***Arc 6 One Who Pierced Through, Chapter 140 Noble and Vulgar***
"Ehehe, is Krische cute?"
"Yes, it suits Krische-sama very well."
Krische Fluttered the skirt of her dress.
Krische, the dress-up doll, spun around happily, showing off her dress.
Bery, even as she imagined that Selene would later complain that she was cowardly, smiled softly at the pretty figure of Krische.
The prelude to the dress war in anticipation of the conference had already begun.
"Um, Krische, would like to choose the dress Krische is going to wear next time..."
No breakfast, no pre-breakfast, and no choice but to watch the end of the battle between her sister and servants.
It was in the morning that she told Berry this in order to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
Naturally, this is the best proposal for Berry.
If she could choose everything from the dress to the decorations in advance under Krische’s consent, you will have an overwhelming advantage in the upcoming battles.
It was very important that the one that had made the proposal was Krische.
Even if she was called cowardly and despicable, there was no need to be concerned because she had the just cause of having been told to do so by none other than Krische.
As expected if it was Krische's will, Selene would not be able to go on the offensive in that direction.
It was a vicious, cowardly, and despicable thing to do to Selene, who was too busy to make any advance arrangements, but in the servant's mind, it was a perfect rationalization.
Bery basically never bends to her will, no matter who she was dealing with.
Although she was gentle and soft-spoken, and at first glance appears to be a wise woman to be reasoned with, Bery Argan at her core was a very stubborn and self-centered woman――full of aristocratic sensibilities.
It was to the point that her clarity in cutting and throwing everything for her own wishes was all the more refreshing, and she was more suited to be a military man or a politician than a cook.
"It’s quite unusual for Krische-sama to say something like this? I'm very happy that Krische-sama cares about her own dress and costume like this but..."
"Ehehe, Krische, recently also feel like have come to understand what pretty is."
Krische put her hands on her hips and puffed out her modest chest.
Krische’s appearance in the light blue dress was endlessly adorable.
Bery was a little surprised, as she exclaimed ‘my’ , and gently combed her silver hair.
"Krische feels like it's a bit difficult to put into words..."
Krische approached and snuggled up to Bery and looked at her with upturned eyes (puppy eyes).
Krische was even a little smaller than the already small Bery, and her every natural gesture was charming and endearing.
Her sparkling purple eyes.
Bery had read in many books that upturned eyes are attractive to gentlemen, and she could understand why.
Bery could also feel it when she saw Krische in her everyday life.
If a pretty girl like Krische were to come up to you like this and ask you for a favor while looking up at you, wouldn’t anyone would be willing to risk a life or two for a chance to see her――precisely because there was no hidden motives that Krische’s innocence was demonic.
"It may be something like that. It's very difficult to put into words the feeling of being beautiful. It's just beautiful..."
"If I’m a poet, it might be different though." Bery said embarrassedly, and Krische holding Bery cheeks between her hands, said ‘so it’s difficult even for Bery’.
She stood on her toe a little bit and kissed her happily, then loosened her cheeks and fluttered her dress.
To say the least, Krische was impossibly cute.
At least to Bery this creature could only be described as beautiful or cute.
‘It's hard to put it into words’, even as she said that, Bery was blushing.
"But, after all, I think it’s close to the kind feeling of being happy, so if Bery thinks Krische’s is pretty, then Krische will be happy too…so, Krische will be together with Bery as much as Krische want.""
"Fufu, thank you."
Krische’s beauty was probably a reflection of her feelings toward Bery, but Bery rather than questioning what her beauty was for, she was more pleased that it was a good thing for Krische.
Because her growth is the most important thing for Bery.
Whatever the case may be, it is good to know that Krische was beginning to take an interest in her attire rather than some obsession (skirts, stubbornly), so she did not ask those questions too deeply.
Though it was also because it was difficult to put into words.
"Ehehe, Bery too always very beautiful.""
"Thank you very much. But Krische-sama is much more beautiful than me.""
Self-absorbed and gifted in many ways, but with basically low self-esteem, she was unable to connect those feelings of Krische, who had recently always been staring at her face――Berry was basically insensitive to good will from others.
This may be due in part to the fact that Krische’s goodwill and skinship had long been, and generally were, excessive.
And Krische also thought that there was no need to ask Bery to explain her feelings again, and was more than satisfied with the current situation.
Bery said Krische was beautiful, and Krische thinks she was beautiful, too.
In Krische it was mutual――in the Krische there was the teaching of the Bery scriptures that the truth is trivial.
In light of this, there is no need to confirm each other's words.
Originally, the relationship was so physical that other people even doubted the nature of their relationship, and now it just has become more balanced from both sides.
Krische was more than satisfied.
"Ah, that's right."
Krische headed for the shelf as if remembering.
Then she took something out of her bag.
A magic crystal――a thing covered with metal and processed.
A rather thick string was attached to the metal fittings, it was probably a necklace.
Although it's a little rough, the magic crystal's blue glow was beautiful.
"Kreschenta said something about poison, so Krische thought I'd give it to Bery just in case.""
"Poison……"
"Yes. Krische gathered the poison that exists around here and made Poison Piririn that reacts to poison. It's easy to use, just bring it closer and let the magic flow, then it will sound piripiri."
"Haa..."
Berry took it and looked at it.
The complex magic formula engraved on the magic crystal changed and transformed over time.
According to Krische, the Uneune——Elvena named cryptographic engraving, taking from the word code (password, cipher) used in grimoires.
It absorbs the surrounding magical power, and that magical power rewrites the surface layer of the formula over time, protecting the inner core of the formula.
When touched by a magic possessor like Berry, it would be further activated, and the undulating (uneune) geometric patterns change within the magic crystal.
It was a mechanism completely beyond Bery's comprehension.
To disable this, draw a magic formula in the air――It seems that you have to use magic to undo the drawing, but even Berry, who knows how it works, can't tell how many years it will take to disable it by fumbling around.
Naturally, she had no idea how this magic crystal would work.
"How can it tell if something is poisonous?"
"It was a little difficult for Cliche, too. When you analyze something, it is made up of small grains, and these grains are combined making up various things. They are all attached to each other and become various things but......""
Krische pointed to the ceiling and walls.
"Look, it’s like how the estate is made of wood and stone.""
"Grains...""
"It's grains. Krische and the other’s bodies are also made of a lot of those grains gathering."
‘It's hard to explain,’ Krische said, resting her hand on her chin in contemplation.""
"The heart, the blood, the things that move the body are all made up of grains like that, and the poison is made up of the same grains. When it enters the body, the grains of poison do bad things to various parts of the body, and it seems that people get sick or die from it...there are many kinds of poison, so Krische doesn't really know which one affects which one, or whether it works because it's too enormous."
‘how troubling’, saying that Krische raised her finger.
The magic power shook and swayed.
"If Krische know it, Krische might be able to create something like an all-purpose healing magic crystal, but it would require tens of thousands, tens of millions of experiments, so Krische gave up and decided to look in a different direction.""
"…Magic power, is it?""
"Yes. Magic power can interfere with those grains and decompose or reconfigure them, so Krische made it memorize and identify specific grains configurations, and for the time being, Krische was able to make it detect the poison that is used around here. It’s like even with your eyes closed, if you touch it, you can tell it's a pumpkin, probably?"
It was both an easy-to-understand and a weird analogy, but she understood what Krische was trying to say.
Despite the way she spoke about it, it was very sophisticated――it’s like the mechanism of this world.
It was as if she had touched on a part of it.
Something small and invisible makes up everything in the world.
An interesting idea――No, it must be true if Krische said so.
She remembered the contents of the book she had read before.
"…Krische had read a book about the hypothesis that the world is made up of magical powers, right""
A phenomenon that occurs when physical expansion or magic crystals are used.
Objects were heated and moved without being touched——matter is born from magical power, and that's why magical power can interfere with all kinds of things.
Such a hypothesis was written in an old book.
"Hmm, you might be able to say that. Magic power becomes small particles, and small particles can become magical power. It's a story about whether magic power came first, or matter came first."
"Which came first, the egg or the chicken, huh..."
Bery chuckled happily.
When she was a little girl, she was thinking she wanted to do that kind of research.
"This is kind of fun, isn't it?"
"Is it fun?"
"yes. I find it very interesting to learn about things I don't understand."
Berry smiled, Krische also smiled.
"Ehehe, Krische also likes to learn new things. It’s Empathy (共感 = together + feeling)."
"Fufu, it's the same."
Bery stroked Krische’s head that was hugging her tightly and looked at the magic crystal in her hand.
The swaying geometric patterns were beautiful and vivid.
The magic crystal's blue glow was so beautiful that it seemed to draw her in.
Bery tied the string of the necklace around the back of her neck and let it hang.
Berry didn’t particularly like accessories, but this was something special.
"... I will take good care of it. Thank you."
"Ehehe, it really suits Bery."
Even if it was a simple compliment, it felt different when it came from Krische.
She gently kissed her forehead.
Even as she felt tickly, Krische was ‘muu’, and pouted her lips
"But it was a little big. It might get in the way of work. Should Krische make it a little smaller? ""
"It's okay. It's not good to show off too much, so I usually keep it inside."
Saying so Bery take the necklace from the neck to the inside. The necklace dropped into her abundant chest.
Krische stared at it and said with a serious face.
"...It might be useful to use it like a pocket if you have a large chest huh."
"K-Krische-sama...""
Berry blushed and gave a wry smile.
Krische joyfully rubbed her cheek against Berry's breast, saying that she loved Berry's breasts because they were so soft.
And shyly, Krische raised her face.
"A-about what Krische was talking about earlier..."
"earlier?"
"Umm, it's not just because Krische've come to know what is pretty... um, well, Krische want to do something about Bery and Selene arguing about choosing Krische dresses every time..."
"Oh, I see. Fufu, it's like a little playfulness."
Bery chuckled and told Krische "Doesn’t it feel like peace?"
"A dress is such a trivial thing, but it's wonderful to be able to argue with each other that this is good. ……When it comes to battle, you have to worry about life-threatening exchanges, but the only thing you lose in the dress quarrel is the desired Krische-sama outfit. I'm sure Ojou-sama thinks it's fun to argue over such nonsense, and so do I. Therefore, there is nothing to worry about, Krische-sama.""
Berry put her finger up and smiled saying ‘Don't worry’.
Bery spoke to Krische to relieve her, thinking that she was probably worried because the exchange between the two——her sister and servant looks like a fight.
Rather, Krische’s concern was the breakfasts that would be lost because of it.
Krische was not at all worried about their quarrel, and Bery's explanation was completely off the mark. However, the Krische aesthetic sense did not allow her to say shameless words such as ‘Krische want to do something about not being able to eat breakfast’ without roundabout ways.
"Eh, uh... yes."
"Worrying about trivial things with all your strength, arguing… it’s the most wonderful thing to be able to have this kind of leeway, and it’s a time that can be obtained only because it’s peaceful. Neither I nor the Ojou-sama hate each other, and after all it's just a little playful——so don't worry. We’re not really arguing, okay? ""
Krische nodded as Bery gently stroked her head.
As expected even Krische did not think they were really fighting, but she knew agreeing with Bery here was also a worldly wisdom.
Krische couldn't say that she didn't like the fact that she was hungry because of the two of them, who were using all their strength for that playfulness.
Especially if Bery was enjoying herself——Krische’s first priority is to make Bery happy.
"Well, I feel like my victory has been decided this time... it's a bit disappointing."
"I-is that so..."
As Krische said, she convinced herself that if she decided on a dress first, there wouldn't be any problems after.
This time, she would not go hungry on the day of the wedding.
She was sure Selene would also quietly withdraw, and though Krische thought Selene looked a little pitiful, for Krische her own breakfast was more important.
"You know, it's absolutely ridiculous that Krische, who holds the same position as a general, would be wearing a dress! As a nation, who are you going to show to, a soldier wearing a cute dress! Aren you an idiot?""
"Ojou-sama’s personality of being so quick to criticize is... really. Even if Krische-sama is wearing a splendid and pretty military outfit, people in other countries, not to mention fearing her, would look down on her. Rather than showing something inconsistent, isn’t it obvious that it is much better to face the occasion in a dress as royalty. No matter what you do, she can't look like a brave general, so don't you think it would be much more appropriate for her to wear a dress that would raise the morale of the soldiers?"
"It's not your hobby! Krische is a warrior with the highest honorary title, Alberinea, in the kingdom! If it needs to be a dress, there's a dress that seems more like a warrior isn’t there!"
"I return those back to Ojou-sama, isn’t that just a hobby of the Ojou-sama. Look, this is the dress that Krische-sama chose for herself. Shouldn't we put the wishes of none other than Krische-sama first here?"
"That's why what you're doing is cowardly and insidious! Just because I'm busy with military duties, are you still a servant of the noble Christand family like that!?"
"I am a servant of the Christand family, but I am also a personal attendant of Krische-sama, so my first and foremost priority is Krische-sama...what do you mean cowardly? It is the role of a servant to do their master's bidding...and to call that role cowardly is a bit too much to ask, don't you think?""
"Then I'll ask Krische. Is that okay with you? You're not interested in my opinion, you don't need it?"
"Huh? Uuu..."
"What a cowardly thing to do.""
"Which one is the coward here!?"
But the unexpected future shattered Krische’s relief.
