175. Allen Cell and Political Marriage [26]
Holy Ronelia Empire. At the residence of the noble, Numero Dolan.
A five-story mansion, which could be mistaken for a castle or a palace, befitting of the richest man in the Empire.
An elegant white exterior wall, a blue roof tile with ambient atmosphere, and a round tower towering in the center. The garden was full of multicolored flowers in full bloom, and in the center stood a world-famous statue.
In a certain room of such a palatial residence, Sie Arcstria was feeling gloomy.
「Haa…」
Lying on her back in bed, she sighed, not knowing how many times she has heaved a sigh now.
「I never thought I’d ever marry a man like that.」
Naturally, she has heard of Numero’s infamy.
He seems to always have ten wives. And he manages them by numbering from『1』to『10』.
Tonight would be Number 5, tomorrow is Number 7, and the day after tomorrow is Number 8.
Sie is going to be assigned Number 10, which became vacant about a month ago.
It is said that the number of wives that Numero has married exceeds a hundred, and the number of women he has broken is said to have exceeded a thousand.
He is literally the worst man in the Empire.
「Aaaa… I always thought that a『Prince Charming』would come and take me away someday.」
Sie Arctria has a dream.
She, who is surprisingly a romanticist, has always had this dream in her heart since she was a child; to become a『bride』.
Someday, Prince Charming will show up and release her from the heavy responsibility of『Arcstria』.
He would make her forget about her position, her family standings, her duties, and make her his one and only bride.
She has always dreamed of such an ideal man to appear someday.
Once, when she talked about that to Lillim and Ferris, they burst out laughing.
『Pu… Hahahahaahah! My goodness… Prince Charming!!』
『S-Sie… E-Even I think that’s a little too much like a little girl, though…』
『Muu… Y-You don’t laugh so much!』
Since then, Sie has not told anyone about Prince Charming, shutting it away in her heart.
However, the pure and innocent girl still believed even after many years.
That the man of her fate – her Prince Charming – will carry her away.
But reality was cruel.
She was sold by her home country, which feared the power of the mighty demons, and will be used by Numero as his plaything and thrown away someday.
There is no dream, no hope, no salvation. Only a gruesome future awaiting her.
「Haa…」
In such a hopeless situation, Sie thought of her friends whom she left behind in Ringard, trying to escape from the harsh reality.
「Everyone. What are you doing right now? Did you find the letter?」
The letter she had hidden in her desk in the student council room, the letter she wrote the day before leaving the Imperial Kingdom, was the best『goodbye』she could afford.
Writing that letter pained her the most.
The happy memories she spent with everyone overflowed, and her tears would not stop.
「Should I have said good-bye directly after all?」
She asked the question which she has already asked herself many times.
「………No, I can’t.」
She didn’t have the confidence to go to the Empire with a smile after seeing Allen and the rest.
She knew she would break into tears and leave the country unseemly.
If she did that, it would only hurt everyone’s heart for no reason.
Because she knew that, she took the indirect method of leaving behind a letter.
「What did everyone think after reading the letter?」
I wonder if you cried.
I wonder if you’re sad.
I wonder if you got angry.
And above all… I wonder if you’ll remember me.
Thinking about that, she realised the corner of her eyes were getting wet.
「Lilim, Ferris, Ria-san, Rose-san… And Allen-kun. I want to see you all again.」
There was no one left to hear the cries of her heart.
Only a few hours until the wedding with Numero.
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When we found the『spot』in the hidden room of the Phantom Spirit Laboratory, we jumped in simultaneously.
The inside of the spot was black as far as the eye can see.
There was no sense of up, down, left and right. A very strange space stretched out.
(This is… Dodriel’s『Shadow World』, huh.)
It was a cold, dark, closed, isolated world.
We left ourselves to the『flow of shadows』and waited quietly.
A little while later, a dazzling light came into view.
(Is that the exit…?)
Immediately after that, the shadow world suddenly disappeared and we were spit out into a big white room.
I have never seen it personally but I guess this is probably the Holy Ronelia Empire.
The next moment,
「This is quite rare… You guys are intruders I guess!」
A giant standing behind me swung down the large sword in his hand.
(This is a very rough welcome.)
I immediately clad myself in the dark robe and caught the approaching sword with my bare hands.
Following that, I crushed the blade of the sword with my hands.
「Hou! That’s amazing! Your output has skyrocketed since that time!」
The man, who shouted happily for some reason, was an enemy whom I have faced off twice in the past.
「Y-You are…!?」
「Zahahahaha! It’s been a long time『Extraordinary Sparkle』- Allen Rodore!」
Zack Bomber, a member of the Black Organization, stood before me.
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