"Good morning, Fir," Princess Sillie greeted me as soon as I entered the office and walked behind her desk.

Why on earth did she put a wooden desk inside a battleship... I wonder what she's thinking...

"Good morning. Speaking of which, how is the reconstruction going?" I asked.

"It's nearly completed. If the last batch of steel from the Blue Moon company arrives this afternoon, we can start assembling it," she replied.

"Steel...?" I questioned. Why would they need steel for reconstruction? In this era, buildings should be made of stone, shouldn't they...?

"Yes, with a palace made of steel, we won't have to worry about it being bombed," she explained.

"Oh..." So this was her concern. It seems that when Lanya sold them the steel, they didn't explain that it couldn't actually withstand bomb attacks. Well, if they do build a palace with steel, it would certainly be more than just sturdy. Even if it were bombed, it would still retain its original shape, and repairs would only require recasting the damaged parts. Could it be that they have even developed steel-making factories? Wait, did Ms. Mary sell them the technology for steel production? It's terrifying to think that they might revolutionize the world's technology.

"What's wrong, Fir?" Princess Sillie asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. Since the reconstruction is almost finished, we should be leaving soon. After all, we have many other things to attend to," I said.

"You're right. Yaling told me that you still have unfinished battles in the academy. Don't worry, Arianhua is here to assist me," she reassured me.

Princess Sillie smiled and looked behind me. I turned around and noticed another table at the other end of the room, where Arianhua was busy with paperwork.

"After all, she's my 'brother'," she said playfully.

"Princess, please don't make fun of me. I will diligently complete my work," Arianhua responded with a wry smile, continuing her documentation.

"Alright then, when are you leaving?" Princess Sillie asked.

"Since you said the reconstruction is done, we'll leave this afternoon. We might even make it back to the academy before school ends and settle today's battle," I replied.

"Considering you're taking an airship, you'll probably get back to the academy in about an hour, right? If I have the chance, I'll come to your academy," Princess Sillie suggested.

"Princess, if you have the spare time, it's better to focus on finishing your work. Otherwise, the country's functioning might be affected," Arianhua advised.

"Alright, alright. I mean if I have the chance!" Princess waved her hand and sat back at her desk.

"Don't forget to come to our celebration once our reconstruction is finished. The citizens would be unhappy if the hero of our nation is absent," she reminded.

"Well... just don't make me give a speech," I shrugged and walked towards the door. The automatic door opened, and as I left, I said, "Goodbye. Remember to be a qualified queen, or else next time, it'll be me who will come to conquer you."

"Haha, I won't give you that chance," Princess Sillie replied.

"Oh, what a terrifying response," I chuckled. Then, the door of the room closed.

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In just a few weeks, there was already a helipad constructed outside the Blue Tooth Lab.

But when I was in the air just now, I noticed that it wasn't only us who had helipads. Large helipads were built on top of every residential area and even on top of each teaching building in the academy. Just before we landed, a black airship took off from the helipad in one of the residential areas.

It seems that although the academy has a helipad, there is no corresponding place to park airships, so they are all picked up and then leave on the spot.

But the area near Lanya is completely deserted, so we have completely occupied it.

"Ah~ Finally back to our old nest~"

As soon as we landed, Lanya stretched and said lazily.

"Yeah, I'm going back to my apartment to take a shower and sleep. You guys can do whatever you want to do. After all, now, no one in this academy can stop you, right?"

Ms. Mary nodded and walked straight towards the exit of the academy.

"Don't talk about us as if we're bad people."

Although I said this, I actually agreed with what Ms. Mary said.

"But today's battle hasn't ended yet. We don't have anyone in the academy who can send us information, so we have no idea."

"Today is a team battle. I asked them to stay and fight until the evening because Hill was injured and unable to participate."

Ms. Mary, who was far away, said while walking and looking back.

"What? Hill got injured?"

"You'll know if you go and see for yourself."

Is this teacher really that lazy?

I smiled bitterly and looked at everyone.

"Who wants to join me in torturing the low-level characters?"

Everyone looked at each other, then smiled.

"I'd be happy to!"

Why do I feel like everyone is eager to try? It must be my imagination. My companions are all good people, right?

Right?

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"I see, we're at a disadvantage in terms of performance."

Back at headquarters, we finally understood our current situation.

Sweepers 70 points

Black Prince 80 points

Blue Sea Knight 65 points

Neet Tea Party 50 points

As they said, our score is indeed at a disadvantage.

"We're not doing well at all!"

Marsha said in pain, with her feet propped up on the table.

"After you guys left, they attacked us relentlessly. Although we tried our best to score points, the gap between us and them kept widening."

"Yeah, after suppressing our score, they started scoring points against each other. That's why our score is so low now."

Princess Annie said the same thing.

"Now, only Marsha, Fran, and I can still fight. Hill could fight before, but three days ago, someone injured his leg, and now he's waiting for it to heal. Princess Cher and Snow have returned to the Ais Empire for business and may not be back for a while."

As Annie said this, she looked at Hill next to her. His leg was still bound in a brace.

My goodness, why didn't you buy a healing potion? Aren't a few hundred gold coins expensive?

Well, my perspective on money might be a bit different from others.

I smiled bitterly and looked at Hill, then cast a healing spell on her leg.

In an instant, I saw her fracture heal.

"Indeed... Fir, you're the most incredible creature in this academy."

At this moment, Fran walked in with a smile on her face.

"Let's not call ourselves the strongest trio in the academy anymore, let's be the Four Great Kings."

"No, no, no, you're too naive. Four people are too few. We are the true... strongest club! Everyone is the strongest!"

I waved my hand and changed into my school uniform.

"Let's have a long-awaited battle this time."