Chapter 43: Green Cage

On the wide terrace of the sunny palace, there was only one white table and two chairs. A young man and a young girl sitting facing each other.

The young man is Yuri de von Algrey, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Algrey.

The girl is Viscountess Clarice de Liniello, who has just been recognized as a saint of light.

The two of them are enjoying a leisurely cup of tea, and the dozen or so servants and knights are about 20 meters away, so no one is around to hear their conversation.

”We’ve checked it out as well. It seems your information was correct. It’s not a very pleasant one, though.”

“I’m sorry to hear that. But we mustn’t ignore the truth.”

“I know. If you can’t control your emotions and reason, you can’t be the heir to the throne.”

“That’s my boy, Yuri.”

Yuri’s mouth twisted slightly at Clarice, who smiled softly.

”I didn’t expect this world to be in a game.”

Clarice is a resident of this world. However, she was born with memories and knowledge that were different from others.

The [human species] who are summoned to this world every few hundred years – the memories of living in their world.

She has only vague memories about herself living in that world, but she knew a lot about this world.

A maiden game–the line between light, darkness and love.

Clarice realized at a young age that the history of this country and the content of the game were very similar, so she read through the history books and became convinced that this was the setting of the game and the existence behind it.

“No, Lord Yuri. This world is real. Although it has been distorted as a playground for the goddess.”

“……….”

This world has been distorted by the【Goddess】 to be very similar to the content of the game.

She calls the girls who enjoyed the scenario and brings them to this world as heroines.

This world is a vast playground for the goddesses to enjoy her maiden games.

A number of people’s lives have been disrupted in order to live up to the content of this scenario. Even Clarice, who realized she was the main heroine, was born as a bastard child of a viscount family and was forced to live a meaningless torment and an unwanted life.

She wasn’t going to allow that to happen, but Clarice decided to take advantage of it calmly… coldly.

“Everything on your ‘timetable’ is right on the money. As for everything else, I’d say it’s only a timing discrepancy, but I’d say it’s almost 90% correct.”

“The Goddess is fickle, but she wouldn’t change her scenario.”

“If this is a lie, then you’re either a rare fraud or a legendary soothsayer.”

“I’m only a heroine.”

“So the perfect way to prosper, then, is to have you, the heroine, as queen?”

“The main heroine, a saint, is the queen. That’s all there is to it, a scenario created by the goddess that will ensure the prosperity of the country and the royal family until the next game.”

“But does the goddess know about this talk and have no mischievous thoughts?”

“Goddess isn’t as versatile as Lord Yuri thinks she is. From what I’ve checked so far, the goddess dont sees the entire scene. Only the events.”

“So she did not hear this conversation…? Very well. Clarice. You are now my first in line to be engaged.”

“Thank you.”

Clarice bowed her head with a graceful smile that didn’t change at all.

”Also, even if she is also a saint, please give up on Miss Minami. She is hers, and she’s following the two boys like a hawk, so it’s best not to get involved.”

“That one was supposed to be my sister-in-law, but when a goddess is involved, it’s a no-brainer.”

“How do you think about Sharon?.”

“I think it was something called a villainous daughter or something. She’s a good woman, sure, but that’s a potential fiancée for Joel. What’s the goddess going to do for her?”

“She won’t be united with Mr. Joel anyway. If you make up some sins and forcefully take away her freedom, the goddess will be satisfied. Miss Sharon is often unhappy in the scenario, so you cant save her. It’s just…..”

“It’s just… what?”

“If you want that maid–Miss Fleurety–you’ll have to be careful.”

“…What’s with her?”

” It’s that she’s a character that I don’t know about.”

Yuri’s expression soured at Clarice’s serious eyes.

” In addition to the characters, there are many others in this world, called general mobs. However, those mobs don’t get deeply involved in important characters. Unless it was some kind of hidden character, and that maid is a terribly creepy existence.”

After staring at each other in silence for a while, Yuri, who had relaxed his breath, lightly waved his hand, and Clarice stood up and bowed her head, ending today’s meeting.

”Well then, Lord Yuri, please excuse me.”

Yuri suddenly calls out to Clarice’s back as she says that with an unchanged smile and leaves the room.

“You are a very calculated woman. Clarice.”

“Oh my. You don’t like calculating women, do you…?”

Intertwined with Clarice’s gaze Yuri began to laugh in amusement.

”Haha, that’s exactly why you’re worthy of being next to me.”

At those words, Clarice’s smile changed to a faint grin and she was just about to walk away…….

”……..earthquake?”

Feeling a faint tremor, Clarice turned her gaze towards the city. At that moment a huge plant vine broke through the cobblestones and stretched to the heavens, covering the entire high-class city block.

”……..What’s going on? It’s a plant. Send soldiers now! And call the green saint and have her deal with it!”

Yuri instantly recovered from his rigidity and gave instructions to those around him.

Clarice, who recovered from her stunned state at the sound of his voice, saw the face of the girl who is the “green saint” in her mind for a moment at Yuri’s words.

*

It’s good morning and today here is a wonderful maid, Fleurety, who has been watching milady grow by the millimeter.

This morning she has grown by 0.37mm. It is truly wonderful to see her still growing at that size.

“Don’t you agree?”

No matter how many times I beat them, the three royal maids who got up repeatedly, probably because I was taking it easy enough not to kill, so i had no choice but to tie them up.

The palace maidservant has taken up a lot of extra time.

I think milady is safe with Mr. Andy and the Butler at her side, but as a maid, I have to rush over immediately.

The thread is still connected to the maid spider I released, so I know where milady is.

It would be easier if I could jump along the roof, but the vines that grew upward are clumped together in the sky and are gradually descending in a birdcage state.

At this rate, the underground might be uprooted, too.

In the end, both of them will take some time, so I’ll continue on through the city.

”Aaaaaaah!”

Nice shot.

I slam the fat, aristocratic-looking uncle I bumped into at the corner of the road into the first hall and continue on.

By the way, I neglected to check if the person I just met was being manipulated. Well, what’s done can’t be helped. I am a positive woman.

By the way, why am I immune? Is it because I am a non-human sticky spider?

……..What if milady is being manipulated?

At any rate, I guess we’ll just have to dress her in the baby doll that I once recommended and resolutely refused, and see what happens for a while.

”……..Oh?”

I know all the back alleys and shortcuts in this city as a maid.

Based on that as well, I chose a path and found that huge plant vine was blocking the way.

‘Then … full swing.”

Boom!

It’s been a while since I’ve could do a full swing with a spiky club. Normally, I refrain from hitting it seriously, as the human lower body would explode… mmm?

What a surprise. The shattered vines regenerate in the blink of an eye. No, it’s a little different from the regeneration, or maybe it’s more like the vines around it make up for it from the moment it breaks.

But I did learn a few things.

The plant has small flowers, and that sweet smell is coming from them. It may be caused by insectivorous plants that make me hallucinate.

Also, the pollen-like substance emerging from the flowers did not seem to adhere to the tip of the spike.

There is a cursed ore embedded in this tip, but it has a strong magical power. In other words, the person being manipulated must be a person with a low magical power value.

”This is not good.”

I thought it would be safer for the moment if milady was being controlled. However, due to the influence of my food, milady’s magic power level has risen considerably.

There is a possibility that the people who are controlled by it will attack milady.

“This is……..”

As I brandished the spike club again to rush to milady’s side, manipulated humans gathered from all over the place.

They must have judged me to be a danger from the previous blow. Numerous thin vines sprang up from the plant’s vines and tried to entangle me.

“Do you want to disturb me? Really……… Come on, you lowlife.”

Both humans and plants stop moving at the sound of my voice as if they were stiffening.

If you’re going to interfere with me helping milady. I’m going to get serious.

The white part of my eyes erode to black and my skin turns a lustrous bronze color asthey watch.

Eight 10-meter-long black spider legs grow out of my maid’s uniform as if they are piercing my back.

The unconscious humans who should have seen my “true nature” begin to shake and shake, and the plants that were exposed to my “true nature” decay in the blink of an eye.

”……..please bear with me even if it hurts a little…….”