Volume 2 Chapter 23 (2/2)
There are reater ice wolves With ic tool that nized by the sacred monument
How fiendish of that demon Yes, it helped resolve my htfully mine
“Fine then I’ic, I can eventuallyover spilled milk, lost items in this case I should think forward, of ht, it now see and item collection I really have reached the level cap of this area, so rather than wait for theo find those rare and powerful iteht be a junction for her in the capital, and on top of that, better itedooods that did make their way here sufficed for experi I would have to wait for the type of goods that would please the monument
Next, on what to do about my position as lord of this town Father andimportant connections in the capital, so it’d be awful if I siovernor for a time
And then, there was the fact that I was the only child and daughter I needed some way to convince father of my departure as well
“Ru forces so, I guess the best course of action would be joining the party of a hero…”
That would give me plenty of just cause to proudly travel away from the fief, and not look like I abandoned my duties to pursue sodo in the subjugation of the demon lord
No, well, my father did value noble blood over all else, but in the worst case, if I died, he could try for another child, or employ any number of other methods
I’e if his house is a ru of said hero at the capital, I wonder what happened with that?
“Yu in the food”
Sori had returned as I was lost in thought
She neatly transferred the dishes fro table in e and poached cluck eggs with a side of white bread For dessert, you have goat milk mixed with crushed portions of a sweet fruit called the straaberry”
“Thank you, my compliments to the chef”
We then heartfully enjoyed theone another, I made sure to tease Sori aplenty
The juice for dessert, which we fed each other ly sweet and delicious, I practically got addicted
I could do this forever, but unfortunately, I had work, so I put on clothes
“Nhh, if I recall, you had work at the government office today, I wish you a nice day, Yumis-sama”
“Thank you”
I was about to leave the room, but with
“Pardon me, Sori, can I ask a favour?”
“? Yes, of course, Yumis-sama”
“Could you please lift up your skirt? Just up to your hips is fine”
“Eh!?”
Sori’s face instantly bloo silently, Sori, despite being e maid’s skirt and lifted
“U-u?”
She exposed the contents within, revealing a clean pair of ss
Her unblemished skin had not a trace of the wounds I’d seen on her in ht as well, and I knoere together right until we fell asleep, so theplace in reality was completely unfounded
(… Why a this)
I should get a priest to look at this night
That put aside, ah~, Sori, she was still holding that pose in a beet red face, it’s so lovely, I couldn’t get enough
I took a plentiful helping of that sight for my sore eyes, and then left the mansion to fulfill my day’s duties at the office
As far as I could tell, nothing rong
I daydreamed about my joyful married life with sweet Sori as I walked tohtmares for multiple days after
(This is around the tiht that I should wake up now as I usually did after being shown the atrocities, but today, it ended differently
“Noe’re all ready now Are you listening, foolish nee-sa the stage quite splendidly”
I, who’d alatched frohtened vieas suddenly addressed by Shuria
(!?)
Upon a direct view, I could see that her eyes were not of the brilliant red I knew, but a dark, corrupted, blood cri at that unpleasant stare But like always, my will had no power in this dream
“This isn’t the end, I won’t let it end I’ll be the one to close your curtain So please enjoy, be sure to enjoy the show to your very fullest”
Her wide grin gave th ofup from bed
Sori, I’d certainly called her to ether
I searched next to me in a panic, only to find her not there
“ Khshi+shi+, khshi+shi+shi+shi+shi+! ”
“! Who’s there!!”
My befuddled head could recognize the place I was in as le incoherency
On top of the table, there was a teddy bear, it’s design, one of patchwork I recalled that it was one of the ‘carrots’ Sori had prepared for Shuria
I ren
(Why is that thing here…)
“ Khshi+, Khshi+shi+ ”
Surprisingly, it was that very sa those sounds
As if it wasa fool ofbehind a letter on the table while it swiftly jumped out the
“! WAIT!!”
By the ti after the doll, when I spotted it, it’d gone quite a distance away, running across the rooftops
I atte sense of dread, and tried to get a handle on the situation
The sealed red parchment on top ofit the other way, it said, “Fro the contents, I felt that the drea had connected to my reality
“SORI! SORII!! Where are you, answer me, SORIII!!”
My yells yielded no response
Other servants had co my outcry, but none of them could answer me either
That was the day that Sori disappeared from my home