Fron only moved her lips slightly as she stared at the report card.

...What was that reaction?

Did she perhaps feel guilty because she cheated to achieve first place?

Fron's face was filled with guilt, regret, and emptiness.

At least, it wasn't the kind of emotion that someone who had achieved first place should show.

While I was thinking that.

Hoohoo.

Suddenly, Fron began to laugh.

Then she pointed at Samuel and me and shouted.

You losers, praise me right now!

[!]

!

Fron began to mock us, who had been making sullen expressions.

We couldn't help but feel intense anger at this.

In front of Fron, who was so self-absorbed.

[Well, it was strange, but I guess it can't be helped.]

Samuel muttered, sighing.

At his words, I tilted my head and asked Samuel back.

What are you talking about all of a sudden?

[I don't know for sure, but originally, the Lord of Lust gave birth to hundreds of children. Only the single most outstanding one among those children can represent the family.]

What do you mean?

[Fron is the direct descendant of the Lust family. That means she's the most outstanding child. ...It's not strange for her to get first place.]

As Samuel continued to speak, he began to get annoyed.

[But if she was that skilled, I don't understand why she didn't participate in the practical test and fight directly.]

Hmm.

[Well, it's true that many students didn't die thanks to her charm ability, but she could have reduced the damage even more.]

Samuel was annoyed that Fron hadn't shown her true strength.

I still found it hard to accept that Fron was actually strong.

In the meantime.

[How unpleasant.]

Samuel exploded in anger.

[I'm ranked lower than that girl...! No, it's not that I don't understand. ...This must be a dream.]

Samuel was showing signs of confusion.

However, there was no way that Sytans side would make a mistake in the ranking announcement.

I could understand Samuels feelings, so I felt sorry for him.

In my case, there was no need for me to rank higher than 7th, and I didnt mind getting 4th place, which was the best possible outcome.

[Tell me its a dream.]

Frons voice, laced with laughter, rang out to Samuel, who was muttering weakly.

Praise me!

* * *

After the rankings were announced.

When the sun had set and the moon had risen.

Creak-.

Fron opened the door to the dormitory where she lived and stepped inside.

Her roommate was already fast asleep, snoring in her bed.

Thud.

Fron hurried to her own room.

Then.

Fron looked around to make sure no one was watching before snapping her fingers.

Thud-.

The illusion hanging in the room was lifted, revealing the interior in its entirety.

Frons dormitory room was filled with papers densely packed with the contents of her theory lessons, along with piles of bloody bandages.

The interior of the room was bizarre enough to make ones hair stand on end.

.

Fron stared at them in silence before walking to the bathroom.

Then she looked up at the mirror.

In the mirror,

Instead of Frons usual bright smile, her face was contorted and distorted.

.

Clench-.

Fron grabbed her cheeks and tried, and tried again, to make her usual expression.

But it wasnt easy to make a cheerful expression.

Eventually.

Fron removed her fingers from her face.

Haah-.

Then she stood close to the mirror and breathed on it.

The mirror fogged up.

Swish-.

Fron raised her finger and began to draw something.

She filled in two dots and a curve inside a circle.

Frons expression was still crumpled, but a smiling face was drawn in the fog on the mirror.

...just like her usual self.

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