episode_0090

“Why? Are you worried about something?”

After Bella left, Alice saw my expression and asked me that.

Of course I have a lot of worries.

I don’t worry about the Knights Templar. There are various opinions among fans who play the game about whether or not there is a goddess, but even if there is a goddess, I don’t think there is a big problem in that the country tolerates her existence like this.

I wish you had taken my side instead. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have left the country like this for the past 10 years.

If you didn’t even know I was here or had no ability to stop me, then there’s nothing to worry about.

If you don’t know that I’m having such blasphemous thoughts, then that’s fine. If you know, then you just let it be, so that’s fine. In the first place, those guys called the Law Nation are just guys who want to seize power by using the name of the Goddess, so if you favor the Law Nation, I won’t think of the Goddess as a Goddess.

So I don’t really care about being there.

The problem was what I was going to wear there.

“… … Princess.”

“… … Call me Alice… … .”

But Alice couldn’t say it so strongly because she saw that my attitude was serious.

I said, looking at Alice with a serious expression.

“Even if it is a place that is being operated legally, it is ultimately a gambling place. Neither the people who come and go there nor the entity that operates there are righteous people.”

“I know that.”

After hearing what I said, Alice said with a slightly relieved expression, “What, that’s what you meant?”

But I shook my head at Alice like that.

“… … It may be a much dirtier place than Your Highness the Princess thinks.”

Of course, none of the bunny girls there are of ‘noble birth’. There may be daughters of fallen nobles, but their situation is probably no better than that of commoners.

However, most of the people who can confidently enter and exit casinos are rich people. And the vast majority of rich people are nobles or are related to nobles.

Even though new winds like capitalism and nationalism are blowing, this world is still a world where the class system clearly remains.

It wouldn’t be strange for a nobleman to touch a pretty bunny girl who was kept as an eye candy in a casino.

There aren’t many men who wouldn’t react to a beautiful woman who blatantly exposes half of her chest, or more, and almost all of her back.

In most parts of the empire, prostitution is illegal.

However, that does not mean that free love can be prevented. If a nobleman who visited the casino and a woman who was working there met and had a ‘short love affair’, the empire will not necessarily hold them accountable.

If it’s a tip, just say you received it as a favor.

Strictly speaking, illegality is illegality. We just know it and get along well with each other.

“… … .”

I don’t think Alice knows all the details, but since she can read my expression, she probably knows how serious I am about this.

“If it’s a place like that, I can’t send you alone.”

“… … .”

No, well, that’s a noble idea. It would certainly be helpful if Alice were there. In fact, I can turn back time to fully understand the situation and strike first, so it only seems like I’m fighting well, but if we were fighting hand-to-hand without knowing anything, Alice would be much stronger.

“What if I say I won’t go?”

So this time I asked:

“What if I don’t go against His Majesty’s orders?”

“Is that your will?”

Of course, it is my will.

My will not to become a bunny girl.

“It’s not because you didn’t want me to go, is it?”

uh…….

Is my intention correct?

A strong will to not want to be dressed as a bunny girl.

“… … Even if you don’t go, I can’t just leave it there. Your father personally gave you the game order, and Bella even came to give you the information. ”

Well, well, by imperial standards, that is true.

“Who did you say would be the next emperor?”

“… … Of course, it’s the princess.”

“Then, as the next emperor of the empire, I have a duty to know as much as possible about everything that will happen behind the scenes. And,”

Alice spoke with an expression as if sparks were about to fly from her eyes.

“After becoming emperor, it may be inevitable. The empire is large and the emperor has a lot to do, so of course he can’t go around and gather information himself. But on the other hand, since he hasn’t ascended to the throne yet, he can do such things without hesitation, right? ”

“The princess is destined to become the next emperor—”

“What are you talking about now?”

Alice said confidently.

“While attending the academy, you talk to the commoners, train with them, and practice with them. You risk your life just like when hunting animals. Of course.”

Alice pointed her finger at me.

“With you,”

And then he turned that finger towards himself and said.

“Me too, we’re equal here. We’re just students. So, at least when we’re wearing the same uniform, don’t call me Princess. There’s no need to call me the next emperor or anything when I’m not even the crown princess yet. ”

“… … .”

“If you don’t like being called by your name, you can call me Unnie.”

“Let me call you Alice.”

“… … Even if I order you to call me unnie, you won’t obey, right? ”

“Here, the one who said they were on equal footing was Alice.”

As I said bluntly, Alice looked as if she was about to burst into laughter.

*

I tried to have some hope.

So, in this world, when ‘game-like acceptance’ and ‘reality’ collide, doesn’t ‘reality’ feel heavier?

No matter how excellent a swordsman is, he cannot cut flying bullets with his sword, and he will get hurt if bitten by an animal. Even an animal that requires dozens of slashes with a sword and dozens of shots with a gun will bleed if cut with a sword imbued with sword energy, and will die if shot.

It’s an absurd world where steampunk and fantasy are mixed, but it has some realistic aspects to it.

So, I had a vain hope that maybe there was no such thing as such a sex-appealing outfit in this world, based on the fact that real casinos rarely have real bunny girls.

“… … .”

But, as you can see when you see Leo blushing in front of the casino, my vain hopes were shattered so easily.

“It’s unnecessarily flashy.”

Alice frowned and muttered.

As Alice said, the casino building was much more noisy than I had expected. Of course, it was much more refined than the 21st century noise I was used to.

When you watch American movies or dramas set in New York or Las Vegas in the 50s or 60s, you often see buildings that were extremely flashy and bright by the standards of the time, with lots of light bulbs stuck into the signs. This place was no exception.

Of course, there were no light bulbs in this world, so instead, there were just a lot of lights made with similarly colored magic stones.

The buildings of the system were relatively splendid compared to other areas, but there were few places as splendid as this one.

“… … I think I know why the teacher didn’t want to come here with me.”

Claire nodded at Alice’s words and said. However, unlike Alice, Claire’s gaze was directed in a slightly different direction.

If Alice was looking at the overall atmosphere of the building, Claire was looking at the same place Leo was looking at.

Entrance to the building.

At the entrance of the building, pretty and fit women were standing holding billboards. Most of them had advertisements for casinos drawn on them. Some had cloths with promotional phrases on them draped over their shoulders, and some were advertising hotels that had the same operator as the casino.

Some nobles, mostly older and wealthy looking nobles, were flirting with those women, and some of them were already heading somewhere with their hands on their waists or shoulders.

A city of literal pleasure.

If Las Vegas was a paradise built in the middle of the desert, this place was like a villa of pleasure hidden deep in the forest.

I remember being dumbfounded when I first saw Caroline, who seemed honest and innocent, because she was in a place so far removed from Yeongdong.

… … It’s exactly the same as my memory.

“… … I feel sorry.”

Charlotte muttered in fear.

Charlotte’s gaze was focused on a bunny girl with slightly dark skin and a large chest who was laughing and chatting with a large nobleman.

By the way, that bunny girl’s hair was silver. Honestly, if it weren’t for that attitude, she had such a mysterious aura that I could have thought she was an unfortunate heroine who had no choice but to work in a place like this.

… … .

Are you enjoying that?