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Chapter 57 Part 2 – One of the Seven Phantoms, Addis the Faceless in hot pursuit!! Oh no, you pervert!! As we are cornered by invisible attacks, that guy appears before us for the first time in a long time.

But Addis twisted his body in mid-air and kicked the tree trunk.
His body shifted to horizontal flight and he came toward us like a bullet.
It was a bizarre, inhuman physical ability.
I felt a sense of fear, as if a cockroach that was about to fall suddenly took flight toward us.
The smooth mask made it impossible for us to see his expression, making it extremely eerie.
With a thud, he kicked the ground with only his toes.
Each time he did so, he accelerated at a frightening pace.

「You little ant princess. You should know your place. Is there anything else you can do other than crying and running away? Is there? If there is, show me. You lowlife.」

I bit my lip.
Addis made fun of me for being so small.　
It’s true that I have the body of a helpless little girl now.
But that’s why I don’t want to lose to him in terms of heart at the very least.
I’m not going to let myself be intimidated by this guy!!
Well, to be honest, I am a little scared of him though ……

「…… I’m not so cheap that I’m going to behave disgracefully toward someone who mocks me ……!!」

Thanks to feeling offended at Addis, my trauma toward Arnold faded and the feeling of paralysis was lifted.

How dare you call me an ant!?
Even ants have fangs to bite. Don’t underestimate them.

I may look like this, but my mind is 28 years old and I have been a queen before!　
I have experienced a lot more poison in my life than ordinary young girls.
I’m not going to back down just because you mock me.
You think you can beat a woman with your words. You have offended me.
Raw barley, raw rice, raw eggs ……!! Okay, my tongue has warmed-up.
Now, let’s get to the swearing!!

「…… You’re the one with the all-white fashion sense, you look just like a white cockroach!! Including those weird stuffed animals, you look revolting. Are you trying to become the fashion leader in the cockroach world? Is that completely smooth mask also supposed to be cool!? Ah, don’t tell me, are you trying to go for an avant-garde fashion? Or are you just trying to make people laugh? Eh, that’s not it? Really? I’m surprised. How can you walk around while looking like that? Pfft, hahaha, that’s so funny. This is not inside your rotten brain recital hall. Why don’t you change your name to Addis the Thoughtless, instead of the Faceless? Did you leave your sense of shame in your mommy’s tummy? Ah, could it be that you can’t see anything because of that weird mask? Here, you should see this. …… This is your score for the fashion check!!」

I went on at it like a machine gun and provoked Addis the Faceless with a pose of raising my middle finger, not like a young lady. Yes, I said it without biting my tongue. I’m so proud of myself!!

「…… Y-You fool …… Even if you’re trying to provoke him, that’s overkill.」

In a panic, Bradd jumped up and held me in his arms.
He put my stomach on his shoulder and ran away as fast as he could.
I continued to curse at Addis without giving up. Part two begins.
Too bad I yelled it over Bradd’s shoulder so it sounded like a sharp parting remark.

The people from the〈Lawless Crew〉were looking at me with their eyes wide open.
I immediately blushed up to my ears.

…… Umm, please don’t stare too much, move quickly.
Please make the most of my non-young-lady-like behavior.
You・properly・understand・it・right.

「Hey, he’s chasing after us without saying a word. Keep your tone down a little.」

I nodded at Bradd’s warning.
This time, I put both hands on the ends of my mouth and put out my tongue at Addis the Faceless.
If I can’t say it in words, then I’ll use my body language to fight back!

「You idiot!! What are you going to do by excessively aggravating him!?」

Bradd was stunned.
It’s okay!!
I let Addis get distracted with what I just did so that he wouldn’t realize that I had just signaled to mother who was ready with the bow and arrow.

An evil laughter came out from the mask of Addis the Faceless who was chasing after us.

「…… Kukuku!! What an annoying mouth!! A girl with an unyielding spirit is like a ball that bounces around!? You don’t know your own place and like to provoke people. You really make me want to explode you to pieces. It’s been a long time since I thought of my childhood. Back then, every day I tried to see to what extent I could crush a dragonfly’s head and it could still fly. Now then, princess, I wonder how far do I have to crush your head in order to make you stop talking ……」

He held down his top hat with one hand and his figure suddenly disappeared.
Then he suddenly appeared right behind us as we ran away.

「…… I’ve finally caught up. First of all, I’ll take your right eye. I’ll make it explode like a balloon …… Boom!!」

He spread open the fingers of both his hands.
And his hands filled my entire field of vision.
So scary ……!!

「…… The distance between us was shortened in an instant ……!! That is the step technique,『Setsuna』 ……!!　He’s using the technique of the Lawless Crew as skillfully as my father.」

Bradd shuddered and let out a grunt.
Bradd took a sharp turn, but Addis still followed closely.
Then, Bradd accelerates even further, but even so he still can’t shake off Addis.

「Nuahaha!! You’re so slow. Are we done playing tag!? Then I’m going to eat you now.」

In fact, Addis was so relaxed that he made the shape of a beast with his fingertips, like doing a shadow play, and made its mouth bite down.

Hiiii, he’s playing with the ends of my hair!
I strictly decline the tasting of this product ……!!

「…… Don’t make fun of us …… We’re the original ……!! …… Don’t underestimate us ……!!」

But just before the fingers of Addis the Faceless dug into my skin, I could hear the sound of Bradd’s teeth gnashing as he sped up even faster.

I heard a thud and then there was even more pressure applied to my internal organs.
It was another, rapid acceleration!! Swoosh!!
The pressure on my stomach has doubled!!

Hey Bradd!!
I’m about to throw up what I ate for lunch!!　

「…… Triple the acceleration speed of『Setsuna』 huh. This is getting interesting. I’ve got to get serious as well I guess …… Oh?」

When Addis tried to pursue us, he was surrounded by eight arrows that were flying in a parallel line.

「……!? What are these arrows ……!?」

「…… Archery technique, Serpent Garami ……!! No one can escape from these arrows.」

Mother exhaled as she finished releasing her archery technique.

The 「Serpent Garami」 is a special technique that surrounds the target with arrows so that there is no way for him to escape, converges at once, and shoots him to death from all directions.

As expected of my mother!! She sensed my aim and matched it perfectly.

By hurling insults at Addis, I made myself into a decoy and thereby limited his route of travel.

No matter what mysterious tricks he uses, as long as mother knows that he’s heading toward me, her arrows will surely catch him. …… I repeat, I am using myself as bait to catch the enemy. I somehow feel like I’m some kind of comedian that makes jokes by sacrificing her body.

「…… Hey!! He can make those arrows turn back ……!!」

Bradd’s expression turned serious as he remembered that earlier Addis had made the arrows make a U-turn toward mother.
Since I was being carried like a rice sack on his shoulder, I flapped my legs to reassure him.
Both of my hands are covering my mouth, just in case. I’m experiencing motion sickness.
As a young lady, I always have to be prepared for the possibility of a mishap. Oeup.