The Villain Daughter Enjoys Her Seventh Life as a Free-Spirited Bride (Hostage) in a Former Enemy Country

(unfamiliar opponent, but....)

Riesch exhaled briefly and instead reached out to Leo.



Grab the wrist and pull it back.Turning to Leo's back, where his center of gravity had collapsed, he grabbed his clothes and pulled them back.

Leo, with his tongue slapped, quickly crouched in.But I knew it would work.

(That's the only way out!)

Wow!

Use Leo's movements to take him to the ground.Leo's foot, which he quickly tried to get back into position, was instantly dishonored and knocked down.

"Damn it...."

(If you have it, weapons here...!)

Leo hit his back on the ground and threw something he had hidden in his sleeve at Riesch.It turned out that it was a small stone after reflectively avoiding it.

Riesch flips Leo over and simultaneously stretches her hand to the bottom of the dress.Leo was restrained behind his back with a hidden rope on his thigh belt.

"Get off me!!"

Thread the rope through your wrist and make a special knot so you can't untie it.There should be no need to break the bones, as prolonged restraint is not the end.

"That sucks...! Why are you moving me?"

"I understand. - I know how to fight with petty things."

Leo's movements are top-notch.

That's why actions are easy to read. It is a futile, accurate, and no longer correct answer, which is why it can be read by Riesch.

"Ranged weapons are all weak.Throwing stones, throwing knives, bows and arrows. "

……

Rising up and soiling the hem of the dress, Riesch continued.

"Even though it is difficult to master the technology, all of them have low lethality.... if you want to defeat your enemies for sure, you'll have to poison them. "

"What is that?"

"You have the poison, don't you?"

Red eyes like strawberries glanced at Riesch.

"If I used it in the current situation, I might have been able to seal off my movements.But why didn't you use it? "

"I often say it because I didn't even show you the gap to let you in...."

Leo was resentful, but it was suspicious how careful he was.

After all, Riesch's condition is getting worse.Though I hid it on my cool face, I sweated on my bandaged neck.

(Tiredness and dizziness similar to anemia.... because the poison drained my health so badly, I ran all over the place...)

I really want to go to the cathedral right now, but if I don't breathe, I won't be able to run.

Even if I exercise every morning, my health is hard to get.While taking care not to disturb her breathing, Riesch stared at Leo.

"You didn't use the poisoned weapon because you were worried about me?"

"... no"

"I'm sure it's not. You're such a sweet kid, you're not good for killing people."

"Stop it! It's only been a few days since we met, and you've known me forever, don't say things like family or sisters...!"

Leo, who rolled on the ground, stared at Riesch with a strong gaze.

"I had to stop you.Whether I'm dead here or I'm going to kill you. "

"Leo...."

"But why?"

Your little shoulder is trembling.

Looking at it, Riesch took a breath.

(... no way)

Riesch kneels in front of Leo.

Waking up his body, he looked down at his eyes and asked.

"Leo"

……

"Who are your enemies?"

I clearly realize that what I've been thinking was a mistake.

So I asked him if he was right.

After enduring something, Leo eventually looked like he had given up and sighed like a child.

"My enemy is Garchain."

Leo's eyes stared straight at Riesch.

"And the Archbishops of the Kurshades."

……

I was wrong about Leo.

Whether Leo is wearing combat technology or why he was taken over by the Duke in a compelling way.

I accompanied them all on the festival journey for a different purpose than I had imagined.

(--Leo is not here to kill your daughter, but to protect her...!!)

Leo of the Knight's Life was making a mistake.

Rieschett thought, "I couldn't accomplish my mission as an assassin."But if Leo is not an assassin, but a guard, then 'I couldn't protect Miriam or the Duke' is his failure.

That's why Leo was always angry with something in his knight's life.

Perhaps it was anger at the Duke for failing his previous mission and wounding him.

(I also asked His Highness Arnold for guidance to become stronger.... not for the assassination technique of killing someone, but to protect them...)

After holding hands tightly, Riesch calmly asks Leo.

Are you Miriam's escort?

"... I'm disqualified already. I opened my eyes to danger, and you saved it."

"One of the enemies said, 'The Archbishops of the Kurshades.'Does Miriam want the Archbishop or Bishop Schneider? "

……

Leo was silent and distracted.

However, there are other remarks that cannot be overlooked.

Why are you calling Garchain an enemy?

"We, the people of the Order..."

Leo exhales quickly.

"... if we keep this up, Garchain will kill us all..."

"Nh!!"

As if she knew the future, Riesch took a breath.

(Does the Order have any idea at the moment that Arnold will be attacked in the future?)

At the same time, one of the questions I had cleared up.

Arnold advised the Duke that Miriam was being targeted.Even so, the Duke did not doubt the Order and entrusted Miriam with the festival.

The reason for this was not that Arnold's advice was not trusted.

(On the contrary... His Highness' advice only sounded like a warning to them.)

If only someone could tell me that my daughter's life was being targeted and that there was a reason to kill her.

Father will be vigilant and hurry to fulfill his purpose in order to leave as soon as possible.

(If Lord Arnold had even calculated that last night?--In other words, hurry up the execution of the festival in order to create a reason that can immediately be hostile to the congregation.....)

Why would Arnold go so far against the Order?

The more I think about it, the less I understand it.But now I had to hurry.

"Sorry, Leo."

"... is this enough restraint?It'll take time, but we can get out of here. "

"That's fine. Because I'm not Leo's enemy."

Breathing became much easier.With a little more time, this body should be able to move even if it doesn't have enough rest.

"I want to protect Miriam.Besides, I don't want His Highness Arnold to be in conflict with the Church.... your interests should match. "

"....."

Leo raised his eyebrows and then murmured.

"Is it real? Are you really the Princess of Garchain?"

"In order for that to happen, we have to break the engagement ritual and go home.If you get into a fight with the Order, you won't be able to continue the ritual of destruction. "

……

"Hey, Leo."

Remembering her life as a knight, Riesch smiles.

Leo always looked angry in that life.

Instead of joining the circle of people, Richie couldn't leave Leo alone, just staring at the training from afar.

Speaking to Leo every time, he repeatedly said that he would be driven out loud.I've been doing this for almost five years, so I can't help it if Leo told me that earlier.

"I thought it was like a brother, not a boy like you.That's why I was kind of glad to hear you say things like sisters earlier. "

"Nh...."

"If you can, I'll see you later. I want to talk to you a lot."

Leo threw a voice on Leicher's back, who was about to walk out.

"... the Tower of Goddesses!"



Riesch looked back in surprise.Leo leaned deeply, but kept doing this without looking at us.

The Archbishop and Miriam didn't actually go to the cathedral.

"Eh...."

"Cathedrals are used for large-scale events involving large numbers of people.But the truly sacred ritual takes place at the goddess's tower at the back of the Great Temple. "

A map of the Great Temple taught in the maid's life comes to mind.

There was no such thing as a goddess tower in Leicher's future.Instead, a place that had been sheltered as a sealed tower existed behind the Great Temple.

Thank you, Leo.

"... can I trust you?Maybe I'm lying. "

"It's okay."

Riesch laughs with a smile. Rather than a lady's smile, it's a playful boy's way of laughing, like in a knight's life.

"Even if you lie at this moment, I feel like you're going to tell me, 'I knew it was a lie.'"

"... shut up!"

I got angry. While apologizing in a hurry, Riesch rushed to the goddess's tower.

"... weird adult"

Leo, left in the corridor, murmured alone.

Wrists tied to the back hand are tied in a rather complicated way.Not to say impossible at all, but it will be very difficult to solve.

"Shit, if that's not our business, what the hell is it?"

Leo looks at Leicher's back as she runs away after a tongue slap.

"... that's the future Queen Garchain..."



Being careful not to dazzle, Riesch rushed to the back of the Grand Shrine.

The vortex in my head is what Leo told me earlier.

(Among Leo's 'enemies' is Garchain.... why was it referring to the entire country of Garchain, not His Highness Arnold's name?)

The whole thing is finally visible, but the decisive part is missing.I feel so uncomfortable and have a disturbing feeling.

(The Duke suddenly tried to pull me away from the young lady because he didn't want me to know she was a witch.)

But I can't help but think that it was a little unnatural.

(... I felt the will to 'don't want me to notice' rather than 'without someone noticing')

All that comes to mind is what happened yesterday.

(When I first met the young lady in my life, His Highness Arnold looked at Miriam with cold eyes.The Duke also looked nervous the moment His Highness Arnold named him....)

Have you ever felt any other discomfort?

(What I have seen and heard in this great temple.About His Highness Arnold. The story I heard from that person when I was young.....)

One possibility comes to mind in Riesch.

(No way)

He jumped into the tower he had reached, feeling incredible.

Speaking of towers, one of the floors seems to be about the size of a cathedral.The entrance is entrance shaped and has a left and right split staircase.

As Riesch started climbing the stairs, she found a figure on the third floor.

Oliver!

"... oh, Riesh-sama"

At Oliver's feet, looking back on his cool face, the Archbishop's Auxiliary Schneider was hanging.

Schneider seems to have lost consciousness and is dropping blood from the edge of his mouth.Though it was a blow, it was only dropped correctly in one blow and it didn't look so bad.

"I'm in trouble. Riescher asked the monk to leave a message asking him to rest in his room."

"Is this His Highness Arnold?"

"Yes, and I'm going after the Archbishop, a little upstairs."

Riesch clanks her throat to Oliver pointing up with a smile.The attitude of Oliver, who was not afraid of Arnold on a daily basis, seemed somewhat frightening.

I will follow His Highness.

"You'd better stop.I'm in a really bad mood right now.--Because you got hurt anyway. "

They say unexpected things and round their eyes.

But this smile on Oliver's face must be a lie.

"... thank you for your advice! But if His Highness is not calm, then someone must stop...!!"

……

Riesch runs up the stairs again.

Her well-adjusted breathing was disturbed and she breathed on her shoulders and headed upwards.Eventually, I noticed an arrow falling on the sixth floor.

(This is the witch princess's artifact for the festival....)

Looking up after picking it up, there are many arrows scattered over the stairs.

A small bow also fell, and Rieschetto tied his lips tightly.

(The lady who respects the goddess does not leave the goddess's equipment behind.You can't pick it up, you're not conscious in the first place)

While picking up the bow and arrow, Riesch reached the entrance on the seventh floor.

"Ah, Arnold, Your Highness...!"

――……

Arnold slowly looked back at Riesch with his sword in his hand.

I was horrified by instinctive fear.It looks like the Emperor who confronted him in the knight's life.

But the kind of monks who fell around breathing and Arnold seeing Riesch was different.

"What's wrong, Riesch?"

"....."

With a strangely gentle gaze, Arnold reached out to Riesch.

"I'm having trouble breathing. Besides, it doesn't look good."

"... Your Highness..."

"By the time I got here, I must have been reckless again."

Though she rubbed her cheeks, her hands smelled of iron rusty blood.

"I'll help the witch's child.You don't have to worry about anything. "

"....."

"So wait here for the good boy."

It was a voice that pretended to be soft, but did not allow me to say the presence or absence.

"... can you do that?"

The sea colored eyes of Arnold stare quietly at Leicher.

The light that dwelt there was dark and sharp as a blade.

"There's only one thing I want to ask you."

……

Why did Arnold keep Leicher away from the congregation?

It reminds me of the first day I came to the Great Temple.

Riesch and Arnold had a conversation on the balcony.But before that, Riesch talks to Bishop Schneider.

"Witch princesses are chosen only by women born into witch lineages."

There are a few boys born, so the blood of the noble goddess is not gone.

─ The ancient witch princess was very good at Kurshade.There won't be anyone like her later or later. "

Richie took one deep breath.

The only child born to a woman who was Miriam's mother was Miriam.

After her death, Miriam was the only woman to draw the witch's blood.That's why the Order grew up hiding Miriam's existence.

(... but what if there were other 'hidden' women?)

Like the church kept Miriam's birth secret.

(Suppose someone who was supposed to be dead was alive)

Arnold taught Riesch.

When I read that sentence, it becomes a flower-colored girl

Riesch stared straight at him in front of her.

Holding a heavy sword in his hand, Arnold looks down at Richie and is beautiful enough to be painted.

"What is your mother's hair color?"

……

After a few seconds, Arnold smiled calmly.

But his eyes are still dark.It was as dark as the ocean at night, with an unknown color on the bottom.

The voice of quiet Arnold spins like this.

"---... a pale purple, like a flower of a tree"

"......!!"

The ancient witch princess wasn't dead.

It was probably offered as a 'hostage'.To spare Garchain from the invasion of the Holy Kingdom of Domana under his father, the Emperor.

"Your mother must have passed away, princess witch...."