Chapter 64 – The「Absolute」Feeling of Relief (2/2)

*Gakiーn*! I drew out Eleanor, and get in between them while parrying.

「Who?」

「Who are you!」

A girl being attacked, and the knight attacking. I heard them at the same time, and both of them were surprised.

A girl without arms, and an attacking knight.

I instantly decided, and saved the girl.

After I had cut down all of the knights that were attacking the girl, I said to her.

「Are you okay」

「Yes」

It was a quite courageous girl.

「I am Yuuki Kakeru, you are?」

「I am called Aura・Torideca・Comotoria」

「Comotoria? Don’t tell me you’re a princess?」

「I’m the thirteenth princess. Rather than that, Yuuki Kakeru you say, the Great Sage Althea’s?」

「Yeah, that’s right」

“It’s easier if you know”, I nodded.

However, the situation seems troublesome.

The thirteenth princess, attacked by the knights wearing armor with the crest of the kingdom.

It really seems troublesome.

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I took Aura with me, and returned to the carriage.

I tied up the knights, and left them behind.

「Aura-sama!」

「Saint-sama?」

It looks like the two know each other, and got surprised the instant they faced each other.

I heard about the story, so thinking that there was a high possibility that they know each other, I was not surprised.

「Why is the Saint-sama here?」

「I’m on the way to Krades with Kakeru. Instead, what happened to Aura-sama?」

「I don’t know! Why did that suddenly happen」

「Kakeru?」

“What does she mean”, Melissa asked.

I asked Aura.

「The man earlier, was that man your subordinate?」

「He’s father’s subordinate, a man that can be trusted」

「Clues for the reason that that man would attack you」

「There’s none!」

It seems like Princess Aura was quite irritated. Well, she was almost killed so it can’t be helped.

「……you have a clue huh」

「Mu?」

I looked at Melissa. Melissa was looking at Aura with an ambiguous expression.

Aura bit her lip, she had the face that she was holding back on something.

Cluesーーit looks like there was some.

The silence continued for more than five minutes, and from there, Aura heavily said.

「Since last year, my Onee-samas had continuously died from accidents」

「Continuously?」

「Astrea-oneesama, Clora-oneesama, Shima-oneesama, Daphne-oneesama, and Eunice-oneesama. Within just a year since last year, six big sisters had died from accident」

「You saying Onee-sama, means the princesses born 13 consecutive times」

Aura nodded.

「Five people dying from an accident within a year huh. ……it doesn’t look like a coincidence」

「Leda-oneesama and Lena-oneesama died from sickness」

「……that’s not a coincidence」

It’s too consecutive. If it comes to this much, there could only be the smell of conspiracy.

「Any clues?」

「……」

She bit her lips again, and didn’t say anything.

“Don’t tell me”, I thought.

I remembered Toyotomi Hideyoshi who had a successor when he was old.

There’s no way, right.

Aura who doesn’t say anything, and for her, Melissa said.

「Aura-sama. How about asking this person, asking Kakeru for help?」

「This person?」

Aura looked at me very suspiciously. On the other hand, Melissa looked at me with eyes full of trust.

「That’s right. If its Kakeru, he would save whoever it is, and solve the problem」

“Absolutely”, Melissa said strongly.