Chapter 52 – Return of the Queen (1/2)

CHAPTER 52 – RETURN OF THE QUEEN

「Baron Yuuki……how insolent! Where did you come from」

Oros winced for an instant, but immediately regained himself and shouted at me.

There’s no need to answer.

I ignored him, approached Rica, and stood in front of the throne.

「Kakeru……」

「I heard it. What were you about to say?」

「Eh?」

「The one stopped by that. What you were about to say, the thing you were trying to say?」

「That is……」

Rica looked behind me, and looked at Oros.

As if to confirm it to him, with eyes as if they were frightened.

I reached out my hand to the side, and blocked that. I made it that she wouldn’t meet her eyes with Oros.

「Don’t worry about that. What were you trying to say」

「I……」

Rica held her breath, decided, and said to me.

「I want to see more of outside」

Rica made a resolute expression.

「I want to see more of outside, know, and learn」

「I see」

「That cannot be done, Your Highness. Baron Yuuki, what in the world are you planning. You will not be left off according to that」

Oros threatened me.

It was a petty threat.

I looked at Oros with cold eyes, and said.

「Hey, what are you?」

「What are you saying」

「You, you’re just a eunuch right. Why the heck are you saying your opinion to the Queen?」

「I am not saying an opinion. I am just, Her Highnessーー」

「Restricting the Queen’s actions, isn’t that strange in the first place?」

「That is Her Highness’sーー」

「I mean, why the hell is a eunuch in the Queen’s palace?」

「Eh?」

Rica got surprised.

「The thing called eunuch……it’s the person who cut off their reproductive organs to protect the King’s inner palace, the harem right? With the reason that if it’s cut off, they can’t lay a hand to the King’s harem. Is that, needed for the Queen?」

「Mu!」

「Is that so?」

I nodded at Rica.

It’s also something I just knew hearing from Althea, but Althea said it to me with a teacher’s tone, so it should be correct.

Oros’s wincing reaction also, proves that correct.

「……anyone! Is anyone there」

After Oros grinded his teeth, he shouted with a loud voice.

Soon after, soldiers crowded and entered.

「That’s a scoundrel harming Her Highness the Queen. Catch him」

When Oros ordered, the soldiers sent hostility.

「Wait. KakeruーーBaron Yuuki is not harmingーー」

「Do it」

Rica’s words don’t reach them, the soldiers were only following Oros’s orders.

I kicked off the charging soldiers.

「They wouldn’t hear the Queen’s orders huh」

「……an order, it is something that needs both stature and power to do it after all」

Rica frustratingly said. It was filled with real feelings.

Up until now, she really had real feelings that she had been captured because she didn’t have the powers and strength.

「Meaning, only strength is needed huh?」

「Eh?」

「Eleanor, Hikari」

I drew the two Demon Swords from my waist.

I cut down the soldiers that were charging with Oros’s orders one next to the other.

「Is this much strength enough?」

「That is……」

「Well, I’ll cut all of those that go against your orders, and just not let them go against it huh」

I don’t know what Rica’s saying about she has no powers and strength, but I’ll just show my strength.

Rica’sーーthe Queen’s power, I will show the Baron’s power.

「Come! Come!!!」

When I’d finished off most of the soldiers, Oros shouted again. It’s with a desperate voice.

Soldiers crowded in again.

「Capture them」

He said that, and Oros ran away.

I tried to chase after him using warp, but when I was worried about Rica, he ran towards the direction where I didn’t come before.

I can only chase by foot.

「Rica, for the meantime, I’ll send you to my mansion」

「……no, I will be with you」

Rica said with eyes full of resolution.

「With me?」

「Yes, with you」

「……yes」

Rica nodded.

Looking at her carefully, her hands were trembling, and she’s clenching her teeth.