Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 308 [Confrontation] The final curtain opens: the last heart-to-heart talk in the capital, a farewell in a dark fate

Wow.

The slightly stiff lake green fabric fell on the sides of her legs. Ariel gently patted the hem of her skirt to smooth out the wrinkles.

The manners are very elegant.

It was as if there was some dust on her clothes and she just brushed it off naturally.

But here's the thing.

Her skirt is a pleated style.

Alan, who had just finished showing off, was confused. He glanced at the gym entrance and then looked at Ariel.

Subconsciously, I began to use some stripping thoughts to cover up my plans:

Ariel really doesn't treat her friends as outsiders.
But the problem is that I have done everything I should do before I traveled through time, so this is not very attractive to me. Instead, it will only make people feel perverted and disenchanted? ! Are you awake? The sluts in any chat group are more slutty than you. Do you think that you can arouse others' desire by showing a part of your legs and lifting your skirt a few times?
Even Rudy in the original novel could control himself well, why was he so clumsy? ?
At this moment, Ariel's face in his eyes revealed a hint of "satisfied" expression.

inferior.??
No? Wait.

broken.

Look like this
It's like I'm thirsty.

Ariel, ah Ariel.

You'd better not have the chance to travel back to my world.

If you do this, you will be expelled from some online groups.

Uh. But in reality, it seems like no one says a word when asked.

[Stop thinking about it. Why are you thinking about all sorts of nonsense every day? Can you think about something serious? Your brain makes me feel uncomfortable.]

"Then why don't you look at it?"

【.】

Alan looked at the system panel that disappeared as soon as it appeared, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he brought his somewhat distracted thoughts back on track.

He calmed down.

However, some people did not.

Ariel walked to Alan's side as gracefully as always, and looked at him with a wonderful look in her eyes.

A little ashamed, but also a little excited.

The first thing she said was explosive, "Alan said he didn't see what color I was wearing today. Do you see it now?"

Alan's face went numb. "I can see clearly. It's lake green."

The rustle of skirts.

"Stop. Black."

Ariel took advantage of the situation and casually reached out to tug at the hem of her skirt as if she was taking care of her clothes. She then folded her hands in front of her again. Then, perhaps because she felt it was inappropriate to wear a mask in front of Alan, she put her hands down.

He relaxed his shoulders, put his hands behind his back, supported his back with his hands, and leaned against the tree trunk behind him.

He raised his head again and glanced at Alan's hand that was pinching his forehead, and his jaw that was chiseled by a knife.

"Alan, you don't look like you're quite used to it."

Allen had already turned his head to look at the entrance of the gym. Hearing this, he touched the hilt of the knife at his waist and casually sent a hint of killing intent over. He threatened with his words: "Don't you know this very well? So don't do these useless things. Dilic always likes to talk nonsense. You should just do something creative."

"If you do that again, I'll chop off your legs, you."

Before he could finish his words, the tree behind him suddenly twitched.

Subsequently.

Blah blah blah!

The tree is shaking.

It was not heavy, nor was it too light, but to Alan's senses, it was too clear.

He paused and took a breath.

His face was expressionless, very stiff, very frustrated, and he looked to his side with mixed feelings.

——Ariel lowered her head and held onto the tree trunk with her hands behind her back.

The waist and abdomen are slightly arched.

His face looked very miserable.

So, it’s not tree shaking.

TM is a person shaking.

".So, this is also in your calculation?"

"I guess so."

"Row."

"You... don't like to watch it?"

"Absolutely not."

"But I like to show you."

".I see through your tricks. I will not release my murderous intentions towards you again. Give up."

"Well, that's a pity. It's a bargain for those nobles you don't know."

Alan glanced at the nobles who had just been restrained by his murderous intent.

".Don't force me to knock you out with a knife in front of everyone, throw you into some basement and let you starve for three days and three nights."

"Is that okay?!"

"."

Alan rubbed his face expressionlessly. After Ariel's awesome move of slapping her in the face and kicking her leg in front of Alan when they first met on the boat, he was once again speechless at Ariel's bizarre behavior.

It's really impossible to win against Ariel.

The second time.

I can't keep up with the abnormal brain grooves at all.

Moreover, how come this bastard seems to have less and less burden on himself? Although in the original novel Ariel acts like a normal and dignified princess all day long, she only exposes her XP and evil thoughts behind others. In the original novel, she even curses cats and dogs with extremely vulgar and obscene words in public, and she is so arrogant that she doesn't even move her lips when she speaks.

Thinking of this, Alan habitually and incidentally analyzed Ariel.

She likes to show her true self in an obscure way while being exposed to the eyes of outsiders. This is a rebellious attitude caused by the long-term high pressure and oppression under the power of the palace, and the contradiction of wanting to show her true side but having to hide her thoughts and ideas.
Sadism and exhibitionism are based on the same principle.
and many more.

In the eyes of outsiders?
Alan looked up at the nobles in the distance who were watching him and his wife out of the corner of their eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Isn’t this an outsider?

It’s bad, I’ve been treated as one of the perverts.

The question is, am I a pervert?

"I am also curious about what Dilic said just now, but unlike him, I don't think you are a reckless person. You value strength more and disdain power. You must have your reasons, but this is inconsistent with your current situation in Ars. So, what are you thinking about, Alan?"

Alan glanced at Ariel's face.

The other party had completely recovered and was now putting on her usual princess-like demeanor when interacting with others.

His face was soft, his voice was kind, and he had a happy smile.

It was as if she wasn't the one who did the absurd thing just now.

Much more normal.

The 180-degree turn of voice is very much like the state that a sage's time should be in.

Seeing that Ariel was talking about business, Alan gave up the idea of ​​complaining. He looked up at the night sky, thinking of Ariel's "exposing herself" posture just now, and decided not to beat around the bush.

Let’s get straight to the point.

"I said, I'm going to kill James." Ariel was stunned.

"Are you serious about your threats to Lord Piramiden last night?"

Alan raised his eyebrows. "Why, do you think that when I met Pilemon and had that conversation last night, I was just showing off my verbal skills?"

Ariel thought for a moment and shook her head. "My mind tells me that this is the case, but when I think back to the time when I met you, your every move clearly showed your strong purpose. You used your reputation to kill your father."

"So, is this position of Patriarch so urgent and important to you?"

"The position of the head of the family is not important." Allen answered casually, "But James' death is very important to me."

Ariel was silent for a moment after hearing this, but she spoke sincerely.

"But it's not that easy to kill him."

Alan just snorted.

Seeing Alan like this, Ariel took a deep breath and spoke very quickly, her words even seeming illogical because of her urgency.

But it is precisely because of this that she appears to be very sincere.

Rather than recruiting forces to support oneself, it is more like earnest persuasion between friends.

"If you do something like this in the territory, there is still room for easing the situation, because the royal family only needs the family to be loyal to Asura, and the king will not care about what kind of accident your successor to the next head of the family died in, or where the next head of the family belongs. As long as your grandfather, the lord of Fitoya, Duke Sauros, handles it properly and gives a result, it will be fine."

"But." She changed the subject.

"You are now alone in the capital. The next family head's official heir is James, who is also your father. Duke Saulos is thousands of miles away. You gained prestige by offending the nobles, and then used your prestige to kill the next family head of Boreas.

"In this case, without the support of noble forces and the power involved, the person was killed, but the king would not be able to tolerate you because there is no power to guarantee your 'righteousness'."

Alan smiled casually and did not comment.

Ariel became more anxious and spoke faster and faster.

"Although your battle for the crown prince is full of blood and dirt, why are the nobles just watching from the sidelines? And they all act as if it's a matter of course? Because the one who essentially guaranteed this matter was my father, His Majesty the King.

The nobles are also well aware of the dispute over the crown prince, and will only eliminate some factors in Ars that are destabilizing to the power held by the nobles, allowing them to more comfortably enjoy the benefits and fame brought by the power in their hands, and the redistribution of wealth. "

"But you are different, Alan. Before you build a stable power, the brighter your sword is, the more your force is beyond the limit of the king's tolerance, and the more you do not follow the rules, the more they will not tolerate you. They can see James killing you, but they can't bear to see you kill James."

"Because the guards around them are no match for you. They are all afraid that you will strike them with your sword for power. If you can easily kill your father who is completely 'harmless' to you, how can they not kill him?"

"If your influence grows, and you own Dawn, my father, His Majesty the King, will not be able to take you lightly."

Ariel's face looked a little ugly, perhaps because of the future that Alan was about to face.

Or maybe it’s my own uncertain future.

"In this case, I'm afraid that when the time comes, only Lord Shao Luosi can come to the capital in time to save you."

"Unless you kill and leave, but..." She paused.

"This is inconsistent with your behavior when you came to the capital."

Alan raised his eyebrows and looked at Ariel's face with interest, then replied softly.

"You understand the situation better than I thought. It's a little different from your superficial harmlessness and innocent attitude. Is this how you are at this age?"

Ariel didn't realize that Alan was actually comparing the image to the academy chapter in the original novel, and she just smiled bitterly, with even a hint of helplessness in her blue eyes.

"I am not good at short-term planning and long-term planning, but that doesn't mean I am stupid. In the palace, disguise is a required course. Before, I thought that I had no chance of winning compared to my two brothers, so..."

"Then why do you want to build a plan based on public opinion? Don't you have some ideas in mind? You only appear harmless on the surface, but you have buried the spark of ambition in your heart. It seems that your two brothers understand you better than you do, so they don't think you are really harmless."

Ariel paused, choked and unable to speak.

She glanced at Alan and paused for a moment, the events of the past few days floating in her mind like smoke and dust.

Finally, he spoke in a whisper.

"'Those who possess power that is not commensurate with their own will be destroyed.'"

"But, the prerequisite for destruction is that you need to have power in your hands."

"Otherwise, you won't even be qualified to be destroyed."

In a blink of an eye, he looked at the stone steps rising upwards beside the gym.

"Destruction is a deliberate act of accumulating strength, but now, just a casual wave of the hand, a step, a landing, is a disaster for me."

“My efforts may be meaningless.”

Alan shook his head, looking at Ariel's pitiful appearance, unable to tell what was real and what was fake.

"Don't underestimate yourself. You are more resilient than you think. Even if you are pushed to a dead end this time, you will still find another way to try to accumulate strength again and create something new."

"Is not it?"

After these words were spoken, the two were silent for a long time.

Ariel's voice sounded again.

"Don't open"

“Fresh noodles.”

"What about you, Alan?"

"You are determined to kill James, where is your 'fresh' side?"

Alan looked at Ariel with a smile in his eyes.

"I don't know."

"But it's definitely not in the capital. This is just a transfer station, not my final destination."

Ariel was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed.

"So, do you still want to flee the capital? Maybe you can consider taking it slow."

"Time waits for me."

Silence again, after a long, long time.

"I came to you to ask if there is anything you need my help with. In the current situation, besides Her Majesty Leda, perhaps I can be of some help."

Ariel paused, smiled to herself, and added again.

"This is not from the perspective of a princess, but from the perspective of a friend."

Alan chuckled and glanced down at Ariel.

There was only sincerity in the latter's eyes.

But Alan had looked away, not bothering to meet her eyes.

How much of Ariel's words above are the true feelings that she couldn't help but express under the circumstances, and how much are just words that are intended to manipulate emotions in order to achieve a goal?

Perhaps the former is one point and the latter is nine points.

Or maybe the former is nine points and the latter is one point.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Alan was too lazy to slowly train the second princess of Asura.

because
The situation has been established, and it is time to put the plan for a major transfer behind us.

at this time.

"Please make way!"

There was a commotion coming from the gym entrance.

Someone came out.

　Although this chapter is not very good, there is another chapter at 12:01.

　　Both chapters are useless, so I am also a useless person.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)