Chapter 43: Green Cage
Chapter 43: Green Cage
On the wide terrace of the sunny palace, there was only one white table and two chairs. A young man and a young girl sitting facing each other.
The young man is Yuri de von Algrey, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Algrey.
The girl is Viscountess Clarice de Liniello, who has just been recognized as a saint of light.
The two of them are enjoying a leisurely cup of tea, and the dozen or so servants and knights are about 20 meters away, so no one is around to hear their conversation.
Weve checked it out as well. It seems your information was correct. Its not a very pleasant one, though.
Im sorry to hear that. But we mustnt ignore the truth.
I know. If you cant control your emotions and reason, you cant be the heir to the throne.
Thats my boy, Yuri.
Yuris mouth twisted slightly at Clarice, who smiled softly.
I didnt expect this world to be in a game.
Clarice is a resident of this world. However, she was born with memories and knowledge that were different from others.
The [human species] who are summoned to this world every few hundred years the memories of living in their world.
She has only vague memories about herself living in that world, but she knew a lot about this world.
A maiden gamethe line between light, darkness and love.
Clarice realized at a young age that the history of this country and the content of the game were very similar, so she read through the history books and became convinced that this was the setting of the game and the existence behind it.
No, Lord Yuri. This world is real. Although it has been distorted as a playground for the goddess.
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This world has been distorted by theGoddess to be very similar to the content of the game.
She calls the girls who enjoyed the scenario and brings them to this world as heroines.
This world is a vast playground for the goddesses to enjoy her maiden games.
A number of peoples lives have been disrupted in order to live up to the content of this scenario. Even Clarice, who realized she was the main heroine, was born as a bastard child of a viscount family and was forced to live a meaningless torment and an unwanted life.
She wasnt going to allow that to happen, but Clarice decided to take advantage of it calmly coldly.
Everything on your timetable is right on the money. As for everything else, Id say its only a timing discrepancy, but Id say its almost 90% correct.
The Goddess is fickle, but she wouldnt change her scenario.
If this is a lie, then youre either a rare fraud or a legendary soothsayer.
Im only a heroine.
So the perfect way to prosper, then, is to have you, the heroine, as queen?
The main heroine, a saint, is the queen. Thats all there is to it, a scenario created by the goddess that will ensure the prosperity of the country and the royal family until the next game.
But does the goddess know about this talk and have no mischievous thoughts?
Goddess isnt as versatile as Lord Yuri thinks she is. From what Ive checked so far, the goddess dont sees the entire scene. Only the events.
So she did not hear this conversation? Very well. Clarice. You are now my first in line to be engaged.
Thank you.
Clarice bowed her head with a graceful smile that didnt change at all.
Also, even if she is also a saint, please give up on Miss Minami. She is hers, and shes following the two boys like a hawk, so its best not to get involved.
That one was supposed to be my sister-in-law, but when a goddess is involved, its a no-brainer.
How do you think about Sharon?.
I think it was something called a villainous daughter or something. Shes a good woman, sure, but thats a potential fiance for Joel. Whats the goddess going to do for her?
She wont be united with Mr. Joel anyway. If you make up some sins and forcefully take away her freedom, the goddess will be satisfied. Miss Sharon is often unhappy in the scenario, so you cant save her. Its just..
Its just what?
If you want that maidMiss Fleuretyyoull have to be careful.
Whats with her?
Its that shes a character that I dont know about.
Yuris expression soured at Clarices serious eyes.
In addition to the characters, there are many others in this world, called general mobs. However, those mobs dont get deeply involved in important characters. Unless it was some kind of hidden character, and that maid is a terribly creepy existence.
After staring at each other in silence for a while, Yuri, who had relaxed his breath, lightly waved his hand, and Clarice stood up and bowed her head, ending todays meeting.
Well then, Lord Yuri, please excuse me.
Yuri suddenly calls out to Clarices back as she says that with an unchanged smile and leaves the room.
You are a very calculated woman. Clarice.
Oh my. You dont like calculating women, do you?
Intertwined with Clarices gaze Yuri began to laugh in amusement.
Haha, thats exactly why youre worthy of being next to me.
At those words, Clarices smile changed to a faint grin and she was just about to walk away.
..earthquake?
Feeling a faint tremor, Clarice turned her gaze towards the city. At that moment a huge plant vine broke through the cobblestones and stretched to the heavens, covering the entire high-class city block.
..Whats going on? Its a plant. Send soldiers now! And call the green saint and have her deal with it!
Yuri instantly recovered from his rigidity and gave instructions to those around him.
Clarice, who recovered from her stunned state at the sound of his voice, saw the face of the girl who is the green saint in her mind for a moment at Yuris words.
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Its good morning and today here is a wonderful maid, Fleurety, who has been watching milady grow by the millimeter.
This morning she has grown by 0.37mm. It is truly wonderful to see her still growing at that size.
Dont you agree?
No matter how many times I beat them, the three royal maids who got up repeatedly, probably because I was taking it easy enough not to kill, so i had no choice but to tie them up.
The palace maidservant has taken up a lot of extra time.
I think milady is safe with Mr. Andy and the Butler at her side, but as a maid, I have to rush over immediately.
The thread is still connected to the maid spider I released, so I know where milady is.
It would be easier if I could jump along the roof, but the vines that grew upward are clumped together in the sky and are gradually descending in a birdcage state.
At this rate, the underground might be uprooted, too.
In the end, both of them will take some time, so Ill continue on through the city.
Aaaaaaah!
Nice shot.
I slam the fat, aristocratic-looking uncle I bumped into at the corner of the road into the first hall and continue on.
By the way, I neglected to check if the person I just met was being manipulated. Well, whats done cant be helped. I am a positive woman.
By the way, why am I immune? Is it because I am a non-human sticky spider?
..What if milady is being manipulated?
At any rate, I guess well just have to dress her in the baby doll that I once recommended and resolutely refused, and see what happens for a while.
..Oh?
I know all the back alleys and shortcuts in this city as a maid.
Based on that as well, I chose a path and found that huge plant vine was blocking the way.
Then full swing.
Boom!
Its been a while since Ive could do a full swing with a spiky club. Normally, I refrain from hitting it seriously, as the human lower body would explode mmm?
What a surprise. The shattered vines regenerate in the blink of an eye. No, its a little different from the regeneration, or maybe its more like the vines around it make up for it from the moment it breaks.
But I did learn a few things.
The plant has small flowers, and that sweet smell is coming from them. It may be caused by insectivorous plants that make me hallucinate.
Also, the pollen-like substance emerging from the flowers did not seem to adhere to the tip of the spike.
There is a cursed ore embedded in this tip, but it has a strong magical power. In other words, the person being manipulated must be a person with a low magical power value.
This is not good.
I thought it would be safer for the moment if milady was being controlled. However, due to the influence of my food, miladys magic power level has risen considerably.
There is a possibility that the people who are controlled by it will attack milady.
This is..
As I brandished the spike club again to rush to miladys side, manipulated humans gathered from all over the place.
They must have judged me to be a danger from the previous blow. Numerous thin vines sprang up from the plants vines and tried to entangle me.
Do you want to disturb me? Really Come on, you lowlife.
Both humans and plants stop moving at the sound of my voice as if they were stiffening.
If youre going to interfere with me helping milady. Im going to get serious.
The white part of my eyes erode to black and my skin turns a lustrous bronze color asthey watch.
Eight 10-meter-long black spider legs grow out of my maids uniform as if they are piercing my back.
The unconscious humans who should have seen my true nature begin to shake and shake, and the plants that were exposed to my true nature decay in the blink of an eye.
..please bear with me even if it hurts a little.