A Great Remodel!!

Author: Unicoon
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n8138gc/45/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

“Together, we’ll remodel the classroom!”

“””””””Remodel!?”””””””

Queen Victoria announced the content of the long-awaited first class.
The students, however, tilted their heads, blinking.

“My? Everyone’s gone quiet. What’s the matter?”

Seeing the students tilt their heads, Queen Victoria tilted hers as well.
Everyone nodding, heads full of question marks.
In the midst of that, Lady Ulrika raised her hand, full of energy.

“Yes, I say! A question!!”

“Yes, Ulrika-chan, go ahead!”

“What does remodeling the classroom mean?”

“That’s right. You’d like a little more detail, wouldn’t you.”

To Lady Ulrika’s question, Queen Victoria answered with a smile.

“First of all, I think a wonderful class needs a wonderful classroom. So together we’ll remodel this hut into a wonderful classroom.”

Queen Victoria raised a hand and pointed at the hut.

“Next, I think the best way for everyone to get along is for everyone to do ‘something’ together.”

“Hmm, hmm, I say.”

“So we’ll remodel the classroom together! Cooperating, we’ll make our own classroom ourselves. I’m sure we’ll get along!”

“Mm! Indeed!”

Lady Ulrika looked convinced by Queen Victoria’s answer.
Then a question rose from Natasha.

“Um… if we remodel the hut on our own, won’t the academy get angry?”

To Natasha’s question as well, Queen Victoria answered with a smile.

“Heinrich said this: ‘You may spend your time here as you like.’ ‘This is your classroom.’ ‘Don’t get in the way of the advanced class or the general class.’ Right, Henry?”

“Yes. No mistake.”

“Which means… as long as we’re in this place and don’t get in the other classes’ way, we may do as we like after that. So just remodeling the hut shouldn’t be any problem at all.”

“I see. Thank you!”

Natasha’s face cleared.
The students who had been blinking nodded as well.
Seeing that, Queen Victoria handed out blank paper to the students.

“Then, with no more questions, let’s begin class! First, let’s put out all sorts of ideas for what kind of classroom we’d like.”

“Yes, I say!”

“Forget for a moment whether it’s possible. Think freely—maybe a classroom like this would be fun?”

The students took the paper and thought.
They only groaned, “Uun,” however, and could not come out with answers easily.
In the midst of that, Lady Ulrika raised her hand, full of energy.

“I’ve thought of one! I want an ‘all-sweets classroom’!!”

“””””””An all-sweets classroom?”””””””

“A classroom full of cookies and macarons everywhere! When you want sweets, you can eat them anytime!”

At Lady Ulrika’s wild idea, everyone went blank.
Gradually, however, the silence turned to laughter.

“Fufufu… sweets. That’s so like Ulrika.”

“Yes. A classroom that suits Ulrika perfectly!”

“That’s good, Ulrika-chan. It sounds like such a fun classroom.”

“Mm! Doesn’t it!”

Once the air had loosened, Queen Victoria clapped her hands.

“Come, everyone, take a lesson from Ulrika-chan and think!”

“…Then I would like a classroom surrounded by books.”

“I would like a classroom with a large world map on the wall.”

“I seek a classroom with a high ceiling and good airflow!”

“Then I—”

Triggered by Lady Ulrika’s “all-sweets classroom,” the students put out ideas one after another.
And so the first class gradually grew lively.

✦ ✦ ✦

Then the hour was fully evening.
The front of the wreck of a hut was wrapped in a lively air.

“Even so, Charles’s idea was amusing. A ‘special muscle-enhancement classroom’ is far too funny.”

“Wha!? Lady Charlotte can’t talk! An ‘elegant tea-party classroom’ is a bit much!”

“Hee hee. Both ideas are odd, you know?”

“No… better than Natasha’s ‘classroom of the world’s delicacies’…”

“By the way, I’m not a student, but was it all right for me to put out an idea?”

“I think it’s fine. Olivia is already like one of our class.”

Just as Queen Victoria had aimed, the students seemed to have become quite close through the class.
Seeing her moment, Queen Victoria gathered everyone’s attention.

“All right, everyone. At last, let’s begin remodeling the classroom!”

“Yes, I say!”

“That said, it’s late. For today, let’s gather the ideas you put out.”

They went through the mass of scattered papers, one by one.

“‘Glittering gold classroom,’ ‘classroom of masses of research books,’ ‘Angel of the Sun classroom’… nothing but interesting ideas.”

“As Henry says, they are interesting. But if we’re remodeling, whether we can actually do it matters as well.”

“Then Sasha’s ideas are a total wipe…”

“Livi!? That’s cruel!”

The students exchanged opinions, noisy and cheerful.
In the midst of that, Charlotte noticed something off.

“My? Where has Ulrika gone?”

“Now that you mention it, where is Lady Ulrika… ah, she’s over there!”

Olivia pointed toward the hut.
Lady Ulrika stood alone in front of it.

“What’s Ulrika doing by herself…?”

“I have a rather bad feeling…”

“Now then, as Teacher Victoria said, I’ll begin the remodel~”

Muttering to herself, in high spirits, Lady Ulrika spread both arms.
The next instant, dense mana surged up.

“Lady Ulrika, wai—”

Olivia rushed to stop her.
It was already too late, however. Magic words spun from Lady Ulrika’s mouth.
And then—

“—Creation magic, Democraft—!”

A great swirl of mana.
The denser mana gradually changed its shape.

Stone walls, wooden pillars, glass windows, desks and chairs, bookshelves, a teacher’s lectern.
Further, a spacious kitchen, a lavish tea table, equipment for training—all sorts of things were made.

What had been made danced through the air and piled high.
In an instant the wreck of a hut transformed into a huge tower one had to look up at.
It happened in no time at all.

“Mm! Complete!!”

While everyone was dumbfounded, Lady Ulrika alone looked satisfied.
Queen Victoria, confused, somehow settled her head.

“Fuu… um, Ulrika-chan? What in the world is this?”

“I did as Teacher Victoria said! You said, ‘Let’s begin remodeling the classroom,’ so I remodeled it!”

“I… I did say that. So, in what way did you remodel it?”

To Queen Victoria’s question, Lady Ulrika returned an extraordinary answer.

“I used creation magic! A classroom that realizes everyone’s ideas!”

“””””””Everyone’s!?”””””””

“That’s right. A ‘classroom of everyone’s hopes’! You all thought so hard, and they were all fun things. It would be a waste to pick only some!”

So saying, Lady Ulrika looked up at the tower, full of confidence.
Even Queen Victoria was surprised by Lady Ulrika’s defiance of common sense.

“Ulrika-chan… you’re too amazing…”

“I’ve been praised! I’m so glad, Teacher Victoria!!”

“Y-yes… that’s good.”

Lady Ulrika bounced with joy.
And so the lower class’s first lesson ended in an outrageous great remodel.