Chapter 29.2 : Corpse Princess, Belladone
「Why are you in such a panic? You act just like a monkey. Well I advise you to be more modest and act befitting of a lady 」
…… Hah?
What was that? I s.n.a.t.c.hed the folding fan from Belladone"s hand, and opened it to cover my mouth, imitating her gesture.
「Ara, why would I, of all people, were dragged along to the same level as you? I have no intention to look down on you just because of your sorry state, you know? So thanks for the advice, but I don"t need it. ……. Uhm, what was this? 」
So…when the opened folding fan covered her lips, her tone of voice went to something that resembled normal.
I see…so, when I used it…while the sentences was certainly the lines that I meant to say the voice wasn"t mine.
Was that tone truly mine? Did I truly use that tone to say that now? Seriously?
「E~h, pwease return that to mee~! ! 」
After s.n.a.t.c.hing back the folding fan from the me who was still surprised by its effect, Belladone once again unfolded the fan and used it to hide her mouth with it.
「Geez, I really couldn"t let my guard down at all. For someone to make such a rude entrance without even knocking the door first, I"m worried about your hometown you kno——–STAPH IT, Pwease don"t pull my haaand! ……! What are you doing! ? OUCH! ! 」
「……. How does this thing work?」
「I won"t tell ya! What"s with this curiosity, PWEASE DON"T TAKE IIIIIT! This Miiiine! ! 」
It"s really something interesting.
Her tone changed just by hiding her lips with her fan.
「In short, that folding fan is used to hide your accent, is it? 」
「WAAAH! ? As if it has that kind of function! W-Where will you find such a person with too much free time to make a magic tool to hide her accent! ? If my mother gets to know about it, she"s going to kill mweeee! STAPH THAT! ! PWEASE GIVE IT BACK TO MWEEEE! ! 」
I didn"t know how it worked, but it seems that this fan would change the words you"re saying by placing it on your lips. Maybe, this was really a magic tool-like device. And an extremely useless one on top of that.
But, it"s not like I hadn"t noticed that it was an extremely delicate device.
「Do you really need to use this tool to hide your accent? It"s not like those people will look at you as if you"re a monkey from rural place if you use your real words. Yup, this thing isn"t really a good thing. And it"s no sarcasm by all means」
「It"s none of your business! ! ! 」
I carefully fold the fan back, and then returned it to the angry girl whose face was already as red as tomatoes.
After that Belladone took it back as if s.n.a.t.c.hing it. She kept it so dearly close on her chest whilst glaring at me with teary eyes.
It seems I teased her too much huh…… I"m sorry.
I mean, when this unfortunate beauty with wild delusion and funny accent, didn"t speak a word, she was in fact an extremely beautiful girl whose beauty could rival Reanschild. The only thing that spoiled her beauty was the moment when she started to talk. This girl.
「Anyway! What are ya" doing here! AND WHY DID YOU EAT MY TREASURED SWEET! 」
「Aah, well at first I wanted to file my complaint about those white machos statues, but somehow……… my anger subsided when I saw that side of you.」
「White Machos? What"cha talking about? 」
「Well that aside. Was that crystal doll puppet the one that was broken by Barurun"s kick a while ago? Could it be that doll was the one that spoke to us a while ago? 」
I pointed at the crystal doll that was enshrined due to the drop kick that it had received before. Chewing her lips in frustration, Belladone nodded her head in affirmation.
Hohou. I never noticed that it was a crystal doll despite looking at it right in front of me. This was also a magic huh. According to Reanschild, this might be one of those magic skills called Marionette.
「……… Speaking of Crystal Doll, it is one of the Hisaka clan"s secret arts which is made with rare metal. We can manipulate it to move in accordance to our will instead of using our own body. But, now it has been ……………….. Gusu.」
「…… Is it expensive? 」
「It"s super duper expensive. I had to save my little stipend for two years to buy just one of that. U~h.」
Despite looking at the doll with bitter expression, now it looked like she"s about to cry at any moment. Uhm. She looked like a frail lady when I looked at her crying"s figure……… Somehow, I felt rather guilty about it.
Geez……. Couldn"t be helped then.
「Shall we ask Barurun to reimburse the cost of the material? 」
「EH? 」
「I will do the negotiation to ask Barurun to reimburse the cost of material since he"s the one who broke it, you know? 」
「R-Really? If……… If I"m not wrong, your name is Lefiya. Can you really do that? 」
Wiping away the tears that were ruining her beautiful face, Belladone looked at me with an expression that was filled with hope.
Well, let"s keep it a secret that I didn"t know whether we could ask for the reimburs.e.m.e.nt from Barurun or not. It was only a probability that we could do something in that regard anyway. The bill was going to break Barurun into tears though, should we succeed.
「Managing money is my specialty. Anyway, we better ask just for the sake of trying to ask first」
「You"re a G.o.ddess. Pweease, save me! Save mwe~~! ! Bwy the way, I"m Belladone Hisaka.. Bwide candidate of Your Majesty. Bwest rewgard.~」
「Uhhmm. It"s Lefiya. And I"m not the bride……… Of Maou-sama. The heck. The one who proposed to me is………. Maou-sama. Best regards…… Eh? What"s the matter？ 」
When I introduced myself since the other side had introduced herself first, she had suddenly created some distance from me.
EH？ What"s the matter?
「Proposed……… By Maou-sama? 」
「Yeah. …… Well. I have yet to give him my reply. He had already said that I can take my time to think about it. That"s why I"m not his bride yet.」
「DON"T TELL ME! YOU"RE THE GIRL CHOSEN BY YOUR MAJESTY HIMSELF! ? WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO TO ME! ? ARE YOU GOING TO USE MWY MOMENT OF CARELESSNESS! ? 」
「Ah. Come to think of it……….. You really are someone who never listens to what others have say to you huh. What should I do about that? This is really a troublesome matter.」
「DON"T SAY IT AS IF I"M A TROUBLESOME PERSON! ! 」
「Come to think of it, Maou-sama said that he has something to say to you, are you doing something to him again?」
「E!? ? Maori-sama…… To me! ? 」
「Yeah. That Maou Ri-sama. It seems that he"s eager to ask about the matter of his naked statues in White Palace.」
「…….. ………. GEH. WHY WAS SUCH SECRET EXPOSWE~ED! ? THE WHITE PWALACE IS SUPPOSED TO BE OFF LIMITS TILL I MARRY HI~M! ? 」
「……. EH? What is that Déjà Vu just now. Don"t tell me that you didn"t notice it even though I"m telling you since a while ago? Well……. I somehow ended up living in that White Palace you see.」
「WAAAH! WA! WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO TO ME! ! 」
「HEY! ! OUR CONVERSATION ISN"T PROGRESSING AT ALL! ! ! 」
Actually, didn"t this girl have too many screws loose in her head?!
Were you really a child prodigy?!
「Anyway! The matter of White Palace is done! So do not make a fuss about White Palace anymore! Now, we"re going to bill Barurun about that crystal doll!! But first, don"t cry over such matters since the White Machos that you created, all of it has been destroyed! 」
「………. EH? 」
「That"s why listen to me, NONE OF THOSE STATUES ARE LEFT, AND WHITE PALACE DOESN"T NEED SUCH THINGS! ! 」
「WAAAH! WA! WA! ! 」
Belladone"s sorrowful scream resounded after a brief pause.
She"s truly beautiful, but unfortunately, she"s a, through and through, pitiful beauty though.
And that was the true first meeting between Belladone and I.