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Chapter 16 - Prologue (Volume 2)

Summary:

Razel embarked on a journey with Leila to save the empire from a future pandemic. For this reason, he traveled to the Kingdom of Britannia, where he met a mysterious girl, Iris, who possesses the disease "Iris's Tear." And now he will accompany her to the private ladies' academy to protect her while the Phantom Troop begins to move.

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Characters:

Rosemary Lux Britannia (Looks like Ludmilla from Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

The Queen of the Kingdom of Britannia, a country belonging to the alliance of the United Kingdom of Albion, a confederation of countries that were created at the same time centuries ago.

She, along with her late husband, swore to protect the country, but lately things have become complicated for her, and she will request Razel's help.

Millialice Lux Britannia (Looks like Formidable from Azur Lane)

The legitimate crown princess and older twin of the kingdom.

A girl who radiates joy and serenity like the sun.

She has many similarities with Lily from Razel's point of view.

Lilialice Lux Britannia (Looks like Takamiya Rion from Virtual YouTubers)

The second princess of the kingdom and the younger twin.

Unlike her sister, she is not someone who smiles much and always has a frown, but it's because she distrusts people after her father's death.

Deep down, she wants to live like a normal girl without thinking about the dangers the royalty faces.

Zack Rutherford (Looks like Kunigami Rensuke from Blue Lock)

A Great Knight of the Kingdom of Britannia is someone very temperamental and aggressive. Like an attack dog ready to bite at any moment.

Gilbert Crossford (Looks like Itoshi Rin from Blue Lock)

He is one of the youngest Great Knights of the kingdom. With his calm personality, he has managed to solve several incidents, thus earning his position of trust in the palace.

Sharon Noah Roselynd (Looks like Florence Nightingale from Fate/Grand Order)

Queen Rosemary's personal maid. Despite her stoic and cold face, she is very loyal and sentimental, and because she has worked for the queen since her adolescence, she feels old like her.

Leonora (Looks like Yelan from genshin-impact)

An assassin of the highest caliber you can find in the underworld.

She has been involved in that world since she was a child, and it's all she knows.

Briana Rapha Redford (Looks like Yixuan from Zenless Zone Zero)

The eldest daughter and heiress of Marquis Redford. Since childhood, she has always been special, as she never considered herself a noble lady and loves using her fists to fight against the "corruption" of the territory.

Erica Noah Redford (Looks like Kashima from Kancolle)

The youngest daughter of the Redford family. She is very conceited, as her older sister is always perfect, and she wants to follow her example to such a degree that she can sometimes be unpleasant.

Jenna Rapha Harvey (Looks like Ade from Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

The librarian at Kimberly Academy; she is a close friend of Sophina's from their school days. Unlike her friend, she prefers solitude, as she is afraid of men.

Sophina Jill Campbell (Looks like Xianyun from genshin-impact)

Principal of the Kimberly Private Academy for Young Ladies, a high-level educational institution. She has sacrificed a large part of her life to achieve that position. Because of this, she has neglected her personal life to the point of being called "the eternal spinster."

Others:

Brad Rapha Connor (Looks like Nobuchika Ginoza from Psychopass)

A demanding professor, and that's because he works at the girls' academy. Being the only male teacher, he has everyone's eyes on him.

Ghost (Looks like Doctor from Arknights)

An enigmatic figure with unknown objectives; he is the leader of the Phantom Troop, a clandestine organization similar to the Black Crows of the Arklight Empire.

Sting (Looks like Tonma Rodriguez from Platinum End)

A former underworld fighter and now part of the Thirteen Night Blades, the most important members of the Phantom Troop.

Voldo (Looks like Hajime Sokotani from Platinum End)

A former hitman who is part of the Thirteen Night Blades. He calls himself "Night Hawk," as he always assassinated people in dark places.

Void (Looks like Zommari Rureaux from Bleach)

One of the most bizarre and eccentric members of the Thirteen. Before joining them, he was the leader of the "Love Cult," and his mission is to bring love to the world.

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I, Razel Bartlet, citizen of the Arklight Empire and also a reincarnated one who came to this country —the kingdom of Britannia— on a mission: to save the world. 

I had just woken up in a carefully arranged room, full of nice details that spoke of exquisite taste. The soft light filtering through the silk curtains caressed every piece of furniture, every ornament, as if the place itself wanted to envelop me in a calm that my body had not yet fully accepted.

"Already awake?" said a beautiful woman with blonde hair and red eyes that looked at me tenderly.

Her voice was a whisper that floated in the air. I raised my gaze with effort, and then I saw her: Queen Rosemary Lux Britannia, dressed in an elegant nightgown that barely hid the curves of her body. She had summoned me here, and the weight of her presence —along with everything it implied— had made me lose consciousness. 

But I recomposed myself as soon as her enormous breasts rested right in my field of vision. They pointed at the horizon like missiles ready to launch, and for an instant the world was reduced to that absurd and overwhelming image.

I spoke to her after regaining my senses again:

"I'm fine," I told her.

"You fainted and that made me very nervous."

(How could I not be nervous after what you said?!) 

The phrase echoed inside my head as I remembered her request. She had asked me to act as bait for a fat, repulsive noble called Baron Olston. But it wasn't only that: she wanted me to kill him, along with her own husband. 

That's right: she's asking me to kill her husband. I feel like this is the plot of an erotic horror movie, the kind that leaves a sticky feeling on your skin.

"I'm sorry I asked you that. If you don't want to do it, that's fine."

(You say that, but you look at me with those puppy eyes and let your breasts fall on my face. It's not fair.)

"I have no problem with the first thing, because if he's a threat I must eliminate him. The complete opposite with the second thing."

"I'm not smart, but even a fool would know that killing the king of a country is the most absurd thing in the world."

"I don't think I'll come out unscathed, and besides, I don't want to cause a conflict between the empire and this country."

The queen stroked my head with a softness that contrasted with the harshness of her words. Her fingers ran through my hair as she explained in detail what she was asking of me, but before starting, she placed her breasts even closer to my face. The scent of jasmine and power mixed with every breath.

"It doesn't have to be right now. Baron Olston is a danger to this country because of all his dirty laundry, and I'm sure he's related to what almost happened to my daughters. As a mother, it's normal that I want his head on my wall."

(It's terrifying that you say that, but it's true that you are a mother and your daughters almost died.)

"But my husband's matter must be soon."

"His son Karlheinz will soon turn 18, and when that happens, 'legally' he will be the heir to the throne. My daughters will not only lose their status, we will lose all authority, and this nation will be at their mercy."

I then remembered everything I had been told about that prince. It wasn't hard to understand why she wouldn't want him on the throne. 

However, asking me to assassinate someone I don't even know is too heavy a burden. With Olston it was different: I would kill him, but only after discovering all his misdeeds. It was a matter of principle, or pride, I wasn't sure.

"Besides…" she seduced me again, this time in a lower, more intimate tone, "Wouldn't you like three beautiful girls to end up on the street or in jail, right? Living among trash or being tortured, isn't that something horrible?".

(Saying that while you suffocate me with your breasts is playing dirty, and I'm not complaining about it.)

(But at home I have a titan named Barbara, who seduces me in many dangerous ways. Thanks to her I developed immunity to seductive mothers. Although this time… this time it felt different.)

She spoke again, but this time she removed her chest from my face and looked me straight in the eyes. Her red pupils seemed like two wells of feigned honesty or perhaps genuine —I could no longer tell.

"If you need evidence to liquidate that man, I'll tell you something that not even my daughters know."

The day before my husband's death, his younger brother came out laughing strangely. I asked my husband what happened, but he looked at me with a distant face and said: 'I denied him a loan, that's all, and I was very angered by his attitude of forcing me to lend him money from the palace for his nonsense.

The next morning, my husband was found dead in his room while he slept. I don't know how, but I'm sure it was that man.

He was always a coward and a liar, but killing his own brother who protected him all this time is cowardly.

"I don't have proof, but I sent my trusted maid to look for evidence of anything strange or that doesn't belong to his house."

I listened to every word carefully, feeling the weight of a conspiracy that enveloped me like a net. But I had to say what I thought, even if it cost me.

"How do I know you're not lying and you just want me to eliminate the competition?"

She puffed out her cheeks like a capricious child, and after pinching my cheek with feigned force, she spat out angrily:

"You're rude."

"If I wanted to have my daughters in power just for the sake of succession, I would have instilled that way of thinking in my daughters, and they are very pure and good girls like Iris-chan, who was accused of the worst by her son, right?"

"You have a very good point…"

(I can't argue when she's right. But assassinating a leader is something a professional assassin would do, and I'm a bulldozer with legs: I don't think about small and useless details, I just act by crushing everything in my path. The problem is that here it's not just about crushing.)

"Your daughters and Iris are horrible in personality, and a horrible woman in personality is always exposed."

"Alright, I'll trust you. I just hope it's not a plot twist where you were the culprit all along and then you accuse me of regicide."

"Hahahaha, you're so funny. I'll prove to you as many times as you want that I'm not a horrible woman."

"Have some affection before you go to sleep."

"Wooooooooooh!"

She grabbed my head and thrust it into her enormous breasts, shaking them from side to side with an almost playful energy. The world became dark, warm, and terrifyingly pleasant.

(My head is feeling happy and I'm in withdrawal. Hellllllllp!)

I went back to sleep after bathing in ice water. The contrast between the heat of her skin and the cold of the water brought me back to reality, if only for a few hours.

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Later, we moved to a hidden room in a basement where barely any light reached. It was a secret mansion, concealed among the folds of the city. 

There, in a dark room barely lit by the moon, a figure waited. He wore clothes similar to a black raincoat, with a doctor's gown covering him and a crystal mask on his face. It was him: 

The leader of the Phantom Troop, Ghost. An ex-paramilitary organization that operated in the shadows of this country with an objective that no one could decipher.

"I have gathered you all to inform you of the death of our ally, the Red Spiders, including some ordinary members."

He took a few slow, almost ceremonial steps and approached a man with his face covered in bandages.

"Tell everyone what you told me."

That man had recently fought with Razel. His name was Kaigaku, and he had been defeated by him along with his companions. He was still trembling at the memory.

"He… was a monster. He's not like the people I've known before or those present here."

"How to say it without them calling me crazy. He was just like an animal: wild, fast, almost inhuman reflexes, and a strength that goes beyond our build."

"In simple words, say it."

The leader gave the order with metallic coldness, and Kaigaku obeyed:

"He is like a storm. Dangerous and unstoppable."

"I'm sure he can take on more than half of us here."

Among those present, hidden in the twilight, one of them burst out laughing from his seat. 

He wore a wine-red blanket that covered his body and a carnival party mask with multiple feathers in the shape of a lion's mane. His laugh was a dry flutter, like a crow's. 

His name was Bermuda. After slightly lifting his mask to wipe away the tears of mirth, he expressed his opinion with contempt:

"Hey, hey, hey. That's a very funny story."

A single man could beat you, who were among the best of our subordinates?

"Don't make me laugh. Besides, it's obvious that the spiders were killed by the knight corps; otherwise the mansion wouldn't have been such a mess."

"You're wrong. Skull, tell them what you found out."

Ghost commented. Then, a mysterious figure dressed in black garments —similar to light armor— with a skull head on his face, approached to say in a grave voice:

"It wasn't the knights, but a single man. When they arrived, they found everything destroyed."

If there had been several, it would make sense, but it doesn't match the victims' statements. Also, that same man caused a commotion for our associate Olston. 

"Therefore, we cannot ignore his words."

"Boss, what should we do about this possible threat to our plans?"

Ghost rubbed his chin under the mask, the creak of his gloves echoing in the silence.

"We are very busy with our real work. So someone who isn't busy should take care of it."

He looked around for options, but something surprised him.

"More people are missing than I thought. Where are they?"

Bermuda was filing her nails as she answered, indifferent:

"Everyone is on missions. We're busy, so only the bottom of the barrel is left to search."

She pointed to the center, and there three mysterious figures stepped forward, partly hidden by the darkness like statues coming to life.

"Alright, it's time to work."

"Whoever kills that nuisance will get a juicy promotion within the 'Thirteen Night Swords', the high executives of our organization."

The three nodded without a word. The meeting ended as quietly as it had begun. 

After leaving the mansion by different routes, one of them —with a peculiar haircut that shone under a distant streetlamp— said to himself:

"My time to shine has come."

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To begin the fanservice, I leave you with the beautiful milf queen mother of two daughters, Rosemary.

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