A young woman in her late teens is in a jet-black hall office in the academy city reading a report.
She wears a tight-fitting business suit and black-rimmed glasses. Her eyesight wasn’t bad, but she wore glasses for fashion.
「Haa…」
Platina, a young woman giving off that sharp look, the lord of the city, sighed after reading the report she received.
「Why do I get all the idiots around?」
The guild sent out an urgent request, putting the students in charge of defeating the ant monsters. That’s good. It’s a normal response because the lord and the knights have other things to attend to.
The people who received the order had fought for their achievements. That’s also common. Dragons are competitive so it’s good if it boosts morale.
The problem comes after that. Nearly fifty students who weren’t even scheduled to join in the quest had joined in, challenging the original contractors to a fight, and the ant nest collapsed after the battle.
「How are they going to be responsible if the request fails?」
They just happened to be lucky in succeeding in killing the ant queen before the nest collapsed, but if they hadn’t made it in time…
More ants will come out of the Queen’s chamber and a swarm of ants will appear out of the ground digging new passages. They’d push to the nearby academy city, or dig under it and appear in the middle.
When that happens, there’s no guarantee they can take out the ants without damage.
「You’ll remember the consequences of endangering my territory…」
She took the names and hometowns of the forty-seven third-year boys and discovered something common among them., Many of the third-year students were coming from a small western territory.
「They failed to educate their heirs. This is why upstart knights are…」
A few decades ago, a “Demon Lord” had appeared in the West.
It was followed by many monsters, giving it the nickname of “Monster Lord,” and the Demon Lord itself was a powerful one with special attributes.
The Demon Lord’s army didn’t reach the center of the Kingdom, the Kiryu from the West had killed the Demon Lord in the first combat. The situation had calmed down due to the success of the Demon Lord’s subjugation army from the northwest and the center. It was a major incident that barely caused any damage and it’s generally referred to as the “Demon Lord War” in the long history of the kingdom.
In this Demon Lord War, the Kiryu who stabbed the Demon Lord ruled the western territory, and many knights were handed territories and rewards for their success.
The parents of the current third-year students had participated in the war, they were men who gained their territory after their achievements. They were rewarded a territory as a reward, and they were able to eat from the taxed, and wielded the swords at their waist to the women in their territory, setting up the next generation.
That’s the reason why the third-years had a lot of students.,
By the way, most of the students from the West are in their third year, but there are a few of them who are in their fourth year now. An entire family was killed by the Demon Lord’s army.
「These incompetents. Their education from their territory had failed them, but also their heirs had failed too…Don’t think you can get away from this…」
The Last Demon Lord war had been settled with the death of the Demon lord, and most of the surviving monsters should’ve been hunted down.
However, in just a decade, a new Demon Lord and their army had been born in the West and threatened the peace of the Kingdom. Platina speculates that the new lords who gained their title for defeating the monsters in the territory had failed to manage the population of monsters, resulting in the birth of the new Demon Lord.
That’s why they gave orders to the lords of the West to defeat the Demon lord again. Still, the results were poor, and this time, an ant nest was discovered right next to the academy city, which is at the center of the Kingdom.
「I think the southern front is maintained, but I’d better arrange an investigation just in case」
The great forest of the south has a magic cave, and it’s teeming with monsters. Monsters such as Queen ants would break through the defense lines and fly over the areas every few dozen years or so.
In that case, the only way to deal with it is to kill it. In any case, it’s important to exterminate them quickly before they cause any more damage.
「Now that we’re at war with the Demon lord of the West, we can’t afford to have monsters from the south ravage our kingdom. That’s how it should be, and yet, these men…」
Three problem children from the fourth year students. Emily’s bodyguards. Yankee, Glasses, and Flashy.
They attacked a boy in the nest who was requested to enter the nest, and now they’re treated in the school’s medical office because the young boy seriously injured them.
Ceres received a letter of inquiry regarding their treatment.
「They survived, but they lost their hair and genitals, and they need a lot of magic to recover」
Ceres is asking whether she should treat them or not. Ceres would heal them immediately if Platina gave the instructions.
However.
「I don’t want the seeds of such fools! Keep them castrated for the rest of their lives!」
Eventually, Platina sent instructions to not heal them due to their poor actions. For someone who keeps an eye throughout the kingdom, she couldn’t allow that to happen.
And so, the three problem children incurred the wrath of the ruler of the school, and decided to keep them castrated.