Chapter 417 – Side Story – Continued (20)
In the past few days, the relationship between the princess and Vomeros has become much closer.
The king was willing to accept this situation.
Perhaps, given Vomeros’s personality, it is unlikely that their relationship will be purely platonic or commercial.
However, that wasn’t that important to the king.
The important thing is that if the princess and Vomeros become engaged, the king’s retirement will probably be peaceful until he dies of old age.
Until then, there was still some anxiety.
What if Vomeros is not satisfied there and tries to take over the country?
However, recently, due to an unknown reason, the prince’s power fell, and a new possibility came into view.
He may not be satisfied with marrying a princess and adding his name to the royal family tree. But if you are not just a royal, but the queen’s husband.
Wouldn’t that be enough to satisfy even Vomeros?
The brilliant intelligence of the King, who had failed so badly in politics and left a single general to control the royal family, shone once again.
The king decided to marry the princess to Vomeros.
Still, it would be a bit awkward to announce the marriage right away, so it would be better to get engaged first. Then, just proceed slowly.
In this way, plans were formed one by one in the king’s head.
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『Dungeon completed!
Return to the original world in 1 hour.』
“… Huh?”
A short period of time after lunch before the afternoon schedule begins.
I don’t want to do princess work. If I drink too much, won’t the princess come out and do the work for me? It was a time when I was rolling around in bed thinking the same thing.
A message window suddenly appeared, blocking half of my vision.
I raised my upper body from the bed and looked closely at the message window.
Maybe I read it wrong? However, no matter how much I looked into it, there was no change in the content.
It is said that the dungeon is over, and you will return to the original world in 1 hour.
“This suddenly?”
It is said that the original experiential dungeon itself can be achieved on its own if you leave it alone as long as the conditions are met… It felt a bit unexpected.
After reading a little more, there was an item called ‘Read More’ at the bottom.
When I clicked on that part, it explained in detail how the actions we took after entering this dungeon satisfied the dungeon clear conditions.
I read it all the way through…
Hmm. Good. I don’t know.
What is Vomeros’ ambition, what is his right to succeed to the throne… There were so many words written that it would make your head hurt just looking at them.
It’s not that I couldn’t understand it at all, so I thought I could understand it if I read it slowly and carefully, but why?
To roughly summarize, in the original history, Vomeros, who staged a coup and destroyed the kingdom for some reason, was satisfied when he became the queen’s husband through our actions and did not change the name of the kingdom. That seemed to be the story.
There are hints that the princess’s married life won’t be all that smooth, but that’s none of my business.
There wasn’t much interest in setting up the story of an experiential dungeon.
I decided to just skip to this point and called Flora and Asil.
This message window is probably only visible to me, the player.
There is only 1 hour left… No, it’s about 55 minutes now. If you have been close to someone for a while, it is enough time to say goodbye.
On the other hand, if there was a guy you didn’t like, it would be nice to give him one last punch.
Flora, who was my exclusive maid, came right away when I called her. However, Flora was the only one who came.
“Flora. What do you know? “Did you not see her on the way?”
“Huh. I didn’t see it. “Don’t you have something to do with the Royal Guard?”
“Is it? That could be possible.”
Did Asil work so hard in the Royal Guard? Well. I do not know. Or maybe he’s coming as soon as I call him, but it’s just taking a long time because of the distance.
First, I told Flora, who came first, that the dungeon would be cleared in one hour.
“… Huh?”
And Flora, like me, blinked for a moment as if she couldn’t understand.
“How did Soira know that? No, since it’s Soira, I think it could be like this…”
“No, what image are you looking at me through?”
“Ah, that… Right? Hehe.”
Flora stuck out the tip of her tongue and laughed, avoiding giving a clear answer to my question.
You know? I felt the same way, so it was a little bit disgusting, but I wasn’t particularly angry or anything because he was really cute. After all, pretty girls benefit.
“… Well, that’s enough. Anyway, there are only a few dungeons left, so if there’s anyone you want to say hello to or give a slap to, come quickly.”
Flora thought for a moment and then shook her head.
“Yes. I can’t think of anyone who would do that. It’s not that there weren’t people who didn’t like it at all, but if it meant hitting them, that would be a bit…”
“Okay? “Didn’t you get scolded for not being a maid well?”
“I did get some notice at first. Still, she wasn’t abusive. Who could openly mistreat the princess’s personal maid?”
“That’s true too.”
I nodded.
Being an exclusive maid means that the princess is in control, and it would not be easy to dare to mess with her. Yes.
Even while the conversation with Flora was concluded, she did not arrive.
Can not help it. Let’s make the first move without waiting for Asil. There’s a guy I want to hit too.
“Flora. Unless you’re going to meet anyone in particular during the remaining time, would you mind waiting here for a moment? Just tell them it will end soon.”
“Soira? “Are you coming back when you’re done with your business?”
“Yes. I probably won’t come back. “I’m going to use all my remaining time wisely.”
“Wow… Was there anyone you were so dissatisfied with?”
“It’s not that the dissatisfaction is that big… I think one ride would be enough, but I think that one ride would take a long time.”
“… ?”
Flora tilted her head, but didn’t ask any more questions.
“Okay. “I’ll tell you when Asil comes.”
“Please take care of me. See you later~”
After I parted ways with Flora, I walked busily with her.
The remaining time… Approximately 40 minutes.
In a normal situation, it would have been enough time to find and hit at least one person, but in this case, it was difficult to say that it was enough.
Because the person I was visiting was the King.
It was Vomeros who sexually harassed me while I was in this dungeon, but I have no hard feelings towards Vomeros.
That’s right, I also enjoyed it happily.
There were times when I behaved a little offended or irritated, but I could just laugh it off and say it was part of the game.
But I kind of hate the king.
He is trying to sell her daughter in marriage so that he can clean up his own shit.
It was difficult for me, with the sensibilities of an ordinary modern person, to accept.
Still, it’s a game, so I just said, ‘I can’t forgive!’ ‘Pay for your evil deeds!’ I wasn’t angry enough to swing a knife. Just one punch. Just that much.
Even her own daughter, the princess, will understand and forgive that much.
Is that right, the princess in me?
Yes!
That’s right.
I must have gotten my daughter’s consent, so I headed to the king’s office with light steps.
…
Of course, contrary to the light steps, it was not so easy to meet the king just because he came to meet him without making an appointment.
After telling the king that I wanted to meet him, I was only able to enter the king’s office about 30 minutes later.
This was only possible because I was a princess. If he had been a decent nobleman, he would have been told to write his name in the register and sent it back.
“Please go in.”
I greeted the guard guarding the office with my eyes and entered the office.
Instead of a mountain of documents, the king’s desk was filled with delicious-looking desserts.
There are dozens of documents I was supposed to process in the afternoon, but the king is eating dessert?
As I was staring at the desserts, the King cleared his throat as if embarrassed, drawing my attention.
“Kuhm. Okay. “What brings the princess here?”
“I came to see you because I had something important to tell you. “Father.”
I approached the king, setting the tone as if I was talking about something important.
The guard next to the king tried to approach to stop him, but the king stopped him.
“Okay. “I know best that the princess has no magic power.”
A woman without a weapon or magic power is not a threat. It was a kind of common sense.
Even if I were to compete with a king who doesn’t know how to use magic, I would still lose due to the physical differences between men and women.
If she really was a princess.
But who am I? She is a woman who learned martial arts.
It’s no use beating up a lazy middle-aged man.
As I approached, I checked the remaining time.
The remaining time is under 1 minute. It was close, but it was just the right time.
“You must have passed the work on to me! This is my reward for my work!”
“What? What… Phew!”
Bah!
A high kick extending in a wonderful semicircle struck the king’s face.
The king’s efforts to look solemn were meaningless, and he fell backwards, making a stupid sound.
Thud. As soon as the king’s body fell, the guards reached out to grab me.
Is it because I am a princess that I did not draw my sword during this?
Anyway, it’s already too late.
As the remaining time reached 0 seconds, my body began to shimmer like a haze.
The outstretched hands of the guards penetrated my body.
He shouted one last time, raising his middle finger to the king, who had collapsed beyond the incredulous guards.
“… !”
Ah. Oh my, I can’t even talk in this state.
Anyway, I’m satisfied because I hit him once.
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When my vision, which had been blurred for a moment, returned, I was in the basement of the cabin where I first entered the portal.
At the location where the portal was, there were only treasure chests that appeared to be dungeon rewards.
And Flora and Asil were gathered safely.
“Ah. Soira. “Did you do your business well?”
“Huh. “I’m satisfied because I gave him a rough kick.”
“This dungeon was very strange… “Nothing hard has happened, but I feel very tired.”
“I think I know that feeling…”
“… “No!!”
Asil suddenly shouted.
The surprised eyes of Flora and I focused on Asil.
Asil was holding her head, and she was walking around on her feet, her face bright red.
“No, no no, no!!”
Thump, thump.
What he did was no different from kicking the blanket at 3 a.M. When he suddenly remembered something dark, but since he had such good physical ability, that alone made the basement of the cabin shake.
“Well, you know. Are you okay… ?”
Flora, who was worse off, spoke up.
“Ah, ah, ah…”
When Asil saw Flora, she wondered what she was thinking, and her already red face turned even redder.
“S-sorry! I can’t do this any more today! See you next time!”
Then he suddenly opened a portal to Earth and disappeared.
“… ? Soira. What did I do wrong?”
“No. Maybe… Asil must have done something wrong. “Maybe.”
I have no idea what it is right now.
However, I was able to guess that something interesting had happened.
I should remember it and play with it later.
“Ego. Then let’s go back too. Take the treasure chest.”
“Huh… You know, it’ll be okay, right?”
“It’s no big deal. Obviously.”
I returned to the castle, comforting Flora, who was worried about Asil until the end.
For reference, the contents of the treasure chest were several treasures from the Lanon Kingdom era that we experienced.
They say it was sold at a high price because of its high historical value, but it was meaningless to me, so it was a bit disappointing.
And you know… Even though it was the next day to visit, he only handed me a note and went straight back.
‘I’m off this week.’
No, what kind of restaurant sets its own closing days?
Still, he still couldn’t shake off his shyness, so I decided to watch him because his wandering expression was cute.
It was refreshing because I hadn’t seen him that shy since we first met.
After such a long time, my dungeon exploration has ended.
