Chapter 8 Part2 (2/2)

Since those bars were made with magic-reinforced steel, she shouldn't be able to break it easily.

-But it's not like you can stay here forever?

”That is true, but… Mm…”

It felt uncomfortable. It felt like my shoes were getting wet in the rain despite having an umbrella. It feels like wearing shoes after a storm has pa.s.sed, only to find out the shoes were wet.

The enemy was the princess. My previous boss. The one who makes me get nightmares every night about having to run away from the Evil Organization I was in as a traitor.

-Why don't you just use the secret escape paths? Aren't you screwed anyway?

”Yeah, I'm screwed.”

I was screwed. I thought that doing things big would allow me to hide better, but that wasn't the case at all.

”I should've spent only a fraction of my cash if I knew this would happen…”

I thought of spending at least three years here… I still haven't earned back any of my cas.h.!.+ I only collected a little bit of cash under the guise of donations!

I haven't turned the student body into a group of elites for nothing. I was planning on using the money from the festival to resupply my fund, but my 3-year plan got shattered in just a year.

-Why don't you just go under the princess? She seems to like you a lot. Plus, doesn't she treat you well?

”Well, you're not wrong. It's a job for life as well. I can also earn several times more than the amount I earned in Howling. If I sneak some cash away, I'd be able to earn even more.”

But my life would go to s.h.i.+t if I worked for her.

”The last time we talked, she said 'You took my first time, you took the empire's, my, precious thing… and you run away now?!' to me. I wouldn't be able to live safely if I go back.”

-……Uh. What did you do? You just made me really curious?

I became a little confused when Arcadia suddenly began to talk in a formal tone. Kind of like switching from comic sans to a Times New Roman all of the sudden? Honestly, it felt like this was the first time she ever spoke to me seriously.

I should answer… Mm…

”Well… what should I say… Mm… I forcefully took away something that she had been guarding with her life?”

-………….That was before I was born.

”Right.”

-………………………From what I've heard, the princess is a very beautiful woman?

”Mm… she was quite famous in the palace even in my time for being so beautiful and intelligent. She'd probably be getting a lot of marriage requests about now?”

-How old is she?

”…Can you just talk as you normally did? Feels weird. And… she'd be twenty four now?”

-…………………………………..Before I was born, so… around ten years. Fourteen, then?

After muttering a bit more to herself for a while, Arcadia seemed to realize something, then began to scream.

-……………………………………………A lolicon! Mr. Knight! Here! A lolicon is herereeeeee?!

”Wait, hold up, just what are you thinking?”

-You d.a.m.n lolicon! You took something precious from a fourteen year old? Are you kidding me? My owner was this much of a perv… hahn… he's a pervert… maybe he's looking at me that way as well?!

”…Shut up.”

Aah… just what was she thinking about… No, hold on. It actually does seem like I spoke like a pervert just then. That isn't the case at all, though!

-My owner's a total perv! A perv! Huahahahaha! As expected of him!

”You know what… whatever.”

My confused mind just kept getting more and more confused. My head was filled with Arucia screaming [Pervert! Pervert!] and Lia was outside punching the steel bars. Even now, no one attacked. I expected at least a hundred to be hidden, but there was none. But this was the princess we're dealing with.

”Well, there's really only one option, though.”

There was only one exit anyway. I should be able to buy some time here.

After thinking this, I quickly moved towards the secret pa.s.sage. There was no way the princess would know of a pa.s.sage like this. In the first place, the only ones who knew of its existance was me and the dwarves.

Did that let my guard down too much?

Crack!

A sudden impact. It was actually a relatively light blow, but my body could not move. This familiar feeling… this is…

”Wh-why… why is that thing?!”

My legs gave out. But the shock that I got prevented me from standing up. Instead, I could only look at the object I used with love and care a few years back.

And the person who was holding the object, one of the most influencial people in the empire, smiled at me brightly.

”Ah, I took it from him.”

Rein… that b.a.s.t.a.r.d…

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