Volume 1 Chapter 3 Part1 (2/2)
I, who’s on opposite side held those shoulders of scared Tear She a frightened look like those of a small animal and then she jumped in fear
Guh… This is bad I can’t really get this bold towards a girl
I braced s I can still run away! Then Kirika-san can point her spear’s end to my back! There’s no harm to do it!
“Listen Tear Do you think, those colleagues of yours in the castle think of you as a “Good-for-Nothing” or the “Masked Princess”?”
To loomy look
“Tha-, that’s… Isn’t that obvious? My ic is…”
“No You’re wrong”
“Eh…?”
I discarded her mistake completely
“Certainly that in with, they don’t know that their colleague Tear is the princess of this country”
“Um… does that mean?”
“Tear is only a huh rumors They don’t know ’cause it is only ru Even I only heard it first that way…”
My information source is japan Especially those remarkable ones in the TV You can’t decide on an unknown information from unknown people If there’s no info to it, then it’s just a rumor First of all, there’s no internet here to confirh it is also everything… f internet’s perfect in a sense… xD)
“That’s right nobody knows Tear ardener with chopsticks, laughed, got irl you are”
“Pffft!”
At the back was Kirika-san blurted out weird voices Tear suddenly got red
“But! So what if it’s what you said?!”
Shairl who braced herself
“It’s easy They only have to accept it”
“Accept it… you said?”
“With your oill With your oords Let them be aware of you Princess Tear is this kind of fellow”
“But… that’s~~~”
At this point, she ht melt herself Tear collapsed down on the floor
With such appearance Tear is in, Kirika-san asks me
“So? What will Daichi do?”
“I will produce If needed, I’ll lead Anyway, there’s lot of things we need to take care of… first of all…”
Once rinned and showed her (TLN: Your D? xD)
“First of all, this girl has things to do This girl has things only she can do…”
“… My tasks… that I can only do?”
Tear didn’t completely understand my schemes Till now, she’s still down on the floor with blank look on her eyes (TLN: Iine … seriously… that’s here name… xD)
“Yeah, but, there’s so you need to do first of all”
“Me? What could it be?”
I put on a grin and Tear shrinked back, insecure of it
“The True japanese Spirit…”
“True… japanese Spirit?” (TLN: Okay… Here’s where Daichi confuses lish, japanese-Nihon, and japanese-Ya but if I were in the shoes of Tear, that would beof all stuff Daichi blurts out)
“Anyway Tear needs courage right now That’s why, you need to plead to the maids Kirika-san and I will back you up Definitely”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH!?”
“No You need to pick bones Strike it and break it” (TLN: definitely don’t have any idea what this line means)
As for Tear, she looked cute as she lied down on the floor
“TRUE japANESE SPIRIT IS JUST TERRIBLE DESUU~~~~~~~”
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The next day, I put allwith Tear
My headband swayed around The sarashi+ was coiled around s I then have my happi coat with impressively written letter of “Kou” on the back
This was the splendid work of a forardener Of course, it’s specially made by me
“Ko-… Kou-san What happened to you to have that look…”
“Does it not suit me?”
Turning up to Tear, ht
“N-… not at all!! You definitely look good on it! So Kou-san, is this a dress in your hometown?” (TLN: That innocent reaction is painful… xD)
“H spirit on this…”
“Fighting… Spirit wait, Kou-san, is fighting spirit really needed? Right noe’re…”
I felt dejected to that painful stare Tear has I tried to look good in front of her but it didn’t suit me Somehow, shadows appeared on the corner of my eyes Well, I was not able to sleep yesterday
That’s right Today’s the day when Tear is going to ask those maids
The iather inside the tool hut The long tiardeners at work, and then, the soldier coathered by Kirika-san That’s all folks
I don’t kno they gathered all in here but I a all of them here
“So, what do you want?” As the jeering flies
Restraining her hand, Kirika-san said “This one will tell you the details” as she passes the baton to Tear
When the Third Princess suddenly appeared, everyone gasped
“It’s Princess Thealis…”
“What does the princess wants with us…?”
Legally speaking, a princess can’t personally show up herself in front of the retainers Even if it’s to issue a personal orderor a request
That’s why, for this reason, Tear can use this place into a ful act
“U-… um…”
Tear was flustered in front of everyone She seemed to be at lost for words
Eventually, everyone who had gathered started to whisper Tear closed her mouth shut
Her expression disappeared in her face And instead, donned that Mask of Smile of hers
“My ohwe can do, can we…?”
SLAAAAAAAP!
“Eek!!”
A brought out a harisen and hit Tear’s butt with it (TLN: What will you do when Tear starts to like getting spanked in the butt?)
The harisen had a nice ring to it Strange voice came out of Tear
“Do it”
“Kou… Bas-…”
“Kou-dono! What are you doing to the princess?!”
Everyone was surprised… Well that’s expected reaction fro the butt of the princess, normally, that’s a crime with a capital punishment
However, this girl’s nuuard Kirika-san didn’t budge one bit She’s literally ignoring this Equally, a sign of acquiescence… from her best friend no less
“Thaaaaaaaaaat huuuuuuurts!!! What are you doing Kou-san!!”
That blazing anger in the eyes of Tear flared up as she glared at me
Good That’s the face you need first
“Like~I~Said~ you negative of a princess… Right now, you have so to ask this people here and yet, you ended up that way again!”
“Ugh…”
“Because we are all good-for-nothings that do not posses ic, I would like everyone’s support! Please help us!”
“……”
“I never want to see that ain The one that I destroyed already!”
“!! I-, I get it already!”
She replied back as she was concerned by the harisen that I have in ht in her eyes shows her will, “Ei!” as she straightened herself
“Everyone Today, for gathering here despite being busy, let ratitude Today, I would like to ask so of everyone…”
Tear pulled herself together right now About the potentiality that the luncheon et interrupted, and then, explained the amendments that needs to be done
Though the reaction of the ardeners were varied, they cannot hate someone who looks pitiful in their eyes
The luncheon eted is her reason The people of Elmont, some of them may already know about it
That’s why, I urged her to it
For a moment, mine and Tear’s eyes met
Those were eyes of deterh practice
I also answered her deterh my eyes
Go get ’em Tear! It’s fine even if you don’t overcome your weakness
You can just use your weakness! No parent o!
“… As you have known, I aic to protect the nation I’m just a scoundrel born as a princess in the royal family”
“”””””………””””””
“That’s why, I want to stop the one targeting the place for diploy”
Many gasping voice can be heard
Everyone would get like this Everyone who lives in this country would
However, for a princess to actually ady, it was impossible
“Princess… Please don’t! You don’t need to apologize to us retainers…!”
“Tha-, that’s right! Please stop it!”
Alice-san was enduring this for long and Jack-senpai fro was confused
The other coworkers are also bewildered
Because herbad…
“No, I aood-for-nothing princess has to ask of you…”
“… so to ask… you say?”
Tear nodded to Alice-san’s question with a face of woe
“Yes To be honest, we have a plan for the luncheonbut… just like what Kou-san said earlier, we are nothing but frail people with lowfatal for succession”
The place got caught in silence Tension around arises
Normally, the princess would just place an order for this Even she herself can see hon embarrassment
“I beg of you I may be a useless royalty but… I wish for everyone’s cooperation! Please!”
“”””””…………””””””
At that e appeared in the Elmont’s castle
Though saying that, it was only a se
Soe of work inside the princess’ room seemed to be decreased by one to two people Generally, the maids are divided for work so there’s no actually any hindrance to their work That fact was noticed by a single royal staff
Every ti
And then, gardeners were generally few in number but it seemed that their nu in the castle being unseen
The Mask of S herself in particular by not going out of her private rooues, the greedy h behind her back
They don’t knohere the third princess is and the fact that the head guard is absent is also there
As such, it seeed their work shi+ft in different places intentionally They were developing their strategy
Wherein the iarden, inside the copse, is the tool hut built not to be seen in the garden In other words, my home
Inside the tool hut is unexpectedly wide Of course, for someone who lives alone, that’s to be expected
Inside the hut, there are tens of athered, all of the in work
“Daichi-san, How’s this?”
One maid spread the cloth and showed it The floral print with a vivid hue, the indigo colored cloth shi+ne beautifully
“It’s as like in japan”
“japan?”
I shook my head upon her confused look on her face
“Oh, justThis can’t be a work of an average skilled worker…”
It ht away I was thinking of going with plain colors for it
By the way, this is our first ave her comment
“Could it possibly be, there are better design out there?” so she asked
As you would expect, it ht be impossible tins by drawing on the clothes
A variety of birds and flowers She skilfully drawn thely
“Awesome!! Just how are you…”
Alice-san placed her hand on her chest and told the astonished me,
“Fufufu I may be a maid but I do possess my own special skill Also, my household was that of a former nobility They were clothes artisan in the town”
“Clothes Artisan you say… This quality is just…”
Looking at the embroidery drawn in the cloth, the cloth itself was dyed in color
“«Mental Printing» That is a waterfabrics skillfully
Also, those called artisans who polishes their own artistry skill are highly valued”(TLN: Nensha or ?? as it is written raphy and it is lame to TL it as such but I kinda went chuuni when I translated it So feel free to hand out suggestion for a better name )
“… So this one can use ic too”
As proudly as Alice-san declared, two to three a the maids have already done hat they’re told
“With the poor treatic, it’s coh I can’t do everything that I want to do…”
In other words, this is the artistic technique of her ic
Seriously There really are li it I’m honestly happy with this miscalculation of mine There are infinite possibilities to work on it
I iirls
Speaking of Mental Printing work, Alice does give the feeling of a founder of such technique This place is already filled with skilled workers
“…… I’ so much work on you maids……”
So I said and Alice-san raised her glasses
“This is nothing Us maids serves the royal fahter of the said royal family If she demands so, it’s natural for us to respond”
“As expected of you guys…”
Alice-san who proudly declared that made me think that I should applause her
“Also…… I’m a little bit annoyed”
“Annoyed? From what?”
To lasses shi+ned with a flash of light as she donned a smile
“I won’t ask on who is this backstabbing person who plans on sabotaging however, the luncheonwill become a failure if the royal chefs are to be suppressed”
“Uh huh…”
“We s such as bribery”
“Pfft…… kuku I get it now……”
I reflexively laughed at what Alice-san said
“In other words, even if they tried to bribe you guys by sweet-talking, it won’t work because you guys are maids?”
“That’s right Well, ill not be shaken even by a se?”
In any case, they will not accept any bribes……
I see her as a strait-laced co with this unexpectedly splendid head maid
Having such pleasant feeling while chatting with Alice-san, I heard a gloomy voice from my back
“You seemed to be happy… don’t you Kou-san?”
“Woah! What the hell Tear Don’t scare me like that!”
It was the usual Tear in her maid clothes
Since back then, Tear went “I will participate with ether with the ardeners
Well, s here
Having brought the clothe that I asked of carried in her two hands, Tear somehow had a dissatisfied look
“…… What happened Tear?”
“Nothing really There’s nothing at all Kou-san Aren’t you going next to the garden?”
“Oh yeah That’s what next in line dang it”
Tear poutingly placed down the clothe while having a displeased look on her
…… I wonder if she’s angry at so?
“Well then Alice-san, I’et is 30 pieces”
“Please leave it to us It’s also troubleso here and there……”
It was such a short conversation Tear accompanied me back to the hut
There are still lots of things that I need to do
Outside of the place was Kirika-san with her fellow soldiers with her My fellow gardeners have a scoop and pickaxe on each hand as they work hard on engineering stuff
“Place that rock here Digging squad, please do dig here in parallel to this line!”
“Right away~” “Roger~”
Energetic responses came after my direction
Next to me, the totally displeased earlier Tear, had a look that totally sank awfully
“Hey~ Princess? You’ve beenthat kind of face for a while now……”
“Huh?… Oh?”
To what I’ve said, both eyes of Tear opened wide in surprise This girl really Was that the “Princess in Mask”‘s pokerface?
“Umm… No… Auu…”
Tear had a strange voice while her eyes wander over
“I’m sorry I… I became hostile back with Alice-san Back when I saw Kou-san praised her, I just……”
“Hmm?”
Tear had a deep red face that can be seen clearly
“I a this for my sake yet, I became hostile to the one who cooperated with me……”
……In other words, she got jealous when I praised so What’s with this girl Such cute reactions
“See here Tear You see this engineering work? At first, I participated in it Can you see why aht now?”
Tear stared in wonder when I gave her a sudden question
“Eh? I don’t know……”
I gave a sigh and just blurted it out
“Because it’s a nuisance”
“Huh?”
At first, I thought I can do it so I participated in the engineering work but, with those soldiers havingheavy equip up those cotton plants They can also just clear the blocking rocks with fire ic anyway
I who have no ic is completely unneeded Even the female soldier said so
I airls can do
“Honestly, I can certainly kno you feel Tear to a certain extent……”
“Kou-san……”
“That’s why, umm, don’t worry about it It can’t be helped if you feel inferior to someone when it comes to work But you need to think about what you can do!”
I forcibly gave her a smile Even Tear for a little bit of moment, smiled back
“…… What a disappointment but, Kou-san’s really different from me”
“Hmm?”
“I can’t really do anything at all I haven’t think that way at all I only larew timid……”
“…………”
“Kou-san You would never stop at the same place as where I am”
At that tied
I realize so more
“Kou-san, please tell ”
“What is it?”
“For someone like you who’s from a different world, ould you cooperate with someone like me?”
To Tear’s serious face, I put on a smile and said
“For now, it’s a secret Ti”
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The luncheonin five days It is the tidom
So far in the skies, were swarons Despite their wild nature, they were handled skilfully you ratory formation
There were dragon knight squads in four sides Aon in the middle
There’s a single girl that easily handled the said huge winged dragon
“That’s…… Red Winged Dragon…… the Fire Dragon of the Flame Country”
“Yeah There’s no ons, that’s certainly Princess Alicia!”
The dragon knight squad landed in the front of the gate without any disorder then the red dragon descended in the center
In contrast to its heavy look, there was no dust cloud whatsoever……
The princess that descended down froreeted with salutations frouards
Her long hair that was tied into a ponytail attached to her back glistened A suitable red hair for a person who controls a fire dragon She wore arnifying readiness in combat
However, Eclair Kingdoon in her chest, shi+nes like no other
She was Princess Alicia of the Country of Flaon” and seereat on was also her being symbolized as an object of fear (or so the talks Kirika-san have heard)
“I shall trouble you with greetings This one is the princess of the Country of Flames, Alicia E in the meet five days from now on”
Princess Alicia stated her speech Once again, the flaon soared to the sky
“Oh… Ooh…!”
The winged dragon that were similar to a ryusha lead to the soldier’s surprised voice (TLN: ??(Ryusha) all I get is Dragon Egg… so itit…xD)
Watching at the scene with delight, Princess Alicia smiled
“Your worry is naught for Glantz is my partner He will be just there until this one calls for it However, he hates being tied down……”
“I…… I see…… So it’s like that……”
To the soldier who fell on his butt, the save a half-hearted answer There, a refreshi+ng voice can be heard
“For traversing such long way to come here, elcome you, Country of Flames’, Eclair’s Princess Alicia”
It was a visit of a princess of another country Naturally, the one ill greet her will be of course Tear
Kirika-san, who is the head guard accoreets Princess Alicia By the way, speaking of me, I’m also there with the military uniform that I borrowed from Kirika-san
My reason was to see the face of the such said princess
“Hmm… I take it that you’re the infamous Princess Thealis of Elmont……”
There was a blatant sarcasm towards her words
?Infamous? was the re” in their eyes
This bitch…… She just brazenly……
However, Tear knowing this already, had no change in her face and continued to speak
“You ued from your travel The luncheon meet shall start in five days time, until then, please do so take it as a ti to it accordingly”
“I see…… Well thanks for that……” (TLN: Still being sarcastic here… xD)
Princess Alicia just candidly showed a smile
“Just where is your residence? Can this one have a look at it?”
Till the end, she’s still being unpleasant…… I get it This girl is our Last Boss……
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“Is this fine princess? For you to just……”
“I don’t mind”
Princess Alicia who’s in the guest roo only a one-piece dress The acco a look of relaxation
“Still, no ht is just……”
Princess Alicia took a sip to her cup of tea and rebuke the provocative words of the maid
“It’s bitter…… Isn’t it natural? Picking a fight with her that is”
“Princess!!”
The maid instinctively raised her voice towards the words of the princess
“I get it I’ht with this country I’ht with her on a personal level……”
“Even if it’s just personal, if the princess of Elht, it will affect the relation between multiple countries You should at least be careful that much!!”
“It’s just! That girl is the little sister of that «Queen of Flames» you know!!”
The ed princess with an “Aah…… she started……”
Princess Alicia stood up froht shone upon
“The Queen of Flames…… Elmont’s Hero, Julia-sa on the battlefield was her divine appearance! She, whose ic ever named in our country of flaed for that person……”
“……Sigh”
“That is the Queen of Fla” to have her as her elder sister!!!”
Princess Alicia drank her black tea in one go and slammed the cup into the table
“I will not recognize her!! For that girl who is contented in being a useless existence to be her little sister!!!”
As if fla towards her excitement, the maid became worried
“There is no other qualified little sister for that person except this one!!”
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“……She pretty see person…… Princess Alicia that is”
The long-awaited sense of defeat earlier have faded
“Erm…… I’ve heard some rumours before but……”
“Ahts for their countries, especially women, have admired the Queen of Flames”
The guest roouest room occupied by Princess Alicia was presently vacant
In that vacant roo attentively with one glass on hand towards the wall As old fashi+on it may be, that was the current mood
“Aues of Princess Alicia, in their mind, there is just Princess Julia inside of it There are also lots of fan letter for her……”
“Fan letter?! This world have also things like that?!”
According to Kirika-san, fan letters ca but surprises
“Yes, you could say that…… I’ve heard it fro out these fan letters is part of our job……”
“That’s awesouys part of Takarazuka Revue performers……?”
Me who associated it with that word that I’ve said soave h my spine
“Hey…… Let et this clear…… Should I not pry what they contain?”
Kirika-san thought about it for a second then lowered her face down after looking at my eyes then said
“……It’s so like “Will you please be my Onee-sama” like that?”
“…… That’s pretty light… and then?”
I felt that Kirika-san doesn’t want to say any more than that That really seemed a crazy fan, that person was……
I suddenly felt so beneatha sullen face that did not fit her
“What’s wrong Tear? Worried about so?”
“No… It’s nothing sorry……”
Tear apologizes then started to speak word by word
“Because of me…… My sister’s reputation as the Queen of Flames, I’ve only caused her burden……”
An elite person in a very close place, especially a family
Even in japan, within their families, there’ll be stories of someone who hold inferiority complex towards their family
Much less, she’s a royalty Not only her relatives but pretty much inside and outside of the country knows about it
She ht not have liked what Princess Alicia have said that much
I lightly flicked the forehead of Tear with the glass
“Ouch…… What is it?”
“Are you losing your confidence again? We’ve been preparing for this for a month already you know?”
“Uuh……”
“We have to outwit these kind of people That’s e have decided, didn’t we?”
“Geez~ I get it already……”
Tear showed an angry face whilst touching her forehead Her sulky face was cute for a moment
Even so, that princess is currently our last boss……
Now that we hav