Chapter 272
It’s a strange ceiling.
This time it’s a really strange ceiling.
No, it’s not the ceiling in the first place.
It looks like a silk tent.
what is this.
Why is the bed so wide?
I got up and looked around.
It’s a strange ceiling, though.
The room is not unfamiliar.
“… … .”
This, I think, is Charlotte’s bedroom?
Once inside, the landscape of the room was familiar to the eye and was instantly recognizable.
I think I was sleeping on Charlotte’s huge canopy bed now.
“Hey, you woke up!”
Then, Charlotte, who had seen me get up from a distance, hugged me almost as if throwing herself away.
The bed is wide.
It looks like he was watching me from the bedside, but he had to get up on the bed and kick himself to reach me.
“Uh, uh… … . uh. huh.”
“are you okay. Do you have any pain anywhere? Are your eyes or hands okay? huh?”
“Uh, uh… … . huh. I think it’s okay.”
“thank god… … . thank god… … .”
I wasn’t worried about getting sick, but I didn’t expect it to be fine, but unlike the last time I was strengthening my magic, my physical condition was almost perfect. Charlotte said she was holding me, then she dropped slightly and she looked at me.
Charlotte was in tears.
“thank god. I’m so glad, Reinhardt.”
“uh… … . hmm. uh. okay. are you okay?”
“huh. are you okay.”
Charlotte shed tears and hugged me again.
Charlotte didn’t criticize or say anything else.
He just hugged me as if he was glad that I was safe and didn’t say anything for a while.
At first, I thought it was a bit of a whimper.
“Black… … . ugh… … . ugh… … .”
As she cried little by little, Charlotte sobbed, probably feeling overwhelmed. I didn’t know what to do, so I patted her on the back.
“Yeah, but… … . All good. Didn’t this happen to me once or twice?”
“Ugh, ugh… … . huh… … .”
“It’s been a few days since I passed out, and a little bit about how things are going… … . I want to know.”
Due to my nature of passing out whenever I do something as if there is an unfamiliar ceiling quota system, the thing I was most curious about when I woke up was how things were going.
First of all, waking up in the princess’s bedroom, the situation itself was unusual.
“Now, wait a minute… … .”
Charlotte must have thought that the first thing to do was to stop crying. Charlotte asked, her eyes wide open, covering her own eyes.
“… … Have you ever been swollen?”
“… … Are you going to pour it?”
uh. To be honest, I was already swollen.
Pouring is also up to the person. he can pour Charlotte lowered her hand to cover her eyes.
“Not much time has passed. Work was the other day, and now it’s Friday. You’re in my bedroom… … . It was so that others would not know that you were in my palace.”
I passed out on Wednesday, so I skipped Thursday and went to Friday.
“Fortunately, it rained heavily and there was a heavy thunderstorm, so what happened at that time is unknown. People and surveillance magic and everything have been bitten, so only you, me, and Sir Tana know what happened. Although the palace was badly damaged… … . You don’t have to worry about that.”
Saviolin Tana took over what I had done. However, neither Charlotte nor Tana will know what really happened.
“I thought it would be better to keep your presence a secret, so I was sleeping in my bedroom. Treatment is… … . Though it’s a little dangerous, I thought about calling a priest… … . I wrote the elixir.”
“… … Elixir?”
“huh.”
If it’s an elixir, is it the elixir I’m thinking of?
As far as I know, that must be a national treasure with few bottles in the Empire. Isn’t it just a concept like a potion?
Somehow, my body was too fine.
“Can I use that carelessly?”
“… … Why is this careless?”
Those words were strangely moving.
“And Sir Tana brought it, not me.”
cancel the impression.
If it was Chanafell’s leader, he could have brought a bottle of elixir and said he would use it.
By the way, I’m fine, but will the nobleman be okay? Looking at Charlotte’s reaction, I think it’s okay.
-Your Highness, may I come in?
As soon as the words came out, Saviolin Tana’s voice was heard from beyond the door. Charlotte looked at me.
It seems to be a sign asking if it’s okay to let them in.
what.
He owns the room, so why is he asking for my permission?
I feel weird!
I nodded, and when Charlotte called out that she was welcome to come in, Saviolin Tana, dressed in a uniform, entered Charlotte’s bedroom.
“… … You woke up.”
“Ah, yes.”
She didn’t express anything as she watched me sitting on Charlotte’s bed, unconcerned.
Both Charlotte and Tana must have had many questions about me.
How did you get Tiamata, what happened after you passed out, etc.
She brought a chair and sat down by the bed.
… … far.
I’m sitting next to you because of the location, but I’m far away. Charlotte, who was sitting next to me, also scratched her cheek.
“… … I need to change the bed.”
Bed too big and uncomfortable.
I also found out why Charlotte experienced a new world in her dorm bed.
“I don’t even feel sick, but let’s sit around and talk.”
I got out of bed and sat down on the sofa.
Charlotte sat at the head of the table, and Tana and I sat across from each other.
“First of all, I want to say thank you, Reinhardt. I don’t know the details. On that day, you saved not only me but also Her Highness.”
Even if the palace was damaged under the circumstances, Saviolin Tana would not have known that he had been overpowered in battle that day. If so, she probably wouldn’t have been in her own palace like her Charlotte.
would have made a false report. At Tana’s words, Charlotte also looks at me to see if she has come to her senses.
“I didn’t even say hello properly. Thank you so much, Reinhardt.”
Charlotte smiles at me.
It wasn’t the grotesque, eerie smile that Charlotte, who was consumed by power, showed.
okay.
I hoped that Charlotte would continue to show that smile.
Awakening the spirit is secondary.
It wasn’t for strength, it was for Charlotte.
“Before you ask me anything, I want to know the situation.”
I stare at Charlotte.
“Is your problem solved?”
I have awakened the spirit.
He ordered the thing that controlled Charlotte’s body to disappear.
Is that really gone?
Rather than explaining something, I wanted to know it first. Charlotte had an ambiguous expression.
“I don’t know. But yesterday it was fine… … . that… … . I have a feeling that is hard to put into words. I must say that it is difficult to endure. Should I say that something is eating me? Anxiety, a sense of crisis, something like that haunted me at night. It’s gone. suddenly.”
“What about the ability itself?”
“It remains.”
The anxiety is gone. I don’t know if that’s enough, but it must mean that Charlotte’s safety is secured right now.
The power itself to deal with shadows remains. that’s the anxiety factor. Charlotte was reluctant to use her abilities, so she didn’t show them.
Now I understand why Charlotte hated her abilities. Who would love the power she’s preying on herself.
“okay. I’ll have to watch the situation for now, but it’s clear that something has changed with Her Highness. To say that we did something with divine power, we tried everything that could be done with divine power as well as magic. But none of that worked.”
Both Tana and Charlotte look at me.
“Reinhardt. What have you been doing?”
language.
It has already become my strength.
So that will be revealed in the physical scan.
“Anyway, it seems my psychic powers have gotten a little stronger.”
It was clear that it would be judged to be an overly dangerous power, but since it couldn’t be hidden in the first place, I had no choice but to tell the truth.
* * *
I roughly explained the situation.
The first thing I explained was Tiamata’s case.
A sword with evil powers brought from the Dark Land.
It was easy to talk about it because Charlotte already knew about it. She said that an object supposed to be a demon’s sacred object had become incompletely soul-bonded with it, and after some judgment, she tried to do something about it, she purified it, and it turned into Tiamata.
I left out the story that there is no distinction between the demon and the main god. They just said that Tiamata was in a corrupted state.
In the process, I had no choice but to bring up the story of Olivia Ranze.
Both Tana and Charlotte were taken aback by my words.
That Tiamata could be corrupted, and I was chosen for it.
“this… … . It was a complex matter to explain, so we had to keep it a secret.”
“… … I must have.”
“This is a matter that will turn the religious world upside down… … .”
It took quite a while for both of them to come out of the shock.
In any case, the result was the result, so neither of them argued about the issue. As if she could alleviate her worries about the demon’s holy relic that suddenly disappeared, Charlotte thanked her for telling me.
and superpowers.
It’s because I can’t realize the concept of eonryong on my own. A bit vaguely explained.
She also described her fight over something that controlled her.
When I shouted to disappear, it really disappeared.
There was only one logic.
“You think you can use autosuggestion on others?”
“Otherwise, the situation cannot be explained.”
Suggestions made by oneself can be applied to others as well.
Eonryeong is a concept that is not very different from that.
Although I know that if self-suggestion is a power that is manifested through belief, the word spirit is a slightly different concept that is manifested through a command or declaration.
“The answer is… … . Was it a superpower?”
Superpowers are explained by the word ‘anyway’.
It cannot be explained, and the miracles it causes are expressed with logic that does not exist in the world.
That’s why solving Charlotte’s problem, which couldn’t be solved in any way, is understandable even if you can’t understand it.
It’s hard for Tana to accept the reality that this absurd situation has made sense, but in the end, she looks like she’s found an exit after wandering through hell.
“That means… … . It turns out that you are the only one who can cure Her Highness’ condition.”
“… … Maybe.”
First of all, Charlotte’s condition, which was gradually encroaching, has been fine, but no one knows what will happen later. I am the only hedge against the situation.
Is it like being Charlotte’s personal doctor?
But Charlotte’s expression was serious.
“It is a very dangerous ability. As much as I can, no, rather more than me.”
The evolution of autosuggestion.
Being applicable not only to oneself but also to others, the danger in itself has become so strong.
Self-suggestions and linguistic spirits did not even appear in the original work.
So I don’t know what this power can do. The spirit of the language that has blossomed right now may not be absolute, but if the level of ability gradually rises. Unbelievable things may be possible.
Of course, Charlotte didn’t think that my powers were dangerous and that she should get rid of me.
“I don’t know how your abilities will be measured, but I’ll instruct the Temple to keep your new powers a secret.”
In order to protect myself, the new power was to be kept strictly secret. I kept Temple’s mouth shut, and even if he knew, only Mr. Epinhauser would have known the true nature of my ability.
Actually, it was a dangerous ability, and if you look at the fight yesterday, I was able to subdue Charlotte, whom Saviolin Tana could not subdue.
Of course, the actual situation was a little different from that. If Saviolin Tana had Tiamata, or if there was a high-ranking paladin, the story might have been a little different.
In many ways, she fought in the worst condition against an opponent with whom she had a bad match.
New abilities are kept secret. It was clear that it would be better. Tana seemed to have other thoughts.
“How about making Reinhardt stay at the Spring Palace?”
We’re not sure if Charlotte’s condition has really improved. I don’t know when something will happen, so I, the only person who can take action, stays in the Spring Palace and lives with Charlotte.
It might not look good externally, but since the princess’s life depended on it, the emperor wouldn’t object.
“no. No matter how much he hides it, Reinhardt is of the same class as Bertus. If you live like that, Bertus will find out about this someday, and then Reinhardt will be in danger.”
“… … I guess so.”
Charlotte was putting my safety first.
The fact that I saved Charlotte and the battle the day before yesterday were not known was probably because I thought that Bertus might try to get rid of me, aside from the reward I would receive if it was known that I saved Charlotte.
Bertus probably didn’t even know that I was in the imperial palace.
“In the first place, does Bertus know your condition?”
“I don’t know the details. But you know I won’t live long.”
It would be rather strange that Bertus did not know about this situation.
You don’t need to keep your opponent in check. That’s why there seems to be very little fighting between the two lately.
But I saved Charlotte’s life. She thought that it would collapse on its own, so the person who drew her attention was resurrected.
If I knew this, I would be dead to Bertus.
So Charlotte made the pretty bold choice of sleeping me in her bedroom. It’s dangerous for Bertus to find out that I’m here.
“but… … . At this point, only Reinhardt can guarantee Her Highness’ safety.”
She had no choice but to admit that she couldn’t protect Charlotte, and that the imperial family couldn’t do anything either.
There is no place in the world where Charlotte is safe. Only with me by my side can Charlotte be safe.
“We should go back to the temple. also.”
“… … .”
I can’t live in the imperial city.
So eventually Charlotte had no other option than to come back to Temple and live in the dorms with me.
Saviolin Tana finally nodded, knowing that it was the best choice for Charlotte as well as for me.
* * *
It’s only one day.
Neither Tana nor Charlotte thought that things would be all right from now on as nothing had happened for a day.
“Reinhardt.”
“Yes, Sir Tana.”
“About this, I will keep a secret from everyone else. I must report to His Majesty.”
“… … .”
“Apart from my personal allegiance, only then can I convince Her Highness that her condition has improved. To Your Highness… … . Because you will find that some action is no longer necessary.”
Charlotte looks at me.
It was an expression full of regret. Saviolin Tanna is not Charlotte’s, but the Emperor’s. She is responsible for the safety of the princess for now, but in the end her master is the emperor.
There shouldn’t be any secrets that haven’t been told even to the emperor. After all, this is also necessary for Charlotte.
Things have been tangled and twisted, and now, as the prince of the demon realm, I have come to a point of contact with the emperor.
“it’s okay.”
“I will do my best to ensure that you are not in danger. I swear on my honor.”
Oath of the continent’s strongest. She would risk her own life if I were to be in danger by this.
An oath on her honor would be like that.
“Not only Your Highness, but you saved my life too.”
She suddenly lowered her head.
“For that, thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
“Uh, what… … . this. I’m not going to do this… … .”
Her bowed face showed sincere gratitude.
Saviolin Tana left, saying that she would report the detailed circumstances she found out to the emperor.
Only me and Charlotte were left in the bedroom. Charlotte brought her tea set and she handed me a cup as she skillfully brewed her tea by herself.
“I didn’t think about Bertus when I brought you to the imperial castle. Because I didn’t have to.”
Charlotte thought she was going to die soon. She must have thought that she didn’t mind if Bertus found out that she had invited me to the Spring Palace. After all, it doesn’t matter who the rival is, whose value has disappeared.
“Reinhardt. To put it bluntly, the fact that you saved me will have a bad effect on you.”
It was your mistake that saved me.
Charlotte said it bluntly. She looked at Charlotte with a sad smile, and I narrowed my brows.
“I don’t need to say anything like that.”
“… … .”
“I will do this again the next time something like this happens.”
At my words, Charlotte seemed taken aback. I look at Charlotte, who is still holding a teacup with a smile.
“how is it. In the end, it was as I said.”
I told Charlotte that I would save you.
When asked how, he said he would do something.
Anyone can say that, Charlotte gave a pessimistic answer.
But in the end I saved Charlotte. Charlotte looked at the teacup with a blank expression for a moment, then she gave a small nod of her head.
“Yes… … . Sorry. Because I don’t trust you.”
“From now on, when I say something, just think it is. I’m not wrong. Because I am absolutely right.”
At my bullshit, Charlotte looked at me and smiled broadly.
“Yes, I will trust you. continue in the future.”
I was embarrassed because I didn’t know that such an answer would come out.
Charlotte took a sip of the tea, and I also took a sip of the milk tea she had made.
“Anyway, I don’t know what will happen in the future, but now that I’m alive, Bertus will try to find a reason. Even if it doesn’t actually harm me, I’ll be vigilant again. therefore. It must not be known that you were in the Spring Palace. Fortunately, I’ve erased your entry and exit records. Few people have seen you, so Bertus will still not know who was here or what happened.”
“… … That’s good.”
“therefore. You must not leave the imperial castle.”
I couldn’t help but bewildered by that sound.
No, they said I can’t live in the Spring Palace. Does the fact that you shouldn’t leave the imperial castle mean that you should stay here after all?
Did you lie to Saviolin Tana?
Charlotte laughed bashfully, as if she knew what I was talking about.
“Idiot, you know that.”
The place where Charlotte pointed with her chin was the bedroom wall.
secret passage.
There is a warp gate installed underground.
“If you go out there and connect to the gate in the ecliptic, you should be able to go there. You know that the gate has strict surveillance on the incoming side, but poor monitoring on the exit side, right?”
The way to get out of the castle without anyone knowing, it was in Charlotte’s bedroom.
“And this.”
Charlotte went somewhere in the room, opened the magic safe there, and handed something to me.
It was a small golden brooch.
“What is this?”
“Isn’t the gate bi-directional?”
“… … yes?”
“If you can go out, that means you can come in, right?”
Charlotte showed me how to operate the brooch. It seemed to be activated by opening the brooch and pressing a switch or something.
“Activate this brooch and pass through any warp gate within the ecliptic, and it will connect you to the warp gate under the Palace of Spring.”
“… … .”
Charlotte put it in my hand and took my hand.
Charlotte’s hands were shaking slightly.
“me… … . I’m giving you something that can come into my bedroom now… … . whenever. without anyone knowing can come in… … .”
Charlotte’s face was red, and her voice was shaking even more.
It won’t be something you can give to just anyone.
No, is it an item that has been given to someone?
This was no different than a secret key that could infiltrate the imperial castle without anyone knowing.
“What does this mean… … . okay?”
Charlotte couldn’t even look at me properly.
“You believe in me that much?”
“… … .”
Charlotte stares at me.
Lips were sticking out.
“Yes, whenever I call you, I will come and help you whenever you need me.”
Charlotte looked out the window for a while with her arms crossed, slightly hunched over.
It looked like red water was about to drip from his face.
“This gift… … . don’t throw it away.”
Charlotte says so in a trembling voice. Are you thinking about what I said before passing out?
To be honest, I couldn’t remember what I said because I was about to lose consciousness at that time.
“of course.”
In return for throwing away the gift Charlotte had given her when she had a premonition of parting.
I was given as a gift something that would allow me to meet Charlotte at any time.
