“Then, both sides are to prepare themselves. After that, the mock battle will be conducted at the training grounds.”

The Headmaster made the decision.

No one raised any objections.

The Crown Prince also looked displeased, but he gave a nod.

Prompted by that Crown Prince, his entourage quickly left the classroom.

“Li.”

The Headmaster called out to Li.

Having already guessed the matter at hand, instead of replying, Li sent off the small bird shikigami that had at some point come to rest on her shoulder.

Its destination was the Royal Castle.

The King would likely end up holding his head over this as well.

“You should begin your preparations too.”

The Headmaster had already been told about the small bird shikigami during the monster subjugation.

“Understood, Headmaster.”

Li looked straight at the Headmaster.

Receiving that gaze, the Headmaster gave an exaggerated nod in return.

It was an exchange of looks meaning ‘leave the rest to me.’

“Then, I shall take my leave as well.”

As Li stood up, all the girls followed after her.

Their destination was the clubroom of Rosenkreuz of the Rose Maiden Cross.

“That idiot!”

The moment they entered the clubroom, the saint stomped her feet and spat out her frustration.

“Honestly! I was just about to blast him with magic!”

It was Lady Alberta, whose manner of speaking was slightly off.

“For now, we should launch a night raid! Turn everything into a sea of flames!”

There was also Lady Patricia, saying something extremely dangerous.

Looking around, all the members of Rosenkreuz of the Rose Maiden Cross had their anger fully on display.

He had completely made enemies of these noble young ladies.

Li couldn’t help but feel concerned, even if it was none of her business, about whether the Crown Prince and his entourage would be alright after this.

While being thoroughly taken aback, Li listened to the stream of insults everyone was throwing out.

At this rate, it didn’t seem like their anger would settle with anything minor.

‘Now then,’ Li thought.

‘What should be done?’

How to completely break their spirit in the mock battle.

That was what mattered.

As for what came after breaking them, the King and Queen could handle the follow-up.

Depending on how things were handled, there was even a possibility they could become even more twisted.

However, it was essentially a case of a man’s sense of responsibility running out of control.

If it could be corrected properly, there was also the possibility it could turn in a better direction.

“Lady Li!”

As Li closed her eyes and thought deeply, she was called out to.

When she opened her eyes, all of Rosenkreuz of the Rose Maiden Cross were looking at her.

The one speaking on behalf of the group was Lady Alberta.

“No matter what happens from here on, we of Rosenkreuz of the Rose Maiden Cross will follow you, Lady Li!”

“…Huh?” Li let out a confused sound.

At that very moment—

All of them dropped to one knee at the same time and bowed their heads.

“We of Rosenkreuz of the Rose Maiden Cross pledge our absolute loyalty to Lady Li!”

““We pledge it!”” All of them spoke in unison.

“Um… what is going on?”

Li was completely overwhelmed by how abnormal the situation was.

It felt like the girls’ group was rampaging just as much in their own way.

“This is the unanimous decision we came to after seeing how His Highness acted! We will not follow someone like that!”

‘Does that basically mean splitting the country,’ Li couldn’t help but think.

The Crown Prince was fourteen, and these noble young ladies were also fourteen.

It was probably just an age where it was easy to lose control.

At times like this, Li looked for the saint, who might serve as a reliable anchor.

She expected her to object as usual.

—There she was.

Right behind Lady Alberta, the saint’s face was flushed red.

Her eyes were filled with delighted excitement, almost melting.

—Yeah, this is hopeless.

Li didn’t know.

That they had resolved ‘We will protect Lady Li.’

And that this noble misunderstanding had gone into overdrive after hearing the Crown Prince’s outburst.

“I understand how all of you feel, but for now, shall we calm down?”

She couldn’t allow this to later be called something like ‘The Seven Days War of Rosenkreuz.’

That was what Li thought, but she had no idea what she should do.