When Liyakade came back to her senses, the Mage Teacher was already lecturing on the podium.
To be honest, Liyakade hadn’t really listened to the Mage Teacher’s lessons earlier.
During class, she was either catching up on sleep or thinking about how to pretend to bully Alice, with no mind to pay attention to what the Mage Teacher was saying.
Still, thanks to the original host’s love of reading since childhood, Liyakade could rely on the original’s knowledge to write correct answers on exams even without listening in class.
In short, she was coasting on past gains.
But if this went on, once the Academy started teaching material the original host hadn’t studied, she’d be completely lost.
Since the original host’s knowledge could still keep up with the Academy’s progress for now, it was better to quickly get into the study rhythm.
After all, once she finished dealing with Irina Zi’s matters, she’d have only the pleasant Academy life left.
Listening to knowledge from another world was also fresh and interesting.
“Alright, that’s the end of this class.”
As the Mage Teacher announced the end of the lesson, the classroom instantly became lively.
But the Mage Teacher clapped her hands, stopping the students who wanted to leave their seats.
“There’s one more thing. Next week is our Academy’s annual Cultural Festival. Every student must participate in activities, whether organizing with your Class or acting alone—both are fine.”
“This year’s Cultural Festival, as always, requires students to work hard to showcase the Academy’s culture and uniqueness. Those who perform well will receive a reward from the Grade Director, but having your Family help too much is not allowed. Everyone, do your best! Alright, class dismissed.”
After the Mage Teacher finished speaking, the classroom quickly buzzed with discussion, and the students all seemed enthusiastic about the Cultural Festival.
“Cultural Festival?”
Liyakade unconsciously repeated this familiar yet strange term.
Where she was before crossing over, the schools were strict with few activities.
In college, though it was more relaxed, she hadn’t seen such large-scale events either.
She’d only heard the term “Cultural Festival” in Japanese anime.
“What’s the Cultural Festival like here?”
Completely clueless about the Cultural Festival, Liyakade asked the two beside her.
“It’s just opening shops or organizing events everywhere. For example, setting up a haunted house or café in your Class.”
“Normally, whether Noble or Commoner, no one is allowed to enter the Academy casually from the Royal City, but during the Cultural Festival, they can come visit.”
Field explained to Liyakade casually.
“But we don’t have to join the Class’s group activities. We can open our own shop or something. That’s what the first days of the Cultural Festival are about.”
“In the later days, there are official group events, like stage plays or fireworks festivals. Anyway, it’s lively.”
“Eh, sounds pretty good.”
After Field’s explanation, Liyakade became more interested in the Cultural Festival.
She glanced at the Class’s lively discussion atmosphere, then turned to the two beside her.
“What about you two? Do you want to join the Class’s organized activities together?”
“As long as I can be with Miss Liakade, it’s fine.”
Alice didn’t seem very excited about the Cultural Festival.
After all, she used to live in the countryside and had no impression of Cultural Festivals.
“There are too many people in the Class. Organizing things feels troublesome, and since we don’t have any positions, we’d probably end up being managed, assigned to activities we don’t like or aren’t good at. I’d rather not join the Class.”
Field felt uneasy about joining the Class’s activities.
“Then how about…”
Seeing both seemed unwilling to join the Class, Liyakade simply took the initiative.
“The three of us together?”
Liyakade wasn’t close with others in the Class, and given her hair color, she probably wouldn’t be assigned easy tasks anyway.
“Sure!”
“I’m fine with that too.”
Both agreed without hesitation.
Since the members were decided, next was to discuss the content of their activity.
After informing the Homeroom President, Field left the lively classroom with the other two, planning to find a quiet place to discuss their Cultural Festival plans.
In the end, they went to Alice and Field’s Dormitory, since it was close by.
If they didn’t join the Class, they couldn’t use the Class’s large venue.
And with only a three-person team, haunted houses and cafés mentioned earlier were impossible.
What was left were options like opening a small shop.
The simplest stall at a Cultural Festival was probably a food stand.
But as a Princess, Field probably hadn’t set foot in a kitchen much.
Even if they opened a food stand, Field would most likely just handle the money, not the cooking.
Since Alice was from a Commoner background, she’d probably helped in the kitchen at home often.
Both Liyakade and the original host had some experience with cooking, so a food stand was feasible.
But a food stand was just one of Liyakade’s backup ideas—a last resort if nothing better came up.
Before that, Liyakade still wanted to ask if Field and Alice had any good ideas.
“So… do you have any good suggestions?”
Liyakade patted the table, looking at the two with shining eyes, hoping they’d come up with something.
Field pinched her chin, wearing a thoughtful expression.
After a while, she looked seriously at Liyakade.
“None at all.”
“Ugh—How can you admit you have nothing with such a serious face? And if you can’t think of anything, don’t act like you’re deep in thought!”
Liyakade nearly choked at Field’s words.
She thought Field’s solemn face meant she had some great idea, but her mind was blank.
“And aren’t you a Princess? How can you not come up with anything for this?”
“Maybe… because what the Royal Family studies is more broad. If you wanted me to organize and manage the whole Cultural Festival, I could do it.”
Field looked helpless and spread her hands.
“But opening a shop on my own… I can’t think of anything. I mean, I can’t exactly hunt monsters and sell them at school, can I?”
“Better not. Selling monster drops at the Cultural Festival is a bit much…”
Liyakade sighed.
“How about making some crafts? Princess Field, do you know any handicrafts? If it’s labeled as handmade by a Princess, the crafts would definitely be popular.”
“Handicrafts? Not really.”
“Alice, can you?”
Alice shook her head.
“Sorry, Miss Liakade. I can’t either.”
“Then, um—”
At that moment, Alice raised her hand, as if she had an idea.
“Classmate Alice, please share your idea!”
Liyakade, who had been deflated, perked up again and reached out to Alice, waiting for her suggestion.