Liz was taken to the mansion so that she could be dragged away by the servants of the Carfen family. And on the floor of the same living room as yesterday, I was brutally held on to my head.
"Get off me!
"Be quiet!
When I managed to raise my face as I stood back, I saw Baron Carfen and his daughter Emilia, as well as the cleric Lloyd sitting on the couch with a bystander attitude.
I shrugged my face so that the baron could see something unspoilt.
"Liz Stefan, you stole the precious silver key from the royal palace priest, Lord Lloyd."
"No, I didn't do that!
"Don't lie to me! My daughter Emilia says she saw you wandering around the guest house early yesterday morning."
(That's a lie! Why?)
When she looked at Emilia in an incredible way, Emilia turned away quickly. But the corner of his mouth was rising just before he turned away, clearly visible to Liz who was looking up from the bottom.
(Laughing...)
I was disappointed.
In front of Liz, who was too shocked to speak, Emilia turned to the cleric Lloyd and began to complain in a nasty way.
"Dear Lloyd, I did see this Liz stealing Lloyd's keys with this eye. At first, I thought what Liz stole was something from my Carfen family. It was a crime committed by the people, so I'll talk to your father secretly later. That's what I thought.
But what Liz stole was Lord Lloyd's key. I wondered why you would steal a key, but last night when Master Lloyd said he was taking Liz to the royal palace as a candidate for the Virgin, not me, I knew.
Liz said she stole the keys for the do-it-yourself. "
Liz opened her eyes in amazement.
This is what Emilia says.
Liz stole the priest Lloyd's key and hid it under the guest's bed on Liz's own, pretending to find it even with the strange power of "investigation".
To deceive Cleric Lloyd that Liz, not Emilia, is the candidate for the Virgin.
I thought it would draw blood.
'Cause Emilia does have more muscle to say.
From Cleric Lloyd, it would be far more convincing to say "Liz stole the key herself and hid it, pretending like she found it" than "Liz, who is not even magical, found the key in" The Survey ".
Besides, he testifies that Emilia, the noble warrant lady, witnessed the theft. The strongest.
Liz the civilian and Emilia the aristocrat. I don't even have to think about which word Cleric Lloyd would trust.
(... Got hit!
Lloyd's gaze pierces him. Liz bit off her lips.
It's about Emilia of high pride. I guess I couldn't forgive Liz for being a candidate for the Virgin, not myself.
I know how that feels. All the villagers thought the Virgin candidate was Emilia, and Emilia must have believed so herself. If that turns out to be different, I'm certainly shocked. It would be humiliating.
(But...)
But I don't have this lie. Never, never follow a lie.
He's a different person. How can Liz, a civilian, deceive a cleric who is the use of the royal palace, surely be condemned to death?
Can Emilia have Liz killed?
- I guess you don't mind. You were laughing at the evidence earlier.
Emilia's pride is better than Liz's. Emilia thinks so. Is that because it's noble...
Sorrowy, angry emotions crept up to the point, and Liz nagged, eating away her critical teeth.
(I've decided to live as freely and as I please in this world...)
Emilia overlooks the sumptuous dress with a proud face, overlapping the noble lady of her previous life.
"I'll have the deposit," he said as a matter of course. What Liz wanted, and Cecil from her previous life, wasn't money.
I just wanted you to talk to me on an equal footing.
I know I'm in a different position. I don't usually want that. But I only wanted you to be honest when it involved life, life, or something important that you couldn't buy with that kind of money. I wanted you to stand in the same place and talk instead of looking down from the heights.
Is that so desirable...
Unstoppable remorse flooded my entire body.
Isn't this the same as in previous life? Wherever you go, the difference in identity gets in the way.
(I want it. I can't beat my identity. Free, something to live like yourself...!)
The beginning filled my body with thoughts. Liz's red eyes begin to shine with a burning momentum.
"Hey... what..."
Emilia lagged behind as she was overwhelmed.
Irresistible intimidation, never wanting to admit it but my body shakes and doesn't stop, like that.
Emilia let her gaze wander to ask for help and shouted at the servant in front of the door.
"Do something! Hold Liz down quickly!
Lloyd, a cleric who watched the situation in silence, smiled small.
With a smile convinced of something, I speak to Emilia.
"Miss Emilia witnessed Liz stealing my keys. Sure about that?
"Yeah, yeah, sure. I'll testify anywhere. I did see it!
Emilia raised her voice as she scolded herself for being frightened by Liz or something.
"Right."
Cleric Lloyd exhaled small, and took out a small key. The key to the example.
It was indeed a silver key with a yellow hippo. Just like I saw in Liz's brain.
Cleric Lloyd looked around and listened quietly to Liz and Emilia, as well as the Baron.
"Do you see anything in my hand?
"Something..."
It would be the key, Liz tried to say, and the baron snapped confused, "Nothing, though."
(Oh, what are you talking about?
In front of Liz, who couldn't figure out why and looked out, Cleric Lloyd now questioned Emilia.
"I heard it yesterday, but what do I have?
"... are you kidding me? We don't have anything."
Emilia said clearly. Don't make fun of me.
Finally, when faced with the blurry Liz, Cleric Lloyd laughed with pleasure.
"Well, what does Liz see?
"… it's the key"
"Don't be ridiculous!" she exclaimed as Emilia turned her face bright red with anger.
"You're right. I urge you to stop making such farce now," the Baron also reveals his anger.
I don't know why, but you two don't see this key.
Lloyd didn't even move his eyebrows and offered him a palm with a key in front of them.
"Touch it. Think I've been deceived."
Emilia and the others looked at each other a lot, and still reached out, reluctantly, to see if the words of the cleric could not be ignored.
"... what is this!? There's not supposed to be anything!
"How can you feel on your fingers? Is this - the key!?
The two raise their voices of consternation. Though Liz just seems surprised to touch the key.
Cleric Lloyd smiled bitterly.
"Now it's the key that the Virgin left me. Because they are protected by holy power, they can only be seen by those who possess the qualities of Virgin. Not even to me, a cleric, of course.
I was in a hurry the day before yesterday when I smashed the contents of every key bag. Anyway, I can't see. So... "
In one turn Lloyd's despised cold gaze pierced Emilia.
"So you couldn't have stolen this key."
It was a lie from the beginning.
Blushing in an instant, Emilia began to tremble her body in humiliation and fear.
"You have no virgin qualities. I'm not qualified either. I didn't even have to be sure."
When I told him to punctuate me, he shifted his gaze to the baron.
"I know you do, but I'll report this to you. I'm obliged to report everything that happened to the Virgin Candidate."
The baron also blued in an instant.
The Carfens will be able to take up the title and territory. And Emilia is caught and found guilty. I tried to get a real candidate for the Virgin, and everything I did was exposed to the Origins under Hakuji during the day, and everyone saw it with curiosity. That is so humiliating to Emilia of high pride that there is no more.
"Oh no... lying..."
As Emilia had lost her soul, she entered the scene.
(It's over...)
Cleric Lloyd advanced his shoulder, which was painful because it was being held down, in front of Liz, who was blurry. Put the key in Liz's palm.
"Go ahead. This is yours."
The key emitted a slight light as soon as possible. The white and soft light gently wraps Liz's hands around.
In front of Liz smiling, Lloyd quietly laid one knee on the floor. It is a testament of loyalty passed down to this Astorian nation.
And I looked up at Liz, who was taken lightly, and smiled softly.
"I will show you to the royal palace. Next Virgin Candidate, Dear Liz Stefan,"