Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"I intend to punish Vieille."

Rico grips me with a straight line of sight.

"No, I'm not going to be your wife."

"... are you going to be a slave or something?

"No, I'm not going to."

"No way... you saved my life...?

I'm not going to do that.

"So... what punishment?

The force in Rico's hand slowly relaxed. Still, she thinks there's a chance that I could hit that little girl.

"Yeah, I don't know if I can do it..."

Immediately after listening to me, Rico jumped up.

"Then the Crimean nation will be in civil unrest!

"... that might happen."

"If you punish Mr. Vieille, then there is nothing like those who live in that country. I disagree."

"I'm going to make a deal with Vieille so it doesn't happen. And... worst of all, in case of civil unrest, I'm going to help."

……

Rico was staring at me, but eventually he exhaled slowly and put his body in my arm. I stroked her back and kept on talking.

"The little girl used the Grand Duchy of Faal as a test bench. The damage done to that country has been enormous. If he succeeded, there was even a chance that the country would die. If Mei, Sidi, and Cellulite hadn't established a way to exterminate those flowers, a lot of people might have starved to death. It's insane to build something like that."

"I'm sure that's all I wanted to do, but I wanted to interest you, Linos."

I see. Probably the little girl's aim is deterrence. "

"Deterrence...?

"Ah. By making us think we own flowers that could destroy the world, we want to keep Agarta from turning against our enemies. I wonder if it's a prospect of getting us under our knees."

……

"The prospect is about to come off. That alone will shock the little girl, but I don't want to end it alone. It's just... This punishment can damage Vieille and make us hate each other."

That's right.

"It could attract a bit more trouble."

I'm sure you'll be fine.

"Really?

"Certainly there has been trouble so far... There was always happiness when I got over it. I'm sure it will happen again this time."

"... thank you."

……

"Good luck, Rico."

"Whatever happens, I'm on your side."

I hugged Rico gently again. The elegant scent rising from her body made her think that our future was fine.

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At the same time, in the Grand Duchy of Faure, the last experiment by May and the others was about to take place. The magic of the light illuminates the garden of the Duke of Fantastic. There, the friendly flowers grew narrowly, with an incredibly intense fragrance.

Normally, the smell is not strange to pass out, but thanks to Linos' tight boundaries, May and the others were able to work there without any problems.

Well, let's get started.

Using May's words as a cue, Sidi and Cellulite head towards the wooden box behind them.

Mei-chan

With Sidi's voice, May leaves the scene as she flies. At the same time, they opened the lid of the crate.

It sounds like something hard is rolling. When I looked closely, I saw a few small creatures popping out of the wooden box. A ferry rat.

Under Mae's direction, the research team at the University of Agarta was developing drugs to reduce ferry rats' sense of smell. The ferry rat that was transported here was receiving the drug.

Rats are heading for friendly flowers at a glance. The appearance of black lumps moving toward the garden at an incredible speed made me feel some sort of anomaly.

In the darkness, a creepy sound echoed. Needless to say, the mice began to bite the flowers of friendship. Some stand their teeth on the stems of flowers, while others dig back into the earth... Such a sight is taking place in this garden.

In the meantime, Sidi was looking at the garden and squeezing her fists small. She knew. I hope this experiment will be successful.

"It's okay. Absolutely."

Sidi opened her mouth to Cellulite with a disturbing expression next to her. She was putting her hands together in front of her chest in a prayer pose.

"... Zettai?

Cellulite looks surprised at Sidi's words. Sidi nodded with a smile.

Since childhood, Cellulite has been heavily disciplined by her mother about speech. Especially my mother hated the word "absolutely."

"Absolutely, and so on, are not words that are used many times in a lifetime."

The harsh expression of my mother, who told me so, is still clearly in her mind. The absolute word my mother hated the most. That was not easy for Concidie to do, and he said confidently. I can imagine that Constidi would probably not have been strictly taught about words like her mother. However, from her atmosphere, it still seemed like she was teaching Cellulite that she should now use words that were not used many times in her life.

"Right... that's right. I'm... absolutely, absolutely, absolutely okay!

Cellulite shouted for the first time in his life. In that state, Sidi had a surprising expression for a moment, but eventually she returned to her original smile and nodded loudly.

"Well, it'll take a while for the results to come. Shall we have dinner?"

May was worried about the garden and talked to both of them. That said, I haven't eaten anything since the morning... The two face each other.

"I'm starving."

"Nh, actually, me too...."

"You haven't eaten anything since morning!

That said, they laughed at each other. May looked kindly at the two of them, but eventually urged them to return to the lab.

"Wow, it looks delicious!

When she returned to the lab to prepare the meal quickly, Sidi spoke out unexpectedly. Still warm beef stew, bread, salad and fluffy omelets were delivered by Matocal. May must have been hungry, too. The three were silent for a while and tasted the prepared meal.

Sidi then turned to the Cellulite sitting in front of her. Exactly like the Duke's daughter, the food is very elegant.

"What is it?

Cellulite noticed her gaze and spoke with a surprised expression. Siddy puts down a spoon and looks back at her.

"I thought the manners were very good."

"Oh no... no..."

"No, Cellulite's work is very elegant. We have to be apprentices, too."

May talks with a smile. Cellulite turned bright red on her face and leaned.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry. Since I was a kid, my mother and nanny Minsi have often been angry at me for their bad manners. That's why I'm worried about other people's manners..."

"Hey, Constidi-sama... oh, you ever get mad at me...?

"Yes, I did. I used to do that a lot when I was a kid. Minsi is still mad at me. What would you do if your child did something like that?"

"Oh, is that so... No, I'm surprised...."

Cellulite taught Sidi how to use spoons and forks that look elegant and easy for everyone to enjoy while eating. She listened to it with interest and politely thanked it with her eyes shining. From this moment on, Concidie and Cellulite became best friends. And the fate of Cellulite was also the moment it began to move...