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Translator: Nonon
Proofreader: Silavin
POV: Violet
“Rivers, you bastard! How could you put your beloved’s face on an orc! Do you really love His Highness?!”
“What are you talking about?! Isn’t this proof that even a stupid monster can become a wonderful being with Lord Vermilion’s face?!”
Kuh, it’s no use, this man is crazy…!
I thought I’d become used to strange people, but this is the first time I’m seeing someone crazy in this way.
“You don’t seem to understand Lord Vermillion’s worth! As I thought, you are not somebody who would be able to love Lord Vermillion!”
“If that’s your proof, I’m fine with not loving him!”
“What?! Is that really something Lord Vermillion’s former fiancée should be saying?!”
“Shut up!”
Shit, this man is so annoying.
My tone might be rougher than usual, but frankly speaking, I don’t think it can be helped.
Who could have imagined that I would be attacked by an orc with the face of His Highness, who I’ve loved for 10 years?
The orc was freely wielding its strength inside this narrow cave. With His Highness’ face.
It approached me with a warcry, while with His Highness’ face.
When I attacked it, it looked pained. With His Highness’ face.
It did everything with His Highness’ face――
“Do you hate me that much, Your Highness?!”
“Please calm down, Mother! That’s not His Highness!”
Haa, that’s not good.
This situation is so incomprehensible that my brain decided to reject it and I almost recognized this orc as His Highness. If not for Gray’s voice, I was about to trip into a strange world. I’ll give something sweet to him later as thanks.
“Ah, how wonderful! Like I thought, Lord Vermillion Orc N.7 that I modified is the closest to the real Lord Vermillion’s face! Its face when it’s using force, its shouting face, even its face in agony is exactly like Lord Vermillion!”
He’s so noisy, I want to shut this man up, but I don’t have the luxury to do so.
I have a hard time fighting this Orc not only because of the location we are at, but also because of how strong it is. I don’t know whether Rivers also modified its physical abilities with word magic, but it keeps throwing punches that would leave me severely injured if I get hit. In addition, Gray is also near Rivers, so it’s hard to target just him and if I use weaker magic, it’ll be blocked by fire magic.
However, I don’t know if this is because of the Orc’s low intelligence, but it’s easy to lure it out because it’s simply attacking in the direction I’m in.
“’Outbreak Water’… ‘Ice’…’Lighting!’’
“G-GYAA!”
Then, I froze its feet to slow its movement and gradually inflicted damage to it with hit-and-run tactics.
… It caused His Highness’ face to distort, so it was hard to do, but I can’t focus on that. I must defeat this orc, if only for Gray’s sake…!
“I’m sorry for being late, Lady Violet! Are you inju- whoa, what’s with this muscly pervert?!
As I was slowly chipping away at the Orc’s endurance, Lord Clo, who had been subjugating the brainwashed monsters outside, ran up to several meters behind me and looked shocked when he saw the Orc.
“I’m sorry, Lord Clo, I couldn’t do it alone!”
“N-no, that’s fine but what is that?!”
“It’s an Orc that Rivers brainwashed with word magic and modified it to have His Highness’ face!”
“What kind of hellish modification is this?!”
“I don’t want to know!”
“Fair enough!”
Lord Clo knew about Rivers’ magic for some reason, but this brainwashing and modification seemed to have been unexpected for him. He looked as if he was concerned about how to deal with it.
The Orc also forcefully moved its frozen feet and focused on the two of us as its targets.
“Fu-ufufufufufufufu! So your husband, the Lord, is here too! Just perefct. Lord Vermillion Orc No.7! Kill the man first to make her suffer!”
“GYAAAAAAAAA!!”
“It’s coming, Lord Clo, be careful!”
“Yes—kuh, seeing His Highness scream like that is really unbearable! Also, your naming sense sucks!”
Lord Clo had probably never faced a monster like this. He was having a hard time landing a hit on the Orc.
However, while he wasn’t landing any hits, he wasn’t getting hit either, parrying the attacks with minimal movements instead of evading them widely. Thanks to this, the Orc’s body did not move much, so it was easy for me to aim my magic.
However, we were one step short.
The Orc was rampaging and wielding all its strength in the narrow cave, so even if it was aiming at Lord Clo, the aftermath of the attack reached me too, and I wasn’t able to cast high tier magic. In order to defeat it, I have to move away and cast high tier magic–
“Fu, ufufufufufufu! Now, mow him down, Vermi~~”
“Flash.”
The moment Rivers was about to issue another order, an attack that had turned into a beam of light struck the Orc.
“—Wha-?! Why are you here…?!”
Short, dark green hair and sharp, almong-shaped eyes. A former classmate with one of the best physical abilities at the academy. Chartreuse had clearly damaged the Orc’s torso.
Rivers, who looked confused by the arrival of the unexpected reinforcement, and the state of his Orc, showed a clear weakness.
“Tsk, it’s not stopping — Lady Apricot!”
“Stop with that name! Set —- ‘Thanatos’!!”
Then, Apricot, who had finished casting the spell, followed up with an attack on the orc’s body with a dark magic that I had never heard before. The Orc’s body was pierced through from the wound inflicted by Chartreuse’s flash, tearing its body and inflicting an obvious fatal wound to it.
After confirming that it had been shot through, Chartreuse, who approached the Orc without relaxing his stance, tried to confirm whether it was alive or dead. He took a clear look at the orc’s face. Perhaps he couldn’t see it well until now because it was dark inside the cave, but Chartreuse’s face was filled with shock.
“Y-your Highness?! Why are you on the orc’s body-AH! Did… did I defeat His Highness who had transformed into a monster?!”
“H-His Highness, you say?! Did I just kill a royalty?!”
“AHHHH! Lord Vermillion Orc No.7! – no, Lord, Vermillioooon!!”
And agonizing cries resounded.
What am I supposed to do with this?
