Chap 20-Unpleasant Contact

 

Ailia racked her brain hard.

Let’s calculate.

To be clear, our little and fragile sister doesn’t particularly show interest in the throne right now.

Although, with that Bathory woman sticking by her side this time, her feelings might change.

But at least not right now.

She needs to be more careful about the awakening of her star sign right now.

Tap, tap, tap.

Ailia tapped the edge of the desk with her finger and pondered for a moment.

Calculating with her head like this and judging what was beneficial to her was her strength.

Bathory’s abilities are on a different level.

But isn’t Bathory’s goal currently to protect Arietta?

That much can be seen just from the reason she’s helping Arietta’s training.

Then how about recruiting Bathory on the condition that she protects her sister?

After all, her sister can’t build up power.

Her maternal family, the Franz, has completely fallen.

Ailia stopped tapping her finger and turned her eyes back to the maid.

“Did you find out about Bathory?”

“Yes. The Bathory Baron Family is just an ordinary Baron Family for now. An official in the capital. A noble family with a residence in the capital without a territory.”

An official in the capital. In the Empire, it refers to nobles who only have a noble title and live in the capital without a territory.

Mainly, since the beginning of the Empire’s history, those who received noble titles late, not native nobles, mainly became officials in the capital.

They had no territory or private soldiers, but they could live quite well in the capital.

Of course, the Bathory family thoroughly concealed information, appearing only as an ordinary Baron Family, so it was impossible for the princess to know what was inside.

“Can we contact that Bathory separately?”

“Yes. I think it’s possible.”

Okay. Then let’s meet once.

Let’s meet once and negotiate.

Certainly, from Bathory Baron Family’s point of view, she would be better off with me than Arietta.

Thinking about it calmly, it’s better to meet in person.

Not contacting her separately, but together with her sister.

Ailia raised her hand slightly to stop the maid from leaving.

“No. It’s better to see this in person.”

“Yes?”

“Well, she’s the woman who beat up Arnold, isn’t she? As his master, I can’t just stand by.”

She just let it go back then because there were students in front of her.

If it’s really dangerous, even in the slightest, she’ll have to offer her as a sacrifice to the rose on the spot.

“Understood.”

Okay. Let’s see that shameless face once.

Arietta was diligently immersed in something like a model student in the dormitory.

If it were studying, she would have been a true model student.

Unfortunately, it was studying in a different sense.

That’s because Arietta was diligently creating mana poison.

She’s making it without knowing at all why the poison she’s making was originally made.

Whether our princess is competent as a thief is another matter.

If she’s competent in this area, it’s better to quit being a royal and escape from the capital.

Well, that’s what I think, but personally, I want to settle down somewhere now, so I just hope Arietta uses that ability to diligently take down other competitors.

Soon.

“Oh. It’s a success. It’s a success!”

She finally succeeded, she says.

The princess jumped up and down.

It’s only about a cup of water at most, but there was definitely a cup of mana poison on the desk.

It hasn’t been verified yet, though.

“Hmm. Well, you seem to have made it look plausible.”

“What did you say? Plausible?”

The princess frowned, as if her pride was hurt.

Apart from that, this was quite groundbreaking.

To create mana poison so quickly based on what was just moderately taught.

It’s like she did ten things when I taught her one.

Yeah… that one thing is worth praising.

Of course, it hasn’t been verified, but at this level, it was quite fast.

“No. We have to verify your skills.”

“What should we do?”

“How about feeding it to Arnold?”

Feeding it to Arnold is the easiest.

That guy’s body is strong, and we can see various reactions.

How should we feed it to him? Should we go directly and feed it into his mouth?

No, if something goes wrong, it’ll be troublesome.

I showed him openly that I was feeding him mana poison, so if Arnold dies later, it’ll be troublesome.

“Poor Arnold.”

“He’s also easy to deal with.”

“Then how should we feed it to him?”

“Well, if there’s no way, I think it would be good to kidnap him secretly on the way to the dormitory and force-feed him.”

Arnold isn’t stupid, even if he looks like that.

Honestly, I’ve been treating him like an idiot until now, but since he’s a noble, a Marquis Family, it would be a problem if he just stayed still after being defeated by me, so he might have seriously tried to borrow the power of his family.

So, I don’t see him as stupid, even if he’s weak.

Anyway, he’s not the kind of guy who would just eat it.

As I was thinking about how to feed it to him.

Knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the door.

Who could be visiting at this hour?

“Who is it at this hour?”

“I know, our princess is an loner, so there’s no one to look for her.”

“No, you really. Like that, really. Open it first.”

There’s no way someone would come to the dormitory with a knife.

But she doesn’t have any friends.

Even though I beat up Arnold and teased Ailia, there’s no masochist who would line up for Arietta’s side at this time.

Yeah. If there is, it can be reduced to a errand runner sent by a competitor.

Arnold doesn’t seem like he’s going to barge into this forbidden area.

Then in this case. I have to open it myself.

Bang!

If I kick the door open like a man.

It was that woman who tried to feed our outcast princess a degraded version of mana poison before.

“You’re that one from then?”

Good. Should I feed it to this year?

But.

Why isn’t there a trace of the [Mana Thread] I planted?

As I stared for a moment with that thought, this woman, who seemed to be a maid, sighed first.

“That’s the stupid Mary. I’m Ailia Princess’s first maid, Sera.”

Certainly.

Her presence is different from that Mary or whatever.

Maybe they’re twin sisters or something.

This damn maid came into the room without hesitation.

Arietta made eye contact with me and then quietly focused on making mana poison again.

Yeah. It’s best to ignore it.

“But really.”

Really, what kind of maid is she, trying to have some formality?

That’s why I don’t like the maids of high-ranking people.

Ailia is a princess, a royal, and a member of the Paleob Dynasty, so even if she acts arrogant, I can just say, “Yes, ma’am.”

But using the halo of her master right below that, as a mere maid, is quite unpleasant.

How great can a noble who only does maid work be?

Even looking at the fact that they dress up the same, it seems like that Ailia princess thinks all the maids are the same.

Whether it’s Sera or Mary, who cares.

I raised my middle finger to Sera, who was arrogantly raising her head in front of me.

“First prince is first prince, and second princess is second princess, but to attach a ‘first’ to a maid. You guys must not have much to do.”

Did she attach a number because she wanted to establish a hierarchy?

The maid frowned as if she was displeased.

“Please show at least some courtesy.”

How dare she discuss courtesy with that mouth.

What time is it now? Just looking at the clock hands, it’s well past 10 o’clock.

She came to the princess’s room at night and committed rudeness, and yet.

Is this just a try-on?

“Show at least some courtesy.”

“Don’t copy me.”

“Don’t copy me.”

Every time I copied her, Sera had a very unpleasant face.

Originally, the more you tell me not to do something, the more I want to do it.

She should just crawl.

How dare she act arrogant in front of me.

It’s all because that Ailia or whatever is hopeless.

“Don’t you know the etiquette of nobles?”

I don’t know such things.

No, I learned from my teacher, so I know, but I have to do it while looking at the other person.

Above all, a kind word begets a kind word.

“Is there an etiquette of nobles that makes you look at our princess with your eyes so wide open?”

I simply flicked my finger and put a [Mana Thread] on Sera’s neck.

She doesn’t even seem to notice.

But at least she’s feeling it. Something touching her neck.

“If you think Ailia and Arietta are the same.”

“Dying is the same when a knife goes into your neck, so what nonsense are you talking about? Everything is equal in the face of death.”

Anyway, that’s why those who haven’t learned are like that.

Those fools who only use the halo of their master are stupid.

“Hmph. Anyway, our princess told me to see you.”

“Your master wants to see me?”

“Don’t insult our princess.”

I’m not insulting her. I’m just cursing her.

She just doesn’t seem like anything other than a mouse squeaking.

“If you’re upset, seriously take off your rank and fight. How dare a maid act arrogant when you’re trying to play tricks and meet? So, are you seeing me? Or are you seeing this princess?”

“No, to be exact, it’s her younger sister, Princess Arietta.”

“Then the person who wants to see her should crawl over. Tell her exactly. If I go, Arnold will get beaten up again.”

Trembling.

If sound effects came out of the maid’s body now, it definitely would have.

She was glaring at me, trembling so much, and then suddenly moved her arm.

“Okay. I’ll tell her exactly. But you’ll be responsible for what happens later.”

The maid picked up the cup on the table and brought it to her mouth, gulping it down.

Thump!

She drank for a while and then put it down with a bang, as if to show off.

Wow. She’s drinking that.

It seems like Arietta put it in front of her, so she thought Arietta was drinking it and quickly snatched it to make her angry.

That’s mana poison.

“Hmph!”

She arrogantly kicked the door open and left until the end.

Yeah. But you know.

“She’s drinking that.”

“I know. What a pity. I was going to experiment on Arnold.”

“Well, we just need to see if it works.”

It might be a better result.

Anyway, we just need to see the effect.

If the mana poison is quite low in perfection, it might not work on Arnold, so it’s better to have a woman who it works on easily.