episode_0108

I guess it’s a failure.

This was the conclusion I reached after careful consideration.

-Growling.

-What is this now… .

-What the hell was that? I thought it was someone who ambushed me, but then it suddenly got bigger and turned out to be the princess’s golem… .

-And that pink hair!! Isn’t she the leader of the TS Brigade!!?

‘Haha. This is a mess.’

Why is it that the Archmage started the mess, but I have to clean up the mess?

I could only sigh at the gaze of the audience looking at me.

“Sister, let’s do Chuchu more♡”

‘… I don’t even know how serious the situation is right now.’

In the meantime, Stier’s outfit exploded, but this isn’t something that happened in a day or two, so let’s just ignore it.

The most serious thing of all is,

“EST!! Are you okay!!?”

“Brother, you’re late… Ugh. Did you bring the knights in the meantime?”

“It was too late because Elena was trying to stop her. Maria and I barely managed to stop her from rolling her eyes and running away.”

“Est. Are you hurt?”

-Wow.

The fact that all of this happened in front of my family, the royal family.

Right now, he’s just looking at me in shock, but it won’t be long before he starts asking questions.

What the hell just happened?

Abamama, who arrived late, was just like that.

“My daughter. Explain to me what is happening.”

“Hey, that’s… .”

‘How can I explain this!! Actually, I was the mastermind, but I fought against another mastermind and won!!’

But there’s no way I can explain it.

I can’t say it, and even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe me?

I must have hidden it very well.

So, I thought about it for a moment.

I started sending telepathic messages urgently.

To everyone around me.

[Louis. This needs to be taken care of, so for now, just do as I say. And take care of the Archduke as well.]

[Teacher~♡ Actually, I…]

[Ferrado. Please listen to what I have to say. I’ll listen to anything you say later, please!]

[Paul Oppa♡ I have a favor to ask~.]

[Crow. Just stay still for now.]

The purpose of telepathy is to involve actors.

Five eyes were fixed on me.

I opened my mouth without even waiting for an answer.

“Ta-da, ta-da~!! How is it, it’s surprising, right? Abamama! And the people of the empire!!”

“… Estee?”

“How was the play we prepared?”

‘Anyway, it’s a play. Anyway!!’

This? It was actually a really fun hidden camera.

A top-notch play produced with fantastic magic.

… Let’s do that.

It was Louis who matched first.

“Yes, Your Majesty. I thought the first-year students’ duels would be too entertaining, so Esti prepared a play herself.”

“What? Louis, you didn’t say anything like that… .”

-Hug.

“… Woofwww!!!”

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty, but my father is in critical condition so I have to stop here!!”

Louis, who had said a few words and naturally caused the Archduke, who was not very likable, to leave.

It was the experience of childhood friends in their 10th year together.

Next was the master.

“No matter how much I look at it, it doesn’t look like a play? With your skills… .”

“Your Majesty, I have intervened.”

“Stella, you? Well, if it’s you.”

“Hey, Ferrado also helped the cadets.”

“Because the princess wants to do it.”

Master, and support fire from Ferrado.

AbaMama stroked her chin.

“… Pierre, what’s wrong with you? You probably don’t have time to get involved in Esti’s pranks. ”

“My little brother asked me to do something yesterday? Just for me, secretly. Hehe.”

-Wink.

‘Pierre Oraboni…!!!’

The only concern is that Pierre Oraboni also naturally joins in.

It was possible because I have a playful personality that likes this kind of thing.

In the end, Abamama and the audience had no choice but to nod their heads.

“So, that evil aura, that heart-freezing fear, were all just a theatrical device…?”

“Yes! Since I, the princess, and Ferrado, the prince, no one will fight properly. There won’t be much to see, so I filled it with a play instead!”

“Ugh.”

“Of course, gentlemen who gave up their positions for me, don’t worry about the rankings!! I’ll consult with the Academy and make sure that all your duels with me are considered won!!”

-Growling.

-What, it was a play?

– Yeah. There’s no way something like this could really happen~.

– As expected of Sir Stella. I didn’t know she could perform such illusionary magic. Even I was fooled.

‘I, I survived…!!’

As expected, I’m the absolute mastermind.

I felt proud of my own cunningness in deceiving everyone.

‘Hehe. Unlike those shabby blackmailers, I’m a real guy… .’

“Then I’ll ask you one last thing… .”

-Remember?

“You’re a four-year-old. Judging by your appearance, you must be the leader of the TS Brigade. How did you get in here?”

“… … !!!!”

‘There’s a mountain beyond a mountain!!!’

No matter how much I try to fix it, it will never end.

* * *

After that, Estee waved her hands and feet and made excuses.

Actually, a survival test was conducted on Mont Blanc a while ago.

It is said that he met Crow there and swore loyalty to him.

“Are you asking me to believe that? How much harm has this guy done to the empire… .”

“Everything, everything has a reason… .”

“… … .”

‘This is a mess.’

It was such a pitiful sight that Irene, watching from afar, suddenly burst into laughter.

Because she knew.

The Third Princess was just caught up in it, and it was all a lie.

——Listen to the voice in your head.

“… So, the reason he cared about me was because of your novel?”

[Yes. Reader, you are so kind… ♡]

‘I’m going to go back.’

I felt even more dizzy after learning about the situation.

Is the witch actually a priestess from a foreign country?

What I thought was sealing the witch’s power was actually just blocking her from receiving the power?

Even the person who created that witch just died.

The regressed self, aka ‘Fake Irene’, is doing a rocket punch or something.

The reason why the Third Princess knew about him was also absurd.

The reader of the essay written by the fake Irene merges with the soul of the Third Princess whose soul was shattered.

It was a memory that should have been erased by force, but…

Even though it was torn, it was possible for it to be preserved because it was the soul of a saint.

Irene frowned after hearing the entire explanation.

“… Okay, but let me ask you one last thing.”

[huh.]

“Why are you coming into someone else’s body and doing this? Get out.”

I understand everything, and I also understand how hard it’s been for you.

Why did you come into my body and do this? Get out.

It was a truly witch-like rite of passage.

But the voice in my head was calm.

[Actually, that’s what I was going to do. If I take away your authority to receive the power of the outside world and disappear… you will no longer be a witch.]

“… What?”

[The reader said, “Please make ‘Irene’ happy.”]

In fact, I was thinking of dying for you, my reader.

Irene’s expression became puzzled.

“Then I’m grateful, but… No, then why did you change your mind? If you’re in my body, isn’t it the same in the end?”

Why did you change your mind and decide to inhabit my body?

If you’re here, I’ll just be treated like a witch anyway, right?

The voice in my head didn’t bother to answer.

When I heard that question, a comment I had received in the past naturally came to mind.

-Because Irene is a good girl!

-Even if Irene is a witch, it’s okay because she’s a good witch!!!

Then, the words I had just heard came to mind.

The answer to the question of whether she was an evil witch and should die.

Even if you’re a witch, it’s okay because you’re a good witch.

What followed was a kiss that was awkward, yet so desperate that it felt like I was going to melt. A kiss to save myself.

… Just thinking about it made my dry emotions feel moist.

If it weren’t for the spirit body, my underwear would have definitely been soaked.

[… It’s okay to be a witch. Because I’m a good witch♡]

“Huh?”

It was just absurd for Irene. Anyway.

The voice in my head that had been happy alone brought up the main topic.

“… So, I want you to give me your body for just one hour a day?”

[Yeah♡ I want to be with you, reader♡]

For one hour a day, I will give her control of my body.

“Why me. I don’t want to die… ”

[I’m sorry…]

-Phajijik.

[… What!!!?]

“If you don’t listen, you’ll be in big trouble♡”

Irene’s expression changed as she tried to refuse.

The light in his eyes disappeared as if he was frowning in disbelief, and the corners of his mouth hardened.

Irene, whose body was suddenly taken over, became nervous.

[What’s the big deal? Something like this can be returned in an hour…]

“If you don’t listen to me, I’ll take off all my clothes and dance naked.”

[…what?]

“Go to the training ground over there. Shake your hips with your legs and do it fiercely. Make a pig-like sound.”

[How about we have a rational conversation for a moment?]

Neurosis is pacified in the face of true madness.

“Yeah. So just one hour a day. The rest of the time, I’ll be quiet. ”

[Trying to do something weird with my body…]

“I swear on my soul that I will never do anything that will harm you.”

[…Tsk.]

Irene clicked her tongue inwardly.

No matter how much you regress, in the end you are still someone else.

I don’t like giving my body to others.

But what if I refuse?

You never know what the guy who took your body will do.

I… I would probably do crazy things, if it was to force myself to submit.

Eventually she agreed.

[It’s exactly one hour. And, I won’t forgive you if you do anything weird.]

“It’s okay. And it’ll be good for you too.”

[Good thing? What is it?]

“I, the regressor. I’ll make you a lot of money.”

[… You should have said that first~.]

Even more so because there was an unexpected benefit.

‘If you want to live happily with your readers, you need to have a lot of money♡’

If I knew what she was thinking, I would have thought about it for an hour or so, but anyway.

It was the beginning of a strange symbiotic relationship.

* * *

Afterwards, Irene regained her physical body.

It was thanks to the fake Irene saying, ‘Not now, later♡’ and turning back.

“Whew. Then please take care of me from now on. Me… Hmm.”

[what’s the matter.]

“If both of you are Irene, that’s a bit much. Change your name.”

Immediately after, Irene started to sort out important matters.

The voice in my head answered right away.

[I was going to say that too. From now on, call me ‘Irene’.]

“… Irene?”

[Yes. It’s a precious name.]

A name that you, the reader, called long ago.

A mispronunciation of ‘Irene’, the pen name Irene.

And yet, it is such a precious name.

At that moment, Irene of the first round became Irene.

“What kind of name is that? It’s so weird.”

[… … If you don’t take back what I said, I’ll get caught masturbating in your underwear at night.]

“Sorry, Irene. That’s a pretty name.”

In the meantime, Irene was horrified by Irene’s madness, but anyway.

After finishing the conversation, Irene slowly headed to the training ground.

As if the excuses were over, he went to Esty’s side, who was hugging Crow and rubbing his cheek.

“… Ah! Irene~!!”

‘What crime did he really commit?’

Esti is bad at lying, so even now her lips are trembling.

When I found out the circumstances, I saw an even more pitiful sight.

That’s why she wanted to comfort the princess who had suffered so much here and there…

“Your Highness. If everything is over, shall we return to the mansion? There is something we need to discuss urgently.”

“Huh? What the… .”

“There seems to be some serious misunderstanding between us.”

“… … !!!”

‘That’s right! Princess, I was going to ask you if you did that because you thought you were dating me!!’

“Yes, yes! You must be tired, let’s go quickly!”

Instead of trying to comfort her, he quickly pushed her into the mansion.

If the princess really thought of herself that way, she had to think about whether or not she should accept this.

“Huh? Wait, the fireworks are starting now… .”

“That’s not the point! Louis, hurry up!”

“… Oh, right! Estee, I have a lot to ask you. First, let’s hurry to the mansion!!”

“Huh!!?”

The moment has come when long-held illusions are shattered.