“A welcome party for Lady Mizuki serves as a tea ceremony bestowed by my lord and please, by all means, participate.”
The moment when I heard these lines, it was not only I who have felt the room temperature drop.
“Oh, when on earth is it?”
“It is today.”
“….Ah.”
Ah-ha…..this is good for the nerve, isn’t it?
With a snap, it wasn’t my imagination that my folding fan had creak.
When a servant is summoning these people, do they not think how precious their life is…..?
And, of course, as for the maid, it’s only natural for her to follow.
“Wait a moment.”
I detained the maid who was about to leave the room just as she finished her business.
“Your master called me to come, so naturally, aren’t you the guide?”
“….I understand.”
Did I just hear your tongue clicked? And it also doesn’t look good when you show a troubled look on your face.
But you know?
You’re more defective than that.
“Little lady, I guess you aren’t too wise….”
“Oh, did I perhaps rub you the wrong way?”
“Precisely, because I didn’t know, I have to actually say the word ‘stupid’.”
The maid frowned at me when I started giggling.
Hey, Ms. maid?
Did I say it to you because of your action of ‘summoning me’?
It would be ridiculous if you remained in-denial, don’t you think?
Oh, but I don’t think I’ll tell you that.
“Okay, ready to go?”
Let’s go to the first match.
Well now, how will it turn out?
‘Rudolf! They seem to summon me early.’
‘Well, in advance.’
I also didn’t forget to call Rudolf by telepathy.
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Uwwa, this type of evil scenarios is so easy to figure out!
“Welcome Mizuki. Please take a seat.”
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 isn’t a seat?
It’s 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 ‘enemies’.
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 don’t show open hostility.
Finally, the last one is the woman with silvery hair who gives off a gentle attitude.
“I have a question to ask you beforehand.”
I gave her my sweetest smile but the mastermind behind this—didn’t at all, but call out to the organizer who hesitantly spoke.
“Oh, yes, what is it?”
“Is the maid sent to my room a person serving you individually?”
“No, it is a laborer in this Seraglio. I take charge of everyday necessities….”
“I see.”
I said as my smile slowly faded since the maid from a while ago was standing around the table.
“This fool!”
“Eh….h”
*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 don’t really care.
“I….I can offer you some high price tomor….”
“What did you say? Did you not understand the things you even did?”
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.
“You should serve it despite of being Seraglio’s worker, and your master is His Majesty. If this situation is some kind joke you play in, then it should be best to stop! I’m talking about the previous attitude and words from a while ago, sounds very conceited, don’t you think so?”
“I’m….Ms. Isabella’s.”
“That one there? I’m the person who received the protection of the ‘country’ that’s Irufena. If the subordinates of Zeburesuto King take such an attitude toward me despite you being a maid, what do you think will happen?”
Miss Isabella and the maid didn’t 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 it’s now irrelevant.
“Did you think one noble of such surpasses a country? Or is Irufena far lesser to the parents’ house of Miss Isabella?”
“Er……!”
“And King Rudolf has to shoulder the responsibility. Of course, the matter is whether the correspondence of Irufena is convinced.”
“That’s right. I did a horrible thing.”
I turned around to the voice of the man who had joined and took a bow.
This is noble’s common sense.
“Excuse the rudeness, your eyes must be polluted. Please forgive the trouble that had been caused.”
“No, when considering this situation, you’re absolutely right. In fact, I have to apologize for my impoliteness to you.”
“Then please send the message to Irufena, even I, wouldn’t like to lose some of my closest allies.”
“Is that so…. Be grateful.”
‘Good job! And also nice timing!’
‘Thanks for the call ♪ Welcome to the site of evil!’
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, they’re quite skillful aren’t they?
“Should the person who can ‘order’ Mizuki be in the Seraglio?”
“Oh, please wait! I’m the one who ordered and so forth!”
“Shut up. Without hearing the arrangement, she is called? Moreover, get harassed? It isn’t the case that even the duke’s daughter is authorized to do.”
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?
“There wasn’t any harassment, Your Majesty”
I snuggled up to Rudolf laughingly with a smile.
With telepathy, Rudolf incidentally called me to cooperate.
‘Is it harassment?’
‘Yes. Let me talk’
‘Ha ha! I’ll entrust it to you.’
“Don’t be a woman that was ranked amongst the king who is pressed against his wishes. A seat isn’t necessary.”
“That’s also so, I, nor these guys, not even once passed by the place.”
“Hehe. It is the thing which nobody can be pregnant. It’s best if there’s no idiotic blood being mixed in.”
“So if I chose the lady mage of Irufena, no one would be able to object.”
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 isn’t a ladies noble that is a pregnant.
“Because I’m a mage, I won’t go as it is …… As for this extent, unless you had receive.”
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.
*nas….shi*
The crack sounded simultaneously with the tones of the bell.
“Hii”
“Uh…!”
“Kyah!”
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, isn’t it.
“Is this alone enough?”
“Yes, this is a personal affair, but I won’t interfere with it after this, since it’ll be between the country.”
“All right.”
I nodded with a serious face, knowing from his words, it was hinting about ‘Maou-sama’s request’; Rudolf is an oni too, huh.
*Fua* Miss Isabella’s household is finished.
Maou-sama is a patriot, you cannot scorn his country and expect to get away with it.
“Your Majesty….please hear my part of the story!”
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 ‘go!’ with his eyes.
…Am I being treated as a human weapon? Or do you want to punish her that much?
Well, I expect you can’t afford to say chop her down when it comes to the guards isn’t it.
“Withdraw now, you insolent person!”
“Erk…the reason to speak of such a thing is you!”
When that doesn’t work, I will scold her.
But it’s faster to hurt her physically than with words.
*Zaa*….In the next moment, a dull sound was heard.
“G…Gyaaa! My face, my faccceee…..”
The concubines held their breaths.
Actually, the injury isn’t 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 ‘face’ is now smashed.
……. If the blood is wiped away, it’ll 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?
“Is this welcome to carelessness? This here is the first place of Zeburesuto. Look at the guards, how does they seem? Do you not understand?”
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?
“Even though I say a concubine, with viewpoints where they serve a king and a queen, rudeness isn’t tolerated. Is it said that you have done something to an extent that you have been recognized as an enemy?”
“The sort of thing…….”
“Yes it is! We love the King!”
“Oh, does that involve ‘injuring him’ through piling love potions? A sleeping pill and the likes, there should be many ones of such an idea.”
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, it’s a good bloody splatter!
“It is an insult for the King to have you. You should think of yourself as something like a possession of the king hmm~.”
“Ark….!”
“Oh, the parents’ house of the sinner is equally punishable. Because it can serve as an educational value since they even cooperated together.”
These ladies do not understand that it’s fatally bad. My business is the destruction of Seraglio, it’s for Rudolf to grasp all final decisions.
The reason is because the nobles underestimated the King, so it’s 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! It’s punishment time for the fool who treated you as incompetent!
“Mizuki, What did you do? It resulted in everyone’s punishment.”
“Hehe, the punishment this time is for Isabella and her household, and that maid in Seraglio. Because…”
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 I’ll 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.
“It isn’t possible to leave a quarrel that a mage was sold into, so I would consider accepting the declaration of war from everyone.”
“You see, in the case you lose, you and your parents will take full responsibility.”
“Naturally! Because you did it self-indulgently with the cooperation of your parents’ house.”
“…..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?”
“I’ll welcome it, your Majesty”
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 ‘you’re already a sinner, are you ready for punishment?’ 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 one’s stupidity.
After that–.
Isabella and the lady’s 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 couldn’t.
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 scene……..the smoke doesn’t 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 wasn’t wrong.
So two days later after the turmoil, ‘It was an interesting show. Do it more but I recommend you to be more savage(paraphrased)’, a long letter that’s said so from Maou-sama.
Maou-sama….were you enjoying and observing from afar?!