âA welcome party for Lady Mizuki serves as a tea ceremony bestowed by my lord and please, by all means, participate.â
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The moment when I heard these lines, it was not only I who have felt the room temperature drop.
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âOh, when on earth is it?â
âIt is today.â
ââŠ.Ah.â
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Ah-haâŠ..this is good for the nerve, isnât it?
With a snap, it wasnât my imagination that my folding fan had creak.
When a servant is summoning these people, do they not think how precious their life isâŠ..?
And, of course, as for the maid, itâs only natural for her to follow.
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âWait a moment.â
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I detained the maid who was about to leave the room just as she finished her business.
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âYour master called me to come, so naturally, arenât you the guide?â
ââŠ.I understand.â
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Did I just hear your tongue clicked? And it also doesnât look good when you show a troubled look on your face.
But you know?
Youâre more defective than that.
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âLittle lady, I guess you arenât too wiseâŠ.â
âOh, did I perhaps rub you the wrong way?â
âPrecisely, because I didnât know, I have to actually say the word âstupidâ.â
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The maid frowned at me when I started giggling.
Hey, Ms. maid?
Did I say it to you because of your action of âsummoning meâ?
It would be ridiculous if you remained in-denial, donât you think?
Oh, but I donât think Iâll tell you that.
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âOkay, ready to go?â
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Letâs go to the first match.
Well now, how will it turn out?
âRudolf! They seem to summon me early.â
âWell, in advance.â
I also didnât forget to call Rudolf by telepathy.
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Uwwa, this type of evil scenarios is so easy to figure out!
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âWelcome Mizuki. Please take a seat.â
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The lady who wore heavy make-up spun an unsubstantial word while smiling vividly.
Ah, in this state, is this how you welcome someone?
How will I sit down when there isnât a seat?
Itâs in the environment in which all the concubines sat down in a seat around a big table.
Oh, I should give props to the person who made me observe from here.
Because suddenly, and based on my feeling, I saw the four main âenemiesâ.
The first one and the mastermind behind all of this is the blond-haired woman. The pride of her family, though she will become nothing but a fool.
The second one is the quiet woman with her chestnut hair tied up.
What I heard about these two is that they donât show open hostility.
Finally, the last one is the woman with silvery hair who gives off a gentle attitude.
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âI have a question to ask you beforehand.â
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I gave her my sweetest smile but the mastermind behind thisâdidnât at all, but call out to the organizer who hesitantly spoke.
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âOh, yes, what is it?â
âIs the maid sent to my room a person serving you individually?â
âNo, it is a laborer in this Seraglio. I take charge of everyday necessitiesâŠ.â
âI see.â
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I said as my smile slowly faded since the maid from a while ago was standing around the table.
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âThis fool!â
âEhâŠ.hâ
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*Gashan!*
She was blown across the table rolling hard and fast while crushing the tea sets.
Well, even if some debris flew to the concubines and they get hurt, I donât really care.
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âIâŠ.I can offer you some high price tomorâŠ.â
âWhat did you say? Did you not understand the things you even did?â
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I turned my eye to the maid who lost a tooth, her jawbone broken and with bloody face protesting against my magic power.
Actually, the concubines, who tried to utter a cry of blame, their faces turned pale and had fallen silent.
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âYou should serve it despite of being Seraglioâs worker, and your master is His Majesty. If this situation is some kind joke you play in, then it should be best to stop! Iâm talking about the previous attitude and words from a while ago, sounds very conceited, donât you think so?â
âIâmâŠ.Ms. Isabellaâs.â
âThat one there? Iâm the person who received the protection of the âcountryâ thatâs Irufena. If the subordinates of Zeburesuto King take such an attitude toward me despite you being a maid, what do you think will happen?â
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Miss Isabella and the maid didnât seem to understand it well yet, some of the concubines went even paler as they noticed the situation.
Late, too late!
These ladies, you cannot say anything at this point of time when itâs now irrelevant.
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âDid you think one noble of such surpasses a country? Or is Irufena far lesser to the parentsâ house of Miss Isabella?â
âErâŠâŠ!â
âAnd King Rudolf has to shoulder the responsibility. Of course, the matter is whether the correspondence of Irufena is convinced.â
âThatâs right. I did a horrible thing.â
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I turned around to the voice of the man who had joined and took a bow.
This is nobleâs common sense.
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âExcuse the rudeness, your eyes must be polluted. Please forgive the trouble that had been caused.â
âNo, when considering this situation, youâre absolutely right. In fact, I have to apologize for my impoliteness to you.â
âThen please send the message to Irufena, even I, wouldnât like to lose some of my closest allies.â
âIs that soâŠ. Be grateful.â
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âGood job! And also nice timing!â
âThanks for the call âȘ Welcome to the site of evil!â
While exchanging a glance to each other, we were quite energetic, but outwardly, the atmosphere was very serious.
Even though they put on such a grave look, theyâre quite skillful arenât they?
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âShould the person who can âorderâ Mizuki be in the Seraglio?â
âOh, please wait! Iâm the one who ordered and so forth!â
âShut up. Without hearing the arrangement, she is called? Moreover, get harassed? It isnât the case that even the dukeâs daughter is authorized to do.â
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Isabella opened her mouth desperately trying to explain herself but was cut off sharply by Rudolf. No, the single Ms. Isabella? You, did you forgot what you have done earlier?
Because I do not notice, did I do something like harassing someone, too?
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âThere wasnât any harassment, Your Majestyâ
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I snuggled up to Rudolf laughingly with a smile.
With telepathy, Rudolf incidentally called me to cooperate.
âIs it harassment?â
âYes. Let me talkâ
âHa ha! Iâll entrust it to you.â
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âDonât be a woman that was ranked amongst the king who is pressed against his wishes. A seat isnât necessary.â
âThatâs also so, I, nor these guys, not even once passed by the place.â
âHehe. It is the thing which nobody can be pregnant. Itâs best if thereâs no idiotic blood being mixed in.â
âSo if I chose the lady mage of Irufena, no one would be able to object.â
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From his words, the concubines changed their expressions.
The magic retention knows whether there is an alien substance in a human body, now that all the concubines are here, there isnât a ladies noble that is a pregnant.
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âBecause Iâm a mage, I wonât go as it is âŠâŠ As for this extent, unless you had receive.â
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I turned my eye to the table and centralize my magic.
I squinted my eye and tilted my head slightly, the bell on my hair ornament made a clear sound.
*nasâŠ.shi*
The crack sounded simultaneously with the tones of the bell.
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âHiiâ
âUhâŠ!â
âKyah!â
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The foot of the chair split open with the ting-a-ling of the bell. And the concubines, not knowing their bodies were falling, fell with a flop.
Ah, there is a fellow scowling among them!
The likely winners are Isabella and the maids in Seraglio, isnât it.
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âIs this alone enough?â
âYes, this is a personal affair, but I wonât interfere with it after this, since itâll be between the country.â
âAll right.â
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I nodded with a serious face, knowing from his words, it was hinting about âMaou-samaâs requestâ; Rudolf is an oni too, huh.
*Fua* Miss Isabellaâs household is finished.
Maou-sama is a patriot, you cannot scorn his country and expect to get away with it.
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âYour MajestyâŠ.please hear my part of the story!â
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Isabella who seems to be restored began to rush over in order to cling to Rudolf.
But I won. The guards who were about to move but Rudolf signaled at me a âgo!â with his eyes.
âŠAm I being treated as a human weapon? Or do you want to punish her that much?
Well, I expect you canât afford to say chop her down when it comes to the guards isnât it.
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âWithdraw now, you insolent person!â
âErkâŠthe reason to speak of such a thing is you!â
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When that doesnât work, I will scold her.
But itâs faster to hurt her physically than with words.
*Zaa*âŠ.In the next moment, a dull sound was heard.
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âGâŠGyaaa! My face, my faccceeeâŠ..â
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The concubines held their breaths.
Actually, the injury isnât so much a deep thing. It is a kind of performance to make a proud face⊠bloody.
But they do not usually look at the blood, since they are influenced by the fear that an important âfaceâ is now smashed.
âŠâŠ. If the blood is wiped away, itâll only be a scratch and there is healing magic to help get rid of it.
First of all, would you thrust a finishing blow before the ladies are even aware?
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âIs this welcome to carelessness? This here is the first place of Zeburesuto. Look at the guards, how does they seem? Do you not understand?â
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All the members of the guards other than Seiru, who was near at my side, were cadging around Rudolf.
Seiru, from the beginning, was by my side and would pull a sword at any time, willing to chop anyone that comes near me.
Even if I see a massacre scene immediately before that, would he still be calm?
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âEven though I say a concubine, with viewpoints where they serve a king and a queen, rudeness isnât tolerated. Is it said that you have done something to an extent that you have been recognized as an enemy?â
âThe sort of thingâŠâŠ.â
âYes it is! We love the King!â
âOh, does that involve âinjuring himâ through piling love potions? A sleeping pill and the likes, there should be many ones of such an idea.â
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I approached Isabella who was crouching down covering her face with both her hands, and swatted them away with my folding fan then pointed to her face.
Oh, itâs a good bloody splatter!
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âIt is an insult for the King to have you. You should think of yourself as something like a possession of the king hmm~.â
âArkâŠ.!â
âOh, the parentsâ house of the sinner is equally punishable. Because it can serve as an educational value since they even cooperated together.â
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These ladies do not understand that itâs fatally bad. My business is the destruction of Seraglio, itâs for Rudolf to grasp all final decisions.
The reason is because the nobles underestimated the King, so itâs a plan improve it.
It is enough if I smash every family if I am basing the matter on me, and if there is balanced evidence.
They will be done in by a petite lady, king! Itâs punishment time for the fool who treated you as incompetent!
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âMizuki, What did you do? It resulted in everyoneâs punishment.â
âHehe, the punishment this time is for Isabella and her household, and that maid in Seraglio. BecauseâŠâ
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I turned around to the concubines with a floating a smile.
*Plop* A drop of blood dripped down from the folding fan and stained the floor.
This is how Iâll be directing it, the device that came out from the folding fan was a small container full of blood. When I pressed it, drops of blood fell on the ground.
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âIt isnât possible to leave a quarrel that a mage was sold into, so I would consider accepting the declaration of war from everyone.â
âYou see, in the case you lose, you and your parents will take full responsibility.â
âNaturally! Because you did it self-indulgently with the cooperation of your parentsâ house.â
ââŠ..By the way, this farce has already ended, the cleanup will be left to the guards. Ready for our long-awaited exit to your room?â
âIâll welcome it, your Majestyâ
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I left the room with Rudolf, having all the concubines looking pale.
I was meticulous about detail as I let his hand go around my waist.
If I threatened so much as âyouâre already a sinner, are you ready for punishment?â either you leave the Seraglio on your own or be prepared.
This was very minimal compared to what mental stress Rudolf went through. If I do not corner it, then it might as well be simpler to die to oneâs stupidity.
After thatâ.
Isabella and the ladyâs maid were executed, and Duke Reuben was seized of all his asset.
Well, since it is a historical blood relationship, the scandal were covered. Even though I wanted to crush it, I couldnât.
I will want to avoid the behavior that will lose value of the country with Rudolf.
When I heard about the evidence of the evil deed, it was Maou-sama and his followers who were behind the sceneâŠâŠ..the smoke doesnât rise at the fire-less place, does it? Yup.
I received a luxurious tea-leaf of appreciation from the Prime Minister, and friendship with the guards also deepened, so my method wasnât wrong.
So two days later after the turmoil, âIt was an interesting show. Do it more but I recommend you to be more savage(paraphrased)â, a long letter thatâs said so from Maou-sama.
Maou-samaâŠ.were you enjoying and observing from afar?!