chapter 22
22-estrus
Less.
Less.
I don’t know what principle it uses to make sound. Every time the black knight moved, the sound of armor could be heard.
It was clearly a knight surrounded by shadows, to be exact.
But everyone in this place, including me, was feeling it. That the article was about Kael.
However, that strength was nothing compared to Kael. It could have been slightly lower than the current me, or even equal.
“Everything, you! What kind of woman did you bring?”
It was Lucia who burst into the earthen pot of the Demon King’s army’s Necromancers at the forefront. Even she didn’t seem to have seen her necromancer change in that way.
There was a reason Cecil was able to fight the two forces on an equal footing by herself. Resurrecting a dead guy, but strengthening it. The more they fought, the more the opponent was at a disadvantage.
“…”
Kael, who had been standing still, started to walk out, and grabbed the artificial holy sword that had exploded from her sword body.
At the same time, a bizarre sound was made and a contaminated demonic sword was created.
Kael seemed to be satisfied as she inserted her sword into the scabbard that had formed on her back. She started to stand still again.
“Why is that?”
Let’s look at Cecile. She tilted her head, narrowing her eyes.
Still, the glowing brand was stuck in her eyes.
“Angelica.”
“Yes?”
“I will ask the emperor for an explanation.”
“Eh?”
After giving Angelica a pat on the shoulder, she left the system with Alice and Cecil.
If it stayed as it was, Lucia and Cecil looked like they would fight each other any minute.
If they had waited until morning, there was a possibility that they would try to capture Cecil by mobilizing the soldiers of the temple in the island.
‘The saintess and the necromancer…They are like water and oil.’
Lucia and those at the scene will testify that Kael started the fight first. Angelica will fully explain the rest.
In addition, if the emperor’s personality,
After asking to summon Kael, she could have wanted a fight. Or try to fight me.
‘Because I’m a huge battle fanatic.’
In many ways, getting out of the system seemed best for now. There were also guys who turned on the lights in their eyes to embrace me.
‘Now that I’ve seen the previous battle, it won’t come as nicely as before.’
It was already late, and Cecil’s soldiers were automatically pulling the carriage.
Because of the fatigue from the battle, I tried to close my eyes.
Dumb-.
Dumb-.
As soon as I closed my eyes, the sound of the vibration automatically opened my eyes.
As if it wasn’t much of a problem for Alice, she was sleeping on my lap.
“Heh…hehehe.”
Let’s brush her hair a few times to see if she’s having a happy dream. Showed a smile
After stroking her hair a few times, Cecile abruptly stuck her head in.
“Master.”
“Why is that?”
“…Me too, please.”
He looked like he wanted to stroke her hair. Since Cecile pushed her every day to do this or that, she tried to raise her hand without thinking too much about it.
However, Cecile showed a slightly different appearance than usual. The fact that he couldn’t meet me with a reddened face somewhere… He looked as if he was ashamed.
Even so, he stroked Cecil’s head, who was struggling in her own way. Every day, when you ask them to do it together, when do you do what they ask you to do? The way she bowed her head was cute.
“Cecil.”
“Nee…”
“No.”
I was deeply concerned about what to do with Cecile, who had already awakened from the disaster.
Do you know how I feel? Cecile looked up at me and began to draw close to me.
“Get off.”
**
The newspaper containing the death of the hero, Kael, was published faster than expected. Of course, none of the pages of the newspaper had my name on it.
It was natural. If it were announced that the hero pushed by the Holy Kingdom was a fake and that he had been beaten to death by a noble of the empire, the entire continent would probably be excited.
‘The relationship between the empire and the Holy Kingdom, which are currently maintaining friendly relations, will not be good.’
Because of the circumstances of those adults, Kael was left as a hero who died bravely while fighting the demon king’s army.
Some say he died heroically while fighting the demon necromancer.
“Tell me several times that it’s not there, it’s higher!”
“…”
Looking out the window, I saw Kael getting scolded by Alice.
According to Cecil, he was originally a Cael who possessed a certain amount of mana. He said that he could summon them normally without having to supply mana separately.
Sometimes, when I passed by at dawn, I was surprised to see him standing in the hallway.
Perhaps it’s because I’ve only seen Alice getting bullied these days, and I’m starting to feel sorry for her.
“Not like that!!”
“…”
‘Strangely, only Alice follows her.’
Except for standing still or watching insects passing by. Although Kael did not show any action. Not too long ago, he started walking around the mansion.
Lately, he has been interacting with Alice and the Knights.
In the concept of the necromancer Cecile used, he was a heartless soldier who only drew his abilities from his previous life.
Up to this point, all the soldiers Cecil had shown were only following orders given by Cecil.
But that guy seemed to have some will.
‘Because there is no harm…Does it matter?’
In fact, Kael had a good reputation among the knights. On the first day, even if everyone attacked at once, he couldn’t beat Kael. Unknowingly, he said that he was the same colleague and was getting along well.
The knights seemed to be one-sidedly friendly, but Kael quietly followed them. She did well in training as well.
Somehow these days, everyone seemed to be treating Kael as if they were raising a puppy.
**
“Allie…”
Before I could finish my sentence, Alice threw down her bundle of papers and ran away.
Alice’s attitude has become strangely strange lately. She usually does, but she answers when I talk to her, and I think we’ve gotten along well enough to chat about this and that.
It was the same at mealtime. Recently, Sebastian, Alice, and Cecil had all eaten at the same table. It’s a mansion with no people anyway, so I gave my opinion.
But it only finishes preparing meals quickly. Alice stopped coming to the table the way she used to.
‘What’s dissatisfied…’
Even the hat that I usually wear without taking it off, it seems that I don’t wear it often these days.
“Sebastian.”
“Did you call?”
“About Alice’s attitude… Is there any catch?”
“With the exception of the lord, I’m showing the same attitude as usual. I don’t know why.”
“Okay. Please arrange your schedule tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
As Sebastian closed the door and left, things only got more complicated in his head.
Alice, Cecil awakened from the disaster, the Demon King, the Continental War, the Holy Kingdom… There were so many things to solve.
“….Status window.”
I shouted at the status window, but nothing came out.
“What is the difference? What is it?”
Cecile, who was helping me with my work, asked.
“There is such a thing. Do you have a corner?”
“When it comes to that rabbit… Isn’t it ‘that day’?”
“What is that?”
“Rest period. Most beastmen have a certain period of estrus.”
No matter how much I was buried in novels in my previous life, I knew that.
356 Days could be seen as the estrus period for rabbits. There was no set estrus.
“Alice is a rabbit beast…”
“Beasts are males. Like humans, they are in heat 365 days a year, but females are a little different?”
“What’s the solution?”
“Because I know that there are probably four days in a month…Wouldn’t it be over after today?”
“…..I see.”
I found out something I didn’t really want to know.
**
“Alice Coffee…”
While I was working at dawn when everyone was asleep, I felt sleepy.
As usual, I called Alice, but there was no response.
‘After 12 o’clock, isn’t it the next day?’
After conversing with Cecile, he headed to the kitchen to brew and drink coffee himself.
“Is this coffee powder…”
On a server that seemed to have been prepared by someone, coffee powder was added and hot water was poured. I heard the pleasant sound of coffee dripping drop by drop.
While I was waiting for the coffee to be finished, someone started walking in the dark.
‘Is it Kael again?’
At first, I was surprised every day, but now I’m used to it. I wasn’t even surprised anymore.
“Young, lord…”
But it was Alice who walked into the kitchen.
He usually avoids me, but this time he didn’t even carry the hat he had left behind.
“Do you have something to say?”
“That, that’s…”
I was glad that Alice came to me first, but it seemed that something was not going well.
She stood still, with her face buried in her hat.
“Alice?”
She lowered her head to her eye level. Then the view reversed.
“Huh?”
Alice threw me to the floor.
“I-I deliberately avoided it. Because the lord wanders around defenselessly.”
Spitting out incomprehensible words, Alice climbed on top of me.
I don’t know where the power came from, but I couldn’t shake it off easily.
“I liked you first, but then I got along with other girls…”
Alice’s eyes were already half open.
“I still love you, I love you, I love you.”
Anyway, this.
It looks like it’s f*cked up.