Maou No Utsuwa

After the sight of Emperor Nicolai, Kamui and the others tried to leave the Great Hall. A voice sounded trying to stop it.

It was Claudia sitting next to Emperor Nicolai.

Kamui, who stopped to his voice, turned around and pointed his gaze at Emperor Nicolai.

"Looks like there's something I can do for you next door?

Kamui asks Emperor Nicolai how he handles Claudia.

"... Klau. What can I do for you?

Even when asked, Emperor Nicolai doesn't know what Claudia wants to do. I turned the question straight to Claudia.

"Um... I just wanted to talk to you for a second"

"Hmm. Here's what Klau says. Will you listen to me?"

Emperor Nicolai has ordered Kamui to listen to Claudia. It's not like I refuse. It was predictable when we decided to come here. But honestly, Kamui doesn't say yes.

"Is that with me? Or with Theresa, who was a milk sister?

"Milk sisters?

I can tell by this reaction that Emperor Nicolai had not heard of Theresa's presence.

"Theresa, who is holding back, was the milk sister of that one. Ever since I grew up, I've been serving on the side, so I thought it was Theresa who I wanted to talk to."

"... why are those milk sisters serving the Republic?

Naturally.

"Me and Theresa were classmates in Royal College. With that connection, I asked Theresa, who came under me, to serve me as she did."

In a way that omitted quite a bit of content, Kamui explained the situation to Emperor Nicolai. I know that if we talk about it in detail, it will only cause extra crap, on top of being longer.

"Right. So who does Kraw want to talk to?

"Uh... with Theresa"

A little worried Claudia nominated Therese. The truth is, I'd like to talk to Kamui, but Kamui's attitude was so good that he didn't feel like he could talk to him properly. And most importantly, I have the thought that I need to do something about Theresa.

"Theresa and I did. Come forward and talk to Claudia."

"Yes."

Emperor Nicolai called me. Theresa stepped forward and lined up in Kamui.

"Um... I want to talk to you in the separate room"

If you want to talk to Theresa in depth, that's not something you can do in public. It would be even worse if Theresa had an objection to Claudia.

"Right. Then get a room."

"I'm sorry. I was wondering if I could take too much time. That's why we asked His Majesty to forgive us for not joining the banquet."

In the form of a whisper of Emperor Nicolai's words, Kamui declined the conversation by moving to a separate room.

"Hmm..."

"As peace has come, there will be plenty of opportunities to talk ahead. I don't have time. Now I just need to talk."

"... right. Klau, I'm sorry, but here's the thing."

Emperor Nicolai thinks it is an exchange without other love between women, whether it is a favorable or not relationship, such as the contents of the conversation between the two. I accepted Kamui's offer lightly.

"... Yes"

As for Claudia, I am unhappy, but I can only obey what Emperor Nicolai has decided.

"... Theresa, you look good"

"Yeah, thanks to you. Mr. Kamui is doing very well."

Theresa responds to Claudia's greeting. When he heard the words, Kamui looked at him, and Claudia looked surprised.

Now Theresa is Theresa when she's playing the bad girl. Claudia had never seen this Therese before.

"... uh, what are you doing in the Republic?

Claudia asks, bewildered.

"We are here to serve as the Kingsguard of Master Hildegand"

"Hildegand's?

None of the connections between Hildegand and Therese were originally equal. I can't imagine how Claudia could have become Hildegand's Kingsguard.

"Yes, I'm just in charge... of Kamui-sama's... side room..."

Shamefully Theresa speaks of being Kamui's side chamber. When I hear this, Kamui's face turns into something increasingly bitter.

"What side chamber..."

If you're Claudia, you're stunned by the confession.

"I'm afraid someone like me is Kamui's only sideroom. But... Master Kamui is kind..."

Theresa purposefully tells Claudia that it is overlapping Kamui's side chamber and that it is just one side chamber as well. It's provoking.

"... right. Because Theresa had a lot going on. Does Mr. Kamui know?

Claudia rode on Theresa's provocation.

"Yes. Master Kamui, knowing everything about my past, accepted it. It makes me happier than anything."

"Yeah. We used to be so close. Theresa was desperate, wasn't she?

I guess I desperately sold my flair to someone I didn't like. This is what happens when you put it into words without summarising it.

"... I was young back then. I can't be honest with my feelings, and I take the opposite attitude."

With the look of how nostalgic she is for the past, Theresa insists that she has always had feelings for Kamui.

"... right. Without finally suppressing the thought, did you invite Mr. Kamui to a private room at the time of your sister's engagement show?

Claudia complains that instead of such pure love, Theresa seduced Kamui with color. Naturally it was Claudia who made him do so, not a word of it.

"It's embarrassing. I was supposed to preach my thoughts to Master Kamui by pretending to be brave, but I fell asleep while I couldn't tell. You did, didn't you?

"... oh"

Suddenly shaken, Kamui returned his affirmation for now, although the very fact that he was being told this story in front of the public was embarrassing and irresistible.

…………

Claudia's face is dyed red. He's much inferior to himself, and I can't allow Theresa to be overwhelmed with rhetoric that I've always made him follow.

"Lady Claudia, too, was finally toured with her partner. I am truly delighted that you have achieved happiness as a woman."

Furthermore, Theresa speaks sarcasm. I know that being Emperor Nicolai's queen can't be happiness as a woman to Claudia, and I'm saying this.

"... right. I can finally get my shoulder loads off too and live as a single woman. If the war is over and you think peace has come to the continent, you think you've been rewarded for all your hard work."

Unexpectedly his expression again, Claudia stopped shooting at Theresa and began to talk about her thoughts.

"... Yep. Perhaps so."

In the wake of that change, Therese is showing confusion.

"I know there are a lot of criticisms against me. But I sincerely wished for peace in this world. For that reason, I always thought that I didn't care what happened to me."

Claudia is complaining with tears in her big eyes.

"... yes"

"Theresa. I'm not wrong, am I? Anyone else can say anything. But Theresa, I just want you to recognize me. You know everything about me."

Many thought that it would be an inspiring occasion for the thoughts of the Lord, who had spent a long time together since childhood, to turn away from the quarrel.

"... you, who?

With this one word from Theresa, it ruined it. While the surroundings are distracted by what Theresa has said.

"Ouch!

Theresa's voice echoed in the great hall with the sound of a gong.

"Too much."

Kamui with the sheath of a liturgical sword softens Theresa with a sinister look.

"... you don't hit me with a sword, do you?

"I just poked a little bit with the sword pattern. I spent quite a bit of time. I'm gonna pull you up now."

"... oh"

While showing a little hesitation, Theresa stepped back behind Kamui.

"Then Your Majesty. Now it's really time for you to excuse me. Another opportunity."

Told this at once, Kamui turned around without waiting for a reply. Grabbing Theresa's shoulder and pointing her towards the exit, she starts walking with her shoulder in her arms.

"Huh?"

It's the first time Kamui has ever acted like this in front of the public. Theresa gives a small, surprising voice.

"Just walk."

"Oh, oh."

Theresa seems shy, but Kamui's gaze is harsh. I'm subtly vigilant around you.

That's the same rank. The ranks that differ from those of the Kamui, once they look around them and then follow them, walk side by side in a way that pinches the Theresa.

To these three, Matthew and the others, who were dispersed by the other participants, join together and a group of about ten can be made.

From the Imperial Knight who saw it, you hear a roaring voice, but now it is. Without being able to do anything, I just have to drop off the Kamui line leaving the hall.

Finally, Nicholas took a bow of grace with his face up and was sucked into the back of the door.

"... then I don't know if you're here to obey me or provoke me"

Raoul groans on behalf of the thoughts of many participants. There was a laugh on his face that seemed to be really fun.

◇ ◇ ◇

The Kamuis, who left the Great Hall, were walking early down the hall to the exit. I can only withdraw now that I've done my job. You won't feel safe until you leave this city.

"Theresa, I didn't need that provocation"

"Because..."

I know it's an act of being angry, but when Kamui actually scolds me, Theresa still gets depressed.

"What I asked for was whether Claudia was satisfied with the status quo. Well, then, you just bother to make me dissatisfied, right?

Like scolding a child, Kamui pounds Theresa's head. I knew it was an act of believing it was for my own good, so I thought I wouldn't let it get too depressing.

"Sorry."

I know how Kamui feels, and there's a grin on Theresa's face, too.

"What do you mean, are you satisfied?

Rank walking next door asked Kamui.

"Are you convinced by the position of Queen of Empires who can unite the continent? If you're dissatisfied, that might come up with something."

"Do you care so much about her?

From the ranks, Claudia is not the opponent Kamui is aware of. I wondered if it was to be sure until I put Theresa in danger.

"... that's irregular"

Thinking for a moment, Kamui uttered the word. It's the result of looking for words to describe Claudia in one word.

"Are you an irregular......"

If it's just Alto, I still don't know if it's expressed in a word in rank.

"That behavior is unpredictable. The trouble is that the results don't necessarily move in the wrong direction."

To predict the enemy's actions, consider this one a hassle to be hit. Although it is only one method, this can wash out most of the risks.

But Claudia's actions sometimes help the Kamuis. Such action is not foreseen as a risk, and as a result events will occur that are different from those assumed by the Kamuis.

"... it may indeed be so"

"We don't want any unforeseen circumstances. Even if that's a good result."

Anticipate everything that could happen in the future, and respond by taking the lead in it. thereby narrowing the expansion and moving things in the direction we think. This is how the Kamuis do it.

It's something that allows for high ability and unusual diligence, but naturally there are limits. Being like Claudia is a threat that could wipe out your efforts until then.

"... how come, keep it that way?

Picking a word, Rank asked Kamui. There should have been as many opportunities to erase Claudia. Rank thought incompetent Claudia had a benefit in keeping him alive, but when he heard about Kamui, he didn't.

Then the question arose as to why it had been kept alive.

"... for many reasons. Sometimes she's the one who gets that far, but the best part is, does she mean the Weilburg blood muscle?

"Is it the blood of the Royal Schutz Alten?"

If you trace back the blood muscles of the Vilburg family, there's the name of Ray the Demon King. This is what I received the rank for.

"... is that there too"

"Huh?"

"No, it's a promise to my adoptive father. He said that even if you defy him, you won't cross the last line. This last line is ambiguous, and now I wish I had made a more specific promise."

This promise was made when Kamui succeeded the lord of Northende. It was when I didn't think that the situation that would drive the Empire to ruin would become a reality.

"... I see"

Sometimes, Kamui values don't know the rank.

"So how did it end? Don't you see?"

Theresa's interaction with Claudia is mostly a bickering. Kamui thinks you won't be able to read Claudia's true intentions or anything like that.

"... seemed satisfied"

"What, is that true?

Theresa's answer was unexpected. Theresa is like selling a fight to Claudia. Besides, by complaining that I'm happier.

Even if it could be read, Kamui thought Claudia would definitely be dissatisfied.

"Theresa. I'm guessing you're not saying the right thing, are you?

Rank has pushed Theresa. In the first place, Rank doesn't understand the fact that Theresa can read Claudia's true intentions.

"True. I did feel that way. But it's crazy."

"What?

"There's no way that guy would be satisfied with the situation he's in. He's like that, but he doesn't want to be the best."

"It's the Empire Queen. Isn't that the best?

If you become the queen of an empire that unites the continent, it can be considered the culmination of all women. I think the rank is probably the best Claudia wants.

"... but can you speak in a place like today? I'm not convinced you need forgiveness to talk to me."

"Theresa. Then we need to be emperors... you did"

If I'm sorry at the top of the lady, I'll have to be emperor. But if you think about it, Claudia was the emperor. of the Schutz Alten Empire, which was supposed to unite the continent, if it were to be.

"Theresa."

"What?"

Kamui speaks to Theresa.

"You lied to me, didn't you?

"What? No, properly what I felt"

"It's not. You told me you don't know what you're thinking unless you talk to me face to face, right? You know what I'm talking about from the beginning."

Kamui inquires about Theresea with a harsh gaze.

"Ah... no, not a complete lie. I knew what you were thinking then..."

Remember the lie I told you, Theresa is blue-faced. This is the first time Theresa has lied to Kamui since it became Kamui's sideroom. The hindsight was erupting all at once.

"Theresa, it's not a bad thing to think and act on your own like that. But stop thinking about sacrificing yourself as a premise."

But I gave myself and my heart to Kamui.

When Theresa turns her sincere eyes upright and says this, Kamui's anger is quickly relieved, too.

"I'm glad to hear that..."

"Master Kamui. Theresa is just like us. Even in the side chambers, they are still subordinates and companions."

Where Kamui was stuck in words, Rank came pinching his mouth. I just want to say that treating Theresa special would, on the contrary, discriminate against Theresa.

"... right. Sorry, my mistake."

Pointed out by the ranks, Kamui also immediately admitted his mistake.

"No, I offered you something."

"No, I don't need an apology. I'm the one who made the mistake. So which one is it after all?

Theresa felt Claudia was satisfied with the status quo. But on the other hand, I don't think Claudia can be satisfied with the status quo.

Believe what you feel or believe what Theresa thinks is the hard part.

"That's..."

Theresa is having trouble replying to Kamui's query.

"What?"

"I kind of couldn't read it well. From the middle of nowhere, I felt like that guy wasn't him."

"That's what happened?

I thought the "you, who” dialogue was meant to provoke Claudia, but Theresa just said what she honestly thought.

"Is it because you're out of your mind? I don't feel like doing anything for him anymore."

"Can you read my feelings, by the way?

"... I think I'm starting to be able to read"

For this man. This is the driving force behind Therese. Now the feeling is right for Kamui and Hildegand.

"Can you read it? That's a little scary. But it's a good thing. I mean, Theresa was released from that curse, right?

"Oh well."

Claudia's dominance. Theresa, in coming to this occasion, was secretly afraid of this. Can you push your own will against Claudia, who has been unable to defy you for so long? I wore a mask because of this anxiety.

But apparently, knowing that worry was useless, Theresa's face has a grin mixed with relief and joy.

"Apparently, another thing, there's been a harvest. Well, there's nothing more we can do here. You're gonna disappear."

Kamui also had a little anxiety about bringing Theresa. But seeing Theresa's current smile, I didn't think my choice was a mistake.

This is another Claudia entanglement, an unexpected event, but I was honestly pleased with this.

It was an empire that was secretly following a line of Kamuis leaving the castle, but it makes me uncomfortable where the Kamuis entered the back alley. Since then, I have not been able to grasp any footsteps.

Home ground for the Kamuis, both in the old royal capital and in the imperial territory. The Empire does not understand this.