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

Chapter 497: Reversal of Poles, Ariel and Sylphy
Boreas House.

There were footsteps coming down the stairs from the third floor.

The footsteps were very light, with the toes touching the ground first, and then the heels slowly touching the surface of the wooden steps, and then stepping firmly.

Full of manners.

"Good morning, Madam."

"Good morning, Miss Lina. If the lady's breakfast is ready, please don't rush to deliver it. The lady just fell asleep not long ago. Please deliver it at noon."

"Ok."

"Good morning, Madam."

"Good morning, Mr. Wells, is there anyone visiting outside?"

"not yet."

"Master Philip went to visit the Corves residence last night and did not return. Please collect some letters and invitations and send them to the study on the second floor in the morning. Sorry for the trouble."

"clear."

The white skirt moves with the steps, and the pleated petals at the end of the skirt flutter against each other, like blooming summer flowers.

The moods of the maids and butlers along the way also blossomed with this soft, yet clear, pretty yet steady voice.

A lot has changed in two years.

With a click, Sylphy, who was wearing a plain white dress, stopped in front of the door, tilted her head and looked out of the window with her red eyes.

At the door, the carriage from Ariel's mansion had not yet arrived.

Sylphy lowered her eyes and looked at the shoe, waiting quietly.

Half a year had passed since the last time Ariel and I rode in a carriage to each other's mansion.

Sylphy has a thin face and waist-length hair neatly tied behind her head.

However, the vague sadness on her face had completely disappeared. With a warm smile on her lips, she glanced at the maid who was responsible for opening the door, and she blushed and lowered her head.

"Would you like to open the door, Madam?"

"Wait a moment, Lele."

"Ok."

Not only Sylphy herself, the maids and butlers in Boreas Mansion have also undergone a major replacement, and the current newcomers have been carefully selected by Li'er.

When they first arrived, they looked at this so-called young master's wife with respect on the surface, but deep down they still looked down on her.

The Long-eared Tribe, with strange white hair, short stature, no dignity, and from a poor family.
How could she be qualified to be the young lady of Boreas?

I heard that his parents were hunters.

How could such a person be 'that person's' fiancée?
It was nothing more than she was lucky enough to run into 'that person' who was wandering outside, and after 'that person' disappeared, the eldest daughter of the Elkel family had no way to formally get engaged to Boreas, and it just so happened that the Boreas family was short of people, so it was just a good time.

You know, the nobles they served in the past were all well-known and great nobles in Asura, and their family foundation had a history of at least two hundred years. Among them, the young masters and young ladies were also very outstanding and received higher education at the highest institution of learning in Ars.

How can you look down upon such a country bumpkin?

Come to think of it, 'that person' is also an outlier.

The brightest star of the third generation of Ars noble heirs, a rare genius of the Water God School, the iron heart and new wings of Boreas.

The Fox of Greylat, who orchestrated the defeat of the second prince in the battle for the crown prince, added momentum to the first prince, and also made his biological father, who had failed in the previous generation's power struggle, the legitimate heir.

The perfect marriage partner dreamed of by all the noble ladies of marriageable age in Ars.

Wow, he is completely different from other heirs of noble families. He is a very loyal and righteous person?
Is it outrageous or strange?
Is there anyone more perfect than this?

Who is this young lady named Sylphiet who looks haggard all day long? Is she worthy?

——These were their thoughts and ideas hidden in their hearts in the first six months after they settled in Boreas.

There were even some pretty maids who gritted their teeth at Sylphy, going crazy with jealousy.

If she can do it, so can we?
How come she is so lucky?
Then, this view was quickly shattered over the next year or so.

Madam Sylphiet, she totally deserves it.

She is really special.

She is the kind of practical and perfect woman who can handle all the family affairs perfectly by herself, making the housekeeper feel ashamed. She is definitely not one of those aristocratic ladies who sit in the back garden and drink tea with airs.

If that were all, it would be fine.

She was even able to maneuver in the dispute over the crown prince, and share some of the family responsibilities in family social occasions when the eldest master went south and the master was busy with affairs. She was not tall, but acted properly and had a loud voice. She was always able to remain neither humble nor arrogant and have enough confidence when facing those important figures, maintaining the dignity and decency of Boreas.

Most importantly, she could clearly remember the names of all 72 servants in the house, as well as the scope of housework that each of them was responsible for. Whenever there was some potential conflict among the servants, she would handle the relationships among the servants with superb skills.

Which noble young master or young lady can do this?

Apart from not being as pretty as Ariel, and being constrained by her poor background which she had no choice over.

She is simply the perfect young lady of the Boreas family!
Inside the door, Sylphy remained silent, wearing a smiling mask, with her hands hanging at her sides, thinking about the recent changes in the battle for the crown prince in the royal capital.

Suddenly, the sound of carriage wheels came from outside the window.

She glanced sideways at the carriage with the capital's emblem speeding around the corner outside the Boreas mansion.

He tilted his head and said, "Please ask Li Lei to prepare the magic car. Please hurry up. I will be out soon."

The maid nodded, opened the door and rushed out without asking why.

Sylphimo counted dozens of times, quickly opened the door and walked out, all the way to her own magic carriage. Then she paused and turned around in surprise to look at the luxurious crystal-roofed carriage parked in front of the mansion gate.

Ariel jumped out of the carriage without waiting for the servant to lift the curtain, walked quickly to the door and called her name.

"Good morning, Sylphy."

Sylphy returned to normal and nodded, "Good morning, Ariel-sama."

Ariel glanced at Sylphy: "Do you have something important to do so early in the morning? Do you need to go out?"

Sylphy looked at her solemnly and replied, "I heard about the palace. Master Philip was invited out last night, which was related to this matter."

Ariel paused, her face still looked warm, but her throat felt dry: "Is it my brother's?"

Sylphy shook her head: "I'm not going to meet the First Prince, but I'm invited by some nobles who want to attach themselves to Boreas. You know, it involves a lot of industrial interest exchanges."

Ariel felt relieved after hearing this, but then she felt very hypocritical.

It was clear that he had always wanted to tell the Boreas family to give up supporting him and cut off any relationship with him these past few days, but when this really happened, he felt very uneasy and unwilling.

As her thoughts were churning, Sylphy waved to the maid to drive the magic carriage back to the backyard, came to Ariel's side, held her hand, and gently pulled Ariel into the other's carriage.

Pressing Ariel down on her seat, she spoke in a low voice and got straight to the point:

"How have you considered the previous suggestion, Your Highness?"

Ariel entered the enclosed space, her expression becoming dejected. She looked at Sylphy and forced a smile.

"It's no use fleeing to the north under the pretext of studying abroad. After my brother ascends the throne, even if he lets me go, I will never be able to return to Ars in this lifetime."

Sylphy nodded: "Then the only thing left is to visit the Dragon God Orstead and win his support. This is the way to go. So first go find Miss Celent Sevenstar and ask for her introduction."

Ariel nodded dejectedly.

"I have asked Redick to hint at it many times before, and he even told me that he can succeed these days, but he still hasn't said anything and always talks about other things."

Sylphy did not comment, but swiftly lifted the curtain and asked the driver to go in the direction of the Magic University's research institute.

The sound of wheels rolling could be heard again.

It was only then that Ariel reacted.

"Sylphy, you have something important to go out for, you don't have to accompany me, I can do it by myself."

"The invitation letter from the First Prince arrived at the mansion last night." Sylphy said as she sat down, holding the hem of her skirt.

Ariel's words stopped abruptly, and Sylphy turned around and smiled at her.

In the eyes of Ariel, who was in a life-and-death crisis and looked calm but had actually lost her composure, the other person's smile was very restrained, but it still made people feel warm from the bottom of their hearts like a spring breeze.

she says:

"But I think you are more important than the First Prince, so I decided to come and accompany you."

-

A second-floor window of the Boreas House.

The curtains of the study were drawn, and Philip's bearded face was hidden in the darkness.

He stretched out his index finger, slightly opened a gap on the edge of the windowsill, and watched Sylphy and Ariel leave together.

He did not withdraw his hand until the carriage had gone far away. He then walked to the table and sat there in silence.

On his desk was the invitation letter from the First Prince Gravel.

As the First Prince's victory was certain, he had changed from clearly supporting Ariel to refusing to meet her half a month ago.

This action also greatly eased the relationship between the Boreas family. No, to be more precise, the relationship between Philip, who temporarily served as the head of the Boreas family, and Graville, when Darius went south and Graville needed solid supporters to create momentum for his ascension to the throne. Look, the letter on the table is an invitation letter on the surface, but it secretly contains a layer of goodwill that says "I'll give you one last chance. If you come down this step, I'll forgive you for what happened before. It's good for you, me, and everyone else."

It was a "correct judgment" by Philip to turn the situation around.

The situation has reached a point where I need to take a stand and I can't continue to sit on the fence.

The advice that Philip conveyed to Ariel through Sylphy was: let her escape from the capital first and wait for things to turn around.

Since nothing can be done, of course we need to continue to lie low.

Only by staying alive can you have the chance to make a comeback.

However, this proposal was rejected by Ariel.

There was something fishy about the king's sudden illness. It crushed all of Ariel's fighting spirit with its oncoming arrogance, and also interrupted Philip's subsequent plan to support Ariel to ascend the throne and to push Boreas to the head of the four major families by virtue of his merit in supporting the dragon.

Subjugating to Darius was a situation he did not want to see, even though his father still had a special feeling for this old friend and now enemy.

But Philip knew.

Darius and even His Majesty the King no longer have any feelings for Sauros.

If this continues, with Alan missing, Boreas' situation will be really bad in the future.

If Allen comes back and sees Ariel being killed and Boreas in such a mess, will he blame himself for being such an unreliable father?
Thinking of this, Philip sat quietly on the back of the chair, motionless, like a sculpture.

On the chessboard in front of him, the black king used by Allen still stood quietly in the checkmate position, without any change.

After a long time, murmurs were heard in the dim study.

"Alan, can you really come back?"

-

"Sylphy, tell me, can Allen come back?"

"He can come back, but it is not certain whether Your Highness can live to see him."

In the carriage, the perverted princess, whose conversation had completely been dominated by Sylphy, froze in expression after hearing Sylphy's overly straightforward words, and she actually looked a little pitiful.

In the original work, Eren's attitude towards Sylphy was lustful, while Sylphy was always weak in front of him. However, the two sides have been reversed in the butterfly effect instigated by Eren.

After a long silence, Ariel finally gave a wry smile.

"But Alan chose his brother, didn't he? Even if I could live to see him, it would only be a matter of time before he died in the battle for the crown prince."

Sylphy lifted the car curtain and listened to Ariel's words. She just looked at the magic university in the distance that was about to arrive, without any change in her expression.

——If Roxy were here and saw Sylphy like this, she would definitely have a sense of déjà vu of Eren.

This is exactly the case.

Boreas needed Sylphy to step up and take charge, so she, who was good at empathy and had a tough nature, put on a hard mask named Allen.

She knew Alan well.

If you imitate it, you can naturally gain some of its charm.

The 'Allen model' of always being hardworking, always confident, and with a bit of a sinister side is indeed very effective in solving problems.

Sylphy looked out the carriage window, the wind blew past her eyes, her lips parted, and her voice was carried by the wind into Ariel's hair:
"Your Highness does not understand him."

Ariel was stunned. In the current extremely critical situation, she still didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing these words.

She really wanted to blurt out that the young lady of the Boreas family is you, Sylphy, not me.

But after thinking about it, I resisted this inexplicable impulse.

Sylphy lowered the curtains and turned to look at Ariel:

"Do you really think that Alan sincerely supports the First Prince?"

Ariel was speechless.

Sylphy added: "Under the circumstances at the time, it was necessary to choose the First Prince's camp, as it was related to whether he could legitimately kill James.

Alan is very active, and his planning ability is among the best with the blessing of the Water God. He has a clear purpose, which has nothing to do with the fight for the crown prince. He just wants revenge from the beginning to the end, and wants to kill his 'father' James who once wanted him and set up a killing trap on our way back.

As for achieving this goal, not letting Boreas be tainted, forcing Lord Shao Philip to return to the capital to take over Boreas, supporting Uncle Paul to ascend to the position of the head of the Notos family, and defeating the power of the second prince were all casual moves made according to my own preferences, and I just took advantage of the situation to do it. "

——These were Philip’s original words, but that didn’t stop Sylphy from casually taking them out and stabbing Ariel in the chest like a knife.

Ariel murmured to herself: "Just do it."

Sylphy frowned slightly: "Your Highness Ariel clearly knows this, but she just doesn't have the confidence to admit it. Allen's inclination is very obvious. Why does he want the Notos family to support you, Your Highness? Why doesn't he pull Notos to join the First Prince?

It's simple, because it's not worth it, troublesome and unnecessary.

His next step was to repeat his old trick and take advantage of the infighting within his own camp to kill Darius.

At that time, he will control both Notos and Boreas, and whoever he wants to be king will be the next king. "

Sylphy kept leaning forward as she spoke, but Ariel couldn't help but keep backing away.

With a thud, Ariel leaned against the carriage, with nowhere to retreat.

Then Sylphy almost touched her nose and asked her word by word:
"Do you understand what I'm saying? So what you need to do now is to save your life, rather than staying in the capital and putting yourself in danger. Otherwise, when Alan returns to the capital in the future, even if he has other ideas, he will not be able to support a dead man ascending the throne."

Sylphy looked at Ariel, and Ariel looked at her in a trance.

The next moment, Sylphy turned around and went back, sitting gracefully in the carriage, as if she was not the one who had acted so aggressively just now.

"Of course, it would be best if you could win the support of Mr. Dragon God Orsted this time. However, based on Ms. Serent's reaction, I feel that Lord Dragon God seems to have no interest in the battle for Asura's crown prince."

There was silence in the carriage for a long time.

Ariel then spoke somewhat dejectedly:

"I understand, but I just feel a little unwilling. If I can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor, then naturally others can also be the next king. In fact, I don't think Alan himself has been able to do so."

"Your Highness!"

Ariel stopped talking.

Two years ago, in the famous moment of the King's Capital directed by Allen, the one who was most shocked from beginning to end was Ariel who arrived late.

She watched with her own eyes as her revered brother ran to Alan to wipe his ass and held his hands in a very servile manner.

Even James' head was resting on the dining table, looking at himself darkly.

Ariel was still thinking about how to win Allen's support, but he ignored her and showed it with his actions:

I don't need the support of any crown prince candidate to make things happen in the capital.

The fight for the crown prince is nothing more than a farce that can be controlled with just a few moves.

this.
This was a huge blow to Ariel's confidence, as she had just made up her mind to compete with her brother for the throne.

Sylphy glanced at Ariel's expression and continued:

"Your Highness, you are not attractive at all in your current state. If I were Allen, I would definitely think you are as boring as the First Prince."

Ariel was startled. She looked at her hands that had grasped her knees without her knowing when. She was silent for a long time, but suddenly gritted her teeth, lifted the curtain beside her and stuck her head out of the window.

"what!!!!!!!!!"

Sylphy:? ! ? ! ?

After the roar lasted for ten seconds, Ariel took a deep breath, looked at the surprised looks from passers-by, and smiled.

He leaned back, closed his eyes, and patted his cheeks with his hands.

When he opened his eyes again, the confident figure in the letter with his own mask, who was full of ambition and thoughts, had resurrected.

She folded her hands on her knees and her eyes returned to calm.

"Thank you, Sylphy. Today, let's focus on the things in front of us. I'm sorry for letting you see my vulnerable side. My brother hasn't ascended the throne yet, so there's still room for improvement."

Sylphy, who was standing by, looked at Ariel and raised a smile, and stopped trying to "persuade" Ariel.

But the next moment, she looked at the white dress she was wearing.

I don’t know what I remembered.

The smile on her lips disappeared again.

Wheels and wheels.

The carriage moved forward all the way, passing through the Magic University unhindered, and stopped outside the "Salunte Research Institute" which now occupied an entire building.

As soon as they got off the carriage, they all looked up at the second floor.

The sound of the wind brought noise.

That was the sound of a woman and two men arguing.

"Stop asking me if you can visit Orsted! No means no!"

(End of this chapter)