章 27: Chapter 27: Guidance system
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Chapter 27
Guidance system
After the class was done for the day, Edward and Siegfried were walking back to their rooms when Siegfried spotted something peculiar.
A group of ten young girls was standing straight, not moving at all, while a tall guy would walk from one girl to the next, looking them up and down as if he was doing some sort of examination.
"What is going on there?" Asked Siegfried.
Edward looked without much interest at the scene.
"That, my friend is the 'guidance system'. First years will be chosen by the most talented senior students and be put under their wing. This serves as a security measure, mostly for the commoner girls, but many students from low-tier noble families also seek this protection if their families lack the backing.."
"This protection…im assuming is from…" Siegfried alredy knew the answer. Nobles taking advantage of commoners was a normal thing during his era, and things haven't seen to improve much now.
"Right," Edward confirmed it. "From what I read in 'History of Aglioso Magus Academy', in the past, most commoner girls will end up being sexual toys for the nobles. The academy didn't do anything to solve the issue, so the students came up with this system. Once a girl has been accepted, she will be under the protection of that noble house, attacking her will be akin to attacking that house."
"In the end, they will still become the plaything of some noble, I don't see much of a difference." Siegfried pointed out.
"Well, let me finish." Edward rose a finger in the air. "Instead of waiting to be used by any lustful noble, the girls can choose to tie themself to a noble house they like. Also, the senior students will often favor those under their protection with guidance and resources that a commoner will never be able to afford. And after the academy years are over, those commoners will have a chance to join that noble family as permanent servants. There are a lot of benefits for them. And is not like they will all be used as bed warmers, many nobles like me, are already engaged and had no interest in fooling around with a commoner, they instead, just want some servants to do chores for them."
"I see…I suppose that I understand the situation." Siegfried then looked a the senior student who finally seemed to have made up his mind. He pointed at one of the girls and gave her a gesture before walking away, the girl then started to happily follow him while the others looked very disappointed.
"That guy must be very popular, they really wanted him."
"Of course!." Siegfried then looked at Siegfried with a rose eyebrow. "Wait, you really don't know who that was?."
"I just got here, how am I supposed to know all the students already?" Asked Siegfried.
"You didn't get a student list before coming here? It comes with images of the students and a bit of information on them, like their families and elemental affinities. I'll let you borrow mine later on...anyways! that was Cedric Hightower!."
Siegfried was slightly surprised at hearing the name. "Hightower?, the family of the Great General?".
Above the three high-tier noble families, there was the Great General family. They were the rulers of the State of Aglioso.
"That's right, He is the third and last son of the Great General. And if that was not enough, he has a rank S fire affinity! He is the number one genius of the academy, every year, there are a lot of girls who want to serve under him, not just commoners but even girls from low and middle-tier noble families. " Explained Edward.
'It seems like even at the academy, one cannot get rid of politics.' Siegfried thought.
While walking towards their rooms, they found the same scene several times, Siegfried made no more comments on it until they found a group of first-year boys, all in line, being examined by a senior female student.
"I thought it was only the girls." Said, Siegfried.
"No, I did say that it was a custom for all first-year students. It is mostly the girls who seek protection, but many commoner guys want to gain favor with some noble house. Or maybe they just like the girl and offered themselves as servants with the hope of getting in her bed." Edward laughed.
Siegfried shook his head. 'What a strange era this is…'
"I assume that the academy has nothing to do with this."
"Of course not. The guidance system is completely unofficial. The academy doesn't support it, but they don't do anything to stop it either. They mostly just ignore that it happens since is still better than what it was before."
"So, the Headmaster is fine with it."
"No, my aunt hates this system. She would probably prefer to punish the nobles that attack commoners, but that's not how this world works. So she has to conform with what we have."
"I see."
"By the way, don't be too surprised if some girls approach you too." Added Edward.
"Me?, I thought they only look for senior students." Said, Siegfried.
"Most of the time, yes. Senior students will offer better protection since they are stronger and more respected in the academy. But you are not a normal first-year student, you are a student of the elite class." Edward pointed out.
"I'm sure that Charles has already like a dozen girls lining up. Poor girls…" Edward shook his head.
"How so?" Siegfried didn't understand why Edward said those last words.
"Well, this may just be a rumor. But I heard it from a servant who used to work at the Artois household. It seems like Charles is a bit of a sadist. He enjoys beating up his servants, especially young girls." Edward made a disgusted expression.
Siegfried's face did not change but his fist was clenched.
"Then that just shows the kind of person he is. Judge a man not by how he treats his equals but by how he treats his inferiors."
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