Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 208.4

At that moment, the pendulum’s swirling threads tangled around its neck and threw its corpse, strangled by a strong pull, at the knights, who hesitated for a moment to catch it, and then grabbed the knight and the civil servant’s necks with both hands and snapped them in a twisting motion.

The one remaining–

“You…”

“I don’t deny your loyalty. But just as you have your beliefs, I have mine.”

He must have realized that I had killed him so that no blood would be spilled in the castle. But the grand old steward didn’t back down because of that, and loosely held up his dagger.

“…I’m here.”

He leapt out instantly, and without a bargaining chip, he delivered an all-out blow that he must have trained for several times in my life.

“–[Rage Critical]–!”

A blow of divine speed – I did not run away from it, but focused my spirit and gently placed my hand on the flat side of the blade and swept it to the side.

[Rage Critical] is a technique that can aim for great damage that can even be used against superior opponents, but on the other hand, if it misses a vital point, the damage will be lower than normal.

The cause of your defeat was your failure to understand the characteristics of the technique. I entangle my arm around the butler’s neck to slip away from the deflected blow, and break the bone as it is.

The still-lit eyes of the butler with the broken neck reflected my expressionless face, and I spoke one word to him, not sure if he could hear me.

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“If you are Elena’s mother, I will not let you die.”

“…”

After those words, the light disappears from the butler’s eyes.

It may be a comforting thought. But I want to think that the possibility of understanding each other is not zero…

***

Licia, Viscountess Saint Alicia Melrose, was spending her time before the school started not in the Melrose family mansion in the royal capital, but in a room given to her in the temple.

According to Licia’s “knowledge” of women, the heroine is loved by her adopted Melrose family, but Licia, who is easily antagonized by women because of her dependence on men, finds it troublesome to be surrounded by maidens and attendants as a noble daughter. As a noble daughter, Licia felt that being surrounded by maids and maidservants was too much of a bother.

(…In a temple, there are many men…)

Licia’s [Gift], [Charm], is greatly influenced by the emotions of the other side. In a temple where many people are meeting for the first time, Charm is likely to be effective, but it was not so effective with the maids of the Melrose family, who are antagonistic to Licia from the start.

Licia’s character may also be a factor. Licia had no intention from the beginning to get deeply involved with anyone other than men, even if she intended to deceive them like the assassin woman did.

With men, she could smile from the bottom of her heart. Hiram, who came from the country of law, also looked at her with suspicion at first, but Licia’s smile raised Hiram’s [liking] level with suspicion.

Licia’s [Charm] was fundamentally different from [Charm], and instead of being weak in power, it was possible to raise the likability without making the other person even aware of it.

Nevertheless, as a reaction to this, the maximum value of magic power kept decreasing with each use of Charm.

The reaction is enough to recover after a few days of rest and decent food, but because she continued to use that power, Licia’s appearance was still very young.

But there is no problem. If her magical power value continues to decline, she will be more susceptible to disease, which will ultimately reduce her lifespan, but Licia had no intention of living long enough to see her appearance deteriorate in the first place.

Licia’s goal was to be loved. The goal is to be loved, as much as possible. The number of times she was loved was Licia’s purpose in life, and she even put her life on the line to achieve it.

The role of Saint, the same as the heroine, was useful for that purpose. However, one of her goals, the position of Crown Prince, is in doubt because, unlike in the game, Ervan has not grown up.

Still, Licia had no intention of stopping her pampering of Ervan. She was not interested in his life.

So Licia decided to solve the problem by dropping the others instead of letting him grow. There are more pawns for that than you can count on your fingers and toes.

One of them…Licia invited him into her room late at night and touched his bare skin with her fingers as she leaned in to let him smell the fragrance of perfumed oil after his bath.

“Nathaniel-kun…can you do Licia a favor?”