Symphony for the Insect Princess

"I have no objection, but my mother passed away a long time ago. You can ask the necromancer lady next to you for help."

“……………………”

The one staring at me with her face flushed red was Miss Cedroon Heydrich.

He has a flamboyant personality, is arrogant, and is extremely unruly. Although he possesses exceptional judgment, he often deliberately makes moves that exacerbate situations, which can be difficult to control. However, his strength is definitely worth affirming, and his strong personality is very useful in many ways.

Generally speaking, she is a person who does what she wants and won't be persuaded by anything, but her personality is straightforward, so the strategy of sugar and whip is more suitable for her.

Looking at the third person again——

(look)

(aim)

(have a look)

(Looking)

(Look)

(Look, look, look)

(stare--)

"--babble!"

I made my gaze a little sharper, and she shuddered immediately and turned her face away quickly, but within two seconds she glanced at me again. When she found that I was still looking at her, she turned her face away immediately, but soon peeked again.

Afraid and watching.

Am I a horror novel?

I asked directly.

"Ms. Qimila?"

"Alas!"

"You seem to be both afraid of me and want to see me."

“No, no, no, no!!! I, I, I just… just…”

"only?"

"Because she's a big black figure, she's scary, but she's really beautiful, so I really want to see—or something—oh no, it's me who's not thinking about that! I'm the Princess of Endless Chaos and Darkness, I'm not afraid of anything, nor am I captivated by anything!"

"But your choice of words is problematic, starting with 'chaos' and 'darkness'."

"Eh?"

"Chaos is a state where there is no distinction between light and darkness. Therefore, it is impossible for a person to be both chaotic and dark."

"Huh? Eh? Can't tell the difference between clear and turbid? Impossible... at the same time? Eh heh heh?"

"Also, 'wangnu' usually refers to the daughter of a feudal monarch. In this sense, it's synonymous with 'princess', not to be confused with 'queen'. 'Qi Shen' was a humble term used by women in the past, but princesses often referred to themselves as 'Ben Gong' when meeting those of lower status. When meeting those of higher status, such as the king or queen, they often addressed themselves as 'her daughter,' 'my daughter,' or 'your servant.' Direct names and titles are also acceptable. However... no princess has ever referred to herself as 'Qi Shen,' especially when addressing someone of lower status.

"Eh? Eh eh eh? Wait, I... I... I? What exactly..."

"Also, when faced with insurmountable danger, it's a common psychological phenomenon to imagine a more powerful self and arm yourself by impersonating that image. But your behavior is a bit excessive, in terms of your speech, manners, and clothing. If you continue like this, you might be at risk of schizophrenia."

"Huh? Huh? Split personality? Yeah yeah yeah? Meow meow meow?"

She was in complete disarray.

...It's so easy to understand, compared to the first two people.

Qimila Elonmed.

She is probably the easiest to deal with. Even if you don't come up with any high-sounding reasons or take advantage of her character weaknesses, you can win her over as long as you use clever words - in layman's terms, "trickery". It's completely easy.

But her rampage mode is indeed very dangerous. At least I don’t want to confront her head-on when she’s in a rampage state, so I must try my best to keep her calm.

As for the last person——

"Nellis... Nellis... Nellis is Nellis... 'Nellis', what a nice name..."

Seeing Asia Curtis covering her face and twisting her body, I breathed a sigh of relief.

I didn't even need to try to win her over; she was on my side from the beginning.

…………Although my insect instinct makes me feel that my chastity seems to be in danger.

To be on the safe side, should she let the bugs invade her first and catch her off guard?

Ok……

Forget it.

Doing this is too unfair to the innocent insects.

It’s not because she’s full of poison. Insects and poison have always had a good compatibility, so I’m not afraid to touch her.

The thing is... bugs have chastity too, don't they?

Chapter 105 Educator Nellis (I)

"I won't beat around the bush and will just state my true meaning directly."

I waved my hand gently, and the fireflies immediately flew to the other side to illuminate the darkness. Four exquisite seats emerged from the darkness.

"Please sit down" - I made an invitation, but none of the four moved. I didn't care about it, so I continued to stand there and explain.

"To be frank—everyone, become my 'companions'."

I deliberately emphasized the word "companion". They seemed to have been prepared for this and realized that they were carefully selected by me. But no one gave an immediate answer, not even Asia.

I also watched them and waited.

wait.

Waiting for the moment when one of them will challenge me——

"Hey, you."

"Please speak up. You can raise any opinions you want."

"Be your companion?"

"Yes, that's all I ask."

"ask?"

She tilted her head in disgust.

"I've never seen an imperative sentence used to express a request."

"Ah, we've been discovered?"

"Fuck you!!!"

what.

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !

The oncoming wind stung my skin, and I believed my hair was flowing wildly. What would happen if this merciless blow hit my soft spot? It would probably be cut in two.

"Be careful, Sedraon... Is it okay to omit 'Miss'?"

"……Eh?"

She looked at my mutated right arm and my left eye that had turned into a compound eye, and was stunned for a moment.

Insect mimicry, the only insect magic that can be used to strengthen the body.

This is the only one I know of all the physical strengthening magic.

But this is enough.

"As your future leader, I must declare one thing—"

Zheng! ! !

I swung my right arm vigorously, deflecting her blade. She immediately distanced herself and glared at me warily. I also used my compound eyes to observe everyone's situation while continuing:

"In my opinion, things that can be solved with the brain should be solved with the brain, and 'violence' should always be put last, but..."

Sometimes violence is more effective than brains.

For example now.

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The center of the water conservancy network, the deepest part——

"here it is……?"

Is there such a place in the ruins of the water conservancy center?

It was like a huge altar, with complex radiating patterns engraved on the ground and traces of remaining magic circles everywhere.

Could this be the very core of the system? When the ancient water conservancy system was still functioning properly, this must have been the core of its automatic operation, right? The magic crystals used for powering it should also be here.

Although only ruins remain now.

but--

"Woo...Woo..."

The small whimpering sound came from here. It was a woman's voice, and it sounded like her mouth was blocked.

For some reason, this voice seems familiar. Have you heard it somewhere before?

After bypassing several collapsed stone pillars and climbing over a half-collapsed partition wall, I finally arrived at the place.

"——!!!"

With a clang, Sako's sword slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

unbelievable.

Incomprehensible.

What on earth is going on?

In the very center of this altar-like core, a magic circle emits a dim fluorescence.

Sarco could tell at a glance that it was a very advanced restraining magic circle.

The person who was tied up tightly with fluorescent chains and unable to move was a young woman, about twenty-five years old.

She has a beautiful face and long silver hair.

But at this moment, her face was covered with mud and her long hair was stained black by dust.

Stella Gondel, deputy captain of the Pantheon Special Investigation Team and astrological magician.

Rather than wondering “why she ended up like this”, Sacco was more shocked that “someone actually dared to do that to her”, because he also knew how troublesome Stella’s background was.

“Woo… woo! woooooooooooooooooooo!!!”

She noticed Sarco's arrival and immediately twisted her body desperately, casting a pleading look, while opening her mouth to whimper vaguely. This time Sarco saw clearly that Stella's tongue had disappeared. Perhaps they didn't want her to shout for help, or perhaps someone simply thought she was too noisy and cut off her tongue.

Just as he was about to go forward, the strange sight around him stopped him in his tracks.

There are more “people” here than just Stella.

"What the hell...what is this..."

Just around the altar, with Stella as the center, six life-size cylindrical objects were arranged in a regular hexagon.

Six culture chambers.

Inside each one, there is a girl with long dark blue hair and closed eyes.

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when! ! !

The giant sword and the insect's claws collided fiercely and then separated. Before the ear-piercing sound of the collision faded, another round of even more intense collisions began! The frequency was too high, the speed was too fast, and only a blur of sword light could be seen flying around the two people, forming a field of imminent death!

(Depend on--!)

What on earth is this girl?

The blade was deflected again, Sedraon thought to himself.

Even with the Crucible Edge activated, the giant sword couldn't hurt her at all.