I don't understand. What is this?
We still don't have a report.
Once she enters the capital, we can't act easily.
We ought to make a move before that.
Erecpyle is the most skilled in our sorority.
Why hasn't he settled this matter yet?
I hear that she is only traveling with two attendants.
Rumor has it that there is a Hyperion with her.
What?!
Is it that man from the Aldoria knights?
No, apparently a mysterious human
has recently joined them.
He was sighted wielding Alma Gear.
Unbelievable, a Hyperion under Ecarlate...
Then it makes sense that it's taking longer than just a day.
Wait.
Who is this new attendant of hers?
I expect you looked into this.
Of course, but we haven't found anything noteworthy yet.
Send reinforcements to Erecpyle!
Please wait. Erec-sama is a very upstanding man.
At times, however,
it might be beneficial to stay in the shadows.
What do you mean?
Georg.
Priest, please give me some meat!
Soft meat! Light peach-colored meat encasing a thin bone!
I want to stab it over and over,
gut it, shave it, and enjoy the screams!
How about some hard meat?
Thick bones, heavy bones, anything will do.
I'll break them, slice them, crush them!
All right, then come out.
How many pieces of meat are there?
Four. Two pieces that smell like flowers,
two that smell like grass.
That sounds good.
You must prepare the most tender meat
that smells like flowers without fail.
Be careful with the meat that smells like grass.
I know!
I want to taste it already!
Soft meat is my favorite!
So you said that we'll find
a way for me to get back to my world
when we get to the capital, right?
How often are you going to ask the same thing?
All we said is that there's a possibility.
But there's a possibility, right?
You fell from the sky, right?
So you might be from Olvidia.
Ah, that "Castle in the Sky" that you mentioned before.
But thinking about it,
why go to the capital when Ol... Ol...
Olvidia.
Wouldn't going to Olvidia directly make more sense?
Olvidia is high up in the skies.
At the moment we have no way to get up there.
So that's why we have to go to the capital.
Living in the boonies isn't easy, huh?
You understood that surprisingly quickly.
You can keep your comments to yourself!
But then it's easy.
We go to the capital, we get to the castle in the sky,
and talk to the, the...
The Ixion.
I'll talk to the Ixion directly and have them
send me back to my own world.
Then my normal life will be back!
That's all I have to do, huh?
Don't forget that you have duties
as my knight before that, underling.
You know, you ought to reward
your servants once in a while!
Image of Olvidia
All right, if I can only get back to my own world,
Bals
I can finally stop being a virgin.
So how many more days until we get to the capital?
Let's see, if nothing gets in our way,
about two months.
That's wicked far!
Are you serious?
Isn't there a faster way?
Warp or Zoom, or a Midnight Bus?
We have to conduct our journey covertly.
Our hands are tied.
Ah man, why did this have to happen?
Kon,
you might not be able to tell,
but the princess is counting on you.
Please protect her until we get to the capital.
Yeah, I know.
Sainglain!
What's wrong?
The princess is acting weird.
R-Really?
I fear...
Weird? Is she sick?
Can you please check, just to be sure?
I mean, it could potentially be...
All right.
Huh? What's going on? Hey!
May we come in?
P-Princess...
What's going on? Looks like she's norma—
Excuse our intrusion!
What did you do that for? I almost died!
I'm sure that was...
But not yet, it's not quite that time yet.
What's wrong with you two?
Didn't you see?
See what?
The princess's thing.
What thing?
The thing.
I'm asking you what you mean by the thing!
If you just keep saying thing, thing,
it'll lead to Gestaltzerfall of my thing!
You saw that one thing on her head, right?
Thing on her head?
What? The cowlick?
So in your world, they call that great sign "cowlick"?
I'm sorta confused that you're taking cowlicks so seriously.
Anyway, what is this great sign you're talking about?
The St. Piria family,
the royal family, have a hyperactivity period.
Hyperactivity period?
Marian!
Y-Yes!
I'm a little peckish.
Understood. I will bring you something shortly!
Um...
I guess kidney pie, pudding, pork rillettes, goat milk bavarois,
gooseberry tarte, grilled chicken, sea bass pate,
sauerkraut, boudin noir,
and blue neck goose confit are all we could make.
What are we going to do? This isn't even close to enough.
Wh-What are you doing in our kitchen?!
Owner! We have money!
While we're at it, we're going to rent out the whole inn.
Don't take more guests, it's too dangerous.
Kon, please go shopping with Sainglain.
What?
We have all that food, that's enough.
Go already!
Yes!
Kon, hurry up.
Wait up!
Thank you!
Hurry up, I'll leave you here.
Seriously?!
C-Come on!
Kon, I need to tell you something.
Do not talk back to the princess.
Don't let her get agitated. Just let everything slide.
Every single thing.
We don't know what could trigger her.
Why?
Will she throw money away when she's grouchy?
But "we have money," right?
To be honest, I've never seen her
in her hyperactivity period either.
I've just heard stories.
What are you talking about?
Just be careful.
When three cowlicks are standing up...
Then what?
It's over.
We're back.
Take those things there to her!
Come on, now!
Let's go, Kon!
It took longer than expected.
Sorry for making you wait.
I'd like something a bit richer.
I feel like I haven't eaten anything yet.
All right, I'll tell her.
We just put them down, right? They weren't empty, right?!
Kon, hurry.
Damn it, my fingers are numb.
I can't let that stop me!
Wait a sec. This is weird! Really weird!
Where is that stuff going?
Why did this go all sci-fi on us?
Like there's a black hole in her stomach or something?
Hey, Kon!
Sainglain...
Yes? What can I do for you?
About the way you talk...
I think you should speak more courteously,
so I want you to end your sentences with "meow."
Meow? What does that mean?
Is she telling me to be stupid?
No, stupid is still okay.
But "meow"?
Not only did I graduate from the university
in the capital of the empire,
I was also a member of the Aldoria Knights.
But if I refuse here...
Understood.
Meow.
All right.
You said meow!
And Pet.
You're a bird.
You can fly?!
Spit roast, spit roast...
Pork on a spit...
Are you all right?! Meow. Marian...
The dessert isn't done yet.
I also have to prepare stuff for tomorrow.
Don't overdo it, meow.
But the princess is already at two.
We don't have any buffer.
How pathetic.
What are you so scared of?
This is just a child being spoiled.
She's basically just got some children's bug or something.
What are you saying, meow?
I'll go set her straight.
P-Please stop. Stop! Kon!
Don't do it, meow!
It's fine. You guys just worry too much.
Princess, I'm coming in.
You really ate all that?
I guess you're going through a growth spurt.
I can understand being so hungry that it's unbearable,
but don't be too unreasonable with Marian and Sainglain.
That money wasn't money you earned, right?
Being wasteful isn't good, you know?
Right?
As long as you understand.
Let's bring the dishes down together.
Th-Thank you, meow.
Thank you.
You're going to bed? Good night.
See, like I said,
you just have to talk to her.
Kon, what are you doing?!
Do you realized that you could have died?!
Marian is right, meow!
Courage that disregards situation and standing
is called recklessness, meow!
You guys are overthinking this.
Actually, you're coddling her.
We're in this together. We're a party.
A relationship where the majority have to bear something
for the sake of one individual will never last long.
So you've done enough. Everything's over.
Now let the goddess called sleep embrace you.
They're finally asleep. I've been waiting forever.
How am I going to begin?
Stab? Break? Slice?
Someone's still awake?
It'd be bad if they woke everybody.
Best take care of them now.
Don't get in my way!
I'll cut you up and turn you into a meat dish!
Ow! Hot! Hot!
The hell are you doing?!
Do I look like I have time for this, you maggot?!
Are you screwing with me?
Our lives are on the line here.
A single bread roll at breakfast could cause
the destruction of this town or of the entire world!
Can a useless scumbag like you take responsibility for that?
If you don't know, crawl back into your
father's balls and think it over!
Actually, don't bother coming back.
Go into a wad of tissue and stop existing!
I-I'm sorry!
Bitch!
That woman was creepy.
I should just go for the main prize first.
I bet she'll scream nicely and flail around!
Oh man, why didn't you tell me you were here?
You shouldn't move too much.
Even if you're skilled, you do realize that
you won't get away unscathed, right?
What is this?
He has no openings, but I sense no danger from him, either.
How is that possible?
I'm saying this for your sake, meow.
You should leave immediately, meow.
What are you talking about?
Now, meow!
Stay away from me!
Wait, meow!
Oh, meow.
Meow?
So this is the princess's room.
Soft meat, thin bones.
I wonder how it will feel when I stab her.
Who the hell are you?!
My hands! It got on my hands!
M-M-Monster! Help me!
Knock it off!
So who are you?
Ecarlate! Really scary! Coming! Angry!
Huh? What?
I told you! Help me!
Oh, the princess.
You're still doing that? That joke?
You even hired an extra?
Enough already.
Pops, how much did they pay you for this silly act?
Ecarlate!
All right, all right.
Why was this left open?
No!
No...
Okay, okay. I get it.
Pops, your crying act is really good.
Princess...
Huh, she's not here?
Was that the wind?
Is the window open?
It's closed...
Pops?
Hey!
Ew, what? It's slimy.
Who's there?
Help!
And thus the Ulga religious sorority's
assassination attempt on St. Piria Empire's
Princess Ecarlate came to an end.
Fortunately for the sorority,
there were few who knew about the plan,
and even fewer who knew about its failure.
Ever since, nobody has seen
the mysterious assassin Georg again.
Gramps!
Oh, you're being bad again.
I told you that you're not supposed to come here alone.
But you're here.
Yeah, yeah!
The thing comes to the bad kids who don't listen.
Thing? You mean...
Yes, the three-haired monster!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
We won't do it again!
I'm bored.
I wonder where Erec-sama went.
Damn that Variation.
He snuck out on us and now he's with Erec-sama.
KT, are you jealous?
D-Don't be ridiculous!
Don't worry.
Variation definitely does not swing that way.
Yes, he's an ultra sadist.
Is that true?!
Variation the torture lover.
Just recently he was torturing this empire spy and...
I'm jealous...
What?
N-Nothing.
I guess we have no choice but to go drinking.
You always use any excuse to go drinking.
Well, shall we go to a cabaret club?
Hell no!
Next Time
In order to treat my wounds,
I've come to the Tamatsukure hot springs.
But fate would have it that I meet DT there again.
Damn you, DT!
I'm going to settle this once and for all!
What? What is that glow?!
The Tamatsukure Hot Springs, where the gods congregate.
What is Erec trying to achieve here?
Ah, so the mirror world has hot springs, too.
The fantasy setting has just gone to yellow.