I got into school for nothing - Chapter 342
I got into school for nothing (342)
Lesson 67. The Ten Great Families' Assembly - 4
Originally, the first special activity of the school year was designated to be a joint event for all students.
There was no heart-pounding development where the entire student body would overcome an incredibly difficult mission together.
The purpose was to show the reality to first-year students who had just entered Union Academy and felt like the world was their oyster, as well as to showcase the power of the full professors and kindly help the students adapt to special activities.
“And yet, as the Student Council President, you boldly skipped that first special activity.”
Union Academy students were boarding the dimension ship, whose entrance was now revealed, one by one.
Ban Yuwon was recalling what had happened on the dimension ship two years ago when Shatie, now dressed in a suit befitting a professor, approached him and teased him.
Of course, Ban Yuwon merely scoffed.
Shatie, who had tried to tease Ban Yuwon, fell silent after his counterattack, then quickly raised her voice as if remembering something.
“Graham! Graham said he saw you back then!”
“That’s why I expect the Grand Secretary to console the students well in my stead.”
“Ugh, should I just shut you up with a kiss, then?”
“Yuwon!”
As he was chatting with Shatie, someone came up behind him and hugged him tightly.
It was Mira, of course, without even needing to look.
“Associate Professor Mira? You shouldn’t do this in front of the students.”
“Ha, there’s no one in this academy who doesn’t know we’re engaged, so what does it matter?”
Mira, who brushed off Shatie’s words as lightly as Ban Yuwon did, rubbed the top of her head against his neck, groaning.
“What if I can’t follow you? Why did they schedule such a meeting for now? If it were a regular special activity, I could at least come along.”
“I’m sorry, the schedule was suddenly moved up a lot.”
“That just makes me more anxious.”
“Even so, you’ll just finish it quickly and come back. You worry too much.”
“Shatie.”
Mira glared daggers at Shatie, who kept butting into their couple's moment and interfering.
“Stop meddling and go away.”
“No, we have to board now, too.”
“Ah?!”
With a final shriek, Mira planted a kiss on Ban Yuwon before being dragged away by Shatie.
Ban Yuwon turned with a wry smile, only to see Luisha staring at him with wide eyes.
“A man and a woman kissing in public... How vulgar.”
“I never thought that’s what surprised you.”
At this rate, she was more of a sheltered young lady than even Ulrike.
As Ban Yuwon just stood there dumbfounded, Lusein, having seized a good opportunity, spoke with a mocking laugh.
“Hmph. Luisha, you may not know yet, but this man shamelessly engages in indecent acts with countless other women.”
“Oh my, that’s quite similar to the men of the Ortima Family... Indeed, to ensure excellent descendants, one must bear many children, so it can’t be helped.”
“Luisha?!”
These guys, their images are so different from before.
If this was the 'enemy-turned-ally buff' everyone talked about, wouldn't these guys get weaker?
No, they weren't that strong to begin with, so perhaps it's fine...
With that thought, Ban Yuwon looked around at the rest of the group, those who would be attending the meeting with him today.
First, Asha and Lucel, members of Rebellion, would participate as his companions.
Aire was also a member of Rebellion, but simultaneously, she was the representative of the Melodia Family, one of the Ten Great Families, and the Melodia family head was also expected to attend the assembly.
The bickering cousins, of course, were the representatives of Ortima, and it was said that, somehow convinced by them, the current family head Lusein’s uncle would attend the assembly as acting family head.
Of course, Ulrike would also be there. Although Ban Yumi herself would come to the assembly, from the academy’s perspective, Ulrike was the family’s representative.
Besides them.
“Professor Yumina... you look beautiful.”
“Thank you, Professor Hecate. I’m not attending as a professor today.”
Two full professors of the academy were engaged in a strange staring contest.
One was Clio Hecate, a member of the Hecate Family, one of the Ten Great Families, participating as a check against that family.
Still wrapped in bandages from head to toe, with only one of her violet eyes visible, she wore a black robe and a witch’s hat, covering her head. Despite no apparent changes in her outward appearance, she exuded an oddly alluring aura.
The other members, noticing this, simultaneously turned their gaze to Ban Yuwon, but he, of course, thoroughly ignored it.
“Professor Yumina, it seems you’re determined today.”
“You’re slow on the news, Lucel. The rumors spread like wildfire on the intranet yesterday.”
“It’s always like that there.”
Meanwhile, Yumina was adorned in a dress even more extravagant than what she usually wore, with light makeup applied. All sorts of fresh flowers bloomed on her dress, truly making her look like a goddess of flowers.
Ban Yuwon speculated that this was probably her attire to present herself as the successor of one of the Ten Great Families.
“Juventa.”
Was she thinking the same as Ban Yuwon? Clio Hecate suddenly murmured the name.
Yumina’s eyebrow twitched, but she said nothing further.
“Today, it’s a word that can be spoken, isn’t it?”
“Yes, of course. Because I’ve made up my mind.”
Yumina nodded firmly, her heels clicking as she approached and linked arms with Ban Yuwon.
“Let’s go, Yuwon.”
“Oh my, oh my...”
Luisha, who for a sheltered lady was surprisingly fascinated by scandals, covered her face with both hands, uttering exclamations of admiration at the bold action of a full professor.
However, Aire, not to be outdone, linked arms with Ban Yuwon’s other arm, and Luisha’s complexion immediately paled.
Full Professor Yumina and Melodia’s Aire—both figures of status that Luisha dared not disregard—were now arm-in-arm with one man?
No matter how immense the power of the Ortima Family, they wouldn’t dare to do such a thing against these two women!
Moreover, Luisha, dumbfounded, watched as other women, besides those two, clung to his waist or tugged at his hand, entering the spaceship. She then poked Lusein’s waist and asked,
“O-Older brother, don’t you have anyone?”
“I’ve discarded all those trivial women. Now, only one person holds meaning for me.”
That’s right, this person had changed like this—!
No matter how she thought about it, it was strange.
Lusein had become a completely different person after being rejected by that woman, distancing himself from all others, yet the man who had actually dated that woman was accumulating more women day by day—!
As Luisha pondered, she suddenly realized the truth.
Lusein had called other women "trivial."
Since he had never been involved in a major scandal, the women he associated with probably weren't all that remarkable.
But Ban Yuwon, despite having so many women, not a single one of them was ordinary.
Even if they seemed ordinary at first glance, they secretly harbored immense secrets, like being a Dragonoid or a Divine Beast.
Yes, that man doesn't just date women; he only dates extraordinary women, precious ones, not trivial ones!
And that’s what makes him even more valuable!
Unlike her older brother, who now felt a bit pathetic!
‘Indeed, exceptional women clinging to him naturally sparks goodwill and curiosity towards him. That’s what it was...! It’s only natural that I’m drawn to that man!’
How terrifying and dreadful this was!
If he had calculated all of this and thoroughly decided which women to charm from the very beginning, it would be worthy of being called a demonic scheme!
“...Luisha? As you can see, that man is not of good character. Don’t get too deeply involved with him.”
“But Older Brother Lusein, whether you like it or not, that man is already deeply entangled with many of the Ten Great Families. If you don’t want to be his enemy, I think the best strategy is to become his closest ally.”
“That’s not wrong, but... still...”
With Luisha, whose mind was at ease after uncovering the secret of Ban Yuwon’s popularity, and Lusein, whose heart felt uneasy as his cousin, who once followed him, now looked at the man who had stolen the woman he loved with sparkling eyes, all passengers had finally boarded.
As always, with the launch of the spaceship, Lilyth’s hologram filled the screen, greeting the passengers.
[Then, we will depart! The travel time will be about four hours. Shall we play a werewolf game in the meantime?]
“Ahaha, we have some bad memories with werewolf games, so we’ll pass...”
“Master, you seemed to overdo it yesterday. Would you like to rest a bit first?”
“Thank you, Lucel. Ah—Lilyth, once we pass through Union’s barrier, stop briefly in the upper atmosphere. Stella will bring Heukseol in.”
[Understood—!]
“What is that video from earlier? What do you mean by stopping?!”
Luisha, taking her first ride on Lilyth, was utterly bewildered by the new technology, something even the Ortima Family couldn’t experience.
Moreover, a spaceship launched from the ground would stop once in the upper atmosphere before departing again? What did that even mean? If that were possible, there would be no need to maintain the spaceship form in the first place!
At that moment, a sharp retort flew towards the flustered Luisha.
“It may be surprising, but please maintain the dignity of a successor of one of the Ten Great Families.”
“Ah, yes, Senior Prominence...”
It was none other than Ulrike Prominence, who had completely diminished the dignity of a Ten Great Family successor just two years prior.
There’s so much I want to ask this person too, what should I do...
As Luisha struggled to suppress her itching curiosity, the spaceship finally stopped, and two beautiful women appeared inside without any warning.
Luisha watched the two newly appeared women also gaze at Ban Yuwon with sparkling eyes, and all her thoughts came to a halt.
Could this man be the archenemy of women of all races...?
* * *
Although the assembly of the Ten Great Families was planned in strict secrecy, by the day of the event, with the movements of each family’s warships, there was nothing left to hide.
The only terminal in A-rank dimensions, commonly known as the Port of Freedom, had lost all its freedom today and was under lockdown, contrary to its name.
There were those who tried to enter, but those without authorization were blocked from even approaching the dimensional wall, and anyone who forcibly broke through was immediately eliminated by the security forces present at the terminal.
Beginning with the small warship carrying the Melodia family head, then Hecate, Fridwen, Selene, Fides... The warships of Prominence and Clarent, who could be considered the nominal protagonists of the day, arrived. Then, as if competing to see who was superior, the warships of Ortima and Amore, which had deliberately lingered until the very end, finally arrived.
But the last to arrive was, of course, the true protagonist of the day, the ship carrying Ban Yuwon.
Lilyth landed on the asteroid ‘Little Prince,’ which boasted the most luxurious hotel among the countless asteroids under the terminal’s control, her eyes shining as she observed the far more lavishly adorned warships from other dimensions.
[Master, can I go play somewhere else for a bit?]
“Do it discreetly, discreetly.”
[Isn’t this exactly why Master trained in Gwoeyeonggong?!]
“Gwoeyeonggong?! The spaceship uses the Grand Commander’s martial art?!”
Heukseol reacted with a start to Lilyth’s nonchalant remark, but then lost her words as she watched Lilyth, who had transformed into a small doll, melt into the surrounding shadows.
“That’s a crime.”
“They say it’s not a crime if you don’t get caught. Though you always did.”
“Ortima is always forthright.”
Ban Yuwon first recorded Lusein’s words, then led his group towards the assembly hall.
Near the hotel where the meeting was held, escort forces brought by the Ten Great Families were already standing guard, eyeing each other warily—and naturally, sharp gazes fell upon Ban Yuwon’s party as well.
In particular, the stunned looks directed at Yumina, who appeared arm-in-arm with Ban Yuwon, were quite comical. Ban Yuwon, who now possessed the audacity to boldly sing amidst robots fighting a war in space, proudly displayed his linked arm with Yumina as he entered the hotel.
The person in charge of the hotel belonged to a distant branch family of the Ortima Family.
“Oh, Young Lady! And Young Master! Welcome!”
He rushed over in surprise upon seeing Ban Yuwon enter with the Ortima Family members, but after Luisha subtly signaled him, he reluctantly greeted Ban Yuwon as well.
“The assembly hall is this way.”
“The assembly hall, huh.”
With all the Ten Great Families gathered, it was bound to be like this, but would the Clarent Family still try to observe Ban Yuwon and Ban Yumi’s swordsmanship even in this situation—he thought with a slight chuckle, then headed to the Grand Hall on the 12th floor with his group.
The reaction was dramatic.
“Ah.”
“That’s him. He’s handsome, isn’t he...?”
“...Seeing him with so many women, it’s certainly true.”
“Why is the deposed crown prince of the Ortima Family with him? And the next empress, too.”
The voices heard here and there were familiar, but when the owners of those voices were powerful figures who could hold their own in this universe, the story changed a bit.
Ban Yuwon felt a pleasant tension from the gazes filled with an undeniable presence, even for the ridiculously grown Ban Yuwon of two years, yet he whispered softly enough for Lusein and Luisha to hear.
“Do you call your family successors ‘crown princes’?”
“Because we are also the imperial family of an empire that governs stars.”
“If you’re interested, I’ll tell you about the empire later.”
As Ban Yuwon’s and Lusein’s gazes fixed on Luisha, she blinked and smiled sweetly.
“Because we’re on the same side.”
“Ahem!”
The first to approach Ban Yuwon upon entering the hall was a middle-aged man with a protruding belly, who, like everyone else present, possessed strength that would be gravely underestimated if judged by appearance alone.
In terms of Level, approximately Level 320.
Meaning, 3,200 Life.
“Welcome, Ban Yuwon of Union Academy. Or perhaps it’s better to call you the Prominence Family Head’s consort?”
“And you are... Wait, what did you say?”
Who was whose husband just now?
Ban Yuwon’s gaze snapped towards somewhere in the hall.
Seeing the face of the Prominence Family Head, Yumi Prominence, who was subtly smirking, Ban Yuwon, and Ulrike along with him, simultaneously put a hand to their foreheads and sighed.
At this point, no matter how much they thought about it, there had to be an underground water vein flowing beneath the main Prominence estate.
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