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"You can bring Vivien with you when you go to catch the demons, she is a nemesis for the demons."

"Really? But she's the goddess of healing, so she shouldn't be as good as your goddess of light, right? ”

"The demons in this world are a little different, light magic is not their weakness, but healing magic will make them weaker."

"Huh...... What a strange setting. ”

It's a bit of a shame that the previous game experience didn't come in handy at all.

"Anyway, let's do it first, your future wife is coming."

"She's not!"

Doodoo ———

The phone was unilaterally hung up again.

"I'm honest this time......"

Alice walked in through the door, her expression not looking relaxed.

I guess I heard some bad news.

"Did you encounter something?"

"The attack of the demons is stronger than ever, and my father and brother have encountered a little trouble."

It's a demon again......

"That's really unfortunate......"

"Suzuki is also an adventurer, right? Why don't you go to the front line and fight? ”

"I'll go, but not yet. There's something waiting for me to figure out. ”

If I don't find the demons in the palace, Yukona won't let me go.

"Huh? Is there anything more important than defending the country? ”

"In fact, there are demons in the palace, and I said before that I came here to investigate the case."

"Who told you this?"

"My ...... Friend. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

Yukona wouldn't lie to me, I know that.

"Need my help?"

"Can I go in and out of the palace alone?"

"Then you should need me to be with you."

……

To be honest, I've never seen a demon look like before. The demons in my impression are all fierce and ugly-looking monsters, and I don't know if this is the case in this world.

Originally, I was going to call Vivien and Sophia, but Alice swallowed back half of her words with a look.

"I say, Your Highness the Princess...... How can I find the demons without my companions? ”

"It's okay, I'll find it."

Only then can you find a ghost.

There's no way, let's just take it as an investigation into the internal situation of the palace today.

The inside of the palace is actually a little bigger than I expected, and it was only in the central square before, and it did not go further into the interior of the palace.

"Your Royal Highness, you are so glued."

Alice has been holding my hand since just now, and the two of us have been in a state of zero distance.

"What, do you have any grievances?"

"No, nothing."

Next, Alice took me to visit the whole palace inside and out, and although it gave me a lot of knowledge, I just want to say that I obviously didn't come to visit......

"Well, the palace is beautiful, isn't it?"

"Hmm."

"But I don't really like it here......"

"Why?"

Alice's words surprised me, and it was hard to imagine that it came from the princess herself.

"Because here...... Don't tell you. ”

"Huh? How so? ”

Don't even say it halfway through?! You've just piqued my curiosity!

"If you ...... with me tonight"

"I beg your pardon for refusing this!"

No matter what she says next, I don't want to hear it!

I could only forcibly put away my curiosity.

"By the way, let's take you to a good place."

"Where is it?"

"Just follow me."

Alice pulled me all the way forward.

If it weren't for the long distances I've been walking a lot lately, my legs would have gone limp.

After running for more than ten minutes, I was taken to a small tower that was separate from the other buildings.

"It's a great place to see the stars."

"Stars? Why do you come to see the stars? ”

In a sense, it is a wonder that you can see the starry sky in a different world without industrial pollution. But I still don't understand why Alice brought me here.

"Huh? Don't you like the stars? ”

"Like is like...... I wonder why you brought me to see the stars, though. ”

"I just wanted to share it with you, and I didn't mean anything else."

"Oh......"

I always feel that Alice today is a little different from before, and there is an indescribable sense of disobedience, but this is closer to my ideal princess image.

"Your Highness, it's time for you to go and rest early."

The figure of a female officer appeared under the small tower, and several maid ladies followed her.

"I know, I'll go right away."

"Linna, go pick up Her Royal Highness the Princess and the criminal."

It's too much, and you're still calling me a criminal...... She should know my name.

"Yes."

A maid named Lena stood under the ladder in front of the tower and escorted Alice as she slowly climbed down.

"It's your turn, Miss Criminal."

"Please, I have a name, please call me Suzuki!"

"Yes, Miss Suzuki."

"Oh, I know each other a lot."

Lena held my body underneath and protected me as I climbed down the ladder.

"Thank you...... Thank you. ”

Lina, who was standing in front of me, didn't know why it gave me a very uncomfortable feeling, an inexplicable sense of depression.

"Is there something wrong with my face?"

"Huh? Nothing, nothing......"

"You don't seem to be looking good, did you just catch a cold? But I didn't blow the wind just now......"

"I'm fine, maybe I'm just walking too far and getting a little tired."

Randomly concocted an excuse.

"Then you have to exercise more, adventurers with poor physical strength are usually easily eliminated by the industry."

They probably believed me, but I always felt that Lena was spying on me. Is it my delusion......

"Your Royal Highness Princess, about tomorrow......

"What, can't you handle it?"

"I want to make sure again, are you sure you want to marry this suspicious-looking criminal?"

"I'm not a criminal!"

"I've already decided, don't try to persuade me anymore."

"I see. Miss Suzuki, please be sure to follow Her Royal Highness like a pet in the future. ”

"What do you mean to be like a pet? Explain it to me! ”

The female officer didn't like me from the beginning, and she always regarded me as a person who did all kinds of evil, and it was clear that I was a good person who was silently dedicated.

"Okay, can you two not quarrel as soon as we meet? What do you want to do ignoring me, a princess? ”

Alice was in the middle of me and the female officer, who was about to break out in a war of words.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness the Princess. The subordinates will never dare again. ”

"As long as she doesn't call my name indiscriminately, I won't quarrel with her."

I made a small concession.

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