Drop!! ～A Tale of the Fragrance Princess～ (WN)

I'm not sure if I have a headache or a stomachache, but I feel bad anyway.

Cordelia awakened consciousness at once where a tree floor appeared in her open eyes with such a feeling. I don't know where it is in the dark room. But around tied up with his back hand, the situation was fully understandable.

"I woke up. How are you feeling?

"That sucks."

Cordelia was relieved by a voice that came out firmer than she thought. I remember before I lost consciousness and I know the situation is significantly worse. But even if I'm scared, I don't think things will turn out any better.

"You can cry for me, but you're so temperamental"

"If I cry, will you let me go? If not, there's no reason to please you."

"You don't want to use your extra strength? That's not funny."

The ghost speaks to Cordelia in a casual breeze, but feels no alarm whatsoever. Instead, I even felt alert.

(There are no plants indoors. It would be outside because he said forest, but I guess it would be better if the ghost could stop me than I could remotely activate the magic. Mostly windows are also closed on top, which is a form of wooden sliding out, so I can't even set my aim to fly the magic)

Cordelia thought as she woke up her body and kept her back on the wall.

It's probably hemp rope with your hands tied. It is painful and relentlessly tightened to stab me in the hand with a tickle, but it will be possible to chop the rope thanks to the analytical magic that I have long been bad at. I laughed a little bitterly in my heart that I would have liked to have been good at analysis as well, but I didn't know I was going to thank you for not being good at it.

But not if you can just be relieved.

(If you activate magic, even ghosts detect magic. Then we can't afford the time to cut the rope and run away. We need to anticipate the timing......)

Once it fails, the alert level should definitely go up. Cordelia also understands the difference between her opponent and her ability to fight. But because he was quiet that way, the ghost seemed to feel better.

"We still have a little time before the date changes. I'm free, and can I talk to you about it? I think it's going to change your mood, and, personally, I'd like to see your reaction. Yeah, well, Rufina passed out a little bit later, but I'm sure she hasn't lost her mind for that long, so I'm sure she's safely communicating your situation."

……

Cordelia lay down her face enlightened as much as possible. I don't want to beg the ghost to talk, but there's no reason to say no if you think a gap might be created. I didn't reply as a result, but I guess the ghost still thought Cordelia would listen, she started talking without looking particularly concerned.

"Right, Red Eyed Princess, if you're talking about Rufina, would Mr. Cordelia be interested?

……

"Rufina doesn't have a good mouth, and he says it's a word in this country, but mostly it's like that in Durrauz. But, yeah, you're saying it sounds great, and you're actually not after the throne, you're just a favorite princess."

Cordelia reacted unexpectedly to the word, but pushed it away for a long time.

The ghost sees Cordelia's reaction. Seeking a continuation of the story was also considered the possibility of cutting off words on the contrary.

In front of Cordelia, who remained silent, the ghost continued his words.

"Rufina wanted me to catch her. If I could appeal to the Durroughs royal family not to be in a cooperative relationship with ghosts by being stripped, I guess I thought I wouldn't be disturbed anymore. Even if I die, I should be ready to make a pact with Sylvester so Rufina's brother can make a pact. On the face of it, we're not close, but she's not even close to her brother. It's all her calculations."

That's not the kind of thing Cordelia could notice that we were still only a little bit together. And it's a story that can't even determine if a ghost word is a lie or a truth. It's just understandable to Cordelia that ghosts don't get anything out of lying about this story.

Instead, if you think the ghost was looking forward to Rufina's despair, the authenticity feels pretty good.

"Even so, I'm not really interested in Rufina. Is there anything Mr. Cordelia would like to ask me? It might never happen again, so I'll give you an answer."

Cordelia slowly raised her face to the ghost words. Even when we were talking about Rufina, the ghost didn't see any loosening of mind. However, if we interrupt the conversation here and create silence, there is less chance that we will be able to make more gaps. That's something you want to avoid, and it's not like you don't want to hear it. Cordelia slowly opened her mouth, wondering if she must be staring at her with bad eyes.

"... are you after me because I'm a red-eye, is that a true story?

"Oh, that's what Rufina said. Honestly, I didn't remember telling you, but I think it would be nice to have red eyes that make my ancestors alike suffer."

In addition to his thoughts, the ghost, who admitted it lightly, continued to look like he was having fun.

"Because I'm in the position I am now because a few generations ago my ancestors were treated as backcutters by the royal family. Thanks to you, I was dying many times before I could help myself, and I'm going to live a life I don't know about tomorrow, and I'm going to say how sweet Rufina is that one of my poisonous minds is dead and I can't eat rice alone."

The mood for ghosts to confess to the wind, like other personnel even though it was about them, and against which they didn't even think it was bad, seemed to get better and better.

"Oh, it was a real coincidence at first when it came to the Pamela family. But I wish my ancestors had done as well as your ancestors did, and when I thought about it, I wanted to hit eight, not as good as Rufina, but I enjoyed watching you struggle, and there were some funny, funny, one-stone, three-bird evil people who would succeed and defeat you."

The ghost, who said so much, stood up and proceeded to walk right in front of Cordelia.

Then he turned away and gazed at Cordelia.

"You and Rufina do a lot of things, but I guess it's because they were born there in the end. I enjoyed seeing you guys suffer and hate me. Maybe that's because it was becoming the biggest worry. Most of all, it wasn't you or Rufina who had the most fun these days, Shelly."

"Huh?"

To unexpected words, Cordelia also inquired briefly.

The ghost seemed to have taken care of it and raised his mouth angle.

"You didn't care, did you? It's too convenient to just sleep and dream, isn't it? So I decided to teach you the toughness of the world."

"You... so I fooled Shelley"

"I don't like hearing people. I just taught him one fun technique because it seemed like he was seriously thinking about whether there was a technique to reveal people's nature because it doesn't matter by any means. I'm not lying because a lot of people spit out the truth when they're dying, and she didn't even lose her life. Isn't that a good pill?

Even if the ghost words that didn't go bad were as expected, there was no such thing as happy information for Cordelia. However, on the other hand, I think I have to deal with it calmly, and the mundane and the angry get stronger.

I don't know if the reason the ghost in the game fell into 'Cordelia' is the same as the reason the ghost in front of me approached 'Shelley', and that's not true.

"You teach people something? Don't be ridiculous, you just tried to fuel the runoff and enjoy the collapse."

"Why would Mr. Cordelia be angry? You wouldn't have liked her either. Mr. Cordelia didn't die, he got rid of the bad lady, and I think it turned out to be enough for you to thank me."

"Didn't you notice? You look just like Shelly. If you don't care what happens to those who don't eat, you're not one of them. But eventually, I don't understand her anymore, but she still understands better when she was supposed to have a purpose in the beginning."

"... how confident you are that help will come to cut me short of saying it in this situation. When Sylvester comes alone, I really think. A captive princess?

You regarded it as a word of loss, and the ghost looked at Cordelia strangely. And Cordelia also returned a full grin.

"There's no way they're coming."

"Huh?"

Cordelia felt a little lower in her drinks when the ghost made her think she was unexpected, and at the same time she calmed down. Cordelia continued her words to the ghost who could no longer carry on two sentences.

"If His Highness puts you in danger and responds to the kidnappers' demands, I'll have to beat you up. The Pamela family is calmer than you think. Whatever happens to me, it's not what you expected. Better not underestimate it too much."

"Hey, still, what's the spare attitude... are you an idiot?

"I want to be smarter than you."

To Cordelia, who had thus regained her spare time, the ghost laughed at her after opening her eyes.

"I figured I'd stop, wait till the date changes. If Sylvester's not coming, it's no use waiting. Even if you do come, you may already see something interesting, even if you're not safe."

"Oh, wasn't that a non-lying doctrine?

"Sometimes, right? If you talk any more, you might kill him by mistake."

Back to back with words, I still didn't see how the ghost would do this to Cordelia right away. I'm putting up with the fact that I'm about to get on the provocation at the rink, it also looks like that. But the attempt to break the story in an overwhelmingly advantageous setting is a ghostly act so far.

(But then I have a chance too. The ghost now is angry ahead and has rough magic, and lacks calm)

If the ghost is more distracted than usual, it will also increase the likelihood that he will escape the scene as long as he is able to identify an agreement. As long as we can run through the door, this place is in the woods. It should be the most advantageous place for Cordelia to exercise her magic.

(I really don't think His Highness is here, and I don't think you should be. But - I believe that someone will come)

Then keeping yourself out of the hostage condition by then is the biggest counterattack you can make Cordelia now. The ghost said it was almost time until the date changed. In other words, if anything comes of help, it will soon be the limit time.

We know that even if we can't go home, there can't be the kind of expansion that ghosts want. But I don't even think I'll be abandoned. And - I understand that there are many things that will make you sad if you don't go home, and I can expect Sylvester to regret not coming.

It's probably impossible to escape through the woods, even if you take it off the hostage state, even if you think about it because of your poor health. But this place, if it's just above, it also connects hope.

Still no gap in the ghost of today. I think it's troublesome as an enemy while keeping it so frustrating, but I can predict that the ghost will be distracted by you even for a moment at the moment when it really helps. Cordelia strained her nerves in an attempt to make sure she had one chance.

And then the old hinge made a stirring noise, and the entrance door slowly opened.

But there was no sign of any people in the place.