Chapter 353: I Not Playing Around

“Yes.”

“Oh… I guess you’re one of those who saves it for marriage. Well, I guess those rumors were false. Wait! That answer also makes them count… you know, the other hole, right?”

“It’s my turn to ask.”

“Okay, but you’ll answer that next, and tell me, when I say ’virgin,’ do you count inanimate objects, like a scale model of William with a cucumber tied to it, or would it be eggplants? Or something bigger? Who would have thought! Although you might be disappointed to know that according to One-san, William’s isn’t—”

“If you gave William an order, he would follow it, right?”

Oops, that was a good question… bah. I took off the blindfold knowing that, so I didn’t mind answering. I understood the limits of her ability; not because of her.

In fact, she herself dies mysteriously a few years later, but my alternate self met someone else who had a higher blessing from the goddess of justice that included this function, and as long as it wasn’t a lie, anything went.

“Come on, orders don’t exist between friends; at most they would be requests. He can make them to me too. Well, it’s not like someone who sees everyone as dogs would understand. But hey, that’s friendship.”

“…I understand.”

Yes, I mustn’t forget to insult her. I must disgust her so much that she really doesn’t want to talk to me again. Seeing her eyebrow twitch is really fun; she must be pretty pissed off.

My alternate self never broke her fake business smile, but with my lustful eyes I can see those details clearly even though she does her best not to break her facade.

“Well, then, for your a—”

“I haven’t done it and I haven’t used anything that compromises my purity… including the other trade or anything else.”

“Oh! That was boring… I was hoping to get something juicy out of this. You’re more of a virgin than Aurora, but that doesn’t change the fact that you’re deranged and like to spy on people.”

“Answer me, you are a threat to this kingdom, are you conspiring with demons?

“Oh! I thought you wouldn’t ask, since I’m blessed by Aeloria. You know, people here tend to trust things like that, you’re weird, anyway, the answer is no! Rather, this kingdom owes me a few ass saves.”

“…I understand. I don’t know what you did, but I thank you on behalf of the kingdom.”

I’m not saying anything specific, but the fact that I’m telling the truth must be shocking. I mean, even though I still feel like it’s because I’m close to William, I got involved with those demons and screwed them over in many ways, more than once helping this kingdom.

I even gave them the magical technology to counter the demons’ spatial magic.

And the fact that I’ve done things at that level, I hope, will establish me in his mind as someone increasingly prominent, someone difficult to deal with… although I don’t see the point of his gratitude.

’Hmm, what should I ask him? Oh, since we’re here, let’s satisfy that curiosity.’

“Tell me, do you like blonde hair and blue eyes? Oh, if not, tell me what you do like. It’s only fair that I ask double questions too.”

In my memories, when she was after William, she said more than once that that was her favorite combination; I’m curious if it was true.

“No, I hate blonde hair… I like black hair and blue eyes.”

“w(ﾟДﾟ)w! She’s not lying. Aurora, she’s not lying; hug me, I’m scared.”

“Dark hair? I didn’t expect that. Hey, get away from me, you’re… really shaking!?”

Of course I was shaking. I didn’t expect the combination of my hair and eyes to be to her liking; I’m really worried.

Not that I’m taking advantage of this so that my hand is about to accidentally reach out and grab his ass, which I reiterate would be an ’accident’.

“Ouch!”

“Don’t get smart, keep your hands to yourself.”

“It was an accident.”

’At least I tried.’

It was shocking and unexpected, considering she specifically said she hates blonde hair, being blonde herself. But I know she’s not guided by her taste or superficial things, so I’m safe.

“What’s your reason for provoking me? It’s not just because of Aurora, is it? Are you really not afraid of the repercussions? One word from me and you’d live in hell in that place, even with the Silvercrests backing you up.”

’yes, what I’ve been waiting for!’

“Nah! You couldn’t do anything to me. Oh, and it’s not because I believe in the Silvercrests; I believe in myself, and I assure you that if you do, you’ll pay dearly. It would be more lucrative to fight to the death with Maximilian’s faction.”

“You’re not really lying… What you say about Aurora is true, with Maximilian it would be very disadvantageous to betray her. But even so, it doesn’t change the fact that this is under my influence. What about your other girlfriends? Don’t you think I won’t be able to—”

“Stop right there or you’ll really make me angry, and I mean it!”

It’s over. I knew what she was about to say. She said the same thing to my alternate self, who didn’t want to cooperate with her at first…

Hearing that brought back bad memories, how she used Elena.She found out that Elena had a blessing from the god of darkness and used it to manipulate me as she pleased, moving me like her puppet.

I knew she could use that to threaten me, to find out more about me, to find a weakness.

She was thorough, and I knew that, that she started using amenasas should not be a surprise, but still, when I heard her, I was very angry.

“What’s going on? You’ve been provoking me all this time, and I can’t—”

“I said stop!.”

An intense and heavy murderous intent came out of me.

I haven’t really had a chance to use it, but it’s something that forms after killing many living beings, and in fact, I was already forming mine.

But now it’s not just mine: I have my alternate self’s embedded in my intent, and that’s not a simple thing.

Killing intent is not a skill; it’s more of a state of mind: it’s having the conscious certainty that I can kill someone.

A certainty so great, so clear, and so strong that it even escapes I body, giving an instinctive warning to others that ! have the determination, intention, and certainty to kill them—that I not playing around.

The more I kill, the more experience I gain, and therefore the more certain you are that you can do it to the rest, and the feeling becomes thick and prominent.

My alternate self gave me his certainty, that mindset—of being able to kill anything that stood in my way—when I passed the sixth metamorphosis.

At that moment, a feeling of heaviness invaded the room; Aurora beside me seemed to freeze while the princess in front of me opened her eyes in surprise.

She is stronger; she shouldn’t be suppressed, but she must have been surprised that such a heavy and sharp intention materialized.

I jumped over the table and stood in front of her.

’Tsk, they didn’t come out. Well, it doesn’t matter.’

“Listen and listen well, princess. I don’t give a damn about your power games. You can go fuck William and be the queen of this shitty kingdom for all I care.”

“…”

“But I’ll tell you one thing: the moment you involve one of the girls, including Aurora, in your garbage, you can bet that game is over.”

“…”

“If you’re so eager, I’ll hasten your death, so you better not get too smart… Tell me, do you see any lies in anything I said?”

“…No, I understand. I’ll make sure not to involve you or your loved ones.”

“Tsk… This is really annoying. Okay, Aurora, let’s go.”

In the end, I ended up making a direct threat, and I wasn’t really lying. I didn’t want to get caught up in this nonsense; if the girls got involved—as happened with Elena in my previous life—I would really go all out and kill her.

In that situation, I would make sure to win at any cost, even if I lost a few limbs or more in the process.

’Ufff! In the end, I was the one who got worked up. I really can’t handle her; even until the end, she kept up the facade of calm.’

But when I think about it, even though it was a direct and aggressive threat in the end, it was in line with what I wanted: to seriously warn her that it’s better not to get involved in my business.

I wouldn’t interfere with her, and she wouldn’t interfere with me; that way, everything would be simpler.

’Haah~ Anyway, I guess this question and answer thing is over… ah! I should have asked her if she was willing to accept the harem.’

I mean —for William… I said I didn’t care if she fucked William, until I remembered that I did care, since Silvia was there.

With her timid nature, she stands to lose everything with this princess, so it would be good to come to an agreement on that.

I don’t think it counts as a lie, since I believe it to be true at the moment I say it.

And even if it were, it’s only one, and I suppose this will be one of our last interactions, at least in private.

So, without further ado, I went out with Aurora.

’Hmm, I think I can still negotiate that thigh squeeze; if I take out the micro bikini part, I think it will be more reasonable. Huehue…’

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