Well… yeah. I came out. Even though I came out, these guys are not surprised in the least. I even did such a grand entrance of appearing out of nothing and got no reaction. At least one of you could act surprised, please?! I won’t get depressed from this, I won’t! They must be the type that can control their emotions well. Yep, let’s go with that! Still, for all to be like that must be due to an occupational hazard. I must remember to make a bigger impact next time. Maybe add some loud noises to it as well as some smoke perhaps?
Let’s stop thinking of weird things. Now then! The reason a cowered like me has stepped onto the battlefield is simple. Not the obvious one being because I have Sebas but to gain experience! Though I can just have someone guard me all the time, rather, they would gladly do so! I think I should see how strong I am in this world. From my point of view, every last one back home is a legitimate monster but what about these guys? At least I think I can win, and even if I can’t Sebas is here! Those are some really cold looks I’m getting from these guys though. Did that idiot prince bare these gazes as if they were nothing? I can already feel my little bit of courage slipping away, but I won’t back down as this is necessary!
“Who are you?”
Waaahhhh… such a threatening voice saying such simple words. Ah… my courage, it just left!! Sebas is here though and I can’t act like a wimp in front of him even if he could erase my fears. For now let’s answer.
“A pleasure to meet you. We are the graceful lady of the sky that wanders this vast world, please call us Histoire.”
Being as polite as possible, I curtsied while giving a pointless intro to my name. I don’t have a long name to intimidate others like that prince and I feel he would laugh if I called myself a princess so I went with this. Well, how was that?
“Where is the prince?!”
Wh-why?! He is clearly madder than before? Le-let’s try smiling this time then. Behold my angelic smile that calms raging storms!!
“We sent him, as well as his knights to the village to rest.”
“You little…!”
WHY?! Was my angelic smile not good enough? Sera did it with such ease that I could not even go against her! Does that mean this face which I thought to be quite pretty was actually not that great? Such a shock... I won’t get down, I won’t! Maybe he is into men! That must be it, no way did my angelic smile not work! Just in case, I should practice a little in secret later.
“Please forgive us for dampening your mood but we have… sort of a connection with that village you see.”
“Did you come to beg for them to be spared?”
That would definitely be my number one thing to try but I have some circumstances you see. Not only because Sebas is watching but I doubt after all that effort, he would simply let the prince go and not erase the village as witnesses. Then, let’s go with plan G!
“Not at all… we came to kindly warn you that attacking that village would bring you and your comrades great misfortune. Would you be so kind as to retreat?”
How’s that? I even gave a hint about the stone golems in the village. Look how kind I am… hmm, why?! Why does it look like the veins on his head will burst?! Where did my plans go wrong? Is it really the smile? Is this because those guys back home praise me for every little thing that I had this false sense of confidence?
“Kill them…”
Such cruel words! Even though I was so kind to you, this is how you repay me?! Hmm… wait! Did I not originally intend to fight them? Ah… that thought must have left with Mr. Courage. I will miss you my brief friend! Time to stop escaping reality, those things are attacking… or so I thought. All the beasts and magical beasts are cowering. I would like to say my smile worked on them but that would be quite depressing.
“What’s wrong? Did you not hear me?”
“They aren’t listening to commands anymore Captain!”
“…”
Is it perhaps that? Instincts they call it? They naturally fear things more powerful or something like that? I know very well that I have not one bit of intimidation in me so it must be Sebas. Now that I think about it, he is sort of a beast as well. They must fear him quite a lot to not even run but become completely submissive. There is a problem with this though! If Sebas became intimidating, it must be because of that right, saying ‘kill them’. Fear of these guys in front just went below zero and far into the negatives! I am far more terrified of Sebas now that I can’t even act on my small curiosity to see his face in intimidation mode.
“Tsk… fine, I’ll do it!”
Saying so, he sent the 4 black knights at me. I guess it has little effect on humans but that still was not enough to make me turn around. The 4 black knights charging us raising their swords to swing down somehow found themselves impaled into the ground. It was not Sebas who did this but me. I’m awesome right!!!? Now where did these polearm weapons come from? Of course back home! I thought of this due to being able to warp space and connect it to that floating castle. Simply put, I took weapons from the treasury, warped space to connect them to here, then launched them at high speeds with magic. Naturally this idea was the reason why this weak me managed to be friends with Mr. Courage, albeit short. I hope we meet again my dear friend!
“Wha…”
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“We will only ask once more… will you retreat? If not, it will be as we said and you will only find misfortune ahead.”
Everyone is thinking it right? Am I not displaying courage now? I would love to say that we had a touching reunion but this is just my desperation to act like a proper leader in front of Sebas. Trust me, I would know when my first friend in this world returned from his journey and we will definitely have an emotional embrace.
“Everyone! Attack with golems, black knights and arrows!”
Huh… I thought only Mr. Captain could use the black knights. Now there are 8 more and about 30 golems. No need to panic though. If I can stop the black knights, the others should be easy as they are just numbers. For the arrows, I can just use a vector reversal barrier. Result, complete annihilation and destruction! Maybe because I am immature to fighting with magic but I did not hold back at all. This is most certainly not because I panicked as I remained completely composed! This destruction after may incite a little panic in me but I stayed completely calm! On the surface at least…
The weapons from the treasury had hit the ground with such force that multiple craters were formed after the dust storm cleared. The golems were not impaled but obliterated on contact. The black knights were not impaled either like the ones before, rather, the weapons were so fast that they went through them with ease. Because of this, the knights did not stop and I pan… attacked more, shredding them into scrap metal. As for the arrows, the vector shield sent them all back to their owners. It might be weird for me to say as I am the cause but seeing the back of an arrow stabbed into someone’s hand is weird. As for the summoners, they attacked with magic and received the same fate. I kept calm even when that happened so I didn’t destroy them. I won’t admit that I was too focused on the knights and did not consider them attacking with magic just because Mr. Captain did not order it! The reason why I may have panicked at the end may be because the landscape completely changed and everyone but Mr. Captain was down, even though I never attacked them.
“EVERYONE, BUY ME SOME TIME!!!”
He screamed that at the top of his lungs. In response, his men ignored the pain and readied to attack me again. Maybe because of what happened earlier they were hesitant to fire at me and only took aim. I can completely relate to that fear. Maybe I am rejoicing deep down as someone else is under the same fears as me? I won’t admit it though. Wait, does this not mean they are scared of me!? I don’t want that! Ah… this has become depressing. Don’t worry, I won’t attack you. Oh! I almost forgot about Mr. Captain doing something. Multiple magic circulations have formed layered over each other. It seems he is summoning something new. I should stop him but I am curious what else he has. Though I would like to say that Mr. Courage is here, this may just be Ms. Curious? Second friend WHOOO!!!
I almost regret not stopping him. The reason was simple really. This guy just summoned a damn dragon! He clearly held back against that prince! The only reason I stayed so calm is, compared to Sebas in dragon form whose shadow alone can cover an entire city, this thing almost seemed cute. Bright red scales and a massive wing span with a total of 6 powerful limbs. Maybe something is fundamentally wrong with me as I thought Sebas to be quite beautiful as well. I should stop thinking this way as that guy is hostile to me after all.
“SCARLET!!! Burn them too cinders!”
Scarlet? Is it perhaps a girl? No, no, first to defend against the fire… or so I thought to but the dragon did not breathe any fire and instead bowed its head. At first I thought Sebas did his scary face again but it bowed. Maybe it knew that Sebas was its kin and far stronger? Well, for now it just stayed like that, bowing with its eyes closed.
“Scarlet?! What are you doing!? I said burn them!!! Listen to what I say you stupid dragon!?”
Regardless of Mr. Captain’s screaming, Scarlet moved not. Since Sebas who indirectly caused this said nothing, I thought I should do it.
“Scarlet, was it? It is a pleasure to meet you. We are called Histoire and this is Sebastian. Could we trouble you to restrain your master for us?”
Dragons really are smart! She had opened her eyes at my words and probably looking to Sebas for confirmation, immediately crushed Mr. Captain under her hand. Hopefully he is still alive.
“WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING!!!? RELEASE ME AT ONCE YOU STUPID DRAGON!!!”
It seems he is still alive, and as lively as ever too!
“Mr. Captain, we never got your name but calling a dragon as smart as this one stupid makes you yourself look quite so instead.”
“Wha…”
“Think about what happened at the start. Every beast here refused to attack us. Did you never once consider the reason as to why this is?”
He could only remain silent with his mouth agape. Maybe he already found the answer? I will continue regardless though since stopping the explanation would be quite embarrassing.
“That is exactly right Mr. Captain. From the very beginning, they knew instinctively that they could not win. You were even told that you would meet misfortune yet still ignored such warnings and doomed not only yourself but also your comrades to misfortune. Really now, we question who is really foolish between you, that prince and Scarlet? Though we think that prince is indeed a fool, he will survive without misfortune making you the most foolish.”
Wahh… their emotions can’t be hidden now. Such a variety of faces. Maybe understanding their trump card turned on them threw them into despair?
“Ah… we forgot to mention earlier that we are actually surrounded. Please forgive us for not saying so earlier that you have no escape should you attack. We are not sure that would have swayed your choice, however due forgive this one.”
Flashing my angelic smile should have calmed them down but the despair in them seems to have multiplied instead. I really need to practice smiling. My goal would be one like Sera’s but this has shown me that it would be completely impossible for me. About the people surrounding us? I truly did forget about it with being glared at and Sebas getting hostile, not to mention that fight. I didn’t do it to be mean but truly forgot! Earlier, I had 4 battle maids surround the area before the prince even fought. While they were collapsing one by one, next to me Sebas leaned in closer to my ear.
“What would you like to do with them princess?”
“Take them all back and get as much information about this world as you can. We believe some eat humans correct? They have probably not eaten since we had fallen so they can have them if they want after learning what is needed. As for the beasts, if anyone wants them they can have them but if not, you may release them.”
“Understood.”
I know what I said sounds cruel but I technically lack the so called ‘humanity’ so it bothers me little. As something also created by that weird god, I may be just as cruel as they are towards others not like us. I mean, I did watch the prince and his men get beaten terribly. Now that I think about it, I did not heal him. Hopefully they are still alive.
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