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Death’s Daughter Chapter 175

Author: “FoodLovingPanda”

CHAPTER 175: THE DAY OF THE PARTY

I woke up to find a very angry prince standing in my room. Ishikawa and Nakamura were right behind him and Mia-san was nowhere to be seen. Well I assume she went to sleep as well.

“Good morning, you look rather upset. I don’t think this is an expression to hold when inside a lady’s bedroom. Also I am not into group things, please leave your fantasies inside your head.”

“What?! Heck no! How can you act like this? You ask me if I am upset after what you pulled yesterday. You alerted the whole castle with that little stunt you pulled. Mia-san already gave her report. So, why did you do something so reckless? That was a dungeon for heaven’s sake. And it held a dragon, you could have died! Also that light, what was it why did Mia-san suddenly acquire Light Magic?”

So she also gained Light Magic. I did not think she would be able to profit from that encounter. Well it is a good thing for her, I am glad.

“Oh come on, I am bored! I am an adventurer first, and all of you are making me stay in one single place all day long. Besides Mia-san was with me and the entire time she was trying to bring me back so you can’t blame her for not stopping me. If you had let me roam free I wouldn’t be doing all this. Well not while making such an uproar. Be happy I destroyed a dungeon.”

The reaction I was expecting of him was more the one of annoyance, but I could only see relief on his face. That is peculiar, if he didn’t know about the dungeon, why did he prevent me from going inside the prisons?

“I’m grateful for that, I never thought there would be a dungeon hidden underneath the castle. I must say you really did us a favor there. Mia-san told me about the study room that the two of you found and the golden door. Since you were the one to find them you can keep everything.”

Did he really not know about it? Then why hide the prison? Who were those people that rushed the dungeon? I have so many questions about what happened yesterday, but his reaction is telling me absolutely nothing.

“You’re welcome, so does that mean that you are going to let me do as I please from now on?”

“Absolutely not! It is already past noon, I brought some people to help you get ready. I’ll see you later, if you try and bolt again, just know that HE is already in Kapitalia, arrived this morning. After all it is his sister’s engagement party.”

Bleh, what a way to ruin someone’s day. As he left, a group of a dozen maids entered the room and immediately began work by stripping me naked and dragging me to a bath. I looked at the closed door with betrayal as I was taken away.

***VITOU’S POV***

This is beyond all comprehension. She escapes through an inexistent passage and ends up destroying a dungeon that just so happens to be underneath the castle. No matter how I think of it, I can’t make sense of it. Everything she does is illogical. And on top of that, she appears in her room and falls asleep as if nothing happened at all. This time Mia-san was able to profit so much from this little adventure and asked for a few days off to comprehend the magic. After everything she experienced I had to agree.

But I still couldn’t understand how she was able to get past the dragon, twice. Mia-san said Nao-chan spoke Draconic, and did so perfectly. There is no dictionary that teaches dragon tongue and no dragon is willing to teach it to humans. What little humans are able to learn cannot be used to hold a conversation like she did.

“Nakamura, can you speak Draconic? You arrived here with the skill to understand and speak the language of this world. She does have the same skill as you do.”

“No Your Highness, I cannot. The languages that I know are those that Syrina-sama imparted to me when she gave me the skill. I can speak Common Dorean like everyone else, but I should be able to speak Ancient Language and Elvish once I hear it. This skill is weird, because what I think I am saying is Japanese, and yet you can all hear it in Dorean. Since the one that gives this skill shares the knowledge, whoever gave Maeda-san her skill must have known Draconic.”

I did not know that skill worked in such a way. The twelve gods were all humans of this world that had risen to godhood and rule this place. It made sense that they would be only impart human languages. Then, who was the one that brought Nao-chan here.

“Could it be that she learned it after coming to this place? However the only dragon that she came into contact with should be the one that controls the dungeon in Orzak. And from what I know, she never communicated with him, or even met him directly.”

“Maybe it was the dragons that brought her here. We never asked her about her arrival and where she was for the month before Blink-sama found her in the forest. According to Nakanishi-kun, she died on the same day as he did, so she must have been somewhere hidden. If she was with dragons I can see how she could have picked up Draconic.”

He had a point there. After the party I will borrow the Sword of Light and ask her about everything. Maybe have her brother present to make sure she doesn’t escape. And I am sure he will also want to know something about it. After all it is a win-win situation.

“You’re right, but that will have to wait. I have a party to prepare for. As do you.”

I dismissed both of them and called my attendants. I will see her soon enough.

***NAOKO’S POV***

“Lady Naoko, you will have to remove those hideous glasses. It is not befitting for the party. I don’t mind it every day, but on such a formal situation you cannot have those dark glasses.”

“No, no, stop, don’t remove them!”

I tried to stop her, but it was too late. She removed them and looked directly into my eyes. The next moment she was on the floor, her face flushed and her breathing somewhat ragged. I didn’t want to admit this to myself, but I felt like the power of [Charm] skill grew stronger as the rank of my dungeon improved.

“P-please, I… I need to… um… excuse myself.”

“Go and calm down.”

I knew exactly what happened. I closed my eyes to make sure nothing like this happens. I was about to ask her to give me back my sunglasses, but I already heard the door close and could no longer sense her presence. The other maids all stopped for a moment, but quickly continued to work without asking me anything. I did hear their whispers.

“It’s true, they said that her eyes are so beautiful that she has to hide them to stop others from falling in love with her.”

“Did you see Rona, it’s all but confirmed true. I must tell the chef. He was the first one to tell me about this rumor.”

“Our Vitou-sama must have been bewitched by her as well. He will have a lot of problems in the future. Luckily Lady Naoko always keeps her eyes hidden.”

Wow, this is the first time I heard such rumors. I sighed in disbelief at how accurate the rumors were without knowing the truth about my skills. The maids kept on gossiping as they braided my hair and polished my nails. If the situation was different, I would actually be enjoying such treatment.

When all was done the maids brought out a dress. I looked at it and saw it was way too ostentatious and glamorous. I would never wear something like this if I were to be asked.

“This is specially made for you Naoko-sama. White is representing purity and joy and gold is representing Elicia royalty. If you were in Vilikis the golden thread would be silver or platinum”

Oh, so those colors had meaning behind them. Hmm, if something were to happen to the dress and it turned different color, I guess it would become an unfortunate sign, wouldn’t it?