Damnit! Half of my body had gone numb. It felt as if the blood circulation in my body had deteriorated. The left half of my body was slumped on the floor.
ăThief, stay away from Her Highness! âYour Highness?! Please get away from there!ă
Her Highness Anastasia moved in front of me to protect me.
Right, Iâm dressed like a thief right nowâŚ
ăY-Your Highness⌠I know her⌠my faceâŚă
My tongue was also numb and I couldnât speak properly. Even though Polina-san would understand that this was a misunderstanding.
Noâwait a minute. Why is Polina-san here?
She did seem acquainted with Her Highness Anastasia from the start, thoughâŚ
ăYour Highness!ă
Polina-san approached closer determinedly. At the same time, I heard commotion from the hallway. I guess it is only normal if you hear the sound of glass breaking.
ăAnastasia-sama. What happened?ăA voice called out accompanied by rough knocking on the door.
Arenât I in a pretty perilous situationâŚ?\n
ăYour Highness. Why is someone who inherited the noble blood of the High Elves protecting a thief?ă
ăâŚâŚâŚâŚă
Should I use magic? No, I canât collect my mana because of the paralysis.
With no paper or pen at hand, Her Highness could not write and only protected me. Oh right, there should be a medicine in the tool bag that would eliminate toxins in the body. I tried to move my right hand towards the tool bag, butâ
ăAh!!ă
My hand was stepped on! Ouuuuchh!
ă!ă
Her Highness jumped at Polina-sanâs leg, as if tackling, but Polina-san pulled her leg and dodged.
ăY-Your HighnessâŚ? What happened to you? Just who is this personâŚ?ă
Polina-san finally saw my face, which only the area around the eyes was not covered.
ă!? No way, you areâŚă
She noticed?\nItâs true that the room is dim and you canât see well, butâŚ
My black eyes should be easy to understand.
ăYour Highness! Weâre coming in!ă
Accompanied by that voice, thick banging sounds came from the door. Eventually the door broke inwards, and the bright light from the hallway shined in. It seems that they forcibly destroyed the door with a sledgehammer.
Startled, Polina-san escaped through the window at a tremendous speed.
âŚW-Wait, wait, wait a minute! Donât leave me!
Three fully armed Lev soldiers stepped into the room. One of them was a rugged man carrying a large sledge hammer lightly. An intensely bright magic lamp illuminated me and Her Highness.
ăââă
Her Highness opened her mouth at that time.
Flames were lit in her right hand.
âŚCrap! This is not good!
Her Highness still cannot control her mana. If she tries to useăFire Magicătoo soon after acquiringăMana Controlă, this whole place will turn into a sea of ââfire.
I stretched out my right hand, covered Her Highness mouth, and pulled her closer.\n\năPURSHAAAA!!!!ă
Or it may not be possible!? That guy swinging the sledgehammer, is seriously trying to kill me, right!?
Only a few more meters left. Her Highness is protecting me by embracing tightly. Oh shit, what do I do?!
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!
At that moment, a loud alarm sound pierced my ear.
I thought that my trespassing had been found out, but the soldiers stopped with a startled look on their faces.
ăEmergency alert. An airship of unknown affiliation has appeared in the airspace of the Imperial City. High possibility of armed conflict. Combatants should move to Type 1 alert. This is not a drill. I repeatâă
Beyond the window, a number of searchlights reached out to the skies of the Lev Magic Empire.
I saw it as I lay on the floor of Her Highnessâ bedroom.
The searchlights illuminated a streamlined silver color airshipââQueen of the Nightâ.
The flight of âQueen of the Nightâ did not seem stable. The turrets fired as the airship swayed unsteadily.
Itâs heading over here?!!
A huge fireball was shot. Drawing an arc in the air, the fireball landed outside the wall, exploding on impact and causing a shock wave that shook the whole mansion.