Chapter 660 – Long Ago ─ the Princess Finally Realizes How Great Her Family Is.
For Venus Holympia, family was a truly complex entity.
First, she did not live in the imperial palace during her childhood. Starting with Vesta and Ceres, she spent those days in a place called a villa or palace with numerous maids.
Although Agrippa occasionally came and played with the princess, her mother was someone she could not see often and was difficult to talk to, making her feel ashamed whenever she met her.
What about your father Jupiter? He lives in a huge room in the imperial palace. He spends most of his time sitting on a golden throne that boasts an even grander size with a gigantic appearance.
For the princess, the concept of family was something vague and complex that could not be explained in words.
‘Wow, I never thought Aunt Elaine would be this good at cooking… No! I haven’t even heard of you cooking?!’
The princess was honestly surprised as she enjoyed the meal prepared in front of her.
Elaine’s cooking skills were so good that she felt foolish for thinking that she would catch a passing wild animal and roast it without properly removing its intestines.
“It was delicious today too~ Elaine~”
“Why don’t you just stop talking like that and learn how to cook, Agrippa?”
“How do I, a succubus, cook?”
Agrippa laughed and touched her stomach with an expression overflowing with satisfaction, and Elaine sighed and looked at the princess with a proud expression.
“Venus, what about you? Does it fit your mouth?”
“Bird, I was surprised that it fit my mouth better than I expected. I didn’t say I would eat a little more for no reason.”
Haha! Really? That’s a good thing. Since you are a member of the royal family just like us, I thought you would definitely eat 2~3 times more than Agrippa. Good thing you were full!”
Elaine, with a smile that did not show the slightest hint of darkness, placed a drink with a pleasant scent in the princess’s hands.
Dessert after a meal, is it close to that feeling? The princess took the sweet-smelling drink with both hands and sipped it quietly.
“This is quite… Wow, it tastes good, huh? But how on earth do you carry these things around?”
Surprisingly, it was not Elaine who answered the princess’s question.
“Young sister. This is possible because there is a backpack with a mysterious magic that I received from the magic tower lord.”
“Oh, are you talking about magic that manipulates space and time at will?”
“That’s right, young sister. Unlike you, you seem to have extensive knowledge of magic.”
“Hey, dude! Jupiter! Are you calling me stupid?”
Elaine hits Jupiter’s thigh with her leg for no reason.
That Yupetir jokes and gets along with her older sister Elaine…
‘I can’t figure out if this is a dream or the truth. Plus… Abamama, that Abamama…’
The princess swallowed her saliva and looked at Jupiter again.
Jupiter Holympia, for the princess, was one of those people who surpassed her complexities and whom she never wanted to become.
He was the emperor from the time the princess was born, and he was the emperor throughout her childhood and while she was attending the academy. Since her childhood, there had been countless stories about the emperor from all around, and there were stories she had heard and seen herself, so the princess really hated Jupiter.
“Young sister, it is indeed something to be praised for your complete knowledge of magic.”
“Chi, is this something worthy of praise?”
“That’s right. Our royal family is born with a curse that allows them to possess strong magical power, but cannot manifest it as magic. Young sister, learn the theory of things you can never do. It is never an easy task.”
“Ha, haha… I’ve never received a compliment like that before…”
The princess was so happy that she laughed as she twisted her fingers.
Did you ever think that the day would come when you would receive such praise from the emperor? Was Jupiter such a caring father?
The corners of the princess’s mouth went up like an idiot at the fact that her dream, which she had given up on when she was very young, had suddenly come true.
“Well, I don’t think you’re just a smartass who only knows magic.”
“It’s just like what my sister said. When I think about my little sister’s actions when she exterminated demons and monsters with us, it’s not a shame to say that she went through many hardships.”
“Did I say 23 years old? It’s not easy to show that level of skill at that age. Honestly, we’re strong.”
Elaine crosses her legs and smiles with the corners of her mouth raised.
“As strong as you are, you often don’t accumulate experience points. If you punch someone with sincerity, you can kill them, and even goblins and orcs can’t compete with us. But you seemed quite used to fighting.”〈 Br〉
“Isn’t the little sister going through quite a few things similar to us?”
“Kkkk, actually of course you may not be 23 years old. Aren’t you older than me?”
The princess smiled very slightly as she looked at Elaine and Jupiter laughing playfully.
‘If… Ceres sent me here because he wanted to show me like this…’
The princess wanted to hold Ceres’ hand and tell him that it was definitely not a wrong choice if she wanted him to feel the warmth of her family and her love.
* * * * *
The princess, who had been anxious about whether she was going to see Agrippa and Elaine having sex or whether she was going to see Agrippa and Jupiter making a baby, realized that her thoughts were very foolish the moment she woke up in the morning.
First, since Elaine was on watch in the first place, she did not even share the same tent as Agrippa.
As for Jupiter, he was meditating from the time the princess fell asleep until morning. Since the princess was sleeping next to Agrippa in the first place, she couldn’t have known if something had happened during the night.
“Well, by the way. Doesn’t everyone travel like this by just carrying a backpack? Huh…?”
Looking at Jupiter wearing a large backpack and Elaine wearing something similar, the princess pointed outside.
The group, who had spent the night inside the dungeon, walked outside as if it was natural.
The princess, who up to this point had thought she might be riding a carriage or something like a giant monster, realized that she didn’t even have her horse parked outside the dungeon.
‘Bird, when I think about it, if I had a horse, I would have brought it inside when I was sleeping in the dungeon yesterday…’
Elaine smiles as she looks at the princess who very slowly realizes that even though the situation is strange, it really is strange.
“What, why? Did you even imagine walking around?”
“Isn’t it just your imagination? You have nothing to ride on? Could it be that if you even whistle, a huge wolf will come?”
“We’re not elves and there’s no way we could be something like that…”
Elaine snorts and pulls out a sword from her waist.
Strangely, that sword only had a hilt and no blade.
“How can I walk on my own two legs across the vast land of the empire where the sun never sets?”
“It’s just as my sister said. Using horses and other means of transportation is also inefficient.”
“Then what the hell…”
Before the princess could finish asking questions, Elaine grabbed the hilt of the sword with both hands and struck it down with all her strength.
─Ji-ing! Jiji, do it! Jiing!!!
The space begins to tear apart with a strange sound, following the trajectory of Elaine’s sword.
“Jupiter, were they adventurers from last time? I’m planning to go east to Gregory like that guy with the hair said. What do you think?”
“I think it’s the right decision.”
After hearing Jupiter’s words, Elaine immediately swung her sword once more.
─Blah blah blah! Jump!!!
Along with a rumbling sound, a portal appeared in front of the group that was swinging unsteadily.
“Creating a portal with a sword? How on earth is something like this possible…”
“Haha, you should ask Amilias to make one for you later. That dwarf can really make anything. What did he say? He can make everything?”
Elaine, who looked like she had done something completely natural, like starting a fire with flint, fell through the portal first.
Jupiter followed behind, folding his body in half, and Agrippa entered last, gently pressing the waist of the dazed princess.
“Um, really… A dimension that works just fine… Luck?!”
The moment she came out, the princess saw with her own eyes the rotten, vibrating sulfur fire falling like rain from the sky and the demons fluttering their wings.
“Ha, it’s as expected. If word spreads in the Adventurer’s Guild, demons will be pouring out of the dungeon.”
Elaine pulls out the sword spouting fire without hesitation and gestures at the princess.
“I’m protecting you well, Agrippa, okay? I won’t tell you to fight!”
With those words, Elaine started chopping up the demons nearby, as if it was completely natural.
Demons with goat heads were endlessly ravaging the village in front of us, but Elaine was killing them faster than the speed at which they moved.
‘Ah, Abama and Aunt are really… In this era…’
The princess watches their fight with admiration. Elaine slaughtered the demon with a movement that left an afterimage. Jupiter was fighting a gigantic demon that Elaine could not handle at once.
Although he used his fists as weapons, he skillfully took out the numerous equipment on his back and dealt with the enemy very efficiently.
He struck the thick shell with a heavy hammer and hunted the demon by swinging a sword enchanted with flashing white light.
“Little sister!”
“Now, sleep… Sleep…?!”
“Venus! Take it! Can’t you just pick it up and make it sit on the ground?!”
The two royal families hunted down demons as if it were natural, and at the same time threw the rescued villagers to the princess.
The princess took it like a princess with her incredible physical ability, or hugged her around the waist and made her sit on the ground.
“Okay, everyone, let’s pray here. Come here. Yes, I am a priest of the Order of Saints~”
Agrippa speaks in a personable voice and makes his eyes turn red to attract people.
The princess was surprised by the power, but Agrippa prayed with both hands in a very familiar manner. Pure white light erupted, and a protective shield was created around her body, and demons that smelled of weak and weak beings could not even come close to the protective shield.
‘Abama and Mom… And even Aunt Elaine… I didn’t say this was a task for no reason…’
She was a princess who only realized the greatness of her family at the age of 23.
