After the Festival of Verdure, it was time for final exams. I was in the midst of studying like crazy in an attempt to get certificates of completion for government and law. There were so many things I had to memorize, which made it hard work.
On top of that, I also had papers to submit for my business and economics classes. For my project for diplomacy, we were assigned Cordova, which meant we had a lot of research to do. We’d probably been given the difficult option because our group had smart students, like Philips and Russell.
I’d gone to the herbology lectures a couple times in May, but it really was just material straight from the textbook, so I decided to instead do lots of research in the library on all the herbs listed in the textbook. As I’d suspected, the herbology textbook was very unkind toward its readers, as it had left out a lot of important information. I had to do my own research on which combinations resulted in more effective medicines, and which combinations of herbs had to be avoided at all costs. It was a lot of work to be required to take exams for Herbology I, II, and III. In most subjects, just passing the third level of the class would earn you a certificate of completion, but Ms. Makias wasn’t very nice.
Princess Margaret was also studying hard in an attempt to get certificates of completion in language arts and magic theory. She’d put in serious effort on her last piece for art class, which had earned her a certificate of completion. She was also planning to get certificates of completion in history and classical literature in the fall. She’d also been studying hard for child-rearing, which she wanted to get an exemption from. That last one was probably going to be easy.
The princess also mentioned that she planned to start the fall term with extra sewing blocks already in her schedule. The fall gown needed to be lined, so she wanted to avoid having any last-minute sewing like she had with her last gown, which had ended up a lot simpler than she’d initially planned it to be, because she hadn’t had the time to sew on the decorative lace she’d wanted to use. For someone as fashion conscious as Princess Margaret, that was likely upsetting.
As for the auditorium votes, the music club just barely got the most. The runner-up was the glee club, and in a distant third place was the theater club. The choir club obtained the fewest votes by an incredibly massive margin.
“It seems that students who knew that we provided the songs for the glee club’s musical voted for us instead,” Princess Margaret said. She was in high spirits after finding out that the music club had received the most votes.
Man, the fall of the choir club is intense. Almost all of their first-years jumped ship to join the glee club, so they just don’t have the power that they used to. I’m going to keep avoiding Louise, since she’s probably going to blame me for everything.
Since it was time for final exams, both music club and alchemy club had basically suspended club activities. I wonder if Samuel is doing all right. If he needs any help, he’ll ask me over the weekend, right? I think his grades are good enough for him to stay in Class A.
I somehow managed to finish up my paper for business. I’d used the greenhouse at home to create a business that sold vegetables through preorders. It was pretty much what I’d already been doing. I’d had Eva help me with the prices of vegetables.
My paper for economics was an extension of that. I researched what vegetables would sell better, and I graphed the price fluctuations of various vegetables. That also was accomplished through lots of help from Eva, because she’d had over a decade’s worth of records detailing the price of groceries she’d purchased, which I’d used as part of my research.
While I was putting together my paper, I realized that around the time I’d been reincarnated into this world, the price of food had skyrocketed. That winter had been particularly cold, and in the northern part of the continent there were people who’d frozen or starved to death. I’m going to keep storing food for us so we never go hungry again.
As for other events during this time, May was when roses went into full bloom. I found roses that were white with pink edges, yellow with a red center, purple, and all sorts of other colors. I took cuttings of the various roses and planted them all at my greenhouse back home. The red and pink roses that I’d previously been growing were replanted out in the yard. These bushes were sturdy ones that had survived the period of negligence, so they would likely continue to bloom proudly out in the yard.
Selling roses in the winter had earned us a lot more money than I’d expected, so roses took up half of the greenhouse space. Just as OG Patience had told me, roses were indeed incredible. Though, I’d prioritized food back then, since our family had been starving.
I also planted some summer vegetables, since the winter was for growing leafy greens, herbs, and strawberries.
I had no idea what I would be doing in the summer. It was possible that I would be invited to the summer palace, like I had been last year. If possible, I wanted to spend my summer at home with my angels, just relaxing. I had lots of vegetables I wanted to plant, and I also wanted to think about Magius’s cape and building a sewing machine. I also wanted to finish my needle painted piece. After all, the Satisfords were sending a riding instructor to our house three days a week. I found some pockets of free time here and there to work on it, but it was only halfway done. Even if I were to use household magic, there were intricate color changes that made it difficult to finish.