I’m in. Zui’ran Academy, that is.
It’s completely different to the primary school I attended in my old life(?).170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eNJV05WGf
The exterior looked like a European cathedral, befitting a school of long history. There was beautiful stained glass glittering at the entrance.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8s1TkbbQIW
But inside, everything was completely new. Of course having aircon was standard for every room, but more than that, every classroom had its own humidifier and water dispenser. Floor heating for the winter too.
There was a heated swimming pool, and a tennis court, and a soccer field, and a baseball field, and a concert hall too. Even a mini theatre. Even a planetarium. While I’m at it, they even had a dome-shaped greenhouse and a tea room.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg74F4zNk1D
Besides these ones were plenty of other common sense-defying facilities as well.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxwI02Rv7h
Though there were a few facilities that were shared between the primary, middle and high school sections, anyway, it was all stuff that overturned my idea of what a “primary school” was like.
Anyway, even though Zui’ran is in the middle of the city, it takes up a huge amount of land, and because of all the greenery around, it’s nicknamed Zui’ran Forest.
The uniform was designed by a famous designer, and is a blazer type uniform, as opposed to the sailor fuku types. For the middle and high school sections, the uniforms are white blazers with embroidered lines, and while the girls wear ribbons, the boys have a necktie, which are both burgundy for middle and dark blue for high.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphrghBC0vL
Perhaps so that any dirty spots wouldn’t be obvious, the primary blazer is navy with light blue ribbons and neckties. All of them are terribly cute.
As expected of a famous designer. Just being able to wear the uniform made me happy that I came here.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb9UWtXzko
Zui’ran’s uniform monopolises first place in the “uniforms people want to wear” rankings, and is admired by all the girls.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8k228eAnCv
If I remember correctly, one of the reasons that the protagonist wanted to come here was because she adored this cute uniform.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kWJJ0QEuJ
Mn, mn, I totally understand.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFN7FVCzcO
Only, because the protagonist was bullied, her uniform was dirtied a lot…
In the middle and high sections you either choose from bringing your own lunch or buying food at the cafeteria, but in the primary section school lunches are provided.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fQr8S4pql
But the ones who make the lunch aren’t your usual cafeteria obasans; they’re chefs.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFNdrLqf5l
There’s no cafeteria duty for the students either. I mean, the cafeteria has full-time waitresses after all.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxqEcjSO5s
And the menu is so luxurious that I’m not even sure it’s okay to call it a school lunch.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOVgiExvT2
Things like vichyssoise or veal terrine are on the menu like it’s totally natural. I think we learn table manners here as well.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2p8ATTKc2
Black tea for drinks. If you’d prefer, you can add lemon or milk. By no means would you ever find a kid with a white moustache from gulping down milk.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpGXiWuWOT
For dessert we don’t have frozen mikan; we have crêpe suzette.
Aah, it feels like it can’t get any more impossible. This is what you call a culture shock.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq0sXHBJ3q
I bet this is how the protagonist felt when she entered the high school section, huhh.
I wonder just how much the tuition fees for this place are. It’s scary so I’m trying not to think about it though.
Finally, the most important feature of Zui’ran Academy is a society called the Peony Society, or the “Pivoine”.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU99VmXRjfd
The Pivoine is a gathering comprising students who not only entered during the primary section, but who passed strict requirements for lineage, parentage, and monetary assets.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYCWRgRyRi
The Pivoine exists in the middle and high sections, and all Pivoine members receive various special treatments from the school.
In the primary section, we instead have the Petite Pivoine. Once Petite Pivoine members enter the middle school section, they become Pivoine members.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBx7CI8Wm2u
Because it comprises only purebred Zui’ran students, no matter how great your lineage, parentage or assets are, if you enter Zui’ran during the middle or high school sections, it’s impossible to join.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYfh3qcZ4F
A society that only the chosen can enter; truly the adoration of all Zui’ran students.
And I, Kisshouin Reika, am naturally a member of the Petite Pivoine.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokG9gEWBtX
Hmm, Reika abused her authority as a Pivoine member and did whatever the heck she wanted in 『you are my dolce』 as well.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNia1CgqIG
Just being a member of the Pivoine meant that most things were allowed.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1n3l7MSu32
But I really wonder about something like that being allowed in an institution that’s supposed to teach its students how to live properly.
Pivoine members pin a peony badge under the Zui’ran crest on their uniform.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ607PAVHdcG
It’s made from real gems, so it sparkles beautifully.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y9TmjLSNf
And at the same time, it functions as a school-wide pass for exemption from the rules.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgTqxblHsK
…Once I considered that… although it was pretty, it felt a little scary too…
Ah, and as for why it’s the ‘Peony Society’, apparently in the language of flowers, the peony means the “the bearing of a ruler”.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOkSBjUsWU
…Honestly, there’s just a lot of things scary about the way they think.
Being a Pivoine member means the other students look at you in half admiration, and half fear.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUhhGLXRz4
And that’s natural. If you start trouble with a Pivoine student, it’ll be hard for you to keep going to school here.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQbkuJGflT
And their families would also be pressured by the people behind the Pivoine members, sometimes even harmed.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6AdGJsXwd
Basically ‘If you know what’s best for you, don’t get involved with the Pivoine’.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7b72igs56
I also want to follow that rule.
But well, that’s impossible, huh. I’m a member after all. And I’m in really deep.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpYCF7kJ7m
Aah, so scary. And what’s even scarier is their sense of money.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9lskkErRp
I mean, when I was in high school my monthly allowance was only 5,000 yen, so I can’t help but see money differently, right?170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FVhYkBf5w
Just how much money are they giving to these primary schoolers? It’s already gone past the level of ‘pocket money’ into the realm of ‘living expenses’.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcnrt7sJpX
Well, I’m the same though.
Anyway, the point is, thanks to my family’s influence and money, I’m fairly comfortable at school.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPRCMNLuju
No, calling it “fairly” is being extravagant, I guess. I’m extremely comfortable at school.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmJE0qZJiz
Even though I’m only a Year 1 student, I’ve already got followers after all.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4jyeiHf7k
These girls were Reika’s followers in 『you are my dolce』 as well, weren’t they.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukyYPQzCoV
Have they been currying favour this far back?
Even though they’re only six years old, they already know how to get ahead in life, huh~170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUUdYFP3m7
Aah, what a harsh world this is. Even children are having it rough.
But if I had to be a bit greedy, I’d prefer friends over followers.
Hm? 『you are my dolce』 didn’t have any “Kisshouin Reika’s friend” characters either. Could it be that I’m going to stay friendless like this?170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknIGllmdBY
Ah-, oh no. Tears are…
The manga only began when the protagonist entered the high school section so I don’t know what kind of school life Reika lived before that.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgUGHBxJJr
But I’ll bet she looked down on people beneath her in her “Reika Pose” with left hand on hip, and laughing into the back of her right hand, doing whatever she pleased.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JJfHYkrwI
All whilst following Emperor about.
But the current me will absolutely not do the same. After all, I can hear destruction’s footsteps on my door.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyGcHg4BIM
And also I honestly don’t have the nerves to go “OOOHOHOHO” as anything but a joke.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQv4Gi0jHVT
Even I know what shame is.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlp8iCvGz2
But well, I get the feeling that in a school like Zui’ran, plenty of other students will be using the Reika Pose…
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