The demon princess was defeated and captured? Sorry, I acted in it)

"Yes, yes!" Siletla returned to normal. She lifted her skirt and turned around on the spot. Her snow-white feet were isolated from the soil by the golden magic particles when they stepped on the ground, leaving them spotless.

It can be seen that Siletra really likes her new clothes and is very happy.

"Lady Xuefiya, you are so kind. You bought me some new clothes when you went shopping. I just woke up and saw these clothes spread out next to the holy sword. They are just the right size!"

As she spoke, Siletela's little face couldn't help but blush.

"Except...except for my mother who lived thousands of years ago and whose appearance I no longer remember...this is the first time I have received such a good gift...Thank you, Lady Xue Feiya, I am really touched."

"..."

No.

Let’s not talk about anything else.

Why do your clothes look more and more familiar to me?

I didn’t buy you any clothes this time I went out?

Suddenly, Xue Feiya remembered.

Oh...! Isn't that the new clothes I bought for myself?

I bought two sets in total, and the one she was wearing was one of them!

It's reasonable to buy the clothes and throw them together with the holy sword, right?

Siletra and I both have tragic toddler body shapes, so it's no surprise that her clothes fit her well, right?

But why do I want to take it off for you so much?

Just as she was about to take action, Xuefia saw Siletela's happy and childish smile again from close range.

The evil hand that wanted to strip her clothes off and return them to their original owner paused.

Uh...how about I try to be a human being and do some good deeds occasionally?

Xue Feiya, who possessed noble character, smoothly retracted her outstretched little hand, then waved it in the air and said so.

"Well... it was just a sudden impulse, so I bought them for you. As long as they fit you well and you like them, that's fine. That's it."

"Ugh...!"

At this moment, the child seemed to feel the warmth of mother's love.

33. Hero

If a piece of clothing is lost, it is lost. You can buy another one.

But if you lose your human heart, it will be hard to get it back.

Isn't that right?

Seeing that Siletla was determined to use her barren chest to exchange her love for hers, Xuefia dodged and the poor blue-haired loli almost dived into the lake!

I turned back speechlessly and saw Siletela staggering and stopping in panic at the lakeside.

Instead of adjusting her posture, she actually preferred to lift the hem of her skirt to prevent the water from the lake from splashing onto the new skirt that Xuefia had given her. After repeatedly checking from front to back and left to right that her skirt was not stained by water or dirt, Siletela stroked the ordinary washboard and let out a long sigh of relief.

This behavior of cherishing clothes... is exactly the same as the way Xue Feiya cherished her pajamas just now.

It is precisely because of this that Xuefei feels very unhappy!

I cherish my pajamas because they were given to me by Xia, who is my sister in a spiritual sense.

But you cherish the skirt I gave you, what am I to you? !

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Xue Feiya simply strode in front of Siletela...

Gave her a righteous head bang!

Bang!

"Ah...! Ouch... It hurts. Why did Lady Xuefeiya suddenly reward me... Did I do anything good?"

"Okay, okay, I won't say that your choice of words just now seems to have some problems, but first I want to ask you a question. You don't have to lie. My eyes can see through illusions."

"What does vanity mean?"

"It's a lie."

"Oh...! I won't lie to Lady Xuefia. Eh? But Lady Xuefia, you could have just said the word 'lie', why did you say 'falsehood'?"

After thinking for a moment, the clever little holy sword came up with the answer!

"Oh! I understand. It must be Lady Xuefeiya who thinks that it's cool to talk like this, right?"

"Ugh! You...you Moriguchi, what do you know? Just talk! Shut up right now!"

"Woo...! Lady Xuefeiya won't let us talk!"

How can one sentence make Xue Feiya blush all the way to her neck?

You said it out... You actually said out loud something that is conventionally not to be said!

What's wrong with being cool? Aren't the reasons why so many words were invented in language just to make you cool occasionally?

Poor little Holy Sword Siletra was hit hard on the head again without knowing why.

The lake breeze brought a cool breeze in the evening.

The wind blew the two cute little ones, one with silver hair and one with blue hair, by the lake, swaying in the same direction.

Amid the rustling of water plants, Xue Feiya looked at the moon reflected in the center of the lake... and asked faintly.

The question came a little bit abruptly, but it didn't seem abrupt in front of Siletella's relaxed smile from beginning to end.

"I said... don't you think I'm scary?"

"Eh?" The little holy sword tilted his head, as if he didn't quite understand, "Why do you ask this, Lady Xue Feiya?"

"Didn't you say it yourself? The reason you woke up from the holy sword was because I scared you awake. Doesn't that mean you think I'm pretty scary? If I'm scary, why do you keep clinging to me? Why don't you find a place to hide away... and just ignore me?"

"Well...I don't really understand, but Lady Xuefeiya, are you sad?"

"No, I never get sad."

"False."

"Try saying this word to me again?! Learning it on the spot, huh? Don't say falsehood, say 'lie' to me!"

"Did Lady Xuefeiya admit that she was lying just now?"

"...

"

Xue Feiya's words were like an iron fist hitting cotton.

Siletla's innocent smile, which was pure without a trace of impurities, made Xuefia unable to think of better words to continue her discussion.

But Xue Feiya is a person who cares about face by nature, how could she admit this!

She simply chose to give up!

Xie Xuefei just snorted, turned her head away and stopped talking.

Wherever Siletela went, Xuefia turned her head away and didn't look at her.

However, the little holy sword possesses the spirit of perseverance.

She jumped sideways repeatedly, almost leaving an afterimage, and Xue Feiya felt dizzy watching her!

"stop...!"

Xue Feiya grabbed her shoulders and told her to stand in front of her and stop jumping around.

——This also means that the two people’s sights finally met in mid-air.

"Did Lady Xuefeiya admit that she was lying?"

"deny."

"Then let's keep dancing and daze you."

"You are the devil, right?!"

After repeated psychological warfare, Xue Feiya finally decided not to give up this young face.

"Ah, okay, okay... I admit it. I was lying. I was just a little sad and recalled some past events. Is that ok?"

"Hee, we now know Lady Xuefia a little better!"

"I'm talking about you..."

He originally wanted to hit her on the head again, but this time, he slowly lowered his raised hand.

Xue Feiya was deliberately avoiding this question.

But Siletra would not hide from her.

Didn’t you just ask me if I was afraid of you?

Well, we can give the answer now.

"We are not afraid of Lady Xuefeiya at all, okay?"

"Tsk."

"Hmm...? Did we say something wrong again?"

"No, I'm just a little irritated."

It was because Xuefia had the ability to see through lies that she knew that when Siletela said “I’m not afraid” just now, she was not lying.

But how could someone who knew that she was the [Witch of Natural Disaster] and said that she was not afraid...besides Shia?

The more I confirmed that what Siletra said was true.

Xue Feiya felt more and more unhappy.

Until Siletela pinched the hem of her skirt and began to talk to herself in a low voice.

"You're right... I was indeed awakened by your magic. At first, I felt the same way, as if I had seen a bottomless abyss."

"Yeah, everyone says I'm a monster and they want to stay away from me, so you should hurry up too..."

"But until I heard you say, 'I don't want to fight, I don't want to see the battlefield anymore, I want to run away.' I knew... you must be a gentle person."

"Huh...? What do you mean, just based on this?"

"Well... just based on this, because Lady Xuefeiya is the same kind of existence as us... so we can understand."

This time it was Xue Feiya's turn to be confused.

Under the shining of the bright moon and the red moon.

There was no moonlight reflected in Siletla's eyes, only Xuefia's silver hair, which was brighter than the moonlight, and the vicissitudes of life that Siletla had witnessed over thousands of years.

“We are all trapped in a birdcage.”

"No matter how powerful you are... you are always bound by various troubles."

"Lady Xuefiya, I told you before that I threw myself into the sword forge a thousand years ago because the kingdom captured my family and threatened me that I had to jump down before they would let them go."

"That's true... But there's one more thing I didn't say because that memory is really painful... Very painful, but since you're willing to talk to me now, I'm willing to tell you about it."

Xue Feiya listened to her quietly.

I wonder what the girl was thinking about when she resolutely threw herself into the sea of ​​fire a thousand years ago.

"We could have fought to the death. What's the difference between risking our lives to save our family and dying in the sword forge? Maybe we can still live with our family."

"But my parents almost went crazy at that time... They said they regretted giving birth to a monster daughter, and that if I were an ordinary person, I wouldn't have had so many bad luck. Ha... Actually, I can understand. I was born an outlier. How can I blame my parents for lamenting when they were implicated by me?"

Hearing this...

Xuefia probably had guessed the real reason why Siletela chose to jump into the furnace.

"Yes..." Siletra blinked, as if the terrible sparks were splashed again, "I am disappointed... I feel that my existence in this world can only hurt

Others, there is no other meaning. I have also thought about whether I should not care about my parents, not care about the national justice, go to the place I like, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and live the life I like. "

"But I don't have the courage after all..."

"I can't give up my family, nor can I give up the fact that I was born in the Kingdom of Orus and have to give something for this country."

"So I just jumped, gave up the long journey and chose to throw myself into the fire, to put an end to it all. This way I don't have to think about anything."