Maou No Utsuwa

Theresa was allowed to see Kamui a month after the presentation ceremony. I didn't make you wait in particular. I just needed so many days to move out of the border fort.

Theresa, who consolidated herself in a bright red dress as those who were the Lord of the Republic of Artenkreutz lined up in plenty of power, left and right, entered solemnly, without any particular appearance of realisation.

Picking the hem of the dress in front of Kamui for a light rendezvous, he smiles gracefully and opens his mouth.

"We're out of time. King Kamui."

"Oh, right. Since when have we met?

"Thought since the engagement of Her Royal Highness the late Princess Sophilia was unveiled."

"... at that time. You still have the same red dress today."

"Well, I'm glad you remember. You told me it suited King Kamui well, so I tried to make it the same color."

"... did you say that? Sorry, but I don't remember that."

Kamui, who noticed Hildegand staring lightly next door, tried to fall in love, but Theresa couldn't help it.

"Oh, that's too bad. Okay, I'll ask you again. How about this dress?

"... you look great. Red suits Lord Therese well."

"I'm delighted. I'm glad you chose this dress."

"... are you going to push it through in that tone? It's disgusting."

How tiring, though I wanted to end this exchange.

"This is the usual tone. Is something wrong?

Theresa's didn't come on Kamui's provocation.

"Quite...... Well, okay. So what can I do for you?

"We are here to celebrate the marriage of King Kamui and Queen Hildegand. Congratulations."

"Thanks. What's next?

We know that congratulations are an excuse.

"I would also like to take this opportunity to deepen your friendship with the Empire."

"Are you going to negotiate about it already?

"Yes, I know."

"Then why did Lord Therese come all the way here?

"I..., I must apologize to King Kamui"

"Something?

"I have come to apologize for my many disrespects during the Royal College"

"... Yes?

This is the answer to what I was up to and where I was. Kamui was stunningly surprised.

"I think King Kamui was offended by my disrespect. For that, we will also be punished, so why don't you let it run into the water?

"When I was at Imperial College, I was the son of a border lord, His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, and His Royal Highness the Empress at the time, but in the vicinity of it. I don't think there's any disrespect or anything?

Theresa comes over and tells you the same reason. Kamui denied the need.

"It is true that I have made you uncomfortable. I have come to atone for that sin."

Turns out he's serious. There is only one person in Kamui who can come up with a story that is far from diplomacy like this and I don't know it well.

"Is this an instruction from His Majesty Emperor Claudia?

"... No, I made my own decision"

While I was only available. That was enough for Kamui.

"Think for yourself, spent a few months here? And just to make a little, uh, apology for being a student?

"It would be a foolish idea if the relationship between your country and the Empire could be even slightly better."

"Shake your marriage on a stick?

…………

Therese keeps her mouth open with Pocan, and it solidifies. This was the moment when Kamui's knowing Theresa's expression, the mask she was wearing, peeled off.

"There's no way this one hasn't grasped the trend near the Emperor's side. Wasn't Lord Therese's marriage by now, by the way?

"It's..., gone"

Therese trying to hide the upset. However, the color of the emotions on his face has not been able to be hidden.

"You said you stopped the marriage to leave for this messenger?

"No, they turned me down because they didn't want a woman like me to be my wife."

"Wasn't the rumor of Lord Therese a knowledgeable engagement?

"I guess it was more than I thought"

"Didn't you want to get married?

"I've never even seen his face before."

"I wonder if such a thing is normal if it is aristocratic. And what I'm asking is, did you want to get married or not?"

"... Isn't it cruel to ask that to a woman who has been refused marriage?

Theresa's face came with frustration in her persistent pursuit of Kamui. But the tone is still the same. If he doesn't push enough yet, Kamui goes on to say more.

"Then let's change the question. Is that the dress you were supposed to wear at the wedding?

"... I think that's miserable too."

"Are you hurt?

"Yeah, a little bit."

"A little. Then you can't make amends. Now, what do we do... Have you decided to go back?

Think about it for a second, Kamui asks about his plans. I don't want to know my plans. I'm looking for materials to explore Theresa's ideas.

"I do not intend to return to the Empire until you have promised me friendship with the Empire"

"Don't you need to go back to the Empire?

"... no need to hurry back"

"Don't you want to go home?

"That's not true."

"Do you want to die?

…………

Theresa responded only with a smile to a question that had no sudden clap of camui. There's no color for the upset I showed you earlier.

We still don't know what Emperor Claudia is thinking. But I felt like I understood how Theresa felt.

"I see. But when they say atonement, I can't think of it right away. Until that comes to mind, Lord Therese will stay here."

"Yes."

Lucia, prepare a room for Lord Therese.

"Yes, then, in the guest room."

"No, I don't mind deeper"

"... Yes?

"Lord Theresa is a woman. Wouldn't it be better to have a room for women?

"... Seriously?

I get a tight gaze at Lucia's Kamui.

"Am I saying something weird?

"Nothing! Just like King Kamui said!

Lucia has completely turned into a fluke.

"What, are you in a mood? So, Lord Therese. Lucia leads you to your room. I don't mind walking freely, but you better stop imitating like you're going out of town"

"Yes, sir."

Theresa left the room with Lucia's guidance, as gracefully as she had at the beginning.

"Wow. Is that Theresa? You're scared of women."

It was Lutz who opened his mouth first. Lutz only knows Theresa from Royal College. I was honestly surprised by the change in Theresa.

"I'm finally convinced. Actually, look. Okay, but if that's the case, don't let stupid men fool you."

It was the same with Alto that I was surprised. I didn't understand much of the difference from the Theresa statue in me, even though I heard the information from both of them.

"Ever since we left the Imperial Capital, it's been like that?

"I've never seen you in a dress, but I've never seen you in that tone or attitude."

I asked if Hildegand, who was in the castle, would know, and he was Kamui, but he didn't get the answer he wanted.

"Right. What about Matthias and the others?

"I've only seen that Lord Therese once. I was talking to Uncle South."

Matthias had come across the scene in a relationship where he had also explored the castle in various ways.

"I don't."

There is no reason why the rank was defeated.

"Yes. You also saw Theresa in the castle as she was, right?

"Yeah," "Yes," "Because I wasn't in the castle."

"Theresa in the skin of a bad girl..."

"Are you saying it's an act? It really seemed like someone else, didn't it?

"I guess that means I had that talent. But..."

I meant to rock it pretty bad, but although I showed the upset, Theresa's reaction wasn't what Kamui wanted. That's what I care about Kamui.

(... that's me)

"Hmm?"

Words echoed on Kamui's head. It is the consciousness of the Devil's Sword Kamui.

(Not even with me, but it's the same thing)

"What do you mean?

(I'm pushing my normal self into the back of my mind to replace another self. That's how you protect yourself.)

"Does that mean it's Theresa, not Theresa?

(She's her though. Well, that's easier to figure out)

To protect who I really am.

(That's how hard I feel. But if I don't, I can't stand it.)

"... you're an idiot"

Kamui knows what it is and for whom.

(The smart guy doesn't think that)

That's sad.

(Well...)

"Right...... That Theresa..."

Undoable thoughts spread in Kamui's mind. That's the same thought I had the last time I saw Theresa.

"In the end, what do you mean?

Considering Kamui's solo, conversation with the Devil's Sword is over, Alto asks what the story is about.

"Theresa is replacing someone else's Theresa for fear of hurting her."

"What the hell?

"I can't explain it well, but by forcing myself to assume that I'm not who I am right now, you mean I didn't want to do it, right?

(Well, correct)

In my heart, the Devil's Sword Kamui has shown his will to affirm.

"Looks like it's there."

"Right...... But how do you get that far? Even for loyalty to Emperor Claudia."

"I heard it once. Anything to me, Emperor Claudia is a light, and thanks to that light, I can be recognized from all around me, what did he say?"

"Huh? When did you talk about that?

Whatever you ask, this is the thought behind Theresa's mind that she doesn't usually show. For those of you who know Kamui and Theresa, I'm surprised you two talked about this.

"I was invited during the reception of Her Royal Highness Princess Sophilia"

"Well, what about being invited?

"... the relationship between my body"

Kamui replied with his gaze at the thought of not hearing it here.

"Kamui!"

You know, anger flies right next door.

"Because I didn't! Looks like it was meant to soften me up. I knew it right away, and it wasn't like that then."

"What if it is?

"... is Hildegand possibly the jealous one?

"... that's not true."

To Kamui's point, Hildegand got embarrassed. Hildegand also has a sense of jealousy.

"You. You're newlywed, aren't you?"

"Even you, right?

"That doesn't matter, does it? In the first place, I'm not looking at you."

"Neither do I."

"" "Blunt..." "

Where the promise ends, Kamui tightens her expression.

"Anyway, what do we do? I'm not clear on my purpose in the first place."

"If you take it exactly as Theresa says, I sent you guys who don't like you, so do whatever you want."

"Is that diplomacy?

"Don't take your stupid daughter for normal."

"For once, an emperor?

"Bye, stupid emperor"

"That's not what I meant. Well, good. What do you think of Mr. Marie? We were too impressed when we were in college. After the death of Empress Sophilia, did Emperor Claudia or anyone around him do something like this?

"Right. I don't think Kainel is stupid enough to get this far, though. Oscar has no opinions on these things in the first place, and our idiot brother stays put."

"... the Empire."

Right now, Marie gave you three roles in the Empire. Kamui gets worried about the enemy country.

"You know what I mean.

"Well. Chancellor Kainel if it's possible. If that's what you think, is it disposition?

"Don't you want someone you don't need anymore? But isn't that why you forced me to marry you?

"I don't want to keep you alive. But sin cannot be done publicly, so it cannot be disposed of on its own."

"Do you have such a secret?

"I don't have it"

The sin of Theresa, which the empire of today can never do publicly. There may be a few, but there is only one sin Kamui can think of to the point where he tries to take his life.

"Oh, that's my first ear."

"That's right. We haven't talked yet."

"Hey!?

"Talk now. It was Theresa who guided Dee's murder."

"... I knew it. I could have imagined, but you did something out of the blue. It's an act of losing our back shield, isn't it?

"Looks like something happened."

From Deefreet, Kamui has heard about the situation around here. Most of all, Deefleet, who talked about this, was surprised to hear that the mastermind who tried to assassinate himself was Emperor Claudia.

"What's that?

"Emperor Claudia is present at the death of Empress Sophilia"

"... no way?

"I'm not involved in the killing. Looks like he didn't even try to help."

"... oh. That's why he was an ambitious man."

Marie is new to the unexpected side of Claudia. Knowing this convinced me of the current.

"You can't be an emperor if you don't, can you? Even though I didn't try to help, I wasn't helped. So it's not a sin."

"Then why?

"You're gonna get misunderstood, aren't you? Besides, it just seems like he was trying to replace his sister, but his surrounding impression of Emperor Claudia changes. That's why I can say that I could have been emperor on the contrary."

"A harmless lover of humans and animals. It's not profitable for the Empire, but it's not harmful. And most importantly, if I can manipulate it well, I can have delicious thoughts. It's great to be in charge."

And Claudia has grown more company by playing it. Not a trustworthy companion, but numbers are power.

"That's a miserable couple. Well, it's just not off. Dee noticed that. He even said that if we were forced to marry, we'd be apart."

"I see. Well researched. That's what I'm talking about."

"Nothing. I just asked him in person"

"Well, can you even ask the dead? That's a big deal."

"Is that a mess?

"Sorry about that. I mean, you're alive, right?

"Yes. I've been here for a while. Just a replacement."

"Absolutely, you're a guy... And now?"

Marie gets spooked by the still invisible Kamui about how far her hands are spread. It's just that I can be frightened because I'm on your side. If we remained enemies, we could have been horrible and trembling.

"I'm fighting in the south. I'm with Sele. Oh, now change your name, it's a fly height. Of course I'm not going to tell my western uncle, so I'm going to."

"Yeah. But how did you help?

"The person Theresa asked me to meet was someone I knew"

"... a ghetto. You say you're in total luck."

"Well. But if you try to ask for such a job in the Imperial Capital, there's only a ghetto. The weakness of those without their own hands."

"Yes, sir. I'm kind of dying to pity Theresa. I can't believe they took responsibility for it and killed me."

I didn't decide to kill him.

"I know that. But what did you keep it for?

'Cause he wanted to die.

"Huh? If it was that question, you'd be laughing, wouldn't you?

"It's time to laugh, it's time to be hunted down."

"... how do you know?

"I guess that's because I've wanted to die."

With a smile on his face, Kamui says this. That makes those around them feel the weight of things. I just have to laugh, Kamui shows one end of those feelings.

"... when you were being abused?

"That's the only time, isn't it? If you think about it in the way you feel then, you can't deny it if people point it out to you. If you say so and affirm it, it will be troublesome. I think we just have to laugh and delude ourselves"

"Don't you feel like you want me to stop?

"If I had that feeling, I would affirm. Or make a denial that's obviously a lie."

"Right..."

"I can't say it's just that. But..."

"Do you want to help?

This is the only reason I can think of for Hildegand to keep those who want to die at hand.

"Suicide is not good. I've thought about that. Maybe it's not a dialogue I can say. You want to kill yourself, but you don't want to die."

"What do you mean?

Kamui also mouthed the way his heart was not known to Hildegand.

"I want to escape, but the only way I can think of to escape is to die. If there is a place where you can escape, live and go to that place"

"Really..."

Even if you can understand it in words, you can't share it with Hildegand until you feel it. That's what I missed a little about Hildegand.

"But I don't know what to do. I think what we need to do is break our feelings for Emperor Claudia, but that's who we're dealing with to swear allegiance even if we abandon our chastity, right?

"You're right."

Not just chastity. Ready to be killed, Theresa is coming to this place. How do you pull away all those opponents? I can't think of a response that this is it.

It was Aura who rarely opened her mouth here.

"O king. If anyone wants light, just give them light."

"Aura?"

"If the light you're illuminating is just something that creates a shadow, you just have to illuminate it with a stronger light. With the right light that blows its shadow."

"Is that... is that me?

"The king and queen. Wouldn't you two be able to do it? No, how can we illuminate more people without being able to do so much?

"Me, too..."

"But how?

"O king. What does the King intend to give us, the Demons?

"... a place to live in peace"

"Isn't it the same thing she needs? I think what she wants is not an escape, but a place where she wants to be."

Thoughts of the cornered. The Demons knew that, too.

"Where are you..."

"Is that where Mr. Theresa is…"

◇ ◇ ◇

When Kamui and Hildegand were haunting their heads, Theresa had been led to the room by Lucia.

"Yes, your room is here."

Lucia also remains grumpy about the room. With a blurry attitude, I pointed the room at Theresa.

"Thank you very much"

"I'll bring the bed sheets later. Everything in the shelf is empty, so if you want to unpack, do as you please."

"Yes."

"You wash your hands in front of the back door. The door behind it won't open because it's locked."

"Keys?"

"I don't use it now, so I keep it closed."

"Really?"

"The bath has a big bath. It's a little small for women, but be patient. If we go to Wang Capital, we'll have a bigger one."

"Yes, no problem"

"What do you want to do with the meal? If you want to take it in your room, I'll let you carry it. I'll call you when it's time to eat in the cafeteria."

Even in a grumpy mood, the job was done properly Lucia. Otherwise, there's no way they're gonna let you do your job.

"Can I have it in my room, please? Because it's easier."

"Yes. Well, I'll let you carry it. Later..., oh, the king said you were free to walk, but please don't go in the back of the hall"

"That, of course,"

"Because you two are newlyweds. Don't interrupt."

"What? King Kamui and Queen Hildegand are behind this?

"This is originally a side room. I don't use Kamui as well as my predecessors"

"Did you?"

Theresa somehow figured out why Lucia was upset. Most importantly, Lucia doesn't intend to hide it at all.

"I was supposed to use it first. Fine, your destiny is in the King's Landing Room."

"Are you King Kamui's sideroom?

"... I plan on doing that."

"Yes."

"That's right. Because of that, I'd like to ask you something. Is that okay?

"Yes, if that's what you can answer"

"How can a man make a fool of himself?

…………

Exactly. Theresa also loses her words to Lucia's upright narrative. He opened his eyes and stared at Lucia. But Lucia has thrown in even more straightforward questions, not even paying attention to how Teresa is doing.

"You've been cheating on all sorts of men, haven't you? I want you to tell me the trick."

"Um... how could you do that?

"Master Kamui was married to Master Hildegand. For me, it's a battle to come."

"I mean, you want to dictate King Kamui, right? But you're married, so aren't you going to give up?

"That's not true. Master Kamui is a Hildegand and has never brought any other women closer."

"Yes. King Kamui was, wasn't he?"

Somehow he seemed to be kamui, Theresa thought. That is what I envy and regret.

"Yes, but Master Hildegand has been seated in the main room the way he wants."

"Yes. So..."

Theresa tried to tell me she no longer wanted another woman.

"So there's a second and third chance."

Lucia's thoughts are a little different.

"... Huh?

"Master Kamui is king. It's natural for the king to have a side chamber, right?

"As, well."

"Master Kamui's chastity junction was broken down by Master Hildegand. It's easy to get into the desire of a man who collapsed once, isn't it?

"Or, easy or not"

"Oh, you're such a bastard, aren't you? I want to know what that bastard's moves are. Come on, how can I fool a man?

"You were really listening, weren't you?

It wasn't an insult, it was a serious question. Theresa, who figured it out, looks relieved the other way around.

"It's obvious. If anyone is good, whoever it is, begs for teaching. That is the motto of the people of Artenkreutz!

"... like you're begging"

"Yeah? Well, what can I do? Oh, please tell me. Is this good?

Lucia's glamour, somehow, seems to look at her former self, making Theresa feel embarrassed, as well as intimate.

"... Um, I don't know if that would help"

"No, that would definitely help"

"I hope so. Men seem to shake their minds at the appearance of women they are not usually seen."

"You're naked!

Ever since I was a kid, Lucia was an aggressive, romantic vocalist.

"Chi, no! All of a sudden, if you show them how naked they are, men will pull off."

"... So, what could it be?

"I don't usually talk this way. And the tricks are completely different."

"Really? What does it usually look like?

"Right. Well, this is how I usually feel, my tone is abusive, and my attitude is rash."

Not only in tone, but even in a sitting position, it turns into something that looks like a man with a broken knee. Still, the atmosphere just disappeared beautifully.

"... I'm surprised"

Lucia is surprised and round her eyes to Therese, who has changed the atmosphere in an instant. For Lucia, the first time she saw Theresa's vegan figure, and the vegan Theresa, the gap was so sharp that the Camuis were surprised to see the feminine Theresa.

"It means doing the opposite. Normally, when I'm alone, without the shards of femininity, they'll be surprised if I suddenly end up just now, right?

"That's the move, isn't it?

"Yes. And it's so simple about a man, I take it personally that he'll show it to me alone. Then it's ours."

"Hmm. So?

"Where I drew in the other person's feelings, this time, I shake them even more. Is it hard here?

"How hard can it be?

"Explore their preferences somewhat and change their attitude accordingly. Depends if you like quiet women or daring women."

Play who you are not. Whether it's because of talent or being pushed, unfortunately, Theresa will be able to do this.

"... but the master"

"And, Master?

"My master is my master, because I am taught."

"Oh, yeah. What about me?

"Isn't it common for a master to be quiet?

"Oh, you know what? That takes that kind of thought backwards. They think I'm a man-loving woman. What if I was, in fact, a pure, hard-hearted woman?

I'm surprised.

"Yes, that. Anyway, it's about poking at them. For example, even if it is held by many men, it makes them think that it is a woman who is not a man lover and is vulnerable to pushes that they cannot refuse when pressed. Shit, when you get that kind of vibe, resist properly, and on top of that, see how they feel"

"How do they feel?

"Do you like me properly? If you only want my body, I... But I..., even for you to play... but I still think you..."

Also, Theresa's atmosphere turned into someone else's.

"Whoa."

Plus I honestly admire Lucia.

"This is one way to do it. Don't put everything into words, it's the hands that make them think. By letting that happen, the man creates me in his imagination and lays me on top of the real me."

"Exactly."

"These things just don't work if you don't match them well. If you're a man who really only wants his body, you'll be pulled back. That's the most important move."

Theresa, who feels better about Lucia's reaction, is totally a master.

"Can I do that?

"Right. Kamui... Oh, I shouldn't. King Kamui, King Kamui is difficult. It's him. It's always like he's in love, isn't it?

I'm obsessed with talking to Lucia, and Theresa is totally back to vegan.

"Right. That's what worries me."

"Turns out it's Hildegand who references..., Queen Hildegand. Purity all the way."

"But can you win?

"What, you're gonna win?

It was Lucia who didn't think in front of Theresa and leaked her ambitions.

"Oh, it wasn't. That went on. But Master, would you welcome a woman of the same character into the side room?

"Right. I forgot that, in the case of wives belligerents, I have to show the difference with my wife. I need to be able to do what my wife can't. But you know a lot more about that than I do, don't you?

I don't know much about Hildegand.

What Kamui's wife proclaimed in the first meeting was still ringing. Hildegand is still jealous.

"Oh well. So, it's from collecting information. Let's start by knowing the enemy."

"Yes, master."

It was Lucia who totally broke with Theresa as the Camuis worried about dealing with Theresa.