175. Allen Cell and Political Marriage [26]
Holy Ronelia Empire. At the residence of the noble, Nuro 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 tis she has heaved a sigh now.
「I never thought I’d ever marry a man like that.」
Naturally, she has heard of Nuro’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 beca vacant about a month ago.
It is said that the number of wives that Nuro has married exceeds a hundred, and the number of won 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 co and take away soday.」
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 beco a『bride』.
Soday, 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 dread of such an ideal man to appear soday.
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 ho country, which feared the power of the mighty demons, and will be used by Nuro as his plaything and thrown away soday.
There is no dream, no hope, no salvation. Only a grueso 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 mories 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 tis.
「………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 thod 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 rember .
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 Nuro.
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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 ca into view.
(Is that the exit…?)
Imdiately 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 mont,
「This is quite rare… You guys are intruders I guess!」
A giant standing behind swung down the large sword in his hand.
(This is a very rough welco.)
I imdiately 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 ti!」
The man, who shouted happily for so reason, was an enemy whom I have faced off twice in the past.
「Y-You are…!?」
「Zahahahaha! It’s been a long ti『Extraordinary Sparkle』- Allen Rodore!」
Zack Bomber, a mber of the Black Organization, stood before .
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