「Therefore, I have decided to withhold from casting my Enslavement Magic on her and use more practical methods of interrogating the information. Well, if she refuses to give in no matter what, then I suppose my last resort would be to enslave her」
「How, however! Celesta is both competent and has a noble spirit, she is even revered as the “Crimson Rose” amongst her fellow knights. I don’t think, she will talk that easily」
「Pu (pfft), what is that two syllable name…….Well I suppose if my interrogation methods were normal, she would be able to resist, however….」
My face warped into a huge grin.
I was just informed by Kirika, in regards to Celesta’s career and character disposition. If my expectations are correct, I have already been able to formulate a method to manipulate the information out of her.
「Nevertheless, This will require a bit of cooperation from Himeno-san. You will help me…..In order to protect Princess Sistina from the demons, right? 」
「Eh? Me? Fo, for some reason I’ve got a really bad feeling about this….? 」
The wagon is getting closer to the Tower of Revelation and the showdown.
Now, it seems that this will become quite the interesting game.
「K……Kill me!!」
Is that the only thing you can say? I almost spouted this out instinctively.
Well, plenty of aristocrats within the Kingdom of Ranbadeia follow their own doctrine of the god of light “Rumein”, in this particular creed, people are prohibited from taking their own life in the form of suicide.
It would seem that Celesta also follows this belief. This actually makes her even easy to read.
「You are quite stubborn aren’t you, Celesta?」
「Fun (exhale/humph)……I don’t know who you are, but don’t you dare look down on me. I’m sure you’ve come here for information about the Princess, but unfortunately for you, I won’t be making any deals nor will I be begging for my life. Rather than enduring the disgrace of betraying the Princess, I would rather choose a noble death! 」
She looked at me with a piercing gaze, and stared directly at me with her long and narrow eyes. She reminds me of a sword formed from ice, her facial features were sharp yet at the same time she has an attractive face that was very elegant. As expected of a young missus from an aristocrat family.
By the way, the upper half of my face was currently being hidden with a metal mask that I obtained from the guild house. Although it hid my face, it was probably insufficient to hide the fact that I was a young person.
「I understand……In that case, before you die shall I tell you something interesting? About Himekishi Kirika? 」
「About, Kirika!?」
Celesta’s complexion changed. Why was her former comrade working for the enemy? Or was it the fact that since the beginning, she was intending to get close to the Princess with ulterior motives? It was the kind of face that worried about the various possibilities.