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Chapter 76 Part 1 – Alisa’s objective is gradually being revealed. The secret of the True Emperor’s Ruby. Since it’s been a while, I, for one, wish to have more of a presence.

Good evening, everyone.
My name is Scarlet Ruby Noel Lingard, the protagonist of this story.

I feel like I’ve been robbed of the heroine’s seat for about half a year by an unexpected person ……

Oh well.
I’ll get back on track and introduce myself!!

I’m a four-year-old girl who is gifted with both intelligence and beauty. Currently, I’m on the way to the ball held by our old enemy, Countess Rosenthal, together with my mother. The eight-horse carriage is running in the night in all its splendor. That’s it for the status report!!

The Seven Phantoms? Wiskum, the people of the forest? The spirits inside the Blue Diamond?

It’s fine, don’t mind that. This chapter finally had a start appropriate for an isekai romance story. They say the devil comes when called. If I say anything carelessly, the battle tag will come flying back with glee. Let’s let sleeping dogs lie.

「…… Scarlet-samaa, it seems like dust got into Alisa’s eye. Pleasee. Look at it.」

Like I said, I don’t know of a blond little girl who rubs her eyes like a kitten and looks up in a deliberately cute way!! I did not save Alisa from the demon dog!! It’s not possible for the 「Maiden of Salvation」, who was the biggest cause of my death when I was a queen, to be sitting next to me!!

I firmly refuse to recognize her in my brain!!

「…… Uuuhh, it hurts. And yet, Scarlet-sama is ignoring me ……」

Five seconds after I pretended to not know her, Alisa started to cry ……!!

My heart hurts a little. Even though Alisa always made me go through hell in the previous 「108 times」, the current Alisa is not guilty of doing it. That being said, I am also aware that my life would become a mess if this super-troublemaker were to fall in love with me.

「I-If you don’t mind, can I take a look?」

Unable to just watch without doing anything, mother leaned forward.
No, on the contrary, she’s kind of fidgety and nervous.

Oh no!! I forgot!! Since mother could only carry me when I was a newborn, she always had a smoldering maternal instinct!! (I mean, I’m 28 years old on the inside, you know!? I had to reluctantly accept it since at that time all I could do was crawl. But now that I can walk, it is really embarrassing to be carried in her arms!!)

「…… Will you hold Alisa?」

But then Alisa wiped away her tears, smiled, reached out her hands, and made an unnecessary request to mother ……!! She easily did what I can’t do!! Moreover, she’s standing up tall on her tiptoes. Even though it’s really hard to balance on the floor of a moving carriage. Hey, tell me the truth, you’re actually an incredibly athletic person, but you’re pretending to be a stupid fool, aren’t you ……?

Mother, who had been suffering from the disease of wanting to care for her toddler, was not able to resist Alisa’s cunning behavior. Her smoldering maternal instincts exploded. After clutching her chest and groaning, she smiled and said, 「Come here!!」, and tried to hug Alisa.

Alisa, how dare you seduce my mother ……!! Just because I’m embarrassed doesn’t mean that I don’t want to be spoiled by my mother!!

In the previous 「108 times」, I remember that Alisa was a natural born seducer. She unconsciously understood the attitude and words that the other person would like. I shuddered when I realized this. What I managed to do with my experience and knowledge after going through hardships, Alisa could easily do it with just her wild intuition.

However, Alisa’s intellect was too lacking and she couldn’t keep up with a decent conversation with a nobleman. That was why she was not taken seriously.

God generously endowed Alisa with beauty, charm, and divine talent for dancing. But God forgot to give her intelligence. No matter how great her other stats may be, her child-like and full-of-flowers mind drags her down and ruins everything. A disappointing beautiful girl. That’s who Alisa is.

However, the current Alisa is a young girl not only in terms of her mind, but also in terms of age.
And so, on the contrary, that carefree, filled-with-flowers head of hers have become a weapon of cuteness.

…… I can’t let my precious mother be enticed by this idiot Alisa.

「…… Yes yes, the dust in your eyes right. I’ll take a look at it so come over here Alisa.」

「Yayyyy!!」

I reluctantly beckoned her and Alisa came back next to me with the speed of a rocket.

Hey, Alisa, didn’t you leave an afterimage just now?

Mother was about to hug her, but then Alisa was gone and her hands only passed through the air. Then mother looked at me with a regretful gaze. But there’s no way I’ll let her hug Alisa!! This kid Alisa has the outward appearance of a top class bisque doll, but when she grows up, she will become a terribly vulgar doll that would boast about the shape of her breasts in a public place!! If I let mother hug her, she will defile my pure mother!!

…… But well, I have to admit that Alisa’s looks are really beautiful.

I sighed as I looked into Alisa’s blue eyes framed by long eyelashes.

Should I call it an enchanting beauty? Not only is she cute, but staring into her eyes makes my head dizzy. I have a dangerous urge to be willing to fall anywhere and live there as long as we’re together.

…… I am ashamed to admit it, but in the previous 「108 times」, there were a few times when I almost fell into an immoral relationship with Alisa. It’s not that I had a preference for yuri romance. It’s just that Alisa thoughtlessly got me dragged into a lot of strange troubles related to that area.

There was a cult of assassins who use aphrodisiacs, an evil cult that burns incense to increase sexual desire, and an ancient castle where the ghost of a female knight wanders in search of her lover, the princess …… And all of these happened in situations where Alisa and I were alone. I wonder if this girl is doing it on purpose ……

Anyway, this girl was always following me around and never hesitated to profess her love for me at all hours of the day. Her amorous relationships with men were vast and boundless, but with women, I was the only one. Why didn’t she reverse the genders ……

Thanks to Alisa’s constant loitering around me, I was unable to have a normal female friend in the previous 「108 times」. Alisa was the type of person who is disliked by the same sex and on top of that she would go around intimidating any lady or young women who approached me, regardless of their status.

That’s why I’m sure that I need to keep my distance from Alisa.

In my new life, I have an aspiration to give up the extremely hectic queenly duties and devote myself to a fiery love life, but I would also like to chat about love stories with my friends. If I’m still stuck with Alisa as I was before, my plans will be completely destroyed ……

Suddenly, the carriage was pushed up from below.

The wheels passed over a bump in the road. It must have been the root of a large tree protruding on the road. Even though the carriage was equipped with the highest quality springs, it could not completely absorb the impact from the bumpy forest road.

「…… Kyaaah!?」

Alisa clung to me with a shriek.
Both of us were at a close distance and our faces collided.

Eh? It doesn’t hurt?
Instead, I felt a soft touch on my lips ……
I-It’s ticklish?
Something parted my lips and licked the tip of my tongue ……

「…… Alisaaa!! You kissed me!!」

I let out a piercing cry.

And it’s a deep kiss at that!!