Chapter 185: Damn… Kill it! (1/2)

“So that’s what happened.”

“Yep! And then, Hiro-sama was–”

Two girls with practically identical faces were having a spirited discussion while sitting behind the same table inside the guest room we were assigned to. Yep. The two girls were, of course, Mimi and Her Imperial Highness, Princess Luciada.

“They splendidly hit it off huh.”

It was the morning after our first night staying within the imperial castle. When an attendant brought our breakfast, Princess Luciada arrived for a visit as well. It looks like she was quite interested in Mimi, who had almost the same appearance as her.

At first, Mimi was quite nervous and stiff, but due to the princess’ gift of the gab or her innate charisma, or perhaps it was simply because they were of the same wavelength, Mimi soon cozied up to Princess Luciada and was now having an enjoyable conversation with her.

“You’re right…… It’s a really nice sight, isn’t it?”

Elma replied as she calmly brought a teacup to her lips.

“Uhuh. It sure is.”

I watched over Princess Luciada, who had a gentle and elegant smile on her face, and Mimi, who had a cute and innocent smile on hers and nodded in agreement. They truly resembled each other a lot. They were practically mirror images of each other. Their voices sounded similar as well. If they both wore the same clothes and sported the same hairstyle, won’t other people have difficulty telling them apart?

Me? I won’t have any trouble though. That’s because their breast sizes were different.

“Ouch.”

“Don’t be rude.”

Perhaps she sensed where I was looking at. Elma, who was sitting alongside me on the sofa, tightly pinched my flank. The ladies-in-waiting and female imperial guards assigned to Princess Luciada were also giving me icy cold looks. My position as the only male in the room was utterly weak.

“……Mei, come with me for a bit. I wanna work up a sweat for a bit.”

“Yes. Understood, Master.”

When they heard my exchange with Mei, the ladies-in-waiting and female imperial guards all narrowed their eyes in scorn. It was like they were looking at me as if I were mere garbage. They were all really beautiful girls comparable to Mimi and Elma, so the destructive power was immense. Any more and I’d be awakening to a dangerous fetish…

By the way, I already have an idea about what they were imagining I wanted to do, but that’s not it, okay?

“Excuse me, esteemed ladies from the imperial guards, can you guide us to the place where you usually practice swordsmanship? I would like to borrow the place for a while to do some swordsmanship training.”

“……I see. That maidroid has combat functions installed, correct?”

“It’s as you say, milady. If she isn’t held down by limiters, she could rival professional soldiers equipped with power armors.”

“Hou…… I see, I see. In other words, she serves as your bodyguard, doesn’t she?”

The lady knight nodded as if she was convinced and glanced toward Mimi. It looks like she’s noticed Mimi’s lack of combat skills as well. That’s just how it is. The most Mimi could do was to shoot her laser gun with her eyes closed while hoping to at least hit something. And that’s when she’s shooting at practice targets. She probably won’t be able to shoot at live targets at all.

“So would it be possible to borrow your training grounds for a while?”

“Very well. I shall guide you there. Richelle, Aina, I’ll leave this place to both of you.”

“”Yes!””

Out of the three female imperial guards, two remained in the guest room while one accompanied Mei and me. She did call the names of the other two without honorifics and had the attitude and bearing down pat, so this lady knight was probably one of the imperial guards’ commanding officers.

“Follow me.”

“Yes.”

Mei and I obediently followed the lady knight’s words and left the guest room together with her. We then began walking around the majestic-looking corridors of the palace. After walking around for a while, the lady knight suddenly opened her mouth to speak.

“That person…… Mimi-sama has a very cheerful and innocent disposition, doesn’t she? It warms my heart to see her and Her Imperial Highness chatting happily like that.”

“Mimi is a good girl after all.”

“That she is. I wonder if that’s why she’s attracted to a frivolous man like you?”

“Whoah. How harsh.”

I shrugged nonchalantly at the lady knight who was now giving me a nasty glare.

“I personally don’t think I’m that much of a ‘bad boy’ type though.”

“Did you not only extended your poisonous claws to Mimi-sama, but even the youngest daughter of Viscount Willrose? And you are even keeping two more women back in your ship, correct?”

“That’s scary, milady. How’d you find that out anyway? But I haven’t laid my hands on those two at all, okay? I do think both of them are pretty cute, but laying my hands on them kinda seems like I’m committing a crime you know.”

“But didn’t you already lay your hands on Mimi-sama?”

“Uh, well, it’s kinda complicated between Mimi and me.”

Back on Earth, it would have been an out. But in this dimension, it was safe. Mimi was already treated as an adult in this dimension after all. And, well, there were also the circumstances back then. Her state of mind back when we first met was very fragile after all.

“And what exactly do you mean by ‘complicated’?”

“I don’t really have any reason to tell you that much y’know…… Oh, right. Are you going to participate in the sword duels tomorrow as well, milady?”

“No. Why do you ask?”

“Okay then. Accompany me in my swordsmanship training. I’ll tell you about our circumstances if you win against me.”

After she heard my offer, the eyes of Ms. lady knight widened in surprise and then narrowed in delight soon after.