But You Said You'd Give Me Delicious Candy!! Part2

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Here’s part 2. Pls tell me if I’ve made any errors. I have exams now , so I’ll post part 3 in another 20 days.

Since then a lot happened, and Marie founded a 『country』.

A country for the sake of Humans and Demonic Beings living peacefully together. Many other races too live here.

What brings us all together, are the 『Sweets』 made by Marie.

Recently Marie's "disciples" Rouche and the others have considerably raised their skills, is what she quite happily said.

But if you ask me they are still inexperienced. Marie's sweets are the best after all. ……Of course Rouche and the others' sweets are tasty too. But I won't concede the seat of "Food Sampler" to anyone.

Being the daughter of such a Monarch, my daily life is quite busy

In the morning I study reading and writing, and arithmetic. Afternoon is for inspecting outside the castle. The evening is spent helping out at the store or helping make dinner, thus I always have a lot to do.

Especially, 'inspections' tire me out

Because it an important duty for the royalty to know about the lives of ordinary people.

Today too, along with the White Tiger Race's Fey, I patrolled outside the castle.

Carrying a basket filled with sandwiches prepared by Marie in one hand, while walking around the town, I asked Fey something I was curious about.

"Hey, does Fey know of the thing called a 『Circus』?"

"Cur-kus?  ……No, I haven't heard of it"

Fey, who is slightly older than me tilted her neck sideways 'Koten1'. The long white tail containing a stripe of black also is in a 「？」mark shape.

Although she looks as if she is younger than me, she is a fully fledged 「Big Sister 」. I am 8 years old and Fey is 12 years old. With powdered sugar-like hair and tiger ears, she is a very cute girl.

Her way of speaking is fluffy2 ,but she's fierce when it comes to fighting. It is said that she is the one who knocked the living daylights out of the mysterious bird from before. Probably, even if I use magic, I would lose normally. Zeros said that mysterious bird was「A Filthy Demon so I must not approach it 」,therefore I was not able to see it, but since the White Tiger Race did it in, we can now live in peace.

I though there was a possibility if it is Fey, but it seems she doesn't know about the thing called circus after all.

"Umu……Actually, I asked Marie too. But for some reason she didn't tell me anything more than 『It is a super fun place』"

"Ah……that, is it possible that Marie-sama too doesn't know about it?"

When I asked her 'Is that so?' , she said "There is song and dance, and it's a super fun place…………..probably".

ーーMarie has been practising cooking since a young age, therefore, it's possible that she might not have seen it. But still, if it is fun, I want to see it together by all means.

Thus, while I was imagining big about the thing called a『Circus』, Fey suddenly stopped walking.

"Huh, wait a sec……it seems someone is attacking from outside the castle walls."

"What! Is it true!"

"Yeah. The one on defence duty today is……Ah,  s.h.i.+yu is kinda far……I just go and take a look for a moment. I'll quickly finish it off so, Mii-chan wait here."

As soon a she said it, Fey ran like the wind

The ears and feet of the White Tiger Race are powerful. She most probably got a signal from a comrade.

……But, is it all right for I, who am the daughter of the monarch to just silently keep watching the bad guys? For a moment, Marie's tremendously angry face comes to mind, while looking very scary and quaking and trembling……But still,  wanting to protect the people of her precious country, she won the so called "Heart" of the people.

"ーーO wings, come out"

After I chant the short spell, my back becomes itchy3 and immediately with a「Pon4」sound, wings sprout out. Umu, this much is a piece of cake for me. Because I practiced a lot.

I'm still in the middle of practicing 『Flying Magic』butーーーーToday, somehow, I have a feeling I might be able to fly properly.

"……Well, let's go!"

After letting out a yell, I spread out my wings towards the sky.

"S-St-Sto……..STOOOOOOOPPPPPPPP!?"

ーーMy co…..co-co-co-co-control is-, n-no-, gooooooddddddd!?

"Ooh!? What , what?"

She had such a carefree voice while being subtly surprised , yet Fey came down and firmly caught me…………. The thank goodness. I thought I would die…….

Hey! Didn't I tell ya to wait? "

" I………!? "

Saying so, Fay gave me a whack on the head with her fists.ーー Hey, it hurts to the extent where it can't be brushed away as a joke.

While holding my head which seemed as if it would burst open and writhing in pain, a seemingly exasperated sigh came from above.

"Mii-chan is still bad at flying so, isn't it no good to force yourself? What would you do if you had got a huge injury? Marie-sama would become really sad if such a thing happened. I'd also become really sad, I'd cry for sure.ーーIs Mii-chan fine even if that happened?"

Fey's seriously angry words……were like thorns stabbing my heart. I was stupid. I know that much. I thought today would be fine, but somehow that wasn't even an excuse.

"I….m……., sho…….rry "

"……Yeah. If you understand, then it's fine. Because you can't do it next time onwards."

Fey, who said that , gently embraced me, and stroked my head. That gentle way of using the hands was the same as what Marie always did, and soon, I was not able to stop all those tears from flowing.

Clinging to Fey's chest I cried out loud……..While I was doing so, I suddenly heard an unknown voice from an other place.

"Um……Are you all right?"

The voice which seemed to be worried, had a strange tone

A strange one, unlike any I have ever heard, yet a really beautiful voice. When I subconsciously stopped crying and looked there, a girl unlike ones I had seen here had a worried face.

I have seen such clothes. If I'm not mistaken, the dancers of the desert nation, drawn in the picture book, wore such clothes……..But still, why is a dancer in such a place?

ーーーーAnd then it suddenly came to me in a flash.

There is no doubt. If I can recognise it, I might possibly even be a genius.

"ーーYou5, by any chance are a member of the 『Circus』?

"Fueh!? Ah, um, ah…………Tha-That's right……"

"As expected! I heard from Marie, that you show something like fun songs and dances"

"Ah……well, yes. But that is not all , more or less……"

"Eeh, this girl if from the『Cur-kus』? She looks beautiful somehow right?"

Fey flips up the fluttering cloth. As soon as she does that, the dancer raises a scream 「Hiuuu!?」and runs away.

"Oi Fey! You cannot flip up a girl clothes!"

"Aah, is that so, sorry, sorry "

Fey who was laughing with a 'Nihehe' sound apologised, but the dancer girl still seemed to be scared. Seeing the lovely face turning bright red, I look this way. Really , this girl doesn't have the thing called 「Delicacy」. Even though she is more of a big sister than I am.

"Sorry, that girl didn't have any bad intentions. Will you forgive her?"

"Eh!? Ah, no, it's not like I'm really angry………….Ah, Um, rather than that, there……"

I look towards the direction at which the trembling finger I see pointing

From the ground thereーーThree feet

Sprouted out.

1. Onomatopoeia for tilting of head

2. ふわふわ(fuwafuwa) is onomatopoeic

3. Another onomatopoeic word むずむず(muzumuzu) to become itchy

4. The sound during magical transformations.

5. She uses おぬし(onus.h.i.+) which is a way of calling someone of the same status/inferior to you