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“Now, Cyan, it’s time for you to tell us what’s going on.”
“What do you mean?”
It was the second night in the capital.
After the play ended and we met with Ms. Mary, I lectured a Sister, from my own territory, about a kidnapping commotion she caused. I decided to check the truth regarding my participation in the tournament tomorrow, and then we all went sightseeing in the capital like normal.
After dinner, Gray, Apricot and Burnt went sightseeing near the lodging. I went over to Cyan, who was staying in Lady Violet’s room. I naturally began questioning her. Lady Violet was also in the room playing chess with her. There was also Ms. Amber in the room, acting as a guard, but for some reason I feel more uneasy when she’s here. Is it just my imagination?
Cyan played dumb at my question, but she probably understood what I was talking about.
“Don’t play dumb. You were trying to stop us from talking to Ms. Mary, weren’t you?”
“Hmm, you really came into a maiden’s room to ask something so rude? …Check.”
… She might be a maiden, but it sounds shady when she’s the one saying it. It’s as suspicious as when somebody calls themselves innocent. I’m sure she’s just saying it for the sake of it though.
“So you really tried to stop our conversation. But why, Ms. Cyan?”
“I don’t know what to answer even if you ask me that… hmm, I wonder why.”
Cyan, still in her casual clothes – I don’t even know when she changed into them – scratched her head with her right hand.
Did she really charge at me without a thought? It’s possible for Cyan, but it doesn’t sound like her. Or she’s stressed from the work at the confession competition (?) that started today and the play? Maybe the higher ups put a lot of pressure on her.
“The biggest reason was because if you stayed in that place, those needlessly sparkly boys would come… check.”
“Sparkly boys?”
“I assume she means His Highness or Sir Ash?”
“… I see, I kind of get it.”
She was probably referring to the five main love interests, but it seemed like Lady Violet also had an inkling, and she was convinced with the reasoning. They really do look like they would be followed by a sparkly sound effect.
Ms. Amber muttered, “I don’t like that sparkly smell”, but I shouldn’t pay attention to it. I wonder what a sparkling scent is like.
Actually, was it because they’d be coming? To that place… Ah, in other words.
“In other words, because Ms. Mary snuck out after the play to see us, His Highness and others would get worried and start looking for her, so if we stayed there, there was a possibility that they’d come and attack us.”
Ms. Mary changed from her eye-catching costume into a school uniform, snuck out and came to see us. Considering the time, it wouldn’t be strange if it was during the time when everybody was busy greeting others and excitedly discussing the after-party.
If she were to sneak out in such a situation, even if she left a message behind, the others might have gotten worried and started looking for her. And what His Highness and the others would do if they saw her talking with Lady Violet— is not hard to imagine if I think back on His Highness’ demeanor when we met before the play.
“You’re right, that was the most obvious reason… check.”
“Obvious?”
“Yeah, this is a bit vague, but Mary… doesn’t she seem a bit strange?”
“A bit strange?”
Lady Violet looked puzzled by Cyan’s words.
‘Seems strange’… It was the same with Ms. Schwarz. Cyan has a keen sense for malice. Maybe she felt some kind of malice from Ms. Mary.
“I mean, she has no ill will. She has really no ill will towards others, unusually enough.”
She has no malice?
Indeed, she didn’t show hostility towards Lady Violet either.
At first, I thought she was trying to get us to let our guards down and take advantage of the situation. And when I heard that His Highness and the others might have been coming, I even thought that she was a calculating girl who was planning to have Lady Violet attacked.
“That girl really does wish for happiness for others. To the point that it makes me honestly think ‘I see, she really is worthy of being given the crazy title of saint.”
A crazy title? Should a nun really be saying that?
“… Yeah, you’re right. Thinking back on it, she tried to save His Highness… save others.”
“But not everybody.”
Lady Violet was about to say something after having remembered the past, but Cyan interrupted her and continued speaking.
“I feel like, maybe subconsciously, she somewhat… has a different perception of Io… No, sorry. Don’t mind me. There was a strange commotion. Thinking back on it, I might have just been trying to stop the sparkly kids from attacking you guys. Sorry… check.”
Saying so, Cyan apologized to me, Lady Violet and Ms. Amber.
It seemed like she herself had lost track of what she was trying to say. But what could it mean? Could it be related to the simulated reality I talked to Cyan about yesterday?
“Hmm… there must be something if you think so, Ms. Cyan…”
After thinking for a moment, Lady Violet refrained from talking further about the topic, perhaps because she was told to not mind it anymore. Instead, she turned her gaze towards the board and moved her pieces, making her move.
“By the way, Ms. Cyan, you’ve been saying ‘check’ since a while ago but you haven’t put me in check even once. Checkmate.”
“Kuh, I lost! I was even doing better than before!”
She sure can talk when Lady Violet is mostly unscathed and she had everything but her rook taken.
It was a one-sided match even from the sidelines. Albeit, rather than Lady Violet being strong, it looked like Cyan was just weak.
“I’ve returned.”
“Hey, welcome back.”
As Cian was frustrated and hoping for another round, Gray and the others, who had been outside, came back.
Apricot seemed to be in a better mood than usual, so it seemed that she had managed to get the rare seasonings she was after.
Ms. Amber looked interested in it, and Apricot proudly took out the contents from her bag.
Lady Violet was also curious, so she declined Cyan’s offer and listened with interest as Apricot explained the things she had bought.
“Lord Clo, please take a look at this.”
“What’s wrong?… a newspaper?”
While Apricot was showing off the things she’d bought, Mr. Burnt gave me a so-called extra edition of the newspaper.
Does the fact that he specifically handed it to me mean that something happened in relation to me? But in the capital, the only thing that could happen in relation to me would probably be involving my family home. Or maybe today’s play caused such a stir that it warranted the publication of an extra edition?
“Let’s see, ‘God’s judgement?!’ This evening, a mysterious flash suddenly appeared in the southern sky, and the drug organization in question was found destroyed at that location!’…”
Looking at the details, it seems that a drug organization that was trying to spread opium in various places was rounded-up in one swoop. However, the knights were not the ones who arrested them. By the time they arrived, all the members of the organization were already tied up. Furthermore, all the members of the group seemed to be mentally unstable.
They were apparently saying incomprehensible things like ‘It was a glowing lump of metal that spoke with a woman’s voice…’ It seems that the general consensus is that this is a symptom of opium poisoning.
…Yeah, for now.
“You did a good thing, Robot.”
“Was this really okay?”
I think it’s probably not okay. But she did a good thing. So it’s okay. Yeah.
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