He looked so happy that I let out a quiet sigh and shook my head.

‘…But I’m not going to do anything at the Academy except lie around.’

I started wondering if I should at least toss them a research paper as I graduated, as a monument to the Academy.

***

In any case, that was how my life at Renault Academy started.

“Wow. So this is our dormitory.”

Soon after the acceptance announcement, due to the start of the orientation, the dormitories were quickly assigned.

Marie looked around the inside of the dorm room with an astonished face.

“It’s great. It doesn’t seem like a dormitory.”

I nodded my head.

I was assigned to a dormitory where only the higher aristocratic students stayed. It was as spacious as its title as the greatest of dormitories.

Though it was made for two students, there was a shared living room with a private bedroom, and it came with a smaller attached room for maids and servants.

It was a little hard to fathom it was a dormitory, rather it was closer to a hotel room.

‘Right, it should be of at least this scale to make it worth having made me stay.’

On the other hand, Marie’s eyes were tearing up and she looked deeply moved.

“For milady to attend the continent’s greatest academy, Renault Academy. At that, to attend as a top scorer.”

“Marie.”

“Yes. I’ll never tell anyone else that you had the highest scores on the entry exam. Still, the top scorer is still the top scorer. Wah.”

It appeared she remembered the criticism and contempt that Rubia was given at the Grand Duchy, as Marie wiped her eyes with her sleeve.

Hmm, I had no intention of attending the Academy normally, so I felt a little guilty that she felt so moved.

‘I’ll have to buy her something delicious later.’

Thinking that far, I laid down on the bed.

“Milady? Why are you on the bed?”

“I’m going to sleep. I’m going to sleep from now on. There’s no need to rouse me even if I don’t wake up.”

It had come time for me to enjoy the leisure that I had pushed back again and again.

I resolved to not get up from the bed for at least 72 hours. I had even prepared food to eat while in bed.

“B, but milady? Shouldn’t you be busily making friends before the orientation?”

Friends?

‘What friends, what about friends.’

Glancing outside, I saw the newly admitted students gather into various groups to interact with each other. They all looked anticipative of their life at the Academy.

‘What a great age to be.’

Of course, I too was expectant of the future. The life of an idler that was spread in front of me, of course.

“It’s a bitter life to be a genius.”

This time, Marie didn’t let it pass.

“What nonsense are you saying? Even geniuses need friends.”

“Then I’ll make some later. Let me take a nap first… Just 72 hours….”

“You can’t, milady!”

Like this, Marie and I quarreled with each other.

As if she felt a sense of duty to make sure my Academy life was bathed in pink light, Marie spoke in a passionate voice.

“You have to make friends and date as well!”

“Cough.”

D, date?

I unconsciously choked on air.

“How can I date?”

Of course, I did not hate dating. It was just that I did not want to think about things like love in this life. It was too tedious.

But Marie misunderstood my words, as said the following.

“His Highness, the Fourth Prince, is attending the Renault Academy right now! You should fall into fated love with him!”

“……”

For a moment, I made a surprised expression.

What did you just say?

“Marie, what did you just say? Can you say that again? Who is currently at Renault Academy?”

Marie tilted her head with a slightly befuddled face.

“His Highness, the Fourth Prince.”

I frowned deeply and asked.

“Why is his Highness, the Fourth Prince, here?”

“As a student, obviously. They say he’s a fourth-year student representative?”

I finally understood why I sensed a hint of misfortune in my future when I made my promise with the Dean.