Everyday was peaceful, and just a bit boring.
.
The engagement with that man was already set, and as I was not required to purposely participate in any evening party or tea party more than needed, I ended up lazing around, I mean, working hard at embroidery and reading in the mansion.
Although it might sounded like an excuse, but a lady of nobility was just that kind of person. It’s not like Adina house was granted any territory and has any room for doing some philanthropic work, and me, who wouldn’t be succeeding my father like my little brother would, didn’t need to go through with the secret art of transcribing grimoire that had been passed down in the family more than necessary. The only thing that I could do were just embroidery, or reading, yes, those were all.
.
Aah, but that’s right, sometimes I was asked several times by the other ladies to be their ghostwriter.
The one special skill I, who had only read books excel at was writing a love letter. Well, I stopped when a rumor started spreading out though.
.
A lady “earning money” was not something to be positively viewed. Was he so poor to even let his own daughter earn income for him? I’d rather not cause father’s reputation to plummet with a reason such as that. It’s not like I stopped because it would be troublesome if I were to be involved in a vortex of misunderstanding due to those love letters, not in the least.
It’s not like I was thinking that because my mental age had approached fifty, putting aside my physical age, I wanted to try an early retirement life for a moment. Yes, by no means did I think that.
.
I had long given up on the marriageable age set in this world.
It had been several years since my reunion with that man, and the postponed marriage “until everything settles down” was as it was, without any sign of it moving forward at all.
Half of my feeling sensed danger and was like won’t it become seriously bad soon?, and half of it with casual attitude and was like well, isn’t it alright? When push came to shove, I could just leave my house and become a real ghostwriter, and while thinking such things, I spent those days leisurely.
.
Without me trying to realize how precious that peace, that boredom was.
.
.
Then, it was around that time. News of the Demon King’s revival shook the world.
.
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Let’s be honest. “Demon King? lol RPG is here! lol”[1] or something like that ended up passing through my mind. Also, in a world of sword and magic, Demon King is really a common template, at first I completely thought about such things. That was to say, I didn’t have that sense of reality yet. 。
.
I’ve known the tale of Demon King and Hero from picture books since I was little, but I never thought of it as real. And it was true, that my heart leapt a little with excitement from this opening scene of common fantasy trope.
.
However, that excitement vanished in a split moment just like that.
The damaged caused by demon kin was heard from various place. The escape and monopoly of goods by the thoughtless nobles. Even my heart was affected by the creeping anxiety whispered all over the capital.
This is a war, I somehow understood it. It was something we couldn’t avoid.
Still, since it was the Royal Capital, since I was blessed with a position of being a noble, I could somehow endured it all.
No, that’s wrong. I wasn’t enduring it, but was averting my eyes. I wanted to think of it as something unrelated to me.
.
I learnt that recently, the mobilization of chivalric order along with the magicians for Demon King’s subjugation operation ended in failure, with the leader of Chivalric order and several other people coming back to the capital after barely escaping alive. And few days ago, finally a hero was chosen by the holy sword.
.
If that’s the case, then the next move would be…
.
“My, Eddy. What happened for you to come at this hour?”
.
It was late at night, on the day news of the hero chosen by the holy swords was spreading throughout the kingdom.
While basked by the evening dew, that man suddenly came as usual.
Putting on a gown on top of my nightwear, I went to meet him, and without beating about the bush, he told me this.
.
“I had an audience with His Majesty”
“With His Majesty?”
“Yeah. ─────Together with the Hero, I was to subjugate the Demon King”
.
My breath was taken away. For me to be able to not raise my voice was a miracle in itself.
While I received a shock to that extent, on the other hand I somehow understood. Aah, as I expected. To the point of being strange, [I] was calm.
Gazing down at that [me], that man continued indifferently.
.
“Together with the Princess and the Leader of chivalric order, we will depart the day after tomorrow”
“…that’s quite another sudden thing”
“I’m sure it was so no one can run away”
.
A sarcastic smile just like usual. Even though if it was the usual me, “that’s impolite, you know”I would rebuke him while trying to smile, but at that time, I couldn’t smile. Instead of smiling, I suddenly had a thought.
.
This man, didn’t he actually possess an outrageous flag?
.
Although it was extremely too late by then, the me at that time realized that fact.
This situation, is the so-called common fantasy trope in the world of sword and magic.
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Common trope. When I consider it once more, it was a frightening phrase.
.
A common trope means, it was a fate recognized by everyone. It was like a future decided by the world. And what should be considered was, that man’s position.
When you’re talking about the magician of hero party (lol)[2], there would be various patterns to follow. Among those, the first thing to be feared the most, one that could apply to anyone, was the death flag, was it not so? Like letting the hero go first while he himself stayed, or using a large magic with his life as the compensation, or covering for the hero, or instead of the hero he’s covering for the heroine. And then, after overcoming the death of that comrade (= magician), the hero would splendidly defeat the Demon King together with the heroine and save the world. Yes, heroine. In this case, that heroine position belonged to the princess.
.
After reaching that thought, I ended up remembering it. “Come to think of it, hasn’t this man already raised a flag with the princess?” .
.
This man evaluated the princess as “a peculiar ally”.[3] If that was all, I wouldn’t pay it much attention, but actually the flag wasn’t just that. After the tea party where he met the princess for the first time, it seemed that somehow or another, that man had been receiving nominations.
What’s with that? From Hime-sama? So enviable, let’s put aside the things that I unconsciously thought. The problem here was, in short, that man was deepening his relationship with the princess when I was unaware of it.
The princess well-known as the living jewel, and that man praised as the night fairy. When they stood together, there’s no doubt that it would seem like a gorgeous painting.
.
In short, the flag that man possessed. There was another one aside from the death flag. It was the romance flag with the princess. Even if this man came back safely, the possibility of him continuing the engagement with someone like me and went for a goal-in[4] was equal to zero.
Even if the possibility of staying with the princess has gotten lower by the appearance of the hero, but despite his mouth that could only spout sarcasm and cynicism, he was an honest man, and no matter what I couldn’t think of him marrying me when he has someone he loved.
“I wish to cancel our engagement”, the picture of him saying it easily came into my mind.
.
That’s why, I decided to resolve myself.
[1]Originally written as「魔王とかwww RPGktkrwww」
w → means smile/laugh (it’s an internet slang)
ktkr → kita kore! (it’s here!) ↵
[2]Really, what’s with Filimina (or maybe to be correct the author) and Hero party? XD It seems the author really thinks of the hero party as a joke~ Hahahaha ↵
[3]I made a mistake in the previous chapter! Rather than a peculiar person, it was a peculiar ally↵
[4]Goal-in is a Japanglish. Looks like an English word but, no. It isn’t. It could mean the goal, finish line, or marriage as in this case↵
Everyday was peaceful, and just a bit boring.
.
The engagement with that man was already set, and as I was not required to purposely participate in any evening party or tea party more than needed, I ended up lazing around, I mean, working hard at embroidery and reading in the mansion.
Although it might sounded like an excuse, but a lady of nobility was just that kind of person. It’s not like Adina house was granted any territory and has any room for doing some philanthropic work, and me, who wouldn’t be succeeding my father like my little brother would, didn’t need to go through with the secret art of transcribing grimoire that had been passed down in the family more than necessary. The only thing that I could do were just embroidery, or reading, yes, those were all.
.
Aah, but that’s right, sometimes I was asked several times by the other ladies to be their ghostwriter.
The one special skill I, who had only read books excel at was writing a love letter. Well, I stopped when a rumor started spreading out though.
.
A lady “earning money” was not something to be positively viewed. Was he so poor to even let his own daughter earn income for him? I’d rather not cause father’s reputation to plummet with a reason such as that. It’s not like I stopped because it would be troublesome if I were to be involved in a vortex of misunderstanding due to those love letters, not in the least.
It’s not like I was thinking that because my mental age had approached fifty, putting aside my physical age, I wanted to try an early retirement life for a moment. Yes, by no means did I think that.
.
I had long given up on the marriageable age set in this world.
It had been several years since my reunion with that man, and the postponed marriage “until everything settles down” was as it was, without any sign of it moving forward at all.
Half of my feeling sensed danger and was like won’t it become seriously bad soon?, and half of it with casual attitude and was like well, isn’t it alright? When push came to shove, I could just leave my house and become a real ghostwriter, and while thinking such things, I spent those days leisurely.
.
Without me trying to realize how precious that peace, that boredom was.
.
.
Then, it was around that time. News of the Demon King’s revival shook the world.
.
kurukurutl.wordpress.com
Let’s be honest. “Demon King? lol RPG is here! lol”[1] or something like that ended up passing through my mind. Also, in a world of sword and magic, Demon King is really a common template, at first I completely thought about such things. That was to say, I didn’t have that sense of reality yet. 。
.
I’ve known the tale of Demon King and Hero from picture books since I was little, but I never thought of it as real. And it was true, that my heart leapt a little with excitement from this opening scene of common fantasy trope.
.
However, that excitement vanished in a split moment just like that.
The damaged caused by demon kin was heard from various place. The escape and monopoly of goods by the thoughtless nobles. Even my heart was affected by the creeping anxiety whispered all over the capital.
This is a war, I somehow understood it. It was something we couldn’t avoid.
Still, since it was the Royal Capital, since I was blessed with a position of being a noble, I could somehow endured it all.
No, that’s wrong. I wasn’t enduring it, but was averting my eyes. I wanted to think of it as something unrelated to me.
.
I learnt that recently, the mobilization of chivalric order along with the magicians for Demon King’s subjugation operation ended in failure, with the leader of Chivalric order and several other people coming back to the capital after barely escaping alive. And few days ago, finally a hero was chosen by the holy sword.
.
If that’s the case, then the next move would be…
.
“My, Eddy. What happened for you to come at this hour?”
.
It was late at night, on the day news of the hero chosen by the holy swords was spreading throughout the kingdom.
While basked by the evening dew, that man suddenly came as usual.
Putting on a gown on top of my nightwear, I went to meet him, and without beating about the bush, he told me this.
.
“I had an audience with His Majesty”
“With His Majesty?”
“Yeah. ─────Together with the Hero, I was to subjugate the Demon King”
.
My breath was taken away. For me to be able to not raise my voice was a miracle in itself.
While I received a shock to that extent, on the other hand I somehow understood. Aah, as I expected. To the point of being strange, [I] was calm.
Gazing down at that [me], that man continued indifferently.
.
“Together with the Princess and the Leader of chivalric order, we will depart the day after tomorrow”
“…that’s quite another sudden thing”
“I’m sure it was so no one can run away”
.
A sarcastic smile just like usual. Even though if it was the usual me, “that’s impolite, you know”I would rebuke him while trying to smile, but at that time, I couldn’t smile. Instead of smiling, I suddenly had a thought.
.
This man, didn’t he actually possess an outrageous flag?
.
Although it was extremely too late by then, the me at that time realized that fact.
This situation, is the so-called common fantasy trope in the world of sword and magic.
kurukurutl.wordpress.com
Common trope. When I consider it once more, it was a frightening phrase.
.
A common trope means, it was a fate recognized by everyone. It was like a future decided by the world. And what should be considered was, that man’s position.
When you’re talking about the magician of hero party (lol)[2], there would be various patterns to follow. Among those, the first thing to be feared the most, one that could apply to anyone, was the death flag, was it not so? Like letting the hero go first while he himself stayed, or using a large magic with his life as the compensation, or covering for the hero, or instead of the hero he’s covering for the heroine. And then, after overcoming the death of that comrade (= magician), the hero would splendidly defeat the Demon King together with the heroine and save the world. Yes, heroine. In this case, that heroine position belonged to the princess.
.
After reaching that thought, I ended up remembering it. “Come to think of it, hasn’t this man already raised a flag with the princess?” .
.
This man evaluated the princess as “a peculiar ally”.[3] If that was all, I wouldn’t pay it much attention, but actually the flag wasn’t just that. After the tea party where he met the princess for the first time, it seemed that somehow or another, that man had been receiving nominations.
What’s with that? From Hime-sama? So enviable, let’s put aside the things that I unconsciously thought. The problem here was, in short, that man was deepening his relationship with the princess when I was unaware of it.
The princess well-known as the living jewel, and that man praised as the night fairy. When they stood together, there’s no doubt that it would seem like a gorgeous painting.
.
In short, the flag that man possessed. There was another one aside from the death flag. It was the romance flag with the princess. Even if this man came back safely, the possibility of him continuing the engagement with someone like me and went for a goal-in[4] was equal to zero.
Even if the possibility of staying with the princess has gotten lower by the appearance of the hero, but despite his mouth that could only spout sarcasm and cynicism, he was an honest man, and no matter what I couldn’t think of him marrying me when he has someone he loved.
“I wish to cancel our engagement”, the picture of him saying it easily came into my mind.
.
That’s why, I decided to resolve myself.
[1]Originally written as「魔王とかwww RPGktkrwww」
w → means smile/laugh (it’s an internet slang)
ktkr → kita kore! (it’s here!) ↵
[2]Really, what’s with Filimina (or maybe to be correct the author) and Hero party? XD It seems the author really thinks of the hero party as a joke~ Hahahaha ↵
[3]I made a mistake in the previous chapter! Rather than a peculiar person, it was a peculiar ally↵
[4]Goal-in is a Japanglish. Looks like an English word but, no. It isn’t. It could mean the goal, finish line, or marriage as in this case↵
