「Ah...found youu♥」
「Sofia-san!?」
The Battle Princess suddenly appeared from the fourth floor's window. Alicia and I watched her wide-eyed in astonishment.
After all, the one person who we wanted to meet right now came here on her own initiative.
Besides――,
「We shouldn't have told you about where we're staying, so why are you here...?」
「...Because you've a pleasant smell...I can find your location right away...」
Sofia-san's wolf ears and tail were flapping while she rubbed her nose proudly. I see, so she traced me by smell....
「...And, why are you here...?」
Alicia asked Sofia-san while still holding her weapon at the ready.
It seemed she was really wary that Sofia-san might attack seeing she was someone who caused the Month of Blood incident and got called as Fresh Blood Princess from it.
I too was feeling some amount of nervousness by this sudden visit even though I was thinking that perhaps there might be some kind of misunderstanding about Sofia-san causing a purging incident.
But,
「...I said it right...I'll come soon to repay for sharing your food in dungeon.」
「Eh...?」
「That's why today...I'm thinking...to treat you two to a feast...」
Sofia-san's pretty face reddened and said that while her eyes wandered around bashfully.
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「...After this stall, there. You can relax at the rooftop's open terrace. Also, the pancake is superb, or so I heard.」
After Sofia-san visited us at the inn.
Alicia and I got pulled by the hands of Sofia-san who was lightly disguising her face with a robe and toured the city's eating spots.
It seemed that Sofia-san was serious about repaying us. And I thought that I would be able to ask her a lot of things about the purging, so I decided to follow her.
But,
(Sofia-san looks like she's really having fun. This isn't the right time to talk about such bloody topic...!)
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『...Ah, this is tasty. Here, try it too Eriol-san...』
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『...Next, let's go there. Come quickly』
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And so on.
Sofia-san was recommending eating places to us with sparkling eyes like a kid. It made me unable to broach the main topic no matter what.
It was then.
「...I'm sorry. I'm the only one who's getting high-spirited...」
Sofia-san stuffed her mouth with pancake while looking down slightly in awkwardness.
「Actually I...have no friend at all until now...going around to eating places with someone like this, had been my dream all this time. I called it repayment...but actually it largely just me wanting to have fun...thank you so much for going along with me.」
「Eh, no no that's not, we're also having fun here! It has been some times since we came to this city but, there're still a lot of restaurants we don't know.」
「...Is that so? Then great...ah」
Sofia-san said that and noticed something when she looked at my face.
Immediately after she spoke 「Cream...stuck...」 shortly.
She then scooped the cream from my cheek and licked it while smiling slightly.
「...tsu!」
That act made my heart unexpectedly skipped a beat while I thought once more.
(H-hmmm. As I thought It's unbelievable that Sofia-san caused something like a large scale purging incident)
Although there was no way I would be able to learn the truth without asking her.
Now then how should I broach the topic. While I was pondering that――it was then.
Something was stealthily creeping up on my lower body.
Eh, what!? When I thought that...under the table that was lined up with trendy pancakes, Alicia who was sitting across me was stretching her foot toward my spot there. She had even taken off her shoe.
「Wai-, Alicia, what're you doing!?」
It seemed that Sofia-san didn't notice. So I asked Alicia with my gaze and my lips movement.
Then Alicia ate a pancake with innocent face while,
「...When looking at Sofia-san whose atmosphere is similar to me flirting with Erio, it made me turned on for some reason...it made me want to put get along marking on Erio, one that say Erio's number one is me...」
Alicia said that while caressing my thigh with her bare foot.
Then after that she dexterously used her toes to grab me there and started stroking *fap fap grind grind* fiercely. Under bright day light, in the middle of an open terrace of a chic restaurant!
「Wai-, Alicia-, we'll be found, we'll get found out...!」
I put strength into my body and endured the stimulation.
But Alicia said 「Ah...Erio is, really cute...♥」 with a face that looked like a new door was opening for her. This seemed no good.
Kuh!? At this rate my place there will explode from the getting along!
It looked like Sofia-san was sensitive to smell. It would be absolutely impossible to hide it if I exploded!
If it was like this then even though it would be a bit unnatural I'll go to toilet...while the mysterious battle between Alicia and me were going on behind the scene, it was then.
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――*Clang*
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「...Aa, that was delicious. I'm really glad. I can walk around this city with friends...for the last time.」
「Eh?」
Sofia-san had finished eating her pancake and placed her fork and knife on her plate before she suddenly said such thing.
I was writhing from the fierce *fap fap rub rub!* under the table while noticing the unnatural change of atmosphere. I turned my face toward Sofia-san.
「...Actually, my repayment for you two, isn't just this treating food. ...Rather, this one is the actual repayment.」
And then Sofia-san smiled cutely and said that.
「...I, am planning to destroy this city today but...I'm thinking to let just you two get away when I do that.」
「...Ha?」
Time stopped.
Alicia also stopped her fap fap outside of everyone's view and widened her eyes.
But Sofia-san ignored our disbelief and kept speaking some unbelievable words.
「...You two are friends...and it hasn't been long since you two arrived to this city...so perhaps you two don't deserve to be killed...that's why, I'll send off you two until a safe place while there's still time. That'll be my repayment.... Ah, but it'll be great, if you two can help me out too...the Empress Brigade and the Lion King Brigade and the Battle Princess Brigade, and the citizens too...help me eradicating them, all of them...」
「Wai-, wait a second!」
Sofia-san kept talking like there was nothing wrong at all. I couldn't keep quiet and asked her to pause.
「Destroying this city, are you seriously saying that...?」
「...? Of course I am.」
「...Tsu!?」
Usually those words would only sound like a joke or nonsense.
But the killing intent Sofia-san was wearing, the muddy black emotion flowing out from her eyes, they mercilessly thrust the fact that she was serious with her words on us.
She was seriously, saying that she would destroy this city.
「W-why...」
The word spontaneously slipped out from my mouth.
「I heard that the large scale purging incident half a year ago was also caused by Sofia-san. Sofia-san looked so delighted strolling through this city, you called us friend, and you were also an adventurer of the Bloody Princess Brigade, so why are you talking about destroying the city...!」
「...I was, an adventurer of Bloody Princess Brigade...?」
Sofia-san spoke with a low tone to interrupt my words.
「...There's, no way that was the case. I was...a slave of Bloody Princess Brigade you know...?」
「Eh...」
I became speechless once more hearing what Sofia-san said.
And then she rattled on as though something was possessing her.
「...I lost my parents when I was ten, got deceived by slave dealer who said I could get money by becoming adventurer, in the Bloody Princess Brigade, I was overworked like convenient tool to do chores...I was only given food scraps and ordered to carry luggage in dungeon exploration without any rest, all my earnings were stolen, the Bloody Princess bullied me...the other children were also injured or became sick...even though we were treated like that, everyone in this city, pretended to not see...! I thought, I would continue to be ignored like that until I die. But...」
Sofia-san laughed in front of us who were speechless.
The corner of her lips rose like crescent moon.
「I...became strong. Strong enough to destroy not only Bloody Princess Brigade, but this rotten city too. That's why...I'll destroy it. Everything in this city other than you two who're my only friends.」
「...tsu」
We who were born as noble couldn't even imagine the environment that Sofia-san had lived. We couldn't find anything to say.
The destruction of the Bloody Princess Brigade, and the purging of all related people, they weren't things that we could just easily repudiate.
But,
「If you're seriously planning to destroy this city...then I have to stop you no matter what.」
I declared.
「If you're targeting people who caused you to go through such horrible experience, then I'll help you. But if you're going to involve even people who aren't directly related...you won't be able to turn back anymore. You won't be able to eat pancake with a smile ever again. That's why, please rethink it.」
I said that and attracted Sofia-san's attention while already making my move.
I silently transformed my penis that was hardening due to Alicia's caressing.
The penis that transformed into multiple tentacles was slithering under the table to creep toward Sofia-san.
――Now, Stealth Penis Binding!
The moment I tried to bind Sofia-san's whole body with the penis that changed shape instantly.
「...Is that so...too bad...」
「Tsu!?」
Sofia-san took distance from me with explosive speed, as though she had sensed my penis's movement beforehand.
「...But, it doesn't change the fact that you two are my treasured friends...so I'll save you two even while slaughtering this city's people...bye then...」
「Tsu! Sofia-san!」
The other guests made noises wondering what was going on while Sofia-san's figure instantly faded.
「Alicia, Area Detection!」
「...No good. There isn't any presence, that feel like Sofia-san...I can't sense her...!」
「Kuh, just like when we first met her in the dungeon, does she has stealth skill that can even slip through Sacred Knight's skill...!?」
I gnashed my teeth for letting Sofia-san got away.
Alicia softly held my hand while I was feeling frustrated like that.
「...Erio...that person, is strange somewhere...」
Alicia whispered.
「No matter how horrible her experience was, making a leap into the idea of destroying the whole city...is strange. Also I can't word it well but...from Sofia-san, there was a not pleasant aura...I think. We need to find her...and stop her quickly...」
「Unpleasant aura...?」
Was that the instinct or something of Sacred Knight that was called as a legendary class Gift?
I didn't know.
But I also agreed that Sofia-san was strange somewhere inside.
That was why,
「Let's find Sofia-san quickly. Her outrageous action has to be stopped no matter what even if I have to Persuade her!」
Something like destroying a city, didn't seem possible no matter how strong Sofia-san was.
But for her to speak that confidently, there was no doubt that she had something that could bring about considerable damage.
Alicia and I nodded to each other and rushed out of the restaurant in full speed.