I’m in. Zui’ran Academy, that is.
It’s completely different to the primary school I attended in my old life(?).168Please respect copyright.PENANA1Tq1toMyE9
The exterior looked like a European cathedral, befitting a school of long history. There was beautiful stained glass glittering at the entrance.168Please respect copyright.PENANAYVBKzySCv7
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAaXxQGuAQHY
Besides these ones were plenty of other common sense-defying facilities as well.168Please respect copyright.PENANADf9BkjK64h
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANATZW9NBMWro
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAYK0yCZeC3r
Zui’ran’s uniform monopolises first place in the “uniforms people want to wear” rankings, and is admired by all the girls.168Please respect copyright.PENANAjh62ezp8Xa
If I remember correctly, one of the reasons that the protagonist wanted to come here was because she adored this cute uniform.168Please respect copyright.PENANAa8vpjqV2pu
Mn, mn, I totally understand.168Please respect copyright.PENANA6r5mdTu5iH
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAt2nc3MrVaR
But the ones who make the lunch aren’t your usual cafeteria obasans; they’re chefs.168Please respect copyright.PENANAx4QjnLx2Gh
There’s no cafeteria duty for the students either. I mean, the cafeteria has full-time waitresses after all.168Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ynkh1sl1X
And the menu is so luxurious that I’m not even sure it’s okay to call it a school lunch.168Please respect copyright.PENANAST0UikG5O1
Things like vichyssoise or veal terrine are on the menu like it’s totally natural. I think we learn table manners here as well.168Please respect copyright.PENANAFZV0Q0STsm
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANA7xHPxWTkgh
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAYeTuSoZW2Z
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”.168Please respect copyright.PENANA18b67od0aG
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANA86jBU8uNfG
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAxRQKi3FUPQ
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAHrLg7ZHohQ
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANA4cP3HBSL5b
Hmm, Reika abused her authority as a Pivoine member and did whatever the heck she wanted in 『you are my dolce』 as well.168Please respect copyright.PENANASwQi0Z6vLR
Just being a member of the Pivoine meant that most things were allowed.168Please respect copyright.PENANAkCxz7AnmtU
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAPKUCX7Cjad
It’s made from real gems, so it sparkles beautifully.168Please respect copyright.PENANAGPujAvC4Uj
And at the same time, it functions as a school-wide pass for exemption from the rules.168Please respect copyright.PENANABi5Yk41tX3
…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”.168Please respect copyright.PENANAD7fGPpJmsw
…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.168Please respect copyright.PENANALOrDhkcbdl
And that’s natural. If you start trouble with a Pivoine student, it’ll be hard for you to keep going to school here.168Please respect copyright.PENANAG4ReD3hRu2
And their families would also be pressured by the people behind the Pivoine members, sometimes even harmed.168Please respect copyright.PENANAroiiPOY2R9
Basically ‘If you know what’s best for you, don’t get involved with the Pivoine’.168Please respect copyright.PENANAArNpQEgEDs
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANADjBbP7p1Qn
Aah, so scary. And what’s even scarier is their sense of money.168Please respect copyright.PENANArcbRVu1ecJ
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?168Please respect copyright.PENANA8hvU3EMpQ0
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’.168Please respect copyright.PENANAWYAOkuWzYp
Well, I’m the same though.
Anyway, the point is, thanks to my family’s influence and money, I’m fairly comfortable at school.168Please respect copyright.PENANAQS306UGtWs
No, calling it “fairly” is being extravagant, I guess. I’m extremely comfortable at school.168Please respect copyright.PENANASkr0h1TPRO
Even though I’m only a Year 1 student, I’ve already got followers after all.168Please respect copyright.PENANA3BYvmrv6qW
These girls were Reika’s followers in 『you are my dolce』 as well, weren’t they.168Please respect copyright.PENANAfRVh9hCwhU
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~168Please respect copyright.PENANA2C88pTaEjq
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?168Please respect copyright.PENANAuYJ2IaCaxx
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANASDh9rsK6dD
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANA79rcLfTSpK
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.168Please respect copyright.PENANAy1TEaZcUxQ
And also I honestly don’t have the nerves to go “OOOHOHOHO” as anything but a joke.168Please respect copyright.PENANAlFD9zsGvuQ
Even I know what shame is.168Please respect copyright.PENANAusb8qEg9iv
But well, I get the feeling that in a school like Zui’ran, plenty of other students will be using the Reika Pose…