Violetta's POV
After I escorted that little fox girl to Asagao’s room, which shockingly, doing another weird gag with Milin, I went to see Alstroemeria, one of Asagao’s friends and companion in her journey.
The little fox girl earlier, if I have to describe her… her appearance is adorable. It’s adorable as Asagao, but something about her is off… her face? Her face is stiff… but I can feel something else…
As for Alstroemeria, she seems normal… the air around her. It seems she is fairly energetic and approachable. She’s cute too. I’d like to use her too as a dress up doll since Lily and Edelweiss aren’t here.
As I arrive in the hall, I saw Alstroemeria alone. It seems she is done talking to Mrothgir. I approach her and start a conversation.
“Hello, Good day to you.”
“Oh? Hi! You are…”
“Violetta.”
“Ehehe… I’m sorry. I’m Alstroemeria!~”
“Yes, I have already heard about you many times from Asagao-sama.”
“I see… Violetta… can I hear things from you?”
“I shall give you the knowledge you seek.”
Since we are standing in the hall, I beckon her outside. I did ask if she wants to have a seat and have a tea, she plainly refuses and said that the castle feels weird for her.
I can already guess the gist of her personality…
I can’t feel any magical power from her nor any other kinds. Giving my initial evaluation, she may be someone who relies on her own honed skills and techniques. That’s the only thing I can assess as it is said that she is strong.
There are many questions in my mind that I want to ask her, but I better not as it might take too long… well… because my interest in this topics gets over board and I become over enthusiastic.
We arrive at the castle grounds where the grassy field is laid down in the terrain.
“So, what do you want to know?”
“About Asagao.”
“That’s… vague…”
“Anything that happened to her… if she said anything too…”
“She told us about what transpired to her in the days of your absence. Do you wish to know?”
“Of course!”
“Very well then.”
I retold the story Asagao presented us this morning in the most accurate and exact details without leaving anything out.
Alstroemeria is showing a calm and silent expression as she painstakingly listens to me.
I can see sometimes that her expression spikes a little. But nevertheless, completely, if not, was able to calm her self quickly.
After conveying the details of Asagao’s mishap, I look at her with curiosity. I still don’t have any idea how strong she is but I know that she is one of the most important companions of Asagao and I would not dare say anything to hurt her or deceive her.
“Is there any more you would like to ask or you seek?”
“It’s okay. It’s enough. Thank you.”
“So, is there anything you want to do or perchance, wanted?”
“I want to take a short rest. Can I sleep under that tree?”
“Well, that’s fine.”
She is kind of weird, though.
Don’t you want to see Asagao too? Well, it’s not something I could interfere. She may have various reasons too in doing this.
As I told her that she can rest there, she gave her gratitude again and walks toward the shade under the tree and sits there.
Meanwhile, I decided to go to Fon’s office.
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Upon my arrival, Fon is there sitting, lost and confuse…
What?
“Fon, is something matter?”
“Violetta-san, someone you know is being sexually assaulted, what do you do?”
“I’ll be doing the simple most obvious solution that even common sense can answer. I’ll help the one being assaulted.”
“I see… then how about a little girl doing it to another little girl?”
“I don’t know what you saw but I assume it’s related to Asagao and to the little fox girl right?”
“On point.”
“…”
“I think we are going to be in good terms with the beast kingdom.”
“Haa… another one of your political interests.”
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…
“Fon.”
“…”
“I want to ask this now.”
“What is it?”
“About Nil, the enemy we haven’t seen yet.”
“About him…”
“It’s clear that Asagao said that Nil and she were once one.”
“I can already guess what you are trying to point out. You want to say that because of the summoning, we created our own nemesis, both resulting in the existence of Asagao and Nil.”
“Yes. But there are things to consider too. For example, based on Susanoo’s story back then and Asagao’s experience with Nil and some reports that came from Lily, isn’t he too powerful for someone who is just summoned? Assuming that he is really summoned with the heroes at the same time or he exists with them.”
“But isn’t everyone that was summoned was strong, to begin with?”
“I am talking about how he already has such power, how he was able to gather allies in such short time, arcana magicians nonetheless, and becomes the king of the devils.”
“I see. What you are trying to point out is the discrepancy in all aspect for someone who is just summoned. What did he do to achieve such feats?”
“Yes. We still can’t prove or present a feasible answer to it yet and we can only present assumptions. Well, one of my theories is that he was summoned at the same time with the heroes but was in another place.”
“That’s quite logical too but… there is still the difference of power compared to the other summoned heroes.”
“There’s one more…”
“What is it?”
“…”
“…”
“Breaking the law of the time.”
“That’s… absurd…”
“He may be summoned here many years way back, but wouldn’t lead us to anything so I was thinking that Nil broke the law of the time. Remember when Asagao mentions something about revision. Revision is a term used to re-initialize a state of something with new features.”
“I see… Arcana magic is boundless…”
“It’s just one of the possible theories that I came up. It has no feasibility or any valid arguments. I already talked about it too with Mrothgir and we can’t come up with a decisive assumption to it.”
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“…”
“The question now is… if there was something to happen to Asagao…-“
“Enough… Violetta-san. About the matter of Asagao, I don’t want to take it into our own hands. We may end up making more guesses at this point so it would be useless to think about it further.”
“Point taken.”
“For now, about the heroes in the dragon capital… any progress?”
“They are still trying to get back on their feet. A loss of a comrade is not a small thing…”
“We know that quite well…sooner or later, we should give them a visit….”
“Yes. And Fon about the little fox gi—“
KNOCK
KNOCK
KNOCK
As I was to talk about something, someone knocks at the door.
“Your Majesty, you have a guess with official business.”
“Who is it?”
“It’s Miss Higanbana.”
“Let her in.”
The fox girl?
Isn’t the business with the king should come first before visiting someone inside the castle?
Well… I can’t blame her. She is still a child.
The fox girl comes inside and makes courteous greetings.
“Good Day, Ashfon Astlan Lionheart, King of Astlan Kingdom, Ruler of the Continent of Prosperity. I am Higanbana, Daugther of Izuna, one of the beast generals under King Folga of Kingdom Warde, Ruler of the Continent of Islands of Thousands.”
“Good day to you too, what business do you have?”
“I came here on behalf of my mother, Izuna, to hand you a present from her as gratitude.”
“Oh? What is it?”
“A Soul Spar.”
“Amazing! A gem for enhancing soul weapon!”
The little fox girl has taken out some elegant clothing and unfolds it right before our very eyes.
A gray stone brimming with energy and shines with good luster.
Both my eyes and Fon’s widens as a rare gem is presented to us.
“That’s… a really expensive gift…”
“But my mother insisted of you to take it, King Ashfon. I also wanted to show my appreciation as you are my benefactor eleven years ago.”
“Yes, I remember that day. You are that child huh… and to think you are friend with Asagao… I am truly happy.”
“I am happy too to be a friend of Asagao. I am also thankful for this life that you saved. So I also insist that you accept this gift.”
“All right then.”
I take the Soul Spar from the child and hand it over to Fon. Fon then folds the clothing to hide the Soul Spar and set it aside.
“Um… well. then… now that we are done with the formalities… I want to ask how is your mother doing?”
“She is now well and great. Thank you for your concern.”
“Now… uh… what… kind of relationship you have with… Asagao… or do you wish to attain a certain level of… intimacy with her?”
“Fufufu. Who knows?”
This is a cheeky little trickster. But I don’t hate her for that. It might just a little child’s mischief after all.
As Fon try to push on to the conversation, the door suddenly slammed.
BAM!
The one who emerges from there is Alstroemeria and Asagao.
Asagao has a complicated face while Alstroemeria is sprouting a serious one.
I speak up scarily to her as she is violating the proper conducts that should be shown in front of a king.
“What do you want Alstroemeria?”
I hope she is not looking for trouble.
“You are that Fon right?!”
“Well… yes… I am… what do you want barging in like that?”
“You… anger me. You infuriate me.”
“What… the hell do you mean by that?”
“Breaking your promise to Asagao twice without much remorse, are you taking her for granted?!”
“I am redeeming myself. I am going to do my best for her.”
“If you could have done that from the start, she wouldn’t be festered by this ugly scar!”
“I know what you are trying to point out but…”
“…”
“You… you are not planning to…”
“I am!”
Fon got enraged. I somehow, guess what Alstroemeria wants to do.
“I am going to take Asagao away from you!”
Fon charges at her. It seems like he just plans to pin her down. I immediately pull Asagao and Higanbana out from the clash shielding them.
I thought that Fon would completely overpower her when…
BOOM!
“OOOOOOOOORRRRRRRYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
A strong explosive sound came and the wall of Fon’s office is destroyed to smithereens. The paper flies here and there. This is going to be troublesome to fix. I’ll have Ishtal call the workers to fix this and some maids to clean up.
More importantly, Fon was sent flying by Alstroemeria, which in my surprise too. Judging from that monstrous strength she has shown, Fon was sent flying far across from the capital city.
Alstroemeria… was looking at her fist, shaking.
“…Amazing…”
“…”
“This is… the first time I feel like I have punched real steel in my whole life.”
“You…”
BOOM!
She jumps out, following where Fon was sent flying.
She’s pursuing?!
Not that Fon will die from that or anything. I trust that Fon isn’t much harmed after all. What my concern is, if Fon and Alstroemeria, who just exhibited her extraordinary strength… which I became utterly interested!.... clashes… a casualty is bound to happen.
“Violetta-nee! We… need to follow them.”
“Asagao-sama.”
“I knew it this bad feeling of mine is always accurate!!”
It seems we are in one large mess.
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There's a reason it's Violetta's POV. You can't expect a blind girl to make a commentary on a battle she can't see.