I Favor the Villainess

"Cooleyr!

"Aww... that's kind of heavy, Ray"

I held him from behind Master Claire, who was reading a book to his desk.

You smell soft and nice, yeah.

I would have been shaken off without question before, but now I can get a big look at this much skinship.

I think it's a great step forward while I'm at it.

I am never given up.

I don't know.

"What are you reading? Um... Bauer Kingdom Government Overview?

"This is a book about the country's political and social systems."

"You're reading another difficult book."

This is the private room of Master Claire (and her roommate) in the college dorm.

Claire's desk is in line for a good wooden dish.

Lady Claire has been glittering with a much more difficult book since the incident at the vacation.

There's only Lady Claire and I in the room, and there's no sign of her roommate.

She hasn't come home yet.

I mean, it's just the two of us, so you can do all the bad stuff you want, s-shuffle.

We still have a few days before the college reopens, but we were returning to the King's Capital.

For whatever reason, because Lady Claire said she wanted to revisit her studies on the current social system.

Claire asks the college's history and political lecturer to teach her to read through the introduced book.

Temperatures are still high even though summer is about to end.

I'm cooling the air around Master Claire to the right temperature with water magic.

"Dear Claire, would you like to take a break?

"I'm almost done reading it. Ray's opponent will be up later, so please wait a little longer."

I was gently turned down.

Apparently, one incident at the vacation has shocked Master Claire so much that she has been indulging in her studies to see if she can do anything about the difference between rich and poor.

I think that's great, but I kinda miss the diminished chances that you'll be okay with it.

That's why I don't want to do anything to disturb my budding Claire's sense of the problem.

The idea that we want to do something about the difference between the rich and the poor also fits with my purpose.

Well, see you soon about that.

"Dear Claire, you're going to take a few seats off. I'm going to prepare tea and tea treats."

……

Lady Claire waved flickering without even turning around.

This does not mean that I have been made cold, but that I have been patterned so cheerfully.

When I say yes, it is.

Never be appropriately embellished.

As I told myself, I left Master Claire's room and headed to the dorm cooking room.

"Ah, Ray. You're back."

"Dear Yu...... Hello."

When I tried to bake Madeleine in the cooking room and return to Master Claire's room, I met Master Yu.

"How was your first home in a long time?

"I wasn't particularly emotional."

"Yes...... What's that?"

Master Yu noticed Madeleine.

"It's baked sweets. I thought I'd plug it in to Master Claire."

"Sounds delicious. Can I have one?

"No, sir."

"Haha, right? That belongs to my dear Claire."

Master Yu was exhausted when he said that the royal family had been turned down by civilians.

I still don't know what I'm thinking inside.

"Speaking of Claire, you've been studying a lot lately, haven't you?

"Lady Claire has always been passionate about learning."

"Yeah, but after vacation, it's awesome to hang a wheel. Is something wrong?

"... no, that's not what I'm asking in particular"

"Hmmm......?

I clouded my words.

Being Euclidean is supposed to have solved everything on the surface by Louis.

Master Claire buried the truth in the dark, so I can't say much about it.

I grinned deeply at what Master Yu thought when I saw how I was doing.

"Your squire's in trouble, too. By the way, if you want to learn about civilian poverty, you might find the church system helpful."

Suddenly the story leapt.

No, not so much flying from my side, but that means that Master Claire is out of his mind.

"Don't look like that"

I don't know, was my face getting rough?

Master Yu said that with a bitter smile.

"I don't know what happened during the vacation. I'm just worried about the lecturers at the academy. I thought Claire might be interested in the civilian movement."

What Yu said was that the instructors were surprised that the content of the teachings requested by Claire had an affinity with the civilian movement.

If you ask me, if Lady Claire, who was a biological aristocrat, showed an interest in the social system, the poverty of the civilian population, etc., there would be no choice but to think so.

"I'm not worried about anything. Because Claire is a born nobleman."

But Master Yu continued.

"I don't think the social system in this country is as good as this. It would be good news for me if she shared her awareness of the problem with me."

"Welcome to Yours, isn't that a problem statement?

"Haha, I think so."

For my sake too, Master Yu responded softly to his weariness.

"So this is the only story. I guess it's not just because I'm a church person, it's also beneficial for Claire now to learn about the church. Most of all..."

- Once fixed, the way of life isn't so easy to change, though.

"? What is that... Ah!

"This is about the advice fee....... yeah, yummy"

Master Yu pinched one Madeleine and put it in his mouth, winking with tea glare and leaving.

"... who really can't eat"

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"Master Yu did that?

"Yes."

When I returned to my room, Master Claire was still passionate about the book, so I was half forced to invite her to tea time.

I thought they would hate me, but the guide. He honestly cut me off to study.

Love!

"Church...... right......"

"I guess I'm not a bad idea"

To Claire, who looked like she was going to put her mouth on the cup and think about it, I indicated my intention to affirm.

"The reimbursement of donations from nobles and the cost of treatment proportional to income are typical of wealth redistribution. I don't think learning about the church system will be in vain."

"Right..."

With that said, Master Claire put the cup back in the saucer, took one Madeleine and put it in her mouth.

"Honestly, I have to say that the Kingdom's political system alone is a dark road to solving poverty. The kingdom and aristocracy that underpin this country's politics is what sucks wealth away from the people."

I nodded and encouraged the continuation.

"Of course, you're not exploiting wealth unilaterally, are you? Because it is also the royals and nobles who are doing politics for their people, appeasing their territories and protecting their people from enemy nations. But..."

"But?"

"The water that doesn't flow precipitates, does it? The kingdom sees signs of corruption."

That was something that similarly shaped the problematic consciousness of the present king, His Majesty Rosseille.

"The people devote themselves to the royal aristocracy, and the royal aristocracy protects the people - that's what's shaping them. I don't expect all royal nobles to have lost their minds, but it seems that some nobles see the people only as' financial resources'."

I learned that from a book written by a teacher outside the college, but Master Claire groaned.

"The more I know, the more I learn, the more the terminal figure of this country comes to life. I didn't even know that."

Oh, and Master Claire took a heavy sigh.

"So what do we do, Master Claire?"

"Ray?"

Lady Claire glanced at my words.

"What I didn't know before is there's no other way. That may indeed be a sin as a nobleman, but now the past cannot be changed."

"... you're right"

"Now that we know, let's think about what we're going to do. Fortunately, Master Claire is a family member with both status and power. If Master Claire changes, other nobles may change."

This is more than half the convenience to encourage Master Claire.

Neither people nor social systems change so easily.

And knowing what's going to happen as a knowledge of the game, I also know how difficult it is for Master Claire to raise.

Still...

"... Hmm. I know you didn't say that."

As Lady Claire threw the rest of Madeleine into her mouth, she chewed it with muggies and poured it in with tea.

Not much praise for a noble lady.

"I'm very busy with my maid, Ray."

"I'm sorry. I love it."

"Also, already......!

As far as I'm concerned, I'd rather stay with Master Claire than talk hard.

"I'm going to church. Keep your touch."

"Yes, sir."

But if Master Claire wants to do something, I'll follow it.

As long as there is no danger to Claire herself, my standards of conduct are always Claire's.