Alice Tale in Phantasmagoria - Volume 2 - Chapter 164

Chapter 164

The menu I’m preparing is shaping up so, I have to consider the method of preparation next .




I’m grateful for the freshly harvested meat but, considering Silvi-chan’s bodily condition, I suppose I should prioritize edibility .
Something like just frying it is unthinkable .

「Un, it’s mostly taken shape . 」

Also, for the vegetables, or rather, the various edible plants, well, something will come of it with condiments won’t it .

「Then, maybe I’ll have Sitra help out as well . 」

I picked out another knife and, Sitra hesitantly took the knife .

「Sitra, your eyes can’t see but, you know where things are right?」

I spoke up to the Sitra who was gazing at the knife with eyes that remained closed and, she cutely tilted her head .

「Hai . 」
「Rather than magic sense, physical sense……is it something with a 360 degree field of vision?」
「Probably……I’m unfamiliar with the act of seeing with eyes though . 」

U～n, I don’t know if it’s okay for me to ask this sort of thing but……rather I’d like to do something for her if possible……yosh .

「……About Sitra’s eyes, is it since birth? Have you tested, healing and the like?」
「My eyes have been like this since birth . I’ve tried medicine and magic but, they didn’t become such that they could see . 」

Since to begin with, Sitra is more of a pure healer than me .

「Is that so……but, excuse just this one time . 」

I put my hand on her eyes .
Sitra is letting me do as I like .

「Heal . 」

With it being impossible from the start, I put in a large amount of magic power .

「Fufu, my eyes are warming up . 」
「Since I’m going all out aren’t I～」

I put my spirit into it for some time but, I wonder how it went?
I end the Heal .

「……How is it?」
「……」

Sitra opened here eyelids .
My eyes meet those pupils I’d once seen on that battlefield, that have a shape like a cross carved into them .

「……I wanted to try looking at Alice-sama’s face . 」
「It’s no good thenn……」

Since my Heal actually is just Heal isn’t it .
There’s no way the Sitra who uses Heal with better skill than I do hasn’t tried it .
U～n, even so, there’s a child who can use healing magic among the mansion’s maid-sans so, I’ll have her try when we return .

「Thank you very much, Alice-sama . Fufu, please don’t be discouraged . For now shall I offer to prepare a meal for Silvis-sama?」

Really this child is……kind .




Ah, is this the saintess-sama .

「Sitra, when did you start being called the saintess?」

To begin with her job is『Saintess』but, it’s that she’s unexpectedly suited to it isn’t she .
We proceed with the preparations, as I deepen my friendship with Sitra .
For now, are the roots unnecessary this time?
Cut cut split .

「You have excellent dexterity don’t you……Ah, it really was on the battlefield that I was called the saintess . There was once a time when there was a conflict with the empire so, just before the lines of battle broke down under the overwhelming difference in military force, with the event of a half day long Area Heal on a scale that enveloped that battlefield, the battle line recovered and……I came to be called that since then you see . 」

……She kept using Area Heal for half a day?

「That’s certainly an episode suited to calling someone a saintess but, you did well maintaining your magic power didn’t you?」

Even I have a limit to using all my power to Heal with .

「Most likely, my Heal and Alice-sama’s Heal are different . While it certainly isn’t something that doesn’t tire me at all, it’s not the case that my Heal expends my own magic power……it’s something like this . 」

A kind light, gently envelops the area .

「……Amazing, this is Area Heal . 」

This light is……it’s not the case that it’s being born from Sitra?

「It can’t be, you’re directly converting mana from the atmosphere!?」
「Hai, that is what is called a proper healer’s recovery magic . 」
「Hei～～～～～!!」

This is……surprising .
Since I haven’t had a healer nearby I suppose……no well, since this girl is a saintess I assume she’s special though .
Since certainly, nothing will come of using up my own magic power for each and every one healed on the battlefield .
Ah, this leaf hurts a little so I’ll throw it out .

「In truth, there’s been a lot of times where I’ve been indifferent to my own injuries due to this so, people are often angry with me . 」

Sitra swung her knife down to cut meat as she spoke and, deeply cut her own finger .
She sprays vivid fresh blood .

「Waaaaaaa」
「Ah, it hurts……eto, like this, fufu . 」

However due to the Area Heal that was deployed earlier, her finger heals in the space of a moment .
Oh, ooh……it seems fine……

「But, this isn’t that sort of problem! It’s dangerous, since it’s dangerous Sitra! Let’s have you stop with the knife after all!」

It really is better to rely on eyesight when that’s for the best .
Probably, I get the sense that there’s a problem with her sense of reality so she’s grown insensitive to various things .
Just the sort of sensation of acting unreasonably due to being in a dream .

「Etto, hai . 」

It’s something that happens regularly but, that sort of face is scary .
Knife retrieved . Yare yare……
No but, telling her to observe for the entire time is also well……shall we do the traditional two people in one haori here .





「Sitra, I’ll accompany your hand from behind so, let’s go cut the meat . 」

I put my hand on Sitra’s as if I was holding her from behind .

「Ah……」
「Since this is our long awaited chance to cook isn’t it . 」
「I can hear, the sound of Alice-sama’s heart……」
「That so? Fufu, Sitra’s cute so I wonder if it’s pounding, for me as well . 」

I took the hand of the Sitra who had let her strength out and go on to cut the meat .
For now if I don’t mince it then . Hand made mince .

「Ano……I’m, embarrassed . 」
「Eh? Ah, aah, do you dislike it?」

I stop my hand and, Sitra shook her head back and forth .

「Since…… there hasn’t been a time where someone has held me, like this . But, this is……I feel it’s welcome . 」

Fu～n, Sitra is rather straight in displaying her own feelings .
Un un, that’s healthier than the type that keep it all sealed inside .

「If I’m okay, then I’ll give you a hug whenever?」
「Is that true?」

I felt that voice, somehow had a ring to it like she was confirming an unexpected truth .

「U, un? If Sitra doesn’t dislike it okay . 」
「I don’t dislike it, Alice-sama . 」

Nn, nnn?
On that note, I wonder since when did I come to be such that I’d so simply embrace a girl?
Is it because I became a child’s parent after all?
The preparation proceeded together with the Sitra who had somehow gotten into a good mood .



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「Silvi-chan, I’m coming in . 」

After knocking, I enter the room that was prepared for Silvi-chan .
Sitra was being considerate for us since it’s not good to swarm in on a sick person . She really is a capable child .
Silvi-chan raised her body and smiled when she saw me .

「O-ka-sama . 」
「Don’t push yourself . I came with the food I made just in case . Will you eat it?」
「O-ka-sama made……?」

My daughter’s eyes were filled with moisture . Eh, eeeh?

「Such a thing……I’m, happy……」

Ah……on that note, should I assume I wasn’t there in the future where this child was?
To be sure, if I remember back to Makina’s matter, I should have died in most futures . On that note, was it all of them?
U～n, leaving the stage with the timing of having just made a child, I, surely have too little awareness as a parent .
Well, at any rate, given that there’s adventure and battle in this world, it’s also a fact that death is fairly close by my side . It’s this place’s reality that that sort of story is not rare .




But, a child is unrelated to such circumstances .
I ended up showing a bitter smile .

「Somehow, it seems I ended up placing a burden on you didn’t I . 」
「……No, since mother and, Eclair-sama and, Lumina and, everyone of the mansion, were there for me . 」
「That was the only salvation wassn’t it, since fortunately, there are a lot of kind people around me . 」
「That is……because, o-ka-sama is such a person . 」
「Maa? Fufu, what should I do with a sick person flattering her o-ka-sama, that’s a mei, Silvi-chan . 」

Saying that, the straightforward me who wasn’t as dissatisfied as I would have her believe stroked her daughter’s hair though .
Silvi-chan smiled and narrowed her eyes for me as if it was ticklish so that made me happy .

「Now then, if you can eat it before it goes cold it’d be better to have you eat wouldn’t it, how about it? Does it seem like you can eat?」

Silvi-chan lowered her eyes to the vessel I’d brought with me .

「Is it soup? It has a good smell does it not, I want to partake of it . 」

That’s good, perhaps she’s gotten a little better even if she’s laid up at mid day .

「Then, go ahead . Ah～～～n」
「Eh……?」

The dumbstruck Silvi-chan, turned pure red when she comprehended the scene in front her eyes .
I wonder if itsher temperature is alright～?

「O, o-ka-sama, I have already turned 10 . This……is embarrassing . 」

From the two years that have passed since I came to this world, my current age is 17 years . With my original age it would be 20 years at this time . That would mean she’s lived just about half as long as me . We’re too close for what’s called parent and child and, to begin with I don’t know this Silvi-chan .
――Even so it’s my nature as a parent to end up feeling she’s cute?

「Fufu, but sick people have the privilege to be pampered by their parent . And above all I won’t give up on the, ah～n . 」
「I am……」

Just a little, a shadow fell over Silvi-chan’s face .
The face Silvi-chan raised was, somehow being mature .

「I will receive it, graciously . 」

She opens her mouth like a chick’s for me as her cheeks color .
The diligent work of carrying the food there is, more than I thought……un, I was happy .
She ate everything for me as we leisurely took our time so, now I’m letting Silvi-chan once again rest on her bed .

「Thank you very much, o-ka-sama . 」
「This much is a given, it’s something for my cute daughter . 」
「……」

Uーn .
Maa, shall I ask for her .

「So, did my princess-sama who made a troubled face, want to say something?」

Silvi-chan, turned her face toward the window . I wonder if she averted her face from me .

「Do you remember? What I, did to o-ka-sama when we first met . 」
「Ah～」

She came to take it didnn’t she, my life .

「I am, a dastard . Being pampered like this, even so if necessary……」

Her voice is shaking .
U～n, fretting seems bad for the body .

「If you kill me, will the world be saved?」
「――――」

That silence spoke, more elegantly than a reply .

「Well thiss is bad, since I also have no desire to die but……well perhaps if it’s for my daughter I’ll die . 」
「――tsu, please do not say, such a thing!」

If she gets too excited it’ll affect her body .
I stroke her head, so as to calm her as best I can .

「Nee Silvi-chan, tell me if I have to die no matter what okay? Since there’s no need for you to carry such a heavy burden . We’ll search for a way for everyone to be happy and, if that’s no good――」

If that’s no good――suicide is too scary isn’t it .
Well……

「I’ll have Ilya do it for me . Since that child, won’t be able to live without me will she . Fufu, well that’s just right for having her carry it isn’t it . 」

I also felt that was awful but, entrusting that much to Ilya, it’s okay even if I speak selfishly, she’s become such an existence .
Well, being made to carry such a cross as having killed your parent is awful isn’t it, for such a kind and cute daughter .

「I am……why, am I this weak……having, such thoughts……」

Silvi-chan took my hand .

「But, o-ka-sama is too warm so……no, this is pathetic . 」

She’s a child who restrains herself isn’t she .
This is that, the type who become unable to move because they’re holding themselves back .

「Well, you should rest for now . Those with poor bodily condition, think only of bad things . 」

Looking closely she seems a little feverish . Her cheeks are red .
It’s fine if I hear the circumstances later . I don’t have anything to ask my sickly beloved daughter .

「O-ka-sama…… please don’t go anywhere…… please don’t disappear……」
「It’s alright, I’ll always be here . So you should be at ease and sleep . 」

That’s right, like Till once did for me……with Heal since I can’t use ice magic .
It’s a Heal with a vague effect on illness but, I suppose it should put her at ease .
After doing as such for a time, I hear the gentle breath of sleep from Silvi-chan .
Her sleeping face is also angelic . Even awake she’s an angel .
Now then, my life will be appraised against the next opponent, god-sama, will it .
Nah――I guess I’m at ease .
Rather than being forced to sacrifice someone, it’s finally me is it .
Of course, I have no intention of dying but…… somehow strangely I’m smiling aren’t I .



On this day, as promised, I nursed Silvi-chan through the night .

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