The Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health Chapter 170

In the newly prepared classroom at the Crown Prince’s Palace, an unusual sight was unfolding—something you wouldn’t normally see.

“Then this?”

“‘Knowledge must be accumulated, and wisdom must be passed down.’”

“T-this one too.”

“‘This is the last will left by the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, the truth followed by Lorang, and now the value we must follow and protect.’”

“Then this sentence?!”

“‘To inherit the gift Lorang, a magician and scholar, left to the world and pass it on to humanity. That is the mission followed by Lorang Academy.’”

“T-then this?”

“‘O God of Knowledge and Wisdom, please watch over us.’”

The eyes of Milliart, the Crown Prince’s linguistics professor who taught basic foreign languages, shook violently.

Every single sentence Arellin had read so casually was an actual passage used in the entrance exam of Lorang Academy, the greatest academy in the world.

‘One of the tests meant to filter out the unqualified, based on the belief that only the best scholars should be taught… and a seven-year-old just passed it?’

The academy’s founding philosophy, written in twelve different languages.

‘She even read words whose meanings changed over time, and read them correctly.’

Professor Milliart felt a shiver run down his spine.

“Could you read it in the continental common language?”

Arellin tilted her head, then nodded and began reading smoothly.

“Knowledge must be accumulated, and…”

The children, who until now hadn’t even understood the meaning of what Arellin was reading, began to look at her differently.

“Whoa.”

“How can she read that?”

“That’s hard.”

“Tch, I could do that much too.”

Looking at the other children—who had no idea what level this actually was—Professor Milliart became certain his intuition had been right.

‘A genius. A language genius.’

This wasn’t just someone who knew a lot. She fully understood foreign languages.

When she spoke in them, her pronunciation and intonation were as natural as if it were her native tongue.

There was no way this was someone who had simply memorized sentences.

Professor Milliart knew only one other genius like this.

The legendary prodigy who had even rejected a tenure position at Lorang Academy and returned to his homeland!

‘Mehen Leborhgen.’

He had wondered why a genius who should have been expanding the world’s knowledge was rotting away in a place like this—

Only to realize he had been raising a new genius here!

“You’re excellent. Truly excellent.”

He had meant to embarrass her a little—out of spite for her sighing during his class and old feelings toward Mehen, once his rival—

But though it was his loss, Professor Milliart now wore a deeply satisfied smile.

“…?”

Arellin flinched slightly under the intense gaze directed at her.

 

 

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A pass necklace now hung proudly in my hand.

I was also given permission not to attend basic foreign language classes anymore, since there was nothing left for me to learn there.

“Ooooooh.”

“Waaaah.”

Being stared at by the twins with eyes full of admiration made my shoulders lift without me noticing.

“Arellin, you’re so smart!”

“Are you a genius?”

This was all thanks to that language patch thing—Babel’s Language or whatever it was called.

“But what did you talk about with the teacher?”

“Yeah, he grabbed Arellin after class.”

“Ah, that.”

It wasn’t a big deal.

“He asked me to be his student.”

“…?”

The twins turned to look at each other.

“So? Did you say yes?”

“Nope.”

I’ve already got enough to deal with as it is.

When I shook my head, Pession visibly relaxed.

“That’s a relief.”

“What’s a relief?”

“I thought you were going to leave.”

“…Why would I leave?”

Pession’s face was scrunched up, like he’d already imagined me going abroad to study in that short moment.

‘Ah, seriously.’

The fact that I still found this cute meant I was doomed.

“If you ever go somewhere to study, don’t go alone. If you go, go with me.”

Seeing how determined Pession was to get a promise out of me made me smile.

I always thought this, but what does Pession even like about me?

‘I really don’t get it.’

What part of me is worth liking?

“Why are you looking at me like that? You won’t promise?”

“What promise?”

“That you won’t go study alone.”

Pession held out his pinky finger. With such a serious face, like it was some huge contract, I burst out laughing again.

“Looks like Arellin is happy just seeing His Highness’s face.”

“Yeah. They’re in their own world again.”

I heard the twins muttering beside me, but all I could see was Pession.

“I promise. I won’t go study alone.”

When I hooked my pinky around his, Pession’s face finally brightened completely.

“Promise me too!”

“Me too!”

The twins rushed in without missing a beat, and for some reason Harun joined in as well. I hooked pinkies with all of them.

This much was easy.

“Then let’s go play board games now!”

“Hehe. I brought the legendary hit, My Landmark Builder!”

“The winner picks the loser and gives them a punishment! How about it?”

At the twins’ suggestion, I grinned.

“Oh? That sounds fun. Let’s do it.”

 

 

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The game we gathered at my house to play—officially titled My Landmark Builder—was similar to Blue Marble.

The difference was that My Landmark Builder was limited to the Albrecht Empire, and the family names assigned to players were modeled after the Five Grand Ducal Houses: Speram, Halberom, Gremwatson, Edikel, and Mobisk.

On top of that, each house had completely different starting capital and merits.

For example, Speram started with double the capital compared to other players.

“Ah! Your Highness, you stole my land again!”

Halberom’s starting merit allowed them to use three Weakness Cards to acquire land without landmarks for free.

“Hahaha.”

The merit of the Gremwatson house I picked allowed me, up to three times, to roll the dice—and if I hit the jackpot, I could build a landmark for free.

“Hey, isn’t Arellin cheating?”

“How can you build landmarks for free all three times?!”

“How is that even possible?!”

No matter how much the twins screamed, the winner was me.

“Alright, hurry up and step on my land and go bankrupt.”

“Ughhh. The pride of Sperom…….”

Our game ended up drawing a small crowd: even passing members of the childcare staff gathered around to watch, it caught the interest of the Saren Knights who were obsessed with betting and gambling, and even Regent Duke Ludwig—who spent all day wondering how to approach me—got pulled in.

“Aaaah! No! My money!”

Noel was the first to step on my land and go bankrupt.

“Ha. No. I can’t die like this.”

“Yeah. Goodbye!”

Next was Ciel.

“…….”

Meanwhile, Harun silently met his end after stepping on Pession’s land.

“Hehe.”

“…?”

And finally, Pession—who had survived until the very end—looked at me with sparkling eyes, then died.

“Oh, you’re bankrupt.”

“…….”

…Pession’s bankruptcy felt suspicious, but regardless, victory was mine.

“Ooh, as expected of our young lady!”

“Congratulations, young lady!”

The childcare staff, who had been watching the match(?) while holding their breath, applauded.

“Ahem. Amazing…….”

“Woo! Young lady is the best!”

…Let’s just skip over the unfortunate regent duke whose attempt to say something got completely drowned out by Rena’s excited shouting.

“See? I told you I’d win! Our young lady is the best!”

“Hah, we actually lost.”

“Damn it, I thought the Sperom twins would win.”

Let’s skip over those childish adults too.

“Sigh.”

 

 

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The twins’ punishment for losing was to attend the Mon–Tue–Wed–Thu–Fri gathering wearing bunny-ear headbands.

“Wow, so cute!”

“What are those ears?!”

All eyes turned toward them in an instant.

“Today we’re bunnies, nya~!”

“Twin bunnies, nyang~!”

But the twins just enjoyed the attention.

Do those two even know what embarrassment is?

I’d hoped to see them humiliated, but I picked the wrong opponents. If it had been Harun, it would’ve been the perfect scene.

“…?”

Sensing my gaze, Harun tilted his head with a puzzled expression—then suddenly shuddered.

Calm down, I’m not going to eat you.

Pession grinned and slipped neatly between Harun and me, separating us.

“But why are they bunnies but going ‘nya-nya’? Do you know, Arellin?”

“I don’t know either.”

No matter what was inside, with their angelic looks and bunny ears on top, the twins were an instant hit.

They are pretty cute.

Just then, Chloe approached the twins.

“Want me to make the bunny ears move?”

“Ooh! How?”

When Chloe chanted a spell, the bunny ears on the twins’ heads twitched.

“Ooooooh!”

Everyone gasped as the ears twitched just like they were alive.

“…?”

For a moment, my eyes met Chloe’s.

Was it just my imagination?

As I tilted my head, Chloe walked straight over and stopped in front of me.

“Hi?”