To Be a Power in the shadows part 2

chapter 89

The Festival of the God of War ended up going to Nee-san.

Student Council President Rose's sudden intrusion left me a bit nervous about how things would turn out, but I'm glad I managed to make something out of the situation with just a bit of ad-lib.

The atmosphere of the entire venue had been taken out of my hands, but then in a flash of brilliance I realized that that works in its own way. True enough, I managed to make good use of it and turned it into the pattern where I get to take everything home.

I totally clinched it.

The world is constantly in motion, and people's thoughts are also constantly in motion. My stage does not necessarily go according to my script. From now on, I shall continue to improve my ad-libbing skills and flexible thinking such that I would be able to react to any situation.

And so with that, the royal capital returned to its normal self after the Festival of the God of War ended.

It seems that some people are running helter-skelter because of everything that happened with Oriana Kingdom, but it's completely unrelated to a run-of-the-mill noble like myself. The academy also started the second semester without any further issues.

Apparently something-or-other faction is going at it with something-or-other faction inside Oriana Kingdom. It's the rumor everywhere that a civil war would probably break out before the end of the year. If a civil war really does happen, then I would very much like to intrude on it. I'm really looking forward to it, actually.

The academy without Student Council President Rose is continuing as normal.

I do feel bad for her, but that's about it. People are trashing Student Council President Rose and saying that the incident was related to a love affair or a struggle for the inheritance of the throne or whatnot, but nobody seems to know for sure. But regardless of the reason, I personally support her way of life, so I hope that she's living well somewhere.

Nee-san seems to have been busy with various things after winning the tournament, but everything was finally settled before autumn break and she managed to come back to the academy.

She sure got famous in the blink of an eye.

But then after she became free, she would come bug me every single day, so I had no choice but to arrange a celebratory dinner for her.

And that's why right now, I am having a meal with Nee-san at a restaurant under Mitsugoshi Group.

I can swear that what I had reserved was the time-limited super cheap poor people course, so even I'm confused about this astonishingly luxurious fare and treatment.

"I didn't actually expect you to be so resourceful. Even the food at the palace wasn't this good......"

So says Nee-san while looking at the dazzling dishes.

Moreover, this is a private room that is clearly for VIPs.

I was worried whether they mistook me for someone else so I asked a staff member while on my way to the toilet, but apparently that was not the case.

Seeing as this restaurant is under Mitsugoshi Group, did I perhaps get a free upgrade for being friends with Gamma?

I'm a bit scared about being billed an ungodly amount after the meal.

"Actually, I'm friends with the president of Mitsugoshi Co."

"Liar."

"No, I'm serious. That's why they're giving us such good service, I think."