The Antagonist: The World Ends Theory
Chapter 59 - Reply Letter ~A Day So Quiet~

The day, on a clear morning. Clara is already sitting in the dining room for breakfast, today she will have breakfast with Meiger as usual. Surely this time is a little different considering Avrim has gone home.

"Avrim, where's the orange?"

"It's Miss."

Clara received the orange from Avrim's hand and immediately devoured it. Today he was going to go with the Emperor to the City, this could not be called a date. And again Clara arranged so that her mood would not soar with excitement. He was afraid of being disappointed again like the last time.

"Clara speed up your meal, how will we have bad luck?"

"Your Majesty!"

...❀...

In town, Clara was like a hot worm. She ran here and there without thinking about her image as a woman who should be calm.

"Your Majesty, I want some warm food!"

"Buy as you like."

"Thank you very much!"

Clara immediately ran towards the merchant who was selling warm bread. Seeing that Clara took a lot, the Emperor reached into his pocket and gave the baker a bag of silver coins.

The seller was of course surprised, not just the fact that there was an emperor stopping by his place of sale. But the existence of a beautiful young girl wandering around the Emperor. Plus the Emperor paid for the 6 loaves the girl took with a bag of silver coins, it was completely insane. Rich people like to throw away money.

But the bread seller also can not refuse it, this has become his advantage.

Then Clara again - again visited another place. There was sweet food, but not yet Clara in front of the merchant. Clara felt that her stomach was filled with food and stopped draining the Emperor's pouch.

"Your Majesty, is there a flower garden? If you want to relax, that place is the best."

Meiger frowned.

"Every day we see a flower garden in the courtyard of the imperial palace, but I can't relax."

"Of course Your Majesty! That was because when His Majesty was still inside the imperial palace. Perhaps Your Majesty feels burdened with the tasks there. On the outside, Your Majesty will forget that Your Majesty is an Emperor."

"Sounds like a disaster to me."

Clara ignores Meiger's protest, she immediately pulls the man to a flower garden in a field near here. Hortensia is not like Ranunculus which in every house must display flowers, but the land of Hortensia also never escape from beautiful flowers.

Clara thought that the author of this novel was someone who loved flowers so much that the names of the regions used the names of flowers. In the world of this novel is also filled with various kinds of flowers that Clara had never met before she was sisekai.

"Blue roses...?"

Clara stopped her steps when they were in front of the flower garden. Again, this time Clara found thousands of blue roses that spread widely in this park. As far as the eye can see it is only blue.

"How can this be so much?"

Although Clara was indeed astonished by the incredible number of these blue roses. However, the biggest question in his own mind was...

"Your Majesty, it's about to enter winter, isn't it?"

That's right, winter. It was an astonishing thing for the blooming flowers, they should have withered already. Even the flowers in the imperial palace courtyard had begun to fall one petal after another to the stem. But flowers here?

Clara shouldn't have taken Meiger to this place if she didn't want to be surprised. Stupidly, Clara even thought of peddling Meiger to a flower garden.

Suddenly I felt like the dumbest person in the world. May your Majesty not laugh at me...

"The blue rose in Hortensia is a little special. They will not die even if winter comes, and it is not just the flowers that do not wither away. That's why in Hortensia there's no autumn."

"Hamba understands, but it still doesn't feel weird?" Ask Clara.

"I don't think so, this is 'ordinary' in Hortensia. Hortensians will be surprised to see plants wither and fall this season, because they never feel it."

Of course, when someone from here goes out and sees the phenomenon of yellowing leaves then falling off. Most likely their reaction was surprise and astonishment. Everyone from here is without exception...

Clara looked at Meiger closely.

"Could Your Majesty ever come out of the Hortensia region and find out that this region has a special condition compared to other regions?"

"Of course, if I don't come out then I won't know the outside world. My mind will be narrow and Hortensia will not be so good now."

It was not wrong, it seemed so obvious that he was so just and wise. Even in the novel, this is how Meiger Westhley is.

CHIRP CHIRP

"...?"

Clara looked up at the shady tree, where a small bird perched on one of its trunks. Clara's gaze was fixed on the folded letter and pinned on the bird's leg.

"Ah, the letter you're waiting for - wait." Chirpe Meiger.

The little bird then flew towards Clara and Meiger and perched on Meiger's shoulder. Because Clara was too short, Meiger took the letter at the foot of the little bird.

He took off the rope and opened the letter.

...~❁~...

...Clara, don't you miss me? When do you want to go back to Ranunculus? Don't make me wait too long....

...And about me being Duke, you don't have to worry about me. I'm fine here because my sister and my parents will always be with me....

...All I'm waiting for is one, your return....

Hendrick Wayne.^^^

...~❁~...

After reading the contents of his letter, Meiger fused his eyebrows together. Very surprised because his writing impressed like a reliable teaser. Meiger doesn't want to know, he immediately gives the letter to Clara.

Is this really the writing of the Duke candidate?

Clara accepted it and immediately read it, she finished reading. Clara giggled to herself, she rolled up the letter and kept it in her pocket. Seeing the laughter and the smile, Meiger's countenance deteriorated somewhat.

"Your Majesty, is Your Majesty all right? If you don't feel well, it's better to just go home."

Clara walked the lead to return back to the imperial palace.

SRETT

Unfortunately, that's not what Meiger wanted. He pulls Clara's wrist, hinting if she hasn't been willing to come back. She shook her head faintly and pulled Clara towards the exit of the flower garden.

"Is Your Majesty well? Even if it hurts, it is not a big deal. We can go home, I'm satisfied with this journey."

"But I haven't." Meiger said as briefly as possible.

This is the trip where Clara was supposed to accompany Meiger on the streets of the city. It wasn't Meiger who was accompanying Clara. Since Meiger was not satisfied on his journey, he would drag wherever he wanted to go.

They left the park, unaware of the whereabouts of a person in her purple dress. She gripped her dress tightly, enduring the pain in her heart. Even he was already crying after seeing the sight of the two lovebirds who looked so happy.

Then he sighed softly.

"So, I have to back off before even doing what - what? Then what about my feelings? This is too cruel for me..."

...❀...

"I wanted to talk to you about your duel and Jean yesterday. You should now understand why you won a duel with Hendrick Wayne."

On the way home, Meiger opens up the subject between him and the chaotic weapon. The conscious Clara gasped slowly and frowned, thinking hard.

"Did I initially weaken Mr. Hendrick with black magic. Then after the opponent was really weak, the servant attacked him? The case was the same as when I dueled Jean."

Meiger folded his hands in front of his chest, looked to his side and snorted softly. "Honestly, if you want to say it's your fault it's true. Especially in your duel this one sword is a bit uncontrollable."

"Your Majesty, is it true that the one absorbed by the sword of the servant is none other than black magic?"

This is what Clara had long thought. If indeed his task was to absorb black magic, and at that time his sword did exactly the same as his duty. So why did Meiger who knew about the condition of black magic and Clara's duty instead stop him?

"That's right."

What's?! Then there's no need to stop, right?

Audible ******* quietly out of Meiger's mouth.

"Do you know how much black magic capacity you can hold? If you're careless and absorb black magic without knowing your limits then the end of your life will be just like her."

She's she? Uh! Lyserith? And this is also the reason Claire killed the real Clara Scoleths. Now everything makes sense. Even about Emperor Siegward who created Claire in me. He wanted me to be able to store more black magic than I should.

Clara was silent for quite a while, there was no more talk between the two of them. Clara peeked out where it was getting late, they were playing too long. Although today was fun, but there was one thing that stuck in Clara's heart.

After I kidnapped Duke Wayne, is it true that Freesia didn't make a new weapon? I doubt they didn't make it...

TB

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