episode_0089

“But, so what?”

But the conversation didn’t end there. After hearing Bella say that, Alice asked Bella with a look of concern.

“So that’s why?”

“You were just going to tell me that information and leave? It’s a long way to get to Northwood from here. It’s not like we can do anything if we find out what the Cathedral Knight is doing there.”

I took a spoonful of the mango parfait in front of me and put it in my mouth.

The sweet ice cream and slightly sour mango pieces entered my mouth at the same time, creating harmony. It was even better because the weather was warm. The combination was almost perfect. That’s why it’s called parfait in French, the perfect dessert.

I should have had parfait last time I went to Belbourg.

Because my judgment had been impaired by the fact that the Emperor was sending me as his agent, I had not yet thought about it that far.

I promised myself that if I ever go to Belbourg again, I will definitely eat the recommended menu at the cafe that Charlotte recommended.

“The moment our father gives us information, it’s because he wants us to do something.”

“Because they want ‘us’ to do something, not ‘you’.”

“Ugh… … .”

Bella corrected Alice’s words.

The one who received the mission directly from the Emperor and moved was not the real Princess Alice, but the so-called ‘Children of the Emperor’, who were in fact no different from the assassination squad directly under the Emperor. I was included among them.

Although the number and level of danger of the missions were significantly lower than in the original, it was true that the missions were still carried out.

“… … So? Why did you come all the way here and tell me that you are watching Sylvia and give me that information? ”

I scooped up another spoonful of parfait and put it in my mouth. However, this time, I scooped up more fruit than ice cream. Even though the fruit came from so far away, it was still juicy. Could it be any more delicious than this when eaten locally?

“That assumption is wrong. Do you think Sylvia wouldn’t know that I’m sticking with her and hiding it from her? She probably knew since the time she was with Amarucas.”

No, I didn’t know from the beginning. In fact, I didn’t even notice Mia Crowfield’s tracking, who was less skilled at stalking than Lucas, so it was natural that I didn’t notice Lucas’ tracking at all.

“If you ask me where Lucas is right now, I can probably answer right away.”

No, I don’t know. If I knew Lucas’ location in the near future, I could probably turn back time and pretend to know, but honestly, I don’t think I’d know it anytime soon enough for me to want to turn back time.

Of course, there’s no need to reveal in advance that I don’t know. It would be really weird if you were just rambling on about the latest information that I absolutely could not know, and then you brought up the fact that you don’t know Lucas’ switch.

Let’s just not answer.

“… … You keep beating around the bush, so why are you releasing that information?”

Of course, it was an order to infiltrate the casino.

In the original, Claire appeared and relayed the information. Naturally, the character name section only mentions her as a ‘decadent girl’. However, since this scene was Claire’s first appearance, it was fortunate that the atmosphere wasn’t one of gritting one’s teeth and pretending not to know the character that everyone already knew.

Alice appears in the beginning with a somewhat suspicious role. She is a character who appears as if she is ‘good on the outside, but has something inside’ and deceives the players. The scene where she has this conversation with an unidentified person in a place where the main character is not present is shown as an event scene, so it is easy to mistake her for a mastermind at the beginning.

Besides, if you don’t tell them the whole conversation, but just cut out a few words in the middle and say something like, ‘… Okay, I’ll keep that information in mind,’ then it’s too obvious for anyone to see.

Rather, it was so obvious that no one believed it.

“Before vacation… … That, the dispatch training, you said? There’s another schedule, right? I changed the order a little. You guys will go to Northwood for this dispatch training. Of course, you’ll go near the casino. Even though it looks like that, the surrounding area is completely forest. ”

Because the surrounding area is a forest that people cannot enter without permission, the area around the casino can boast of tight security. Anyway, all the trees around the casino have been cut down, and there is only a forest along the boundary line, so even if you run away because you lost money, you will not be able to leave that huge forest alive.

There’s a bit of a history here involving the local mafia, but that’s not something I want to go into now.

“A forest that is hard to find anywhere in the empire… … They say that, but it seems like beasts come out all the time. Naturally, there are beast hunting requests nearby. ”

“So?”

Poor Alice, it seems, has no idea what her future holds.

‘If you are truly the Emperor’s daughter, then you should try to carry out the same mission as us.’

That’s what Claire said in this scene. Of course, the Claire in this world is either training or studying.

If a casino appears as a background in a game like this, there must be only one reason.

To make the heroines wear bunny girl outfits.

It’s a strangely minor game that doesn’t even have many figures, so it should have at least this level of service.

Of course, Claire also goes undercover. They both wear bunny girl costumes and wear something like a ballroom mask on their faces as they poke around deep inside the casino, and eventually get caught by Leo who ends up entering the casino.

At first, Leo thought, ‘Hey, there’s no way the princess would be doing that in a place like this.’

… … And there are a few doujinshi writers who are obsessed with that line, but that has nothing to do with the original game.

“So, what, I came to ask you a favor.”

I wonder how Alice will react.

To be honest, I was a little curious. In the game, Alice didn’t react the way she did back then.

I took another spoonful of parfait and put it in my mouth, wondering what Bella’s next line would be and what Alice’s reaction would be—

“To Sylvia.”

It just became frozen.

“Um, originally I wanted to ask our real princess and see her reaction.”

Bella smiled slyly and rolled her eyes in my direction.

“After all, there are people here who already know all the information without me having to tell them more.”

“What did your father say?”

When Alice asked after seeing my face, Bella shrugged her shoulders and answered.

“Well, I told you to tell Sylvia.”

“… … .”

Alice bit her lip in response.

Uh, no, I was determined to do that mission… … Yeah, I didn’t really want to do it.

That’s not why it was so hard.

“… … Okay. Tell that to your father clearly.”

Alice glared at Bella.

And Bella, seeing Alice’s fierce expression, shrugged her shoulders as if to say, ‘Oh, that’s scary.’ To put it simply, it wasn’t a scary expression at all.

“I, the ‘other’ princess, will take on this mission.”

Ugh.

No, no, no.

If you go there for no reason, you’ll end up dressed as a bunny girl too.

Of course, by my standards, Alice’s bunny girl costume looks like nothing more than a super high-quality cosplay that 100% replicates the original heroine’s authenticity.

The problem is that there is a very high chance that I will also have to dress up like a bunny next to him.

And… … If things go as they are in the original game, Leo, who was dragged in by Jake, would find out about her outfit. I had no intention of leaving Alice, who was dressed as a bunny girl, alone and wandering around.

“Hoo.”

Bella smiled with interest at Alice’s triumphant expression.

“Are you saying you’ll even act as a ‘big sister’?”

“Of course.”

Alice puffed out her chest in response to Bella’s words.

“As someone with royal blood, I will keep my word. I declared that I am Sylvia’s older sister, so I intend to protect Sylvia as her older sister.”

No, that’s not the problem.

Alice will know my abilities. She already knows that I’ve been on the battlefield, so she won’t think that if I go in alone, things will go from bad to worse, or that I’ll die.

This is literally a sense of pride.

When I saw him smiling at me, it literally seemed like he was saying, ‘You have my back too!’

“Okay, okay.”

Bella shrugged and said to Alice.

“I tried to watch from a little distance… … The story is flowing interestingly. The two sisters are infiltrating together, so it would be sad if I, the remaining one, got left behind. I’ll go with them too.”

At Bella’s declaration, Alice once again cast a sharp gaze at Bella.

Bella received that gaze confidently.

… … If Bella joins the team… … .

How did I get confirmed to infiltrate before the challenge?

It was truly a miracle that my expression didn’t change at that moment.