Episode 101 < Play. (2) >
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2.
The moon was covered in sand and looked a little red.
When there is dust in the sky, it turns red, and when people bleed, it also turns red. I was uneasy about that coincidence.
‘It feels like the moon is bleeding.’
I walked, dragging my anxious mind like a shadow.
From afar, the sounds of servants chattering and muttering could be heard.
“You can’t do this here, my lady!”
“This is the residence of Duke Ivansia!”
“No matter how much you are loved by His Majesty the Crown Prince, at this time…”
The Lady of the Silver Lily, who was walking with me, muttered.
“There are no uninvited guests.”
His tone of voice showed his disdain for the Heretic Questioner, or rather, the Lady of the Golden Silk.
“Seeing as they showed up at such a time, it doesn’t seem like they are trying to have tea time with me again. butler. “Is this a pre-planned visit?”
“no.”
I was embarrassed too. Isn’t it already past midnight? There was no reason for the Heretic Questioner to meet the Lady of the Silver Lily now.
The day before yesterday, we talked.
[I will work as the Lady of the Silver Lily’s exclusive butler for the time being] I said. [She added, “If only to get information about her and to conquer this stage.”
“hmm.”
The Heretic Questioner made a subtle expression for a moment.
Still, he smiled brightly as usual.
“yes! “It can’t be helped because it’s for the sake of the mission.”
“I’m fine. Please come back, Death King!”
So we agreed.
It would have been agreed upon.
“Bring my butler!”
As we walked, the voices got closer and closer.
“butler! “I knew everything about being here!”
The garden of the accommodation.
Even the dark night sky could not completely cover up the spring that lingered in the flower fields. The white magnolias in full bloom lower their heads, feeling tired of the weight of spring hanging on their bodies. The moon was red. The moonlight was reddish when it reflected on the magnolia leaves. So it seemed like the magnolias were in full bloom in the garden.
“ah!”
A magnolia leaf fell.
“As expected, you were here! butler!”
The Heretic Questioner pushed the guard at the main gate. The guards hesitated because they could not harm the body of the Baroness.
While they were hesitating, the Heretic Questioner strode into the garden with the hem of her skirt rolled up. Scold. The magnolia that had fallen earlier was trampled by the Heretic Questioner’s shoes.
“I was worried because he rarely came back even though it was late at night.”
“…….”
“really. “Wouldn’t it be disqualifying as a servant to make the master worry and eventually make him go?”
The moment I saw the Heretic Questioner, my anxiety peaked.
hair.
The Heretic Questioner’s blonde hair, reflected in the moonlight, had grown longer than yesterday.
“miss…….”
“You are my one and only butler and childhood friend. It means more than just an ordinary servant. “If I ask you to know that, won’t it make you look too dishonest?”
It’s not just hair. face. appearance. Although traces of the Heretic Questioner still remain, his appearance is somehow unfamiliar.
‘Did you use sacred magic to change your appearance?’
why?
“Anyway, you shouldn’t be in a place like this. Even the flowers in the garden seem to be poisonous. ruler! butler. “Hurry up and come back with me.”
“That’s rude.”
When the Heretic Questioner tried to approach me, the Lady of the Silver Lily stopped him.
“Simply causing a disturbance in the middle of the night is a serious crime punishable by caning. Did you know where this was and dare to raise your voice? “Get down on your knees right now and tell me your mistake.”
“what. Are you going to hit my calf with a cane?”
The Heretic Questioner smiled.
“If you’re going to hit me, hit me hard and hard. Princess. I wonder what will happen if I show His Majesty the Crown Prince the scars left on my calf. “There will be one more memory for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I to share.”
“Oh, what a shame… … !”
The duchy’s servants trembled. Officially, the crown prince’s fiancée was the Lady of the Silver Lily. He talked about his calves and memories in front of his fiancé. The servants blushed and glared at the Inquisitor.
The Lady of the Silver Lily muttered softly.
“okay?”
I flinch. The servants stopped when they heard her voice.
My heart also felt cold for a moment.
“I guess so.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily’s voice was that cold.
“It’s great that you want to make memories from your school days. Well, at the age of a baron’s daughter, even if you rolled around in a poop, don’t you glorify it as a memory? “You want to make beautiful memories. As a noble of the empire, I will help you.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily raised her left hand.
“Bring the whip.”
The servants trembled.
“So, Duke So……..”
“I would have ordered you not to call me that here.”
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“By the way, if His Majesty the Crown Prince finds out about this… … ”
“Are you going to let me go like this for causing such an uproar in the duke’s dormitory? If you let Goi go, wouldn’t it become a rumor and tarnish the family’s name? “The law takes precedence over everything, and His Majesty the Crown Prince is the one who must protect the law.”
The servants held their breath. It’s not a convinced face. ‘But,’ the servants protested silently. ‘But isn’t His Royal Highness that kind of person?’
No one could voice a protest out loud.
“My left hand is still empty.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily’s voice flowed.
“Bring the whip. “I will never repeat the same command.”
The servants’ shoes moved busily on the road where the magnolias had fallen. To find and bring a whip from the lodgings.
The servants all lowered their heads, as if they were afraid of even seeing their faces illuminated by the moonlight. Only two people here. Only the Lady of the Silver Lily and the Heretic Questioner held their heads up straight.
“miss.”
In the end, I had no choice but to get closer to the Heretic Questioner.
“Is there a problem. “Why are you here at this hour?”
“I came to get mine back. “It makes me state the obvious.”
The Heretic Questioner was helpless.
“No matter how long I wait since this morning, the butler hasn’t come back. “At first, I thought something urgent had happened, but then I heard that there was a butler with the princess.”
The Heretic Questioner touched his cheek.
“I realized it right away. Didn’t Princess Bonamana take advantage of her butler’s weakness and threaten him? That’s the princess’s specialty. Poor butler. I can’t believe they got hit like this because of His Majesty the Crown Prince and me… … ”
“…….”
I did not understand.
What are you talking about?
“Do not worry.”
The Heretic Questioner’s smile was still bright.
“Now I won’t have anything taken away from you. Whether it be the favor of her Crown Prince or the loyalty of her butler. rod? You can hit me as much as you want. I will find you a butler. “Anyway, the more you hit her, the more hurt she will be.”
“no… … , sorry. for a moment. Excuse me.”
I got a little closer to the Heretic Questioner. So that no one around us can hear what we are saying. Fortunately, no one stopped me from doing that.
“miss.”
“yes.”
I swallowed my saliva and whispered to the Heretic Questioner.
“Mr. Heretic Questioner. ”
silence.
“yes?”
My heart was pounding.
My lips are dry. My tongue didn’t move. Was it difficult to twist the words one by one and weave them into a single sentence? I slowly opened my mouth.
“When spring comes.”
“yes?”
heart.
“Mr. Heretic Questioner… … ”
“What do you mean from earlier, butler?”
“If you play around like last time, I’ll be really angry. I’m serious. Because I’m sincerely asking this question. Please answer correctly. “How much has the immersion rate increased?”
The Heretic Questioner blinked.
“Huh? It looks like the butler is playing a prank. Is it just a reminiscence of the past? Or, did you feel a little dizzy after spending a day with the princess? The butler too. “I will understand with gentle generosity.”
“When spring comes… … ”
“already.”
The Heretic Questioner laughed.
“Spring is here. butler.”
no.
“Isn’t it a beautiful season?”
The Lady of the Golden Silk laughed.
“I have brought the items you ordered… … ”
The servants who had dispersed to their quarters returned. They bowed their heads and offered the whip to the Lady of the Silver Lily.
It was thin
I guessed that they must have been scurrying around looking for the thinnest cane in the mansion. Was that the kind of loyalty servants could show to their masters?
“Please come back again.”
But the Lady of the Silver Lily was ruthless. The servants twitched and took steps.
“Please come back again.”
The command was repeated four times. With each repetition, the thickness of the whip became rougher. The Lady of the Silver Lily held the fourth whip brought by the servant, biting her lips, with her left hand.
“The Baroness of the Golden Silk.”
“Call me by your real name, right? “Princess.”
“Sylvia Evanail.”
“Yes, Raviel Ivansia.”
The moon and the sun faced each other.
“You privately invaded the Duke’s territory and caused an uproar. No words of apology were uttered. There is definitely a top and a bottom in the empire, but your boldness is appalling. “I condemn you in the name given by His Majesty.”
“Sin? “I know my sins best.”
The Lady of the Golden Silk smiled brightly.
“It is my fault that I was born as a baron in the outskirts and yet received the deepest favor from the King of the Nation.”
that. This is not an acceptable thing to say to the prince’s fiancé.
“I’m sorry for loving you.”
The Baroness lightly held the hem of her skirt with both hands. A golden silk plume landed in a garden filled with magnolias. He bowed his head to the lily in front of him.
The manners were perfect.
“I am sorry for receiving more love than Raviel Ivansia.”
“…….”
“I guess there was an apology?”
The wind blew.
“By the way, Raviel Ivansia. I’m curious. Is this really my sin? Love only has meaning if you receive it. Is it really just me who is responsible for the division between those who love and those who are loved? perhaps… … ”
Perhaps, the Golden Silk did not continue the following words. Instead, she burst out laughing. The flower petals hanging from the black tree branches fell.
The Lady of the Silver Lily quietly raised her left hand.
“A terrible thing.”
The night air was torn by whippings.
“—–.”
The Lady of the Golden Silk did not scream. I didn’t even moan. She straightened her back. Even the smile etched into the Golden Silk’s face like a sculpture. She wasn’t even swayed by that.
He and she were confident of victory.
[Immersion in the character deepens.]
So it seemed to me that the moon was bleeding.
[Your current immersion rate is 40%.]
The moon that day was slightly red with sand on it.
When the moon was buried in dust in the sky, it turned red, and when humans shed blood on the ground, it turned red. Coughing, the air was so acrid that the Lady of the Silver Lily coughed. It was a dry cough.
No one said anything.
Only the sounds of coughing and whipping echoed in the garden at night.
“Sylvia!”
The torch wavered.
“Sylvia! Are you there, Sylvia?”
The sound of footsteps broke the silence. Beyond the gate. The crown prince himself came running, holding a torch. The guards were hurriedly attending to the prince. There was no way the crown prince would not know that such a riot was taking place.
“line…….”
The crown prince stopped in front of the gate.
“…….”
He looked at the garden and fell into silence for a moment.
“Raviel…!!”
He called the Lady of the Silver Lily with a voice of a different temperature than when he called the Lady of the Golden Silk.
“Get out of the way!”
The crown prince pushed away the duchy’s guards. Among them, there was no one who could stop the national treasure from traveling. The prince immediately ran to the Lady of the Golden Silk’s side.
“How, no matter how… … how… … !”
“I’m fine, Your Highness.”
“I’m not okay! Like a fool… … !”
The crown prince looked at the Lady of the Golden Silk.
Then he turned his head and glared at the Lady of the Silver Lily.
“Poisonous!”
Words hurt.
“How can you treat Sylvia so harshly!”
People who hurt because they are invisible do not know it.
“It is the law of the empire. majesty.”
“Is the law more important than humans?”
“It’s more important than the individual.”
“That means you are poisonous! “You look like a witch!”
Perhaps the world would be divided into those who knew and those who did not, but the crown prince was one who did not know.
The Lady of the Silver Lily coughed and took a deep breath.
“Are you going to punish me?”
“…….”
The crown prince’s face distorted. It’s just distorted. The crown prince was unable to answer the Lady of the Silver Lily’s question. He shook his head as if it wasn’t even worth answering, but that was just an escape.
The prince did not have the guts to take responsibility for the Lady of the Silver Lily, nor did he have the skills to deal with her.
“Let’s go, Sylvia! You shouldn’t be in a place like this.”
“ah.”
The Crown Prince held the Lady of the Golden Silk in his arms.
The Lady of the Golden Silk looked at me as she was held in the prince’s arms.
“butler.”
Heresy Questioner.
“I will also have a butler.”
“…….”
I didn’t answer.
As I looked at him, I muttered in my heart as if praying.
‘Portrait window.’
Grumble.
Letters bloomed before my eyes.
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Name: Sylvia Evanail
Likeability: 90
Preferred Genre: [Romance]
Disliked Genre: [Political]
Preferred characters: [The one who loves me], [Prince], [Butler], [Teacher], [Senior], [Junior], [Classmate]
Disliked Character: [Raviel Ivansia]
Preferred Plot: [Victory of the Strong], [True Love]
Unfavorable Plot: [Defeat of the Weak], [Back in the Head]
Mental state: ‘Raviel Ivansia. I’m not giving you anything.’
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There was no one named Heresy Inquisitor there.
The word [Fairy Tale] displayed in the preferred genre section and the word [Human] displayed in the preferred character section were no longer visible.
“butler?”
The Heretic Questioner fell for the role of the Lady of the Golden Silk.
“Are you going to come with me?”
And I had a premonition of the end of this episode.
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