The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs - Volume 9 - Chapter Ep

Epilogue
translation thanks to Kapuphotics in reddit

Part 1
A bar in the royal capital.

In a room with a partition wall to make it more private, I was facing a certain person.

Next to me I held my companion Luxon, who had murderous intentions and was suspiciously shining his red lens.

[Master, will you give me permission to attack?]

-Who said anything about that? I told you we would talk today.

The person in front of us was also emanating murderous intentions Finn's partner, Brave, was looking at us with a bloodshot eye.

[Partner! Be careful, you may have been served poison so all the food is poisonous to me!"]

-Isn't that what you want to eat?

It was hard to believe that the restaurant was so lively, after all the commotion that took place in the royal capital not too long ago.

Few people cared about us inside the lively place.

We chose this restaurant in the first place because it has a partition so people can't see us from outside.

I interrupted Finn.

-Well, let's have an honest talk. What made you think I was suspicious in the first place? You were spying on us the day of the entrance ceremony, weren't you?

Finn took a sip of his drink and answered my question.

-There was no hero named Baltfault in that otome game. You know what I mean?

I guessed everything from his quizzical tone.

-Are you a reincarnated person?

Finn, after seeing that he thought he was right when he saw my reaction, continued speaking.

 -My purpose is to protect Mia.

-The main character?

-Do you know what a Guardian Knight is? In the Empire, it's a knight who protects women of high rank and status, but I volunteered to be Mia's Guardian Knight .

-Thanks to that, I couldn't help but be suspicious of you. There was no Guardian Knight in that otome game.

-This is a system with a long history.

Then he talked about Mia's circumstances.

-Did you follow her because she is the Emperor's illegitimate daughter?

 -Do you know so much?

-I don't know. It is Marie who knows.

-Saintes is missing?

Finn said she was a fake, but he held his forehead with his hand as if he had a headache.

He also told me that the Empire was hearing rumors about us.

-Your rumors have reached there, too. There was no hero named Devil Knight in that otome game, no fake saintess.

-Is that why you were suspicious of us?

It's true that even I would be wary if there were beings that shouldn't be there in the place I'm headed for.

Finn's concerns were justified.

I leaned my body against the backrest and was amazed at Finn's caution.

-Get in touch quickly!

On the contrary, the worst thing would be to get in the way. It was Brave who didn't like my words.

[You are the worst! The immigrant ship, Luxon...... is the worst weapon left behind by the ancient humans!]

Luxon, called the worst weapon, replied to Brave with a jingle.

[I am an immigrant ship entrusted with the hopes of the ancient humans. I am not the worst, are you not the worst?]

[When it comes to combat, you are inferior to high mobility battleships, but the rest of your specializations are some of the worst! I've fought a ship of the same type as you, but I'll never do it again!] said Brave,

You are such strong magic armor, you don't want to fight a ship of the same type as Luxon?

However, Luxon shone his red lens.

[...... In other words, are you telling me that you attacked a ship of the same type as me fleeing into space? Attacking a ship carrying noncombatants... that's typical of the new humans].

[And you say that?]

Finn and I looked at each other and shrugged in disgust at his anger.

-Luxon, it's okay. We're not going to get anywhere.

[There is no point in trying to come to a mutual understanding. Master, give me permission to annihilate the relics of the new humanity].

-I said no.

Finn also tried to persuade Brave.

-Kurosuke, wasn't that a long time ago? And besides, now I want to save Mia.

[.......Aah, that's right.]

Save Mia?

Now that I remember, Marie told me something that caught my attention.

She told me that originally she seemed like she was a lively and energetic child, but for some reason her body was weak and she suffered seizures when she exercised intensely.

I was worried about the scenario that was far from that otome game.

-The main character ...... Mia, does she have a weak body?

Finn was giving Brave a drink. Brave stared at me as he drank juice through a straw.

-She was fine until last year. But sometimes she has trouble breathing. I've been to the best doctors in the Empire, but they still don't know what's causing it.

-They don't know the cause?

-Giving her magic power will alleviate the seizures, so the healing magic itself is effective.  However, we have not been able to treat the root cause. There is no sign of improvement, but it seems to be gradually getting worse.

-Why did you send her to study abroad in that state?

-I wanted her to rest too, but ...... there is an important event for Mia here.

-Event?

Marie also said that Mia had started feeling ill last year, but she did not think it was an illness of unknown origin.

On the contrary, the villain princess seemed to be improving after being released from the sickness scenario... What's going on?

Finn talked about Mia's important event.

-There is an awakening event in the middle of the game. It seems there are some ruins in the dungeon of the royal capital, and if Mia touches them, her ability will awaken.

I haven't heard anything from Marie about an awakening event.

-I didn't know anything about that.

-Even though it's a pretty important event?

I was a little angry when Finn saw me with a look that said “Hey, don't you know?”

-I've only played the first game of that otome game! How much of that otome game have you played?

I tried to tell him "even though you're a man", but this line would backfire on me

Besides, it's not as if Finn in his previous life was a man.

Choosing his words carefully, Finn told me the reason why he knows that otome game.

-I was watching my younger sister play it next to me. I remember because she was happy to talk about what the story was.

-You used to get along with your younger sister? I can't believe it.

For me, who had a younger sister named Marie, it's a story I don't want to believe.

Selfish and self-centered, anyway, for an older brother, a younger sister is his enemy.

Finn went back to talking about the story when I made a blatantly disgusted face.

-...... Anyway, there is an important event for Mia. From the game's point of view, it's a status increase, and we want to see if we can use it to treat her illness.

Hearing that, Luxon started to break down the plan.

[That may not lead to a cure. At worst, her condition could get worse].

-Oi.

When I stopped Luxon, Finn was looking down.

Apparently, he had also considered that possibility.

-Your partner is right. We're thinking about the worst-case scenario. So I was also ordered to investigate in the kingdom - “If you have any information that might help treat Mia, gather it.”

If you can give orders to Finn, must you be a very high ranking person in the Empire? After all, Mia is the Emperor's illegitimate daughter.

This is the reason why the Empire considers Mia so important that they went to the trouble of preparing a knight guardian for her.

This area is also different from that otome game.

I looked at Luxon out of the corner of my eye.

-Is it possible that you can treat Mia?

When I asked if she could be treated, Finn looked up and looked at Luxon.

Surely he expects quite a bit from Luxon's technology.

[....... I can't say for sure without a medical examination. However, there is no doubt that it will be more reliable than the magic core over there].

Luxon's appearance competing with Brave was somewhat human-like.

Brave was angry and his surface showed some spikes.

[Don't even think I'm going to trust you with my precious Mia!]

[Are you giving up the possibility of being able to save her like this? It's an incomprehensible thought. As I thought, the core of a magic armor is useless].

When I grabbed and stopped Luxon, who was about to start a fight again, Finn also grabbed Brave.

Looks like we're both having a hard time with our partners.

-Well, we'll do the medical examination later and I'm relieved you're not going to be hostile to us, I don't want to fight you again.

For some reason, Finn frowned.

-I don't want to fight you either. That armed unit is strange in the first place.

He was a rude guy for calling Arroganz strange.

-You could have been stronger. I tried hard, but my weapons were destroyed, the bullets ran out and I was already impatient.

-Don't be stupid. I wonder how cold I was sweating when you switched weapons one after another and attacked me.

Arroganz's characteristic is to use a variety of weapons, but to me, who handled them all and they were destroyed, Finn's words sounded like sarcasm.

-You are more cowardly than me. I thought you would kill me.

Then Finn pounded his fist on the table.

-I was about to die! What about that last special move your armored unit made? That caused Kurosuke to crumble.

-I hit him with full power, but I got impatient because it didn't cause much damage. Then I was thinking something like "I can't win this anymore~".

-I told you I was about to die! And I was holding back.

-That's ridiculous! That was holding back!? I thought you were going to kill me!

Finn and I were making a lot of noise when the waitress came into our private room.  Both Luxon and Brave were smart enough to duck under the desk to hide.

-Umm, we'd appreciate it if they could be a little quieter.

Both myself and Finn apologized to the waitress.

-Excuse me.

-I'll be careful.

When the waitress left, we reflected and had a drink to calm down a bit.

-We'll talk about this another time, but you've come to help Mia, haven't you? There's no other reason, is there?

When I confirmed Finn and Brave's purpose, they both nodded at the same time. I'm on good terms with these guys.

These guys are friendly.

[If Mia were safe, would she come to a country like this?]

Leaving aside Brave, who was dissatisfied, we no longer have any reason to fight amongst ourselves. Just knowing this was an advantage.

-Then it's not a problem for us. I can help you with the ruins, and if you need anything else, I'll give you a hand.

Surprisingly, Finn's nervousness relaxed as I approached him. Then he looked at me mysteriously and asked.

-Are you sure?

-What?

-No...... I thought you, the so-called Devil Knight, were a terrible person.

Finn apologized to me and told me about my rumors before coming to the kingdom.

- The rumors that had been circulating in the Empire said there was no blood and tears in you.

-The rumors are not very accurate. By the way, what kind of rumors are they?

When I inquired about those rumors about me, Finn had a hard time saying them, but he told me anyway.

-Won't you be angry? There have been rumors that you have defeated your own prince in a duel.  Come to think of it, that's impossible.

...... The duel against the five idiots? Finn said that was impossible, but I actually did it.

-It's a mistake.

-That's right. -You couldn't possibly beat the prince to a pulp.

-No...... It was the five capture targets from the first game that I hit.

-Huh?

Luxon gave a detailed explanation to Finn, who didn't understand what he was saying.

[Master hit five nobles, including Julian, in front of the audience. They were helpless in the face of Arroganz's overwhelming power].

I remembered those days and felt nostalgic.

-It was great.

[Yes.]

When Luxon and I said that, Finn was quick to confirm the next rumor.

-So, what happened in the Republic? Is it true that you picked a fight against one of the six great nobles?!

It's a mistake that I was the one who picked a fight in the Republic of Alzer.

-No.

-That's -That's right. You wouldn't pick a fight when you're studying abroad, would you?

To Finn's relief, I explained the situation in detail.

-If I had picked a fight, I would simply make an enemy of most of the six great nobles. By the way, I was not the cause of the collapse. There was a coup, and when I acted to crush it, the Republic collapsed.

Brave, who was on Finn's side and at a loss for words, tugged at Finn's clothes with his small hands.

[Fellow, it's worse than the rumors say].

It was Luxon, who had great loyalty just today for me, who got angry at Brave's words.

[I can't let that go. Do you think this is the end of my Master's cruelty? And I don't mean the cruelty that hasn't been rumored yet].

-All right, shut up.

I thought I had awakened his loyalty, but apparently it was my misunderstanding. Finn looked at me and had a cringe.

-It's unexpected that you're worse than the rumors.

For some reason, he was even more alarmed than before.

Part 2
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When I returned to the Academy, I was caught by Marie, who was waiting for me.

 -You're late! Curfew over! Maybe you've been drinking?!

I smelled of alcohol because I was in a bar, but I basically didn't care about alcohol.

-I'm not going to drink until I'm twenty.

-That's a stupid answer. You're old enough to drink here.

-I live by my rules. So what do you want?

Marie had tears in her eyes when I showed her that I wanted to cut the silly conversation short and go back to my room.

She squeezed her hand and answered me with all her seriousness.

-Brother, really...... Erica is my daughter!

Hearing Marie's story, I yawned.

Luxon, next to me, was worried about Marie.

[If it's not a drunken comment, is it a memory mix-up? Marie, did you hit your head hard?]

-I'm not drunk and I didn't hit my head!

I laughed when I saw Marie angrily yelling at Luxon.

-Then it should be a more serious injury. First of all, Princess Erica is Milaine's real daughter, she's not your daughter. It's disrespectful for you to treat her as your daughter.

Saying that, Marie threw a low kick to my shin.

-Ouch!

I was in so much pain I was crying, and Marie was looking at me.

-What do you mean?

-No, umm. I mean it's not very good to hear that openly.... I have no other intention.

For some reason, I ended up being respectful, but the current Marie has an indescribable power.

Luxon seemed amused when he saw that I apologized.

[Although to me his tone sounded like there was some more intention?]

-Do you have no desire to protect your Master?

As I tried to continue my conversation with Luxon, Marie clapped her hands and we brought our gaze to her.

-Just listen to me!

Reluctantly, we decided to listen to Marie.

Marie had a really serious look on her face.

-When I say she's my daughter, I mean she's my daughter from my previous life. In other words, Erica is your niece from your previous life, bro.

-....... Huh?

I couldn't believe it for a moment, but I had heard before that Marie had a daughter. I heard she was a nice girl who doesn't look like Marie, but is it about that girl?

-No, why my niece -Really?

-I've confirmed it, so I'm sure.

-When did she die?

-She said she lived to be 60, but does that matter?

-Two years younger than us.

She died decades after us, but reincarnated two years after us? I was confused, but the same was true for Marie.

-I don't know the details either. I'm sure she was herself.

Luxon briefly explained what we were wondering about.

[No point in discussing this topic when the Master and Marie are classmates. Isn't there a time constraint there?]

We don't know much about reincarnated people either.

Why are we reincarnated in this world?...... There is no way to know.

After all, when I realized it, I was already living in this world. Luxon was interested in reincarnated people.

[But it would be very interesting to find out if there is some law of nature. We'll have to do more research].

More than that, I'm more interested in Erica.

-My niece is the villain princess?

What will happen later on?