A Banished Failure Survives in the Borderland and Becomes an S-Rank Exorcist

Dropping our hips on a large rock nearby, we continue the conversation.

"Did Julia have any future dreams?

"That's right... because my father was a magician, I always wanted to be the same magician as my father."

Father. I don't think he's a bloody father now, but I still think he's a real father. It was my other father who influenced me a lot.

Really? Yulia has always been a fine man. "

"No... that's not true. How was Princess Lianne?

"My dream is to become a cake shop."

Huh?

"Fufu... are you surprised?

Well, yes.

I try to peek into my face with a smile. There was some kind of prank there, and it was shown in the expression.

But I was surprised. I can't believe her future dream was like that. I don't underestimate it. My childhood dreams varied from person to person, but I couldn't imagine them from Princess Lianne today. Because she had always believed that she was about to fulfill her royal duty.

"I thought the cake I ate when I was young was very delicious. At that time, sweetness and other sweets were finally produced in large quantities, and cakes and the like were born. I thought about eating it. I definitely want to do the job of making this... Of course, when I told my mother, she was gentle with me. But my dreams haven't changed yet. That said, I can decide whether to go to the cake selling business or to the cake making pastry shop...."

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"Yulia. Your mouth is empty.

"Ha! Ah, um... I'm sorry... I'm a little surprised..."

"Surprised?

"If you'll excuse me, Princess Lianne has been thinking more about royalty since she was a child."

"Fufu. I hope so, but the sweetness is still something that women like. I was a normal woman too."

"A normal woman?"

"Oh, do you have any objections?

"... well... it's hard to say normally."

"Isn't that true of Julia?

"Ha, ha, that must be it."

We interact with each other in such a light way that there are special beings called saints and magicians. When it first happened, I thought it was a mysterious existence that transcended people because of its beauty and standing behavior. The perception hasn't changed so far, but when I talked to her again, I knew that Princess Lianne was also a woman of her age. Still, the cake shop... might seem surprisingly good. If she had started such a business, she would have made a fortune.

After all, Princess Lianne is popular. The existence of royalty, especially its appearance, is not well known to the people of Ichii, but there are few opportunities to meet when they become soldiers. In that context, Princess Lianne is very popular in the military. They are friendly to everyone, and they speak kindly to just one soldier. Not only her appearance, but her personality is also a factor in her popularity.

"... I think I did it before I was freed from this dusk and recovered the blue sky. I want to live like a normal person. Don't you think it's great to think about cake all the time?

"... is that so?

"Yes! It's amazing!

"Um... I see.

"Oops. Excuse me. It's getting hot with me."

"... hahaha"

"On the contrary, what about Julia?

"What do you mean?

"It's about the world beyond dusk."

"The world ahead... I can't imagine, at all... maybe this operation will work and people will get there before dusk. But if you fail again, you may end up in a borderline city for hundreds of years. I don't know what's going on. Because there is nothing you want to do in the world ahead. But if that's the kind of world that comes along while you're alive, that's right... I want to travel."

"Are you traveling?

"Yes"

"Where are you going?

"No, just somewhere."

"Is that a journey? Wouldn't it be possible to do it for a purpose?

"... you must be looking for yourself."

"Looking for yourself... fufu, you're an interesting person, aren't you?"

"Eh... is that so? I think I have the most serious thoughts of my own...."

"Well, that's biased."

"Surprisingly, I'm going to cut it off....."

"You don't want to be shy among us, do you?

"I'm very careful."

"Oh my! Really!?"

No, I don't think so. The voice and expression of the act is...

"Can't you be an actor?

"It's a little rod reading. But it's all practice, practice."

"Fufu, Yulia-san is starting to get better and better."

"To be honest, I felt only about the same age of a girl. Excuse me?

"That's not true. Because there are so few people who can talk to each other in earnest. And it's fresh because there was nothing to talk about with the same generation of boys."

He said that again with a smile. On further inquiry, it appears that there were no friends of the same age all along. They grew up in adulthood and realized that people were malicious from a young age. It seems that the aristocratic adults who approached her with the intention did not stop. In this way, he learned Eternal Arts and so on, and even learned more about the world. Adults have been talking about what to do about dusk. And my mother, the queen, has been busy. As the mother of a person, there is roughly no behavior like a mother. Still, she respects such a mother.

Mother who devotes herself to mankind. To maintain the boundary, operate the boundary city. There is too much to do, but the Queen has done it. Seeing her like that, she recognized nature and what to do as a royal.

But not all royalty. I told you what had happened before. [M]

"I heard you and Princess Grete aren't close."

"... ahh. Grete-sama is right to say that onee-sama sees me as an enemy rather than a bad friend. Jealousy, to put it simply. And I haven't heard a word since I woke up as a saint."

"Before the operation, I was asked to come here."

"Hah... are you still doing that? It's a famous story that tells a Premium Warlock to join his faction. Most of all, there are no such people. Onee-sama is surrounded only by dirty adults with dazzling eyes on power. Perhaps I am anxious because I am likely to wake up as a saint and become the next queen. I'm a really stupid person. I don't think the same blood goes through it."

"Can I leave you alone?

"My mother seems to be holding back a lot, but... I don't know. But I can't believe I brought Yulia here to talk about succession to the throne... and apologized to my sister..."

"No! There's no such thing as extinction! Princess Lianne never apologizes."

"Yes, that's fine then...."

We still bloom in chat after that. [M] I talked a lot about what I liked and what I hated. And finally, she has made an unexpected suggestion.

"Hey, Yulia-san. Why don't you just throw it away when you're alone?

"That's... a little..."

"It's just for the two of us. No?

"Uhh... okay, Lianne. Is this all right?

"Yes, good to see you again, Julia."

A lot of cunning people... I think so, but I felt good somewhere.