The bright, shining sun illuminates me. Twitching sweat comes out of my forehead.
... I wonder if there was a young lady who once made her lips crusty and was put in a cage and transported to the castle. Could I be the first!? Oh, I feel great. I'm so happy to forget this heat and this thirst.
"Dear Alicia, you will soon be at the castle"
A guard who was nearby said so in a soft tone.
I've never seen a guard speak so kindly to a sinner in a cage before. I wish you could hit me tougher. That's the bad girl.... Master Duke did something a little extra.
If the guards were walking abusively about me, everyone in town must think I did something wrong. In that case, I could have been a bad girl in the sunshine and recognized by the people!
How could I have admired a bad girl...? Such a question crossed my mind. Did I want to be a bad girl just to be cursed by everyone? Oh, the heat doesn't turn my head well.
"Hey, why is that princess in there?
"She's not a princess. Besides, the reason I'm in there..."
Parent-child conversation came to my ear. The mother clouded her words at the little girl's question.
"Beauty's in the cage."
"Oh, is that Alicia from the Williams family?
"I want those glossy eyes, those eyes to stare at me."
"What the hell did you do to him?
"Rumor has it that Alicia is terribly bad at school."
"Oh, I heard that, too. He said he was abusing Liz."
Now, guard! Curse me! That doesn't happen because of Master Duke before I lost my memory, even if I wish in my heart. Besides, if I put this line in your mouth, you're gonna make me look like a mazo.
Mr. Liz grew up in this town, didn't he? Then everyone's on Mr. Liz's side, right? On the contrary, there is no such thing as a brother-in-law to shelter me.
"I want to be in that cage, too."
A young girl's voice was clearly heard in my ear, even in the noise. I hurried and stared in the direction in which I heard the voice.
"Here, what are you talking about? I'm leaving now."
The way she panicked at the girl's words, her mother is trying to pull her arm and take her. Still, the girl's eyes stare at me with glitter.
"'Cause it's so milyoctus"
The girl was speaking up to her mother in a hectic voice.
... Milyokuteki? That a jailbroken courtier is attractive...? Oh, yeah, that's where I admired the villain warrant lady. A strong, scary beauty yet a core strong Rin attractive bad girl who makes you feel lonely and lonely somewhere. This is what I wanted to be from a very young age. I wonder why I was lost just now. I'm sure it's the heat.
That girl said she was attractive about me, didn't she? Does that mean you're still attracting people even in cages!? Me, you finally got to that level of bad girl. Wonderful accomplishment.
"Don't be offended by the voices of the people in town"
The guard whispered to me, turning small in a voice that no one could hear.
Disgusting? Rather the other way around. I'm a bad girl. I don't mind if you talk ill.
"There's nothing wrong with that. It's nice to be able to say what you think."
That's what I said, stretched my spine. Bad girl stuff. You have to be grand at all times! The heat was killing me, but now I'm in the spotlight, right? I can't even look weak. "Bad girl who has never seen her weak" was recognized by the public.
I did not change my posture and expression in any way, no matter how thirsty or hot I was until I reached the castle with that in mind.