Chapter 142 - Invitation and Demonkind [6] (1/2)

142. Invitation and Demonkind [6]

Many senior Holy Knights had already gathered on the first floor of Ringard Palace.

「Allen!」Ria immediately ran up to me when she noticed me coming down the stairs.

「Ria, I’m glad you’re safe!」

「Yeah, I am also glad that Allen is sa–」she started saying with a smile on her face, but paused all of a sudden.

「…Excuse me for a bit.」she said, slowly approaching me, and she started to sniff me.

「W-What’s wrong?」

「Nee, Allen. I can smell Tenshi-sama’s scent from your body… What’s going on?」

「….!?」

When Tenshi-sama straddled on top me, her scent had rubbed onto me, apparently.

「W-Well, about that, you see…」

「What is it?」Ria tilted her head, with a very gentle smile.

Her expression was very gentle, but her eyes were dead serious.

(…What do I do!?)

If I were to answer honestly, I would have to say『I was attacked by Tenshi-sama』but…

I can’t say that in public, where anyone could be listening.

And above all, I’m sure that it will put Ria in a bad mood.

「…Tenshi-sama was wearing perfume, I think that scent just stuck to me.」

I tried to deflect with an extremely lame excuse.

「………Hmm, is that so?」she asked, looking me in the eyes.

She didn’t seem to be convinced at all, obviously.

As we both were talking about that, the senior Holy Knights knelt in front of Tenshi-sama.

「「「Tenshi-sama, we are most glad to see you safe!」」」

「Thank you very much. I am also glad that everyone is safe. Rodis, what’s the situation?」

After Tenshi-sama gently addressed everyone, she immediately glanced over to her trusted retainer, the president’s father, Rodis Arcstria.

「Yes! There were three bombs planted on the first floor of the palace that seems to have detonated. The fire has already been extinguished. Five people were injured in the explosion, but they have all been treated using recovery type soul dress. And, please take a look over there.」

After briefly reporting the current situation, Rodis-san pointed to a huge LCD panel on the wall. It displayed the flag of the Holy Ronelia Empire and a timer with 58 seconds remaining.

「That is a video message from the Holy Ronelia Empire. Right now, only the timer is displayed, but at the beginning, a mechanical audio was transmitted.」

「What was the content?」

「There were three main contents. First, this is a direct message from the Emperor of the Holy Ronelia Empire. Second, they have gifted a『boring present』. Third, they said that this transmission should be delivered to Tenshi-sama within five minutes. The『boring present』most likely refers to the previous explosions.」

Rodis-san, who finished reporting everything,

「Tenshi-sama, how should we proceed?」

He sought Tenshi-sama’s instructions.

「Let’s see… For now, let’s listen to the message and then decide what kind of action to take.」

「Understood.」

Then, everyone followed as Tenshi-sama said and quietly waited for the message to be played.