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Episode 38

Carmel did not attend the regular meeting the next day.

Is it too much to assume that it is because of yesterday’s events?

Or maybe they’re plotting something else.

Although I was occupying my seat, I also had a hard time concentrating on the meeting. Rather than the meeting, I was engrossed in thoughts about the sword festival.

It is highly likely that the magic seed planted in the weapon was Carmel’s most secret trick.

It was a plot carried out by Carmel herself, and would never have been discovered had I not been awakened by strange powers.

Other than that, there is not much room to intervene in the outcome of the Sword Festival. Just in case, I asked Monaz to cast detection magic on both sides’ weapons. It would be impossible to weaken the weapons of the convoy or, conversely, strengthen the weapons of the direct corps.

It is not easy to directly target war veterans. Only Pilgret and the parties involved know who will compete until the morning of the day. It was difficult to imagine that they, who did not lose their knightly pride even in the worst situations in the novel, would be included.

So how does it move? To figure that out, I think I’ll have to meet Carmel in person.

If you meet him in person, you will be able to figure out to some extent if he has prepared any traps other than the magic seed, or if he is trying to make additional moves.

After hearing Fehat’s voice announcing the end of the regular meeting, I went straight to Carmel’s room.

* * *

“I am very sorry, Princess… The Queen has told me that she does not want to meet anyone right now…”

As she said that, the maid made an embarrassed face. She was one of Carmel’s dedicated maids.

She glanced around, lowered her voice, and spoke again.

“Actually, he has been stuck in bed ever since he went somewhere yesterday. Even when we asked what was inconvenient, they just told us to leave immediately… We are very embarrassed because we don’t know why.”

As someone who assists the queen, it is quite embarrassing. Moreover, if Carmel, who is like a hysterical bomb, is in that state, it would feel like walking on thin ice.

But I thought I knew why.

The extreme humiliation that was inflicted on me yesterday. Even though it’s a welcome thing, she probably can’t shake off the humiliation of exposing her naked body in front of men and having her butt spanked.

A smile automatically comes to my face when I think of Carmel, who is stuck in bed, reliving memories she wants to forget.

“I see. I am worried that you may be unwell. I’ll go in and check on my mother’s condition.”

“Um, uh, princess… The order is not to let anyone in…”

The maid had a face full of fear. Here, it would be simple to force a breakthrough using the princess’s authority. But if that happens, this maid will suffer corporal punishment worse than Sinia.

The maid’s situation was pitiful, but it was still difficult for me to resist the urge to go in. Because I wanted to see Carmel’s face, now stained with defeat, at any cost.

As I was trying to think of something that could persuade her, the door opened from the inside.

“Huh?”

Carmel was standing in the open doorway. With disheveled hair and silk pajamas, as if she had just gotten out of bed.

Carmel looked at me and the maid with a scowl on her face and said.

“Come in, Sarah.”

Did I recover mentally after staying in bed for about half a day? Anyway, that’s what I hoped for. I followed Carmel into the room.

“Excuse me, mother.”

Entering the room, Carmel sat down on a chair. The arrogantly braided legs looked quite nice. I also sat across from her.

Now, it’s time to consider Carmel’s intentions. If I really stayed in my room all day today, I don’t think I would make any additional moves…

‘hmm…?’

Somehow Carmel is different from usual. It’s not just that he just got out of bed. It’s hard to explain right away, but there was something different from his usual attitude.

Arrogant posture and cold eyes. It appears that he has completely changed from the way he was when he was struggling while being spanked by me. But clearly something was different.

The answer was gaze. Carmel always faced my gaze confidently. But now, Carmel’s head is turned toward me, but her gaze is not looking at my eyes, but slightly below, around her neck.

“Mother.”

“Why?”

“Why didn’t you come to the regular meeting today?”

“Who cares? I just didn’t want to go. It’s my heart, right?”

Short questions and answers. Even when we were talking, Carmel did not make eye contact with me. Moreover, the two arms resting on the table were in a subtly defensive posture.

After seeing that, I was convinced. Carmel has not yet escaped from yesterday’s nightmare. Letting me into the room and pretending to be normal were all just desperate bravado.

As I thought about that, joy began to boil in my heart.

Despite experiencing this much humiliation, Carmel is trying her best to stand on equal footing as my enemy. Like a young lady trying hard to reach eye level with her lover.

The unmade bed she was lying on just a moment ago, her disheveled hair, and the thin silk pajamas wrapped around her body all look lovely.

No, even if you take those emotions aside, it’s still quite a fascinating sight. The thin pajamas were not enough to hide Carmel’s body. When I looked at my overlapping legs with the hem of my clothes falling from my thighs, I felt like yesterday’s excitement would come back to me.

“You didn’t just come to hear the reason for not attending the regular meeting, right? Tell me your business.”

“You behaved quite indecently yesterday, mother.”

Carmel’s face turns red. It’s like forcing open a wound that was just about to scab over.

Carmel glared at me with a clearly red and extremely disgusted face. But there is no malice in those eyes. Rather, it seemed like he was desperately trying to resist as a victim.

Carmel barely made out a voice, biting her lip with shaking eyes.

“You…”

“Hehe, massage is good, but seeing my mother get spanked was truly the best. The feeling of hitting, the sound of my mother’s moans… I still vividly remember my mother’s red-stained buttocks before my eyes.”

Normally, she would have said something more, but Carmel kept her mouth shut and just listened to my provocation. It wasn’t just a provocation, but every word seemed to be hitting Carmel’s mentality with a fatal blow.

I slowly leaned towards Carmel. At that moment, Carmel was startled and leaned her upper body back.

“…Ugh…”

It was proof that I had not been able to overcome my fear of myself and the shameful memories of yesterday, proof of undeniable defeat.

Carmel’s face turned bright red as if she knew this. Conversely, the joy of victory spread across my face as a smile.

Well, I guess I’ll leave the fun to this point. If you push too hard, it will break. Even Carmel will be no exception.

“Well, it looks like you haven’t forgotten yesterday’s humiliation. So, would you like to tell me now, mother? What was the purpose of infiltrating the knights, even using evil magic?”

When Carmel heard those words, a change occurred in Carmel’s expression. Her face, which seemed to have been cornered, seemed to regain vitality.

Carmel even slightly raised the corners of her mouth in response.

“Why did you join the Knights Templar? I was just trying to look around.”

“Don’t lie. There is no way you, who were meticulous enough to promote marriage talks with the Grave family and prepare the worst possible stage for the Festival of Swords, would have moved without any reason. That day, I searched the entire Order, but couldn’t find anything. What on earth did you do?”

“Hehehe.”

Carmel straightened up. The usual confidence had already returned. Carmel in defense mode also sucked, but this is how Carmel should be.

“Ahaha, ahahaha! Is there any reason for me to tell you that? Let me tell you one thing, Princess Sera. In the Battle of the Sword, the guards will be defeated after a cruel humiliation.”

“What on earth did you do…”

My anxious, shaking eyes seemed to make Carmel feel better. Just as Carmel’s children’s songs are my joy, my children’s songs will be Carmel’s joy. Of course, my current agitation is made up.

Carmel spoke in a triumphant manner, as if she had completely shaken off yesterday’s events.

“In that case, I will ask you from here, Princess Sera. How did you detect my witchcraft? Even if I knew I could change my appearance… it would be impossible to tell by my appearance.”

“How many times have I told you this? I can read your mind.”

“Hmph, that’s not funny… If that was the case, I wouldn’t have to worry about not knowing what I did.”

Carmel’s gaze moves to the area around my neck and chest. Carmel, seeing the string of the necklace slipping inside her chest, muttered as if something occurred to her.

“Necklace…”

Carmel’s hand suddenly sinks into my chest. Carmel, who was groping between the large breasts of Princess Sera, soon found the Necklace of Truth and took it out of her clothes.

I pretended to be embarrassed and raised my voice.

“What are you doing!”

“Yes, you obtained the Roberts Shopping Mall… There are all kinds of convenient items in the Lustier Kingdom. Is it some kind of object that can see through illusion magic?”

I snatched the Truth Necklace from Carmel’s hand and returned it to my clothes. Carmel’s confident smile was returning, perhaps because she had figured out how to overcome Shimasa’s spell.

“It’s better not to trust the effects of items too much, princess. Because there are plenty of ways to deceive.”

Carmel ran her fingers through her ebony hair. Perhaps thanks to her arrogant attitude, she exudes the dignity of a queen even though she is wearing silk pajamas.

Carmel continued speaking as she looked at me with an expression that said I did my best to get a hit. With a pleasant smile on his lips.

“Hehe, give up quietly, the festival of swords. No, is this something that should be blessed? Because you will be proposed to by a wonderful driver.”

“Kkkk…!”

As if I couldn’t hold back my anger, I got up from my seat. And then he walked briskly toward the door. It’s like a loser turning his back.

Quang! The maid looked very surprised when she saw me closing the door loudly. And I was surprised once more by Carmel’s high-pitched laughter coming from inside.