18 Episode 18: Baroness Truth (2/2)

”... Yes”

Miss Raini leaked her desperate voice and leaned down. And around her back, gently crawling her fingers on her back.

”Heh, heh, what?

”Shut up. Because I won't do anything.”

”So, but...”

Ignore Miss Raini's reaction. Slowly crawl her fingertips through her body. He crawls through his spine, shoulders to arms, and fingers in turn to focus his consciousness.

”... excuse me”

”Hia!?”

The next thing I turned my hand around was her chest. He touches his chest with his fingers as he presses her from behind to keep Miss Raini from moving, who screamed adorably.

”... hmm, I see. That's enough.”

Untie the hand that was restrained from behind and release Miss Raini. Miss Raini is looking at me with tears as she retreats to hold her body tight. It was going to make me cry now.

Even though it was necessary, he stirred up a sense of crisis by touching his chest. A little awkward, but I exhale.

”- Huh!”

He slaps his killer like a sew between breaths and grabs it for her neck. Miss Raini flaunted herself for being suddenly shocked to death and resisted anything.

I don't grab her neck and snap... I stop right in front of her and look at Miss Raini's complexion. Turning bright blue, she fell to the spot with her legs trembling as they were.

”Hmm, totally silo, I guess. Then…”

”Hey, what is it!? What do you want! Why, I look at you like this...!

Wow, Miss Raini finally cried out. I look down at her covering her face with both hands and then I try to get on my knees and gaze at Miss Raini.

”I made you cry. What am I gonna say, but I need you to listen to me a little more. I want to know about your parents.”

”... my father is not involved in anything. Even I'm up to something...!

”Uh, no. No, but no. There's more to what I want to make sure! Oh, why are you so troublesome already?”

I scream out of anger by accident. Keep sighing and speak to Miss Raini again.

We have to make sure that all this is going on. Including her safety in the future.

”- Do you realize you're not human?

Baron Lady Raini Sian. She is not a “pure person”.

”... human, not...?

Miss Raini's voice is trembling. It's like saying you don't understand what they said.

I don't even know what it feels like. But seeing Miss Raini convinced me. Miss Raini shook her neck from left to right as she was convinced that I was serious because I did not stray from my gaze and stared straight at her.

”Oh no... I am human! Consciousness, what, what are you talking about!?”

”So that's unconscious too?

”What is it?

”It's fascinating.”

Miss Raini's eyes open wide to my point. Zero small voices, I'm holding my breath.

”Is it intrinsic to mental interference, the use of magic? I have a little knowledge of that hand thing. I don't know if it's to this extent because I'm unconscious, or if it's leaking because I'm unconscious...”

”... me, isn't that normal?

She inquired as Miss Raini exhaled a trembling exhalation as she remembered to breathe. I nod strongly at Miss Raini's inquiry and show her.

”Yeah. Definitely weird.”

”Bye! Isn't it a coincidence that you've been able to turn a hot gaze on people of all ages?!?”

”Ugh, yeah?

”Answer me! Is that because of its charm or something?!? Has it always been!? Could I have used it earlier?!?”

Miss Raini comes stuck to me with the momentum to get herself out. I nod and show again and again as I grip to take Miss Raini's hand, which has been stretched.

”No, I do all the time. I'm a little under the circumstances, and I'm intolerant of the magic of that hand...”

”Is that true!?”

It was such a desperate phase that I nodded momentously and again. Then Miss Raini collapsed like she had lost her leg power.

When I rushed to support Miss Raini aggressively, Miss Raini started crying out loud. I was wolfed by Miss Raini, who suddenly cried out.

”What, hey, why are you crying!?”

”Because... I was... crazy...! They weren't all weird...... hey...! Wow, ahhh...!!”

”Hey, wait a minute......! (a) Iliar! HELP!!”

Having had trouble with Miss Raini, who suddenly cried out, I summoned Ilia, who was waiting outside the room, to calm Raini down with Ilia and the two of us.

Miss Raini sits in a calm manner as she buzzes her nose. Ilia is removing makeup beautifully because the tears have broken her makeup.

”... have you calmed down?

”Yes... sorry for the disturbance”

It's rare for Ilia to speak up like she cares, but I feel like I've chewed up a bitter bug.

Miss Raini's “charm” influence is very troublesome. Even if he is unconscious, he has propagated it around him. Of course, not with Ilia. It's more troublesome than I thought.

”That's above all.... So, Princess, can you explain?

”Uh, okay. Well, then, Miss Raini, I'd like to make a few checks. Is that okay?

Many times Miss Raini nods like a child to my confirmation. That's a lot of honesty, and I'm going to ask you a question.

”First of all, have you ever been liked or unusually obsessed with people for a long time?

”Yes......”

”You didn't realize it was happening”

”I didn't know. Everyone likes me, but I get a little crazy, and I get so scared when I try to get my distance, I have to keep my distance...”

Miss Raini's voice was trembling to the point where she was about to cry out again. That makes me feel the depth of the trauma Miss Raini has been experiencing. Too much sadness makes me choose words for boulders, too.

”Well... as hard as I may recall, your mother is dead, isn't she?

”... Yes. So I was kept in an orphanage and my father found me...”

”Oh well...”

I accidentally arm myself with a difficult face. I blink my eyes like Ilia says it's rare, but from the bottom of my heart I'm in trouble, exactly now.

”... Um, Princess Anisphere. I'm not human...”

”Oh, yeah. To be precise, I think maybe half human, is right.”

”How can you say it is?

It was Ilia, not Miss Raini, who returned the question to my reply. I answer immediately.

”I was just allowed to palpate Miss Raini's body. I found something in Miss Raini's body that no ordinary human being has.”

”... what happened?

- It's a demon stone.

Demon Stone. That is what is present in Miss Raini's body. Raini also rounded his eyes in my reply, and Ilia looked at Raini as surprised.

That's a natural reaction. Speaking of which, I wonder if Ilia and I had just talked about that before. By chance, what is the time to say it?

”What is Demon Stone... is it true?

”Yeah. If you want to find out more, I want time, but I have a great idea. Good thing my investigation caught on. Miss Raini's life and this country were in danger if we were bad hands.”

”On my body, is there a demon stone...?

Miss Raini said she couldn't believe it. Looking down at her own body with her face. Demon stones can also prove to be demons. How shocked is Miss Raini that she was told that such a thing was in her body? I don't think I can figure it out for you.

”... so the princess decided Miss Raini wasn't human?

”I'm staring at you for being half human, to be exact. Baron Cyan would definitely be human, wouldn't he? And suppose that's a real demon, it's pretty unsavory. It tastes so bad that I'm in a hurry. It tastes so bad that I admire myself for being here.”

When I told him to push again and again, he tightened his face to see if Ilaria had also told him that I was in crisis.

A human with a demonic stone in his body. Power enough to unconsciously attract others. What do you say without calling this dangerous? And I know there's such a dangerous demon in my mind. And if it's real, it's pretty unsavory.

”... Princess, what is that demon?

Ilia has asked as she swallowed up the tension. I suppose you care about yourself, Miss Raini, and you're turning your gaze to me.

I gave the two of them an answer, painfully and slowly exhaling.

”-” Vampires. ”It's an ogre monster who sips people's blood and manipulates advanced magic.”