Chapter 16 (2/2)
”Eh……?”
Oops, our eyes met
I waved gently and smiled
Expression returned to Klaus' face
Sory?
No, surprise, glad, embarrassed……
Wrong Angry
As expected, he was very mad
This was bad
How do I get away from him?
While I orrying about that, Ann caed me
”Ericsalad, you are okay!”
”Yes……, it's alright now, Ann-sama……”
Due to extreme tension, Ann's cheeks were cold
As I was stroking her back as gently as possible, Klaus was also co up to my side
He was still mad, but in front of Ann it see
I felt like an aphid living together with ants
If that was the case, I couldn't let the Ladybug Klaus attack!2
When I was thinking of such rude things, Ann turned over with a bashful appearance, and separated from me
Aah, Ann-saer!
Please protect me!
”You……, how come you are alive!”
”……How indeed?”
”If you are alive, then say that you are alive! You made me misunderstood!”
”Ericsama was taken into the barrier of Onii-saht?”
”Kuh……!”
”I live safely at great pains, so could you feel more pleased?”
Where did the o?
Klaus was rese like that
”Ha!? Klaus-sama, no way!”
”Wh-what?”
”Truthfully, do you dislikealive…?”
”Uwah……, Onii-sama……the lowest…”
”No! That's not the case!”
No, no, I couldn't thoughtlessly play around with this
It seeratitude obediently
I couldn't say it to other people
”Klaus-sama”
”What's next!”
”Thank you for your help”
”A, ah……”
”Also, thank you for being angry as a friend”
Although I was a little late, I told Klaus my heartfelt appreciation
Whether he felt irritated or embarrassed, I didn't know him well to understand it, he turned his eyes away from me
”Well, good……I, if you're okay, that, that's good……I'm, about you Erica……”
”Ah!”
”W-what is it suddenly!”
”What's wrong, Ericsama?”
”Maybe, the Curse of Death conflicted with the Onii-sama's Curse of Merciful Death?”
That was the reason why I didn't die by the Curse of Death
I was already destined to die in a few hours by the Curse of Merciful Death
This contradicted the destiny of Death's immediate death
As the result of conflicting destinies, the more powerfully made Merciful Death won
Fortune and s was unpredictable, huh
As expected, Onii-sama……
Not everyone could make such a powerful death trap
I mean, this, could a serious practitioner even cancel this……?
A tinge of anxiety crossed my mind, but it was okay
”You……Didn't you cast it ai at that?”
”No, not at all I coot”
”If so, why?”
”……Why indeed?”
”Don't ask me……”
”Like this, I ept by the mood, so I carelessly did it?”
”You! Don't throay your life irresponsibly!”
”Klaus-oniisas toward Ericsaive you!!”
For soht
I quietly leave that circle so as not to irritate the two of them
These two people were good friends in any way
While thinking about such things about the other people's affairs, I enjoyed watching the exchange between the two of them
The three of us could escape from the Ruins of Visitor safely
Ulti the Wand of Levitation in a Pass Wall state
By the tie
About four hours had passed since I entered the ruins
It was much shorter than the perceived time
It was the longest andthe previous life
Klaus cancelled the ic of Phantasmal Maze and we headed for our fathers
”So there was so like that happened, Erica”
Because I orried about how far should I talk honestly, I only said that I caught the trap on the storage box that Edward-oniisama set up in the Ruins of Visitor
There was no courage to sayto the lowest layer, released the seal of an ancient monster, not to mention that it was resealed with my life on the line
”……I apologize, Otou-sama”
Just apologize
It was a japanese negotiation style learned in my previous life
When I showed that I was feeling re a low-profile, Klaus ca me
”That was ”
”Klaus-kun……thank you for protecting Erica Did she go into that ruins and have returned unscathed because you guarded her?”
”No, that wasn't it Rather, I was—”
”Yes, that's right, Otou-sauarded me”
I cut off Klaus' words and said my piece to cover it
The real reason was because the story got couarded me
”I see……Klaus-kun, forAs a father, as the Duke of Aurelia, I promise that I will pay you back”
That being said, the Aurelia official himself bowed to a boy as over thirty years his junior to express the highest respect for a nobility
It see, but he didn't persist
My father let Klaus and Ann go back first
The Harvan couple aiting for them
”Erica…”
”Yes”
And ently
I felt guiltier than if I was being scolded for a long time
When I treated hly, I realized there was someone ould be sad
After that, my father dispelled the Curse of Merciful Death without delay
”Aah~~~~, I can finally sleep……”
It o hours after my father finished the solution spell that I ca Palace
During the ceremony of the solution spell, the worried Klaus came to check my situation many times
Eventually, I was escorted to my bedroom
He was a sincere person
I threw the bag I borrowed from my older brother, took off my clothes and left them scatter around, and then laid on the bed
No more
I would not move another step
I ain
To play in a dungeon, inside a gah
As I was idling about,hard, it see I took off
When we escaped froot it from Klaus
”Oh, this is……, there is still some work to do”
With vacant eyes, I headed todesk
Searching the shelves containing alchemyfor was found
I wondered if I could put practical use of the skills I already learned
But, this, it seemed that this would take quite a while to finish
……This ht
I looked back to my bed with bitter eyes
Oh, my beloved duvet……
Shaking off my reluctance, I tried to concentrate on the loot that I put on the working desk
1 Like a lantern light: This is an expression in japan, expressing soht, it is referring to the various visions appearing in mind when someone is about to die The western equivalent would be 'ht that what she saas visions as she was about to die
2 Aphids are s ants have athe the (source) In this analogy, Erica is an aphid, Ann is an ant, and Klaus is a Ladybug
Thatyour crush died and realized she's actually still alive
……Aard