After parting ways with Lars, Tigre went straight to the academy and went to visit Libra. When Libra heard what he said, he put his hand on his chin with a difficult look and said.

“…… Hmm, Verna-sensei is ……”

“The men who took her seem to be knights, do you have any idea who they are!”

This is a great way to get the most out of your business.

“…… It’s not that I don’t have any idea.”

“Really!? T-Tell me!”

“But if it’s a hit, we might not be able to get our hands on it.”

“What do you mean ……?”

“I remembered a name called, “Verna”, the third princess who fled from Luitzar at the age of sixteen.”

“What the hell ……? Verna is a princess?   I don’t think so, Headmaster ……”

Tigre shrugged his shoulders and laughed, but by the look on Libra’s face, he knew he wasn’t lying and sat down on the couch.

“Well, there’s nothing better than having information. But what are you going to do with that information? Will you ask them to give her back? The third princess is the princess of Luitzar, do you think the king will say yes?”

“……”

“I’m afraid we can’t do anything more–“

“No, it’s fine. Thank you very much ……”

Tigre bowed his head and staggered out of the headmaster’s office. Libra was sitting at his desk, letting out a sigh at the sight.

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–It’s already been two days since Verna-sensei went missing.

After telling everyone what had happened at home, we broke up in a less-than-pleasant state. It’s another story that Nora was very depressed, so I let her stay at my house that day. So I was waiting for Tigre-sensei at home as promised.

“Lars-sama, your friend is here!”

“Okay, I’ll be right there!”

Tigre-sensei still didn’t show up, but everyone in Class A who knew about Verna-sensei came to me. Of course, the content is “let’s go save her”, but if we don’t know where she is, we can’t do anything about it.

“I miss her …….”

“I miss her too …… even though she praised me for getting better at magic …….”

Nora and Luciel were on the couch in my room, hugging the cushions that Nina had made for them and looking gloomy. Luciela had not come.

“Hey, can’t we do something? Can’t Lars quickly save her?”

“I’ll do it if I know where she is, but it’s not safe to make a move blindly.”

“…… I was kidding about it, though …… You’re awesome …….”

When Jack shrugs his shoulders in a cold sweat, Makina opens her mouth.

“If you go, we’ll go with you, okay? I can’t forgive them for trying to kidnap our teacher!”

“I wish there was something we kids could do ……'”

My brother gives Nora a somber look as he shushes her. My brother, I, and Nora have known each other longer than the others, so I’m even more worried.

Then Nina calls out to us again. Did someone come again?

“Who is it this time, Nina?”

“Well, that’s ……”

Nina takes a step to the side, and there he is.

“…… Yo.”

“Whoa!? Tigre-sensei!? What’s wrong with your face!?”

Tigre-sensei, who had a huge eye bag under his eye, was holding up one hand. When I asked him to come inside,

“I’m sorry, can you call your parents too?”

He mumbled something like that and I let him into the living room, not knowing what to say. My mom and dad both agreed, and when my current classmates joined us, the atmosphere became strange.

“Gulp ……”

“Did you find out about something ……?”

As I watched with bated breath, he took a deep breath and began to speak. The content was astonishing.

That she may be the third princess of the Luitzar country …… to whom the Holy Knights who fought against Makina and the others belong. There’s no proof. However, I’m almost certain that the time when she met me and the time when she disappeared from the country are close to each other.

“…… I didn’t think Verna-sensei was ……”

“I wonder if she was living in the mountains because she wanted to hide ……? But if she ran away, it would be strange for her to go back quietly ……”

“Verna-san is my friend! Can’t you do something about it, Roen-sama?”

“I’ll do anything too!”

As Nora jumps up and down, Dad softly shushes her and opens his mouth 

“I’ll do anything I can! If it’s true, it’s hard to say what I can do for the country. It’s like, “Who am I going to give my daughter back to?”.”

“I guess, that’s right.”

Tigre-sensei smiled helplessly. Is there nothing I can do anymore?

“What about going to see if she’s there, Dad. I just want to talk to her and find out why she left.”

“That’s what I’d like, too …… it’s just they’re our neighboring country ……”

My father complained in a sullen tone. I was hoping it would at least be a domestic issue, but it seems like it could turn into a national issue if I carelessly speak up. 

“Well, that’s how it is, Lars. You …… you guys don’t do anything, okay?”

“We can’t leave Verna-sensei like this!”

“Lars, you are the son of a lord. You should leave this matter alone. Are you going to make your father drop his position now that he’s back?”

“……!”

That’s true…… if people know that I am the son of the lord of a neighboring country, there should be some kind of sanction through the king …….

“See ya, properly do your homework, okay?”

As we froze, Tigre-sensei stood up and walked away with one hand raised, as if his business was done. Right after that,

“Hey, Dedite-kun …… what’s going to happen to Verna-sensei?”

“It’s a shame, but I can see why Tigre-sensei would say that …… You’ll become a criminal if you carelessly attack.”

“Uhhhh …….”

Luciel began to cry, and there was silence.

“N-Now, now, I’ve baked some pastries for you all to eat? Okay?”

“Thank you, Nina. Let’s eat, Luciel.”

“O-Okay ……”

In the meantime, I appeased Luciel, and after eating the sweets, we spent the rest of the day in mock battles and magic training. As the son of a lord, what should I do? …… And the conclusion I came to was…

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“…… Hmm, a letter? …… Did I get a response?”

In the early morning, when Libra entered the headmaster’s office, he found an envelope on his desk and picked it up. I’m not sure if it’s a simple “response” or not, but he cut the envelope open and checked inside.

“Letter of resignation.”

There was a piece of paper with that written on it.

“That idiot …… Jumping to wrong conclusions ……”

A pale Libra hurried out of the headmaster’s office.

Another wall again.

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Princess ……!?”

I was pretty sure there was something to it. This was decided from the beginning.

“Then why did you leave it alone for so long ……?”

That’s what’s going to happen in the future ……!

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