I Favor the Villainess

For a moment, I thought I couldn't do it anymore, but the blade that was supposed to kill Master Claire had been stopped with powerful arms.

"Dear Sain!

"... that was too much"

The black-masked knife was stuck in Master Sein's arm.

Blood falls from the skin.

"Isn't this a falling prince?"

"... a thief"

Master Sayne did not mind the words of the black mask, but carried out his magical fist.

The black mask tried to blur, but blushed the mask shallow.

The mask is missing and the man's face glimpses.

The man pressed his face in panic.

"Ooh, ooh. I thought I'd totally cut it off, but why would I do that?"

"... the army will be here soon. You have to think about it."

The Army also has excellent wizards, but Master Sein's physical enhancement magic is considerable.

For fast legs, I guess I got there first.

If you do, you won't get a prince or a prince ahead of you.

"Let's see. Well, I guess I'll just try and get away with it."

As always, in a bright voice out of place, the black mask said.

"... you think you can get away with it?

"Well, aren't we going to figure it out? Besides, we're going to get there."

……

"Killing as many nobles as you can was the original aim... but it was an unexpected harvest"

When I'm surprised what the black mask says...

"... Gu"

"Dear Sain!?

Master Sein suddenly poked his knee.

Master Claire rushes over.

"... poison... or..."

"Your answer. I haven't found the antidote yet. It's specially made. Taste it now."

Discarded with pleasure, the man disappeared into the darkness at night.

A soldier of the army rushed late, capturing Lambert, Laine, with men other than the mask.

"Dear Sain! Dear Sain!"

Master Claire leads to the fallen Sain and calls his name.

But I'm not responding.

He's breathing rough, he's sweating amazingly on his forehead, and he leaks his voice in pain from time to time.

Black and disastrous spots were appearing on the skin.

This is...

"Get a doctor! Get a doctor now!

"Dear Claire, please step away"

"But Master Sein!

"It's okay. I can detoxify it, maybe."

I managed to peel off Master Claire, whose beloved was standing in the abyss of death and was completely disturbed.

This poison is probably that poison.

I knit the water attribute magic of detoxification.

Maybe it's this configuration.

"! The spots!

The spots that were on Sain-like skin gradually faded and although he was not awake, Sain-like breathing also became calmer.

"After all, it's the poison of the Nah Empire"

"What the hell!? So that guy is from the Nah Empire!?

I snorted.

Having touched on it only a little before, the Nah Empire is a powerful country located east of the kingdom.

Behind some of the incidents that occur in this game is the Ner Empire, an enemy nation.

And it was this poison - Cantarella - that was used in one incident later in the game.

The poison called Cantarella, which was actually used on Earth, seems to have been succinic acid according to one theory, but the method of making cantarella in this world is unknown.

However, the heroine discovers the magical antidote, so I knew how to detoxify it.

"How could you have such knowledge..."

"No comment on that"

"By and large, why were you alone in such a place? It's like you knew from the beginning the betrayal of the Lehnes."

"Because I suspected Lambert. I'm just surprised about Lene."

A subtle mixture of facts and lies.

Master Claire is simple, but since he is a person who turns his head, it is also difficult to delude him.

"You... could..."

"... ugh..."

Lady Sayne woke up when Lady Claire tried to say something.

"Dear Sain!

"... Claire...? You're safe. Good."

"What are you talking about! You're in danger...... What would you have done if something had happened to you!

Lady Claire cried, clinging to Lady Sein's chest.

Master Sein was trying to be in trouble, but eventually he hugged him and stroked his head.

"... I think I'm worried"

"Really... if Master Sein dies, I... I..."

"... sorry"

"Uh, sorry I'm taking you in"

I made a statement that I would not read the air extremely much to the two of you who are leaving the heroine alone and thriving.

"In the meantime, why don't we move? It's cold in here."

"Aha...!

Lady Claire stared at me in the shape of a night fork, but the night air was really cold when it came to spring.

Never envied Master Sein or anything like that.

I don't know.

"Looks like you've cleared up the whole street."

Dear Rods, the rest of the Knights of the College has also arrived.

Let me talk to you.

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"I mean..."

We had gathered in the conference room of the Knights of the College and had been briefed by Master Rod on the ex-post handling of a series of disturbances.

The case was swiftly closed.

Citizens who had slipped into the college lost a great deal of face and disbanded when the truth of the case was revealed, meaning that criminals came out of the civilian campaigners.

The civilian movement, which was showing a sudden boom from the courtyard incident, once seemed to be on fire.

Civilian dissatisfaction with nobility is still deeply rooted, but still shortly after such incidents.

They all look like they weigh themselves.

Claw marks lingered on some of the broken colleges everywhere, but otherwise the college regained its quiet as if it were a lie.

Now we see the sight of architectural guild artisans hitting the repair carrying timber, bricks, etc., but this will settle into it as well.

……

Master Claire looked worried.

Listening to Master Rod, he looks at the left one at a time restless.

That's where Lene always refrained.

Lady Lehne and Lambert were arrested on charges of national treason.

Though they were also threatened, it is true that they engaged in external attraction and attempted murder of royalty and nobility.

If you're noble, they're still civilians.

Even if there is a circumstantial circumstance, it is a good crime to die, and if it is bad, it is to kill all the clan members.

The Ortho Chamber of Commerce also lost its power overnight.

The right to mine and distribute magic stones has been taken over by the state and is now waiting for the country to be shaken up.

"Is the Ortho family... still crushed?

Master Claire asked Master Rod.

"That's a good chance. I guess those guys had a situation too, but what they just did is too big."

"... you're right"

The meeting room sank into silence.

Lady Claire wasn't the only one who adored Lene.

Lambert had a great deal of trust from the Knights of the College humans.

If you hear that such a person will be sentenced to death, even if there is justification for that disposition, it is human beings who remain inseparable.

"Yes, Claire and Ray. I hear you guys get a reward."

That's what Lord Rod said in a bright voice so as to dispel the dark atmosphere.

"Reward...... is it?

"Oh. I spotted the mastermind of the case and defeated Kimyra as soon as possible. Besides, we're saving Sayne's life, the prince, as far as Ray goes. It's weirder not to get rewarded for this."

"I think we'll be called to the royal palace soon. Because His Majesty is going to see you straight away and take your reward."

Master Rod and Master Yu answered Master Claire's question.

"I'm a big boy."

"Really? It's an honor. Thank you."

I said, blocking Master Claire's mouth that seemed to say something extra.

"Hey, what are you doing!

"Dear Claire, I have a good idea"

I overheard what came to my mind with Lady Claire.

"I see... it's worth a try"

"Right?"

Master Claire seems to agree.

And a few days later, there was a call from the royal palace.