Chapter 86: Volume 5 - CH 14

v5c14 - Honest Alice

After the treatment with restoration magic – the next day.

It was time for Deimos to call the slave trader and officially register Alice as Cyclo’s slave.

The paperwork had already been prepared, and all that remained was for Cyclo and Alice to sign the slavery contract.

“It’s been a long time, Master Cyclo.”

“Ah, thank you for your help.”

The slave trader bows his head and Cyclo nods.

“Let’s get the contract done right away. Master Cyclo already knows the outline of the slavery contract, so …… let’s skip the explanation.”

“Yeah. That’s fine.”

Thus, the preparation for the slave contract proceeded quickly.

The slave trader prepared the magic circle and placed a lock of Alice’s hair in the magic circle.

Although he had already seen this scene once before, it was a strange sight to Cyclo as the magic circle emerged and was sucked into Alice’s neck.

In any case, the slavery contract ends without any particular problems.

“Big brother …… what do you think!?”

Alice smiled at Cyclo as she happily stroked the pattern on her neck, the proof of the slavery contract.

“Oh–it’s fine. I don’t even feel sick.”

Saying so, Cyclo accepted Alice’s smile directly.

“I did it! This means we’re back to normal now, right?”

“Yeah, I guess so …… Welcome back, Alice.”

“……! Yes!!”

Cyclo patted Alice’s head, which Alice happily accepted.

“–Alright. I’m going to have to give Alice a couple of orders right off the bat.”

“Ehh, orders? Is it necessary?”

“Of course. I’m taking you into my custody as a criminal slave in order to rehabilitate you, you know.”

Cyclo sighs in astonishment and touches the pattern on Alice’s neck.

“Okay, Alice. –[You need to learn some common sense]. And [be honest]. This is the first and last order I’m going to give you.”

“E-Even I have some common sense, you know?”

“People with common sense don’t cause bombings.”

“Gununu …… yes, I admit it.”

The order to be honest worked well.

“–I’m glad you two made up, Ms. Alice. “

Mist speaks happily, as if she is talking to herself.

“Yeah! I love my brother so much that I can’t help it, so it’s rather a blessing that I’m like his property!”

Then Alice made a statement that was out of line and out of the ordinary.

“…… eh?”

Alice was then surprised at her own statement.

“…… ah! I see, this is the effect of the [be honest] command! I’m so embarrassed!!”

Alice’s face turns red and she panics.

Furthermore, there is no power of mind control in the slavery contract. Therefore, there is no power to force Alice to speak out, and this is merely a placebo effect of her own self-inflicted beliefs.

“C-Calm down, Alice. I’m a little surprised that you like me more than I expected, but I like you too. Don’t worry.”

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Cyclo tries to calm Alice down and follows up with a statement.

But it backfires and Alice panics even more.

“T-That’s not it! It’s not the kind of like that you think! I love you so much that I want to marry you!”

“M-Marry!? No, we’re family by blood. We can’t get married, you know!?”

“But you said you would marry me when I was little!!”

“…… Did I say something like that?”

Cyclo tilts his head. He doesn’t remember, but he’s convinced that if just like Alice said, she must have said it.

And Alice’s excitement did not stop, and her outrageous statements continued.

“And I can even get married! That’s why I became the daughter of someone I don’t want to be and changed my last name!”

“No, we can’t get married even if you changed with a different last name.”

“If you become a noble, you can! With the Nobles’ Law, I can be a proper bride!”

The nobles’ law is a law that applies only to nobles.

Alice is talking about the law that is used when nobles have no choice but to enter into consanguineous marriages as a means of maintaining a good bloodline.

In this case – if Cyclo were to become a noble, say, an honorary baron, it would be possible for him to marry Alice if she was adopted into another family.

“You …… don’t tell me you let yourself be adopted for such a purpose!?”

“Well, you’re wrong …… not! That’s half of what I was trying to do!”

The command to be honest is working beautifully.

Cyclo was stunned to hear Alice’s true intentions and plans.

“…… huh. I feel so sorry for the guildmaster in the Royal Capital who was taken advantage of.”

“You don’t have to feel sorry for him, you know, big brother?”

“You idiot! You fool! You big idiot! Stupid! That’s why you need to learn some common sense, you know!”

Cyclo grabbed Alice by the shoulders and scolded her with an earnest expression.

“I’m going to mercilessly beat some common sense into you from now on!!”

“…… Ehehe. It’s like being trained by big brother, and I like it that way too!”

“This isn’t good …… I may be too late ……”

Cyclo was shocked and sank to his knees. Alice was a much more difficult enemy than Cyclo had imagined, and she had lost her common sense.

He is ashamed of his past for spoiling Alice and regrets that he had not expected her to be this far gone.

“…… I won’t give you Master!”

Shocked by Alice’s statement, Mist, who had frozen, reactivated. As if to counter her, she hugs Cyclo’s arm.

“Cyclo …… to take even your own sister in your arms, you’re really good.”

On the other hand …… Karim teases Cyclo with a face as if he had gotten an interesting toy.

“–I guess this is exactly what it means to like heroes!! As expected of Mr. Cyclo!”

And Deimos’ son, Cruz, who had come to observe the slavery contract, somehow raised his liking for Cyclo.

“……How did this happen!!”

With his head in such a situation, Cyclo blurted out in a heartbreakingly tired manner.

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