Volume 1 Chapter 29, Part 2 Mean Villainess, Encountering a Beautiful Woman
When I turned around to see what was happening, there was Lady Ruby's hand.
It seems that Lady Ruby was placing her hand on my back for support.
"My apologies, my lady."
"No, um, I felt a similar shock earlier, but what was that just now?"
When I asked her that, Lady Ruby smiled with a slightly troubled look on her face.
"I have broken the seal"
"Sealed!?"
"I'm not allowed to reveal the details..."
"Really? ...from who?"
"That too"
She won't tell me.
She won't tell me, but she will remove all the seals.
I wondered how long everything had been sealed away, but I can't find out now, so I think I'll just let it be unlocked.
I don't know what will happen if it's solved.
"My final mission is to break all the seals on all 6 sides."
"Final?"
"Yes. I've been waiting for this for a long time"
"A long time..."
When she said "a long time," could it be that she's talking about Mister Eliseo's great-grandmother's great-grandmother?
Could it really have been decades, or even more...?
"Even though it's a long time, I wasn't really awake for all that time, so it didn't feel that long."
Lady Ruby said that with a laugh.
I had thought I had been in this empty space for a long time, but it seems that wasn't the case, which was a little reassuring.
"This mission was something we obtained after a fierce competition, so it means I've been waiting eagerly for it."
So there was a fierce competition after all.
"I heard from Mister Eliseo that Lady Ruby was a strong person."
When I murmured that, Lady Ruby chuckled.
"Eliseo, he's my descendant. That child, due to resembling me as a result of ancestral traits, was thought to be a 'magic knight'... the name is different now, but anyway, people expected him to become what we called a magic knight in my time, and he must have been under a terrible pressure."
"Oh, is that so?"
"It seems he has already overcome it. As expected of my descendant, he occasionally woke up from his slumber to check on things."
The expression on Lady Ruby's face when she said that was like a mischievous child, and it had too much destructive power coming from such a beauty.
What I mean to say is, she was too cute for me to handle.
"Well then, I will cancel all 6 seals."
Suddenly returning to a serious expression, she took my hands.
I braced myself, wondering if that shock would come again, but this time there wasn't that strong static electricity.
The sensation was like plunging my feet into carbonated water and sinking right through the soles of my feet.
Just as I thought the carbonated water was escaping from the top of my head, I noticed that a mist was beginning to surround me.
"With this, my last mission is complete. Take care, my lady."
Lady Ruby's face is bright and she takes a step away from me.
"Eh, eh, wait, Lady Ruby"
I wanted to talk to her about more things, I wanted to cling to her, but the mist was blocking my way.
When Lady Ruby saw my hand, which I was trying to grab, she lowered her eyebrows for just a moment, muttered "This is probably not forbidden, so it's okay," and threw something at me.
"Please let it join your divination stones! I am on your side, my lady!"
Upon hearing those words, the mist completely enveloped Lady Ruby, and by the time the mist cleared, her figure had vanished.
"W-wait, what's with this huge ruby!!"
The thing Lady Ruby threw was a large gem-sized ruby.
If this were the world of manga, we'd be at the level where a phantom thief would come to steal it!?
* * *
"Lady, Lady?"
"Huh!? What!?"
It seems I was able to trigger all the events that should happen in this dream.
In other words, I woke up.
"Lady, you were in a trance, but are you okay?"
"Yeah. Rolus, did you stay by my side the whole time?"
"Yes"
"Hehe, I thought so"
Hehe, I had been spaced out for a while, but I suddenly came to when I felt something strange in my hand.
"It's a d-dream, but it wasn't just a dream...!"
"Lady?"
"It's nothing. I'm just thirsty. Could I get some water?"
"I'll bring it right away"
Once I confirmed that Rolus had left the room, I checked my hand, and indeed, there was that large ruby that seemed to be targeted by a phantom thief.
I was told to put it in the group of stones for divination, so I'll put it in my leather bag for now.
If I told Rolus that I had brought back the ruby from my dream, he would think I was crazy.
"...Huh? What's that?"
"Sorry to keep you waiting"
"Look, Rolus! I opened the leather pouch, but I wasn't attacked by that violent light!"
* * *
And after all that, I was able to get my stones out of the leather bag.
Looking back, I realize that I didn't put in much effort, but I guess I did.
"Lady Elena, try your fortune telling! "
"Okay, let's start with a quick personality test."
"Lady Elena, me too!"
"Leave it to me!"
My stone divination starts here!
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