Chapter 113 – Episode 112. Way Back (6)
Veracien, I don’t know if she really is a succubus.
She didn’t bother revealing her identity, but at least from her conversations she came and went, she knew very well that Vera Shien was the culprit.
“Tell me more about what a succubus is.”
Leopold’s words suddenly turned blue.
Now you have the courage to face your feelings.
I got the courage to sit face to face, talk honestly, and share a drink.
I did.
Asti is lying down like this with her eyes closed.
Only one hour a day could she be with her.
When she opened her eyes, she was Leopold, who never left her side even for a moment, not wanting to leave her side until she found me.
Azdabarca was depressed by Leopold’s spirit.
“Succubus, succubus is… “
She waited patiently for Ajda Barca to answer.
After a really long, long silence that she felt, Ajda Barka finally opened her mouth.
“It is a demon that handles dreams. Due to her ability to manipulate dreams, she is known to wield very adept witchcraft when it comes to sleep. It is said that a high-ranking succubus can force a target to fall asleep and control their dreams at will.”
“Can you wake me up?”
“I don’t know that far. But I think it’s possible. Because they are such demons.”
The answer came out.
Leopold nodded lightly and stood up.
—Precisely, I tried to stand up.
– Smart.
“Someone?”
Someone knocked on Astrid’s tightly closed door.
A knock sound that feels a bit different from an ordinary knock, and feels urgency.
The interval between knock sounds is very short.
– Your Highness, I have something to report to you.
“Wait a minute.”
Isn’t it the room where the grown-up daughter is lying?
Unable to tell him to come in, Wolfgang opened the door himself and left.
“A dream, a dream… Then, now, Asti can’t wake up like this… “
No.
Something takes
Then what the hell is it that can wake up for an hour a day.
Even though the front and back of the story seem to mesh well, they are subtly out of sync.
Leopold touched his chin and thought deeply.
And then—
“Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
Asti’s visit opened.
Wolfgang, who had gone out to hear the story, opened the door with a stiff face, entered again, and at the same time called for Leopold.
“What is it, Archduke? With such a devastated expression.”
It is unlikely that anything greater than this will happen to Leopold.
Could anything bigger than this happen?
“What is it, Wolfgang? Your face is ugly.”
It seemed that Leopold was not the only one who felt that way.
Weizik, who was sitting next to Leopold, was also looking at Wolfgang with a puzzled expression.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
“Tell me, Archduke.”
“… The academy is said to be under attack by monsters.”
At the same time, a chilly silence settled inside the room.
*
“Oh, no matter how I look at it, the young lady is very strong.”
The Koh Pang Logistics Center is in the middle of a busy day as well.
In the meantime, the worst of the worst was that it was kimchi-making season, so there were so many boxes of pickled cabbage that half of the people I went to work with in the morning had already run away.
By this point, she is getting tired of her.
“Eat and do, eat and eat.”
The morning has already run out of unloading the endless incoming logistics.
She was in the drop off group in the morning, but after lunch she will now go into the loading group.
‘It’s terrible, really.’
But there is nothing more comfortable and comfortable for her than this.
You don’t have to look at anyone, you just have to do what you’re told to do.
“What’s for today’s side dish?”
“It’s my sixth. I don’t know what’s going on.”
She took off her work gloves, the coating of which had come off in places, and slipped them into her back pocket before she straightened her back.
When I hear other people talk about it, they say that it makes a loud sound and cools down, but she doesn’t have that and doesn’t really make a sound.
The lunch side dish was pork stir-fry.
It must be that they receive a large amount of cheap pork and stir-fry it, but that’s somewhere.
And beside it, she put tongs full of something resembling a salad of shredded cabbage on her plate.
Drizzle ketchup and mayonnaise.
Because she likes this salad.
– You said to eat some salad.
– I can’t keep doing that.
Her voice came from somewhere again.
But the voice she kept hearing even when she was working, she decided not to care anymore.
But it feels strange.
She felt like she was forgetting something.
The people who are messing around in this restaurant are also unfamiliar at some point.
Even those who greeted her every time she came, whose face suddenly brightens when she comes, feel unfamiliar.
This place,
It feels strange.
“My, my name is… “
What was it
A sudden confusion arose.
She stood there blankly, feeling as if she might not remember something, as if something would pop up in her head.
“Hey, what are you doing? Stand with a plate.”
Someone tapped her on the shoulder, and when she turned to her side, it was the man who had brought her this morning.
As she stood there blankly holding the tray, the people coming from behind her started to be pushed along as well, and the murmur grew louder and louder.
“Oh, no… No. Sorry.”
She hurriedly grabs a spoon and heads to the table.
When you sit down at the table and take a bite of rice, there is literally no flavor at all, just the smell of white rice.
“What are you talking about today?”
“That’s right. What are you doing after work today?”
“I have nothing to do. Shall we go see a movie?”
“What movie? Anything to see?”
“Wouldn’t there be something if I go?”
They must be people belonging to the original office.
Judging from the content of the conversation, it’s probably a couple.
She looked sideways at the man and woman and ate a piece of her meat.
And a bite of salad mixed with ketchup and mayonnaise.
– If you’re not going to eat salad, give it to me. Because I will eat
The voice is getting louder and louder.
A growing voice.
A voice you don’t know who it belongs to.
A voice that grows louder.
– I want you to help me.
– Because only you can help me.
– It’s good, because you’re so good at flirting with men because you were originally a man.
– I know I’m not girly.
– So you’re asking for help.
– Give me the salad, I’ll eat it for you.
– Did you originally like citrus sauce?
– The alcohol… I was weaker than I looked.
– Sweat… It is delicious…
She unknowingly stroked the nape of my neck.
Cold sweat
The nape of her neck, which I touched after finishing her meal, was dripping with sweat.
It’s not even hot.
– Asti, you have changed a lot.
Golden hair shining brilliantly.
– I really can’t imagine being you before.
Blue eyes.
Friendly voice.
“… Leo… Paul, T… “
– My daughter.
A spoon fell on the plate with a sound.
Then even the chopsticks fall with a sound.
– Baaaaa
Like a cassette tape that has been stretched out after being played for a long time.
The man who was eating her next to her seems to have stretched out her words as she asks her.
As if an earthquake had come, the soup kitchen began to shake.
Even though the kitchen is shaking like this, people are eating rice calmly.
– Asti, come back.
– Please, come back to me. Asti.
– This time I tried to be honest with you.
– Come back, come back… Asti.
– Asti!
My name is.
“… Astrid… “
She murmured involuntarily.
“While being—”
*
“Ashley, you can stay here. Protect Her Highness and Asti.”
“I see, Father.”
Wolfgang von Mitterien.
Weizik von Jorgien.
The high nobility of Einhafen has its many privileges and obligations.
Befitting their duty, Wolfgang and Weizik, facing the crisis of a monster invasion in the middle of the academy, hurriedly prepared to head for the capital.
Even if you run as hard as you can, it’s a week.
However, that was a story when it was a wagon, and the period could have been shortened even more than that if it was a rapid march of troops fully prepared.
“Shouldn’t I go too?”
Said Leopold.
But I don’t like it.
It was true that he had to go back in an emergency like this as long as he had a duty as a member of the imperial family, but Wolfgang raised his hand to stop Leopold from doing so.
“Stay here. Please take good care of my daughter, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
I’m happy to say that, though.
However, there is also a justification for killing Veracien directly.
“So far, I will personally capture the succubus brat. It’s enough to interrogate them then. Now that the cause has been identified, it’s time to settle down.”
Weizik patted Wolfgang on the shoulder and said while still looking at Leopold.
“It won’t be a big deal. Even if they are demons, what should they be worried about when Einhafen is still alive and well? I’ll get it sorted out and be back soon, so please take care of my daughter. Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
Even as Wolfgang said that, he looked back at Ashley.
“Ashley, please. Even at the cost of her life, I must protect Her Highness. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Father.”
Ashley bowed her head again.
Even if you don’t say so, it was meant to be.
