Chapter 26 (1/2)

Ten days have passed since that day, the day of my terrible betrayal

The day that I conducted the hero-su under the divine orders of the Great Spirit Just as the Great Spirit commanded, I offered the Beast-people that we had kept in stock as live sacrifices and the hero-su ritual succeeded

However, the one as su able to reason, let alone any refineh I would have obeyed the Great Spirit and let the summoned otherworlder experience a short dream as a hero

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The scars on my back ache

『I won’t obey you people

These pieces of trash are warnings from me

I will definitely treat you to evenfroer』

My back, which was once praised bylike white porcelain, still has scars re these words burned and carved into it

While healing ic can restore HP, it takes time to erase external wounds The only ones on this vast continent able to useare likely the archbishop-class individuals of the republic

Even so, the healingan effect, and the burns cut into , little by little Only faint marks are left now, and they’ll disappear cleanly in a fewsince disappeared, but they throb every time I remember that man

After that man left the room that day, the taut threads were cut and I lost consciousness, as if escaping frohts stationed outside rescued us around ht, and the next time we opened our eyes, we found ourselves in a private roohts, including the captain of the Knights’ Order, have scars on their faces and bodies from that ordeal There is no time to spare to remove those scars cleanly, and those scarred faces can even be used to intimidate ene the that their appearance is now fiendish

We had prepared just enough knights to put on airs so that the Hero, who does not know anything, would not feel overwhel in a treatic with the highest priority, it took a whole day to heal the burnt, inflae to speak

The knights had their limbs broken and bent in cruel ways, their faces were smashed and they were left in a state where their bodies barely survived

The princess’s face beca punched; she had her hair dirtied and spread across the floor and words were burned and carved into her back like brands

Though nobody knew the exact details of what happened and our behavior was clearly unnatural, the infor the crihts surrounded the castle just in case, but it was concluded that he likely used a teleportation power rather than slipping out of the building Not even basic inspections were conducted in the royal capital until I recovered enough to speak about the situation

What thathis military funds, is the necklace that proves the wearer’s position as the first candidate to succeed the throne

Since it bears the royal crest, it is not soold If he tries to sell it normally at a store, it will be possible to track him down Even if he takes it outside the royal capital, it will not be i I inherited fro that a beast like hi

「I will never forgive you」(Alesia)

I will never forgive him I will take the necklace back, cause that s me for mercy and then I will kill him

This is what I have decided on, and I have had the knights gather relevant information to achieve this But we did not find any notable clues for several days, so we had assuht have already taken it outside the royal capital

It was yesterday e received a report that the necklace has been found by a certain nobleman

The necklace will be returned to me in today’s first royal audience There is a family of earls that is disliked in the royal capital because of their overbearing sense of justice, but I heard that they confiscated illegal goods that were being traded in the darker areas of the royal capital and the necklace had beenthem

「Princess-sama, it is almost ti to the words ofoneto the audience chamber

In the audience chaia Auraulea sits in the throne Sitting next to him is my mother, Queen Lecilia Auraulea, whose beauty hasn’t faded at all despite being al in a seat on the opposite side of the between Father and Mother while Guidot, the captain of the Knights’ Order, is standing between Father and myself

「I will return this item to the royal family」

A female attendant accepts the necklace from the noble before us on a pedestal, and then brings the pedestal this way

Suppressing the urge to rush over and snatch up the necklace right away, I take the necklace from the attendant and place it around my neck

And then I realize that my body has been overturned by the reen light briefly covers my whole body and then disappears without a trace

「■-■■■■! Are you alright?!」(King)

My father, the king, looks at inning of his sentence

「Y-yes, Otou-sama, I am fine」(Alesia)

As I check the state of my body, I do not feel any abnormalities to speak of

「I see, but just as that light?■■■■■, ■■■■■, do you know soht; perhaps ■■ or ■■about it?」

「 No, it cannot be, this is」(Prime Minister)

The nation’s Pririm expression on his face