The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs - Volume 11 - Chapter Ep

Epilogue

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Part 1

“Erika!”

With a bang, Marie opens the door and is relieved to see Erika lying in bed in Licorne’s infirmary.

Erika, raising her upper body, smiles at Marie.

“What’s wrong, Mom?”

Marie’s chest heaves as she regulates her breathing to Erika, who gives her a look as if she were looking at a troubled child.

“I was very worried when I heard you suddenly collapsed.”

“Ahaha, I’m sorry. I’m kind of tired from all the things I’ve been through.”

Marie hurriedly came to the infirmary when she heard that Erika had collapsed.

When she sees that Erika is all right, she approaches the bed and sits straight down on the floor, holding Erika’s hand.

“Don’t make me worry.”

“That’s why I said I’m sorry.”

Marie slowly stood up and held Erika’s left hand in both of hers.

As she is relieved, she grows dissatisfied with Creare.

“And Creare isn’t being helpful either. The other day she put Erika in a capsule to have some medical tests done. She’s an inept doctor.”

But that Creare moved quickly when Erika fell and collected her to Licorne.

“It was Creare-san who helped me.”

“You don’t have to worry about it. Those guys belong to my brother.”

Then Marie says to Erika.

“Rather than that, get well soon. I heard that the school trip is still ruined, but they are going to have a one-day school festival. Second semester will be fun.”

While various events were being disrupted, the school decided to hold a school festival for one day.

Marie is looking forward to participating with Erika.

Erika smiles weakly at the sight of her mother.

“Yes. I would like to go —— to the festival together.”

“Right! Look forward to it. I’m going to ask my big brother to make it a grand school festival.”

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Part 2

It was some time after the start of the second semester in the Kingdom of Horfalt.

In the Empire, Karl was reading a letter from Finn.

Karl, whose eyes were lowered, nodded repeatedly at Finn’s report.

“I see. Mia-chan has safely awakened and her illness has been completely cured? Unn, unn —— I’m really glad I sent her to study in the Kingdom.”

If anything happens to her, I will destroy you! Carl said that, but it was half true and half lie.

“That kid——No, Leon did a great job. I shall certainly repay this debt of gratitude.”

Karl had long intended to build a stronger relationship with the kingdom.

“I can trust Leon. We can join hands with the kingdom now. Even if there is a history between the new humans and the old humans——”

The reason that Karl judged Leon was all for a purpose that he hadn’t even told Finn about.

The story goes back to the time when the new humans and the old humans continued to fight.

Because that battle was not over, Karl really wanted to know who Leon was.

Fight or join hands?

Is he the right person to join hands with?

That is what he wanted to figure out.

As a result, Karl chooses to trust Leon and join hands with him.

“Let’s get a letter ready right away. It’s an important talk. Where would be a good place for the meeting? This one has to go on in secret, or the world will be divided in two.”

Karl says something important in a casual way, and nods a few times.

“Fumu, I’d like to see Mia, too, so shall I go to the kingdom myself?”

Just as the selfish Karl decided to do so, the door to the emperor’s room was thrown open without warning.

Entering the room are soldiers with guns —— and the crown prince with a knight in tow.

The crown prince, entering his late twenties, had a beard and an upset look in his eyes as he looked at Karl.

“——Father”

Karl knew everything when his son came to him with a group of armed soldiers.

“Why now? You will be the next emperor without doing anything. Why do you have to eliminate me?

The crown prince is the successor to the imperial throne.

Even if he does not eliminate Karl and rise to become emperor, he can become emperor just by waiting.

Furthermore, Karl was also preparing to hand over the imperial throne to his son.

When everything was settled, he intended to let his son take over and retire.

However, his eyes widen when he sees what comes out from behind the Crown Prince.

It is a magical creature that is a larger version of Brave, with a prickly appearance.

He peeked at them from behind the door and chuckled.

[Your Highness the Crown Prince —— that man is a traitor.]

Karl mutters in agitation.

“Magical creatures?”

It was a magical creature that Karl didn’t even know.

It is accompanied by magical creatures close to the size of Brave.

[Nice to meet you, Emperor. I would like you to call me Arcadia.]

The magical creature, who calls himself Arcadia, addresses the Crown Prince.

“Now, Your Highness the Crown Prince. Let’s get rid of the traitor.”

The Crown Prince looked down, shaking and laughing.

“Father, you intend to betray the Empire, don’t you? You even sent a knight of the first seat to make contact with the hero of the kingdom. Isn’t that right?”

Karl thought his son’s condition was odd, then glared at the magical creature.

“What did you put in my son’s head!”

[The truth. Because you are a traitor.]

As the magical creature squints, the crown prince raises his right hand and swings it down.

“Do it!”

Right at that moment, several bullets were fired at Karl.

Karl falls to the floor and grips his cane.

“Guh!”

The strength draining from his body along with his blood makes Karl think of unfinished business.

(After reaching this point, I, Miliaris)

At the end, Karl mutters Mia’s real name in his mind, and then he passes away.

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Part 3

Looking down at his father’s corpse, the Crown Prince looked down with a pale face.

“Was this really the right thing to do? I, I——”

Arcadia speaks softly to the Crown Prince, who is asking himself the same question.

[You did the right thing. That’s exactly the way a hero should behave.]

The Crown Prince is shedding tears as he looks at his hands.

Arcadia watched it happily from a position out of sight of the crown prince.

However, the tone of his voice is infinitely gentle.

[I’m sure it was hard for you to kill your father. Take some rest. I will take care of everything in the meantime.]

The Crown Prince nodded weakly.

“Do that —— I’m already —— tired.”

The surrounding knights are watching the crown prince but do not call out to him.

The crown prince clutches at the fallen corpse of Karl.

“Why did you betray us, Father!”

Arcadia’s eyes are somewhat cold as she watches the crown prince, who is sulking and shedding tears.

Then he says to the Crown Prince.

[Now, get some rest. I’ll take care of everything else. ——Right, everything.]

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Part 4

It was some time after the start of the second semester.

Mia-chan’s awakening event ended successfully, and she herself is running around energetically.

Finn was happy, but we had another problem.

Erika collapsed at the school.

And not just once or twice.

I thought it was so unnatural that I had asked Creare to do another thorough examination.

“What do you mean Erika collapsed again? Isn’t her illness gone?”

When I heard the report from Creare, I closed the distance and asked her about it.

When I hear that my lovely niece from a previous life has fallen ill, I worry.

Besides, Erika just got a thorough examination during the summer vacation.

I was concerned about the cause of her collapse, since Creare had told me not to worry.

[C-Calm down, Master. I’m currently investigating with the highest priority.]

“Obviously! If anything happened to that girl, I——No, Marie would be sad.”

Seeing me looking down and clenching my fists, Luxion calls out to me.

[For us too, Erika is under high level protection. If anything should happen to her, please rest assured that it will be handled with the highest priority.]

I take a deep breath right there to calm down.

“——Erika is fine, right?”

When I asked Creare, her usual cheerful attitude had disappeared.

That speaks to the seriousness of this problem.

[Her condition is worse than it was the last time I checked her.]

When I’m told that her condition is worse than before, I take my pent up emotions that I can’t handle out of me to Creare.

“Why? You said she’s all right now!”

Creare is unfazed by my angry voice and tells me calmly.

[Her numerical data are rapidly worsening. I couldn’t have predicted this. On the contrary, Mia-chan’s numerical data are all improving.]

Mia-chan’s illness was successfully cured.

But now Erika is beginning to suffer.

I give the two orders while hiding my face with both hands.

“Marie’s looking forward to going around the school festival with Erika. Can you treat her before then? If it’s too difficult, I’ll ask Marie to be patient this time. But you can heal her, right? If I order you to do something, you guys can handle it, right?”

To such a wish rather than my order —— it seems that Creare is not able to respond.

[I will keep her through the second semester. No, I’ll make it last. But if we don’t do anything, it will be impossible to make her last to the third semester.]

While I’m too stunned to speak, Luxion makes a suggestion.

[Master, I suggest quarantine or cold sleep for Erika. This should buy us some time. In the meantime, we’ll look for a solution.]

All I could do was look down.

“Finding a cure while she sleeps? How many years will it take?”

How much time will it take to cure?

It was Creare who answered, but not the one I was expecting.

[——Long ago, there were some old humans who tried to avoid the magical element by going into cold sleep. They said they would sleep until the concentration of the element decreased.]

“Answer my question. Why are you talking about it?”

I had a bad feeling about this, but apparently I was right on target.

[Most of the old humans who went to sleep in cold sleep have been killed off by the magical elemental poison. I don’t think there are any survivors. Even if we put Erika to sleep, she would only have a few years left.]

“It’s a lie, right? Luxion!?”

When I ask, Luxion replies in a difficult tone.

[I have checked the data from Creare. It is all true. And it is not likely that a cure will be found in the next few years. We will do our best, but we cannot assure you that we will find it in time.]

“Haha——Ahaha!”

Luxion worries about me when I suddenly start laughing.

[Master? Please stay strong.]

The thought of telling Marie about what Luxion and the others have told me makes my chest tighten up right now.

When was the last time I saw that stupid sister so truly happy?

I cover my face with my hands.

“——Why is it that one problem after another keeps popping up?”