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Translator: thursdays Editor: Yahiko PR: LightBrin
“But, Your Ladyship.”
“What is it?”
“Why don’t we go on vacation, just for ten days?” I suggested. “Nobody works as hard as you. Officially and privately, you’ve done your best. So let’s set aside all the serious things for the next ten days and then use our regression skills all in a row…”
“You want to play around like commoners?”
“Exactly.”
“Hmm.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily said composedly,
“No matter what sort of mess we make, nobody else will remember if we regress a day, so we have nothing to lose.”
“As expected of you, you understand me even if I don’t spell things out.”
“Wouldn’t we be playing on an unfair field?”
“Yes, we will.”
“Mm. A very bad man has become my lover…”
“Ten days. Agreed?”
The Lady of the Silver Lily took out her fan and held it.
“I feel like it’ll be a waste if it’s ten days. Make it fifteen.”
“Nice.”
We enjoyed ourselves like we were venting our steam from our past lives.
Sormwyn Academy was located by the capital. There were plenty of entertaining things to do just a carriage ride away. And my love was the greatest heir of the greatest noble family in the empire.
“Where would you like to sit?”
To put it simply, she had overwhelming power and money.
She was the top lady in this world.
The Lady of the Silver Lily bluntly said to the polite theater staff,
“I shall hire a theater company for a day.”
“Excuse me?”
“I said I would buy the company for today. Don’t you understand? Do I have to repeat myself a third time for it to go into your ears? Does this troupe practice its skills by repeating everything three times?”
“N-no! I’m sorry! I will immediately notify our troupe leader right away!”
For plays and operas, renting a theater company for a day was the standard.
“Gongja. There’s something I’ve always wanted to try.”
“What is it?”
“Hiring six theater groups at the same time.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily was speaking calmly, but I knew. She was having fun, like a mischievous imp playing a trick.
“Then, I’ll get them all to put on their shows simultaneously on a large stage. Three plays would be tragedies, two comedies, and the remaining one should be an opera.”
“Um. It sounds like it’ll be a total mess.”
“Exactly. I want to see that mess.”
“Then, let’s see it.”
We called for the six most expensive troupes in the capital. No leader of a theater group would refuse to answer to the daughter of the Duke of Ivansia.
What? This rash action would decrease the Ivansia duchy’s reputation and honor? That was fine. We were a regressor couple. If we played around one day and returned one day, that was that. What could they do to us?
“Aah. Such tremendous chaos. I wanted to see this…”
My lover held her fan as if she was deeply satisfied while I—
“Pffft, hahahaha!”
—I rolled on the floor laughing, holding my stomach.
Clowns acted out a comedy next to an actor seriously reciting tragic lines. When six plays were stacked on top of each other, even the most solemn lines in the world became a joke. The actors were sweating all throughout the show.
“Let’s clean out the gambling houses in the capital!”
“An excellent idea. I agree.”
The two of us went to an exclusive casino for nobles. It was a place where people hid their identities by wearing masks like at a masquerade. But my beloved? No noble wouldn’t recognize her silver hair that flowed like moonlight.
“Call it.”
“C, call.”
When the Lady of the Silver Lily said to call, her opponent cowered and called.
“Die.”
“I, I fold.”
When the Lady of the Silver Lily said to die, her opponent meekly put down their cards.
“Raise the stakes.”
“R, raising…”
“Higher.”
“R, raise again…”
When she asked to go higher, the numbers went higher.
“Go all in. All of you.”
“All… in…”
A miracle comparable to the parting of the Red Sea descended upon the luxurious casino. My mind was set on founding [The Silver Lily Religion] in honor of my lover, and the first passage would depict this scene.
Oh, it was beautiful how the villainous lady destroyed others for her amusement.
“Th-this is barbarous!”
When approximately sixteen nobles tearfully paid us with diamond rings and necklaces, the owner of the gambling house came running to us. He was a middle-aged man with a Kaiser beard.
“Even as the duke’s daughter, you can’t do this in this store…”
“Oho. Are you aware of who I am? How odd. I thought this establishment valued and enforced silence to hide customers’ identities completely, even if they were to be found out. I must have heard wrong.”
“I, I don’t know you! Of course I don’t know, but…”
“You dare not recognize who I am? Do you want your head chopped off?”
“……”
The owner of the gambling house opened and closed his mouth. This man was also a noble, but his lineage was very different. He had been neutralized and sunk less than a minute after he had come running.
“Uh-huh. Look at this gentleman. The lady asked you a question, so why aren’t you answering?!”
For reference, I was sticking close to the Lady of the Silver Lily like I was her minion and pitching a fit. It was so warm by my lover’s side.
“Do you think it’s funny to ignore milady’s question? Do you intend to scorn her family by keeping your trap shut?!”
“N-not at all. I would never. I-it’s just that this is a small business, so please be a little more considerate…”
“Good grief. Your Ladyship, this can’t stand. This man’s arrogance pierces the sky. I must strike down his neck for his disrespect!”
“Hieek?!”
The Lady of the Silver Lily carelessly fanned herself.
“It’s all right. Though Baron Ruibe secretly built a drug lab in the basement to sell illegal goods in the capital, it doesn’t mean we need to chop his head off.”
Flinch.
Mister Kaiser-beard’s shoulders shook. His expression showed doubt whether he had heard right. Soon, his face turned blue, and the man acted genuinely appalled, hiding his previous shock.
“I-I don’t know what you are saying… “
“Sit down.”
“……”
“If you sit and play ten rounds with me, I will let you go for the night.”
In the end, we emptied out the wallet of the owner of the casino. Then, we scattered the mountain of gold and jewels in the streets.
These days were like dreams.
Hopeful days during which beautiful dreams became real.
We did what we wanted and frolicked as we wished. We passed time in the most extravagant room of the most upscale inn in the capital. Hugging the Lady of the Silver Lily, I jumped into the ginormous bed.
“Mm.”
On the first day.
The tips of the Lady of the Silver Lily’s eyes rose up.
“Mhm.”
The second day.
The corners of Lady of the Silver Lily’s mouth tilted upward.
“…Haha.”
On the third day, the Lady of the Silver Lily smiled. It wasn’t a smirk or a scoff but a smile that sprung from joy. My lover’s smile was as pure as a child learning to laugh for the first time.
“Gongja.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily buried her face in my chest.
“Are you happy?”
“Because you’re in this world, I can live a little more.”
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