63 – Crossdresser
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“I pray to Belcran, who is holy and good and watches over us with love every day. Strengthen him with your powers and take care of him so that he can return safely. I pray with an earnest heart.”
Audrit quietly finished her prayer and drank the plain water from the small bowl.
At this time, when I was so worried about Maru’s safety, I thought that I shouldn’t throw away even the water I prayed to God for.
It was believed that if you worship God with utmost sincerity, your wish will come true in response to your efforts.
“Gulp, gulp.”
She drank every last drop, emptied the bowl, wrapped it in a fine silk cloth, and put it in her travel bag.
Then I looked around.
Armed and busy, the wounded in pain.
The lobby on the first floor was bustling with priests who treated and nursed the wounded.
Little by little, a crisis was brewing in the dorm.
The demons surrounding the building piled up, and the barrier that continued to receive attacks was at stake.
There was even a situation where a small number of demons invaded through a hole in the barrier as if there was a leak.
At such times, the Elves led by Reina and the various races who knew how to fight worked together to barely block it, but the number of injured was increasing even though they were only dealing with demons that were invading little by little.
“Princess.”
Baroness Osmond approached with a frustrated expression.
“Go and convince the prince. It’s dangerous to be alone, so let’s go to a place where there are a lot of people, so they won’t listen.”
“Still?”
Audrit climbed the stairs from the lobby on the first floor and headed for the hallway that turned into a gijaja on the second floor.
I heard the sound of footsteps walking down the hallway, and I felt a sign of hasty hiding.
There were ten rooms in the hallway, but one door was less closed and swayed slightly.
I pushed through the door and went inside with the baroness.
“Who, who!?”
Edward, who was haggard, was frightened.
As soon as I saw Audrey, my heart sank.
“It was you… ”
He sat down on the bed and had a dazed look on his face like someone who had gone crazy.
Audrey made an impression in front of her eyes.
“Why are you not coming out? Are you afraid to run into her?”
“uh… ”
“What if I run into you?”
“uh… ”
“What was it like to see a stool on the street? If you’re in a hurry, it might be cheap.”
“uh… ”
“dummy.”
“uh… ”
“Coward.”
“uh… You don’t understand Audrey. Today is the most shameful day of my life… ”
“What would you do if you were alone and eaten by demons?”
“A guy like me is cheap even if he gets eaten… A useless life… life in ruins… Ahhh… But Maru… ?”
“He said he was carrying out an important mission outside. Not here.”
“I see… It would have been comforting if he had been by my side. Because Maru is reliable… always protect me… ”
Baroness Osmund spoke with a kind smile.
“Prince. It may be difficult, but take courage… ”
“Wow, don’t call me Prince! If she hears it, it will be a big deal!”
Edward trembled and tore his hair like an anxious person.
“My, if they knew I was a prince, they would laugh even louder! A guy the size of a prince poops on the street! Ahh!”
Audrit crossed her arms and let out a deep sigh.
“Ah really. It’s annoying because it’s nothing.”
“Princess, how about this?”
“Do you have any good ideas?”
“The prince is reluctant to let his face be known, so I am asking him to dress as a woman. Then the woman named Aslagra won’t recognize you?”
“A maid?”
Edward, who was sitting on the bed, turned his head to look at the two of them.
“Clothes?”
A soft smile crept across his lips.
“That could hide me!”
after a few minutes.
Edward left the room, wearing Audrey’s makeup and wearing a maid’s uniform.
The three of them walked down the aisle together.
“Audrey. Gwa, do you look okay?”
“I feel bad because I look like a real woman.”
Edward dressed as a woman was unexpectedly pretty, and Audrit was dumbfounded.
Unlike other young aristocrats, he was not interested in sports and did not train in martial arts, so his physique was thin and small, making him look more like a woman.
Her hair was naturally long, so she didn’t need to wear a wig.
I just put in a few pretty hairpins to make the perilla leaf hair.
“Looking at it this way, you two look like sisters. People will believe it because our face shape and features are similar.”
Mrs. Osmond couldn’t stop laughing at what was so funny.
“The prince’s name is Edrina from now on. When people ask what I do, I say that I am an apprentice maid who learns to work under me. Did you know?”
“Oh, I see. Edrina. apprentice maid. Edrina. apprentice maid. Edrina.”
As they approached the lobby on the first floor, which was bustling with crowds, the king and queen suddenly appeared.
“Who are you?”
The King stared at Edward, who bowed his head, and twitched his eyebrows.
“It looks like a queen… It seems to resemble me… When did I give birth to the second princess?”
“Are you like sisters to me?”
When Audrit asked with a smile, the King and Queen looked at each other and said,
“It’s a little bit, but it looks like it.”
“Isn’t this guy Edward?”
The queen recognized it at once.
Only then did Audrit explain the situation, and the king put his hands behind his back and let out a sigh.
“Ugly bastard. Tsk tsk.”
“Who is this child named Aslag?”
“That woman.”
Audrit pointed to Aslag, who was tending to the wounded nearby.
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Just in time, Aslag looked back and approached right away.
“I’m sorry, but we’re short of hands. Can I take the lady-in-waiting here for a while?”
“Huh!”
Edward was startled and tried to hide behind Audrey.
But Audrit pushed him as hard as she could with both hands.
“Take it and pamper it to your heart’s content.”
“Oh, Audrey!”
“Audrey? Edrina. Do you dare to come to the one you serve?”
“Go, go, go go go, Princess… !”
“Well done. Come on. Everyone is busy, but I need help. Take me quickly.”
“thank you.”
Aslag thanked him politely and then pulled Edward by the sleeve.
“Follow me.”
“Uh, uh… !?”
Edward was carried away in contemplation.
“Please hold onto the patient’s arm while I use my divine power.”
“I-I mean… ?”
“But the voice is male… ?”
“Big, big! Go, catch a cold.”
“Ah, that’s right. Please catch me anyway. Like this. ruler.”
Seeing the two men facing each other with the patient between them, the king shook his head and the queen watched silently with a smile.
Audrit also looked at it amusedly, then suddenly looked out the window.
Her brow narrowed.
“What is that… ?”
A wonderful change was taking place.
Transparent blue mystical energy surged like a wave and swallowed the demons.
The demons inside it melted away in the blink of an eye.
“Oh oh!”
“Look at that! Something is going on!”
All the people in the inn flocked to the window and stared blankly at the scene.
“Could that be… ! This is Seruna! Seruna is up and running! We won!”
When Rayna shouted in a bright voice, the people around her cheered in unison.
“It was worth holding on!”
“We did it!”
“That human named Maru has succeeded!”
Before long, the blue aura completely passed through the inn.
Everyone inside ran out.
The surroundings were empty.
All the demons surrounding the building had disappeared.
“Hurray!”
“Briganto!”
“Nagarice!”
“Slusluba!”
Each tribe expressed joy in its own language, embraced each other, and cheered.
Audrit also recalled Maru with a wide smile.
“Where are you now? It’s all over, so come back quickly!”
***
Temple of the Earthmother.
Buildings with thousands of years of history were left in ruins.
The trees withered and died, and the springs dried up.
The corpses of the elven soldiers who tried to protect the temple were scattered all over the place.
The demon king Insulei, who had been absorbing the power of nature supplied to the entire city from the innermost building, woke up.
He withdrew his hand, which had been soaked in the force of nature, falling like a waterfall.
His black hand was burning hot and smoking.
It was proof that the Earth Mother, who had been silent until then, suddenly resisted.
“… Iluna worked.”
There was no report from Laura for a while.
I couldn’t even feel the energy of the hero Riku.
The Demon King intuitively sensed that the capture of Narundra had failed.
“If this is the case, I have no choice but to go out on my own.”
he came out
night sky.
A huge goddess floated above her head.
He looked up at the expressionless goddess like a statue and smiled.
“Why are you crying? Was it the sadness of the fall of the hero he was with, or the sorrow of slaughtering those in the city? One way or another, with that filthy body that has lost its virginity, you cannot return to the divine realm. Enjoy this situation.”
The demon king threw off the robe he was wearing.
“Go and break the pillar of the giant tree, Yugrdia. I will destroy the reactivated Iluna.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he transformed into a huge two-horned monster.
When he leaped with his legs that looked like animal hind legs, he soared high into the sky.
I looked down from above.
I could see the epicenter of blue aura spreading in a circle across the city.
“Here.”
He jumped straight into the air and rushed towards it.