Chapter 32
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 32
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I knew there was another person besides me.
That must be so, with someone screaming openly like that, there's no way I wouldn't know.
But I didn't particularly care.
I complacently thought, what could possibly happen in a situation with no connection.
'No wonder there were no people.'
And thanks to that complacent thought, I got a headache.
There is a reason for everything.
There was a reason there were no people here either. To think it was a space only royalty could use.
So the man in front of my eyes must be doing this because he finds me suspicious.
"I am not a suspicious person!"
Anyway, because I had to fix the situation, I appealed. That I am absolutely not a suspicious person.
Saying I just entered without knowing there was such a regulation.
If I clear up the misunderstanding and formally apologize, wouldn't it be resolved well?
"Don't dodge and get hit quietly!"
But it doesn't seem so.
'What's wrong with this person.'
Is he drunk or something? He looks perfectly fine on the outside.
No matter how much I speak, the opponent doesn't listen at all. Maybe he has no intention to listen.
The man kept throwing punches aiming only at my face.
But funnily enough, the punches couldn't reach even once.
'Is it just my feeling that he looks slow?'
If at first I dodged instinctively out of fluster, now was different.
The movements looked slow. Wondering if I am seeing the benefit of sparring with Aniel, I shook my head.
It must be just that man's actions are sluggish.
While thinking let's not have strange misunderstandings for no reason, eventually the man who got exhausted before me opened his mouth.
"This stupid guy! Do you not know who I am!"
At this point, my ears hurt. Why on earth is his voice so loud.
"Who are you?"
For now, I thought what's good is good.
Because the opponent seemed to have agreed to converse.
"My name is Albert!"
The opponent spoke his name with a proud expression.
But my reaction is no different from before.
"Who is that....?"
If you say it like that, how would I know.
There wouldn't be just one or two named Albert, and it wouldn't be a name impossible not to know for an Imperial citizen like Aniel or Lucia.
"Who is that? You ask who? Are you saying you don't know me right now? Ha!"
As if he completely didn't expect me not to know his name, Albert, while flustered, perhaps his pride was crushed as he got even angrier than before.
"You must have heard of Robiesh, right?"
..... No? It's a family I hear for the first time in my life.
Is it such a famous family? What I mumbled inwardly popped out of my mouth unknowingly.
Thinking 'Oops', when I looked at Albert, his eyes had already rolled back.
"To not even know our family, what kind of country bumpkin are you!"
I didn't particularly deny the word country bumpkin.
Because looking at it from the standard of the Empire's capital, everyone would be a country bumpkin regardless of where the standard is.
"My mother is His Majesty the Emperor's one and only younger sister and I am his nephew! You are someone who cannot even dare meet my gaze!"
Whether he was frustrated or his pride was deeply hurt, he tells me everything now.
Who my mother is, who my father is, and what relationship I have with His Majesty the Emperor, everything.
Never expecting to directly see something only seen in movies, I was just continuing to listen.
Because right after possessing this body, it was the first time seeing a person reciting their genealogy fluently like now.
"So, you are saying you are royalty?"
"Right! It's a fact everyone knows just hearing the name Albert!"
Hearing everything, I knew how amazing this person is.
Well, since the opponent introduced himself, while contemplating if I should also state my name, Albert raised his voice again.
"Now that you know, get hit quietly!"
"Why should I do that."
"What?"
But it was still difficult to know the reason why he was trying to hit me.
"According to your words, this is His Majesty the Emperor's garden, not your garden."
Actually, if it were the Emperor's children like Lucia, I probably would have gotten hit quietly as he said.
If it could end by getting hit a few times, I would willingly do so.
Because I also don't want to make things big.
"No matter if you are a royalty, you don't seem to have the authority to punish me."
But a person who is a nephew, not even a child, to me?
"Please tell His Majesty. Then I will also go to His Majesty and explain."
And I shouldn't believe those words exactly as they are.
Perhaps the opponent's claim might be bluffing.
He chattered about how much the Emperor favors him, but wasn't that just his one-sided claim.
And constantly calling me a country bumpkin was also absurd.
'Looking just now, it seems only families of quite a high level were invited though.'
It's a banquet hall made strictly by the Emperor's careful selection.
If he has a brain, he could at least imagine that I am also not an ordinary figure.
I contemplated how to deal with this arrogant person.
It felt like he would act annoying to the end if I just ignored him and left.
"Allen. What are you doing here?"
"Ah."
In the midst of contemplating what to do, a familiar voice was heard in my ears.
"Greetings to the Saintess."
"Saintess, you say, what nonsense is that... real?"
Saintess Lily. She had appeared.
I wondered why she was here, but Lily smiled brightly as if it was nothing and explained.
"I saw a familiar figure so I came, and Allen was here."
It seems she came because she saw me coincidentally.
"The banquet will start slowly soon. So how about returning quickly?"
Lily suggested to me. How about returning to the banquet hall like this.
However, my gaze reached Albert again.
While flustered by the sudden intrusion of the Saintess and the appearance of conversing calmly with Lily, his properly scratched two eyes still chased me fiercely.
In the midst of intending to leave after resolving the problem with that person first.
"And just in time, I have a conversation to share alone with Young Master Robiesh."
Lily opened her mouth and spoke before I even brought up words.
Are those words true? It's suspicious.
Although I just saw him, if he had a close relationship with Lily, Albert would have revealed it without hesitation.
Exactly to express how great he is.
But the current Albert only showed a gaze mixed with wariness and didn't intervene in the conversation.
'Let's not think deeply. Because returning to the banquet hall is first right now.'
The bell rings. Knowing that signal meant His Majesty the Emperor would visit soon, it was time for me to head to Aniel now.
Bowing my head, I sent a message of thanks to Lily and tried to leave simultaneously.
"Fufu, Allen. This is a debt. So you must remember it without fail."
But Lily grabbed my wrist and whispered in my ear.
With a seductive voice impossible to feel as a Saintess.
My body trembled with a start, but Lily still smiled prettily and waved her hand.
"Then see you at the Academy. Allen."
***
[Lily's ?ability has increased by 1]
Lily's heart facing the appearance of departing Allen to the end fluctuated with joy.
Ah, to think she could help him with her own power. What a happy thing this is.
'What words should I bring up first when we return to the Academy?'
Above all, the most important thing is that she put a debt on him.
Lily imagined. What she would request of him, and how far he would listen.
"So, what is this story to do alone with me?"
But there was a tactless person disturbing this happy time.
Unlike just before, Lily dyed her expression coldly and looked at Albert.
Seeing his appearance showing the most intimidating attitude possible while crossing his arms, the happiness completely disappeared and anger settled in.
To dare try harming Allen without knowing his place. It's fortunate that Allen wasn't hit even once, but if he had been hit, then....
"I like the Marchioness Robiesh."
The garden was very splendid. Rare flowers were placed everywhere.
"Because thanks to her discovering me living on the street, I could wear good clothes, eat good food, and also request learning."
Above all, thanks to her, I also met the partner of destiny.
Whether he felt the strange atmosphere, Albert was anxious. A dangerous feeling crawled up somehow.
The thought occurred that he should step back, but his ankles wouldn't move for some reason.
"What is the reason for talking about my mother suddenly? More than that, state only the main point. I also have a place to go."
Looking around the flowers, Lily discovered a flower possessing a color similar to Allen's eyes.
She carefully reached out, plucked it, brought it to her nose, and smelled the scent.
Clearly the flower was fragrant.
"But sometimes I hate her too."
Ending with those words, the flower withered rapidly.
"Because thanks to her, I was reduced to the plight of a bird in a cage."
Seeing this, Albert was flustered.
Saintesses used the power of light to oppose demons.
But what was shown in front of his eyes was not the power of light....
"So I intend to pay it back a little too. To you whom she considers precious."
Lily didn't do anything.
She just placed her hand on his shoulder. She only placed her hand.
"Ah, aah, aaah!!!"
As Albert's vision was dyed with darkness, an unspeakable tsunami of terror rushed in.
***
'Aniel will be fine, right?'
I left my seat for too long than thought.
There were many things concerning about Lily, but right now Aniel was first.
With the thought that I must return quickly and guard Aniel's side, I hurriedly returned inside the banquet hall and immediately turned my head to find Aniel.
And before long, I could find her. Because a person as beautiful as her caught the eye.
But a problem occurred.
Slap-.
"Really. I am sick and tired of it."
"......"
Aniel got slapped in the face.
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