Vol 1 Chapter 32 (1/2)

“Are you up, Onii-sama?”

Just like everyday, Maria is there

Like everything that happened yesterday didn’t happen, sitting on the dining table cal her breakfast

“A, ahh”

Could she be feigning her tranquillity? Like usual, it’s really hard to see through Maria’s poker-face and tell what she’s up to

In the end, I grab rab my tableware

“Speaking of breakfast, where is Dorothy?”

I asked, taking care not to tread on anything still sensitive from yesterday

“Dorothy is away today on a health checkup, she went out so”

“Oh…”

“Anything else you’d like to ask?”

“Well, no”

Let’s eat, is what I wanted to aardly point out I’m sure she’d realized

But even so, this air of comfortableness remains the same

It’s not like what happened yesterday is so that happened just because of a simple difference in opinion

It’s just that I saw

That side of Maria

That fact will not change, and cannot change

Fear and insanity

The true face of 《The Princess of Pure Darkness》

And to make it worse, it was me who outspokenly said stuff like I was afraid of her At the very least, I’m aware of what Maria thinks ofthat has towards her

“Hey, Maria”

And so, I was the first one to break the uncomfortable silence and speak

Even with a calm poker face like that, I know that inside her heart is burning away to cinders Even if you were a stupid dense protagonist of a harea, you’d be able tell that

“It’s fine, Onii-sama”

But

…Uh, huh?

“Please don’t irl does not particularly mind”

“Wh, what?”

Not mind, she says

This girl here, is she really Maria?

At this unexpected response, I rub my eyes hastily and stare back at Maria

Yep, staring

“Huh?”

“Is so the matter?”

“No, I mean… Do you have your clothes on inside-out there?”

With the expression “what are you even talking about”, Maria glances down at her blouse Lo and behold, her stitch marks are visible

“A, ah!”

Maria gets up in a panic and steps backward

“Hey, you have your shoes mixed up too…”

“Hau?!”

Shock and fear, triple-hit-combo of shame

And with a “T-then I’ll go get changed right away…” she quickly returns to her roo whether to remind her or not, I decide to speak once more

“Your room isn’t that way”

To o into “her” room and collapses weakly to the floor

Uwa, this is serious business

She’s in a total panic mode!