I’m in. Zui’ran Academy, that is.
It’s completely different to the primary school I attended in my old life(?).167Please respect copyright.PENANACCuYEsUczN
The exterior looked like a European cathedral, befitting a school of long history. There was beautiful stained glass glittering at the entrance.167Please respect copyright.PENANAQqGYabvGAR
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAFQCeEvsXRM
Besides these ones were plenty of other common sense-defying facilities as well.167Please respect copyright.PENANAAV3L8Zl2Jb
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAf2lfqG4mQj
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAeAMEhOkNNn
Zui’ran’s uniform monopolises first place in the “uniforms people want to wear” rankings, and is admired by all the girls.167Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8QPdeUReU
If I remember correctly, one of the reasons that the protagonist wanted to come here was because she adored this cute uniform.167Please respect copyright.PENANAkJBvgJuIPn
Mn, mn, I totally understand.167Please respect copyright.PENANAhKg85vfHfU
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANA2F5kmJGnSe
But the ones who make the lunch aren’t your usual cafeteria obasans; they’re chefs.167Please respect copyright.PENANAV3dxQCuRAA
There’s no cafeteria duty for the students either. I mean, the cafeteria has full-time waitresses after all.167Please respect copyright.PENANAZyqQGt1s6g
And the menu is so luxurious that I’m not even sure it’s okay to call it a school lunch.167Please respect copyright.PENANABt0rQaAMYK
Things like vichyssoise or veal terrine are on the menu like it’s totally natural. I think we learn table manners here as well.167Please respect copyright.PENANA13H3YsSsIM
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANA4gEX2shZGe
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANA0zVXBLVEIU
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”.167Please respect copyright.PENANAuJZQHFAeuK
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAXTfoABiZnu
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAFpK47XRZPi
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANA7ivv92Ssgt
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANA6sIIBO2mDc
Hmm, Reika abused her authority as a Pivoine member and did whatever the heck she wanted in 『you are my dolce』 as well.167Please respect copyright.PENANAnO8JXOeO3Q
Just being a member of the Pivoine meant that most things were allowed.167Please respect copyright.PENANAae1tvBWXti
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAsHQuGulB1j
It’s made from real gems, so it sparkles beautifully.167Please respect copyright.PENANA1KXDiTblEa
And at the same time, it functions as a school-wide pass for exemption from the rules.167Please respect copyright.PENANAscHlD3xJDg
…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”.167Please respect copyright.PENANA3AdsMnsEDc
…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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAFLHAAoiloe
And that’s natural. If you start trouble with a Pivoine student, it’ll be hard for you to keep going to school here.167Please respect copyright.PENANAYFjoVptv43
And their families would also be pressured by the people behind the Pivoine members, sometimes even harmed.167Please respect copyright.PENANAWftyaRwnbA
Basically ‘If you know what’s best for you, don’t get involved with the Pivoine’.167Please respect copyright.PENANAvAoaaemUZm
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANApyI8q6b3Pm
Aah, so scary. And what’s even scarier is their sense of money.167Please respect copyright.PENANAtRQMDwQE1W
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?167Please respect copyright.PENANAWhYW3UqAS9
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’.167Please respect copyright.PENANAc4B1LU0xfG
Well, I’m the same though.
Anyway, the point is, thanks to my family’s influence and money, I’m fairly comfortable at school.167Please respect copyright.PENANAqveP26yh7W
No, calling it “fairly” is being extravagant, I guess. I’m extremely comfortable at school.167Please respect copyright.PENANAQVOUzQckkz
Even though I’m only a Year 1 student, I’ve already got followers after all.167Please respect copyright.PENANAqfCdscAe8B
These girls were Reika’s followers in 『you are my dolce』 as well, weren’t they.167Please respect copyright.PENANATI3djprhVJ
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~167Please respect copyright.PENANApPEwtGllMF
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?167Please respect copyright.PENANAcgsA4ersub
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANABDrZleIO5c
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAfEiTI0sH5w
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.167Please respect copyright.PENANAKGerqHNhXX
And also I honestly don’t have the nerves to go “OOOHOHOHO” as anything but a joke.167Please respect copyright.PENANAkxPOgSFAZE
Even I know what shame is.167Please respect copyright.PENANAj6jyCxCYKQ
But well, I get the feeling that in a school like Zui’ran, plenty of other students will be using the Reika Pose…