The next day, Al visited the mansion.
I was surprised not to think he was coming yesterday today, but when he saw me like that, Al said away as he deserved.
"I can't be relieved if I don't check with this eye to see if Noel is doing anything wrong."
"Didn't you give me the collar for that?
"That's true, but emotions are hard to convince me of. I just imagined that Lili was living under one roof with Noel, and all the black feelings swirl through her chest."
Ha, and all the more big sighs, Al came into my room. The room has a noir that I've been calling in the morning and a noir whose eyes are shining on the surveillance. And there's Luke, who brought the tea. Al, who confirmed the members, has been earing at me.
"Lili, did you tell Luke?
"No. I'm thinking eventually. Exactly yesterday I was so tired that I didn't even care."
"That's right. But you should talk to Luke early. It's your butler, isn't it? We'll be together at four or six. There will be a rash soon. Of course, if you say you're confident you can hide the situation, I believe it."
"... I'm not sure"
I don't feel I can hide anything from Luke in the first place.
"You're honest," Al laughed when he saw me flying the white flag instantly.
"Well, I guess I'll explain the situation to Luke first. And then I want you to listen to me for a second."
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- So the lady tried to kick Noel out of her room last night.
This was the first word Luke said when he heard the circumstances.
I tell Luke, pointing my lips muffled.
"Why is that coming out?"
"Because it was obviously crazy. If you were a previous lady, you wouldn't have to know and be a current lady, such as suddenly kicking a cute cat out of her room just to get dressed, would you?
"That's... yes, but"
"Then it is reasonable to assume that there is some other reason. I didn't think Noel had a reason for that."
On the carpet, Luke stared at Noel with a complicated face, scratching his ears without my involvement.
That's how you ask me.
"Not that I doubt it, but is it true that this bush cat is that big wizard Noel?
"I know you don't want to believe me, but it's true. Me and Al, we saw him yesterday as a person."
Turning his gaze to Al, he nodded in agreement, too.
"I saw it too, and there was my brother Will on the spot for everything. And of course Lili's covenant spirits there. Still doubt it?"
"No... that's not what I'm saying. It's just hard to accept. I'm sorry."
"I don't need to apologize."
"Yeah, yeah. I don't think ordinary people believe it. Because it's not like normal magic. It wasn't bad to have been able to go through something unusual like the curse of the Spirit King, but I guess it's just hard not to get it back. "
?
Luke stares at Noel, who has suddenly been mixed up in conversation, with a groggy face.
"The cat talked...?
"So it wasn't just a person who was turned into a curse... High Elf or anything. Noel, you know, and now you've spoken. Please stop amazing my butler."
"'Cause it seemed funny. I love seeing people's amazing faces."
"That's a shitty hobby."
Luke just cuts it off. That's how he said it to me in the face.
"Ma'am, I'd like to ask you one thing. Does the lady intend to keep him in this mansion in the future?
"Huh? Yeah, at least I'm gonna do that until the curse is lifted. Otherwise, it looks like there's nowhere to go, and I picked it up once and I can't throw it away."
"Really? Then I would like to offer my condolences. Is the lady an idiot?
"What a fool..."
Cursed to flow, I was stuck in words. I just give Luke a look that says he's stunned.
"You must be an idiot. It's not just a cat, a cursed ex-high elf cat is nothing but trouble. Besides, ma'am, you're not gonna talk to anyone but me, are you? I mean, there's no one in this mansion that can deal with him but me and the lady. Do you think you can do that? Noel the Great Wizard is too much for a lady to hide."
"Well, that may be true, but he's had a lot of help. Kicking me out isn't like paying me back with vengeance. I don't think you should do that."
"Ma'am, that's it. Did you know that this is the word?"
Al and Noir are nodding about Luke getting embarrassed in the face.
Instead of a majority vote, no one is on my side. Still managed to open my mouth.
"No, Noel has a collar that Al gave him, and he can't be evil. Right?"
"That's not the problem."
Luke stared at me all the time and I strayed from my gaze.
Knock on your hand so Al can get your attention.
"Yes. Let's get that story over with. The conclusion itself is yesterday. Luke can't go against his husband's intentions either, can he?
"That's... yes"
When Luke replied, Al grinned.
"Right? So I'm going to think about it in a different direction. This is my story from here, and if this happens, I just want to break Noel's curse and go in the direction of kicking him out, okay?
"Well... that sounds like the quickest thing you can do. And the lady will be convinced."
"Wow, me? Of course, I'm not gonna leave you in the mansion until the curse is lifted."
Hearing my answer, Al turned his gaze to Noel.
"Noel. You're not gonna sit in my fiancée's mansion until the curse is lifted, either, are you?
"Well, if the curse can be lifted, I'd be more than welcome, and I'd be happy to leave."
"It's settled."
Al nods. I raised my voice like Luke noticed something "ah".
"Excuse me. One thing, I think there's a problem"
"Problem?"
As Al urged with his gaze, Luke said as he looked at Noel with a seemingly complicated face.
"Noel has killed dozens and dozens of spirits before, hasn't he? Is it okay to undo such a great sinner? Curse of the Spirit King, what is it? I don't think humans can do this on their own."
"You just have to be on your own"
It was Noir, not Al, who answered Luke's question.
'I also told the Lord yesterday. If you can solve it, you can solve it. Let's promise that if the curse is truly broken, neither we nor our king will say anything. I'll never curse you again. But we are certain. You'll never break Noel's curse.'
Seeing the noir as he was sure, Al has now asked me.
"Hey, Lili. Your covenant spirit. Did you really say that?
"Uh, yes."
Speaking of which, yesterday, when we talked about the curse as a noir, Al wasn't going to pick up Noel's collar.
Explain in a hurry what Noir has told you.
I won't teach you how to break the curse, but you can do it on your own.
"Yeah," Al nodded when he told me he was told that way.
"The spirits know how to break the curse, don't they? So, you can solve it if you want, but I won't teach you how to solve it, he said.... Thanks, Lili. That's all you need to know."
"Yeah, I knew we'd go in this direction," said Al, who gave him a slight gesture of thinking.
"I was sure of what Lili and Noir are talking about right now. Maybe, but I think Noel, whose curse is broken, is no longer doing anything to kill the Spirit. So the spirits say if you want to break it, you just have to break it, and they swear you'll never break the curse."
Right, and Al sees the noir.
Noir looked sinister, but affirmed.
- That's right.
"You think there's no way Noel can change his mind. Uh, that seems to be the story, so it doesn't seem to be a problem to break the curse. Luke, would you agree with me on this?
"Yes. I'll work with you. I don't see how Noel's curse can be lifted."
I agreed with Luke.
Does it even exist in items where nausea disappears? That way, Noel can go back to being a person?
Thinking about it, Noel said he didn't like it.
"Stop it. I don't want to go back on track until I've been distorted. Then you can stay where you are. If you accumulate magic, you can take it from time to time, but you can also use magic. Well, cat hands are inconvenient, but I'm sorry I can change my personality."
Al gets up off the couch grinning and grabs Noel's root.
"You just go back to where you were. Besides, the way the curse can be lifted has not been decided 'to force you to change your will'. Right, isn't it too late to figure out what way to do it?
"That, with that being said, is the one who, at the moment of figuring it out, tries to undo whatever means he uses! I know! You're really hungry!!"
"You're a rude cat, not at all. Do you really think I would do that?
"I'll definitely do that face!! You can bet!
Noel rumbled and fled Al. That's how you jump on my lap.
"Goshzinsama! Your fiancée is going to abuse me!
"... uh, the"
"I was wondering if you wouldn't get on my Lili's lap. That makes you feel very bad, doesn't it? I don't think it's what grown men do."
"Hahaha, you don't dress up as jealous of cats, Prince I'm just a cat, am I? I was wondering if you'd feel a little bit bigger."
"You can't do it to them. Retreat."
"Oops."
Al reached out, but Noel managed to escape. It just runs and goes up on a tall bookcase that Al can't reach.
"Hahahahaha! I can't follow this gorgeous move of mine!
"... I'm really upset. Things I thought were cute when I thought they were just cats, and now they all look hateful."
Mumbled in a fed up voice, Al sat on the couch.
Take a big, deep breath like that and open your mouth.
"Anyway, I'm going in the direction of decursing that idiot Noel. I need to find out how to break the curse first... as I've been saying for a long time, I'm going to visit Anagura."