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Translator: thursdays Editor: Yahiko PR: LightBrin
“It’s the first time I’ve seen your face,” said the Lady of the Silver Lily.
“Did the Constellation send you here without an explanation? That’s rare. Constellations usually try to give an apostle as much information as possible to start with. Do you have a bad relationship with the Constellation?”
“An apostle……?”
“You really are clueless. Interesting.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily opened a drawer. She took out a sandglass. It looked just like the sandglass that she had turned over. Ring! The lady lightly pressed a bell on her desk.
The door of the office opened.
“Did you call, milady?”
“Take an extra 15 minutes. The break may last longer, so tell everyone to rest comfortably.”
“You seem to be enjoying the conversation. Shall I bring some tea?”
“Yes. Jerenisan tea.”
“Understood.”
The gray-haired servant nodded. He lowered his head and left the room.
I didn’t know what to say or how to say it, so I stood there awkwardly. The Lady of the Silver Lily raised her brows at me.
“It’s fine. Stand comfortably.”
She did not tell me I could sit down comfortably.
“Which Constellation sent you? Mutia? The Triangle Star? Hesimit Creech? Lazarus? Psyme? Hmm. Looking at your face, it looks like you’ve never heard of them. Who do you represent?”
“The Librarian of All Things……”
My head was befuddled. I did feel that the lady in front of me was not an ordinary person, but I didn’t think it’d be like this. I racked my brain and tried to recall the Librarian’s title.
“No, it was the Corner Librarian who sent me.” [1]
“A library.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily twirled her quill with her left hand.
“Corner… Ah, is it Hamustra?”
Hamustra.
A true name.
This person knew the true name of a Constellation.
“Did Hamustra explain nothing to you?”
“…The Librarian tries to avoid involvement in the Apocalypse as much as he can. Rather than giving us information upfront, he wants us to figure things out ourselves.”
“Apocalypse?”
“A world with collapsing barriers because there is no Constellation… That’s what the Librarian calls a world that is about to end.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily’s eyes became narrow, like she was amused. Her pupils were red, so her gaze still drew attention even when she narrowed her eyes. Her eyes were a color that could overwhelm anyone she looked at.
“As expected of a Constellation, it’s arrogant. Calling others’ world whatever he wants. An Apocalypse? Perhaps…. Hmm. It isn’t wrong that the world will one day perish. But I can’t simply hand over my soul.”
I blinked.
“…It seems that you still don’t know anything. Did you not possess the butler of the Lady of the Golden Silk to steal my soul?”
I shook my head. I had never heard of this before.
“…….”
The Lady of the Silver Lily closed her lips. Her eyes began to moisten as if she was seeing a national treasure. Scrape. The lady continued looking at me as she opened the drawer and took something out. It was a third sandglass.
Ring.
“Did you call for me, milady? I have the tea now.”
“Rest for another 15 minutes.”
“Your employees will be very happy today.”
The servant went out.
The Lady of the Silver Lily looked at me over her teacup while sipping tea.
“Look here, butler.”
“Uh, please call me Kim Gongja. That’s my real name.”
“I don’t want to. It’s impolite. Why are you asking me to call you by your name? Blame yourself for possessing a butler instead of a noble.”
This person had been a little uppity since a while ago, hadn’t she?
“In any case, I understand that your state is like pure white paper. You probably haven’t even received a [strategy guide].”
What was that supposed to be?
“It’s like this.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily took out a piece of paper from her drawer.
Curvy script was written on a paper approximately size A4.
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1. The Lady of the Silver Lily is weak in the sunlight. It is better to schedule dates for the evening and night rather than during the day.
2. The Lady of the Silver Lily has dull taste buds, so she likes exciting food.
3. The Lady of the Silver Lily likes white flowers. However, she receives too many lilies. Keep note of this when choosing a gift.
4. The Lady of the Silver Lily is pragmatic. She prefers conversations about politics, diplomacy, and money. Remember that writing love poems will be useless.
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10. The Lady of the Silver Lily is a loyal subject of the empire. She may speak poorly of the empire or the prince, but she will never tolerate it if anyone else were to do so. Be careful.
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I was speechless. This was crazy. What was that?
“This is the strategy guide that the apostle who came to conquer me in the 6th session had. He was an apostle sent by a Constellation called Mahos. He called it the [target route].”
My mouth opened.
“T-target route……”
“I was so shocked that I poisoned him and took it,” the Lady of the Silver Lily said calmly.
“As he died at my hand, he yelled, [I thoroughly followed the strategy, so why can’t I win you over?!] He sounded as if he had been wronged. But I am the one who feels wronged. How could there be a strategy guide for a person’s heart?”
[The silver-plated heart is expressing her grievances.]
“It’s looking at people like they’re easy. If someone really wants to win my heart, they need to approach me fair and square. However, a strategy guide or target route? It’s rotten to the core.”
“That’s… That’s right.”
“I’m glad you can be sensible.”
The Lady of the Silver Lily put down her teacup.
“There is a reason I appraised you highly. It’s not just that you’re smart. It’s that you still see the people of my world as [human].”
“I-is that so? I feel like you’re saying something that should be obvious….”
“There were numerous brutes who could not even satisfy that obvious condition. Mere beasts that do not regard other people as people. And yet, they believed themselves to be human. Filth.”
I held my breath for a moment.
The Lady of the Silver Lily touched her chin when she saw me do so.
“Hmm?”
After humming, she nodded.
“Is that how it is?”
Thump.
“Do these words mean something to you?”
Thump.
“Have you seen many such beasts as well? Or were you once seen as subhuman by such a beast?”
Thump.
“If not, is this the case? Someone dear to you said something similar—”
“Milady.”
I had to interrupt her speech.
I could no longer stand this feeling of someone splitting open my chest, taking apart my ribs, and staring at my raw heart through a magnifying glass.
[The silver-plated heart looks at you.]
I had to do something.
I opened my mouth.
“Though you say such things, did you not consider me dull because I am in the body of a commoner, not a noble?”
The Lady of the Silver Lily did not even blink.
“What, are you that sad I haven’t called you by your name?”
“It just seems to me that your ladyship is not in a position to speak down to me.”
“I am not acting like I am better. You’re merely a poor butler who caused chaos at the academy.”
The voice of Lady of the Silver Lily sounded a little merry, somehow.
“However, I admit your point is valid.”
Then, the lady coughed as if to bring the conversation back on track.
“Now, what is it?”
“Excuse me?”
“I know that you do not want my soul. In that case, why did you cross the boundaries between worlds to come here? This is a world that repeats every ten days, forever.”
[The silver-plated heart questions your true intentions.]
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