CH 544

“That scared me.”

“Ha-ha-ha, I’m the same as always! Obuh!?”

When I put Princess Elysh, who was impaled on the bed, and Reiss to sleep and used recovery magic just in case, they immediately woke up and settled on the bed.

In the meantime, Kuderica sank Reiss once more, and we proceeded with the conversation ……

“I’m very sorry ……!!!”

“I …… I apologize as well. I’m very sorry.”

Makina’s sin is my sin.

Even though it’s Reiss’ fault, we’re the ones who put our hands on her, so we stand aside and bow our heads to her. Then Elysh started laughing, her hand over her mouth. 

“Ufufu, It’s okay, I don’t mind. I’ve found out that you really love Lars-sama, and the more obstacles there are, the more passionate I become!”

“I see ……”

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell my father. I’ll deal with Lars-sama later, but I came here because I wanted to ask you a favor.”

“A favor?”

In the meantime, I was relieved that she was not in a bad mood, and waited for Elysh to speak. Then, with both hands clasped together, she smilingly tilted her head and said.

“I don’t have any friends my own age, so I thought I’d ask you to be my friend. There are a lot of women here too.”

“You have me, don’t you”

“You’re no fun because you’re always disappearing. I don’t like the idea of you joining the same Gospel’s Descent as Reiss, but I’d be happy to have tea with you.”

“That’s ……”

And when Makina and Kudelica looked at me and stopped talking. The fact that you’re smiling at me after what they’ve done to you makes me think that you wouldn’t blame me if I refused. If there is any, it’s probably because she might threaten to tell anyone about what happened.

But the way she said it made me think that she didn’t have a good feeling about the Gospel’s Descent. If I want to get information, I might as well pull her in.

“Thank you for your kind words to those of us who have been so rude. If you will allow it, then it is a great honor to have you as a friend.”

I looked at them both and said.

“I would be honored, too.”

“M-Me too!”

“Oh, is it really okay!? Thank you very much. Then, I’d like to invite you to a cup of tea …… well, that’s what I wanted to say, but it’s late at night already, so let’s leave it at that. We have to fix the door, too.”

As soon as Elysh snapped her fingers, people in suits who looked like maids and butlers came out of nowhere and fixed the door in no time at all.

“It’s going to be fun tomorrow! I want to hear about the adventures of Lars-sama and the others!”

“Ah, yes, good night.”

Elysh left with a wink.

In the meantime, I approached the door and look for any signs of eavesdropping, but the footsteps have gone far away, so there is no problem.

“…… Phew. So, why are you still here?”

“Isn’t it fine. I want to talk to you too. I’m sure you won’t be bored, because that’s what the princess is like. Besides, as you heard, she hates the Gospel’s Descent.”

“So it seems. But we’re believers too, in title ……”

“If anything, they’re going to hate us. Why did you bring the princess, Reiss?”

We had our own doubts about Kudelica’s question, so we waited for Reiss’ thoughts.

“In the worst-case scenario, if we get along, we can use her as a hostage, right? and if not, we can take her out so smoothly that they won’t even know she’s been kidnapped.”

“I see ……. No, but I don’t plan to get too involved too much.”

“Why not?”

Reiss asks me, lying down and looking up at me with her hands on her cheeks.

“…… I’m sure that no matter how things turn out, the King’s family will be removed from their current positions. The resentment of Hitzrite, Tigre-sensei and Basleigh-sensei is strong. If that happens, I don’t know what will happen to Princess Elysh. There’s an assumption that she’ll betray us, so I don’t plan to be friends with her.”

“Yes. I think the best strategy is to just use her, but ……. I think it would be better if she doesn’t feel betrayed.”

“I don’t care either way. And at first, Ryuuze-kun and Lars-kun were fighting each other, right? Her parents may be wrong, but I wonder if Princess Elysh has anything to do with it.”

“…… Hmmm.”

Surprisingly, Kudelica doesn’t seem to mind. I have a feeling that Nora would say the same thing if she were here.

“I understand what you’re saying, but wouldn’t you hate it if the girl you became friends with was executed?”

“Let’s help her then! Lars-kun is not that cold, right?”

“…… Well, I’ll think about it. Let’s get some sleep for today. You’re both tired, aren’t you.”

“Not the three of us ……!? Lars-kun, please be nice to me, too ……”

“Now that you’ve complicated things, you’re going down the hall.”

“Uwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh, I don’t want tooooooo! I’m staying with you, Lars-kun!”

“Shut up!? Lars, shouldn’t you have some kind of surveillance? You can just hang her up.”

I’m used to this kind of thing, Makina quickly wrapped Reiss in a mattress and crawled into bed.

The first day was full of events, with Apollos, the dinner party, and Princess Elysh …… I wanted to see more of Apollos, but will we be able to meet tomorrow?

“Lars ……”

“Lars-kun ……”

“I’ll have my …… Revenge……”

“…… I should go to sleep, too.”

That day, I unusually …… No, for the first time in my life in this world, I had a dream about my previous life–

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“You wished to see me, Lord Founder?”

“Yes. I really didn’t think you’d come back here shamelessly after the three demons were killed, but what do you think you’re doing? And followers? You want me to make a believer out of a person from Reflexion?”

“When we arrived, they have already …… and you may have been mistaken, but our strengths are not that different from theirs, so if it’s just me and Eiiri against the people who killed those three, we’ll just be making the same mistake. That’s why I gave priority to reporting. And those humans are quite powerful, so I thought they may be of help to you. “

“Hoh …… At any rate, that blond kid …… who the hell is he? The moment I saw him, I had a terrible headache and nausea. I thought the world was spinning ……”

“I can’t say anything regarding that. He is the second son of a country nobleman.”

“Well, I’ll see him tomorrow. If things are the same there, we’ll keep our distance, is that clear?”

“Yes, sir.”

“I’ll take a rest today. Step back.”

–Vertical did as Apollos asked, stepped back, left the room, and walked down the hallway.

“…… Hmph, I guess all I can say is that It’s a shame. Now, before meeting each other, I should call out to the other chief priests–“

(T/N: Hello, everyone. We have finally caught up with the raws, so I think the updates will be slower and fewer from now on. Maybe 1 chapter in 2-3 days. Well, that’s all that I wanted to say, and thank you very much for reading.)