Book 2: Chapter 24
Dungeon of the inner court
Nier walked at a rtively fast pace. She sneezed as she passed through theplicated passages with a fire torch in hand. She finally saw the empress dressed in ck deep inside the prison. The empress was kneeling down and gently caressing a ck hounds head by her side. When the hound stood up, it was taller than a human. Its eyes didnt look friendly like a pet-dog. To the contrary, its eyes were filled with aggression. It resembled a wolf more than a hound.
However, the wolf obediently knelt by the empresss side, not even daring to wag its tail. It was afraid of the empress. Even a wild animal is afraid of the empress.
Your majesty!
Oh, Nier, youre here. Come over here and tell me if it was these people.
The empress looked at Nier who knelt down on one knee before her. She stood up and rubbed her head. She then waved her hand, and the Valkyries on both sides responded by extended their hands which shone a light on the dying women who was kneeling before the empress. Their bodies were covered in blood and wounds. Their hands and legs were bent and contorted in odd ways. They mustve been subjected to torture just before.
Nier nodded and said: Thats right. Those are the women that touched his majesty in the brothel. That should be the bossdy of the brothel, and thisdy is
She reached her hand out, grabbed thedy by her ck hair and lifted it up as if she were harvesting a carrot. Thedy had already lost her tongue and teeth, so she could barely make a sound. She scanned everything around her lifelessly. If her mouth and nose werent still trembling, then nobody couldve told that she was still alive.
This one is the one his majesty chose.
The empress waved her hand and Nier knew to let go. The empress pressed down on the ckdys face with her knee. She raised her head up so that she was looking at the empress with her lifeless eyes. One of the Valkyries who stood to a side took out a small bottle, and then poured it down her mouth full of blood. A momentter, her lifeless eyes and body were replenished with life, albeit her eyes still looking terrified. She mumbled something as she looked at the empress.
ck hair ck eyes Hmmm So my son likes this type, huh?
Nier quietly said from behind: Your majesty, you have ck hair and ck eyes.
The empress froze for a moment, and then spun around to look at Nier. Her expressionless look suddenly turned into a shy smile. She reached her hand out and roughly rubbed Niers face, and giddily said: Thats right! Thats right! I I have ck hair and ck eyes!! I Yeah, I do!! This woman My son uses me as his standard for desirable women! My son Im the woman in his heart! Its me!!
Nier, whose face was getting rubbed and squished into all sorts of different forms by the giddy empress, spent a lot of effort to say: Y-your majesty I I think Being seen as a woman By your s- Isnt Good
No, no no! That goes to show that I have a ce in his heart. It shows that Im a woman that he wants to keep in his heart forever. I get it. I get it. I was once told that men look for women that resemble their mother. It looks like my son has epted me as his mother! He sees me as his mom, and not some blonde woman!
The empress, still giddy, let go, crouched down and happily rubbed the hounds head. The happiness of the empress seemed to rub off onto the hound, as it stuck its tongue out and panted excitedly.
All is good, all is good. Im very happy!!
The empress stroked the face of thedy with ck hair. Thedy with ck hair cried tears of joy. After the empress reached her hand out, the Valkyries by her side dragged the ck-haireddy out, leaving just a few women behind.
You people dared to touch my son with your dirty hands
The empress wore a cold smile as she raised a bowl of blood up and poured it down onto the women,pletely drenching them in the scent of blood. The hound got stimted and stood up. However, without the empresss orders, it could only pant excitedly and didnt rush over.
Ill forgive that woman. But as for you, I will never forgive you. I will only allow my son to marry a woman I approve of. As for offing you sluts, lets just interpret it as me doing some purification work No, wait Thatd be somewhat boring
The empress was supposed to order the hound to jump them then, but just as she was about to wave her hand, she hesitated. She then whispered into Niers ear and Nier nodded. The empress elegantly turned around. Her cape which her son held in his hand was now soaked with blood. After she left the dungeon, Nier and the Valkyries left as well.
No one would find out that there was a hound that hunted humans down there once
And the hound was the victor.
Day two
I left the pce again and went with Nier to that street filled with the stench of sulphur.
Im in a really good mood today. It was the first time Id been called awake by a beauty dressed in a maid uniform. This is the isekai life that everybody else and I desire. You need a maid that wakes you up. Its a must. The elf was kidnapped during the war ten years ago. At the start, she just carried out simple maid work, nothing of that sort. She was given to the creditors to mess with after the noble family went bankrupt a few months ago. After the creditors got bored of her, they sold her off.
Women are nice to have, but money is still moreforting.
Her name is Luna. However, she just wont believe that Im the elf prince. I initially thought shed recognise me.
The prince must be a pure-blooded elf. He cant be a half-blood! So you cant possibly be the prince of elves!
Well, nothing I can do about it And theres no need for me to prove Im the prince either
Nier left in a rushst night and came back without being covered in blood in any form, so it indicated that she didnt kill anyonest night.
I almost got lost this morning. I went ording to the path I took the first time so I used the brothel as one of the checkpoints, but when I got there this morning, it was no longer there. It had been reced by a bank They couldnt have changed owners overnight, right? I queried the manager, but the manager of the bank swore that hed been operating his bank here for over ten years and that Id made a mistake.
I noticed the yellow g overhead and felt a little stupid
Did I really get lost?
Big sis! Big sis! Youre back!
After I jumped over a puddle of water, a group of kids gathered around. They ignored me and flocked to Nier who was behind me. They surrounded Nier and chattered endlessly. You just met her yesterday, why are you acting like youre having a family reunion?
Nier smiled and crouched down. She reached her hand out to scrub their heads. When will this gentle version of Nier treat me I smiled helplessly and leaned on the wall to watch them. Im in no rush. I just came to check on the progress. The kids surrounded Nier and I could tell that she really liked kids.
Oh yeah, I brought some candy for you today.
After they greeted each other, Nier took out the small bag of candy from her belt. She opened it and ced a ball of candy into their dirty hands. The kids cheerfully put the candy in their mouth and loudly eximed: Thank you, big sis!
You dont have to thank me. It was his maj- Ahem It was this mister here that bought it for you.
The kids turned their attention to me. Izily raised one hand and said with a smile: Just thank Nier. I bought it for you because of Nier. Theres no need to thank me.
The kids cheerfullyughed out loud. One of the slightly older boys excitedly looked at us and shouted: In that case! Big brother! Are you two lovers or husband and wife?!
Uhh
Look at your big sis, Niers gaze. What sort of wife or girlfriend do you think would look at her husband or boyfriend like shes looking at trash like that
<strong>Trantor Comment:</strong> Someone once said (directed towards me) Or he could be a decent human being and not be an asshole about it? Be the better man instead of a child?
I took the advice to heart. I ascended from human into king status. And I also decided to be a better man, instead of a child.
But a better man was too vague of a definition, so I followed the synonymous version of it and followed the advice to be a bigger man.
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