Volume 1 Chapter 20 Interlude - Don't Renovate Without Permission
After checking in, Randy and the others arrived at their room, wearing awkward smiles in front of the reality they faced.
Randy had checked in with such confidence, but he was actually left speechless by what he heard afterward.
──"We have bedding prepared for your servant as well."
Randy, completely frozen with Liz, was indirectly told by the receptionist to "hurry up and leave," which is how they ended up in the dorm room... and there it was, just as she said, a simple bed and chest that seemed to be for a servant.
Since Lucian and Liz were from the high-ranking Marquis family, it was normal for them to have a servant's room. But Randy was an exchange student and a viscount from a small country.
The room was somewhat spacious, but there was no separate room for a servant.
"...What should we do?"
"What should we do?"
With their bags in hand, Randy and Liz could only stare at each other near the entrance of the room.
(This is a very bad situation.)
If the Marquis found out, I would be in big trouble. No doubt about it. But more importantly...
"Why don't we just sleep together?"
...This ridiculous witch must be included too.
"Who's sleeping together? Besides, there are 2 beds, right?"
In front of Randy, who snorted, Ellie wore a mocking smile.
"Oh? Little boy, are you a cherry boy?"
"Shut up. You're probably just an old ear for your age."
As Ellie laughed, Randy snorted again.
"Me, an old ear? Where's your proof?"
"Your reaction is proof, you idiot. Go learn how to give off pheromones properly."
Feeling the pressure from Randy's mocking, Ellie seemed to realize she was losing and said, "Hmph, a cherry boy wouldn't understand my charm," before switching places with Liz.
Finally, with the nuisance gone, Randy let out a sigh of relief, but...
"Randy, what's a cherry boy?"
...The natural disaster blew away his sigh of relief.
"N-Nothing!"
Randy instinctively looked away, and Liz pouted, saying, "It's mean to leave someone out."
"It's not like I'm leaving anyone out."
In front of Randy, who wore a bitter expression, Liz suddenly put her hand to her ear and said, "Huh? What is it?" as if she was having a conversation with someone. It seemed she was talking to Ellie in her head.
By the time Randy noticed, it was too late.
With a flushed face, Liz looked at Randy with icy eyes and said, "Randy, that's dirty."
"It's a misunderstanding! Don't take that idiot's words seriously!"
He didn't know what was said, but Randy hurriedly denied it, while in his mind, he heard, 'It's because you're making a fool of me.'
After all the noise near the entrance, the 3 finally returned to the main topic.
"...So, what do we do?"
"What should we do?"
Even after all the commotion, they hadn't made any progress on the roommate issue, let alone being under the same roof.
(At least if there were a partition...)
Thinking of something, Randy said, "Wait a minute," threw down his bags, and dashed out of the room. He was heading to the dorm manager's office.
Randy hurried to the management room, managed to borrow what he needed, and returned to his room.
"If there's one room, why not just make it 2?!"
Randy said proudly, and Liz nodded in confusion, "Huh..."
"Hey, Liz, hold this for me."
What Randy borrowed was a measuring tool──the common tape measure in this world. Ideally, a straight measuring tape would have been better, but since this is an otome game base, there are only fashion tape measures, not a steel tape measure.
Plus, the fashion tape measure is only about 2 meters (6.56ft) long, making it a struggle to measure the room's size.
(I'm definitely going to make a straight measuring tape.)
Randy decided this in his heart, but he didn't know that the women wouldn't wait for him to do that. The future where he could quickly get his beauty skin friend was not far off.
Unaware of all this, Randy and Liz worked together to finish measuring the room's size.
"This is the center. We can put a big divider here."
"And where do we get that divider?"
"From here."
With a smile, Randy opened his status window and pointed to Craft. However, there were no materials in sight. Therefore...
"Hey, you, the know-it-all. It's your turn."
Randy quickly asked for teleportation to his territory, but Liz only looked troubled, and Ellie didn't even show her face.
"...What?"
"She won't help someone who doesn't know manners."
Randy gritted his teeth at Liz's wry smile. Ellie was right, but that didn't mean he could bow his head.
Still, he knew he had to bow to move things along, so Randy reluctantly lowered his head.
"Great magician Lady Eleonora, please send me via teleportation."
"It lacks sincerity."
"Ugh... Great magician Lady Eleonora, please send me via teleportation."
"'Foolish me'."
"Ugh... Great magician Lady Eleonora, please send this foolish me via teleportation."
"'Foolish, lewd, and...'."
"Hey, don't get carried away."
When Randy lifted his head, he saw Ellie looking amused.
"Oh, you caught me."
"I can tell by your tone. Even with a short acquaintance, I can tell that much."
Randy snorted, and Ellie laughed, saying, "Well, that's fine," and snapped her fingers. Light enveloped the two of them... and when the light faded, they were gone from the room.
* * *
"Huh? You're back already..."
"It's an emergency."
Ignoring his surprised father Alan, Randy dashed through the mansion and out to the backyard.
"Wood should be enough."
Without waiting for Ellie or Liz's response, Randy grabbed the big axe stuck in the backyard and headed into the forest.
Randy swung his custom big axe without hesitation and quickly chopped down 2 or 3 trees.
"Alright, this should be enough."
Dragging the logs, Randy reappeared in the backyard.
"Keith... I thought my son said 'it's an emergency' and came back, but he just knocked down trees with a big axe."
"Master. Is the young master always like that?"
Unaware that he was being subtly insulted, Randy was turning the cut trees into lumber with Liz.
"Liz, can you handle this... Ellie, don't get in the way!"
Alan and Keith were watching Randy from a distance.
"Keith. Did I hear that wrong? Is Liz──."
"He means Miss Elizabeth, Master."
"Oh, I can't hear. I don't want to know. His Excellency Marquis doesn't know about this, right..."
"...Let's pretend we didn't hear it."
Randy, oblivious to their worries, continued to work on the lumber...
"Hey, great magician. It's your turn."
"You think of me as just a convenient tool for moving──."
"I don't think that, I don't think that."
"I'm not quite satisfied with this."
With a pout, Ellie disappeared again, wrapped in light.
"What do you think he's making, Keith?"
"Since it's the young master, I can't even imagine."
"Not a siege weapon or something, right?"
"That would be too much. He's already a siege weapon himself."
"That's true."
Whether they were praising or insulting him, Randy had no idea about this subtle reaction.
* * *
Once again, light filled Randy and the others' room, and Randy and Ellie appeared.
Randy and Liz quietly built a partition using the lumber. What they created was a simple partition with a door.
While it lacked soundproofing, it secured a private space. Just as Randy nodded in satisfaction, there was a quiet knock on the room's door.
"Yes?"
When Randy opened the door, a female staff member stood before him.
"Sir Randolph. Due to the fact that your servant is of the opposite gender and the same age, an emergency meeting has been called──wait, what is that?"
The female staff member raised her eyebrows at the sight, and Randy proudly explained that they built a wall because it was bad for a man and woman to share a room.
"I see. I'm curious about where you got that from, but you're saying you remodeled the dorm room without permission, right?"
Randy scratched his head at the female staff member's stern gaze, and said, "Kind of..."
"But unauthorized expansion and remodeling are prohibited."
"P-prohibited?"
"Yes. Violators will face strict penalties."
"B-by the way, what's the punishment..."
"Immediate expulsion from the dorm."
""Eh──.""
Randy and Liz's screams echoed.
"Don't worry. There's a partnered inn near the academy. I'll contact them, so please gather your things and come to the management office."
After saying that, the female staff member left with a cold gaze but paused at the door to look back at Randy.
"Getting expelled just a few hours after moving in is a record at this historic royal academy. Congratulations."
This time, the female staff member closed the door with a smirk.
"Randy..."
"Don't say anything more. Let's think of it positively as being freed from the burdens of dorm life."
"Instead of soaring, you've crashed to the ground."
"Shut up."
With their belongings in hand, Randy and the others had to leave the room once again.
* * *
"Hey, where is she!"
While Randy and the others were being kicked out of the dorm, Catherine was wandering around the girls' dorm. Catherine's goal was to meet Liz, who she heard was specially assigned to the girls' dorm.
Since Catherine hadn't officially heard about the contact ban yet, she was desperate to confront Liz now, thinking it was her only chance to hurt her directly.
But unfortunately, Liz wasn't just missing from the girls' dorm; she wasn't even on the school grounds...
Unaware of this, Catherine kept running around the girls' dorm, sweating a lot that day.
"Hey! Seriously, where is she!"
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