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  The setting of the game I was reincarnated into, "Canary's Miniature Garden," is Orio Academy, a world-leading educational institution that is home to royalty, aristocrats, and special elites from both within and outside Japan and based in the royal capital of the Kingdom of Yunorehit, where I was born.

  As the only son of the Margrave of the Kingdom of Yunorechit, I am also one of the students attending Orio Academy.

  "Wow... how peaceful."

  It has already been a month since I enrolled as a first-year student at Orio Academy, where I will attend for six years from the age of 12 to 18.

  I was having a peaceful time.

  "A few years ago I was busy with my sister-related stuff."

  As the brother of an older sister who will likely become a villainous young lady in the future, I find myself in a position where I must do whatever it takes to prevent her from descending into darkness.

  The main reason why my older sister fell into darkness was the assassination of our beloved mother and the resulting desire for revenge.

  Over the past few years, in order to prevent my sister from falling into the dark side, I have been working steadily to beat her up in mock battles and the like, to the point where she loses confidence in her own strength, so that she has no desire to seek revenge.

  Those days ended with a single word from my older sister, who had no idea what I was thinking: "You have your own friendships too."

  "Where should I eat lunch today?"

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  It's already been a month since the school started.

  While I'd already gotten used to school life to a certain extent and was already solidifying my friendships, I still reigned as the biggest loner in my class, and today, as always, I was wandering around the ridiculously large school during my lunch break, looking for a place to eat lunch alone.

  "Ha, ha, ha."

  As I was thinking about this and walking through the courtyard, I heard someone's voice.

  "It's unusual to hear voices coming from outside at this time of noon."

  Lunch break is the time to eat meals with friends inside the school building.

  This is no time to be wandering around outside.

  Being a little curious as to who the person was that was making noise outside at this time of noon, I headed towards the source of the voice.

  "Oh, seriously."

  I walked through the unnecessarily large courtyard and somehow ended up in front of a magnificent waterfall, and then I found myself standing in front of the girl who was making noise out at this time of noon.

  There was a beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, her long hair tied in a ponytail.

  "Ha, ha, ha."

  The girl had changed from her school uniform into gym clothes and appeared to be enthusiastically practicing with a wooden sword.

  "Sorry for interrupting."

  I was just looking for the best position to eat so I guess it's not like it's my place to interrupt.

  Let's pretend we didn't see anything here and leave.

  "...Ah."

  Thinking this, I quickly stepped back to retreat, but I accidentally stepped through a branch with all my might, making a pretty loud cracking noise.

  "...Who is it?"

  It seemed the sound had been heard on the other side too, as the girl called out in my direction.

  "Sorry. I'm interrupting."

  It would be pretty rude to just walk away without saying anything when someone is calling out to you.

  I obediently emerged from the forest that had been prepared in the courtyard and showed my face to the girl.

  "Oh? You are...Arch of the Margrave Reinhard family, I believe?"

  “That’s right. This is the first time we’ve met face to face and exchanged words alone. I’m Ark Reinhard, and we’re in the same class. Let’s get to know each other from now on.”

  "Oh, thank you so kindly. I'm Frau Sprague. Nice to meet you."

  Frau Sprague.

  She is the third princess of the Sprague dynasty of the Kingdom of Yunorechit, and a classmate of mine.

  “Also, we are in the same year and in the same class. Also, this school has a policy that all students are the same, and that origins don’t matter. You don’t need to use such formal language, okay?”

  "Really? Well then, I'll take you up on that."

  She is also one of the main heroines in the game "Canary's Garden."

  "Really? Well then, I'll take you up on your offer... nice to meet you, Frau."

  "...Eh, yeah. Nice to meet you, Arc."

  This was the first time I came into contact with this girl, Frau, in a way I never expected.