Chapter 3 (2/2)
She was in the same Masquerade Squad as Harold, and Celia’s subordinate.
Her bright green hair was tied in a ponytail. This was to imitate the hairstyle of Celia, who she respected.
Amelia was 19 years old, just like Harold.
And,
“It’s painful, huh……”
Amelia knew that Harold liked Celia.
“You’d finally asked Captain Celia out on a date, huh……”
Yes. Harold had asked Celia out time and again. And finally, she promised to go out on a date during their next day off.
But just then, Celia died. But she was killed by that traitorous cook.
“You want to avenge her, huh……”
“I won’t,” Harold said. “Captain Celia wouldn’t want that, would she?”
Celia wouldn’t want that. That’s just the kind of person she was.
So he wouldn’t seek revenge. Because Celia would be sad if she knew that he was living for vengeance.
“But still!”
“I hate that cook, too! But what’s the point in creating a chain of hatred!? That’s not the kind of just world that Captain Celia wished for, is it!?”
“But even so! I know that! But why did Captain Celia…… Captain Celia…… she was such a special person, too……”
Amelia collapsed sobbing.
“We’ll carry on Captain Celia’s will and defeat the Demon King…… That’s the greatest sendoff we can give to her……”
Celia had stated that it was her duty to defeat that Demon King Lieselotte Falkenmeyer who had plunged the entire world into chaos and war.
And he would succeed that duty.
But that would have to wait until later.
Because the aerial battles.h.i.+p Arianrhod had just received an order to temporarily return home.
Because the higher-ups wanted to decide who was to take responsibility for the Phantom’s theft.
“I swear, I’ll defeat that Demon King.”
Harold clenched his fist and held back his tears.
“You’ll protect this world!”
And took Celia’s words to heart.
“So, why exactly are you a maid?”
Krista asked, sitting in front of Luca who was eating dinner alone in the Odin’s mess hall.
She’d gotten into a little fight with Marie so they weren’t together at the moment.
Because Marie was angry about Luca’s deciding on her own to start working in the War G.o.d Battles.h.i.+p Odin.
“Well, I told Liese…… lotte-sama that I wanted to work, and she said ‘then why not look after me?'”
Luca was wearing a maid uniform.
A black onepiece with a frilly white ap.r.o.n. Though it was a standard maid uniform, she found its skirt to be kind of short.
On her head was a laced headdress.
And she’d been told that she’d start working right after dinner. Her first job would be to deliver Liese’s dinner to her room.
“Hmm. So Lieselotte-sama said that.”
Resting her chin on her hand, Krista narrowed her eyes.
“……umm?”
“Lieselotte doesn’t let anyone approach her. Even we of the Royal Guard keep our distance, you know? Not even I have so much as been inside her room……”
Krista looked extremely bitter.
“Is that right?”
“It is. What did you do to charm her?”
“Umm, well…”
She was unsure whether it was okay to just tell her that it was because they were already friends.
If she did, Krista would be sure to inquire as to the details of how they met.
“Whatever.”
Krista heaved a sigh after seeing how troubled Luca appeared to be.
Though she seemed scary at first, Luca thought that she was actually a pretty good person.
“You hold the achievement of shooting down 《Purple Lightning Celia.》”
《Purple Lightning Celia.》
The person who Luca killed. Though it wasn’t her will to do so, that didn’t change the fact that she killed her.
She was the Captain of the Arianrhod’s Masquerade Squad, and holder of the Sixth Sense. Luca had seen her laughing in the mess hall. Celia was adored by everyone.
“Instead of a maid, why not become a Masquerade pilot? The pay’s better and you’d be of more use to Liselotte-sama, you know?”
“Nah. I can pilot a Masquerade and all, but fighting is kinda……”
She had no experience.
The most she’d even seen before this were fistfights between Masquerades at a work site.
“Huh!?” Krista was shocked. “But your movements back there were amazing!”
“Umm, that’s because the Phantom went and……”
“What are you talking about? The fact that Mode Messiah activated in the first place was because you possess the Sixth Sense, isn’t it? And a level 3, too. You’re definitely better off piloting a Masquerade.”
“There’s no way I can do that.”
Luca wasn’t a soldier, and she never had been one in the past.
“Hmph. For the person who shot down Lieselotte-sama’s greatest rival 《Purple Lightning Celia》 to say such a thing, how humble can you get?”
“Good grief,” Krista threw her hands in the air while shaking her head.
“Well, I’m more suited to being a maid.”
These were Luca’s true feelings. She would serve Liese at her side. That’s what she decided to do.
So that Liese could focus on world conquest, Luca would take care of all the little things.
And then,
“I want to tend to Liese when she comes to her room all exhausted,” she thought to herself.
Though she didn’t really understand why, she’d get a warm feeling in her chest whenever she thought about Liese.
Whatever could this feeling be?
Though it felt strange, it was in no way unpleasant.
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