Chapter 145: The Princess of Phili / Challenge (1/2)

Chapter 144: The Girl Known As Juunishima Youran / Fool Chapter 146: The Princess of Phili / Cursed Blood

Translator: Reflet

「M……m」

「Taiyou-chan! Have you come back to us Taiyou-chan! Do you know who I am！？ One (一) plus (+) one (一) equals (=) a rice paddy field (田んぼ) ！？」

「Shut, up……Don’t shout near my ears……」

「Oh, so you can hear me! Taiyou-chan! My Taiyou-chan！！」

「Speaking like you own me or something……」

Getting up, he held down the back of his head, which was throbbing in pain. His thoughts were all over the place, but he could still tell that there was a noisy fairy squawking near his ears.

「I’m glad……」

「And what even happened to me……」

「Seems ya came to」

「――mm！」

He gained full control of his senses upon hearing the unusual Kansai dialect. Getting up with a start and surveying his surroundings, the door opened, and the blonde-haired blue-eyed girl came entering the room along with two guards.

With the same appearance as earlier, she sat in a removed location from where Taiyou had been sleeping, and the two black-clothed guards were waiting behind her with relaxed postures. Despite being in a room, they were still wearing sunglasses and he couldn’t tell where they were looking, so Taiyou felt keen pressure.

「How ya doin’？」

「……Horribly, thanks to you」

He instantly remembered what had happened just prior. As he was arguing back and forth with Youran, he had been hit in the neck by her with a striking hand.

Then he had lost consciousness, waking to find himself here.

He glanced outside the window. It would seem that night had not yet turned to day, as the sky was still dark. But unlike earlier, he had been carried away not to another outside location, but inside.

「Seems like yer gonna be fine. Welp, not like my thin arms could do much inniway」

「For thin arms, you made quite the punch, wouldn’t you say？」

「It’s a maiden’s etiquette」

「In what world is there a maiden who chops a sword hand into someone’s neck」

「In the world of high society」

Leticia said, making a bitter smile unbecoming of her magnificent appearance.

「Humans like me mostly have that sorta thing in them, ya know？ Though we’re also taught to give up whenever we can’t finish a sneak attack in one blow」

「……」

「In that sense ancient Japan is logical. Ya know, didn’t women of the past slip daggers between kimono and bosom? Those are used for resistance, and also for suicide when all else fails. Our taijutsu is the same as that」

「……」

「Wanna know why I know that much? See, our country――the Phili kingdom is the most pro-Japanese country. They like Japan too much and a mere few have Japanese blood a few generations back. Heck, even my middle name――」

「……」

Taiyou was completely silent as he glared at Leticia, strongly insisting implicitly that he did not intend to tag along with her banter.

As if that had transmitted, Leticia deeply sighed, slightly lowering her tone and changing the topic.

「Dun glare at me like that, it was unintentional to hit ya down」

「Why did you do such a thing」

She had finally responded, so Taiyou cut to the chase.

「Cuz we’re best friends」

「Best friends？」

「Didn’t ya think it weird? That gurl wanted ya to escape and I gladly cooperated. No matter how ya look at it that’s what ‘appened. But if anything I was like『Ya sure？』and confirmed, ya know？」

「Then, what was the reason for accepting that from her at the end?」

「Yer sayin’ dat’s a bad thing？」

「I want to know the reason」

After a brief interval, Leticia answered.

「……Folks like us, see, we hardly ever get to have our free will granted. We get wrapped up in a lotta things more than the average person and our own will is constantly put on the backburner」

「So you’re saying that you’ll grant your wishes when you get tge chance？」

「And I might add that it’s if there’s someone who can grant it」

Leticia’s smile became paler.

「In dat situation, I was probably the only person in the world who’da left ‘er there. Opposite is also true」

「That’s also, because you’re best friends？」

「Yup」

「Alright. Then let me ask one last thing」

「Wut」

「Where was she taken」

Taiyou stared straight at Leticia, asking as if pressing her.

His gaze that was mostly a glare seemed to be saying「You’re best friends so you know right」.

「It should become clear to ya soon」

「And telling me about it would violate your “best friend” code？」

「Till the prerequisites are clear I ain’t gonna tell ya」

「……Is it Aoba」

「Yup」