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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi (Light Novel) - Volume 4, Chapter 6 - Ancient palace's abandoned garden, Part 5-6
Volume 4, Chapter 6 - Ancient palace's abandoned garden, Part 5-6
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Part 5
Not long before, the special force led by Anya had successfully infiltrated Fontaine City through a dark underground secret passage.
When she took a peek after climbing up the stairs from the passage, she realized that the exit is at the ruins of the ancient palace. She found out that the fire place in the guest-room was also connected to the secret passage.
The information about the underground passage was given by Milgauss. How did Milgauss get to know about the existence of this underground passage? Once again, Anya was bothered by this question.
The group of people had removed their battle gear. Anya had changed into her maid attire and the rest had changed into their manservant wear. All these imitations were supplied by Klaus.
Anya led her four underlings out of the ancient palace. The sun could not be seen and the grey sky made it seem like it was going to rain anytime soon.
We must infiltrate the palace immediately… Anya tried to build up her spirit.
The surroundings of the old building was an abandoned garden. No matter how tight the security is at the front, they will never guess that an enemy would appear from such a place. There isn’t even a single guard here.
The next objective is to find Eco in the palace, lead her out to a quite place, kidnap and take her back to Beowolf. Only then is her mission complete.
Along the way in the abandoned garden, Anya touched her pistol hidden in her cloths. The bullets were filled with strong tranquilizers.
The special weapon was provided by Milgauss. Even though it is a tranquilizer... it will still be a lie if she says she will not hesitate to shoot a girl like Eco.
“Chief, anything wrong?”
Anya came back to her senses after being questioned by an underling.
“…Nothing.”
That’s it, she mustn’t forget that she is leading a team right now. As a chief of the Tantalos tribe, she is also the leader of the special force at the same time. If she was not focused on her mission, her whole team will be in danger… After some thought, she made up her mind.
Right at this moment.
“Eco-chan! Where are you~?”
Suddenly, there was a panicking voice that was spoken slowly.
A maid appeared right in front. When she saw Anya and the rest, she became confused.
Anya realized something. This maid shouted Eco’s name a few moments ago. So she must be one of Eco’s acquaintances…
No matter what, she mustn’t let loose of this opportunity. As long as she captures this maid and interrogates her, she probably could save her trouble for doing land combing in search for Eco.
Anya signaled her underlings behind with her fingers and immediately unsheathed her dagger.
Under Anya’s directions, the four underlings immediately split up.
They intend to surround the maid.
“Don’t come here! Run, quick!”
The voice that suddenly came out of nowhere shocked Anya.
That cry sounds familiar.
“That’s young dragon Eco.”
Her underlings stopped their footsteps at the same time upon hearing Anya’s shout.
At the same time, there was a lightning strike and the sound of thunder. The sound of thunder that seemed far away a few moments ago was slowly but eminently approaching.
“All of you, go and capture Eco! I will deal with the maid!”
Under Anya’s order, the underlings had shifted their targets. All four of them attacked Eco at the same time.
Even though she is a dragon, she looked like a girl. It should be an easy job for four big burly Tantalos man. After Anya made the positive judgment, she attacked the maid.
“Huh? What is happening- Ouch!”
Anya punched the maid in her stomach. The maid lost her consciousness and dropped on the ground.
“Hmph, the citizens of the Knight Country are really weak.”
The same time Anya snubbed her nose, thunder roared and the drizzling rain turned into a down pour. The coldness of the rain doesn’t make the season feel like summer.
Anya, thinking that her four underlings should have kept Eco in control, turned her head to look.
“Wha…!”
Anya shivered when she saw the scene behind.
“…Tsk, this is why I hate stupid and ignorant humans.”
Not only Eco wasn’t captured, she was even standing in the middle of the garden in rage. Her hair is wet and messy from being dripped on by the rain but her red eyes were full of spirit.
Three of the special force members were already on the ground.
“Damn you brat…!”
The fourth member lifted his dagger and attacked Eco directly. Seeing that his companions were knocked out, he had lost his temper.
Suddenly Eco leaped. She flew up in front of him, before the dagger struck, and gave him a punch in the stomach.
“*Cough*!”
Even though it seems like a girl struggling to escape... For her underling was like being attacked by a bull and was easily knocked back. This scene is what someone can find in a story book.
-Is that… The so called power of a dragon!?
Anya shivered.
Even when her pure self made her look fragile, the truth is Eco's strength is unimaginable.
“If you don’t respect me… Then get ready to be trampled!”
The guy was lying on the ground weakly and full of mud. Eco stepped on his back without mercy.
“Ouuuu!”
After the last underling cried in pain, he lost consciousness.
After making sure that the guy had fainted, Eco stared at Anya angrily.
“Aren’t you Anya? Why do you pretend to be a waitress in the student restaurant?”
Anya remained silent. There was no need for her to answer. She silently put on her fighting posture.
“Is it… So I take that you are not going to tell me. Never mind, that’s not so important anyway.”
Eco immediately prepared her defence.
For a short moment, it looked like a dragon had appeared behind her body.
“I have never liked you since then. You seemed to be interested in Ash!”
Eco rushed towards Anya while splashing water all around.
Her wrist strength is very strong.
If she was hit, Anya would probably follow the footsteps of her four underlings.
But-!
“No matter how strong your strength is, there is no point if you can’t land a hit!”
Anya twisted her body to one side getting out of the way of Eco’s head-buttt.
“Urgh…”
Eco, who nearly fell because of her momentum, immediately turned around and faced Anya again. She had now changed her weapon into her fist.
Anya dodged her first punch by just a few millimeters.
-Don!
The wind pressure of the punch swept passed her face painfully. This straight punch looks as if it can cut through rain. It felt as if the wind pressure of the punch is strong enough to blow a human off his feet.
No wonder her four underlings were easily knocked out. But Anya had not yet broken a sweat. Her ability is greater than all the four guys who were still the top in the tribe.
“Damn… why can’t you just get knocked out!”
Eco angrily swung her fist again but in Anya’s eyes, she was no longer a frightening enemy.
“…Urgh!”
Eco, who through a miss, was tripped by the mud and lost her balance.
The afternoon thunderstorm had not yet stopped. Anya had long found out that the ground was slippery, but Eco, who is only a few months old, probably didn’t notice these details.
Seeing Eco’s defence is exposed, Anya takes the chance.
“Haa!”
She gave Eco a kick with all her might behind her neck.
Her foot had knocked in to Eco’s neck with water splashing everywhere.
If she was to be a normal human, Eco would be knocked out of conscious in just a second.
“Urgh… How dare you kick me!”
“It can’t be!”
Anya was shocked.
Eco nearly fell, but managed to stand still with only will power. She was staring at Anya with tears in her eyes.
Her face that was wet with the rain water is full of killing intent.
“I swear I’ll, I’ll… Trample you!”
Eco while showing her teeth rushed towards Anya. Not only did she have huge amount of strength she is also as hardy as a dragon. But Eco attacked aimlessly just like a trapped animal. If this fight continues... it probably won’t end before the night arrives.
Anya made a search in her cloths with her hand and felt something cold. If it is possible, she will never chose to use this thing, but she mustn’t waste any time anymore.
“…Please don’t think badly of me.”
After Anya took out and aimed the pistol, she pulled the trigger without a single hesitation.
Part 6
After Silvia finished her story, Ash was in a great shock.
Ash absolutely couldn’t believe what he heard. Milgauss is most probably Prince Julius––this was what Silvia had said.
Of course Ash knew that Julius was sentenced to death for committing a taboo. That can be said as the worst scandal in the long history of the Lautreamont family.
“But Prince Julius… Wasn’t he already sentenced to death?” Ash asked, still doubting the statement.
But Silvia continues on mumbling her explanation:
“The information about him being sentenced to death may be fake. Chichi–ue is that kind of a person… he would never kill his own son. The truth is, I am very happy that Anii-ue is alive. I also believe that he must have his own reason for killing Mordred. But… why is he cooperating with the Empire and bringing disasters to the Knight Country? This is the only part that doesn’t make sense. What should I do…”
Silvia pursed her lips and looked downwards without saying a word. Just by thinking about the burden and her troubles Ash felt that his head is starting to spin. But, seeing Silvia being troubled by her worries, Ash knew that he can no longer remain silent.
“Actually… I didn’t quite remember what my father looks like.”
“…?”
Silvia lifted her head and looked at Ash confusedly.
“Even though it is not right for me as a son to say so, but my father was an odd person… He disappeared after my sister’s birth. Somehow, my family talks less and less about him. As for why would my father leave us… I had been wondering about this for ages, but I can’t simply ask this question. One day… I finally asked my mother out of curiosity.”
“Did she tell you anything?”
“No, she didn’t even mention a single thing. But she promised me that she will tell me everything when I grow up. This is also the reason why I have never asked about it since.”
This is the first time Ash had the chance to talk about his family background, so he is a little shy. Still, he is happy that Silvia listened to him attentively.
“In the end… What I wanted to say is, your problem won’t be solved if you keep it all to your self. If you have the time to feel sad, why not directly ask the person involved. Isn’t that better?”
“If I could do it, I wouldn’t be facing all this trouble… But what you say is reasonable.”
Silvia had regained her happy expression.
“Thank you, Ash. With your encouragement, I feel that the burden has somehow lifted.”
Her cute-ish smile made Ash’s heart beat nonstop. Silvia’s impression within the academy was the ‘Graceful but unapproachable beautiful princess’. Who would have known that she can make such a smile.
In this instant, there was a bright light coming from the sky and the next second, the thunder was roaring.
The loud sound felt as if it had landed right beside them. Ash turned his gaze to look outside the window and found it to be raining heavily.
Then, he finally felt the smell of the rain.
“Kyaa!”
Just as expected, Silvia who was born timid immediately screamed. She was so frightened that she lost her sense and cuddled in Ash’s arms.
“Uwaa…!”
Ash was shocked and fell on the bed with Silvia hugging him.
Silvia was trembling and cuddled to Ash tightly. On her snow white face, there falls the shadows of her long eye lashes.
“…Princess?”
Even after Ash called out to her, Silvia still remained silent. She shut her eyes tightly and embraced Ash. Just like a child, she was trembling nonstop.
There won’t be much of a problem if it's only to this extent. But ash felt something soft that shouldn’t exist in this world. That is certainly not something that can be felt from a child. It is Silvia's breast which was pressing tightly against Ash’s body.
The lightning strikes two, three times. Every time it strikes, Silvia trembled a little and tightens her hug.
…Both of them remained in the same position for some time.
“Are you alright, Princess?’
When the sounds of the thunder and the winds had stopped, Ash slowly asked. If Silvia kept on sticking to him, he felt like his heart is going to burst. So, Ash pretended to give Silvia a gentle push and sat up.
“Nn…”
Silvia was lying on the bed when she opened her eyes that were shut close for a long time. There were tears at the edge of her eyes which was probably from the tremendous fear that she had just been through.
“Wha…!”
Silvia who finally calmed down immediately blushed. She probably had realized the situation that she was in.
As a princess, she was lying on a bed defenceless while being looked at by Ash-
-T-This is bad.
Ash had made his mental preparation for the coming ‘fist of the Lautreamont Family Rules’.
Although he did nothing wrong, through his past experience, he was already used to this kind of ending. Basically, everything will end after that fist.
But, Silvia was still lying on the bed with her red face.
Ash felt that her eyelashes were shaking.
“Princess…?’
Ash looked carefully at Silvia.
In contrast to a ferocious Dragner, her limbs were thin and nicely shaped. The two lumps of meat at her chest were moving up and down following her breathing tempo…
In this instant, Ash felt that his mind was going to crack.
Silvia was not wearing a bra right now. The pink tips could somehow be seen underneath her blouse that was covered in sweat and was breaking down Ash’s mental reasoning ability.
Why is Silvia not moving?
Why is she not in her usual angry self and try to hit me?
What if I try to touch her right now?
-N-No, I mustn’t! Princess right now is… Is worried about Prince Julius so she couldn’t think straight. For me to take advantage of others at such moment… I can never do this. Not even in a million years…
-Kon, kon.
There was someone knocking the door.
Although it just a usual knock, but in this situation, the sound was piercing Ash’s ears.
“…Urgh!”
Silvia had probably thought the same thing. Just like the magic had disappeared, she jumped off from the bed.
“Sorry for intruding.”
The person outside entered before Ash replied.
It was Cosette.
“The evening dress has been altered. I am here to pick up Princess.”
The way Cosette speaks was unnatural and way too formal. She probably had seen through what had happened between Ash and Silvia.
“...Understood. I will head there right now.”
Silvia kept her calm and followed Cosette out of the room.
“Haa…”
Ash felt that he had lost his energy and fell on the bed.
If he had more courage, if Cosette didn’t intrude––
Silvia and He, who were on the bed would probably…
“Uwaa! What am I thinking about!”
Ash was rolling around on the bed.
He really wanted to get rid of this trouble. Too bad for him that the bed was full of Silvia’s smell, which caused him to get more and more jumpy.
He kept on recalling the rose fragrance, the glimmering golden hair and the soft peaks.
As he was rolling around, Ash saw the bed beside him.
Eco and Prim still haven’t returned from the changing room.
His worry suddenly disappeared.
“What is taking Eco so long?”
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