Apparently, Her Highness Princess wants to keep her relationship with me a secret (what does she even mean by 'her relationship with me'?) - 3-0

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A Classmate Client (Julian’s Perspective)

In between classes.

During the short break, Julian, with her red hair, sat at her desk, resting both elbows on the table and cradling her head in her hands.

“…This is bad.”

Friends around her were chatting, caught up in idle conversations.

Normally, Julian would eagerly join in, but not today. Her mind was preoccupied with one male student.

“…Seriously, this is really bad.”

The excited voices of her friends, gossiping about Princess Emma’s every move, barely reached her ears as she held her head with both her hands

For Julian, the fact that Princess Emma from another class had officially returned to school was irrelevant. No matter what perfume or accessories the princess wore, none of it registered in Julian’s mind right now.

“I’m doomed… there’s no way I can win…”

Despite being one of the top-performing students in her grade, the certain matter that forced Julian to be consumed by anxiety was for something to be held in the upcoming class.

Westminster Academy, the prestigious school she attended, had a special class that had been part of its curriculum since its founding.

“Haaa, why did I have to match him at a time like this…?”

That class was known as Combat Training—a course where students fought each other to death, well, in truth, even the worst case scenario would only occur once every few years. And since Julian had enrolled, there hadn’t been a single such incident like that.

“What’s wrong, Juli? You’ve been looking pale for a while now.”

Her friends, who were exclaiming in admiration at Princess Emma, finally noticed her friend, Julian’s unusual demeanor and gathered around her desk with worried expressions.

“Oh, I know! You’re up against someone strong in the next match, right? If you win, that’ll be five straight victories! Obviously it’s something you are worried about. No wonder you’re nervous.”

Julian, who continued to worry with his dead resting on top of her hands, slowly lifted her head from her hands.

Five straight victories—that was exactly what was weighing on her mind right now.

“Juli… you really don’t look good. Should we take you to the infirmary?”

Her trademark fiery red hair and bold crimson eyes, which usually reflected her strong-willed nature. But today, her usual energy was nowhere to be found.

“…It’s Harald. I’m up against that beast next.”

At those words, her friends’ faces instantly paled.

Then with a peek, they glanced toward the corner of the classroom where a certain male student sat alone, silently reading a book with glasses perched on his nose. And as a given fact, there was no student who even dared approach him.

In the second grade of Westminster, there is a rather famous student from the Baron family.

Harald Hardy—a classmate of Julian’s with a notorious reputation.

In the second year at Westminster Academy, two baron family members stood out.

Harald Hardy and Itose Orgot from another class.

Both Barons were infamous—for all the wrong reasons.

“But… Juli, if you don’t win… the scholarship won’t come through, right…?”

That single remark from his best friend weighed heavily on Julian’s chest.

“That is why, I have to win no matter what…. no matter what dirty tricks I have to pull.”

She had to defeat the wild beast—Harald Hardy, at all cost.

Against the monster, the only second-year student with an undefeated streak.