2nd Round Villain

181 – A love story between a villain and a saint – 2

The brightly lit moon shyly hid itself in the clouds. It means that it is midnight as we talk frantically.

At midnight, Maria goes to sleep. It was for Maria of the day. This would make her day really only last 4 hours out of 24, but Maria said it was fine.

I’ll have to come up with a way so Maria won’t have to sleep later. There is a lot to prepare for. Until sleep in Mary’s life. Shall I ask the almighty Kanos a favor?

“that… Ha, you are confused.”

“what?”

“I thought there was nothing more absurd than a demon and a saint dating. But no. Going back in time… .”

Albrecht muttered in a broken voice. For some reason, I feel refreshed. I guess there are times when that person behaves like that too.

“I heard that the power of time is the realm of Cronus, the god of time.”

“It belongs to two beings. Kronos, the god of Olympus, and the omnipotent god, created by faith.”

“Regression… What did you do?”

“I don’t know. Me too, Maria too. I’m thinking maybe the demon lord is involved, but nothing is certain. Right, Maria?”

“… yes.”

He giggled, leaving behind Maria’s strangely feeble voice. Ironically, it feels like winning. Even though it was Albrecht who solved the riddle and obtained the reward.

“Can you tell me more?”

“what?”

“Wouldn’t it be too unkind to simply say, ‘In the year 712 of the Imperial calendar, the demon army will occupy the world’?”

“Anyway, it’s from the last episode. What Your Highness should know… It means that the existence of ‘I’ wants to stand on the side of the continent and prevent its destruction. I can’t quite believe it, but it’s huge.”

“Huh, Evans-sama in the last episode was amazing.”

“Well, I heard you were defeated by the demon lord.”

“To put it another way, no one except the Demon King was able to take care of Evans-sama.”

“How is it, Your Highness? Can you feel it now? How special are you, Your Highness, standing now?”

He made a V-shaped hand with his arm around Maria’s shoulder. Maria burst into laughter, and immediately rose from her seat.

“Now it is time for a good night’s sleep. How is His Highness sleeping?”

“… do it I’ve already stayed up all night, so I’m out of my mind.”

Oh, come to think of it, Albrecht has been awake for nearly 48 hours now. She was smart, but not in an exceptional body, so she absolutely needed a break.

Before Maria lay down, I took the sack out of my bosom. Arachne’s sack. In that cloth basket, which can accommodate anything that fits in a sack, I brought a futon.

I brought only a mattress and a blanket. I don’t need anything else. Maria’s pillow will be my arm.

“Tada~ For Maria’s restful night!”

“Looks like Evans finally feels altruism. I am more than proud.”

Like a servant serving a princess, I spread out a futon and lay down on the side first. Maria carefully lay down on it. A soft, heavy feeling enters the outstretched arm. Warm body heat seeps from body to body.

Maria, who was lying down, said.

“majesty.”

“Hmm?”

“thank you. Thank you for keeping our secret. Thank you for accepting our rudeness with generosity.”

Albrecht snorted and retorted. Judging by the lowering of his voice, he must be lying on the floor.

“Honestly, even now, I am still thinking about Gingamin. The only difference between demons and monsters is whether they have reason or not. Aren’t the demons the ones that wouldn’t be strange even if they went on a slaughter at any time? He even committed murder the day before yesterday.”

“It won’t happen in the future. Because of that, I realized that Maria could be extradited to this church.”

“Does that mean that if there is no saintess, such an act can be done at any time?”

“Don’t push yourself too hard. To begin with, I don’t like death that much. There are demons who love that kind of thing.”

“Um… I understand all of your concerns. It’s a very legitimate concern. But I want you to keep this one thing in mind.”

Maria buried her eyes, nose and mouth with my chest. A beautiful hand came into my side and wrapped around my back.

“It means that what we are doing now is for the sake of the world.”

“… .”

“You won’t be able to. But I can swear. Even with the holy name of my saintess.”

“That is not something to bet on lightly. What if the saintess ceases to be a saintess?”

“I am Maria. Everything is overlaid on top of it.”

After that, Maria fell into a deep sleep. I can see and hear the closed eyes and calm breathing.

It was the moment he was about to lightly stroke the back of her head.

“I wonder if it would have been better if I had brought a mattress and blanket, and brought the original woman’s too.”

“If you are too greedy, you will be in trouble.”

Albrecht speaks in a quiet voice. It wasn’t loud enough to wake Maria up, so I didn’t bother to stop it.

“I have never slept without a pillow in my entire life.”

“Are you bragging? He grew up well in the imperial palace.”

“It is to bruise. If I get one of those pillows, where will it come from?”

“If you need it, you have to take care of it. Don’t you know survival of the fittest?”

“Aren’t you the one doing the swapping? If the pillow the original woman was holding suddenly disappeared, would the escort warriors be still?”

Spitting out nervously, Albrecht strode toward me. I asked.

“What are you going to do?”

“I want to sleep comfortably.”

Then, two people were already in, so they entered the end of the full mattress and took up the rest, and then they leaned their heads against my thighs! Even curled up and crouched!

“Hey, won’t you keep your chest? Is it okay for Her Highness the princess to do this?”

“How is it? I don’t even have eyes to see.”

“The sky sees, the earth sees, I sees, you see.”

“This is better than sleeping on the floor. It’s a pity that I can’t cover myself with a blanket, but the temperature in the library isn’t too low, so it’s not cold.”

“As Maria said, her generosity is very broad. too wide.”

It’s normal for members of the royal family to be offended by things like this.

“I have something to ask you.”

“huh?”

“If you two really come from the future, if the empire you see in that future is to be trampled under the Demon King’s hooves, what will happen to the original woman?”

Albrecht whispers an insinuating question. I don’t feel much interest. It was the attitude that if you can know, you know, and if you don’t know, it doesn’t matter.

“die.”

“I expected it.”

“There is an inexhaustibly powerful assassin. Assassinate Her Highness by breaking through the thousands of layers of protection surrounding the imperial palace.”

“He is an interesting guy. To penetrate the imperial palace’s protective shield. It deserves to be discussed as one of the greatest killings of the time.”

“Aren’t you afraid to die?”

“I just don’t have regrets. If I can’t die, I’ll choose the path I won’t die. I don’t want to be like that in this life. Can’t the original woman provide a way for her to live?”

“You don’t have to worry about that part. I’ve already got my hands on it. what… Your Highness may die in a way I don’t know, but let’s say it’s a thousand people.”

When you hear that you are dying, it is normal for your back to tremble lightly. But Albrecht is as quiet as before he heard me. It is like a lofty mountain that has been heavily grounded.

I was even more surprised that Maria and I had gone back in time. Is it ‘expected’? If the empire was like that, it would have been difficult for the princess herself to survive.

“Can you tell me who the killer is?”

“Why, kill me? do not do that. Your Highness may die.”

“It is just a personal curiosity. Who is the assassin who cut off the main woman’s head? By the way, would you be careless if you said you had taken action?”

“That’s right. Alright, let’s leave the identity of the assassin as the reward for the next mystery.”

“I have a lot of questions. Exactly what kind of week you all spent, why you, a demon, were executed by the demon king, the empire… how it breaks down.”

“okay? I’ll have to think of a lot of riddles about this. Match it up step by step. Originally, the fruit that is picked and eaten after hard work is delicious.”

chuckled and laughed I feel a slight jolt in my thigh. Albrecht seems to have snapped his hand.

“You are daring. Have you forgotten that I solved your riddle just today?”

“What if it fits? It’s not like I’m losing. Is it fun?”

“OK. I’ll break your dick.”

yes you see I shrugged my shoulders as I lay down. Albrecht also became quiet. As the silence descended, I suddenly remembered a fact and opened my mouth.

“Anyway, Maria would be jealous if she saw this. He said he was in contact with a foreign woman.”

“Isn’t it fine if you don’t get caught?”

“You have to get up before Maria. When you wake up, I’ll tap Your Highness’ head with my foot, so don’t be noisy.”

“… No matter how great you are, you are the princess of the empire. You are very arrogant.”

“Then I’ll hit you with my toes.”

“… Just don’t hit me on the head.”