I don't want to be a heroic spirit

Her long golden hair was as dazzling as the sun hanging high in the sky, tied behind her head with a red ribbon, and her emerald green eyes sparkled with a confidence that made Alice unable to look directly at it.

A fiery red dress wrapped around her entire body, highlighting her curvy figure, but a large part of the skirt was translucent white. Especially from Alice's angle, that is, from the front, she could even see the base of her thighs.

To put it simply... she was a beautiful girl as dazzling as the sun.

Alice saw the other person, and the other person saw her. After all, they were the only two people in the spacious room.

Then Alice saw the very beautiful and confident girl put one hand on her chest and stretched out the other hand, palm up, towards her, as if she were singing and making a loud declaration.

"Servant—Saber (Swordsman)! Nero Claudius! Umm! Beautiful girl, are you my player?"

"……Eh?"

Alice's mind became even more confused.

At this moment, Nero suddenly seemed to remember something and said with a frown.

"Hmm? I remember now. I'm no longer on the battlefield of the Holy Grail War, so I don't have any players right now... But, the scene and atmosphere just now suddenly made me want to imitate the first meeting between King Saber and Shirou. Hmm!"

"But! After all, it was Yu's grand debut. How could there be only one person in the audience impressed by Yu's glory? It had to be a little more grand and lively to be worthy of Yu's status!"

"Flowers, cheers, lights, applause... where have all gone?"

After making such a shocking appearance, Nero kept talking to himself, something Alice couldn't understand.

but……

"How dazzling..."

Alice couldn't help but sigh.

Chapter 236: Prying the Door and Blowing Up the Wall

"Hmm? Are you praising me?"

Alice's voice was very low, like the chirping of a shy magpie, but Nero still heard it.

"Hmm? Um..."

"I commend you! Your eyes are like a mirror, and your praise is very appropriate!"

Before Alice could say anything more, Nero raised his head and gladly accepted her praise.

"No matter where I am, I am always the best and most dazzling one. Isn't that natural? I am the flower of Olympia! A gorgeous, blooming red rose!"

"Although your praise is well-deserved, after all, my brilliance and beauty are obvious, I am still very happy. Therefore, I will gladly accept your praise. I feel honored!"

Confident and dazzling, energetic and cheerful.

This is the Roman Emperor, Nero Claudius.

However, Nero's behavior left Alice at a loss.

Like Princess Alice in a cage, she doesn't even have the right to choose what she touches.

Only those who can see her are in awe of her, and all vulgar and evil people are kept out.

All the things that could be sent to her were positive things. The content of the storybooks was all about brave warriors easily defeating monsters and evil dragons, as if true warriors never encountered difficulties.

So, this was the first time in Alice's life that she came into contact with someone like Nero.

This made her not know what to do for a moment.

At this moment, there was a noise outside the door.

"Your Highness Alice! Your Highness Alice! What happened? There seems to have been a big commotion here just now!"

"Your Highness Alice! Are you okay?"

Alice finally came to her senses when she heard the sound outside the door.

Alice knew the person who was speaking; it was her personal bodyguard, Claire.

When something happened here, Claire was the first one to arrive.

Alice opened her mouth to say something, but... she didn't know how to explain the situation.

Even she herself didn't understand the situation.

"Oh? Could it be that the audience is attracted by my talent?" Nero turned his head to look at the door of the room and said happily, "Hmm! That's normal! Since it's my shining debut, it's natural to gather a star-studded audience and thunderous applause!"

“This is Roman (romance)!”

After Nero made a very loud sound, the sound outside the door mysteriously disappeared.

But the silence was only temporary. After about two or three seconds, the people outside began to knock on the door violently.

"Your Highness Alice! Why... why is there someone else's voice in your room? And it's the voice of a strange woman! Your Highness Alice! Your Highness Alice! Are you in there? If you are, answer me!!"

Although I couldn't see the expression of the person outside the door, I could feel his anxiety just from his tone and the average rhythm of knocking on the door three or four times per second.

"Claire? What happened?"

"Rain! Rain! Princess Alice has been kidnapped! It must be the Demon King's lackeys! Those despicable guys sneaked into Princess Alice's boudoir and kidnapped her! Princess Alice is in danger now!"

“Ehhhhhhhhhh——?!”

Hearing the conversation outside the door, Alice realized that Claire and Rain had misunderstood each other. She immediately panicked and shouted through the door, "No! No! Claire! Rain!"

"Is that you, Princess Alice? Princess Alice, are you alright? Don't worry, Princess! I'll come in and take care of those despicable Demon King soldiers! Trust me! I will definitely get you out safely! I'm going to slaughter every last one of those Demon King soldiers who are only fit to eat shit in the gutter!"

"Wait a minute! Claire! You're mistaken..."

"Hey! Listen up, demon king's soldiers in there! If you dare to hurt even a hair of our beautiful, pretty, petite, adorable, stunningly beautiful, kind-hearted, innocent, and adorable princess, I will beat the shit out of you and then beat you back into the shit! I, Claire, mean what I say! If you understand and are scared, then let our princess go right away!"

Claire outside seemed to be out of control and couldn't even hear what Princess Alice said.

"Claire, don't get excited! There's a barrier around Her Royal Highness's door. If you try to break it open with force, you'll get hurt! I'll be downstairs getting the key!"

"No! If we wait until you get the key before opening the door, it will be too late! The Demon King's army's plan will succeed! Imagine the cruel and inhumane torture that the princess, as pure as a snowflake, would endure if she were abducted!"

"That……"

"Don't worry! I don't need a key. I can pick the lock open by myself!"

"but……"

"It's okay! Please trust me! I've already thought about how to pry open Her Highness Alice's door and sneak in 10381 times! I guarantee I'll pry it open without making even the slightest mistake!"

"actually……"

"It's almost there... Your Highness Alice, please wait a moment! Your most loyal Claire will be by your side soon!"

"..."

However, the door of the room was not pried open... Instead, the wall next to the door was suddenly blown apart.

Rain stood in front of the blown-up hole and turned to look at Claire who was squatting at the door in amazement, the staff in her hand still smoking.

"Actually, what I wanted to say is... although the door to Her Highness's room is enchanted with several layers of barriers, this wall isn't. It's just made of a stronger material."

Claire was silent for a moment, when a piece of flying debris hit her head, and several blood vessels bulged on her forehead.

"Since there's a barrier on the door, why not on the walls as well? Is the person who designed this barrier an idiot?!"

"Well... it seems they've added the barrier that was supposed to be on the wall to the door, so the door's defenses have been strengthened to the limit... And after seeing the powerful barrier on the door, most people probably wouldn't realize there aren't any barriers on the walls, right?"

"...Have their brains been hit by an earth dragon?!!"

This is Her Royal Highness's room! How dare they be so careless!

Claire felt the blood flowing in her body rushing straight to the top of her head.

However, Claire was not completely overwhelmed by anger. She still remembered the most important thing at the moment.

"Demon King's Army! Return Her Highness the Princess!" Claire walked into the room through the hole blasted open by Rain, drew the sword from her waist, and shouted angrily, "Have some sense! I can make your death less ugly!"

However, when she walked in, she found that... besides the frightened Alice in her nightgown, there was only one other girl in the room... who was wearing extremely revealing clothes?

Chapter 237: Roman Emperor Nero

Behind Claire, Rain also walked in nervously, followed by several armored guards.

Although it was indeed a bit outrageous to destroy the wall of Her Royal Highness the Princess's boudoir without permission, as the saying goes, one should be flexible and adaptable in an emergency.

At this moment, Rain's face turned pale...even the skeleton's face might be better than hers.

Because she suddenly became worried...Was she going to have to pay for the shattered wall?

No! She is still in debt!

The cloak she was wearing was the only valuable thing she had...

Claire walked in immediately and the others saw Nero.

When they saw that the so-called "Demon King's Army" and "Invader" was actually just a petite girl, and there was only one person... everyone was stunned.

"Hmm! The audience flocked here, attracted by my appearance! This is only right!"

Nero looked at Claire and the others, then slowly walked down from the top of the rubble pile.

"Especially—among the audience I attracted, there are actually two beautiful girls who are exactly to my liking! Mmm! Thank you very much!"

Rain and Claire were stunned.

Beautiful girls...are you talking about them?

"A kind female magician and a heroic female knight, what a wonderful combination! So pleasing to the eyes! I feel like the moonlight has become brighter."

Nero's steps were as graceful as if he was dancing, and there was an obsessed expression on his face.

"Um...thank you for the compliment?"

"I just wanted to say thank you! Thank you so much! Beautiful girls! Mmm!"

Another person who was confused by Nero's monologue appeared.

"You... you think you can get away with this! You thief who tried to kidnap Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Claire woke up quickly, holding the sword in both hands and staring at Nero.

She saw that Alice, whom she cared about, was not far behind Nero, kneeling on the ground with a dazed look on her face.

"Give Her Highness the Princess back!"

Saying this, Claire swung her sword towards Nero.

"Claire!"

Alice, who had barely recovered, raised her hand to stop Claire, but she was unable to stop her attack.

The long sword slashed down, but it did not hit Nero, but was blocked by another sword.

"Ding!"

Nero held a red and black, oddly shaped long sword in one hand and easily blocked Claire's angry attack.

"Hmm! Not only her appearance, but also her loyalty and courage are as beautiful as falling rose petals... I really admire her!"

"you!"

Claire looked shocked.

She was clearly pouring strength into her sword, but she was still being suppressed bit by bit.

The most important thing is that the opponent only relies on one hand! And it seems that he hasn't used his full strength yet!

There is another thing that Claire is concerned about... where did the sword in the other person's hand come from?

This was also the question of everyone present, because they didn't see clearly where Nero took out such a big sword.

As for the strange shape of the sword, it actually doesn't seem that eye-catching.

Realizing that she was not at an advantage in terms of strength, Claire immediately gave up the wrestling match, used the force of the sword to pull back, and returned to the team.

"Why are you still standing there?! Come on! This guy is strong! And Rain! Hurry and prepare your magic!"

"Huh? Oh oh oh!"

Although Rain had been feeling something was wrong since a while ago...but after hearing Claire's yell, she immediately prepared for magic.

The guards behind them also raised their weapons and walked towards Nero.

"How passionate! Do you want to dance with me?"