Chapter 324 – Day 47 – The Princess Hears the Truth From the Head of the Magicka Family.
“…Everywhere you look…”
“No matter how you look at it…”
Venus and Arisa were whispering to each other in very serious voices.
The atmosphere itself was not bad because Ceres, who was smart and had good behavior, quickly organized the waiting room and got into the car with the items he brought from the carriage.
“You two are still there.”
Mana, who was given black tea by Ceres… No, she, the woman claiming to be Mana, spat out her words her calmly.
“…I don’t know much about you yet, so don’t talk too casually.”
“Yes, you have the same face as Mana, but pretending to be her friend her and talking to her is troublesome.”
Arisa and Venus drew a line for now, but there were various thoughts in their minds.
The two girls clearly sorted out their feelings for Mana, who died a long time ago, but that was inevitable.
Since I hadn’t spent a day or two at the academy, I had quite a few memories, and I also had memories of stealing and eating cakes made by Ceres.
The thought that a friend from childhood, who brings a happy smile when you think about it, might actually be alive is enough to make your heart beat faster.
‘I don’t want to be disappointed by having unnecessary expectations…’
Venus bit her lip.
Even if the existence in front of me was really Mana, even if it was human garbage playing around with Mana’s corpse, it seemed like it would be painful.
“Hmm… The tea that Mr. Ceres makes still smells good. Does Venus still only drink sweet drinks?”
“…That’s right. You can’t drink hot drinks well…”
Ceres thought for a moment and then answered innocently.
Then, casually, Ceres handed the bowl of cookies to the girl sitting behind the head of the household, a child known as her youngest daughter.
Hedone and Diana were sitting behind the princess and Arisa, but the two were sparing their words because they were in a very sensitive situation.
“Venus…”
“Stop it.”
Before Gazoo can say anything more, Venus cuts him off.
“Tell me about your identity first. Think about our position…”
She didn’t show her anger out loud, but Mana, seeing Venus who spoke her words while swallowing various emotions, quietly shut her mouth and drank the black tea.
“…Okay. First of all…”
Mana looks at Arisa.
“As Arisa and Venus think, as many nobles say.
“…You…”
Hard.
The princess bit her fangs tightly and clenched her fists, but she didn’t swing them.
The woman in front of Mana and Queen Madolce, who were precious friends, ‘certainly’ died as the woman in front of them informed them, but they could not resolve their anger yet.
“In various circumstances… I could have guessed that he was an informer in that His Majesty the Emperor spared you.”
Arisa held her princess’ hand her with her fist clenched in her fist and nodded her head, asking the family head in front of her to tell her story her.
“And I’m not the person you know. I’ve received various memories, but I can’t say I’m the mana you know.”
“Don’t speak vaguely, speak plainly… “
“I…”
Ga-joo points to her body her with her hand her.
“It’s a failure created by Queen Madolce.”
“A failure…?”
“The mana you guys met… How many times was it? I remembered everything in the past, but now I forgot.”
He closes his eyes and exhales slowly.
“The Mana you met was the most successful among us. It was almost identical to the original Mana. The only difference is that her heart was slightly remodeled so that she could become an outstanding wizard as Queen Madolce had hoped.”
“…Well, wait…What are you talking about…”
Venus felt his head hurt and pressed his forehead.
Arisa also couldn’t understand most of what the family head said.
“Oh, don’t you know?”
Kaju smiled very sadly and then took another sip of the tea.
“Mana died a long time ago.”
“I know that, so don’t bother telling me!”
“Venus, Arisa. It means that she died before she met you guys.”
At the words of the family head, Venus’ hands her trembled.
Hedone, Venus, Arisa, and Diana, who were sitting in this place, did not know what Madolce and the emperor were talking about, so they had no idea of the truth the family head was saying.
“Mana Madolce died 30 years ago. She was the precious daughter of Queen Madolce, but her heart was so weak from birth that she could not use magic properly. Queen Madolce said that if such a daughter continues to study magic, She believed that one day she could become a great wizard.”
“Ah… I can’t believe it… I’ve heard of that story before. I thought it was a rumor that sometimes spreads around the Mage Tower…”
Arisa made a serious expression and touched her cheek her.
“Of course, I thought it was a rumor that was created out of envy among the nobles. It was a story that a long time ago, a mage who had been studying hard at the mage’s tower died from exhaustion of magical power… “
“Exactly. Queen Ma Dolce wanted her daughter to have exactly as good magic skills as she did. She gave up a lot. Because it’s the way to become.”
Arisa held Venus’ hand her and nodded her head.
“Queen Madolce… Oh, that stupid woman decided to bring her daughter back to life when she realized that her daughter was dead because of her own ridiculous expectations of her.”
“Isn’t that kind of a miracle performed by the Church of Saints… Or by a saintess who borrows the power of God from time to time? That’s mostly Elaine… No, I know it only happens in children’s books. “
“Besides, by borrowing her powers from her Church of Saints, it will be known that the Queen of Magicka killed her daughter from overwork. Her Queen, in order to protect her self-esteem in her sorrowful subject, She tried to save her daughter with her own power.”
Ga-joo slowly rose from her seat, grabbed her skirt and lifted it up, revealing her right leg of her, which had disappeared cleanly below the knee of her.
“Queen Ma Dolce has tried many methods, but she has failed to resurrect Mana or her self to her. So… She is a queen…”
“…You made a homunculus…”
When Arisa said with a blank expression, Kaju nodded her head.
“Three… God… All wizards are a little bit cruel, but… “
“Why, why are you doing this? Arisa! Don’t be surprised by yourself. Explain to me!”
“Bo, can’t you see it?! Venus!? Queen Ma Dolce! Here’s the family head! He made a homunculus for his first daughter, but he wasn’t satisfied! Because…! Her arm and one leg are missing! Perfect! You couldn’t duplicate it!”
Arisa shouted and looked at Gazoo.
His right arm his looked intact to Venus, but it was gloved and impossible to fool the eyes of Arisa, a genius sorceress.
“Poor Queen Madolce kept making me. There were worse defective products than me, and there were also cases that were better than me. When there were more than 100 people, it became quite good, and when there were more than 200 people, Queen Madolce gradually reformed us. She went out.”
“… Her first desire to see her own daughter again… She eventually turned into the act of making her the most perfect daughter of her.”
Hearing Arisa and Mana’s story, Venus shook her fist.
“Then you… Why do you have memories?”
“Because she was very kind. Every weekend she came down to the basement and told me stories. Could have been purely shared.”
Ga-joo smiles and holds her hand tightly.
“When the most successful mana came down and started talking, we all were soaked in joy. I especially liked the story of Venus playing an active role. I had to talk about breaking the legs of the boys who lifted Arisa’s skirt every weekend.”
“…”
“After hearing Mr. Ceres’ story of cookies and cakes, everyone held each other’s hands and received memories. Oh my God… How delicious it was. We always ate gooey lumps that didn’t even know they were food. It was so delicious.”
“…Mana…”
“It was really fun to wear dresses. We didn’t have much concept of clothes. When Mr. Ceres gave us our body measurements with a tape measure, put our underwear on and put on beautiful dresses one by one, and showed us our bodies in the mirror….Everybody cried even.”
Recalling a story from long ago, the family head opens her bloodshot eyes and looks at Venus.
“…So… Did you report it?”
“Even after I was created, Queen Madolche had to study for a long time. I was a really good test subject, especially for testing the changes that occur in the body of an adult homunculus.”
Venus could not be angry.
In the end, it was a story that there was nothing else about the family head in front of her and Mana, who had been happily talking and playing during her academy days.
Of course, there could have been a certain amount of lies as it was a story told by the householder, but Arisa, who had more magical knowledge than herself, didn’t say anything.
“Queen Madolce was not satisfied.”
“…What do you mean?”
“The most successful Mana among us, the child that remained in Venus and Arisa’s memory, was not satisfied and continued to create a homunculus.”
Gazoo said that and snapped his fingers, causing the slime on the ground to rise up his left leg.
“Queen Madolce made a lot of things without stopping from us. To be honest, I didn’t know what the end would be and I was so scared. She even used our broken bodies.”
“… So you snitched on Obama to stop her Queen Madolce?”
“Queen Madolce didn’t even care that I got out of her house. She must have thought that a woman without a leg and an arm had to get out of Magicka so she could n’t do anything.”
The family head, the first mana said so and she sat down again.
“After all, you are your own mother her, and among her her you, you have killed her her most successful mana her.”
“I know. It was the stupidest thing I’ve ever done in my life…”
“You! I don’t know what the hell you were thinking, but a lot of people in Magicka Kingdom died!”
“That’s right… I was stupidly envious… I hated my mother so much.”
“Ugh…”
The princess was speechless at the sight of her mana her acknowledging all of her own words her.
“Why was that? Nothing would have changed just because I was envious, but I knew exactly what His Majesty would do… I… I…”
The first mana sobbed, and her words her slurred.
“…If you… Came to me…”
It was the princess who spoke her words to her, but she kept her mouth shut.
Even now, with these stories, even if her first mana her came to her, there was nothing the princess could do.
Was there a way for the princess from her academy days to save the mana in front of her? The more she thought of the princess, the more angry she felt at her own incompetence her.
“… Whoa… You said it too emotionally.”
Her first mana her made her look sad enough to make her tear drop right away, and she emptied her last black tea and drank it clean.
“Then you should prepare soon.”
“…Ready?”
“Yes. I always expected my death. Even the emperor wouldn’t like what I was doing right now. Still, how happy I am that it was Venus and Arisa who cut my head, not the emperor…”
“Now, wait! Wait! Wait! Stop!”
Venus shook her head from side to side, hastily stopping Mana from reaching her hand her into her black gothic lolita dress with a look that convinced her everything.
“What nonsense are you talking about?! I got permission from Obama! But then I didn’t know it was mana! And I didn’t even know what you were doing here!”
“Oh, that’s right! Think about it, mana! No matter how old Venus and I are and how sudden your presence is! They’re not cruel enough to follow the Emperor’s order to kill you!”
“…Then why…”
The first mana started to panic as if she had misunderstood the reason Arisa, the Venus in front of her, had come here from the beginning.
“Because my body is cursed! It means that I can’t get pregnant!”
“Pregnancy…? What, what are you talking about? Venus isn’t pregnant, but ordered?”
“Ah! Oh my God! Do I have to tell you from there?! It’s on!”
Arisa hurriedly grabbed Mana’s left hand and made her grope Venus’ groin her.
“Aww…!”
Mana was startled and withdrew her left hand her, but the touch of the object in her hand her was amazing, so she touched her hand her for a long time.
“B-Venus…? What, what is it. Why is there something like that between your legs…?”
“I’ve been on it since I was born! Ah, at the academy! With the help of the Oracle-sama, I put a spell on you so you wouldn’t recognize it!”
“There’s no way such a barrier would be possible…”
“Actually, me too! It worked for Mana too, so I should think so! Anyway! A strange curse has been put on Venus’ body! So even if you have sex with me, you won’t have a baby?”
“What did you two do?!”
“I’ve done it with the girls here, so don’t be surprised! I’ll tell you in advance!”
Mana was started, but Arisa and Venus weren’t that important.
“Anyway! With your help, I have to go to the floating castle in Magicka Kingdom. Can you help me?”
“I… I’ve been thinking that today would be the last…”
The first Mana, who even sweats, looks at Venus with her anxious eyes and gets up from her seat her.
“…For now, let’s end the story here.”
“Mana?”
Venus, who naturally called the first mana mana, saw that mana’s expression became quite serious, and he knew that he was not joking.
“…Sister…Sister…”
The first mana to hug the body of the youngest who interrupted her speech was to close her eyes and bite her lips.
“Yeah… It’s already night. It’s time to come here…”
The first mana who swallowed her saliva looked at the people in front of her eyes with a serious expression.
“So that my mistake doesn’t take more lives… Will you help me? I’m begging you. Venus, Arisa… And Mr. Ceres.”
Mana held out her hand as she spoke in a mournful voice that reminded her of her academy her years long ago.
“…Who the hell do you think I am?”
Without the slightest hesitation of hers, the princess squeezed her hand roughly to help her long-awaited friend her.
