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The struggle of having the attention of both Charlotte and Vertus had now truly begun. Charlotte was more of a help to me than Vertus at the moment, but if Vertus found out that I had sided with Charlotte, I had no idea what he might do to me.
I did not see a good approach to this issue. It was certain that Charlotte would not bother me anymore until my powers grew strong enough that I could find Baalier.
The problem was Vertus. I didn’t know how to deal with him at all, since anything I hid from him would eventually come to light anyway. Therefore, I decided it would be better to voluntarily disclose information to him instead.
I made it clear to Charlotte that I did not want to end up on bad terms with Vertus, since I was in Class A. I also told her that Vertus had asked me to keep an eye on her.
Charlotte, too, believed that I should not be harmed by Vertus in the search for Baalier. Therefore, she gave me leave to relay moderately-unimportant information to him.
Basically, I had fully become a puppet for both sides.
In the end, I was nothing but a hyena that couldn’t do anything to the king and queen of the jungle. But perhaps one had to live like a hyena and be devious in order to survive in life.
The next day, I had a conversation with Vertus on the dormitory’s tea-time terrace.
“Charlotte… It seems like she’s looking for someone.”
This place was designed like yet another designated meeting spot in one of those romance simulation games. If Ellen’s designated spot was the training grounds and the dining hall, Vertus’s spot was the tea-time terrace.
Vertus listened to what I had to say, then nodded slowly.
Though I spoke as if I had heard it for the first time, Vertus was already aware of this information. Therefore, there was nothing particularly novel about the news, but it was information that a regular student should not have known.
“Hmm… Did Charlotte tell you that directly?”
I had no choice but to reveal some of the truth to Vertus, since anything Charlotte found out, Vertus would inevitably discover as well.
“She asked...
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