Chapter 918 – Educating a Tomboy

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＂What are you saying ‘welcome’!＂

Quang! And Cleon’s anger explodes.

I had been patient until now, but after seeing his face, smile, and arrogant attitude, my patience was at its limit.

When he said that out loud without realizing it, the people standing around him all looked at him with surprised expressions, but he felt relieved inside.

One thing that was fortunate was that Cleon wanted to run straight ahead and punch the queen in front of her, but contrary to what she had done so far, Amelia was holding onto Cleon’s body and blocking her.

＂Hey, Cleon! Subsidence! Please calm down!”

“I’m sorry Amelia for stopping you until now! After all, she was the one who couldn’t become the queen of this country!”

“I feel it too, but please don’t say it in front of me…!”

Sasha’s body could not escape Cleon’s strength controlled by Amelia.

The Queen just watched her struggle in place, and she burst out laughing once again.

＂Ahahaha! It looks like you’ve completely gotten used to that body! How was it fun? It was an amazing experience, right? If you think so, please applaud and leave a review♡＂

Dorothea makes a heart with the index and middle fingers of both hands and even winks.

She didn’t reflect on her actions at all, and she didn’t seem to understand why Cleon was angry.

Eventually, Cleon was caught by Amelia and struggled for a moment before asking her out as she gasped for air.

“Why did we do this to our bodies!”

“Because… Well, because it’s fun?”

“Fun…? Just because of that?”

Lila also reacted as if she was shocked by the queen’s question, and the queen put her finger to her chin and pretended to think a little.

“That’s right. Fun. Well… It’s such a fun world, but there’s nothing worse than being serious, right? If you come to the fairy kingdom, you too should have a corresponding experience. If you just wander around this fairy village normally, achieve your goal and return… Won’t it be difficult to make memorable memories?”

“It’s definitely amazing, but… I don’t want to experience something like this again…”

Sasha slumped her shoulders as if she was tired.

Her companions nodded in agreement at Sasha’s words, and Cleon, standing in her place, spoke to Dorothea while adjusting her clothes.

“… Let’s get to the main point. There are several things we must ask of you. You knew that and asked to see us, right?”

Dorothea leans back on her throne and nods her head.

The smile on his lips seemed somewhat satisfied.

“That’s right. I enjoyed your performance, and I even watched you calm down all the demon beasts in the process. Thanks to this, the fairies of Fairy Village were safe, and all the demon beasts were returned to their cages without loss… In the end, it was a perfectly happy ending. A little… ‘Not enough’.”

＂It’s not enough?＂

“That’s right. Our Queen, Her Majesty, has a bit of a bad personality~ Rather than a clean happy ending, she likes a sticky bittersweet ending… Or a sad ending that makes tears flow.”

Opening her mouth as if in agreement with the Queen’s words, is Care Claw, who was sitting to her left.

Her chair is next to the table.

It was located lower than the queen’s chair on the table, so it clearly showed the hierarchical relationship between the two people.

“Please don’t get us caught up in those tastes.”

“I know~ So, humans from the human world.”

As Cleon continued to speak, Dorothea waved her hands as if she was worried and answered Cleon.

“Well… It’s true that you protected our people. I guess I should give him a prize. Tell me what you want “What purpose did you bring to this fairy village?”

At Dorothea’s obedient words, her companions looked a little surprised.

Looking at their attitude just now, it seemed like they would refuse, citing various reasons, even if they asked.

But- a smile appeared on her lips.

That smile still contained something ominous.

“… First of all, it’s our bodies. Please return it to its original state.”

＂Eh~? Do you want to go back to the way it was? “I ended up in someone else’s body?”

“Of course… If I stay like this for too long, I’ll even forget the desire to return to my original body!”

When Lila raises her voice in anger at Dorothea’s whining, she responds by smiling.

＂Are you okay? That? She was going to forget who she was anyway. If you go there. You can live your life thinking that you lived in that body from the beginning. What’s the problem? Did you hear the explanation about the demonic beasts in this country? It’s the same as that.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! They became like that because you forcibly took away their names, memories, and appearances!”

When Cleon raised his voice in response to Dorothea’s distorted sensibility, Dorothea responded by tilting her head.

“Okay? But, you humans always live with the desire to be ‘a different version of yourself’ rather than ‘your current self’, right? I just made your wish come true.”

＂What is that…＂

“I don’t know? What changed your soul… Is the magic that manifested the desire, ‘If I were that guy~’.”

Dorothea’s answer must have made her companions, except for Cleon, feel something.

She was clenching her fist and turning her head.

＂You guys…＂

Cleon must have looked a little surprised when he saw the group.

After all, he would never have dreamed that everyone except him was thinking that.

“Well, of course, it’s not that I haven’t thought about that, but… That doesn’t mean it’s always like that!”

Lila shook her head as she answered.

“That’s right. Of course, I have admired other people… Cleon… But I have never wanted to be anything other than myself.”

“Ah… I know. Everyone longs for something they don’t have. Dorothea. You just expanded and interpreted it and cast a spell on us as you please…”

At Cleon’s answer, Dorothea gave a stiff smile that seemed a little surprising.

Of all the expressions I saw on her face when I came here today, it was the most awkward.

＂Huh… Really? What. If you say so. It’s a shame. I thought about mixing it up one more time.”

＂Really stop…＂

Cleon could not help but tremble as he listened to her horrifying words.

Boom!

The next moment, she swung a stick that I don’t know where she got it from, and the entire group was once again engulfed in the same smoke that had enveloped them when they first fell into this fairy incense.

＂Cough… Cough… Why is this smoke coming out…!”

Since it is a magic that changes the soul and body, there is no need for smoke.

＂It’s that kind of directing.＂

Soon, as the wind blew and her smoke passed by, Cleon could see that her eye level had returned to its familiar position.

No, to be precise, it’s probably because she returned to her original body.

＂Do, I’m back…＂

Amelia also breathed a sigh of relief, and the other members of the group also looked at their own bodies, happy that she had returned to her original body.

“Huh, my back doesn’t hurt. My body is light!”

“Now, wait a minute, Lila!? When you say that, it makes me feel like I’m heavy!”

Of all of them, the happiest one was probably Lila.

Well, it’s not wrong.

“What do you think, brother? The two mistakes I made… Do you understand now?”

At that time, Careclaw quietly asked Cleon a question.

The words he said to her at that time came to mind.

‘This was done by a fairy, a resident you manage.’

Of course, that’s what he said, and Careclaw said there were two things wrong with what he said.

“… What changed our bodies wasn’t the ‘residents’ you ‘manage’. You were the ‘Fairy King’ who received ‘orders’.”

When Cleon answered like that, Care Claw turned his eyes into crescent moons and smiled.

It was a smile that seemed somewhat creepy.

＂What are you talking about?＂

“No, Your Majesty! “I’ve played with a human over there with a bit of a mystery.”

Dorothea showed interest in the story between Careclaw and Cleon, but Careclaw shook his head as if it was nothing to the fairy king.

“What. Good. So? Have you finally reached the starting point after returning to your original body?”

“Okay. We came to Fairy Village… For three purposes.”

＂Three purposes… You guys are greedy. But don’t worry, I like greedy people. “Tell me.”

Dorothea nodded her head with an expression of interest at Cleon’s words.

“First, the most important thing. … There is a human girl who came to this fairy village a little before us. A girl with black hair… Her name is ‘Nagi’.”

＂A girl named Nagi… Ah! You’re talking about that cute girl!”

Cleon answered her name, Nagi, as if he knew who she was.

＂Did you know…!＂

“That’s right, I can tell right away when a human comes to this fairy village. It must have been a few hours before you arrived… She came into her fairy scent. She spoke to him because she felt sorry for the child who was confused and didn’t know what had happened. Although she was a little wary of me, she followed suit and said she would take me to a safe place.”

Dorothea speaks while pressing and rotating the stick she holds in her hand against her temple, as if slowly recalling her memories.

Sasha was shocked by her bizarre posture, and Lila frowned.

＂So… I took the child to the city where you could see the huge tent that you also visited… And helped him take a walk around. He liked it at first.”

＂… At first?＂

“Okay. But after passing the circus, I came to this castle, this room, and as soon as I heard an important story about fairies and their roles, my expression became distorted. Why is it that the king, who is supposed to protect his people, is making them a laughing stock? It’s a laughing stock, isn’t it? I’ve never done that before. Rather, they just forgave him by giving him a new role… Right, Careclaw~?”

“Yes~. Of course~＂

＂…＂

At the question and answer between the two fairies, Cleon felt somewhat uneasy.

However, rather than trying to stop them from talking, listening to Nagi’s story came first.

＂So I felt embarrassed… Without even realizing it. Bean! I did it.”

＂… Hah?＂

Cleon was dumbfounded as he watched Dorothea close one of her eyes, stick out her tongue slightly, and say, ‘Miss, my, my, my.’

＂… Soybeans, no way.＂

Amelia also asked a question with a slightly shocked expression.

“Ah, yes! That’s right. I’m talking about the tools used to execute fairies. They took my name, memories, and appearance from me on the spot and turned me into a fox. And I released it into the forest outside the castle. If you do that, Dandelion, who heard the rumor that a demon has appeared, will take care of it.”

＂You…!!!＂

When Cleon became angry and tried to move forward, Dandelion stopped Cleon.

＂Get out of the way!＂

“Joy. On the subject of a human being without a weapon…”

Before Dandelion finished speaking, Cleon swung his fist.

Quang! With a sound, Cleon’s fist wielding black lightning strikes Dandelion’s abdomen.

It seemed like there was a louder sound than when Amelia swung her hammer.

This time, there was no one to stop him.

Dandelion, who received the blow, flew backwards sharply while making a ‘whooping’ sound, hitting the table where Dorothea was sitting and falling limp.

＂Eh! Dandelion!? In one blow!?”

Dorothea stands up from her throne in astonishment, as if she cannot believe what is happening before her eyes, and Cleon approaches the table without stopping.

“For a moment! Oh, okay, calm down! Because I was wrong!”

Dorothea, embarrassed by Cleon’s advances, comes down from her throne and hides herself behind her throne.

Meanwhile, she was asking Cleon to stop.

＂Put it back to its original state right now!＂

“Okay, I got it! If I get hurt, there will be no one who can bring that child back?!”

Dorothea nodded her head at Cleon’s words.

“Ah… Poor Dandelion.”

Care Claw was somehow relaxed, shaking his head as he looked at the fallen Dandelion.

Cleon listens to Dorothea’s answer, takes a deep breath, and takes a step back.

However, black lightning was still generating sparks in his tightly clenched fist.

＂Hehe… People are so scary these days… ＂

As Dorothea said this, she carefully returned to her throne and sat down.

“Hmm… If you grant ‘pardon’ in the name of the Fairy King to the fairies who have turned into magical beasts, their sins will be forgiven, and they will be able to regain their original appearance, memories, and names. Even that kid named Nagi can do it.”

And Dorothea speaks while carefully observing Cleon’s feelings.

Where did that initial leisure go?

If I knew it would be like this, I wish it would have been like this from the beginning.

“Therefore. If you bring that child to me, I will personally pardon the child. “This is enough, right?”

＂You should go together…! “You did it!”

“Well, I’d like to, but I’m also a king… I have things to do… That’s right! We need an execution platform on all four sides, so this place has to be it! We’ll be waiting for you, making the necessary preparations! So don’t scream like that…”

In response to Cleon’s scolding, Dorothea responds with a trembling voice.

Looking at her like that, Cleon kept his mouth shut for a bit, then turned around and walked away.

“You… Don’t run away… And when Nagi returns to his normal form, apologize properly.”

＂Okay, I said I understood? Phew…”

Dorothea patted her chest as if she was a little disappointed at Cleon’s retreat.

“Then. I went to pick up Nagi… Before coming back. One more thing.”

＂Huh!? What else!? “

As Cleon continues, Dorothea asks a question in astonishment.

＂Vivre.＂

As the words come out of Cleon’s mouth, Dorothea flinches and trembles, and she looks into Cleon’s eyes.

In it, ‘doubt’ was mixed with ‘perplexity’.

“There is a demonic beast we brought here. I left it to Ninianne for a while for the performance, but…”

“Ah, ah… If that’s the case, Ninianne will still be with you now…”

She said, “She was going to bring him back here, but considering she’s going to have to go out and live like a circus, she better not do that. “We’ll take him with us.”

“What!? Really!? Are you really going to do that!?”

Dorothea jumped up after hearing Cleon’s words! She stood up from her throne and looked at Cleon.

Cleon and her companions felt a little surprised by her expression, as if they had just met their savior.

＂Oh my.＂

Careclaw also looked a little surprised.

＂Hey, yay! Well, if you do that, of course I agree! Whew, whew… I was surprised because I thought they were going to leave it here…”

“… Buvre was originally a fairy named Melyujin, right? You… Did something happen to her?”

Cleon questions Dorothea’s suspicious attitude, but Dorothea closes her mouth and shakes her head.

No matter how I looked at it, it seemed like there was some connection, but it seemed like he had no intention of answering.

“Let’s go, Cleon. Let’s quickly return Nagi to her original form, find the water fairy, and leave this place.”

＂… Ah.＂

Cleon answered like that and tried to leave the council room with his party.

At that time.

＂Oppa~?＂

Cleon turned around when he heard Careclaw’s voice calling him.

Then, Care Claw spoke with the same smile on his face as before.

“I’m sorry, but that’s still ‘one thing’.”

She said that clearly.