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Schultz Schmidt.
Silver gray hair. Bright blue eyes.
A typical example of a handsome, thoughtful, cold-faced man. His clothes are smart but angular, and his monocle is folded across his chest.
“I'll be straight to the point, Miss Tulia.”
Schultz-Schmidt continued his speech.
“I want to make a deal.”
Yes, yes. Let's do it.
“…You agree without hearing what it is?”
A real teacher does not ask his students for strange deals. Binoma is a real scientist, isn't he?
Your words are correct. The rumors about you being in the library don't seem to be false.
"Sure. You've seen my test results, right?"
Schultz-Schmidt laughed softly.
right.
That's why I knew Schultz-Schmidt would come looking for me.
Even when he was playing Koriko in, Schultz-Schmidt's help was absolutely necessary to meet the Crown Prince.
“Although the progression is a little different from the game content.”
Koriko first entered the Grand Duke's household at the age of seventeen.
Under the title “Possible daughter-in-law.”
By then, Schulz-Schmidt was already absent from the Grand Duchy.
But if Kuriko made a good impression on the Grand Duke, that is, if she greatly raised the level of the Grand Duke's affection, then surprisingly the option of conducting a direct lineage test would appear.
If you get the highest score on this test, Schulz-Schmidt comes to the Grand Duchy to see Koriko.
By then, Schultz-Schmidt had already become one.
'The Crown Prince's teacher.'
Schultz-Schmidt is not a mentor to the Crown Prince yet, but he will eventually become one.
But waiting until then was a problem because Tullia is the real sister of the older twin brothers.
The older twin brother of Tullia W.
Also the male actors from Kuriko.
“They are coming to celebrate the Grand Duke’s birthday soon.”
If I meet the twins first and the Crown Prince option is not activated, my mission will end in failure.
“That means I'm going to die...”
So I earned Schultz-Schmidt's affection in full measure and won it with glory.
So far, my expectations seem to be flowing as smoothly as the game...
But they say there are variables everywhere, right?
I really didn't expect Schultz-Schmidt to pull a piece of paper off his chest.
The fact that this was an event I had never witnessed before made me even more confused.
“It looks incredibly old…”
Yes. But he has magic on him for preservation, so that's okay.
“The magic of preservation.”
“It's an incredibly expensive charm.”
The “spirit” was roughly equivalent to a prestigious university professor in modern times.
But preservation magic was so expensive that even this salary wasn't enough to cover it.
No wonder his clothes, although elegant, looked rather modest – he must have collected all his salary to buy preservation magic.
To keep this piece of paper forever.
I have taken the paper now.
“Is it in the ancient language?”
Yes. Can you read it?
‘Hmm.’
Except for the ancient language that I got to know through solving problems in , I also don't know it completely.
After looking intently at the paper, I opened my mouth.
I can't read it completely. No, I think I can only read the first line.
“Even that would be good!”
Schultz-Schmidt looked unusually desperate. He also seemed insistent.
“…So this is what a cold handsome man feels when he feels desperate?”
Better than I thought...?
Fortunately, the first line was a sentence I could understand correctly from beginning to end, so I read it out loud.
“To the part of me that… was separated from… my body.”
"…Excuse me?"
“That's what the first line says?”
“…That’s impossible. Didn’t you… misinterpret it?”
I blinked several times. Then I looked at the paper again as if I was going to punch a hole in it.
“To the part that was separated from my body.”
“…”
“Is this true?”
“…”
“Schulz, Neoma? Professor?”
“This… doesn’t make sense… It can’t be written like this...”
“What happened to him now?”
Schultz-Schmidt was a particularly cold character even in.
Even though Kuriko was a girl of light who could even beat the Grand Duke of Ice, Grand Duke Fraser's ace, Schultz Schmidt alone had never had a smiling image in any way.
Just a slight smile at most?
This meant that he showed very little emotional expression.
In a way, he was a more emotionless man than Assis, Grand Duke of Fraser, who had a happy ending because he had a “new granddaughter.”
This was Schultz-Schmidt.
But why is he upset now?
I have become a person who cannot tolerate ignorance about things, especially after I became in possession of cheat keys.
I immediately opened Schultz-Schmidt's profile.
[System:Profile]
Schultz-Schmidt (26 years old)
-The smallest NEOM in history.
I almost skipped the middle part of the picture because I already knew it all, and as always, I looked at the part I was most curious about.
-The secret he hides is...(More)
I pressed “More” without hesitation. I wondered what that message was and why he was shaking.
But then.
(Warning: 200 coins required.)
(Warning: There are not enough coins to activate “More.”)
'What the hell?!'
He almost let out a scream.
My eyes widened like chestnuts, but the text that appeared in front of me did not disappear.
impossible. You've been doing the Show More service well up until now, and suddenly you want me to pay coins?!
Was it just a free trial or what?
Oh, my God! I was really shocked. I tried clicking “View More” several times, but...
(Warning: 200 coins required.)
(Warning: There are not enough coins to activate “See More.”)
(Warning: 200 coins required.)
(Warning: There are not enough coins to activate “See More.”)
(Warning: 200 coins required.)
(Warning: There are not enough coins to activate “See More.”)
“This damned bastard...”
If I could, I'd want to take that message and the status window and split them in half.
Since I was in front of Schultz-Schmidt, I couldn't grit my teeth openly and had to suppress my anger internally...
My apologies, Miss Tulia. Suddenly, I was immersed in thoughts of you in front of me.
“No, it's okay...”
“…So you can stop doing that now.”
“…”
It seemed like I was actually unconsciously grinding my teeth.
“Huh.”
I sighed at the same time.
“So what is this?”
I asked, deciding to solve the direct question first.
“I want you to keep this secret.”
A completely unexpected answer came.
I blinked and replied.
“I only have my friend Adel.”
“You mean Mrs. Adel?”
“My head maid. I saw her earlier.”
Schultz-Schmidt laughed softly.
Yes. She looked strong and kind.
“Right? It’s one of my lucky chances.”
“But in my opinion, Miss, once you make your debut in the Imperial High Society, the position of Society Jewel will definitely go to Miss Tulia.”
“He must not know yet that Tulia is the troublemaker in Fraser Domain.”
I smiled now. I knew very well that this position had always been Kuriko's.
“My father left this letter just before he died.”
“Uh...excuse me?”
I was responding with a gloomy attitude, but I unconsciously raised my tone in the question.
“Schultz-Schmidt’s father?”
As can be seen from his refined manners and cold demeanor, Schulz-Schmidt was of noble origin.
“And I was seen playing the game.”
Schultz-Schmidt didn't really get along with his father.
So much so that he didn't even attend the funeral, and didn't tell Kuriko about it with his trademark cold expression.
“The story was that Schulz-Schmidt's father, Lord Schmidt, was one of the greatest geniuses of his time.”
A very powerful personality, she achieved many privileges as a knight, in addition to her mastery of the ancient language. Of course, he joined the White Tower and obtained the title of “Spirit.”
But the strange thing is that Lord Schmidt raised all his children to be knights only.
The only child who rebelled against this was Schultz-Schmidt.
He fought a great battle with his father, entered the White Tower, and proudly obtained the position of the youngest of the neuma.
'But since his father was an outstanding genius, it has been said that Schultz-Schmidt was remiss in the ancient language.'
Eventually, after their relationship broke off, Schultz-Schmidt lived without a family.
Only Kuriko, who he later became attached to, was his true student and a member of his family…
Well, it was almost about that kind of content.
“To the part that was separated from my body” is a phrase used in ancient times to describe a child dear to the human heart.
There was a slight bitterness in Schultz-Schmidt's voice.
“Since my father wouldn’t have thought of me that way, he must have deliberately written that difficult old literary quote to test me.”
'Is this true?'
This was not a question I could answer with a definitive yes or no.
While I was making a strange expression, Schultz-Schmidt spoke again.
“Ms. Tulia.”
"Yes."
My presentation is simple. Since you have a proven talent for the ancient language, please decode this message for me.
“This…teacher? It might take some time…?”
“...You're saying it might take some time.”
I can do it, but it will take some time...
My skill stat was full of tears.
In order to get an A grade in the future, I had to make the most of all the stats anyway.
The setup was that when the skill level was raised to the maximum, one could completely master all languages just by reading a book once and speaking them fluently like a native speaker.
Of course, this applies to ancient language as well.
The deep confusion and confusion slowly disappeared from Schulz-Schmidt's face.
“As long as you can do it, that's enough.”
I will work hard, Professor. But you know.
After I asked for a copy of this ancient linguistic document, I smiled very innocently and said:
“Since you mentioned that this was a deal to begin with, now you must listen to my terms as well, right?”
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