77. Back to the Duke. (3)

“…… Excuse me.”

The time went back slightly, the time when everyone in the party was preparing to head to the duke’s house.

Lucia called someone in a low voice.

The person who received that designation did not even think that it was calling him.

With a tightly closed face, the food ingredients to be used for cooking were contained in the space artifact.

A pink-haired maid in charge of cooking for the party.

Ciella.

A girl with a name like that, with a mysterious secret different from others.

Let’s put her food ingredients in silence when she doesn’t hear her call.

Lucia took a few steps closer and tapped her on the shoulder.

“Over there. You called Ciella.”

“…… ? Me?”

Let’s say that.

Ciela tilts her head with a questionable face, as if asking why she called her.

She was looking at that harmless face.

Lucia tried to stop her from saying something, but scratched the back of her head in embarrassment.

“…… Ugh. Therefore. A moment ago…… I mean what happened When talking about that strange contraption.”

“…… Yes?”

Awkward.

With that said, Ciela took a step back, covering her finger with her ring.

What she sees in her eyes is a little wariness. And…… Unrest.

“Ah. Tsk. Seriously, this…… It doesn’t suit my aptitude.”

Seeing that, Lucia tousled her own hair a little, and then hoo. She sighed.

Then, after stretching her words for a while, she spoke in a small voice.

“So. That. …… To say I’m sorry.”

“Yes?”

She seemed to have no idea. At Lucia’s apology, Ciela widened her eyes.

Isn’t the boundary completely gone?

With the ring, an artifact, hidden behind a little.

“A while ago…… I think it was too rude. I apologized once for noticing Cale, but I thought I should do it properly.”

That was rude. Those words are probably appropriate.

A mechanical device that cannot be understood with her knowledge.

At the time that came out, Lucia was a bit overheated.

Let me give you a little excuse. It must be a professional characteristic that any wizard can’t help.

Unidentified object.

Seeing in front of her eyes a mechanical device that destroys all common sense, even the mechanism of its activation is difficult to grasp.

Wishing that the wizard didn’t get excited was the same as wanting the cat to entrust the fish and not eat it.

–Of course, even if that’s the case.

That was definitely not the story that her Lucia’s actions could be justified.

Aside from asking Siela aggressively.

If Cale hadn’t blocked it at the right time…….

About the artifact that hides her secret, that is, her true appearance.

I was almost exposed without Ciela’s consent.

Lucia, who said that, looks like a strangely downtrodden cat, and let’s take a closer look at Ciela.

Suddenly, Ciela laughed.

“…… What. Was it like that?”

“Hmm. Umm…….”

Lucia rolled her eyes without answering.

Her face showed a little shame, shyness, and sorry.

Said Ciela, who shrugged her shoulders.

“It’s okay. In fact, she never said anything wrong.”

Isn’t it time to check out her gadgets?

And, among them, he was the only one who reacted strangely to the mechanical device.

Then, the speculation leans towards the fact that there is a ‘condition’ for Ciela who reacts to the mechanical device, which is different from her.

Even if Ciela herself thinks about it.

The reason her mechanism worked on me was probably because she wasn’t a normal human being.

And if she says she’s Ciella that she’s not a normal human being, she’s the reason the contraption reacted.

It may not be a good thing for her to keep that fact hidden forever.

On the board she’s going back to the duke to figure out something about the mechanism.

If the person who has the least clue hides it, the story will inevitably fall into a labyrinth.

Such a slight sense of debt.

And that she is hiding her identity from Cale…….

Even the discomfort that had been ignored for a long time, but lately, deep in her heart, has been pushing her face little by little.

She

She was hiding her true identity from Cale.

…… Not a mere stagnation. She was hiding her race itself.

She’s not weird at all no matter how disgusting you think she is.

She was hiding such a secret from her own master.

‘Words. I have to give…… I guess I. That he’s a prisoner.’

When she thought that his gaze on her would not be the same as before, one side of her heart ached.

She is not something that can be hidden forever.

…… Because she never intended to cheat her whole life.

She seemed to know what Ciella was thinking.

She looked at Lucia for a moment, then she snapped her hand as if remembering.

f*ck!

Soon after, Lucia rummaged through the deep subspace and took out two herbs that she could hold in her hand.

After distinguishing them within. He split one side of her and held it out to Ciela.

“…… This?”

“One is a herb that induces drowsiness. The one is…… It is an herb that induces stomach pain.”

“…… Yes?”

Why are you giving this to yourself?

Ciela tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

Her Lucia, who saw her, shrugged her shoulders for a moment and said.

“You. Are you planning on telling Cale?”

“…… !”

Lucia had some idea about Ciela.

Ciela puts on an expression that seems to have caught her insides.

Seeing Siela like that, Lucia smiled.

“…… Then, if there are many listeners, it won’t be a little uncomfortable.”

Suin is coming out.

For that reason, even if Ciela tries to make time for just the two of them as quietly as possible.

Maybe it won’t be easy.

Advanced average sword expert.

Because there were two useless stamina monsters in the party who could stay up all day and night for 7 days.

“…… I understand one is sleeping pills. Why is one medicine for stomach pain…… ?”

Ciela asked as if she couldn’t understand.

As if the reason was simple, Lucia said.

“This is a drowsiness inducer, not a sleeping pill. It might be a bit drowsy, but…… If you use magic, you can shake it off.”

If you use real sleeping pills, you can’t help but be caught because of the smell or taste.

Drowsy tiredness.

It’s stronger than an ordinary swordsman, but it’s not to the point of feeling awkward.

It’s normal for him to sleep without generating magic.

Among this group, there was one knight who was a bit out of the ordinary.

Because you’re so obstinate.

Something like driving a carriage yourself.

For reasons such as having to stand on one’s own during night shifts, the drowsiness inducer can be ignored.

“Ah… …. Then, this.”

“Yes. It’s for that useless, obstinate knight. What happens when you roll around…… You know, you’ll lose your stamina.”

Fishik.

Having said that, Lucia secretly raised the corner of her mouth as if in anticipation.

A strangely bad-tempered expression.

‘Uh… …. Do you have any ill feelings towards Sir Dagnes?’

Because that expression was quite vicious.

After accepting her herbs, Ciela couldn’t help but think that way with a strange expression on her face.

* * *

“Ciella. Sir Dagnes, are you still in the same condition as yesterday?”

“Hmm… …. That, well My stomach doesn’t seem to get better.”

“…… Okay?”

It’s a bit late for dawn. It’s a bit early for daytime…….

Early morning.

After talking to Ciela, I gave her a brief nod.

Nothing has changed in particular.

Although Ciela briefly showed me the appearance of the original rabbit beastman.

It was only dawn, and she returned to her original maid-servant form.

I had no intention of doing anything.

From Siela’s point of view, even just revealing that fact to me must have been quite a challenge.

No matter how much she told me…… It’s not going to be easy to stay that way.

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‘…… Didn’t it bother your ears so much that you put it in?’

Awkward.

For a moment, I shook my head after making such a useless speculation.

Although it was a bit persistent and bothered my ears.

Ciel also liked it later on.

The way I treat her hasn’t changed either.

The way she treats me hasn’t changed either.

On the contrary, I feel closer…….

At the time I was thinking about that.

Suddenly.

Suddenly, someone thrust the top of his head into the center of his field of vision.

A terrifying momentum, almost like head-butting.

However, he didn’t run into me.

As it is, the silver hair that stopped squeezing right in front of my nose.

There was only one person in our party with hair that was close to gray like this.

No.

I had never seen her lively silver hair like hers in the first place.

“…… Lucia?”

The owner of that hair, a genius wizard with silver hair. I muttered Lucia’s name.

For some reason, Lucia just stood there without even explaining.

“Uh… ….”

One step. Let’s step back.

Maybe it has eyes on the top of its head, and Lucia is coming exactly that far.

I tilted my head at that questionable action.

Curiosity aroused at the sudden thrust of my head, I moved a little closer.

I brought my nose close to the top of my head and sniffed it.

──Sniff.

It was a simple action. The response back was immediate.

“…… What. What, what are you doing!? Why do you smell someone else’s crown!”

“Why are you so surprised? Wasn’t this your intention?”

“…… !”

Because this time I felt like I was going to seriously hit my head.

I covered her small head with one hand and said with a smile.

“Because there was no strange smell. Calm down.”

It could have smelled a little bit like the top of my head.

No. In fact, in the case of Rin, it seemed that such a small animal would have a strangely addictive smell.

The only thing that came out of Lucia’s clean hair was her unique body shape.

Rather than a normal person’s body type, how to say it. A calm yet strangely delicate feeling.

The smell of paper unique to bookstores.

As if you were meditating, your mind feels refreshed and at peace.

Perhaps this is her body type and at the same time the smell of magical power.

On the contrary, it was a pleasant smell.

It was a bit of an odd excuse, but when he said that, Lucia raised her blushing face.

“…… Not that. Did you want to do something else?”

“…… Something else?”

As if I’m ashamed to say it with my own mouth.

Lucia, who hesitated for a while, oops. After she made a noise.

Took.

Lucia leaned her head against my body, she said in a crawling voice.

“…… Me too. Yesterday, he like Ciella. ‘Do that’.”

Like Siela.

I want to be stroked too.

Lucia said that in a voice that seemed like she was dying of shame.

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