Chapter 372

After Alice suddenly ended my clothing selection, I waited for Lilia-san as I drank a cup of tea, as recommended by the clerk .

This store mainly caters to the nobles, and it seemed like it was common for them to take a long time to choose their clothes, so there were several tables and chairs set up in an open space . It kind of reminded me of those shops that deal with cars…… Well, I’ve never bought a car before, so this was just completely something I imagined .

As I sat down on the soft chair, a little while later, a different clerk brought me a cup of tea .

[Here you go, Miyama-sama . ]

[Ahh, than……]

I accepted the tea offered to me and was surprised to see the face of the clerk . It wasn’t the fact that she called me by my name…… She’s undoubtedly Alice’s subordinate, so it wouldn’t be surprising for her to know my name .

What surprised me was the clerk herself .

She had deep dark blue hair, her bangs are very long and flowed down her face, hiding her left eye . Meanwhile, her visible right eye had unusually dark circles beneath it .

I considered her face to be very well defined, but with her gray eyes and the deep dark circles beneath them, combined with her pale skin…… She looked very unhealthy .

However, it wasn’t her appearance that surprised me . No, her appearance only slightly surprised me, what surprised me more… . .

[……Ummm, aren’t you…… “Fake Phantasmal King”-san?]

[……How surprising . Even though I’m far from reaching Shalltear-sama’s skill, I was still quite confident in my disguise……]

[Ahh, then, the face you have now is also……]

[No, this is my “real” face . ]

[Ah…… I see . ]

Yes, this clerk was the fake Phantasmal King who had appeared before me twice in place of Alice…… I didn’t expect that I would meet her again here .

I mean, is it really okay for this person to be here? She’s obviously Alice’s close retainer…… Wouldn’t that make her one of the upper echelons……

As if sensing my doubts, Fake Phantasmal King-san spoke with a thin, elegant smile on her face .

[I’ve decided that the people assigned to this store are a bit lowly and aren’t suitable to serve tea to Miyama-sama, so I’ve come to serve you myself . ]

[I- Is that so…… T- Thank you for taking the trouble of serving me tea, errr……]

[My name is “Pandora”, Shalltear-sama’s confidant . Pleased to make your acquaintance……]

[Y- Yes . I’m Miyama Kaito…… E- Err, Pandora-san? Ummm, a- are you feeling unwell?]

[Ahh, you mean how I look huh……]

Being Alice’s confidant, I guess it’s safe to assume that she was the one with the most authority among Alice’s subordinates .

H- Hmmm…… That’s something I understand, but she really looked insanely unhealthy, and I couldn’t help but notice the deep shadows beneath her eyes .

[I’m a Hell Nightmare . I was born with this skin color and dark circles below my eyes, so please don’t worry about it . ]

[I- Is that the case…… I’m sorry . ]

[No, it is my honor to have received your concern . ]

[E- Errr……]

I see, she wasn’t like that because of her health condition, but because that was how she originally looked like……

E- Even so, Pandora-san……aren’t you being too humble?

[We, the Phantasmal King Corps, are in absolute obedience to you, Shalltear-sama’s master . Of course, if Miyama-sama orders us to, we will carry out any mission you give us, even at the cost of our life . If you need us for anything, please don’t hesitate to give us the order . ]

[……Y- Yes . T- Thank you for your hard work . ]

After clearly stating such with a voice filled with her firm intentions, Pandora faintly smiled…… . Somehow, there’s something about her that makes her look a little creepy .

It’s different from the scariness Eden-san gives off, it’s as if Pandora-san was someone straight out a horror movie .

Or rather, the entire Phantasmal King Corps are in absolute obedience to me, she said…… Does that mean, I can do that? If I say “Assemble!” just like Alice did before, a bunch of people in black would show up? The heck is that, that’s scary .

As I was thinking about this, Alice, who had somehow appeared in the seat across from me, sipped her tea and spoke .

[Well, I’m here beside you, Kaito-san, so you wouldn’t need to call for them…… Just in case though, Pandora-san over there is “a High-ranking Demon that’s closest to being a Duke-level”, so she can be quite useful . ]

[I- Is that so…… No, errr……]

[By the way, “assasination” is my specialty . ]

[There’s no way I’m going to order something like that, okay!?]

Even if you say that you’re good at assassination with such confidence, I have no plans to assassinate anyone, and I never will . If you’re going to appeal your strong points, please show me your other specialties instead .

[……I can also destroy a target’s spirit by showing them “eternal nightmares” . ]

[……Please make it a little less disturbing . ]

[……”They’re average in size, but I have beautiful breasts” . ]

[Is that information really necessary in this situation!?]

[If Miyama-sama desires, you can rely on me to take care of your “nightly needs” . ]

Stop right there, Pandora-san? Can you please stop saying that to a virgin? Even if I’m not going to ask such a request, I’d be strangely conscious of it……

After all, Pandora-san was a beautiful woman, and once you get used to seeing her pale skin and the dark circles around her eyes, you could say that she was a mysteriously bewitching beauty .

No, no, what the heck am I thinking about? I’m reacting to her words too much……

[Pandora……]

[Hahh!]

[It seems like you need some re-education…… Please come here for a bit . ]

[Huh? No, but I still haven’t……]

[Come—– here——!]

[Y- Yes! A- As you will……]

While I was feeling flustered by Pandora-san’s statement, Alice spoke in a rather unhappy tone .

[A- Alice?]

[I’m sorry, Kaito-san…… It seems like this girl’s loyalty to you has gone a bit “crazy” . ]

[Unnn?]

[……Pandora-san, who is Kaito-san to you?]

[Hahh! Kaito-san is Shalltear-sama’s master, he whom I should “dedicate my body and heart, and love for eternity”!]

[……Huh?]

It kinda feels like she said something outrageous . Eh? What the heck is this person, is she someone like Eden-san?

[……No, I ordered you to obey Kaito-san…… I guess she’s applying all her loyalty she has to me directly to Kaito-san . That’s why, I’m going to go re-educate her a bit . ]

[U- Unnn . ]

Letting out an unusually tired sigh, Alice dragged Pandora-san away .

……Well, errr…… Why do all the powerful people in this world have such strong personalities?

[……Good luck with her re-education, Alice clone #12…… I’ll leave Kaito-san’s chastity in your protection . ]

[And you just ruined everything again…… Also, don’t just leave my chastity to other’s hands without asking me . ]

Dear Mom, Dad———- While waiting for Lilia-san at the clothing store, I met a new acquaintance . Pandora-san, the Fake Phantasmal King . Her appearance was distinctive, but her personality was also quite something———— I’m suddenly really tired .

The creepy beauty, Pandora-san…… Ein was one, and Vier was also the same case . It seems like the Six Kings’s confidants have quite strange loyalty .