Chapter 48 – 5-Ecliptic (9)
[Hello. My name is Reisen. Warrior!
Her good looks, smiling and talking, had a charm that made men’s hearts pound.
However, the hero’s heart was beating in a different way at something strange and ominous in his eyes]
I was now in a situation very much the same as the original description.
“Hello. Artel-sama, I am Mistral Reisen of the Mistral family.”
It was clear that the girl who smiled brightly at me was a beautiful girl with a promising future.
The beautiful green hair and eyes reminiscent of her nature had a charm that drew attention from men.
However, my body seemed to respond by itself to the ominous madness in the eyes of the girl in front of me.
Of course, I’m also crazy, so I don’t hate the crazy bitch itself.
But yanderes are dangerous.
My slaves are especially dangerous.
That’s why my body was naturally tense.
Although she hasn’t shown signs of being a yandere yet, it’s because the woman in front of her can transform into a yandere at any time.
Of course, as much as she is devoted to her love, she is worthy of being enslaved, but it is impossible right now because there is no guarantee that she will not turn into a yandere.
To be honest, I felt fear at first, but now, thanks to ‘there’, the fear quickly subsided and only interest and tension remained.
‘No matter how crazy she is, she doesn’t necessarily become a yandere, so maybe I can make her a slave and change her?’
The interest from the thought of her and the tension from the thought that she was dangerous made my heart pound.
And, in a sense, meeting her today may have been natural.
Currently, almost all nobles are gathered here.
It was strange that she, the eldest daughter of her marquis family, the Mistral family, wasn’t there in such a place.
That’s why I smiled at her and said hello to her.
“Hello. I’m Shine Artel from the Shine family. Nice to meet you, Lady Reisen.”
Since it was a public banquet, I greeted them according to the etiquette.
She just smiled and gave her her sweet greeting, which made her blush.
As if she were happy, she smiled and held my hand.
“If you don’t have a partner, why don’t you dance with me?”
She held my hand and had a look full of anticipation.
Her face showed her confidence that she could not be rejected and her deep affection for me, which I admired.
It’s been a few hours since we met.
However, the love that has already deepened to that level made me think that it was not for nothing that I had an S rank ability related to love.
So I neither accepted nor declined her offer.
Anyway, here I win as long as I take my time.
So I partly didn’t say anything.
Of course, I pretended to be troubled and conflicted.
At this, her piercing gaze focused on me, but soon it turned to someone else, not to me.
The reason is that the emperor and the princess have finally arrived.
“His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!”
A booming voice announced the arrival of the Emperor.
The emperor had a sharp look and was dressed in a red and gold imperial garb.
And it seemed that an aura befitting an emperor was radiating from his body.
And the emperor, who appeared like that, stepped onto the stage with familiar steps and began to speak to the nobles.
“Thank you for coming together to celebrate Jim’s birthday.”
The Emperor opened his mouth slowly, and I hurriedly moved away from her and approached her grandfather.
Reisen expressed regret at this, but since she is also the eldest daughter of the Mistral family, she had to go to the Mistral family’s patriarch and her marquess, so their first meeting ended safely.
So I safely joined her grandfather.
“You’re here! Look at Artel, that’s His Majesty the Emperor.”
Her grandfather looked at me and said so, and the emperor continued to speak.
“Whoa…”
And I was nervous watching such an emperor.
Even if this is a different world, there is something in common when high-ranking officials like the emperor give congratulatory speeches.
“So Jim!”
What they have in common is that they talk too much and take up a lot of time.
“I am about the current situation.”
The emperor, a nobleman, started with a simple congratulatory speech, and the story continued to the state of the country and the economy.
Seeing such a disgusting appearance, I decided to remain in a daze after activating the listening with one ear and letting out with the other ear, which I had trained in my previous life at school.
I hope this speech will be over soon.
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“…It’s been a while, long time no see!”
I opened my eyes in a pure white world where nothing could be seen.
A world that is just painted in pure white. This world is a very familiar space.
That’s because it’s also a place where I move whenever I focus on something or meditate.
“Anyway, I didn’t know this was applied here too.”
This world is a space created after clearing mental training that requires extreme mental concentration that appears when playing VR games, and serves to commemorate the player’s growth and protect the player’s spirit.
In a word, it is a way to reduce the burden on the mind by temporarily moving to this world when the mind is seriously damaged or when the mind is in danger.
This method is unconditionally installed in the VR genre itself, not in games, and only players whose minds have grown to the point where they don’t need this space can enter it.
In other words, being able to come here means having tremendous mental power.
“By the way, did this also follow me?”
I wondered once again to come to a place I had heard more than once whenever I was playing the game.
While I was thinking about it, I heard someone’s voice.
“Ohhhhh! You also had an image world!”
I hurriedly turned my head at the unfamiliar, bewitching voice of Darkness.
And there was Darkness with a familiar appearance.
Her light purple long hair, the two horns on her head and the black wings on her waist seemed to prove that she was a demon.
Besides, she had black tattoos all over her body, unlike the last time I saw her.
The old-fashioned tattoos started on her legs, continued on her waist, and continued on to her face, and my attention was focused on them.
“Huh…? Ah! That’s right. This is the first time I’ve seen your true self!”
She said slowly, smiling coquettishly and parting her lips with her own fingers.
“By the way, I didn’t know that you could materialize the world of imagination. Most dragons can’t materialize the world of imagination, and besides, your image space is similar to mine.”
As she looked at my world, she evaluated it that way, and I questioned it.
“Image world? This is the image world?”
This world is not an image world, but a space by the mental protection function in VR games.
That’s why I questioned Darkness’ words.
In response, Darkness shook his head and said.
“No, this is your image space. Maybe you and I are connected, so you can go back and forth in the image space.”
“Connection?”
I said with a frown at the sudden connection.
“I’ve never done anything like that, but who wants to connect?”
In my words Darkness is Who! He said with a smile.
“From the moment you can hear my voice, you are connected to me!”
Saying that, Darkness continued to open his mouth as if to explain.
But more than that, a change occurred in my body.
“What?”
Suddenly my vision blurred and I felt as if something was pulling me.
And… And… And… I saw something black in my eyes and I lost consciousness.
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“Artel!”
“…Hot!”
After how much time had passed, I heard Asuka’s voice calling me with one ear and released the shedding mode with the other.
Then, the second princess Asuka, who was looking at me with a worried face in front of her eyes, came into her eyes.
Then came the sound of singing, and then came the nobles who toasted in groups to the words of the emperor.
[Are you coming to your senses now?]
And in my head, I heard the voice of Darkness.
[Hey… Really, I was surprised that suddenly the image of you and me started to resonate! Of course, it’s not that I hate you, but if something like that happened in a spirit state, then I’ll belong to you for the rest of my life.]
In her easygoing voice, she revealed that she was in danger.
I didn’t understand everything she said, but I remembered that she must be in danger.
Of course, Darkness continued to grumble.
However, I had to focus on the second princess, Asuka, in front of Darkness.
Reisen was not detected inside the party hall, perhaps because she had moved somewhere, so for the time being, she focused on the second princess, Asuka.
Asuka was holding me in her arms and she was moving out of the banquet hall.
“Hey… Where are you going?”
Seeing her suddenly moving with me, I was taken aback and asked, and Asuka smiled happily.
“This is the welcome ceremony I prepared. Master Artel!”
She said in a cheerful voice as if she was happy and guided me.
