Chapter 31

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「Why did Lily-neesama want to stay behind alone?」

「Hm?」

On the way to the room where Horun was being held custody, Sera raised her question.

Since this corridor was only used to go to the princess’s room, fundamentally, only servants and the princesses would use this path.

And because both princesses were out at the moment, there were no servants working, splendidly leaving zero other people in the vicinity.

That was a good thing for Sera and Lapis, who walked with their fingers interlocked and arms intertwined. It was clear that this was not a normal distance for sisters to be at. It was the work of a siscon.

「Ah, no. Since Lily-neesama is a first class witch, she should be able to protect us while we left the room. There should be no need for her to prevent anyone from following us, wouldn’t it have been reasonable that she came with us?」

「Ahaha, that wasn’t like you, Sera. Did you forget? Lily said she had some business with ‘those people’.」

「I also thought that, but, even for that business, couldn’t Lily-neesama finish it up in an instant?」

「She can.」

「Then, why?」

「That’s—」

Lapis gave a mischievous laugh.

「—Because she didn’t want to show us her getting seriously angry.」

「Gah… AHHHHH!!!!」

Holding down his now extinguished right hand, the king rolled around screaming. Blood flowed endlessly from the wound, staining the beautiful rug an unnatural dark red.

Lily looked at the disgraceful king flailing around with emotionless eyes.

With that, the guards finally began to take action. Without understanding what was going on, it was clear that the woman before them had hurt their master. Thus, they charged forward to restrain her.

However, running 3, 4 steps, they all, without fail, fell to their knees. It was almost as if the gravity had increased exponentially. Then, in that way, they all fainted with foaming mouths.

Lily wasn’t doing anything in particular. Using magic would be foolish, even a glance was an overstatement. It was just her existing there.

Unable to withstand her overwhelming bloodlust, the guards fainted.

Not even addressing the guards, Lily pleasantly spoke to the king.

「—Actually, recently, I got a cute lover.」

Hearing the out of place story, the king became confused. Although it should’ve been difficult with the pains from his right hand, strangely enough, he was able to naturally hear her voice.

「That girl, she lost her memories, and I wanted to do something for her.」

Lily’s story continued.

「As you already know, I’m a witch, so you’d ask ‘why not use some memory restoration magic?’, right? However, the result was scattered.」

Lily’s story continued.

「However, instead, I was able to create a new magic. It is called Revert Time magic. It is a magic that causes the target’s time to be reverted by a set interval.」

Lily’s story continued.

「However, there is a flaw. With this magic, it is only possible to revert up to a maximum of five minutes. For that reason, it can’t work to restore memories.」

Lily’s story continued.

「But earlier, I thought of a nice use for this. For example, if I do this—」

Lily raised her left hand. Doing so, the king’s right hand that should have been evaporated, as though time had been rewound— no, time was rewound and it was completely resuscitated.

「If I rewind time only on your right hand, there are no traces remaining, right?」

Covered in a cold sweat, the king breathed heavily as he stared at his right hand. Whether courage is the only thing that he had lots of, with the work over, he glared at Lily.

「You, what are you—」

However, even shouting grudges wasn’t allowed. His newly resuscitated right hand was vaporized again.

「AaaAahhh!!!!」

「Then if I do this, I can repeat this multiple times. …Nevertheless, there is no variation to your screams, how boring.」

Lily regenerated the king’s hand again. Then, this time, she burst the king’s left side from the shoulder.

「Gyi… iiiii!!!!」

「It changed a bit.」

Without smiling, Lily continued the cycle of erasing and recreating.

When the count had passed 50, whether it was because the king’s throat had become dry, the king became unable to cry out.

「…p…pleash, stob… it」

「… (stop)?」

This time, both legs were erased.

The king couldn’t raise any screams, gasping, close to losing consciousness.

「…I beg… of you, please… stop…!」

「Okay.」

Lily stopped her magic. The vaporized legs were left as is.

「Now then, since my resentment has been cleared, let’s have a peaceful discussion. In order to talk, I’ll ease the pain and restore just your throat.」

Lily casually waved her left hand, fixing his throat, while leaving his legs alone.

With his pains fading, he became able to talk, and he lost his grumblings toward Lily quickly.

「Ah, I think you know this, but, if you mistake your words or speech, I’ll erase your fingers one by one, so be careful.」

「…」

「Response?」

「…okay, I understand.」

Satisfied, Lily nodded her head and began the in-name-only unilateral conversation.

「First of all, I shall be taking your two daughters. This is a set decision, so I won’t accept any complaints.」

「…understood.」

「Next, I’ll be taking insurance so that you won’t be coming to take revenge.」

「! Revenge… is something that absolutely will not happen!」

「Maybe for you, but what about your wife, or that fat, fainted noble?」

「…」

「It seems like they have been treating my lover coldly, so punishment is necessary.」

「…How, do you plan to do that?」

「You don’t need to be so defensive. You are going to repent with those lost legs. For your wife, every day and night, she’ll see nightmares through magic. I’ll protect her mind so she can’t go mad.」

「…」

「For the other nobles and servants… okay. If they have any malice, complaints, or criticism toward us, they will forcibly be unable to breathe for two minutes by magic.」

「…That, isn’t that a curse?」

「I will overlook just now. However, yes, it does seem like a curse, doesn’t it.」

「Exactly, what sin have we committed that brings us such a punishment?」

Hearing the king’s doubt, Lily’s atmosphere made a complete one-eighty. They thought that there was some misunderstanding.

「What sin… huh…」

「M-my humblest apologies!」

「…Perhaps, as royalty, you aren’t wrong.」

「…」

「However, that is only one side. As a parent, it is wrong. If you are a parent, don’t you think that you should first think of your child’s happiness?」

「…It is as you say.」

「But, this is also a large sin that you can’t say. If you do say, then—」

Lily stopped there and slightly laughed.

「It might make me angry.」

Lily casually waved both hands.

An innumerable amount of magic circles glittered, exerting its effect on the people working in the castle. Those enraptured with the magic didn’t notice. Again, the king was at a loss for what to do.

However, it was intuitively guessed that this light was not their ally.

Erasing all of the magic, Lily turned her back to the king and left.

—There were no parting words.

(TL note: Sorry for the delay, again… AP tests and other school work took up quite a bit of my time. By the middle of June, I’ll be done with school, so I will be able to work more then.)

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