Chapter 211 – Stella) Three-Way Confrontation

This episode ends the narrative from Stella’s point of view. From the next episode, the content will be developed again from Kamyu’s point of view.

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“Hey, hehe, I’m sorry, hey, I’m sorry…”

Tok. Knock knock. Tok. To talk.

I constantly take pictures of my eyes with the handkerchief my sister gave me.

“… Who taught you how to wipe away tears like that?”

“Hey, Kamyu-san, whimper, like this, whew, wiped it off.”

“Hey, you seem to be doing well already.”

Embarrassed.

“He is a kind person.
My brother, take care of me like this.”

So I fell in love

After my crying subsided, my sister took her rhyme.

“Stellar.”

“Yes, sister.”

“Only this once.”

“Huh?”

Eyes with dark circles.
My older sister looked down at me with a slight smile.
My sister’s hand wrapped around my cheek was so warm for the first time in a while.
She was always the older sister with cold hands and feet.
As she talks about him, the fever rises.

“Because I will follow you soon.
Be nervous.”

“… Scary.
Look at me.”

Karr karr.
It’s been a while since I lay down with her older sister and talk.

“But, how did you fall in love?”

“Oh, I didn’t like it!
I just want to be okay!”

“That’s it.”

“No, different!
Anyone who sees it will know you’re hooked?!
I’m just kind of likable, and that’s why.”

“Oh~
So, are you going to rush the engagement ceremony?”

“Yeah, that’s because we’re in a dangerous situation.
Mi, I’m going to go ahead and do something like that…”

“Oh~
You didn’t steam it first, did you?”

“Don’t make fun of me~!”

*       *      *

“I will marry him.
Before escaping, they hold a simple engagement ceremony.
I’m done talking to her sister.”

“Your Highness, you are so willing to agree.
I am truly thrilled.”

Her grandfather was overjoyed.

“What about Kamyu-dono?”

“You don’t call me Mr. Pervert Demon any more.
I’m looking around the defenses with Sir Devot.”

“Okay.”

Again and again.

Leaving her grandfather’s room.

Cheeky!

Staff and messengers come and go in and out of Grandpa’s room from time to time.

The enemy’s offensive has slowed down even further, but that was a fleeting moment.
Taking advantage of that gap, we go out.
To do so, prepare, prepare again.
Reconnaissance, reconnaissance.

“I report you.
As a result of Sir Angela’s reconnaissance…”

Leave the report behind and walk.

I have to lead the palace staff to take care of the royal seal, the crown, and various documents.
Things that are very essential and that enemies would be in trouble without.
All in all, without omission.

Again and again.
Bruises.

“Majesty.”

“Miss Marianne.”

Unlike my sister, I am not very religious.
Is it because he’s a wizard?
That’s why the word ‘saint’ doesn’t stick well to me.

“Your Highness, I heard that you accept arranged marriages.”

“Yes it is.”

The news is so fast.

“Could you give me a minute?”

“It is.”

Four escort knights follow me.
Marianne is followed by two escort knights.

A garden in the central palace.

“Stay here for a while.”

Chuck!

Wonderful prostration of escort knights.

“Is it okay if we stand and talk?”

“You mean this, Your Highness?”

Beat, beat, beat. Chuck.

“Why did you ask for an audience?”

Still, the Saint of the Sun who is in the position of religious leader of the allies.
What’s the point of talking squeak, he raises his words.

“Majesty.
Camu’s marriage with him is dangerous.
Please reconsider.”

This.

“Is it because of what they did to you?”

After defeating Nuvacane, High Priestess Philip appeared and wrote the ‘Cup of Truth’.
Hypnosis was released and the appearances showed.
This person is hostile to Kamyu.

“Not just me, but a lot of people.”

“Specifically?”

“Yes?”

At my question, Miss Marianne blankly opens her mouth.

“Specifically, it is a question of who the victims were and what they did.”

“As you know, me and Sir Angela…”

“Sir Angela still serves as lord.”

“Because of the knight’s oath.
Because Sir Angela is stubborn.
But that doesn’t mean Kamyu, that person’s sins will go away.”

“Sir Angela thinks she is atonement for killing the family of Duke Camus.
The damage I received was a single front kick.
Isn’t that why I stopped you then?”

The corners of Miss Marianne’s eyes rose slowly.
To think that her innocent and kind eyes changed like that.
She must be living with her in her heart.

“He hypnotizes civilians and soldiers alike, even in battle, for intrigue.”

“I used it for treatment for my sister.”

“How do I know what hints it contains?!”

“Are you and Sir Angela the only instances of hypnosis you witnessed?
A case of persistent mind manipulation.”

“… I am controlling Lightblinger’s knights and soldiers, as well as Count Abubakr and Sir Thomas Abubakr.”

“If you remove that hypnosis now, we will all die.”

Marianne raises her eyes fiercely.
Her voice also becomes hoarse.

“That is not right!”

“But even for them, we need it now.
The “Us” I mentioned earlier includes them.
Do you think the enemies would believe me if I surrendered because they fought under mind control?
The fight is already in full swing.”

“You mean by using mind-controllers as arrowheads?!”

“Who is using it as an arrow holder?
Didn’t Lord Kamyu himself go out to protect them now?
Didn’t you devise tactics more efficiently than anyone else and lead by example?”

She lightly bites her lower lip.

“And my friend Rebekah…”

“I know that he used mental stabilization magic.”

“I can’t believe it!
Rebekah is stable, but he doesn’t know if it’s manipulation or stability!”

“Yes.
He’s dead, so there’s no way to check.
Then I will ask you.”

I don’t know the exact story of Sister Rebekah.
When Kamyu also talks about that woman, she has terribly sad eyes.
She couldn’t bear to ask, as she could barely hold back her tears.

So she had no choice but to trust him and ask.

“When you watch.
Did Prince Kamyu value her?
Or did you manipulate it and use it as a means?”

“…”

Silence is the answer.
Miss Marianne is an aide to Lord Camus, and someone who has seen her every move by his side.
Looking at how she renewed her magic and how she used Sister Liv, you could guess what kind of magic she used.

“Miss Marianne seems to know the answer herself.”

“She has no way of knowing if her friend’s love for him is sincere.”

“Yes.”

“Is that so?
Is it such a simple matter?
She might have made you fall in love with mind control!”

“I mean, maybe not.
Please refrain from making indiscriminate accusations before figuring out the facts.”

Woo-wook…

She clenched her fist tightly.
I add a word

“You are right.
Whether you manipulate or not, you should be vigilant enough even in suspicious circumstances.
I understand you’re upset.
Thank you for worrying about me.”

“… You’re welcome.
It’s just that there will be no more victims like me.
Something like that happened a while ago.”

“Lately?”

Huh?
Even after being hypnotized at that time?!

“Yes.
A knight named Julien.
That I confessed after being dragged out of the dungeon.”

Ah…
When the story of Julien comes up, a part of my heart becomes heavy.
Because the memory of the first love that has changed is painful.

But that… !

“That was a great move.”

Slap!!

We both looked to the side.

Bubbly.

A golden griffon in a dark blue military uniform.

“Sir Angela.
What’s great about that?”

“It is an act of consideration for Princess Anne.
The man was of low quality, but his behavior was chivalrous.”

“What… Say?”

Chuck.

She stood next to Miss Marianne and me.
She opens her mouth with a characteristic expressionless face.

“Miss Marianne.
You know, because you participated in that interrogation.
The moment he hypnotized me, the knight named Julien was about to tell Princess Anne something that would shock her.”

[It’s me! Julien!
Before enlistment, I confessed to the princess and made a promise…]

Julien pretended to know his sister and tried to bring up stories from his past.

“And during the interrogation, I said there would be a psychological shock.
So I repeatedly urged Princess Anne to leave.”

[Princess Anne.
Could you please leave for a while?]

[From now on, there is a concern that psychological shock will occur during the interrogation process…]

[Princess Mama.
You really have to leave now.]

“It’s the same with Your Highness.”

[No please.
Duke, please let me out.
Preferably even the queen.]

“And indeed, shocking stories came out after that.”

Shortly after her sister left, she confided in vivisection war crimes.

[Where are the children and the virgins?]

[Alberic and… Researchers’ playthings…]

[Removing the cells of the demon special law…
I’ve only heard that it is manufactured by fusing ‘first demon’ cells with dragon cells…
In the lab… A lump of black cells called the ‘seed of the God of Destruction’…]

Etc. Etc.

“Thanks to hypnosis, I got accurate information from the interrogation.
Neither the interrogator nor the listener was hurt.
It was an act worthy of chivalry.”

“The essence of manipulating people does not change.
He has hypnotized before, and he can still hypnotize at any time.
As I bet Sir Julien, he is still a hypnotist.”

“… That’s right.
That guy is dangerous.
I was just talking about the action.
Essentially, the lord is a very dangerous demon hypnotist.”

Angela readily accepted Marianne’s words.
Oops, don’t do this!
I spoke hastily.

“Miss Marianne.
It’s a hypnosis that you can block or break.
Whenever.”

“Just because it can be prevented doesn’t mean it isn’t a crime.”

“Not even planning is not a crime.
It’s not an attempt or a conspiracy.
Miss Marianne.”

Chuck.

I put my hand on my small chest.

“I trust him to hypnotize my sister.
I trust him for stopping the interrogation for me.”

[Bridesmaid…
A substitute to look back on when Anne is sick…]

Fuck! Dump.

[The hypnosis broke at the last minute.
There was no other way than to stun him.
Sorry.]

“Because she didn’t want her sister and me to get hurt.
He’s a demon, but he’s a warm person.
Can’t you look at that heart?”

Up

Marianne biting her molars.

“Marriage to a demonic hypnotist?
It’s a risky decision.
Don’t Sir Angela think so?”

“…”

“… Sir Angela?”

Angela still has a blunt face.
The only difference is that she avoids Marianne’s eyes and looks at the tree next to her.

“Angela…”

“I will stop you.”

“… Yes?”

“I beg your pardon?”

Neither I nor Miss Marianne understand the language.

Hard.

Sir Angela quietly clenched her fists.

“… I will stop the lord.
I will stop the lord and advise him not to misuse hypnosis.
I won’t do anything stupid.”

Still Sir Angela is looking at her tree.

“So, Marianne, please think about what and for whom the hypnotic magic was performed.”

“Look me in the eyes and talk, Sir Angela.”

“…”

“Could you check her mental barrier, just in case?”

… Nod

The white light extending from Miss Marianne’s hand wrapped around Sir Angela’s head and disappeared.

“Nothing wrong…”

Sir Angela now looked straight into Miss Marianne’s eyes.

“What I said is sincere.
Please think of Marianne as well.”

“… You are very stubborn.
Do you still serve that demon as your lord?”

“I made a decision with my heart, and I made an oath with my own mouth.
The lord is the lord.”

Miss Marianne let out a small sigh.

“Your Highness?”

“The engagement is this evening.
Attendance is free.”

You can’t stop me.

“… All right.”

The die is cast.

“I know your heart, Miss Marianne.
But I’ll try walking him.
He is the most responsible man.
I don’t break my promise.
So you’re getting engaged.
With his mouth, he will swear he will love me.”

Just like I promised my sister that I would save her sister.
I trust he will keep his promise.

“He keeps his promise.
If you choose to love me, you will love me.”

So get married
I risked my life and country luck myself.