I’m in. Zui’ran Academy, that is.
It’s completely different to the primary school I attended in my old life(?).163Please respect copyright.PENANAhE7rM36Mch
The exterior looked like a European cathedral, befitting a school of long history. There was beautiful stained glass glittering at the entrance.163Please respect copyright.PENANAwSTSUdFzjK
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAK2Y5dwkaZp
Besides these ones were plenty of other common sense-defying facilities as well.163Please respect copyright.PENANAIpYeG2cKWr
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAdSvncmQVK6
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAd8GKdevRll
Zui’ran’s uniform monopolises first place in the “uniforms people want to wear” rankings, and is admired by all the girls.163Please respect copyright.PENANAM9BA9gJXBX
If I remember correctly, one of the reasons that the protagonist wanted to come here was because she adored this cute uniform.163Please respect copyright.PENANAR69gbHDiE1
Mn, mn, I totally understand.163Please respect copyright.PENANAcmGWjuIhxb
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAVFc27tsY40
But the ones who make the lunch aren’t your usual cafeteria obasans; they’re chefs.163Please respect copyright.PENANAFmp5Zk9xwy
There’s no cafeteria duty for the students either. I mean, the cafeteria has full-time waitresses after all.163Please respect copyright.PENANAb3z4Zj63wf
And the menu is so luxurious that I’m not even sure it’s okay to call it a school lunch.163Please respect copyright.PENANApJTSy5BNqv
Things like vichyssoise or veal terrine are on the menu like it’s totally natural. I think we learn table manners here as well.163Please respect copyright.PENANAJMEYGqPwYY
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAg1dOJtCNJa
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAgH7IMkj4OJ
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”.163Please respect copyright.PENANAKvReJzFUqu
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAq6G0N0yaSH
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAE5AgO3LoI5
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAY2stdWLnyV
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANA6VimvO1OQH
Hmm, Reika abused her authority as a Pivoine member and did whatever the heck she wanted in 『you are my dolce』 as well.163Please respect copyright.PENANAB0FgwJEgM0
Just being a member of the Pivoine meant that most things were allowed.163Please respect copyright.PENANAyRyoxJI74y
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAk1mEWOceMd
It’s made from real gems, so it sparkles beautifully.163Please respect copyright.PENANAKSTRVVgZh8
And at the same time, it functions as a school-wide pass for exemption from the rules.163Please respect copyright.PENANAirv0e6b7bj
…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”.163Please respect copyright.PENANA9DSOAMXAP5
…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.163Please respect copyright.PENANANWDwoj3y47
And that’s natural. If you start trouble with a Pivoine student, it’ll be hard for you to keep going to school here.163Please respect copyright.PENANAtkKjUCN5qB
And their families would also be pressured by the people behind the Pivoine members, sometimes even harmed.163Please respect copyright.PENANAM6ZdYu1OES
Basically ‘If you know what’s best for you, don’t get involved with the Pivoine’.163Please respect copyright.PENANAOPg1O57V0F
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAfGam7ycGKF
Aah, so scary. And what’s even scarier is their sense of money.163Please respect copyright.PENANA3W9jZglEMR
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?163Please respect copyright.PENANA1hn4BezHLg
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’.163Please respect copyright.PENANAz22RB26IiF
Well, I’m the same though.
Anyway, the point is, thanks to my family’s influence and money, I’m fairly comfortable at school.163Please respect copyright.PENANAs4dgqoNxgF
No, calling it “fairly” is being extravagant, I guess. I’m extremely comfortable at school.163Please respect copyright.PENANAxSyXb3osY8
Even though I’m only a Year 1 student, I’ve already got followers after all.163Please respect copyright.PENANAI1hXOVlAd7
These girls were Reika’s followers in 『you are my dolce』 as well, weren’t they.163Please respect copyright.PENANAwggvL4YyWs
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~163Please respect copyright.PENANA4HdVaXeEFr
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?163Please respect copyright.PENANAMglwf5Mqz1
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAKLYaEaAygw
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAj9v33nPDpV
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.163Please respect copyright.PENANAz9biJvFr7e
And also I honestly don’t have the nerves to go “OOOHOHOHO” as anything but a joke.163Please respect copyright.PENANAOfvYtje9BG
Even I know what shame is.163Please respect copyright.PENANAVT7ud0zKw8
But well, I get the feeling that in a school like Zui’ran, plenty of other students will be using the Reika Pose…