Chap 46-As Long as You Don’t Get Caught, It’s Not a Crime

 

Seriously, for Arietta to get this star sign of all things.

Just looking at it, you can feel the evil power oozing out.

Looking at Arietta, it doesn’t seem like the Demon King’s Army gave her this power to brainwash or corrupt her.

Then it’s definitely a demonic star.

A body that was born with a demonic star sign.

“The demons. And high-ranking ones at that. Depending on their abilities, they can even be Four Heavenly Kings level.”

“Don’t tell me, even the Demon King?”

“Yes. He’s the one chosen by the demonic star.”

“So, according to that logic, if my demonic star sign hits the jackpot, I could become the Demon King?”

Arietta trembled.

It’s not something to be scared of, but what should I do about this?

If this is a real jackpot, Arietta could bury Ailia and Kailian in the ground in the blink of an eye and even fight the Lion King.

“Yes. If the tattoo of this star sign is dark and the pattern is large, the more outstanding the ability will be. Well, if we just follow the generalized standard, then the Princess should go to the Demon King’s Army—”

“Don’t joke around.”

Arietta’s eyes lost their vitality.

They turned black, as if she had lost her soul, the kind of expression that people who see a dark, hopeless future usually make.

Yeah, well, I understand.

She probably never dreamed that she would get a star sign like this.

“No, I’ve never actually seen a human with a demonic star sign. Isn’t that right in the Paleob Imperial Family’s records?”

“That’s…”

Of course, if Paleob embellished the records, then I don’t know.

There might be a precedent for a demonic star.

“W-What do I do? Th-This?”

“It’s simple. Let’s hide it. Anyway, even high-ranking officials don’t know much about demonic stars, and it’s not a crime as long as you don’t get caught.”

“What are the negative effects on me?”

“They say that the star sign itself affects a person’s personality, but well, I don’t know yet. Other than that, there’s ability and such.”

The basic star sign will have the same performance.

Since the star sign itself actually affects a person’s personality.

Talon became more annoying after he was granted the position of Hero.

“How do I hide it? Eventually, won’t it be discovered someday?”

I tap my head for a moment and think.

It’s not like there’s no way.

Since the demonic star sign, which is not an artificially implanted demonization magic or engraving, just looks like a normal tattoo on the outside.

It’s a really simple method.

It’s literally a method of getting a tattoo.

I raised my finger and said confidently.

“If you want to hide a tree, hide it in the forest.”

“Yes. I know that saying well. But what does that have to do with it?”

“Get a tattoo.”

“A tattoo?”

“Do it on the other hand too. And since it’s subtle, just do it all over your body. On your back, lower abdomen, thighs, and cleavage.”

Just do it everywhere.

That way, you won’t see the demonic star sign or anything like that.

Personally, I recommend this, but there’s also the position of the Princess. More than anything, if a woman gets a tattoo like that, it can look like one extreme or the other.

“A prostitute?”

“Hey, no. Prostitutes don’t do that these days either. Maybe even prostitutes would bow their heads and come in.”

I lightly waved my hand.

Of course, it’s a joke.

“She’s a Princess, so it’s a bit much to treat her like a prostitute.”

“Well, I have a crow tattoo too.”

“I don’t know if that’s comforting or not.”

“It’s not comfort, it’s the truth. If you leave it like this, you don’t know when it will actually be discovered.”

Anyway, the tattoo already goes up to her arm.

Of course, if you hide it, you might be able to make it not visible.

But suddenly, the Princess has a tattoo! There will be people who are curious about something.

Those who know a little bit about magic will try to figure out what that tattoo is for. And the Princess is currently treated as a ‘mentally pitiful child’ in Schperen, so there’s an image that she might do anything.

“Can you erase tattoos?”

“It used to be like that, but these days there are people who do tattoo removal, and I can do that much too.”

“You know how to do it?”

“Yes. There’s also a way to engrave magic spells on tattoos. People who know a bit of magic, regardless of gender, have quite a few tattoos.”

This is not a lie, it’s the truth.

There were really many people who engraved tattoos with spells to the point that it was harmful to the human body.

I saw several at the Magic Tower. Helia also had one on her back.

I even told the Hero, “How about doing it on your cleavage?”

So, unless you work in a brothel, you won’t look like a prostitute.

Besides, there’s a difference in the shape of tattoos exclusively for prostitutes and tattoos with spells engraved on them.

There’s a difference in the delicacy of overtly lewd tattoos and tattoos with spells engraved on them.

“Regardless of prostitutes?”

“No, why do you keep thinking of prostitutes?”

“It just feels like that.”

“Prostitutes’ tattoos often have animals or flowers. But usually, tattoos that engrave spells are made by making the spell into a tattoo, so they have a slightly more sophisticated shape. For example, this is a prostitute’s tattoo, and this is a magician’s tattoo.”

I showed the Princess the things I had done for tattoo work sometime ago, actually leaving them as pictures.

One is a tattoo with roses or foxes drawn as they are.

The other one, the magician’s tattoo, is a pattern of all things in black.

For example, making a flame into a pattern.

What I have is a crow.

“Hmm, I see. What’s this? It’s simple.”

Arietta pointed to one of the tattoos with her finger.

A small tattoo engraved on the lower abdomen of a woman’s lower body picture with a slender waist and large hips.

Come to think of it, since she’s a woman, would it be good for the Princess to engrave this too?

No, Arietta only needs to protect her body, and the Princess won’t be doing any adventuring, so there’s no point in engraving this.

I’m protecting her, so it’s meaningless.

“This is for female adventurers. It’s in case they are raped by a species that can give birth to a child through interspecies breeding, such as goblins.”

“What kind of thing is it?”

“Well, I don’t know. I asked a female adventurer I knew before, and she called me a pervert and cursed at me.”

If you just listen to it, it’s contraception, but thinking about how I was cursed at when I asked about it back then… I don’t know.

Arietta narrowed her eyes and glared at me.

“You’re a woman too.”

“Anyway, in the first place, tattoos are a matter of taste, so I can’t touch them carelessly. Well, that’s what it is. Besides, the Princess doesn’t have a star sign, so you need to show that you have a commendable idea to strengthen your body itself to fight back.”

“Ciel, you’re not a magician.”

I wanted to applaud Arietta’s ignorance.

Tsk tsk, to not know anything like this.

In the first place, mana itself is not only used for magic.

Tattoos are in the same context.

Tattoos that engrave spells are not magic, but a new field that is grafted onto mana theory. And the ones who benefit greatly from that tattoo are magicians who use mana to use various magics.

“Even if you’re not a magician, it’s enough if you know the theory. In the first place, not all spells are only for magicians.”

“I see.”

“Well, did you think that only magicians should use mana theory right now? In the first place, the use of mana is used in various fields, not just magic.”

If there is no mana, the various existing disciplines must be completely overhauled.

Most of the things will have to be rewritten.

The existing mana spells will be obsolete, and that science or whatever will be the basis.

“No, well, it’s not necessarily like that.”

“The choice is up to the Princess, but I can’t think of any good ideas other than tattoos to hide it.”

There will be a limit to wrapping it with bandages.

If you really hate tattoos.

It’s also a way to talk to Master later.

After all, Master seems to know something.

“What happens if you engrave a tattoo?”

“Well, you can engrave various spells. Anti-aging spells or spells to prevent weight gain. In the case of women, body maintenance spells are the most popular. But they’re very expensive.”

If you learn these tattoos, it becomes easier to enter the homes of rich aristocratic wives while stealing.

Then, as a matter of course, you win the hearts of the aristocratic wife like a sail in a smooth wind and steal this and that as it is.

Master was fed up with me learning all sorts of things to steal.

That’s why she told me to become the successor of the Thieves’ Guild.

But this Princess, after I said everything with difficulty, is looking at my chest again.

“Then, did you grow that with a tattoo too?”

“Chest? This was just made naturally.”

Certainly, this chest is not the size that would come out when I changed my muscle mass when I was a man to the size of my chest when I became a woman.

No, the conversation keeps going to strange places.

What we need to do now is not to escape reality, but to solve that demonic star.

“Hmm. Is that so.”

“Anyway, the Princess is a bit big too, isn’t she? And we’re not at a time to escape reality right now, but to solve that demonic star.”

“If that’s the case, then I can’t help it.”

Arietta sighed deeply.

No one knows what kind of effects or influences that demonic star will have in the future.

One thing is certain, the future of this empire is truly bright.

If that second prince is also a crazy psycho, then Arietta must become the Emperor.

I want to get out of there, but unfortunately, in order for the empire to be maintained, the Emperor peg must exist.

To do that, I have to put Arietta on the throne.

I don’t know well, but with that star sign pattern, won’t she become the Demon King?

“Well, if you have any aversion, you can talk to our Master. For now, let’s wrap it with bandages and think about it slowly today.”

“Yes.”

There’s no rush.

I need to contact Master too.

Surely Master also had a star sign close to the demonic star.

Come to think of it, the hero party is about to arrive too.

The hero party has arrived in Schperen.

This news spread to all the students in Schperen.

Of course, the students in Schperen are all coming out to see the hero party.

Since the hero party is protecting the world anyway, everyone has no choice but to pay attention to them, whether they like it or not.

“It’s the hero party?”

“The hero party?”

The hero party.

The hero party came to visit at this chaotic time with the Latin Commune.

What does this mean?

Maybe they intend to take care of public sentiment while they’re here, but they also want to stabilize the situation that is chaotic due to the Commune.

I wonder what the evaluation will be?

Anyway, they’re the hero party, even if they look like that.

Personally, I hope those bastards get messed up, but since they’re still the hero party, they can be respected.

I watched from a distance for a while.

“They certainly have good looks. I want to go on a date with Kayla.”

“That’s right. They say she’s amazing. She gave Spirit Orbs to humans alone and raised their stats in an instant, so they won battles that they would have lost.”

Kayla? Ah. I was the one who planned everything that was given to humans.

That was also a memory.