episode_0101

After sending Sylvia back to her room, Alice got up from her seat again and changed her clothes.

That’s because there was still a bunny girl outfit inside the school uniform.

Alice took off her uniform and put on rabbit makeup again… … It was embarrassing to even call it that, and then she looked at herself in the mirror and blushed.

It was an unfamiliar outfit even when I saw it again.

It’s hard to believe that Alice herself thought of wearing these clothes.

but…….

At the same time, I felt somewhat relieved.

I felt like I had let out something that I had been holding back inside me. Maybe I was able to think that way because I wasn’t there alone, but was there with Sylvia and some other friends who had gotten involved.

“… … .”

As if she already knew that Alice would go there in that outfit, Sylvia came to Alice’s room without any problem.

Even though I didn’t tell Sylvia on purpose.

Alice had an idea that Sylvia would show up. Alice thought that Sylvia somehow figured out the future.

That thought was solidified the last time Sylvia returned from the battlefield victorious.

How many soldiers can go to battle on their own and return without major injuries?

Simply infiltrating the enemy lines was a feat. The reason the area between the front lines was called the ‘no man’s land’ was because everyone who entered there died. Even if they had survived, they would be discovered right away and shot to death. Sylvia crossed the empty dead land alone and laid waste to the enemy lines.

It’s a bonus that not a single scratch was left during the process.

It was an impossible feat unless you knew everything about the enemy’s base, their disposition, the types of their weapons, and the trajectories of their incoming bullets. It was clear that even Jennifer Winterfield couldn’t fight like that. If she could, she would have done it a long time ago.

It would have been easy to figure out what Alice was trying to do.

In fact, I felt relieved because Sylvia came to me in person.

As always when Alice was being unreasonable, Sylvia took Alice’s side. This time, she didn’t even say anything to Alice, as if telling her to do whatever she wanted. She just kept the mood going without saying anything, allowing Alice to take control of the situation until the end.

Of course, if Verratti had tried to run, Silvia would have stepped forward… … .

“This is why I’m disqualified as a sister.”

A deep sigh escaped Alice’s lips.

Doesn’t anyone think Sylvia looks like her older sister?

“Still… … .”

But a smile quickly spread across Alice’s face again.

Sylvia saw a smiling face.

I was startled for a moment, and in the meantime, I quickly recovered, but Sylvia was clearly smiling slightly.

Alice knew that Sylvia wasn’t a monster without emotions, since she was always able to sense Sylvia’s moods, but this was the first time she had smiled so openly.

That smile was so natural, not awkward at all, that I almost for a moment just let it pass.

Alice saw that smile and thought for a moment.

The reason Sylvia thinks of Alice as the next emperor may not be for practical reasons.

Not because Sylvia saw something from the future, but because she’s just ‘Alice Pangriffin’.

Maybe because I trust her.

“It is neither a prediction nor a calculation.”

I think back over what Sylvia said.

So, has Sylvia already experienced the future?

But that would be impossible.

Turning back time is scientifically impossible. Perhaps even the cultists and mystics would react in the same way.

If that were possible, then the sins committed could be made to not exist, and that would mean that a proper judgment by God on the sins committed by humans would be impossible.

Even hinting at that fact would make the believers of the Fetish rise up and call it blasphemy.

“No.”

Alice thought with a smirk.

On the contrary, they might not treat Sylvia like a goddess in order to endure their own contradictions.

How would Verratti react if I told him that?

Alice felt strangely cheerful and smiled the whole time she was changing clothes.

*

“What do you think about my sisters?”

Could this be a safe house?

The place where Verratti was brought with his eyes closed was a basement without a single window. He tried to memorize the route by feeling the cart moving around, but the road to get here was probably not an ordinary one.

Even if it was an ordinary road, he would have tried to confuse Verratti’s sense of direction by moving around here and there.

Still, I am confident that I can find my way within the Northwood Estate.

It wasn’t like I wasted my time over the past few months. I’d been making my presence known, rummaging through the woods, and even sneaking into the Northwoods a few times without getting caught.

However, we haven’t been able to find out exactly where the information is yet. We’ve figured out the general location using various equipment brought from the law firm, but we haven’t been able to search all of them.

And Verratti felt a chill run down his spine as he thought of that ‘equipment’.

The best way to find a treasure is to search for it while holding another treasure made in the same way. Since the treasures are broken off from a single piece, if they match, it is possible to determine their location based on their reactivity.

… … Will the collaborators be able to get those treasures out in time?

“You seem to have a lot on your mind.”

A high-pitched voice asked like that. It was a teasing voice, so Verratti glared at him.

The face was completely covered by the mask. The hair was probably not his own. The ears were hidden by the hair and not visible, and even the color of the neck was not visible because it was hidden by the clothes.

It was literally wrapped around my whole body.

In some ways, I thought it suited this area very well.

“… … Well, that’s right.”

In fact, I knew the operation had failed the moment I saw the princess. If the report reached the two princesses, it means that the entire imperial leadership knew about it.

But who would have thought that the princess who appears to be nothing more than a facade would be playing the role of moving all the princesses?

Couldn’t even the emperor ignore his bloodline?

“I don’t know what kind of misunderstanding you’re making, but”

The monster who heard the words “another princess” interrupted Verratti’s endless thoughts with words.

“Has the Emperor’s successor been decided yet? Sylvia could become Empress, or I could take her place. Or perhaps one of the princes will take her place in the traditional way?”

“… … .”

“I just wanted to help today, so I came. It was a favor from my cute little sister, right? As an older sister, it was hard to ignore.”

“You did a great job, Princess.”

Verratti sharpened his teeth.

“Well, apart from that, there is only one person who is greedy for the throne. But we don’t know if our father will unconditionally put him on the throne.”

“If you put a person who doesn’t want to sit on the throne in that position, will the empire run smoothly?”

“The Empire also has a parliament?”

“Bullshit.”

Verratti snorted.

“A place full of the Emperor’s puppets cannot possibly move against the Emperor’s will.”

“It’s just because the imperial power was strong to begin with. If the imperial power weakens in the future, the parliament may also become weak.”

“The Emperor? Well, you are the one who claims to be his daughter, so you probably know what the Emperor thinks, but… … ”

Verratti shrugged his shoulders as if he was being lazy and said,

“At least the emperor we see in our country is absolutely not that kind of person.”

“Do you trust the information from the law?”

“I trust your information more than others.”

“Wow, that’s amazing. I thought you became a knight just because you wanted to kill people, but you actually have a lot of faith, don’t you? ”

“… … .”

Verratti kept her mouth shut.

And then he quietly stared at the fox mask in front of him.

“Well, it doesn’t matter if you say you won’t say anything. You’ll want to soon.”

“Ha.”

Verratti came in here and relaxed for the first time.

“Are you trying to torture me?”

If it was torture, it didn’t matter. In fact, my body was capable of enjoying pain to some extent.

As long as he didn’t die, the law could somehow fix Verratti. Because there was a plan.

If there is no evidence of betrayal.

“No. We are gentlemanly. No, I should say ‘ladylike’.”

After the unfunny joke, the fox mask shrugged its shoulders as if it was flirting.

“There are a lot of speculations about the royal family. If you’re curious, why not ask the person at the top of the royal family?”

“What—”

But before Verratti could respond, the basement door opened and a dazzling light poured in.

I frowned and looked up, and saw a man standing with his back to the light.

I couldn’t see the face very well, though.

Verratti had seen that appearance several times.

“I told you. You’ll want to talk.”

Was it because of the black clothes?

Shrouded in darkness, she appeared to be nothing more than a white fox mask floating in the air.