Muyoku no Seijo wa Okane ni Tokimeku

- That's great.

Alberto leaked a sincere sigh of praise to the girl walking beside him.

She wraps up her vine-colored dress, which is beautiful just because the Spirit is also Kaya.

But that beauty wasn't the only thing that made Alberto admire.

(She doesn't lose me even though she exposes the gold coin, which is a piece of magic, in the way it is)

No, you're just a little concerned, I give you a glimpse from time to time.

But that's about it.

As if, ashamed of herself for being attracted to her, the next moment she had a harsh look on her face and pulled her gaze back.

The way the young girl was disciplining herself so hard was smiling and Alberto's cheeks loosened naturally.

Alberto remembers the exchange he had with his cousin the other day, watching the girl walk with few words answered to the conversation he would set up here.

That was the day Alberto gave the girl the dress.

"You've done something quite thoughtful."

Natalia, who pushed her into the room and even lowered her squire and samurai, did not hide her frustrating expression.

"Hey, Natalia, you're in a pretty bad mood. I wonder if my actions have offended you."

"Oh, you still know the seriousness of this? That's right, because Alberto, the first prince of the flourishing empire, gave a dress to the freshman, Leonora, who is also from Lower Town."

"Right. Freshman, it's also the Marquis of Harkenberg with talent and an abnegation."

Alberto rephrased.

"I thought you appreciated Leonora a lot, too."

"Yeah, I think she's a wonderful young woman, and I personally love her."

That's why I'm angry.

Natalia's intelligent eyes, very similar to Alberto's, floated a rare and angry color.

"You must have known better than anyone that Leonora was in a difficult position. And yet, how can you imitate it in such a way as to stimulate? You know a lot of young ladies are in a hurry for the scent of your beautiful face and comfortable power. Instead of them, what the hell does Alberto see in Leonora?"

"Even you were about to give Leonora a gift."

"It's different between us who recognize our sister in college and you who are heterosexual! For your information!

To his cousin, who immediately shouted back, Alberto laughed bitterly and clapped his shoulders.

"Will you not be so excited? I have some ideas."

Natalia, who returned to me, coughed casually, "What are your thoughts?" and prompt ahead. Alberto recommended the couch to her cousin, who had remained standing, and began choosing words as she brewed her preferred tea.

"- Have you noticed that the Bernstein faction has been making disturbing moves lately?

"Disturbing move......?

"Yes. That said, it's not Oscar Bernstein or Rolf Kvanz. A Bernstein faction other than them seems to be holding a nocturnal rally"

Natalia gave a bewildered look at what was supposed to be Leonora's story, but suddenly it smelled like.

"Gatherings…. But enough to sneak together late at night, even the aristocratic students will do. Students as old as we are staying up late looking for some sort of disloyalty."

"I guess I would if I were enough to sneak a drink. But... what if I'm sneaking around, practicing magic?

"It's magic?

Alberto sipped tea himself and nodded "Oh".

"I tried their meeting place again once - thanks, there were no traces of formation left. I don't know the details because it was almost erased, but it's probably like attacking a person."

The prince watched Natalia breathe with worrying eyes.

To activate magic, magic.

Those who do not even spin their magic on their own depict a formation that visualizes the art.

Because ordinary researchers who graduated from the college refined the formation, in recent years even those with little magic could use the formation to exercise a certain amount of magic.

"... for the presentation, didn't you say you were practicing?

"It could be. But maybe not."

Alberto narrowed his eyes and looked at the void.

When he put on such a face, the usual calm air of pride disappeared and instead his majesty as a ruler drifted out.

"From time to time, they seem to be attempting contact with Leonora. Surprisingly, it looks like the Oscars are stopping that. - This is just my guess, but Leonora's previous concession of magic to mediate hair may be causing the Bernstein party to split internally. And a new force of radicals may be trying to set something up in this magic presentation. Leonora must be getting caught up in it... that's what I feel"

"Oh... wait, now what?

Natalia went into a halt as she turned her eyes to explain the prince lightly.

"Did you give up your hair? What do you mean?

"Oh, I didn't even know you heard that Natalia... Bianca was quite in the mood to lay down a warrant."

Alberto smiles knowing his sister, who seems to have been using her power to cover up the dishonor of her favorite girl.

Explaining the situation in the blink of an eye, Natalia put her hand on her forehead after flashing.

"Oh, my God..."

"Really, you'd be surprised what she did. And because Leonora gave him the magic to heal Oscar's sister, that's what's so amazing about it."

"Yep. Our magic was too vast to be poisoned only by those without magic...?

To whine like a monologue, Alberto nods. He had a thoughtful look as he reassembled his long legs.

"Yes. Those with more than a certain amount of magic, like us, are learning that fact in dedicated classes. But Leonora grew up all the way downtown, and it was only recently here that she blossomed her magic, so she gave up her hair without knowing the harm of magic."

"But the disease has healed..."

"Oscar never gets caught trying to hear more about what this means. Leonora even tries to hide that she cut her hair, and then, even if you ask Master Harald if that's possible, he just seems to wonder. Honestly, I'm confused too."

Harald is a thin, but dragon-blooded one who deals with magic to mediate formation. Being also good at spiritual power, he had a bridging role between the often antagonistic royal family and the Church, and Alberto deeply trusted him as well.

But Leonora's magic that even he doesn't know.

"Maybe, depending on the method, our magic can give way to them too. But it's too risky to test it."

"Right...... I also felt bad about experimenting with rats."

Natalia faded her face slightly.

Some of the classes that Harald does only to top magic holders include experiments on what happens when you infuse a vast amount of magic.

It was a nasty sight that I didn't even want to recall, and all the students in the class were firmly committed to not transferring magic cheaply.

"Either way, yes. Leonora is interested in us and in the Bernstein family, and she is targeted. If they were going to do something, it would probably be at the presentation, but I have to stand around as an organizer, and I can't just look at her. Then I figured we should just be partners and have an excuse to stick with her."

"That's what happened," Natalia nodded with a strange face as Alberto returned to the conversation.

"But you don't have to do that yourself, Master Alberto. Simply as student chairman, in the sense that, though."

Natalia unexpectedly snubbed too. When he glanced hard, Alberto looked just a little troubled.

"Natalia. Do you really want me to say it?

"Yeah, sure."

The colored eyes and the ice-blue eyes often cross.

It was Alberto who threw the battle first.

"... To be honest, I don't think it's the kind of romance novel you secretly prefer"

"Don't subtly expose people's hobbies. Besides, when it's about you, what do you mean, 'I don't think it's emotion'?

Natalia blushed, but her pursuit hand did not loosen.

"Keep it up. She is still young. In the first place, I have too much power when it comes to love."

Shaped lips carved a grin sarcastically.

"Before I think of a girl as a favorite, I must first wonder if she is trustworthy."

"Master Alberto must have come across many more occasions when that child showed a noble heart. Still, you think it's time to discern?

"... there are not many people who can beat the temptation of gold coins"

The reason I have a bad tooth cut is because Alberto is worried about himself.

Dragon Symbol bless, evil.

Help those who lead to the dragon's blood, but at the same time reveal the greed of the weak, and break their hearts.

Alberto has never liked those who were struck by the disastrous charm of gold coins and lost their selves.

The girl once said it was up to her to bless or harm the gold coins.

And I also thought Alberto was right.

But as I remember those who drowned in greed and were ruined, I became anxious.

I really wonder if I can interact purely with others, even if I have this gold coin.

The Abnegation Girl wonders if she can keep that noble heart even in front of the stripped gold coin.

"... Speaking of which, Master Alberto always misses gold coins."

"Oh, I don't want to make a futile mess in college."

Gold coins, a lump of magic, appear only to the extent of beautiful ornaments to the ordinary, but to those who possess a little magic, they show off their irresistible charm.

To make things a little less cumbersome, Alberto was treating gold coins under his clothes and, when he really had to show them to people, he was shredding his magic by making them obsolete or disguising them as silver or copper coins.

"So why don't you show Leonora the gold coins that still appear as dragon symbols?

"What?

Alberto frowned at Natalia's sudden suggestion.

"Hi Alberto, I don't even try to figure it out as soon as I try it out and it looks like I'm giving myself up to useless concerns. In case Leonora loses the charm of gold coins, are you worried?

…………

"Once, when I gave the gold coin, I saw the true figure of the dragon symbol and I did feel my heart shake. But that was all. This is not how I treat you or whisper sweet words, is it? Will my presence not support my belief in Leonora?

A quiet Natalia hand envelops Alberto's.

Natalia's mother is Alberto's father's sister. The two, who were children of close sisters and brothers, have often held hands in this way in a courtroom where adult thoughts swirl, and also in a college where the students' desires have been stripped out.

"Leonora is the Virgin of Abnegation. I'm sure if you were exposed to the magic of gold coins, you wouldn't want to take it away like the rest of us, or talk to Alberto."

The word of a cousin full of certainty.

Alberto looked at the girl beside him and thought it was right.

From the top of the circut, gold coins put up to be easily visible to the public had attracted a variety of people even as they walked out of their rooms and down the corridor, but the young girl is still harshly disciplined herself while showing a bare gesture of concern.

(Unless you're exposed to so much danger to your life, you should usually be hit by the charm of gold coins. Doesn't mean - after all, she's the owner of a noble soul, just like Natalia)

Unfortunately, Leo was a lump of willingness to jump on gold coins, even immediately, without the risk of going to jail, but the prince never noticed it.