And the incident happened the very next day.
The problem is, it's not related to the witch.
"You approached someone you shouldn't have, not knowing your place."
A girl is standing in front of me.
The sharp eyes of the girl with long, fluffy tied hair are directly at my eye level. For reference, I'm very short.
In other words, the girl in front of me is as short as I am.
But her strength was unlike her height.
The girl who approached me grabbed my clothes and lightly lifted me up with one hand. My legs floated up.
I'm experiencing floating legs often.
But this.
I didn't expect I would experience this. Come to think of it, this body was female.
It was like that on the ship going to Bern City too, but to think something like a romance fantasy from the world in faded man's memories would happen...
I didn't expect to become the protagonist in such a situation.
I know it's actually in a more gloomy and vicious form, but to think it would happen so openly.
Meanwhile, when Victoria saw me being lifted up by my clothes, she started walking over angrily but was held back by a classmate.
Worrying about me, she seems to have forgotten what I am.
I don't know how long it can endure, but this body is quite solid.
But regardless of the body's performance, there's no need to worry about fighting in the first place.
Because I can see the eyes of the girl in front of me. The brightly shining golden eyes are scanning the surroundings, not looking at me.
Rather than containing emotions like jealousy or killing intent, she's making an expression of persistently trying to find something.
And when her gaze reaches me, she looks at me with an expression of seeing something strange.
"Do you not know what situation you've gotten into?"
"What situation?"
Thud.
My body came down. My clothes were disheveled, but she had the strength to strangle my neck, yet she only grabbed my clothes to lift me up.
If she has no intention of attacking me, what should I do?
"You're still confused. We need to talk in a safe place."
The girl, who forcibly made an expression of disbelief, shook her head dramatically like in a play, then turned her gaze to look at Victoria. She speaks as if she's going to impose private sanctions.
While having no such intention at all.
"You there. If you have any complaints, follow me."
She pointed directly at Victoria with her finger. Seeing her call my ally here, it seems she intends to explain the situation.
And the girl grabs my wrist and drags me along.
"Lady Bearington of the Marquis famly. No matter what, it's not good to intimidate an ignorant commoner."
The girl who took me to Theodor last time blocked the door.
"I'll resolve this with words, so step aside. Lady Shekal. Do you think you can stop me just because you're under Theodor's name?"
Perhaps because it contains the words that she'll make her regret if she fights back, the girl with the surname Shekal stepped back.
Although she's a head taller, whether it's the power of authority or because this girl with the surname Bearington is strong herself, fear is evident on Shekal's face.
If they've studied together for half a year, she would roughly know.
Shekal stepped aside and whispered softly to me.
"If it's dangerous, call for Lady Theodor."
Of course, Bearington heard it too, but she only made an unexpected expression without saying anything particular and continued to drag me along.
I was led by Bearington towards the east wing. It's on the opposite side of the west wing where Theodor was located.
However, instead of entering the building, we went out through a small door located at a place that turns 90 degrees in the middle.
As soon as we go outside, I can feel the moisture in the surroundings drying up.
Hmm. Turning my head, Victoria's expression looks dangerous. Specifically, it's accurate to say it's the expression she had when she started slaughtering the Sahaggin.
It's an expression of having made up her mind to do what needs to be done.
After going outside, we entered a forest that shows traces of being artificially created within the academy. Only after going to a place where gazes from the surroundings couldn't be seen did Bearington release my wrist.
And after going a bit further away.
Crack!
She broke a thick tree with her bare hands.
Although it raises questions about how such strength comes from that small body, magic solves most of it.
The problem is that the soil at the bottom is cracking and becoming loose.
"You didn't call me to get angry."
"So you did know."
Dusting off her palms, the girl called Bearington walks over leisurely.
"Huh? What? Were you not trying to bully Belle for some trivial reason just now?"
At Victoria's words, Bearington approached closer without any particular reaction.
"It may be a trivial reason, but the jealousy of girls that happens because of it is not trivial. Last year, the daughter of aman working at our house was ruined and dropped out. Just because of one chance conversation with the prince."
Well. The prince wasn't clearly in the same grade.
And it seems the Cinderella dream exists in any world.
Victoria looks at Bearington, then at me. Then she makes an expression of realizing something and waves her hand.
Then the ground slowly gets wet, and water bubbles up from all directions, gurgling. And the ground turns into muddy water.
"You're quite a dangerous person too, aren't you?"
Bearington looks at Victoria with great interest.
"How rude to say I'm dangerous. Weren't you a noble young lady?"
"I'm Polaris Valuin Bearington. Call me Pola."
At Victoria's words, Polaris smirked. Then Victoria looks at Polaris with an expression wondering if this is right.
"I'm Belle. The Victoria next to me gave me the name."
"I'm Victoria Bete. Close people call me Tori, but call me that if you want."
No one but family called her that.
"Gave you a name?"
She looks at Victoria and me with a puzzled expression. Victoria looks at her once as if wondering why she said such a thing, then opened her mouth and stopped.
"Belle, you explain."
And then she looked at me again and said.
"It's easier if you define it, but I can't help it. To summarize, I'm not human."
"In the sense that your humanity is irredeemable?"
Polaris blinks her eyes, digesting my words. And she asks again.
"It would be easier to understand if you think of it as a different race."
Looking at her expression, she seems to ask that while knowing. So I told her I'm precisely what she's thinking.
"No, a monster? Suddenly?"
"Do people heal easily?"
I asked a fact that everyone knows.
The royal family actively promoted it. They even made a special broadcast about my superpower, elevating the harvesters.
It was the royal family that initially supported the Purple Twilight Association for that purpose.
Last night, several people who were managing the Purple Twilight Association overall fought over the cut support funds, then found out where the support funds came from.
That's when I found out too.
And that Purple Twilight Association is slowly cracking because that support has been cut off.
In other words, there's a reason why they were simply doing volunteer work.
Yes. Who would easily do such things when their livelihood isn't guaranteed?
And most of the people in that Purple Twilight Association had big wounds, but they healed as if washed clean after contracting with me.
Even the princess was healed.
"They don't heal. So that's why they made such a broadcast. I thought it was quite strange for the royal family, but it was to cover up a monster."
I think that was done for Princess Aurora, but I didn't say it.
"So, you came out to mark that you did it yourself in advance, in case I get bullied."
At those words, Polaris readily nodded. It's like a territorial marking made by a bear scratching a tree.
"Was she a good person?"
"You can't judge people by good and evil."
Because anyone can become a harvester. I have my preferences too, but warmth is more important than that.
Anyway.
"I'm not such a good person either."
Saying that, Polaris went to sit on a chair in one corner of the garden. And she lifts her feet. Water drips due to the muddy water.
Seeing that, Victoria approaches her.
As if not seeing her approaching, Polaris takes off her shoes, lowers part of her stockings, and while squeezing out the water, she asks.
"More importantly, why is the Theodor family's dog on your side? From what I heard, it was that crippled princess who caused the most trouble last year."
"Crippled princess?"
Victoria asks back. When Victoria spoke right in front of her, Polaris was startled and raised her head.
As if soothing Polaris, Victoria places her hand on her shoulder and creates water droplets from the ground to clean her dirty feet.
Polaris blinks her eyes watching that, and after confirming her clothes and shoes are cleanly washed and completely dry, she marvels.
Then she raises her head to look at Victoria and me and opens her mouth.
"Why do you ask? Such a famous person in social circles, no. Sorry. It was a story you wouldn't know. That person's legs were abnormal from birth. But her head is smart, so she's done a lot. She's a person with many good and bad stories."
Here, many people dress quite lightly regardless of whether they're nobles or commoners, but I wondered why she alone was wearing long clothes.
It was to cover her legs. If there's an abnormality on one side, only the muscles on the frequently used side would develop.
"I heard she contributed to making the daughter of the man working at our house a mess and dropping out, so I thought her personality was nasty, but protection..."
Then her gaze turns towards me.
"Do you think she hopes you'll heal her legs?"
"She said to mention Theodor's name first if a dangerous situation arises."
I say it in a way that means she hasn't said it in words yet.
"She's selling favors. Yeah. It's a well-used method. If there's a debt, it's easy to drag people around."
And Polaris immediately understood.
"I want to say put aside that person's favor, but..."
Polaris, with her arms crossed, fell into thought.
"Since Theodor is the most powerful faction, it might be good to use me as an excuse and entrust yourself to that side completely. That treatment. Is it okay to do it as you please? Can it be healed in the first place?"
I nodded.
"Yes. If she wishes, I'll do it."
In the first world, even people suspected of having genetic diseases all returned to normal.
"Is it okay to do that as you please?"
"So far, no one has put restrictions on me."
Last time, I did restrict according to necessity, but in the third world, there's nothing like that.
"Do well under Theodor. For reference, even if our grade doesn't know, I hear there are still many people in the upper grades who believe they could become queen if they do well, so be as careful as possible."
I nodded.