Episode 108
Translator : Missme
Editor : Aru
âWhat?â
âMo, monsters are coming in. But itâs a huge number! Itâs so dense that we canât count the number of heads with the naked eye!â
âWhat?â
âWhat are youâ¦â¦!â
The Queenâs expression changed rapidly. I admired those expressions and added in my own words so that only me and she could hear it.
âThe smooth light blue cloth is really awesome, so donât be fooled by its simplicity.â
âYou bastard! How dare youâ¦â¦â
Then Count Suena shouted and stepped forward.
He shouted like the soldier with a fierce spirit, as if to make up for his earlier mistake.
âRemember, you are talking to Her Highness The Queen. If you lie, you will not have your life left!â
âWell, really! Itâs not a lie at all. Really, monsters are everywhere like cloudsâ¦â¦.â
At that moment the ground rang as if to prove the knightâs claim.
Thump, thump.
It was a pretty familiar echo for me now.
âgasp!â
âHey, this is⦠Are you saying the truthâ¦â¦a monster?
âThatâs ridiculous. Why all of a sudden?â
An undeniable tremor and agitation spread in all directions.
I could feel that the maids on both sides of me might have been embarrassed, but I could feel their strength weakened by their arms.
I think Iâll be able to shake them off if theyâre just like this.
When I thought so, my eyes met with The Queen.
In the midst of this, she checked my expression of nonchalance, and soon her face was completely distorted.
âDid you do this?â
âWell.â
âYou did it. So this is the one you believe so much that you become so bold! How the hell did you do that?â
âI wish I could explain.â
I donât know the principles of the enchanted cloth either.
Did The Queen think my own honest answer was to tease her? â I didnât really mean it at all, but she gritted his teeth and shouted.
âIf you did, I could settle it by killing you, Alice! Slice her neck right away!â
The Queen called out a knight with a pretty name.
Then a few eyes were turned to the knight, who had drawn his sword a little while ago, under the eyes of The Queen.
The knight lifted a sharp sword that was well aimed.
ââ¦â¦..ugh!â
Then he cut off another knight that was standing diagonally on his own.
The Queenâs eyes were literally torn.
ââ¦â¦.!â
âCha, Charles!â
âAlice! What the hell is this!â
ââ¦â¦was this knightâs name Alice?â
A knight named Alice shook off the blood of a sword that had cut off his colleague.
Then he took off his tight helmet with a sigh of relief.
Short, light-coloured blonde hair was revealed under the light of the room.
At the same time, Count Suena jumped up from his seat.
âYou bastard!â
âAlice, I know this prejudice is not desirable, butâ¦â¦ he didnât look like his name at all, right? His childhood must be pretty painful, right? Maybe itâs better if his name was Alix. Well, itâs no use saying this about someone whoâs already dead.â
âWhy, why are you here!?â
Ignoring the astonishing number or countâs cry, Sir Davery threw the helmet to the floor.
I clicked my tongue on him.
âJust now, are you serious? Alix. Your naming skill is reallyâ¦..â
âIs it not good, my lady?â
âThatâs what I mean if youâre going to change it that way, itâs better to have Anris or something like that.â
âOh, I see.â
While I and Sir Davery were having a flirtatious chat, the surroundings were filled with boisterous chatter.
âWhat is it?â
âWhatâs going onâ¦.â
The maidsâ agitation also grew naturally.
I took advantage of this gap and pushed the maids away with all my strength in both arms.
Embarrassed by the sudden turn of events, they let me go without much resistance.
I got up shaking off my dress skirt with a free body.
Then, I hit a knight here with a handsome face, long legs and a well-knit physique, which has been standing silently on my right side since before.
âAsh.â
Then naturally the answer came back.
âAre you done with The Queen?â
âYeah.â
I nodded.
âThis is enough. My questions have been answered anyway.â
âI donât care if I wait any longer.â
âItâs all right. Things are like this anyway, so letâs wrap this up and go back.â
âOkay then.â
Ash then threw off the helmet with one hand.
At the same time as the rugged helmet, which covers the face tightly, rolled the floor, the knights near Ash fell one after the other without even screaming.
By this time the Countâs face was now almost foaming.
âHo, ho, howââ
âThe Duke of Widgreen.â
The Queen spoke in a subdued voice on behalf of the count, who seemed to have had any problems with his tongue.
ââ¦â¦.how is the Duke here? Thatâs also my knights uniform.â
âThatâs the thing.â
Itâs a simple situation. I said it without hiding it.
âAs you can see, we changed it when there was a raid. Weâve taken care of all the men youâve sent, and weâve taken away their helmet and uniform.â
ââ¦â¦.!â
âSuch aâ¦â
âYou killed them all?â
The surroundings were buzzing. The Queenâs expression was twisted as if it were unbelievable.
âHalf of my own guard?â
âYes.â
They were The Queenâs special force. Well, itâs not important.
I recalled the last day with a calm affirmation.
âSo Iâm going to do this, butâ¦.â
This was the measure I explained to Ash in the Oval Office that day.
One. To move naturally with the enchanted cloth attached to the inside of a dress like a fast skirt.
Two, if thereâs a raid in the middle, use it to turn this infiltrated into the enemy.
âFor your information, the second was an idea that came to mind thanks to the killer they sent on the northern forest.â
Ironically, those killing workers I encountered in the northern forest helped me.
They pretended to be colleagues among the members of the Dark Knight then shouting and revealing their identity.
I never thought Iâd use it like this. Life really is a matter of routine.
And that day Ash heard my explanation and simply added one more thing to the plan.
Take him with me.
âInclude me as an enemy on the way to deceive your opponent.â
I originally didnât intend to be accompanied by Ash to the kingdom.
First of all, the distance is so far, and for the opponent to be careless and do something, Ash had to hide his face all the way.
However, Ash was adamant that he had no intention of backing down, so he decided to join the journey.
Well, actually if Ash was okay with that, itâs more welcomed for me.
Thatâs what happened anyway.
I added, looking at The Queen after a brief recollection.
âBecause it was a nasty hidden raid, so I expected everyone would cover their face. And so that was it.â
ââ¦â¦do you mean, from the start, you knew there would be a raid?â
âYes.â
âWhy?â
âI was suspicious. You werenât trying to save me, but you were trying to kill me, and after you laid the premise like that, I could see how it was.â
If you invite me to the castle and kill me there, they will have many eyes to see and it will be hard to avoid responsibility.
So, in the middle of the raid, she handles it without witnesses, and the criminal blames others.
âItâs a common method. Itâs reasonable. Thatâs why we prepared it accordingly.â
I swallowed one thing here that I didnât have to talk about here.
I may have intended to give the other person a chance by thinking of such annoying measures as to beat the other personâs rhythm and then overturn it later.
If The Queen hadnât brought me to the middle of this deserted forest and tried to kill me. If there was no raid on the way. The enchanted cloth I have hidden inside my skirt would have been useless, and my people would not have pretended to be knights of the enemy.
So maybe I really gave The Queen a chance. A chance to choose oneâs fate with a touch.
After all, it was The Queen himself who chose this situation.
I was faintly sorry about the fact, but as I said before, I didnât feel disappointed.
I guess the simple fact that she was the one who gave birth to me was not enough to raise any expectations.
Iâm so lucky.
The Queenâs expression was frighteningly firm. She glared at me with a stone-faced face.
Then suddenly Count Suena stepped in.
âHold on, wait a minute!â
He shouted with a look of incomprehension.
âThe Duke of Widgreen must have remained in the mansion when I left the dukeâs residence. Iâve checked it out! But how the hell did youâ¦.â
âThereâs a world you donât know.â
I shrugged at the number of attitudes or Counts who seemed to have seen a ghost.
âItâs a magical world.â
âItâs an evolutionary version of the reverse magic that you gave me the other day, and it doesnât change your appearance at random, it makes you look like someone specific. Is it possible?â
âIt is possible, butâ¦â¦ First of all, I can only change the face. The voice and physique are difficult.â
âItâs okay. The face is enough.â
âAnd it will last half a day if the duration is long.â
âIt doesnât matter if itâs half that.â
âBesides, the most important issue is⦠.â
âWhat is it?â
âThis magic is illegal.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âThatâs because it has the potential to be abused. You know what Iâm talking about?â
âI know. Iâll keep it a secret.â
âMust be. And you have to pay for this. I have to make a small request later.
âI know.â