Chapter 145 – Wounds
000
Early morning on the royal road. When the small sound of the morning birds chirping in from outside the window, Cleon slowly wakes up and opens his eyes. As if last night’s act had been a lie, his body was neatly dressed, and Galatea lay quietly beside him with her eyes closed, asleep. When I check the clock, the time is still a little before 5:00 AM. Apparently, he woke up a little too quickly, so Cleon scratched his head for a while before getting up.
Carefully get out of bed so as not to wake Galatea, and change into light clothes that are comfortable for movement. Unaware of what happened last night in his back alley, he carelessly leaves his room and heads for Sasha’s room, intending to go for a morning jog. When he knocks on the door, there is no answer, so he opens the door slightly to see if he is still asleep. Sasha is also seen asleep in the same bed with Caliburn.
Come to think of it, I recall that both Sasha and Caliburn returned home looking quite tired yesterday. What happened outside?
In any case, thinking that it was a good thing that the two of them got along since the academy, they closed the door and went alone for the first time in a while. If you open the front door and try to step outside-.
“Good morning. Cleon. In that outfit. I think he was thinking of going out for a morning workout.”
At the door was the figure of Rubera, looking up at herself with her eyes half open.
The attire is plain clothes, not the servant’s attire. On her head is the fedora we saw earlier.
“…Why at this time? Wasn’t it during the day?”
“Originally, I was thinking of doing that, but circumstances changed. Just as I was contemplating whether to enter through the window or through the front door, he came out well.”
Cleon looked at her suspiciously as she looked at her, who seemed to have lost her judgment because she was sleepy.
“No, knock on the front door normally… So? Wouldn’t it be better to wake the others up too?”
At that answer, Ruba shook her head. Then she turned and flicked her finger, giving her only sign to follow her.
“There’s a place I’d like you to follow. It’s better not to be seen by anyone else. Let’s just go with you.”
“…Is it related to the imprisoned princess?”
Cleon, who noticed Ruba’s words of her, said. Early in the morning, it must be the story that there is someone to meet without being seen by others.
“But why are you in plain clothes? Wasn’t it the maid’s uniform when you were working?”
“Because… That’s something I have n’t told either her wife her or the other humans in her unit her. That from now on, you and I are going to find her.”
Rubera’s words contained quite a lot of meaning. She goes in search of the imprisoned princess, keeping it a secret from the same unit and the Duchess. In other words, it is a dangerous act that violates not only the orders of the two people, but also the laws of this country, and it is impossible to make an excuse or receive protection even if someone catches it.
“…Is that okay?”
“Usually… No. The fact that she’s making contact with someone is treason. But. The situation is the situation. I need your help right now.”
However, Ruba was telling Cleon that she needed help.
She wonders if she has ever sought help directly from herself. They didn’t know each other for very long, but they were two people who went through quite intense chaos together. Rubera’s strong ego and her characteristic prickly demeanor make her trustworthy at times, but generally she is not open to asking Cleon for help.
For a moment, the intense night at the bar passed through my mind.
Cleon quietly nodded his head. That, of course, meant that he would respond to Ruba’s request for her.
The two walk forward, matching their feet from where they were standing. At this time, it’s time for the people who usually run the shops to start their daily routine on the street. Ruba, who was relatively open-faced, avoided the road where such people were and adjusted her stride so that Cleon could follow.
As expected of her, since she had originally lived in the royal capital, she was quite familiar with the geography of this place.
Confirming that Cleon is following properly, Ruba opens her mouth.
“Last night. Eustes was attacked by a succubus in a back alley.”
“…!? That guy, why was he… Alone in the back alley?”
“No. I was with a detective named Gray… But I don’t think he went with any plans.”
Cleon shut his mouth for a moment, then clenched his fist.
“…Is it because of me? I was told that the succubus in the back alley might be involved in the recent disappearances in the adventurer’s guild…”
“It was you, after all. The one who blew the wind on that idiot… Haa… “
At Cleon’s words her, Ruba let out a sigh. Then she looked back at Cleon, who slowed down.
“That guy… Is one of the most unusual guys I’ve ever known. When I first met him, he was helplessly stupid. .”
Although I have less of that impression because of her work her and her first impressions about Rubera. If Eustes had not drawn out the power of Mistiltein and forcibly closed the rift in the second dimension, the completely resurrected Schradsel would have descended and an uncontrollable disaster would have struck everyone around.
In terms of skill, Aruru and even Alvein could be above Eustes. However, as far as his mindset his as a hero was concerned, the grown Eusthes was a great hero incomparable to Albein.
“…What’s going on with that guy now?”
“…I don’t know. When they retreated, they took Eustes with them.”
Cleon is greatly taken aback by Ruba’s words her.
“No wait. Then…”
“I know you’re worried. He’s alive. The detective Gray I mentioned earlier has attached a transmitter and lent me a tracking device.”
Saying so, Lubera took out her small ring her from her pocket her.
“…Ring of Convenience?”
“It’s a replica. They say they made it themselves, but I was surprised by how good it was.”
If it was a ring of convenience, it was an item that Eustes and Lubera also had before. An ancient artifact in which two rings, paired together, indicate the direction of each other. It is said that it can of course be reproduced with modern technology, but since the degree and retention are poor, the original excavated ring is traded at a very high price.
Eustes’ Ring of Convenience was eaten up by the dungeon, and Ruba’s ring became a mere accessory that didn’t work properly because the paired Eustes’ Ring disappeared.
Therefore, I don’t even carry it with me right now, it’s in a state where I put it somewhere in my luggage bag in the dorm. It would have been nice if they had disposed of it and sold it at a high price, but since the ring they had was obtained illegally by the Marquis Hughes through the connections of the regressors, it was impossible to pass it into the hands of others .
“That detective named Gray… What is he doing?”
“I don’t know… At least you don’t seem to be a simple detective. But the important thing is to solve the princess’ problem first and then go find that fool.”
Although Cleon grew suspicious of Gray, who is said to make artifacts that cannot be completely reproduced with modern technology. As Ruba said-
“No. Wait. Problem?”
“Yes. It’s a problem. It’s a pretty big problem… I’ll go and show it to you and explain it.”
After Ruba said that, she turned around and headed somewhere with Cleon.
Cleon followed her without a word, putting her piled up questions into a corner of her head for the time being.
001
What Cleon and Ruba entered through the secret passage of the royal capital was the confinement tower of the royal palace. In other words, it was a small space where Amelia lived. Amelia’s permission for her was required to pass through this secret passage, so Amelia would not be surprised by the sudden appearance of two people in the room.
Therefore, Amelia, who saw Rubera leading Cleon, saw his impression of her and she only flinched and flinched a little. If she had screamed in surprise, someone might have heard and entered the room.
As soon as he entered the room, the calming smell of balm tickled Cleon’s nose in her.
Cleon, standing behind Rubera, looked at the slender girl in front of her.
She is the princess of the confined tower. Rumor has it that the King considers even her princess’s face her to be cursed and puts an iron mask on her. Fortunately, it seemed to be a mere rumor.
Her pale platinum-colored hair was parted loose, but neatly arranged without shaking.
Eyes shining golden, strong conviction felt in them. And a beautiful face that seems to have been sculpted by God.
Wearing a luxurious silk dress. A silver feather pendant glittered around her neck.
Truly, the appearance of a princess that seems to appear in a story somewhere.
Didn’t Cleon come over to an unreal world with Ruba? She is momentarily mistaken, but before long, when her eyes her meet hers, he lowers her head and knees and then her back her.
“My name is Cleon, the adventurer. Princess Amelia.”
“Raise her head her, Cleon. I heard her story her from her her Rubera her. She helped her a lot.”
“It was her hand-holding her and collaborating her for the same purpose. I also had her help her.”
When Cleon said that, Ruba scratched her cheek and turned her head away as if it was a bit embarrassing.
Amelia smiles at Cleon’s answer her and waits for Cleon to stand up before talking to Ruba.
“Lubera. If it’s really this person, can you heal my wounds?”
“In my experience. And, if what I think is right. Yes.”
After hearing the story of Rubera and Amelia, Cleon knew that the reason he had been called here was to heal the wounds on the princess’s body her.
But, thinking it would have been much more helpful to call Quon on such a thing, Lubera approaches Amelia as Cleon tries to open her mouth.
“Amelia. Hurt Cleon.”
“Hey, wait a minute… Do I have to show you?”
“So he knows what condition he is in.”
When Rubera goes behind Amelia and tries to grab the shoulder straps of her dress her, Amelia blushes and panics.
Cleon had no choice but to turn his head away as he was surprised by Rubera’s behavior of hers.
“Why are you turning your head too?”
“What are you doing? You want to have me executed for blasphemy?”
Cleon broke out in a cold sweat, but Ruba raised the corner of her mouth and made a sneering ‘huh’ sound.
Then she gives Amelia a kind smile.
“It’s okay. Amelia. Amelia’s body is a wonderful body that no one can be ashamed of.”
“That, it’s not that kind of story! No, of course it’s embarrassing, but I, a man, showing off my flesh…”
“At least the lower part of her shoulders. That’s all right. Cleon has seen more women naked than necessary, so you won’t feel strange looking at Amelia’s body her now.”
“Hey. Useless words…”
Cleon tries to protest something against Rubera’s words of her, but she shuts her mouth as she hears a rustling sound coming from behind her.
“… Pervert. Hearing Amelia undress her and shutting her up.”
“No… It’s not like that.”
But when Rubera comes to slander, she regains her cool again and gives her answer. At Rubera’s words, “It’s done, look back,” She turns her head as she sighs.
There, Amelia, her face red, through the dress held up by Rubera. It showed a purple scar made on the joint of her shoulder and chest.
It was like a jewel growing out of her body.
A purple crystal was shining softly on what looked like a black scab. Even if he didn’t use magic time, the magic pressure he felt there was undoubtedly telling the size of the curse.
It was like white pottery, and it was a wound that looked so vicious and unrealistic that it grew on the body of a young girl with no flaws.
“This is… What the hell.”
“It’s a wound from the tail of that red-haired half-succubus named Ishtal. I know it’s got some form of curse, but I don’t know what kind. Except that sometimes I feel pain and it’s hard to move my body. ..”
At Rubera’s explanation her, Amelia cautiously nods her head.
It was the kind that radiated intense black magic to the surroundings, no matter how you thought about it. However, if you think that Amelia herself has a huge amount of pure divine magic that prevents the spread of the curse and somehow suppresses it. Even she herself, it was the first time she had ever been hurt like this, and she must have had a desire to do something about something she couldn’t solve on her own.
However, bringing in outside personnel for her was a risky act. If only she hadn’t been a prisoner. How many times did Lubera think the same thing?
Cleon also thinks the same and turns magic into his eyes her, opening the field of vision to see the invisible.
“…Is this… A seed?”
When Cleon analyzed the curse through magic poetry, it was found that it grew from the seed of something that invaded the princess’s body and was growing by absorbing the divine magic power in the princess’s body of her. It was not a plant seed. However, conceptually analyzed as a seed, it continued to grow within it like the core of a black crystal that grew on the princess’s body her. Besides, the guy was connected to the magic-generating organ in her heart her by riding the flow of her magic power her, so if extracted carelessly, it could threaten Amelia’s life her.
“Is it a seed…?”
When Amelia questions Cleon’s words, Cleon nods her head as if reaffirming her words her.
“Right now, Princess Amelia’s wound contains the seed of the curse. It’s probably something that penetrates her body and connects to her heart. I don’t know what will happen if this spreads throughout her body, but… I’m serious about the fact that I can’t leave it alone. I can understand why the recovery of divine magic did not take place. There is a black magic area around this wound, so the divine magic did not work properly. In addition, the core crystal is still inside the body, so the effect is temporarily weakened. You can make it, but to get it out perfectly… You might need surgery, and that’s quite a big one.”
“Operation…”
Amelia trailed off at Cleon’s words her. Medicine is well developed in this country as well. Surgery to treat organs by splitting the body is not recommended, but it was a study that existed for a while.
However, this type of surgery also required the help of a person with extensive magical knowledge like Lila. In addition, a priest in case of an accident. Cleon kept his mouth shut for a while at the fact that listing the necessary people one by one would require an endless amount of work.
And she turns her head to Rubera standing next to him.
“…No way, why did you show this to me?”
“No way. Just like when you healed my body. I want you to do something with the body of the princess using your stamp of control.”
Cleon puts his hand on her face at Rubera’s huge bombshell remark her.
“…Do you know what he’s talking about?”
“I know. I’ve explained it to Amelia as well.”
Cleon’s gaze turns to Amelia. I don’t know what explanation she got from Ruba, but I could see her blushing in an instant.
Did Ruba know how cruel it was to carve the mark of her dominion on a girl who was just over ten years old, several years younger than Sasha?
“I can’t do it. Imprinting her stamp of dominion on her…”
“… I am determined. If I have to pay the price, the sacrifice necessary to heal this wound, I am ready to do anything.”
At Amelia’s words, Cleon said, ‘Stop.’
“Are you planning to carve lifelong scars on your body to erase the scars you have now? You… You’re too young.
When Cleon, who had forgotten her honorifics of her, because her emotions of her were running high, Amelia lowered her head and held the hem of her dress in her hand her.
“Wait. What are you misunderstanding? Cleon.”
“… To engrave the stamp of her dominion. To do so, she and I-“
“Are you crazy? That could blow your throat for blasphemy.”
Ruba lets out a sigh of hers. Then she serenely grabbed the barisada that was hanging from her waist.
“Did you forget. The power of my demonic sword is distortion. It is possible to twist thoughts and move anything.”
“… No way.”
Ruba nodded her head at Cleon’s words her.
“I’m going to use Barisada’s distortion to transfer the imprint of dominance on my body to her body. Of course, there’s a lot of magic needed to distort that level of thought, so I’ll need your help more.”
Imprint movement.
What Ruba was saying was certainly theoretically possible. Regardless of the level of difficulty or the amount of magical power required.
After healing the body of the princess, it was also a matter of moving the imprint back to Rubera’s body her.
“…But. If the cure isn’t complete, we might have to leave the mark of dominance intact.”
“I’ve already explained that part. Amelia agreed.”
When Cleon looks at Amelia, she nods her head.
He must have heard an explanation from Ruba as to what the imprint of control is. It is a kind of contract of subjugation. According to Cleon’s will, those bearing the stamp of dominion may sometimes be forced to do things against their will.
However, in her eyes her, there was faith in Ruba. And she was showing her faith in Cleon, which Ruba believes in.
Is this really the kind of look a child like this can do?
Cleon does not know how long she has been fighting since she was young to protect her kingdom her and this country.
However, Cleon could no longer ignore the person who was determined to protect someone.
“…Okay. I’ll try my best… No, I’ll see.”
Inje, Cleon corrects his behavior of her. Amelia looked at it and burst out laughing for a moment.
“You can talk about it however you feel comfortable. I’m definitely a member of the royal family, but the royal family’s position is the lowest. Also, officially, I’m not treated as a member of the royal family.”
“… I never thought of it that way. Amelia. You’re definitely a great person compared to any other royal family… But, that’s about it. I do what’s convenient for me.”
Amelia smiled at Cleon’s words and nodded her head. She had a lighter face.
“Yes. I like it because it seems natural.”
“Okay. Then, I’ll receive the magic right away. Cleon.”
Lubera intervenes between Cleon and Amelia. At some point, she had an empty bottle of large-capacity potion in her hand.
“…”
For a moment, Cleon did not understand Ruba’s words of hers. And in an instant, it becomes a hard expression.
“Wait. No way, here?”
“That’s right. Going back and forth is annoying… Ah. Amelia is looking over there. Five minutes… No, it’s over in ten minutes.”
Ruba bent her fingers a few times and said that, and Cleon couldn’t help but be furious at the words of her, but he swallowed her words as he looked at Amelia in front of her.
Actually, Amelia herself just tilted her head as if she didn’t know what was going to happen from now on.
“Wh, what are you trying to do? In my room…”
“I’m going to make a magic potion. Huhu.”
Ruba says so and knocks Cleon’s body over a large bed.
The bed was too big for a 10-year-old to sleep on, so even if Cleon and Ruba climbed on it, it didn’t collapse.
“Are you serious…! Ruba…! If someone finds out-“
“It’s a decision to behead all of them on the spot… Aren’t your survival instincts springing up? Don’t worry. I won’t insert it. Instead, I’ll use multiple parts and give you this bottle until it’s about 3 full.”
Rubera flicking her tongue with her eyes shining. It’s a quiet voice, but with Amelia by her side of her, she seemed obviously excited about doing something like that with Cleon.
“This… A perverted maid…!”
“It’s because of you that I’m like this. It doesn’t seem like it’s my fault.”
“Hey~! What the hell are you doing in my bed~!!?”
Amelia looked at Lubera and Cleon, blushed and raised her voice.
Cleon looked at the two of them and wished that no one would come close to this room.
