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Vert Calvin.
She’s the Mother of Chartreuse, a love interest of ‘When the Ring of Fire is lit, World is painted red’. She is a woman who holds the title of Archwizard in the kingdom, and she is currently 36 years old.
She does not appear much in the main story of the game… or rather, even if she does appear, it’s only after she dies in the line of duty in Chartreuse’s route, and she only has a few lines. …She doesn’t appear much in the main story. She’s basically someone who is only talked about.
There are all sorts of strange rumors about her, like how she’s conducting human experiments or how she destroyed the laboratory, but she’s an excellent Archwizard, who contributed to the development of magic in the kingdom, and is a Mother whom Chartreuse looks up to. Moreover, apparently, because she was busy with work, she did not supervise Chartreuse closely when he was a child, so he would often sneak out play with His Highness’s party.
“— That’s how it goes. Only in that world though.”
The above information was from Ms. Mary, who remembered knowledge from the official story materials and the bonus novel. By the way, although Lady Vert was said to be a beautiful woman, she had no sprites in the game, so Ms. Mary did not know what she looked like.
After getting Dr. Greenery’s approval that I was fine, I asked Ms. Mary a question about Vert C. in a part of the arena where there were fewer passers-by.
Frankly speaking, I know that I should not be spending too much time with her, considering Lady Violet and His Highness’ party, but I really wanted to know more about Lady Vert, so I asked her for information from Ring Of Fire.
“So, why are you interested in Char’s Mother?”
“I received a love letter from Lady Vert.”
“Pardon?”
Ms. Mary, who had been wondering why I was trying to find out about Lady Vert, had a cartoonish dumbfounded look on her face. However, she quickly recovered, and when I handed her the letter I’d received from Ms. Kriemhild earlier, she read it quickly and broke out into a cold sweat.
“A double affair…?!”
“I personally have no intention of cheating.”
“Then is it like ‘I’ll kill you and kill myself too! Let’s be together in Valhalla to avoid becoming cheaters!’…?”
“That’s an amazing imagination you have.”
First of all, I’m not sure if she’s really in love with me.
There are strange rumors circulating about her. Maybe she called me over because she was worried about her Son and she got curious about him because we were talking together, or she can’t get me out of her head as a sacrifice for her magic experiment. Or maybe…
“Well, if I had to guess, it’s more likely that she heard our conversation in the infirmary and wants to ask me about reincarnation and Japan.”
There’s a chance that while she was investigating the person her Son confessed his love to, she somehow found out about the conversation we had in the infirmary and is planning to question me about it. She holds the title of Archwizard, so it’s possible she’s using some kind of eavesdropping spell to avoid being noticed by others.
“That’s fine. I activated magic that prevents eavesdropping via spells and also used detection magic to make sure that nobody would hear what we were talking about.
“… Huh? When did that happen? What about the chanting of the spell and the name of the magic?”
“I can still trigger All Roll Cancel (discard the whole process) even without doing that.”
Damn, this girl is scary.
She said it casually, but that’s a difficult feat even for the professionals of this kingdom. So that’s why she checked the surroundings before talking about her previous life…
“Anyway, thank you for the information. I’m sorry for stopping you before your match.”
“Oh, it’s fine, but… are you going to respond to her?”
“Yes, I guess. While she’s a strange person to be summoned by, I’m still being summoned by name by somebody who has attained the status of Archwizard. I can’t just ignore her.”
“It could be a trap.”
“I will let Cyan know just in case. Besides, there is no guarantee that the name is real.”
It’s possible that the person who handed over the letter was fake who simply assumed her name. It’s also entirely possible that Carmine is doing it to harass me.
But simply ignoring it would make me feel bad.
If it’s a prank, I’d love to punch whoever tried to carry out the prank or whoever gave the order to do it.
“Please be careful, Mr. Clo.”
“Thank you, but I’m used to dealing with strange people so it’ll be fine. I’ve got the hang of how to escape from human experiments. “
“You’re used to it, huh? No, that’s not what I meant. I’ve heard that she’s a beautiful woman, and she’s famous, so rumors might start even if nothing happens. And then Violet will also…”
Even if the sender was actually Lady Vert and she showed up, it would still look bad if we met in secret… That makes sense. We’re both married with children.
If that happened, it would cause unnecessary worry for Lady Violet. Like, being cheated on and having her partner stolen. In addition, it would be difficult to process all the information, like the affair partner’s Husband being alive and her being the Mother of Lady Violet’s former classmate.
“Please don’t worry, I will not do anything to make Lady Violet sad. I don’t want to ruin our current relationship.”
“But Gray did shout that you were treasuring her so much that you two made no progress.”
“Please don’t mention that.”
Yeah, that definitely left a strange impression on His Highness and others. I’ll have to warn Gray about it later.
“… Um, Mr. Clo. I know this is rude, but may I ask you a question?”
“Huh? Yes, it’s fine.”
As I was thinking about how to warn Gray and what to do about Lady Vert, Ms. Mary checked the surroundings and asked a question with a slightly uncomfortable tone… I wonder if she used another eavesdropping prevention spell just now.
“Mr. Clo, what do you like about Violet?”
“…”
If this was someone like Ecul asking, it would most likely be another sarcastic question like the one he asked before the match, but… in Ms. Mary’s case, it probably holds a different meaning.
I can avoid answering, but as long as I understand the reason why she asked the question, I can decide on my response-
“Well, you could call it a trigger of sorts… this may sound like I’m trying for pity points, but when I first entered puberty I was sickly and withdrawn, so I didn’t have many opportunities to interact with other people. Including my previous life, I have never liked or loved a living person, so I don’t understand what it means to have feelings for someone… I guess I understand it in 2D world though…”
Damn, the reason was more serious than I thought. Come to think of it, she mentioned earlier something about feeling taste and not being in pain. She said that she was a shut-in, but maybe she was forced to be a shut-in by her physical problems rather than because of mental reasons? Perhaps it was a side effect of the medication and a chronic pain due to illness…?
Anyway, if Ms. Mary is asking seriously, then I’ll also answer seriously. It seems like she’s trying to understand what it feels like to fall in love with a member of the opposite sex in her own way.
I like basically everything about Lady Violet, but the question is why I started to like her. If I had to name the trigger, it would have been that incident in the cave with Ms. Schwarz which changed my perspective of her as a game character, like Ms. Mary.
But more than that… Oh yeah. If it’s the reason why I started to care about Lady Violet—
“Lady Violet’s mannerisms are beautiful.”
“Her mannerisms?”
“Yes. Like the way she walks, writes or eats. Her handwriting is beautiful. She has a core that I don’t have.”
“Is that… how it is?”
“The reason why I noticed my feelings is different, but isn’t that how it goes? There can be a dramatic event or love at first sight as a reason for falling in love, but… in my case, this is how it went.”
To explain it to Ms. Mary, I pointed out Lady Violet’s good points.
But this was more than I thought… When I put it into words, I realized things I hadn’t noticed before.
“Well, there are a lot of reasons, but I’d say it’s everything. Basically, Lady Violet is precious to me with everything of her included.”
“You abridged a lot at once.”
“It’s the truth, after all.”
It’s a little late now, but I think I understand why I was so angry about what Ecul and the others said before my fight with Ms. Mary and why I didn’t care about what they thought about me.
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“I thought Mr. Clo was cheating, but… I guess that was just unfounded worry on my part… I’m a bit envious.”
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