悲劇の元凶となる最強外道ラスボス女王は民の為に尽くします。 7話

Face me in humility… and sincerity. Maintain purity, be enamored with dignity. Maintain your allegiance, do not forsake the weak. Rise against peril. Always carry, embrace, and hold your chest up with pride. Protect with your back and cut through the darkness with your sword. Do not forget the oath you make on this day.

Arthur Bersford, you have now become a knight. I’m sorry… I had you waiting for two years. Welcome home. {pos(358.4,403.2)}{an7}”The Coldhearted Princess and the Quitter” Sorry, I’m late. We hardly waited. Oh, okay. Did something happen with that Chancellor? I was told yet again that I look like Gilbert. Ah, I get it.

Speaking of, were you all right? Huh? He was persistently asking you about something at the celebration, right? We just talked about my uncommon special ability. There was no problem. Stale, Arthur! Well done today! Hello, you two! What are you talking about? Ah, nothing important. Stale, can we talk a second?

I thought I’d give you this after our bout. Glasses? If you’re wondering how they’ll look on you, just put them on. Big Brother! They look so good on you! Do they? Yeah! Right, Big Sister? It was a shock, but they really do suit you. They’re just your style and you look wonderful!

But why glasses all of a sudden? I just thought they’d look good on him, since he’s Stale. Princess Pride, would you mind reconsidering my proposal once again? But we’ve already spoken about it in front of the council…

Princess Pride, you are the one who Her Majesty the Queen trusts the most deeply right now. I am quite certain that with your help, it will not be impossible. Gilbert, maybe you should ask me about such things? Your Highness… Well, if you insist. Pride, are you all right? Yes, I’m fine.

I hope so. He’s proposing a mandatory special ability registration law. Making it mandatory for a person to report their special ability as a way to control the people is something I can’t agree to from a human rights perspective. Why is he being so particular with this law? It sure is strange.

Please be careful around Gilbert. From here on out especially, I’ll be sure to be with you when you meet with him… He’s finally not addressing Gilbert with his title. If anything, in the game they were close enough to work together to support the country, though… Wait… They worked together in the game? Eh?

Then Chancellor Gilbert really was in the game?! I can’t remember… Stale? Yes? You told me that you can now teleport an adult that weighs more than you, right? Yes, but what about it? Can you teleport to where Chancellor Gilbert is right now? Huh? There’s something I want to check on. That’s enough, Gilbert!

What do you mean by relentlessly targeting Pride?! I’m doing nothing of the sort, it’s just simple engagement in a lively conversation. However, though my wishes remain ungranted, the moment it was known that precognition abided within beloved daughter Princess Pride,

In a matter of days an admirable special ability user named Prince Stale is found… I was slightly vexed. I’m sure I explained that the conditions were different when it was Pride’s turn. Yes, yes! That’s absolutely right! You all are surely not cutting any corners! I am grateful for that!

It was very kind of you that, though the law remained pending, simply by Princess Pride asking repeatedly over several days, the royal family secretly overturned their customs and allowed him to contact his birth mother! You’re too loud! I told you this was top secret! Several days… repeatedly? That’s why I kept it quiet!

I have repaid this favor by believing your words and those of Her Majesty the Queen, that you would find someone! Gilbert, I understand your struggles very well. Both Rosa and I are doing all we can to- You could never understand! What… What could you possibly understand, Albert?! Of my… and her suffering?!

Arthur Bersford… He knew the rumors about that special ability user… I’ve only met people that can make water evaporate or grow hair, but as for ones that are just rumors, I’ve heard of people making rainbows, healing sicknesses, changing hands into guns… They truly are here, Albert!

We have those special ability users in this country! I’m sure if we look all through the land… Gilbert… Seven years… It’s already been seven years since then! Albert… She’s… Maria is… She’s already a stone’s throw from death! Just… one would be good. If we can find just a single one…

A special ability user that heals illnesses…! What… have you done…? Seems the rumor that you, the eternal youth, can no longer manipulate your age and are stuck as an old man is true, Gilbert. I’m so pleased, and it’s all thanks to your wonderful law.

After all, in this country, I’ve truly become a very special existence. Special existence? The rare special abilities in this world will be at my beck and call. To be honest, I was thinking about making you choose between a fealty contract or execution as well. But, I’ll turn a blind eye to this.

What a curse that you now have to live forever in a body so unsightly! It truly is pathetic. All of this because of that virus! I’m sorry… it’s all my fault… everyone… Maria! I remembered things from her previous life again yesterday. It was about Chancellor Gilbert.

Gilbert Butler. He’s a secret character in ORL. He was a talented strategist. What I haven’t realized until now, is that in the game he looked like an elderly man, and sometimes he’d appear as a mysterious youth named Gil. Several years after he became a chancellor, his fiancée contracted an incurable disease.

After that, he began the search for an ability user who can cure the disease. In exchange for five years of labor, Pride promised him that she would enact a bill to find that ability user. After those five years, the law was enacted. However… the day after it was,

His fiancée drew her last breath. Then, Pride, who had a grasp on the special abilities of the nation, forced those users into subordination or death. Due to this, the Kingdom of Freesia temporarily became bathed in blood. Chancellor Gilbert, due to his feelings of guilt and the shock of losing his fiancée,

Was only able to manipulate his age to look like either an elderly man or his 13-year-old self. The law conference was held yesterday. It’s the day in-game that the Mandatory Special Ability Registration Law was passed. His fiancée passed at sunset, the day after this law was enacted.

Enacting a law normally takes a week until after approval, and at most a month. I need to help before then. You all are to be in the rear garden. Yes, sir! And you all, search the east side. Has something happened? Right away. And make it thorough. Yes, sir! Father.

What has happened to cause all of this commotion? Chancellor Gilbert hasn’t been seen anywhere in the castle since this morning. Big Brother, is it okay to keep from Father that you can go to where Chancellor Gilbert is with your special ability? Yes, thank you for keeping it a secret.

I hope Chancellor Gilbert is safe. I am worried about if I’m doing something bad, though. Huh? Tiara, don’t be alarmed. To tell the truth, Gilbert… Both Stale and Tiara truly are kind people. Every time something like this happens, they make sure to check with me. In comparison, when it came to game Pride,

She would decide on execution or war or the like without listening to the opinion of those around her… Huh? What’s happened? Lotte! Marie! Jacques! Yes, Princess! I need you for something! The diabolical, egocentric, last boss Queen Pride would never care about the opinion of another.

The day that execution is chosen is the same day it will happen. She would not wait a week until that law is enacted! Which means, Chancellor Gilbert’s fiancée will die… today at sunset! This man is good to pay up every time. I guarantee it. After all, he’s a big wig at the castle.

I will leave the methods and means up to you. If your information can be confirmed, I will pay you. If necessary, get intel on the royal family or anyone else. Okay then, what’s the special ability you’re after? One that can cure illness. Find someone who can do tha- What’s so funny?

An ability that can cure illness? Which children’s book did you find somethin’ like that in? If you have no intention on searching then you are of no use to me. Hold on. Leave that pouch here. I do not pay for uselessness. Have it your way, then! Damn! Why you-! You two!

We came looking for you. What were you doing? Though, there seems to be no point in my asking. Why are you here? Chancellor Gilbert, please calm down and listen. I had a premonition. Your fiancée… Miss Marianne will die today.

I was originally born of a lower status, and after my parents died, I begged, had affairs, stole… I did everything. I obtained the money I needed to live that day. That was all my days were comprised of. Good evening. That was my first encounter with Marianne.

She was the third daughter of a Count, and since her health had been in decline until two years earlier, she had been confined to her room, and at night she’d frequently go outside in secret. But you’re the first person I’ve met. Are you okay being so defenseless out here? Huh?

What if I tried to harm you? Do you wish to harm me? What? I don’t mind. Whether you take my life, or whatever you may do… as long as you become happy enough for me, too. What do you mean by… Or instead, whatever view you find most people in the world…

Please bring me there. I’ve never seen anything this beautiful before! Can I bring you here again in three days? Really? If that’s what you would like. That’s a promise. After I got involved with her, I grew ashamed of the way I was living at the time.

I had a meager income, but I got a job I could tell others about, and every three days, I found a reason to live in just exchanging words with her, and I continued working. Gil, I… I have a fiancé now. Huh? So I thought I would tell you this before it’s too late.

Gil… I love you. I have for a long time. In four years… Until I turn 16… Until I can’t see you anymore, please, keep coming to see me. I was awakened to my special ability after those few weeks. Eternal youth.

I was an extremely rare special ability user, who could even manipulate my own life span. To me, this was a gift from God. Why won’t I be able to see you for a while? I’ll come for you. I’ll make sure of it, before you’re 16! I’ll be waiting.

Gilbert Butler, do you wish to become my advisor, as I become the Prince Consort? Yes, I do! You… no, Your Highness, I will support and serve you with all I have for my entire life! We now acknowledge you as our nation’s chancellor. I am quite pleased to meet you. Lady Marianne Edwards.

I am Gilbert Butler, and I serve as the chancellor of this nation. Please, call me Gil. I apologize for being so sudden, but if you would like, please marry me. I promise I will make you happy. I am Marianne Edwards. Please, call me Maria. I happily accept… Gil!

I knew. I knew that I was brought into this world only for the sake of meeting her. Those days were more than enough. She collapsed due to her illness, and even when that happened… If I die, live a good life, for the both of us.

What are you saying, Maria?! I’m going to cure your illness! I will do anything it takes! No matter who I make an enemy of! Gil… I am… already more than happ- I’m not! I haven’t been able to make you happy! Maria?! Maria, Maria! Maria!

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior. Episode 8: “The Insolent Princess and Judgment”. {pos(396.8,396)}{an7}”The Insolent Princess and Judgment”