Published at 9th of January 2021 10:51:13 AM
After Alice suddenly ended my clothing selection, I waited for Lilisan as I drank a cup of tea, as recommended by the clerk .
This store mainly caters to the nobles, and it seemed like it was common for them to take a long time to choose their clothes, so there were several tables and chairs set up in an open space . It kind of reminded me of those shops that deal with cars…… Well, I’ve never bought a car before, so this was just completely something I imagined .
As I sat down on the soft chair, a little while later, a different clerk brought me a cup of tea .
[Here you go, Miyamsama . ]
[Ahh, than……]
I accepted the tea offered to me and was surprised to see the face of the clerk . It wasn’t the fact that she called me by my name…… She’s undoubtedly Alice’s subordinate, so it wouldn’t be surprising for her to know my name .
What surprised me was the clerk herself .
She had deep dark blue hair, her bangs are very long and flowed down her face, hiding her left eye . Meanwhile, her visible right eye had unusually dark circles beneath it .
I considered her face to be very well defined, but with her gray eyes and the deep dark circles beneath them, combined with her pale skin…… She looked very unhealthy .
However, it wasn’t her appearance that surprised me . No, her appearance only slightly surprised me, what surprised me more… . .
[……Ummm, aren’t you…… “Fake Phantasmal King”-san?]
[……How surprising . Even though I’m far from reaching Shalltear-sama’s skill, I was still quite confident in my disguise……]
[Ahh, then, the face you have now is also……]
[No, this is my “real” face . ]
[Ah…… I see . ]
Yes, this clerk was the fake Phantasmal King who had appeared before me twice in place of Alice…… I didn’t expect that I would meet her again here .
I mean, is it really okay for this person to be here? She’s obviously Alice’s close retainer…… Wouldn’t that make her one of the upper echelons……
As if sensing my doubts, Fake Phantasmal King-san spoke with a thin, elegant smile on her face .
[I’ve decided that the people assigned to this store are a bit lowly and aren’t suitable to serve tea to Miyamsama, so I’ve come to serve you myself . ]
[I- Is that so…… T- Thank you for taking the trouble of serving me tea, errr……]
[My name is “Pandora”, Shalltear-sama’s confidant . Pleased to make your acquaintance……]
[Y- Yes . I’m Miyama Kaito…… E- Err, Pandorsan? Ummm, are you feeling unwell?]
[Ahh, you mean how I look huh……]
Being Alice’s confidant, I guess it’s safe to assume that she was the one with the most authority among Alice’s subordinates .
H- Hmmm…… That’s something I understand, but she really looked insanely unhealthy, and I couldn’t help but notice the deep shadows beneath her eyes .
[I’m a Hell Nightmare . I was born with this skin color and dark circles below my eyes, so please don’t worry about it . ]
[I- Is that the case…… I’m sorry . ]
[No, it is my honor to have received your concern . ]
[E- Errr……]
I see, she wasn’t like that because of her health condition, but because that was how she originally looked like……
E- Even so, Pandorsan……aren’t you being too humble?
[We, the Phantasmal King Corps, are in absolute obedience to you, Shalltear-sama’s master . Of course, if Miyamsama orders us to, we will carry out any mission you give us, even at the cost of our life . If you need us for anything, please don’t hesitate to give us the order . ]
[……Y- Yes . T- Thank you for your hard work . ]
After clearly stating such with a voice filled with her firm intentions, Pandora faintly smiled…… . Somehow, there’s something about her that makes her look a little creepy .
It’s different from the scariness Eden-san gives off, it’s as if Pandorsan was someone straight out a horror movie .
Or rather, the entire Phantasmal King Corps are in absolute obedience to me, she said…… Does that mean, I can do that? If I say “Assemble!” just like Alice did before, a bunch of people in black would show up? The heck is that, that’s scary .
As I was thinking about this, Alice, who had somehow appeared in the seat across from me, sipped her tea and spoke .
[Well, I’m here beside you, Kaito-san, so you wouldn’t need to call for them…… Just in case though, Pandorsan over there is “a High-ranking Demon that’s closest to being a Duke-level”, so she can be quite useful . ]
[I- Is that so…… No, errr……]
[By the way, “assasination” is my specialty . ]
[There’s no way I’m going to order something like that, okay!?]
Even if you say that you’re good at assassination with such confidence, I have no plans to assassinate anyone, and I never will . If you’re going to appeal your strong points, please show me your other specialties instead .
[……I can also destroy a target’s spirit by showing them “eternal nightmares” . ]
[……Please make it a little less disturbing . ]
[……”They’re average in size, but I have beautiful breasts” . ]
[Is that information really necessary in this situation!?]
[If Miyamsama desires, you can rely on me to take care of your “nightly needs” . ]
Stop right there, Pandorsan? Can you please stop saying that to a virgin? Even if I’m not going to ask such a request, I’d be strangely conscious of it……
After all, Pandorsan was a beautiful woman, and once you get used to seeing her pale skin and the dark circles around her eyes, you could say that she was a mysteriously bewitching beauty .
No, no, what the heck am I thinking about? I’m reacting to her words too much……
[Pandora……]
[Hahh!]
[It seems like you need some re-education…… Please come here for a bit . ]
[Huh? No, but I still haven’t……]
[Come—– here——!]
[Y- Yes! As you will……]
While I was feeling flustered by Pandorsan’s statement, Alice spoke in a rather unhappy tone .
[ Alice?]
[I’m sorry, Kaito-san…… It seems like this girl’s loyalty to you has gone a bit “crazy” . ]
[Unnn?]
[……Pandorsan, who is Kaito-san to you?]
[Hahh! Kaito-san is Shalltear-sama’s master, he whom I should “dedicate my body and heart, and love for eternity”!]
[……Huh?]
It kinda feels like she said something outrageous . Eh? What the heck is this person, is she someone like Eden-san?
[……No, I ordered you to obey Kaito-san…… I guess she’s applying all her loyalty she has to me directly to Kaito-san . That’s why, I’m going to go re-educate her a bit . ]
[U- Unnn . ]
Letting out an unusually tired sigh, Alice dragged Pandorsan away .
……Well, errr…… Why do all the powerful people in this world have such strong personalities?
[……Good luck with her re-education, Alice clone #12…… I’ll leave Kaito-san’s chastity in your protection . ]
[And you just ruined everything again…… Also, don’t just leave my chastity to other’s hands without asking me . ]
Dear Mom, Dad———- While waiting for Lilisan at the clothing store, I met a new acquaintance . Pandorsan, the Fake Phantasmal King . Her appearance was distinctive, but her personality was also quite something———— I’m suddenly really tired .
The creepy beauty, Pandorsan…… Ein was one, and Vier was also the same case . It seems like the Six Kings’s confidants have quite strange loyalty .