Chapter 137: Mentor Isaac (1)


    <b>? Mentor Isaac (1) ?</b>


    Grade S Mana.


    Results of the ss cement Evaluation, 1stce.


    Guaranteed to be in ss A.


    Those were the grades of Miya, the Priestess.


    Grade D+ Mana.


    Results of the ss cement Evaluation, 1st ce from the back.


    Guaranteed to be in ss D.


    Those were the grades of Princess Snow White.


    “Merlin, life is such a futile thing…”


    “I’ve already heard you say that six times, Your Highness.”


    Snow White has heard the others iming she was part of the Golden Generation. Not only were the Princess, Saintess, and Priestess all in the same grade, but the other freshmen were also much more talented than usual.


    <b><i> But even so, this… Aren’t they a bit too talented?</i></b>


    Snow White realized aftering here that she, who received an elite education from only the most distinguished of people due to her background as a princess, had merely been a big frog in a small pond.


    She had mistaken herself to be truly talented after hearing countlesspliments from a high-ranking wizard in an exalted magic tower such as ‘Well done.’ and ‘You’re brilliant.’ But reality was saddening.


    Inside of an empty ssroom within Orphin Hall, the building for the Department of Magic.


    In front of the lectern, White was staring vacantly into space sitting in a chair prepared for her, and ced in front of her was another empty chair.


    Aside from White and Merlin Astrea standing behind her, nobody else was inside of the ssroom.


    “Don’t you think I’m quite pathetic…? I’ve already dered to His Majesty the Emperor that I would do my best, but I’ve already started on the wrong foot with the Priestess, and am far behind in ability from both her and the Saintess… I haven’t evene across the Saintess, let alone had the chance to talk with her…”


    “There’s no need to be discouraged. Your Highness has a kind heart. There wille a chance for Your Highness to acquaint them.”


    <b><i> A kind heart. Is that really her only redeeming quality?</i></b>


    With a soft sigh, White smiled ruefully. Merlin judged that now was the time to change the topic.


    “By the way, the mentor should being any moment now.”


    “Merlin, you said that the mentoring program didn’t exist when you were attending this academy, correct?”


    “Yes. I heard that it is being implemented for the first time this year.”


    The mentoring program.


    It was a program that the M?rchen Academy was newly implementing.


    Freshmen who wished to participate were assigned a random senior student as a mentor. The chosen senior would provide them with help and advice regarding school activities.


    Of course, the seniors also needed to sign up in advance to be a mentor.


    Students who became mentors were given a schrship benefit for part of their tuition fee and received an additional sum in proportion to how much the grades of their freshman mentees improved.


    But because of the risks, such as how this was a newly implemented program or it was unclear how much the activities would affect one’s own school life, there were not many volunteers for the mentors.


    “Do you think there will be someone fit for me…? Someone that has risen from the bottom to the top in a short period of time… That criterion. Thinking about it now, I think that may have been a bit too unreasonable of a request.”


    “We will see soon. If it doesn’t seem to work out, then Your Highness can just withdraw from the mentoring programter. There’s no need to think too hard about it.”


    Since a mentee needed a mentor fit for them, they were able to add desired criteria for their mentor.


    White also submitted her wishes for who would be her ideal mentor.


    It was ‘the person with thergest improvement in gradesst year’.


    White did not need a mentor who had been talented and strong from the start like Merlin.


    A fitting mentor for her would be someone who had started with a low grade just like her, and then was able to earn higher grades over time.


    Her current grades were incredibly low. So she had to bring up her grades as quickly as possible and disy power that would be able to impress the Saintess and Priestess at least a little bit. After all, the first step to bing acquainted with them was to be able to at leastpete with them.


    That would be her way to contribute to the future of her nation and the peace of the world.


    “Your Highness, I believe they are here.”


    “What? How do you know that?”


    “I can hear their footsteps. Someone ising this way.”


    “But I cannot hear anything… Just how good is your hearing, Merlin?”


    Finally.


    With a creak, the door opened, and a boy stepped into the ssroom.


    “…”


    Silence. Holding her breath, White peered intently at the senior student who entered her vision.


    He was in a school uniform, a blue jeweled brooch signifying the second year hanging on his necktie.


    His silver hair was just slightly wavy, and his eyes were a shade of murky crimson.


    Therge circr sses he wore gave her the impression that he was a model student.


    His expression made her believe he would have a gentle personality. Admittedly, her senior seemed decently good-looking.


    “You are…?”


    “It is my honor to meet Your Highness the Princess.”


    Standing in front of White, the student ced his hand over his chest and politely bowed.


    The two girls stared at him, White with a nk gaze, and Merlin with an inspective one.


    “I am Isaac, your newly selected mentor. I hope that we will have a meaningful semester together.”


    The student with silver hair, Isaac, greeted them with a bright smile that reminded one of a salesman.


    They called it the capitalistic smile.


    * * *


    Everything went ording to n.


    Snow White.


    I just call her the lousy princess.


    She takes a main role in the episode during Year 2 Semester 2, and it was practically a guaranteed bad ending if she died.


    So it was necessary to build close rtions with her in advance and lower her guard so that I could protect her.


    I had three ideas for how I could be close to White, and I nned to use all three of those methods.


    For starters,


    ‘The mentoring program.’


    The mentoring program was a mandatory section of the ?Magic Knight of M?rchen? scenario storyline.


    Normally, Ian Fairytale would have been the one chosen as Princess White’s mentor, since as the main character, he was the ‘student with thergest improvement in grades’.


    Since White was a side character, not a heroine, she barely contributed anything to the story during Year 2 Semester 1.


    But after bing close with Ian, she provided a chance for him to shine in the second semester.


    However, in this world, there wasn’t even the slightest possibility of Ian being able to protect White.


    Not to mention…


    ‘In this world, I had the biggest improvement.’


    This world had me.


    If someone asked among my peers who had the most drastic of improvements in their year, they would all definitely say ‘Isaac’.


    Which was why I had been certain that I would be White’s mentor if I volunteered for the mentoring program.


    Behind White, who had fair skin and pure white hair, was Merlin Astrea with her light green hair tied back into a ponytail. Her eyes inspected me with a gaze simr to that of a hawk.


    But there was no such thing as a crack in my smile. My specialty was in the acting field; being able to cry on cue was easy for me.


    Maintaining my natural smile, I waited for White and Merlin to lower their guard.


    Just for reference, Merlin was Kaya Astrea’s sister and a likable side character. She was also the side character I wanted to form the deepest connection with after White.


    That was because of the Obsidian de, the legendary rock element weapon.


    The stance was important when using the Obsidian de’s skills. Merlin, a genius swordsman, would definitely be a good teacher for me. If I be close with White, I will likely be able to ask some favors to Merlin as well. That was part of my n.


    “S-senior Isaac! This is the academy, and you’re my senior…! There’s no need to upkeep such formalities!”


    White leaped from her seat after receiving my salutations, waving her hands frantically in a panic.


    She acted and spoke just as one would expect from a girl who was staying far away from the power struggle for the crown.


    “W-well, nice to meet you! I’m sure you already know, but my name is Snow White Von Kairos Elfieto. You can call me White for short.”


    “As you wish, Princess White.”


    “By the way Senior Isaac, would it be rude for me to ask about your gradesst year…?”


    White asked me carefully, bringing up both of her hands around her mouth.


    As expected, that was her first question.


    “I started as the lowest-ced student in ss D, and am currently the highest-ranking student of ss B


    “Perfect!!”


    White, the current bottom-ranked student in ss D for the first year’s, cheered joyfully.


    It was as if she had just found a ray of light inside of the pit of despair she had fallen into.


    ***


    White, Merlin, and I crossed the campus.


    White was a princess of the Zelver Empire.


    Not only that but after dumping her food tray onto the Priestess as written in the original scenario, she attracted far too much attention from the other students.


    Attention from others was a disturbance to training. So I nned to train her somewhere away from others.


    <b><i> Why train her at all?</i></b>


    There were many reasons.


    As her mentor, I held responsibility for White’s growth, and White had to be stronger anyway to prevent the bad ending.


    And it was beneficial for me to be exposed to the mana that White was going to use.


    “Fromst ce in ss D to first in ss B…! How is that possible?!”


    White had seemed excited this entire time. It looked like she was deeply invested in my story as the current bottom-ranked student in ss D.


    For reference, the sses were chosen by taking both the maximum mana and the score for the ss cement evaluation into consideration. There was an absolute benchmark chart.


    There was not much of a difference in skill between me and Keridna Whiterk, who was fifth ce in ss A.


    But because she had a slightly higher maximum mana than me, I arrived at my final rank as top of ss B.


    In reality, ‘Isaac is at a simr skill level as the ss A students’ was the majority’s opinion. That was basically my current position.


    Anyhow, I smiled awkwardly, pretending to be embarrassed.


    “It’s just a result of hard work. I’m sure that Princess White will do much better than amoner such as myself.”


    “Ah, humility! Yes, this is the sort of person that I wanted!”


    It seemed like White was burning with enthusiasm right now. I had to say, it was cute to see her fist balled up determinedly telling me that she wanted to receive my coaching as soon as possible.


    Though it was called the mentoring program, our rtionship was likely going to be simr to a teacher and student. White was, after all, not in a state where just any ol’ advice would be enough.


    Like a personal trainer, I would need to teach her proper methods of training.


    But that didn’t mean that I was going to pour all of my time into White. I nned to adjust the schedule so that it would not interfere with my own training, and there were other things I would be able to gain from her.


    It was a give-and-take.


    “By the way, Senior, you don’t need to use honorifics. This is the academy. I’ll only feel ufortable if you continue to talk to me so formally…”


    “Ah, well then… Alright.”


    I was waiting for her to tell me that. I quickly dropped the formalities before things became awkward.


    White was continuing to grin ear to ear, seeming to be in a good mood. I must have seemed like some rope that could pull her up to a higher level.


    Well, that was true. Though I was going to make her work that much harder for it.


    We ventured deep into the hydrangea gardens and made a turn into a secluded path, then finally arrived at the corner of the hydrangea gardens. There was a smallke nearby.


    Though this ce was smaller than the corner of the butterfly gardens that I often used, this should still be wide enough.


    “This is?”


    “A corner of the hydrangea gardens. There are probably not many people who know this ce aside from myself. We’ll be able to train at peace here.”


    “Merlin, have you evere here before?”


    “No, there wasn’t really a reason for me toe to a ce like this.”


    That was likely. The M?rchen Academy’s campus was asrge as it was secretive.


    Not only that, but the ind itself was huge as well, so it was likely that the majority of students would have seen less of the ind than what they had seen before graduating.


    “White.”


    “Yes, Senior Isaac.”


    “You’ll be training only for about two hours a day from now on. This is all for your improvement. You can endure that much, right?”


    “Heh, 2 hours? That’s a piece of cake!”


    White responded eagerly, her face full of confidence.


    Then, 20 minutester.


    “Gaghhh…!”


    “Your Highness!”


    White copsed on the ground from exhaustion.


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