The Princess Sitting Next to Me is a Sweet Girlfriend Only in Front of Me
“Excuse me…”
Even so, Stellafia somehow managed to enter the office.
As for her father, it seemed he had just finished a portion of his work and was reading something. Knowing him, it was probably either a thesis on magic or a rare book imported from another country.
The timing for a conversation seemed just right.
“Oh, Stellafia. What is the matter?”
“I apologize, Father, but I have something I need to discuss with you…”
“Nonsense, there’s no problem. I’m free at the moment. Go ahead and speak your mind.”
As always, Fiorldia as a father was full of kindness and affection.
But the thought that she might now have to ask for a strict judgment from him as the King made Stellafia’s stomach tighten with anxiety.
“Well… currently, I am attending the academy under the name Fia Carat.”
“Hmm, yes. It is proper for a princess to immerse herself in an environment close to the common people. I too did the same in my youth.”
“And, um… I have a classmate named Heim—Heim.”
“Ah—yes, I know him.”
Her father’s reaction upon hearing Heim’s name was somewhat unexpected.
He knows him?
Certainly, scholarship students were rare, and if one heard their names, they might remember them. But this reaction didn’t feel like mere recollection.
—He knows him.
It was an unforeseen response.
“I do know him. He is an extraordinary prodigy, unmatched since the founding of the academy. Though I haven’t mentioned this to you before… he is one of only two students who achieved a perfect score on the entrance exam.”
“Eh!? H-Heim-kun… is he really that outstanding!?”
The revelation was so shocking that she accidentally referred to him with the familiar “-kun” suffix.
She quickly corrected herself, but there was no way she could cover it up.
A faint blush of embarrassment crept onto her face.
However, she quickly redirected her thoughts to his perfect score.
The entrance exam for the Magic Academy Palette was notoriously difficult.
That said, the scores themselves weren’t usually crucial for admission. If one could pay the tuition and verify their identity, the academy generally welcomed anyone.
And yet, only two people in its centuries-long history had ever achieved a perfect score.
“So, what about him?”
“A-ah, yes, that’s right…”
She was pulled back to reality.
Stellafia had originally come to deliver an important report.
She hadn’t come here to deepen her admiration for Heim after learning new information about him.
“That… I’m sorry, Father.”
“What is it?”
“He… has discovered my true identity.”
With resolve, Stellafia finally spoke the words.
There was no turning back now that she had come this far.
However…
“Ah, so you’ve finally revealed your true identity to him? No, it took longer than I expected.”
The response she received was completely unexpected.
