Kiuuk! Kyaaa!
The number of monsters was much greater than at first. And strangely enough, their size was shrunk. This was because the knights of the Royal Guard who did not know how to deal with monsters covered them up and split them up.
In fact, even if she had known, there would have been no point in doing so. Physical attacks had no effect on the dark, shadow-like monster. Fortunately, she was able to stop the movement by applying fire. However, it seemed impossible to burn it completely.
Anyway, for that reason, the only thing the Royal Guard could do was swing torches to prevent the monsters from spreading further.
It was Lescal and Ryan who eliminated the monsters.
Scales grew on Lescal’s right hand. He destroyed the black monster he wielded with his hand.
When Ryan joined, the speed increased. Ryan’s sword was filled with a transparent and clear purple energy.
Everyone thought their eyes were falling out when they first saw it. It didn’t take long for him to realize that it was the Sword Auror he had only heard about.
“Why is it purple?”
Self…puck!
The annoying thing about monsters was that they knew how to fly. Because they had to follow things moving in a different space and on a different path from humans, there were times when their eyes could not see everything. She had to keep he senses sensitive and open. Meanwhile, Lescal guessed something from the color of the auror.
Ryan stuck out her tongue inside her, saying that no one would be able to overcome her obsession with that pet.
“It’s as you guessed. It was given to me by Her Majesty the Empress.”
“Why?”
Lescal asked, although the reason may not be important now.
“Because I desperately wanted it…? Actually, I’m still in a daze.”
“Does the Empress like you?”
Ryan said, diligently moving her sword and pouring out her aura.
“Hmm… I honestly don’t know about that, Your Majesty. She probably gave me an Auror because she liked something, but I don’t think she particularly liked me… You’re quite fair, aren’t you, Her Majesty?”
“That’s right.”
Lescal twitched his lips subtly.
‘It looks like something doesn’t suit you.’
Ryan turned her back and kissed her lips.
‘Do you not want me to become closer to Her Majesty? …No, what’s there to do? It’s natural for Her Majesty the Empress to have people around her.’
Lescal, who must have guessed what Ryan was talking about, spoke from behind her.
“The other day,”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Stuck, pat!
Faaah!
Meanwhile, the monsters were disappearing one after another.
“The Empress drank tea. With the first maid.”
“Ah…? Isn’t that natural?”
“Just the two of them.”
“That’s because all the other maids in the empress’ palace are on probation.”
“If you were going to have tea, you could have called me.”
“Uh, that’s… As it happened, Her Majesty was busy… Why did she do that?”
“The Empress cherishes her first maid. She had never asked you out for tea before. Isn’t that right?”
“Uhm… yes. That has never happened.”
It was also strange that the empress would invite a knight to have tea. The work of her knights was very different from that of her maids, and she herself did not particularly like tea.
‘…No, I know.’
Sighhh.
Ryan tilted her head while swinging her sword.
‘But something… Do you think it’s a bit disappointing?’
Lescal continued.
“What I mean is, as the number of people the Empress cares about increases, that time increases. It’s time to call someone for tea for no particular reason.”
“Is that so? Why is that?”
“Then the time the Empress gives me will decrease.”
“Ah…!”
Finally, Ryan also realized why he suddenly wanted to drink tea so needlessly. That meant sitting close to Her Majesty and sharing everything. Whether it’s tea, snacks, or talk.
‘That’s a bit… I think it would be really good, huh?’
Surprisingly, the Empress, who could not hide her feelings, was the most comfortable conversation partner.
He looked at the confusion he was unaware of with calm eyes. After he calmed down and spoke honestly, the confusion was cleared up. The purple aura that was now wrapped around my hand was proof of that.
Sigh… Pot!
Lescal, who destroyed one more of her monsters, glanced back at Ryan and said.
“I will acknowledge your feelings for the Empress. Whether it’s loyalty or something. But whether the Empress likes you is a different matter.”
So, for the first time, Ryan felt a little repulsion towards Lescal.
‘Wow, isn’t that too greedy? Her Majesty the Empress is not just her Majesty… Oh, it’s because it’s a pet. No, you still say too much.’
She once again became aware of how narrow-minded Lescal was toward the empress.
Until now, she thought he was a generous emperor to her side, but that may actually have been indifference.
“Uhm… It is natural for me to understand Her Majesty’s wishes, but my Auror already knows that Her Majesty is the owner.”
Ryan spoke, hiding her lips from the rain.
“You probably already know.”
There was no way Lescal didn’t know. From the fact that the Auror was reminiscent of Lasillia, another strong bond was created between Ryan and Lasillia regardless of that. So what he said now was intended to reaffirm his territory.
“Don’t cross the line. The Empress is my companion.”
“How can I not know that?”
Even so, she had no idea that he would turn on her like that.
‘No, it’s not like I harbor feelings for Her Majesty… I’m just saying I’ll treat you like an Auror’s master… for a moment.’
Suddenly, a thought occurred to her.
“Like aurors, does divine power have different colors depending on its material?”
Lescal did not miss the words that Ryan said without even thinking about it.
“There was a difference. There don’t seem to be many cases where the colors are so noticeably different that they can be distinguished… What did you see?”
Ryan’s expression became displeased in a different way.
“The prince of Dell’Arta’s was purple.”
“…”
Lescal’s expression became similar to Ryan’s.
“For some reason, I want to quickly clear this place and go to Her Majesty the Empress. It’s also suspicious that His Royal Highness the Prince of Dell’Arta has never been seen again.”
* * *
Kyaaaaaah!
“Your Majesty the Empress! Avoid!”
“Beep!”
Wrong. There was no other way.
The monster never disappeared, and the flames generated by the phoenix had their limits. He wasn’t criticizing Lescal for no reason because he didn’t grow up well.
When Serven cut the monster into pieces, Pipi burned the small pieces one by one. But that method took too much time.
It was faster for the fragmented monster to grow back to its original size.
A monster that somehow escaped the eyes of the Royal Guard and flew into the main building made her realize her limitations.
“Beep! Beep!”
Pipi looked like he was crying. As it seemed like no more could be done, he told Lasilia to take refuge in the room next to his.
“I and Phoenix will guard your back. When I give the signal, run over there and lock the door.”
“Then what happens to Sir and Pipi?”
“Well… I won’t die.”
“Beep!”
“I can’t avoid it alone.”
Serven spoke solemnly to Lasilia, who shook her head.
“No. You should. If Her Majesty the Empress is wrong, Her Majesty is wrong. That means we don’t know what will happen to the empire.”
“What are we avoiding all together?”
“There is no gap. There are now four of them… Huh!”
“Beep!”
The monsters that were circling around, looking for an opportunity, rushed at them all at once.
“Your Majesty the Empress!”
Serven became desperate and covered Lasilia with his body with the intention of saving her.
“Beep!”
Pipi let out a flame that was infinitely weaker than before.
It was that moment.
“Don’t move.”
Passssss!
A cool energy came from somewhere and made the movement stop.
* * *
“Ah… thank you.”
Serven wiped his sweaty forehead with a tired hand.
The fear that Lasilia might get hurt was greater than the fear of dealing with monsters.
Even after the Prince of Dell’Arta had defeated all the monsters, a dark purple energy was wrapped around his sword.
The same was true for his two subordinates. He was not as vivid and dark as Prince Ecelion, but he was visible.
Interestingly enough, the colors were different. One of them was transparent, almost invisible, and the other was pale green.
What was more interesting was that the person with the transparent aura was covering his eyes with a white cloth. Serven had never seen a blind person play a knight before.
“Are there more people who entered the main building?”
Anyway, if all three of them were bringing out that energy, it meant that there were more monsters that came here.
“No.”
But the answer he heard was this.
“Ah… Wasn’t there? But why?”
“Lasilia.”
Ecelion, who cut off Serven’s words, called out to Lasilia.
“Yes, Your Highness Ecelion. First, I must thank you for saving my life and that of Sir Sigress. I owe you.”
“Beep, beep!”
Pipi was exhausted and catching his breath, but was still wary of Ecelion. He told her not to listen to anything he said.
“There are no monsters in the main building right now, but it will be overrun in a moment. It won’t be stopped by the Empire’s military power.”
“Are more monsters coming? Is it close enough to see?”
“No.”
It was a very firm answer. He couldn’t deny that he felt something strange.
“So you have to avoid it before then.”
“Is this something that can be avoided? If the empire cannot stop those monsters,”
“That is up to the Empire to take care of. This will happen because the demons are the emperor.”
“Your Highness Ecelion.”
Ecelion still treated himself as a prophet of Dell’Arta. Lasilia pointed out that point.
“I am the Empress of the Empire. The affairs of the empire and the imperial family cannot be separate from me.”
“You don’t have to think like that anymore.”
Ecelion held out her hand.
“Take my hand, Lady Lasilia. You no longer have to endure the shameless coercion of the empire.”
“Get your hands off me.”
Before Lasilia could respond, Serven blocked Ecelion with his sword.
“Your Highness’s remarks sound like you are trying to make the empire your enemy. If you come even one step closer to Her Majesty, we will regard you as an enemy.”
Ecelion glanced at Serven and opened his lips.
“…If you want.”
At the same time, a strong purple energy rose up and attacked Serven.
“Lord Sigress!”
“Beep!”
Lasilia and Pipi screamed. Ecelion approached and grabbed the hand that was urgently reaching out towards him.
“You must not touch it, Lady Lasilia.”
“Beep!”
Pipi spewed fire at Ecelion. Ecelion’s purple energy seemed to block Pipi’s flames, and then engulfed Pipi as well.
“Pipi! No! …Your Highness Ecelion! Take away that power! hurry!”
“This is for Lasilia. Please forgive my rudeness this once.”
Ecelion picked up Lasilia.
“Let go!”
While holding down the struggling Lasilia with force, he called his subordinate.
“Yenion.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Yenion approached Lasilia’s side. He removed the cloth covering her eyes.
The pupils were as white as snow.
“…”
The moment she met those eyes, her consciousness melted away like snow fluttering in spring.
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