I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

75.5. Why does a toad have two swans?

“Enough! Accident, accident! Always an accident! You’ve had four accidents in five days at the academy!”

At this very moment, within the most prestigious, luxurious, and talent-filled academy in the Great Ying Empire – the Great Ying Empire Royal Academy – a girl’s angry voice drew the attention of all the students nearby.

Silver hair, crimson eyes, long hair flowing, wearing the academy uniform, the girl, even just walking normally, possessed a flawlessness that made her the focus of all eyes. Even though the girl’s words sounded angry, she was still a sight to behold.

Everyone at the Royal Academy knew the girl’s identity: Philola, a close relative of the Great Ying Empire’s royal family, the sister of the current Queen Louise III, the rightful holder of a “Louise” title, within the single digits. She had countless other titles, so it was best to summarize her status with simpler words – a White Swan.

And if there’s a White Swan, there’s bound to be a toad, right?

Of course. Look, there he is, following behind Philola.

“It really was an accident, accidents are called accidents because they happen suddenly! I swear, nothing happened, trust me, Lo…”

This toad seemed to want to say something, but the noble Miss White Swan turned around and raised her hand, unleashing a gust of wind that sent the toad flying!

Ah, such a classic drama of “a toad wanting to eat swan meat, only to be blown away by the swan’s wing”… It should have been that way, but people had gradually noticed: Miss Philola wasn’t exactly displeased, but rather… afraid that the toad would say something outrageous, so she bashfully made him “shut up.”

As for this “toad,” in another sense, he was also pretty “well-known.” His name was Zerola, an ordinary person with an ordinary background. If he didn’t have a Great Ying Empire residence permit, he’d probably be considered a stateless person.

How this kid managed to get into the most prestigious Royal Academy in the Great Ying Empire was a moot point at this point. What people cared about and questioned even more was: Why could this guy shamelessly stick to their “White Swan” and… not be hated?

Moreover, the “Toad’s” glorious deeds didn’t stop there! For instance… next.

“Fine, Zerola, it’s all just accidents! The first day I saw you holding hands was an accident, the second day I saw you walking home together was an accident, the third day, with that lecherous grin of yours, you let that busty elf feed you was an accident, and the fourth day you almost kissed was an accident too!”

Saying this, Flora cracked her knuckles. “Well then, today, I’ll go find that pretty and adorable elf president, Mel, for a ‘friendly spar’, you can consider that an accident as well.”

“Don’t! You can’t beat her!”

“Whether I can or can’t isn’t up to you! Argh… I’m about at my limit with that woman’s constant provocations, you stay here!”

This somewhat odd conversation wasn’t hard for the students to understand: Simply put, the “Toad” hadn’t been kicked to death by the swan, but actually had two swans. If the academy’s rules on “private duels” weren’t so strict, requiring thorough review and mutual consent, Zerola would probably have been taken down in a gauntlet by the hot-blooded young men already.

How could such a useless bum win the favor of goddesses, and two of them at that? This is too absurd! Isn’t this the kind of thing that only happens in novels!?

Thankfully, just as everyone was on the verge of snapping from this “bittersweet” or perhaps just plain “bitter” couple’s display and wanting to rush up and beat Zerola to a pulp, a figure of “reason” finally interrupted this midday drama.

“Flora, come with me.”

Brown hair reaching her waist, bangs covering her eyes, and even… wearing a pair of utterly unfashionable black-rimmed glasses! Everything about this female student made her seem so unremarkable, yet… no one dared to look down on her. The same age as everyone else, but already possessing sixth-tier magic, she was a near-“guaranteed” genius – Moriarty.

“!”

She glared directly at Zerola.

Seeing that this big shot disliked Zerola, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief: See? At least this world still makes sense.

“There are new students enrolling today, they’re elves… let’s go ‘review’ them.”

The couple’s drama, finally over.

Suppressing the urge to catch Zerola and beat him senseless, the crowd dispersed.

Having the qualifications to enter the Royal Academy of the Great Eagle Empire didn’t necessarily mean you would successfully become a student. After all, the Royal Academy of the Great Eagle Empire had no “failing students.” To enter, you needed to be prepared for your “future.”

In principle, to prevent “extortion and bribery”, obtaining the qualifications to enter wasn’t that difficult, as long as all indicators met the standards. The difficult part… was “successfully entering” after obtaining the qualifications, just like how the challenge wasn’t “getting the interview invitation”, but rather the “interview process” itself.

Flora and Moriarty served in this role, which was precisely why the two women couldn’t help but feel strange when Moriarty brought up the situation with these “new students.”

After all… what was the point of elves traveling from so far away to the Great Eagle Empire to “study”?

But overthinking it was useless. Before the formal review, the two women still had to bring these two elves into the academy. As far as the two were concerned, since they wanted to enter the Royal Academy of the Great Eagle Empire, even if they had “some quirks”, it shouldn’t be used to judge them from the first impression.

Despite their thoughts, when Flora and Moriarty arrived outside the academy to find the two prospective students, they still found a situation that left them at a loss for words.

Because… they saw “white-haired elves.” Shouldn’t the elf race, like that busty elf named Mel, have golden hair? But those that appeared were precisely of the “white-haired”, “long-eared” variety.

This could perhaps be explained by the fact that these two elves were more unconventional, however the thing that they were currently doing…

The slightly taller one was leaning against a tree, sleeping! Did she even know that she was about to face an “interview”?

And the other one was constantly rotating a… small cube in her hands. Rotating it over and over, solving it into six sides of the same color, then scrambling it and starting over.

Then, she looked up and saw the two women.

“Ah~ Don’t sleep, they’re here~ Cough cough! Hello to you two lovely ladies~ The two of us are the candidates who wish to enroll here. The one sleeping over there is named Ludwig, and me~”

As she said this, she lifted her skirt and gave a slight curtsy. “My name is Horus. Ah~ This academy is more fun than I imagined~”

“It’s like a~ chessboard.”

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Scribbled right through it, couldn’t stop myself. There’s more after this.