Chapter 319: Whats Our Relationship Now?
The royal palace, the kingâs room.
When the new day had just arrived, Liadella had come here with her personal knight Charl to greet her father.
The father and daughter duo did have a fairly good relationship, so their had a good time chatting. Even though Aldia and Charl were next to them, it didnât actually affect the two from talking.
However, for some reason, on this day, the father daughter pair both seemed somewhat distracted.
Charl even ended up speaking out on that.
âYour majesty, your highness, you two seem to be rather lacking in energy. Did you not gave a good nightâs sleep last night?â
Charl asked with concern.
Ancil and Lia did actually consider Charlâs words to be out of place.
HoweverâŠ
âAre we lacking in energy? Father?â
Lia seemed somewhat confused.
âI do feel a bit down.â Ancil turned his head thoughtfully and addressed Aldi, âWhat do you think? Aldia?â
In response, Aldia calmly spoke.
âYour majesty does seem a bit tired. Her highness Lia is the same.â
The loyal and straightforward knight spoke truthfully.
âIs that so?â Lia nodded. Then, as if she finally realized it for herself, she let out a sigh, âEven though I obviously went to bed quite early last night. Why am I feeling so under the weather now?â
âLia is feeling that as well?â Ancil similarly sighed and, as if seeking an agreement, âDo you feel like youâve lost something important?â
Since Ancil pointed it out, Lia did feel something similar.
Thatâs right, itâs as if something important to them was lost, or maybe left them might be more appropriate. That was why Lia was so lacking in energy.
Maybe this was just a misunderstanding though.
However, as someone with a godâs blessing, sometimes, what one considered a misunderstanding may very well in actuality be that something bad really did happen.
This is especially true for members of the Mitra royal family. As the descendants of a Hero, all of them bear blessings from high ranking goddesses at least. Sometimes, blessings could produce some very mysterious premonitions and give the holder some feelings.
Of course, the whole thing is just a very mysterious and subtle feeling.
Only someone like Lucy, who has a blessing on the level of the Three Great Goddesses, would actually be able to accurately detect any true premonitions of the future. Otherwise, the premonitions from blessings for anyone else is generally not all that reliable.
Thanks to that, although Ancil and Lia both had bad feelings, they did not actually think much of them.
That said, the following conversation ended up happening for some reason anyways.
âRight, whereâs Lucy?â
âI donât know. She should still be in her room, right?â
âIs she resting? Or is she working?â
âShe should be resting I think? I heard the knights of the Holy Knight Order mention the fact that Lucy had sped up the pace of her work yesterday for some reason, so a most of her work is already done.â
âThat child seems to be doing that and finishing her work early quite often lately, right?â
âYes, thatâs right.â
â⊠Is it because of that viscount?â
â⊠I think so.â
ââŠâ
ââŠâ
As Ancil and Lia had that conversation, for some reason, they suddenly stopped as a bad feeling welled up in both of them at the same time.
â⊠I donât know why, but I suddenly really want to make some trouble for that viscount.â
âFather, please calm yourself. Thatâs just too unreasonable. Although I feel the same way as wellâŠâ
The father-daughter pair became even more listless now.
In their hearts, two sudden urges appeared at the same time.
One is an urge to go give a certain viscount a vicious beating.
The other is the urge to see Lucy as quickly as possible.
(Come out soon, LucyâŠ)
The anxious father and elder sister both wished in their minds.
However, neither new just when this wish will come true.
âŠ
At the same time, in the Stalim villa, Bali and Limgir were gathered in the same location.
They werenât drinking tea together and having a family chat though. Instead, they were discussing certain strange incidents that had recently been happening in their territory.
Ever since certain very strange things happened within their territory, Bali had called Limgir over for a meeting before then discussing the prospect of returning to the territory together. There, they hope to properly investigate these issues and resolve them.
However, even though the father and son pair were having a serious discussion, they also felt strangely listless as well.
Limgir especially. Ever since he got up this morning, he had been feeling a strange depression.
That depression made Limgir act in a dull manner also if he had lost all meaning in his life.
Bali, unusually, did not rebuke Limgir either.
It was because he also had a feeling of depression that was like his ambitions had been destroyed without him even knowing.
Thanks to that, the ambitious and focused father-son pair simply ended the meeting halfheartedly.
âThis is decided then. You should go back and properly prepare. Weâll be heading back to the territory tomorrow.â
Bali waved a hand listlessly.
âYes.â
Limgir didnât have much thoughts either. He just reflexively answered, stood up, and left the study.
However, as he considered the fact that heâll be returning to the territory tomorrow, Limgir tried to psych himself up.
âLetâs go see her highness before I leave.â
Although Limgir and Lucy werenât particularly close, he was fine with just being able to see her from afar.
Especially given that today, that urge was especially strong in him.
âI really want to see Princess Lucy. So muchâŠâ
With such thoughts in mind, Limgir actually broke from his previous behavior and plan of quietly and stealthily getting close to the princess. Instead, he brought some gifts and gathered outside Lucyâs room just like all the other young noblemen to wait for the princess to appear.
The way he acted resembled a certain thing.
That thing is known as â [simp].
âŠ
Actually, it wasnât just Limgir either.
On this day, all the young noblemen who admired Lucy were all acting listlessly. There were even one or two who madly dashed over to the palace in hopes of catching even a glance of the princess.
Never mind those nobles, even the commoners of the Capital felt strangely empty inside. They couldnât get energized no matter what they did, and all that was on their minds was to pray for noon to come soon so that they may head over to the palace and see the princess show herself.
The weather on this day was also dark and overcast, as if even the world itself was in a bad mood.
The depressive atmosphere continued to hang about over the Capital and even the rest of the Kingdom, making everyone act like living zombies.
While all this was going on, in the center of the noble district, where the Bayztrot home is, the situation there was actually completely normal. It was as if they were cut off from the rest of the world. Instead, the sun was shining and the air was clear. It was really unbelievable.
Later on, this day ended up being called the Day of Loss by the world at large.
It was, on this day, the Treasure of the Kingdom was completely eaten up by a certain beast.
âŠ
Bayztrot home, the main mansion, Shienâs room.
On the bed, under the sheets, the beautiful princess with her smooth shoulders exposed had already woken up.
However, ever since that princes had awoken until the current moment, she was completely in a bewildered state.
It couldnât be helped.
âI ended up being taken just like that?â
âI lost the most important thing just like that?â
âWho am I?â
âWhere am I?â
âJust what have I gotten done to me?â
Lucy was in completely chaos, unable to pull herself out for some time.
Shien on the other hand had his arm over Lucyâs ever since he woke up. He felt a lightness in his mood that he never experience before while also having a moment of enlightenment at the same time.
âNo wonder men would want to light up a cigarette at this kind of time.â
The reason for that is simple. It just really needed a moment of reminiscence.
Without question, this is something that gives a very high sense of accomplishment.
And after achieving such an accomplishment, one should have a cup of wine in celebration, and if not that, then he needs to light up a smoke instead at the very least, right?
Unfortunately, thereâs no such thing as cigarettes in this world.
A Shame.
Truly. What a shame.
Just as Shien was reminiscing like that, a dark voice came from beside him.
âSmile if you like, but can you at least not it so obviously?â
Lucyâs voice was filled with resentment. It was filled even more with a grudge that no one else could possibly comprehend.
Shien hurriedly wiped the outrageous smirk on his face and showed the completely naked princess in his arms a fawning expression.
âIâm just happy, right?â
Shien attempted to act as an honest and guileless guy.
However, the more Shien acted like that, the angrier Lucy got.
An honest guy?
Would an honest guy really strip her nude while sheâs completely asleep without her even noticing a thing?
You did so many things to be angry over, donât you know?
And youâre trying to act like an honest guy?
Like hell youâre honest!
âDidnât you already stood me up? And itâs one thing that you only came back in the morning, but you even dared to lay your hands on me?â
Lucy was gritting her teeth in anger.
âBesides that, I couldnât even notice your hands and wake up. Just what is with that ability of yours to stripe someone nude while theyâre asleep without them even knowing? Why didnât I know you had that kind of power?â
Hearing that, Shien started grumbling in his mind.
(Wasnât that something that I ended up learning form a certain maid?)
Strictly speaking, said maid hasnât actually taught Shien any kind of techniques on that subject, but who exactly was Shien?
Heâs a cheat!
A real, accept no substitute, cheat!
He could instantly learn the skills that others have to undergo harsh and brutal training to gain, so what is the mere skills for striping someone to him?
That kind of divine techniques⊠Cough⊠Shien doesnât actually want to learn that kind of shameful methods.
But it canât be helped. He is a cheat after all, right?
Therefore, there was no way that Shien could possibly admit that he had spent the time to research it. As far as anyone else is concerned, he really did end up gaining those skills against his will.
It doesnât matter if anyone else believe him or not. Either way, thatâs the story that heâs going with.
ThusâŠ
âWell, it ended up being that way before I even knew it.â
Shienâs excuse was like that of a scumâs.
Lucy could swear. This was the moment that she wanted to cut that bastard down the most.
If not for the fact that it was already done, that the bridge had already been crossed, then Lucy felt like the first Hero who is felled by a Holy Sword in the history of Omnipotlin will appear at this moment.
âSighâŠâ
After some time, Lucy finally let out a sigh, having basically given up.
Thus, Lucy turned about, straddled Shien, reached out, and cupped Shienâs face.
Just as Shien thought that the girl before him had awoken to pleasure, was finally enlightened, and was planning on turning the table on him to be a cowgirl, Lucy instead focused on him with a serious look.
âWhatâs our relationship now?â
Lucy stared straight at Shien and asked him.
Shien blinked.
He a sudden urge came out in his mind.
That urge was something suicidal.
(If I were to say that âweâre like brothersâ again, I wonder what would happen?)
Hn⊠That particular result was quite obvious. Thereâs no way that would end without blood spilled.
Plus, Shien wasnât quite at that level of scum.
Thus, Shien embraced the beauty in his arms and chuckled.
âWhat do you think? What other relation can we have now besides being husband and wife?â
That particular answer did satisfy the princess.
âYouâre the one who said it.â Lucy spoke completely seriously, âI already gave my everything to you, so if you still dare to not marry me, then youâre dead for sure.â
Like Shien could object?
Of course he nodded and agreed.
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