CH 259

Third Concubine (1)

Translated by Translated by AmaLynne

Edited by Edited by AmaLynne

“―――Well. So, yesterday you and Sofia-san went to the『Labyrinth』together. How was your first time in the『Labyrinth』?”

Today is the third day since Melfalude came to the Yuri Empire.

In the morning, she visited Lizelia’s room, the『third concubine』of Your Majesty Yuri, who had been given a room in the Yuritania Palace. She smiled softly and welcomed Melferrude, who came immediately.

(This person seems kind……)

Lizelia’s appearance, demeanor, and way of speaking show her warm personality.

Melfalufe breathed a sigh of relief inwardly as she was finally able to talk to the third member of Yuri’s entourage, who seemed to be a gentle person.

Sofia, whom she had met yesterday, and Estoa, whom she had met the day before that. Both of them were not the kindest of personalities, it seemed.

It was clear that Estoa had a predatory side, and Sofia, as if she knew all about the most sensitive places, toyed with Melfalude’s body with an amused expression on her face.

Melfalude had never cried before in her life.

But in just the past two nights since arriving in the Yuri Empire. How many tears did she shed?

Just thinking about it, she felt as if a deep part of her body was starting to tingle.

“……Melfalude-san?”

“Ah… I-I’m sorry, I was just a little dazed.

Lizelia called her name with some concern, and Melfalude hurried to answer.

She’ll try not to think too much about the night before last and last night.

If she read back her memories even a little bit… her mind might be affected by the intoxication of pleasure.

“Err―――We were talking about the『Labyrinth』, weren’t we? Yes, I tried it for the first time yesterday, with Sofia-san guiding me. I think the difficulty level is『Intermediate I』.”

There are a total of six『Labyrinth』in the city of Ulysses.

In the『Intermediate I』labyrinth, which is the third from the lowest difficulty level, demons with levels between 36-50 are said to appear.

From Melfalude’s point of view, whose level is 97, the demons are not that difficult to defeat. Despite this, while exploring the labyrinth, Melfalude’s level kept growing over and over again in an interesting way.

Well, Melfalude’s〔Hunter〕vocation is the high level of 97, but the level of <Spiritualist>, a newly acquired class, is 1. It’s no surprise that the level class be easily increased by defeating demons that aren’t very strong.

“Fufu. It was a very luxurious experience to be guided through the Labyrinth by the guild master, Sofia-san. Did you enjoy it?”

“Ah… come to think of it, the Explorers Guild is an organization where Sofia-san is the head. It’s a luxurious experience, if you ask me.”

Melfalude couldn’t help but chuckle at Lizelia’s words.

Melfalude thought she knew this because she first met Sofia in the guild master’s room on the eighth floor of the explorer’s guild. It seems that before she knew it, the matter had completely slipped Melfalude’s mind.

For some reason, Sofia had been wearing a maid’s uniform the entire time she was in the Labyrinth. Maybe she didn’t feel like the head of an organization.

“The『Labyrinth』itself was a lot of fun! The people of the Yuri Empire and its allies are so lucky. I’m sure there’s no other country that can provide you with a safe place to hunt demons and grow your level.”

“Yes, I completely agree with you on that.”

Lizelia nodded deeply at Melfalude’s words.

“I’m not a very physically active person… Even so, after many trips to the Labyrinth with my sister, my level had risen to 40.”

“40!? That’s amazing… You’re good enough to be hired as a knight in another country.”

“Fufu, that’s true. However, there are many people in the Yuri Empire and allied countries with this level of ability, if that’s acceptable.”

Melfalude also thinks that this is true.

In the『Intermediate I』labyrinth that Melfalude and Sofia challenged yesterday, there were many explorers gathered outside the entrance, and there were also many explorers hunting around the floor immediately after entering the labyrinth.

Since there are so many people who can hunt in the labyrinth where monsters of levels 36 to 50 appear, it must be not unusual to find people of level 40.

“A country that has so many knight-level people in its civilian population… nothing but a terror to other countries. At the very least, it’s a foolish thing to start a war.”

“Ah, ahaha… When you say that, it makes me cringe…”

“………? Why is that?”

“My official name is Lizelia Eldard, and I’m a former princess of the country that did the foolish thing that Melfalude-san just mentioned…”

“Eldard…!”

Melfalude is surprised to learn that Lizelia has the name of a former kingdom as her last name.

The word is also memorable to Melfalude. After all, the village of High Elves had also been invaded by the Kingdom of Eldard.

“That was―――what can I say, a disaster. I’m sorry to say that I once defeated the Kingdom of Eldard in the past…”

“Ah… I heard a story when I was a child that my grandfather, when he was the lord of the country, tried to invade Melfalude-san’s village and failed.

I apologize for the trouble we caused you on that occasion. As a daughter who has inherited the blood of the Kingdom of Eldard, I sincerely apologize…”

Lizelia apologized sincerely with a look of deep regret.

Her attitude made Melfalude feel sorry for her.

After all, it was more than 80 years ago that the soldiers of the Kingdom of Eldard invaded the villages of the High Elves.

Lizelia, who was certainly not even born at the time, could not have been even slightly responsible for that war.

“You don’t need to apologize for that. It was a long time ago, so don’t worry about it.

By the way―――when the Kingdom of Eldard attacked our village, I think the Kingdom of Eldard sent about 5,000 soldiers in total. How many troops did they send when they invaded the Yuri Empire?”

“I heard that they sent out about 60,000.”

“60,000!? That’s… even the Yuri Empire had a hard time with that, don’t they?”

In war, the superiority of numbers is blatantly apparent.

If your team is made up of people like the High Elves, who can make the most of a forest location, you may be able to take advantage of the location and overturn the difference in numbers. This is not the case in ordinary field battles or city defense battles.

“No, that’s… husband wiped it out with a single blow.”

“Husband?”

“Oh, I mean Yuri-sama.”

“……60,000, single blow?”

“Yes. I heard later that the husband summoned the sun and dropped it over the head of the large army deployed by the Kingdom of Eldard, burying the entire army with a single blow.”

Melfalude’s eyes peeled back at Lizelia’s words.

Dropping the sun. ―――It’s the work of the gods, isn’t it?

“Y-Your Majesty Yuri, can do that too?”

“Yes. This is the only『attack magic』that my husband can use.

Husband said that it was not the sun that dropped, though. In any case, there is no doubt that it is powerful enough to annihilate an army of 60,000 with a single blow.”

“………”

Once again, Melfalude was relieved that Your Majesty Yuri had taken it easy on her when she attacked the High Elves’ village.

If Your Majesty Yuri had been serious, not only the High Elves’ village, but the entire surrounding forest would have been burnt to ashes.