do. At best you’re a commoner like me, getting into trouble with a noble puts you at a disadvantage”

“! As expected! There’s nothing like justice in this country! That’s why, for justice in this country we―― ouch!”

It seems my words got on Matt’s nerves.

When he sprang up indignantly, I hurried to soothe him.

“Calm down, Matt. We came here so that nothing unreasonable happens. Therefore, could you tell me what happened?

“…”

“Please”

I faced Matt with my utmost sincerity.

Matt stayed silent for a short while, but before long he opened his mouth.

“At first… It was an ordinary quarrel”

According to him, it was like this.

It appears that Matt was a commoner activist who met with Yuu-sama before.

He tried to obtain cooperation from the Church on behalf of the activists’ organization, but it ended in a failure.

Though his comrades comforted him that it was unavoidable, Matt was deeply depressed that he had been of no use to them.

At that time, Deed-sama warned him not to approach Yuu-sama anymore.

“Certainly, he’s a noble. Even though he wields wealth and authority, he didn’t think of us commoners. Are we not even allowed to petition?”

Thinking so, he seemed to blame Deed-sama.

At first Deed-sama seems to have responded gently, but with his master Yuu-sama being spoken ill of, he flared up.

How can you say such ungrateful things while being protected by nobles, it seems Matt was told that.

“And like that, a crowd gathered around us…”

It seems it turned into nobles and commoners quarrelling.

A discussion that couldn’t be called a discussion heated up.

“I got extremely angry… So, I, said that”

―― Royalty and nobles are nothing but parasites leeching off commoners.

“What a thing”

The representative of nobles, Claire-sama, glared at him with anger.

“Claire-sama. Please don’t say anything right now. I understand your feelings, but it’d be meaningless”

“But!”

“I will hear your grievances later. For now, our priority is to listen to Matt’s story”

“… Kh”

It seems Claire-sama managed to not lash out.

It’s admirable.

I will pat her later.

Well, she won’t let me.

“And? What did Deed-sama do?”

“Until then he had a displeased expression, with that comment his face turned demonic and he pulled out a wand, before I noticed, I was on fire”

Having recalled that time, Matt hugged himself and shuddered.

“Next time I came to, I was on the bed here. It was at that time I realized I had been injured by him”

Matt said, oozing with frustration.

“If the Order of the Academy is truly an ally of all students, please. Give him a severe punishment”

“It’s up to the academy to decide the punishment. We’re also hearing the story from Deed-sama’s side, but don’t worry. We’ll work hard so you don’t have to accept the situation meekly”

“… I’m begging you”

Saying so, Matt fell onto the bed again.

“Let’s give him a rest. We managed to hear his story”

“You’re right”

“…”

We left Matt’s hospital room.

From the beginning to the end, Claire-sama had a complicated expression.