Lightning Empress Maid Chapter 96

After Silver and Envy left, only silence remained.

now what

When I tried looking for Salia’s mana, she is still at around the sixth pentagon. If we go to meet up with them, we can save some time, but I cannot do something like rush s.h.i.+el Mercury who wished to think alone. Nanaki knows that pride, so do as you like, Nanaki will do so too.

go back alone?

Still, I can’t help thinking about it, I can’t believe that Silver……. Garnering high popularity with the capital’s women with those looks and having the great t.i.tle of leader of the Five Emperors is proof that he is a superior male. There are mountains of women flocking to him, yet he was an unmovable blockhead that never wavered. It seems spring has finally come for him too.

alpha blockhead

Beautiful, Silver’s expression when he muttered that softly was a strange one that I have never seen before. Precisely because he had good features in the first place, that strangely slackened face was all the more disgusting. Of course, he quickly tensed up again and left with Envy.

…

“Nanaki-sama…….can I ask just one thing?”

“Anything.”

I gave an immediate reply to that sudden question. When I looked at s.h.i.+el Mercury who had broken the silence, my eyes met with her beautiful emerald eyes. In there, there was no fear, only a type of hostility. If you have that much resolve, then never mind just one, you can ask as many as you like, Nanaki will neither run nor hide. There is no need.

ask away

“Why……do you kill……..”

why

And I was wondering what she would ask, worthless.

ask

“Even if you know that, nothing will change for you.”

“But I still want to know.”

“Is me being deviated as you said just now not enough?”

“I want to understand…….!”

….really a good person

Being too pure is also a problem, right Friend? Having lived without any discomfort, what can she understand about Nanaki. Without having been troubled for meals before, without having met external enemies before, what is she saying that she wants to understand about Nanaki. Certainly her heart is beautiful, but if she steps in too far then then it is just ridiculous.

beyond bounds

What should I say to her who has never killed nor almost been killed, living in a peaceful world. How can I say it so she understands me. Something like that is impossible. I already understand well enough that I am deviated to the point of madness. But the one that is warped is this world.

warped from original form

In truth, I’m already sick of it, of the nonsense of the weak.

just shut up

What is wrong with the strong devouring the weak, who is wrong. Seeing these prideless bugs preaching about equality and flocking together to feel safe makes me want to puke. Certainly this Nanaki is a special existence, but I still feel fear. I feel pain, I feel sadness, I suffer, yet I still mustered my courage.

stand on your own

Do you know the sadness of losing your mother? Do you know how tough it is to live all alone? Do you know how terrifying it is to fight G.o.d? You don’t know anything, you all just keep running away. And yet you raise your voices just to say what you want to say, when it doesn’t work, you curse that person. You shout for equality with those helpless mouths.

nothing is equal

She has displayed the courage to fight, I will not deny that pride.

but

But stepping too far in will cloud up that s.h.i.+ne. So watch with those eyes, this is why Nanaki kills. I turned my back on the unsightly face before me.

here is your answer

“———It really is the traitor Nanaki! You really came back!”

“How dare you step foot in the capital again!! This traitor!!”

“I will avenge my friend!!”

fools

Those voices could be heard, There are twenty three of them, all leading imperial knights hailed as geniuses who wield their swords to protect this capital. To them who love the Empire and their countrymen, Nanaki is a traitor, yes, that is fine. If there is something you believe in, then enforce it.

with your strength

“But, fighting without the Five Emperor’s permission is……we should at least contact Envy-sama……”

“That person is with Nanaki! They are all still trying to cling to her power even after being betrayed……!”

“Why doubt the emperor and lament the exile of this traitor!”

it was a mistake

Come to think of it, I have the feeling Meia-sama mentioned it before. That there are many people in the capital who lament Nanaki’s exile. Then this twenty and three people are among those that hate Nanaki. The killing intent directed at me and those drawn swords, they are not foolish enough to not know the meaning of those.

declaring war

Even if it doesn’t reach the level of a Five Emperor, their skill can be called the true thing. And there are twenty three of them, none of them were letting their guards down.

but

“Here I come!!”

not enough

Heroically, bravely——-the last person shouted.

too slow

“Eh……hii………!!”

you chose to fight

Where did that bravery go, the last person showed fear at the sudden turn of events. As the twenty two sliced and burnt corpses started letting out a stink, he finally realised that only he was alive. Even though having pointed his sword at Nanaki, he should have had the resolve. He cowered and while shedding tears, whispered.

too late

“Save——-”

no one saved Nanaki

I decapitated him.

bad choice

Don’t even speak anymore, bugs shouldn’t stand before Nanaki. If you don’t want to be stepped on than hide in a corner like a bug.

at least that way you live

“Wh, why did you kill them!?”

why not

I heard s.h.i.+el Mercury’s trembling voice. Even though she fainted the last time she saw blood, this considerable great growth. But, hearing that question, I couldn’t help saying.

they are weak

“——should’ve gone extinct.”

in the G.o.d world war

Isn’t that right? Because so many people ask such a simple thing as if it was normal to do so. Then this decline is not just the G.o.ds’ fault, it is also humans’ fault. Humans going extinct might actually be fate.

no right to live

“In order to live.”

nanaki kills

In order for Nanaki to live, what else is there. I was attacked, my life was targeted, what’s wrong with killing them. Is living in a group in civilisation something that makes people so foolish? So foolish that you forgot such an important thing?

survival

“Wi, with Nanaki-sama’s power you should’ve been able to do something about it without killing them!”

“I kill enemies, if not I will be killed.”

“That is too extreme! We have words!”

“Indeed, they said it——they are my ‘enemies’.”

so nanaki kills them

I don’t really intend to say anything about that. If you have lived in such a beautiful world then believe that if you want to. But, stop involving master in that. That path that master is trying to walk is not part of such a beautiful world. That naivety that is to the point of foolishness, no matter how beautiful, will kill master.

kill off his potential

Nanaki will not allow that.

Nanaki will not lose master

“You kill your enemies, Nanaki-sama?”

“I kill them.”

“Then……if Zean-sama becomes Nanaki-sama’s enemy, what will you do?”

….what will nanaki do?

If, master loses that pride, degrades down to a bug, and becomes Nanaki’s enemy.

but if not?

“——I will kill him.”

“……!!”

if he really is an enemy without pride

Of course, Nanaki will not allow something like that to happen. If master advances down the wrong path, it is the servant’s duty to correct it. But, if by any chance something like that were to happen, Nanaki would kill him. After all, Nanaki knows Nanaki’s own way of living, there is no doubt in that way of life. If I waver, then that would be denying Mother, that alone cannot be allowed.

Mother>Master

“……I will go home.”

“Is that alright?”

“……Yes, every moment is precious.”

no leisure

I have warned her. Nanaki has told her to properly think about who she is facing.

and hse has though

By this point, she won’t run from this Nanaki. She probably has something to prioritise over staying in the capital, meaning she is giving up on spending time with master. In that case, go, next time we meet would probably be in Freyline. You were the one that rejected staying in the capital, then there is no longer a need to hold back against each other.

she has decided

“Then I shall send you back.”

“No need.”

already enemies

s.h.i.+el Mercury rejected me with a strong tone that she had not had until now.

no more hesitation

I somehow knew that it would become like this. Both of us had something we could not yield, and yet both of us also believes that each of us is correct and do not doubt it. Undoubtedly humans, the heights of selfishness. But that is good, after all, we are humans. As a girl and a girl that like the same boy, this state of things is surely the correct one.

maybe

“I won’t let you kill Zean-sama…….!”

you worry too much

I watched her back as she left after saying that.

bye~

“……the sky is beautiful today too.”

clear?

Right, Friend?

the end