47 – This is Pin, the princess’s attendant.

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“Whoa…”

Every time I take a breath, I naturally frown as the unique underground smell fills my nasal passages.

Every time I move my body little by little, the rattling sound of the shackles suggests that the current situation is not so good for me.

No, it’s not that it’s not good, it’s just that it’s the worst.

It won’t be the worst. Still, since I was arrested without any resistance, he said he would listen to the excuse.

Last night, turning Bifrons into an unrecognizable piece of meat was the problem.

When the instructors and Irene arrive, what will be the sight in their eyes?

Isn’t the battleground smashing firecrackers?

The sight of the imperial princess fainting from being covered in scars, and a certain boy poking at a piece of meat as if refreshing.

This piece of meat is actually Mine! There was no way the same excuse would work on the spot.

The demons who attacked us were all annihilated without a trace by the solar sun, and now I am Finn, not Berry.

At least if Ian or Selina were there, they didn’t show up as if they had collapsed as soon as they arrived at the main building.

There is not even a witness to prove that I am Berry, and a one-eyed swordsman who is the only one standing still with a sword in the messy situation.

“Even if it was like me, I would have arrested you first.”

At least Irene, if the correct answer was to surrender to the instructors before that crazy bitch suddenly tried to slice me up.

Thanks to that, I was able to avoid immediate disposition, and because of that, the situation I’m in right now is said to be the lesser evil.

Either Ian or Selina or Lily. If at least one of the three comes to their senses, my suspicions will be cleared.

However, I couldn’t help but feel bad about it.

I went through a lot of hard work to save the academy, but the treatment I returned to is going to the dungeon… I know it’s a valid decision, but I really don’t like it.

“I can’t do it. If the suspicion is cleared, I’ll have to eat a lot of alimony.”

Yes, originally, I was thinking about one of the treasures of the academy, but… I’m pretty picky, so I’ll rip two of them off. somehow

“Ha… By the way, when the hell are you going to come to your senses…”

In the boring prison life, the roar that comes from just sighing. A welcome voice follows.

Kwaaang!!

“They say that I, the princess of the empire, guarantee my identity!!! Can’t I get out of here right now?!”

My Lily, I don’t know when you became such a hot-tempered character… For now, the limit was to endure laughing at Lily’s atrocities.

If I’m right, Lily now knows most of the things about me.

Still, the fact that Lily could act like that meant that she was already ready to accept the truth.

Quaang!!

“Fin!!! Where is the Finn!!!”

“Puhehehe…ah I’m going crazy…”

That’s why, I had no choice but to look up at my princess, who had suddenly made her way to this dungeon, and say this.

“Pi, Fin…!”

“Yes, have you been peaceful in the meantime, princess? I’m Finn, the princess’s attendant who came back from the dead.”

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In the end, unable to overcome Lily’s obstinate brutality, they sighed, saying that they would confirm my danger one last time through a three-way meeting between me, Lily, and Grace.

Originally a member of Berry’s party, she must have thought that if Grace could grasp the truth, she would be able to see through my true identity.

In the process, people like Ian and Anna got involved, but… Well, it doesn’t matter.

The trace changer was also broken anyway, so now I had to go to the academy in my original form.

“Um…um…is that…Berry-sama? Or, P.Pin-sama?”

The answering machine, which always had a spare time and only spat out benevolent answers to everyone, showed a rare stutter.

And Lily, who glared at Grace like she would eat it.

Apparently, he couldn’t focus properly on me because he was paying attention to Lily, so he took a step closer to Grace and asked.

“Call it what you want, so…I’m the pin that used to be Berry…What’s wrong, Grace?”

“Pi, Fin…!!”

Before I could hear Grace’s answer, I tilted my head as Lily called my name pitifully.

“…? Why is that, Princess?”

Then, like a puppy who did something wrong, Lily avoided my gaze and lowered her head in a crawling voice.

“Oh, no…nothing…”

“That…first of all, Pin-nim is Berry-sama. Yeong-ho…ho, just in case, I looked carefully and the truth was clear! But…”

Grace towards my missing left eye.

He had a sad, sad expression on his face.

Grace then stroked the side of my missing left eye and said,

“Even if Finn-nim isn’t Barry-sama, it won’t be a problem because our Divinity Department has confirmed that Finn-nim defeated Mine Bifrons. The circumstantial evidence that Ian-nim and Lilysiana-sama told me is also good. .”

However, what on earth did you sacrifice to defeat that demon… .

Grace’s voice was so low that everyone else couldn’t hear it.

Apparently, she mistook me for sacrificing my left eye to defeat Bifrons.

It’s complicated to correct that misunderstanding, so I turned my head and looked around.

Then, each of the three people showed a funny reaction.

First of all, Ian said.

“Uh…so, Finn disguised himself as Berry…but now that Berry is Finn… Huh? Then who am I friends with? Berry? Finn?”

‘… That bastard is an idiot for sure.’

I don’t have time to spend on idiots. Reflecting on my theory, I turned my gaze to Anna next.

“Uh… can I call you Mr. Berry…? I’m more used to that…”

“Do whatever you feel like.”

“Well, Mr. Berry! Do you have that missing left eye…or something like a prosthetic eye?”

flinch.

Lily’s blatant shivering of her shoulders at the keyword “left eye” entered Anna’s field of vision.

Even so, I couldn’t ignore Anna who was looking up at me with the bright eyes of a child, so I answered with only Anna in my eyes again.

“Um…no, there’s no artificial eye. Why? Can you make one for me?”

“Yes! This is the only thing I can help the party with!”

Anna, like a child before opening a gift box, can’t stay still and is excited.

Is it an alchemist’s instinct to create something new?

I don’t know if it’s because I’m genuinely happy to be able to help the party, but I nodded my head because I was certain that it would help me no matter what the reason.

“Then, I won’t ask you well.”

“Yes! Leave it to me…!”

And now all that’s left… .

“Everyone, I have something to say to the princess, so why don’t you vacate the seat?”

As my gaze turned to them, Grace, Ian, and Anna silently nodded one by one.

Sigh. thud.

When everyone except Lily and I were away, a quiet silence ensued.

Even in that silence, I could feel Lily’s eyes continuing to glare at me, and it was almost as if I heard the sound of rolling eyes.

“First of all, should I say this? As you can see, that pin was alive and well, Princess.”

“Uh, how…”

How did you fall off the cliff and still survive? Lily asks.

Even if he didn’t answer the details, the evidence was right in front of his eyes, so he pointed his finger at himself.

“Doesn’t the princess know how strong I am?”

“That’s… that’s right.”

Lily, who has been wiggling her fingers since before, hesitated.

I didn’t want to pay attention, but now that I’ve been caught, wouldn’t I be able to ask confidently.

If I’m right, she knew for some reason that I had sacrificed herself for her. And as a result, she must have fallen ill just like she did during the time of the empress.

Then, I have only one question.

What the hell kind of fucking dog seduced Lily, who was in a weak state of mind and body, and ate her naked.

‘People have morals. How do you plan on flirting with a sickly girl? A guy who can’t even give up. I’ll just throw Ajak away.’

That’s why I asked.

“Princess.”

“Yes?”

Who the hell did you get that ring from?

“So, who the hell is the princess’ fiancée who is rumored to be spreading rumors? The one who proposed to the princess while I was away.”

as a servant.

Or as a benefactor.

When I asked with an attitude that seemed like it would be okay to know this much, Lily looked even more blatantly with trembling eyes and didn’t know what to do.

“Uh, ah… that, that… that’s why…”

I never thought I would actually see the pupil earthquake that I had only heard about in front of my eyes.

It was amazing, but it was just as fucked up as it was.

Due to Lily’s personality, it’s clear that she has at least a fair amount of favor with me, a Finn, but despite that, she’s trying to hide the identity of her fiancé.

That’s why I asked again, this time with a blatantly hurt expression.

“Is that so…well, that’s right. A mere attendant asking about the princess’s fiancée. No matter how much it was an academy, it was an extremely arrogant act. Please forgive me…”

“That, that’s…!!”

… it took

I glanced at Lily, who was caught in my strategy using Lily’s remorse, and with her head still lowered, she only moved her eyes.

Then, without saying anything, a hand slowly stretched out towards me.

Then Lily spread out her fingertips, which were trembling like an aspen, and, to be exact, spread out her index fingers, which were trembling as if they were shaking, and turned towards me.

“…?”

Lily’s finger pointed right in my direction.

I’m sure I just asked who Lily’s fiancé is… .

I turned my head to check behind me. I wondered if there was a window behind me and someone was standing behind me.

‘There’s no one there.’

However, even when I turn my head, all I see is the gray bricks piled up in countless numbers.

When I turn my head to Lily again, my fingers are still pointing in my direction.

… I asked with a curious mind.

“Princess.”

“Hick! Yes!!”

“Have you ever had a soul wedding?”

Did I have esper abilities that I didn’t even know about?