37 Chapter 7 5 : Haruveritat el Isala (1/2)

Chapter 7 (5): Haruveritat el Isala

When I heard that, I looked towards the source, and found the face of a stunningly beautiful white wolfkin girl of about my age peering at me around a corner, the only other thing visible being a sword on her hip, and the occasional part of her tail as it swayed back and forth, I assume.

”Based on your age, sex, beauty, manner of speech, and the timing of your appearance, I would assume your name is Haru, though I could be wrong. I would have to wonder if you would really be alright without a guard, but the sword peeking around the corner would suggest that you know how to fight, at least somewhat” (Ryuu)

”That deduction was impressive. Indeed, you are seeing Haru, the third princess, and my pride and joy, when it comes to my children, though she's also the one who infuriates me the most at times. She does know how to fight quite well, as she's been a solo adventurer for six years now, reaching all the way to B under the name of 'Ru'. When I heard about it, I was rather mad, but when she managed to do well against Gazef, I let her keep being an adventurer” (King)

”But... your aura... it's the first time I haven't been able to see a person's heart. That's interesting” (Haru)

”What? Is that because she's the Demon Lord?” (King)

”I must have missed something... what do you mean by 'see a person's heart' and what does that have to do with my aura?” (Ryuu)

”I was born with the soul-gazing eye... I can see if someone is a good person at heart, if they are under control of a spell, curse, or item, and more things like that, just by looking at someone's aura” (Haru)

”Ah... now I see why your father wanted us to meet... so you could tell if I'm a good person or something... and you can't do that on me because of something about my aura?” (Ryuu)

”Yeah... it's like... I'm trying to read a book the size of an ant... Even people with almost no aura don't give me any problems like that” (Haru)

”Well, there are three reasons I can think of. The first is my being a Demon Lord, the second is because my aura is suppressed, and the third is because I have so much mana that you might be instinctively limiting what you are trying to read because you don't want to get overloaded by it. I can test the second theory easily, if you'd like” (Ryuu)

”Yes. I'd like that, as I dislike not being able to know what you're really like” (Haru)

I pulled off my bracelets, and she looked at me again.

”I can see a bit more... not much more, but still more. You truly are selfless to a fault, and you love more deeply than most... that's about all I can tell now” (Haru)

”Well, that makes the third idea less likely and the second more probable. I've got more limiters, if you wish for me to remove another one or two at a time” (Ryuu)

”Yeah, please do so” (Haru)

I removed more, and once I only had two remaining, she said that she'd seen enough.

”You... you're not the best person I've seen, but you are close. You help those who need it, you act for others most of the time, trust people more than most would, but aren't idealistic or naive, and you have a strong desire for justice, but the flaws that brings are balanced by objective thinking and a solid knowledge of how negative spirals work, such that you prefer to break that cycle over getting subjective justice or revenge. You're someone I'd like to have on my side, despite the fact that you're more than a bit of a sadist at times” (Haru)

”You can see part of why we love her now, can't you? She's all of that and more, including kind, sweet, funny, strong, a good teacher, and... she's great in bed too” (Char)

”That last part wasn't something you had to add, you know. It's not like it matters in this case, right?” (Ryuu)