Chapter 110 [Dormitory Commotion (1)]

 

The carriage carrying the three of us arrived at the Island of Knowledge late at night when the sky had completely darkened.

Just like on the day we took our entrance exams, Ethan and I had to face a long line of carriages, as the procession of noble carriages entering to enroll in the academy extended far into the Island of Knowledge.

In the end, we were finally able to enter the academy at the late hour of almost 11 PM.

 

“You should stay at a nearby inn tonight and return to the Blackwood Estate tomorrow. Thank you for driving us such a long way.”

“Yes, young master. I wish you a safe and successful life in the academy.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Take care, Mr. Coachman!”

 

After sending back the coachman and carriage that had brought the young master of the household and two maids to the academy, we also entered the academy dormitory, dragging our bodies that were tired from the long journey.

All three of us had our hands full of luggage packed for four months of living.

Before we enter the dormitory, let me briefly explain that the dormitories of Luminor Academy are divided into Buildings 1 through 4. 

The capacity for each department in the academy is around 50 students, and since there are four years of students, there were roughly 200 students per department.

It wasn’t possible to house and manage about 1,500 to 1,600 students from all eight departments in one building.

The plan of the dormitory was to accommodate students by dividing the buildings into two departments each.

Building 1 was for the Swordsmanship and Spearmanship Departments, Building 2 for the Archery and Martial Arts Departments, and Building 3 for the Technical and Pharmacy Departments. {GalaxyTL/Axiomatic}

Building 4 was the dormitory for the Magic Department, which I’m in, and the Theology Department. So, Ethan and I, who entered the Swordsmanship and Magic Departments, respectively, would go to Buildings 1 and 4…

 

‘No, wait.’

 

Come to think of it, since I’m Ethan’s exclusive maid, shouldn’t I be living in the Swordsmanship Department dormitory with Ethan?

There were cases of students like me who were both students and those who performed exclusive maid or butler duties. It was natural that there would be servants with exceptional talents or physical abilities.

Just look at Princess Seraphine, who had enrolled Luke in the Technical Department and was using him as her personal knight.

Unless you were entering a special dormitory for royalty like Seraphine, usually, servant students in different departments from their masters naturally had to stay in the servant’s room attached to their master’s dormitory room.

Then, as Ethan’s exclusive maid, I should naturally go to Building 1, the Swordsmanship Department dormitory…

 

‘But then, what about Isabel?’

 

Come to think of it, Isabel came to the academy as my exclusive maid, right?

But if I, Isabel’s actual master, end up in the Swordsmanship Department dormitory, would Isabel be left stranded in the Magic Department dormitory room?

Even if that happened, the academy wouldn’t allow it. Above all, the moment that happens, the meaning of bringing Isabel to the academy becomes diluted.

The reason she came to the academy with Ethan and me was to assist me in serving Ethan, but if we ended up in different buildings, it would naturally become troublesome for her to serve Ethan.

On the contrary, if I stayed in the Magic Department dorm, there would be no one to serve Ethan… 

What should we do…?

 

“Lilith?”

“…Yes, Young Master Ethan.”

“What’s wrong? You’ve had a serious expression as soon as we entered the dormitory building.”

“…Actually, I was just thinking about the problem that arises with the dormitory assignments for Isabel and me.”

“A problem arises?”

“P-problem…?”

 

Ethan tilted his head towards me in response to my mention of a possible problem while Isabel looked at me with anxious eyes. {GalaxyTL/Axiomatic}

I explained the issue that had just occurred to me to both of them.

After hearing my explanation, Ethan smiled once and then answered as if wondering why I was worried about such a thing.

 

“Ah, come to think of it, I haven’t explained it to you yet, Lilith.”

“Pardon?”

“You don’t need to worry about cases like you and I being separated or you and Isabel being separated. I have a method I’ve thought of in advance.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes. …However, there’s one document that needs to be filled out before we enter the dormitory. I think we should stop by the Dormitory Management Office first.”

“Understood, Young Master Ethan.”

 

…Come to think of it, this guy has been quite sharp-witted since he started to mature.

Thinking that Ethan would have surely come up with a solution, I followed him into the office without much suspicion.

As soon as I checked the document Ethan handed me there, I couldn’t help but feel a bit flustered.

 

『Luminor Academy Married/Engaged Couple Dormitory Room Usage Application』

 

The dormitory room usage application he handed me was what was commonly known among Luminor Academy players as the ‘Couple Dormitory Application.’

Ethan’s intention in writing his name in one column and handing this to me felt somewhat strange.

 

“……”

 

What does this mean?

Even though I closed my eyes and opened them again, wondering if I had misread it, the phrase ‘Married/Engaged Couple’ written at the top of the document didn’t change at all.

The name ‘Ethan Richard Blackwood’ written in the ‘Male’ column also remained unchanged.

Naturally, my gaze had to shift to Ethan, who had handed me the document.

 

“Young Master Ethan…?”

“…I didn’t give it to you with any strange meaning, so don’t worry.”

“It seems you’re aware that it could be interpreted in a strange way.”

“I’m sorry, Lilith, but this was the only way for male and female students to use the same dormitory room. More precisely, it’s the only way for the three of us, including Isabel, to use one room.”

“Pardon?”

“That’s because each person can only bring one exclusive maid to the dormitory room. If we want to bring Isabel to the room, you and I would have to use separate rooms, but then it would be troublesome for both of you to serve me.”

“That’s true, but…”

 

Even so, using a married/engaged couple dormitory room was an unexpected solution.

It’s all well and good to call it a married/engaged couple dormitory room. In the original game, it was just a means to extract CGs of the protagonist living together with heroines.

Of course, such special event CGs also included erotic CGs.

Of course, I had no intention of taking such CG-like scenes with Ethan.

Objectively speaking, there wasn’t anything particularly problematic about it.

Even if I’m just a daughter of a branch family of the Blackwoods, I’m still a noble, so whether I got engaged or married to Ethan wouldn’t go against imperial law.

For me, Ethan, and Isabel to use one room, this method was the most problem-free and was the most effective solution. (GalaxyTL/Axiomatic)

But still, sharing a couple room with Ethan feels a bit awkward…

Ethan probably wouldn’t do anything strange, so maybe I don’t need to worry too much…?

In the first place, I wasn’t going to marry a man anyway, so I didn’t care whether rumors spread about me getting engaged with or breaking up with Ethan.

Rather, there was a possibility that annoying rumors might spread about Ethan more than me, but it was a proposal he made to me first.

There’s no need to interpret it in a distorted way, thinking there must be some deep meaning.

There’s no need to go the hard route when the easiest path is right in front of us.

 

“You really didn’t give this to me with any strange meaning, right?”

“…Yes. I-I didn’t give it with any strange meaning, so you can relax.”

“I understand. Since you say so, Young Master Ethan, I don’t see any reason to refuse.”

“…Really?”

“Yes. As you said, this method would be the most efficient for Isabel to enter the dormitory with us as well.”

“Thank you for understanding, Maid.”

 

Having reached my own conclusion, I filled in the part where my name should go on the application form I received from Ethan.

I didn’t want to wander around the academy unable to enter the dormitory until late at night.

 

『Engaged Couple

 

(Male) Ethan Richard Blackwood         (Female) Lilith Blackwood Rosewood』

 

…It felt a bit strange to see Ethan’s name and mine written side by side as an engaged couple, but it’s not like we’re actually engaged.

It’s just a simple document for sharing a dormitory room, nothing else. I didn’t have any other thoughts about it.

Seriously, I didn’t have any other thoughts at all.

After filling out and submitting the Couple Dormitory… no, the Married/Engaged Couple Dormitory Room Usage Application with Ethan…

Only after about 30 minutes of document processing were we finally able to be assigned a double room in Dormitory Building 1.

It was a spacious room with one large double bed, befitting a married/engaged couple dormitory room.

It was a fairly simple space consisting of one door leading to a private bathroom and toilet and another door leading to the servant’s room. [GalaxyTL/Axiomatic]

Perhaps because it’s a dormitory room used by many nobles, the facilities themselves were much more usable compared to the island outskirt inn we had stayed at before.

…This time I’ve confirmed for sure that there’s no separate changing room, so I should be careful not to make any strange mistakes like last time.

 

“Everyone must be tired from the long journey today, so let’s just change and go to bed.”

“Yes, young master~!”

“Understood, Young Master Ethan.”

 

As Ethan said, we had accumulated quite a lot of fatigue during the long carriage journey today, so it seemed better to go to bed quickly and prepare for tomorrow.

With the Luminor Academy Entrance Ceremony just three days away, we had many tasks to do, such as conditioning and preparing our uniforms. {GalaxyTL/Axiomatic}

With that thought, I was about to move to the servant’s room next door with Isabel, carrying our luggage, but suddenly, Ethan appeared and blocked me and Isabel from entering the servant’s room.

As Isabel and I, who couldn’t understand what was happening, turned our gaze towards him, Ethan brazenly made a strange declaration.

 

“I’ll use this room. Instead, you two use the spacious room here.”

“…Pardon? Wh-what do you mean?”

“Young Master Ethan?”

“This larger room is a double room, and the servant’s room is a single room. Wouldn’t it be much more comfortable for you if I, as a man, use the single room alone?”

“Wh-what?!”

“……”

 

Ethan suddenly presented some absurd logic and tried to enter the servant’s room with his luggage.

In place of Isabel, who was bewildered and didn’t know what to do next to me at his bombshell declaration, I hurriedly grabbed Ethan’s arm as he tried to enter the single room.

At his statement that I simply couldn’t let slide, my mouth uttered a direct rebuke to Ethan.

 

“Are you in your right mind, Young Master Ethan?”