Altored Brugmansia is a gorgeous, beautiful blonde boy with large, light brown eyes and a charming personality. His emotions are easily expressed on his face.
His nickname is Alto. However, the nickname given to him by game users is “Bakalto.” “Bakalto” is a combination of “Baka” (idiot) + “Alto” + “Cult.”
The reason why it is called a cult is because Alto’s followers in the game will follow any foolish or immoral act. “Are they on drugs?” “No, they should be called believers.” That’s the nickname that was given after a discussion.
Alto is very hedonistic and lacks self-control. I described him as an idiot, but he also has a strangely intelligent side. At the very least, he is good at using people, which makes him troublesome.
In the game, he plans parties, dresses up people, dresses up himself, and supports love because it’s fun. The same goes for gambling, drugs, bullying, and killing small animals.
When I first met him and remembered him in the game, I thought, “It’s over. I don’t know what to do against such a formidable opponent.”
Alto is the only one of the playable characters who does not have any serious past. That is also why he is called an idiot. In fact, his parents are alive and well, and they are not on bad terms. He is the youngest of six siblings, so he has a rather heartwarming background. Well, in reality, he may have gone crazy because he was spoiled too much.
Anyway, there’s no trauma to overcome. How can you have self-control? Microchips in your brain?
Although, I honestly don’t know if I can call it fortunate.
Alto was a very picky child when it came to who he was with. He listened to what I, the daughter of a duke and the elder of the two, had to say.
When I say “he listened,” I mean that he was at least willing to respond to the nagging with something like “Ehhh” or “No way.” I was relieved to see that he had at least some concept of hierarchical relationships in his head.
I was inspired. I resolved to definitely examine and educate this wicked and tyrannical child.
Just kidding.
At the very least, I thought that someone with more power than Alto needed to somehow keep him in check. Senior Soreina had asked me to do it, and I was lucky to have my trustworthy fiancé and younger brother.
Senior Soreina (Alto’s family) also helped out. She apparently rounded up the family and surrounded Alto and persuaded him whenever he went home for an extended period of time. She said, “You can’t go wrong if you listen to what Lycoris says. If you have any worries, talk to her.”
No, that’s quite a nuisance, senior.
I seriously wish people would stop leaving their children’s education up to the school, or even up to individual students.
I saw Alto spot the three of us from afar and come running over to us.
With a group of entourage surrounding him.
And he turned to me and said,
“It’s been a while, boss lady. Have you missed me?”
“…………”
Ba…Alto greeted Wolf by calling him “boss.” In his mind, the dorm director is the boss. By the way, he calls Shade “senior.”
“…I’ve repeatedly told you to stop calling me that.”
“That’s fine. That’s it.”
“If you carry that into the social circles of the royal capital, I will use all possible means to drive you out…”
Alto was a little scared by the resentful tone of my voice, but then he said to the people behind him, “I don’t mean it in a bad way, you know?” The people around him nodded in unison, and there were five of them today, two boys and three girls.
Alto’s entourage, whose numbers come and go from time to time, generally doesn’t talk to us. When our eyes meet, they just bow their heads. At first I wondered if there was some kind of agreement, but it seems there really is. I don’t understand.
Among the group members, there is one boy who will talk to us when necessary. He is Alto’s cousin and is almost always by Alto’s side. He is supposed to be the one to keep an eye on him, but I don’t think he is fulfilling that role. All he does is watch.
“By the way, Alto, why did you come here?”
“Eh?”
“You’re still a fourth year student and not even a dorm supervisor. Get in line with the other students.”
“I’m the assistant supervisor!”
“I know, but… the assistant supervisor doesn’t need to come here today.”
“No way! I’m here too!”
“I can’t give you special treatment…”
“Why?”
This is it.
I was overcome by a feeling of weakness.
He doesn’t understand why he’s not being treated any differently.
He doesn’t know how to stop something that’s fun.
At times like that, Alto turns to us and asks, “Why?” It’s different from the words of a small child who wants to know everything he doesn’t understand, because there is irritation in it. “I’ve been forgiven for this up until now, so why won’t you forgive me?” That’s the kind of irritation he expresses.
Every time I hear this, I wonder. I’ve been watching him from relatively close up for three years. But maybe I don’t really understand him at all. I thought we’d become friends through conversation, but maybe that was just an illusion. The proof is in the fact that he even asks me questions that are obvious to me: “Why?”
As I was at a loss for words, Wolf and Shade scolded the sulking Alto and sent him back to his seat. The others followed behind him in silence.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, I noticed the faint scent of agarwood floating around.
“I am late”
Saying this, the person who bowed politely and with beautiful mannerisms was Rui Shan, the source of this agarwood fragrance.
His shiny, straight black hair sways smoothly as he moves. His unique hairstyle, cut in tiers on the side of his face, suits him very well. Just by being there, he seems to have constructed a unique world. His white clothes, with a slightly unusual structure, are intricately embroidered with silver thread. He is a boy with an exotic aura.
No, I wonder if it’s appropriate to simply call him a boy. Compared to Wolf and Shade, who clearly have the physiques of young men, Rui Shan is slender. However, he is tall and slender, and always has a calm smile on his face, so he is definitely in the transitional period from boyhood to young manhood.
Rui Shan reported to Wolf about the students’ condition and then quietly joined us.
He is another dorm supervisor, and also another character in the game.
His origins are not made clear even within the school. He is only explained as being related to a certain noble person.
In the game, there is a scene where Rui Shan talks about his mother. He says that she was lewd. A fierce woman. A person who did not hide her desires. A person who brought about decline and ruin.
He has a strong complex about women. He loves virginity and considers not only sexual desire but even romantic feelings to be filthy. He has a tendency to have a preference for inanimate objects that have no desires, and when he is troubled by his feelings for the heroine, he even wants to kill her while she is still beautiful. However, he does not carry out his desires by force.
He is also the only character in the game who does not exude any hint of violence. His sick side does not easily manifest itself in aggression. The only time his route becomes bizarre is when the protagonist says, “I want you to do as you please to me.” Even so, his route is one of the calmer ones in the game, and no matter what option you choose, the heroine is not killed, and no other people die. At least, that’s as far as I remember.
The Rui Shan in front of me now is a diligent student.
He is diligent in his studies, polite, and disciplined. Because he is so serious, he sometimes clashes with Shade, but he shows no signs of disliking me, his older sister.
Even now, he casually calls out to me and calls me “Senior Lycoris.”
Nevertheless.
I guess I shouldn’t let my guard down.
The heroine – “Lily” appeared at the school, and the game time began.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!
