Chương 209: Chapter 192. Alice's Explanation

Alice Mars's Point Of View" Hey!" /BANG! / That idiot! I was taken through the portal by Marquess Jo... Matthew? Yes, Matthew... For now. He brought me through this portal and then, as soon as it closed, he fell forward and hit the ground." Zzzz." Great, he's snoring. His Mana Exhaustion actually affected him that quickly? How much mana did he use?" Matthew!" I hear 2 screams from in front of me. I looked up to find a tall, red-skinned Demon and what looks like a blonde human girl... What's with her chest!?

No, wait, don't get distracted right now, Alice!" Who are you!?" Release. / Thunk. / Raise! The Demon aggressively asked me to identify myself. I place my luggage on the ground and raise my hands to show I'm not a threat." My name is Alice Mars, I'm the 2nd Princess of Bestia. Can you call for Sarah Dreadnaught? She knows who I am and can confirm my identity." The Demon began to mull over my words. I remembered the letter that Marquess Matthew had wrote before we left.

I pulled it out of my breasts and began to show it to the Demon and Human." Marquess Matthew wrote this letter for me to hand to someone." With caution, the red-skinned Demon reached for the letter and handed it to the human. We both waited patiently for the human to finish reading the letter. The Demon continued to glare at me as she waited for the human to finish her reading. With a sigh, the human girl began to speak." Ruby, I'll go fetch Sarah and Anna, watch over them until I return, okay?""

Alright, Emily, they should be in the training yard still." With that, the human girl left the room, and I was stuck with this aggressive Demon watching me. I decided to pick up Marquess Matthew and place him on the sofa in the room, better there than the floor was what I thought. Once I placed him on his back on the sofa, the red-skinned Demon spoke to me again." Be more careful when you put him down, you almost smashed his head on the arm rest!"" Sorry, I'm not really used to doing something like this."

I honestly apologized when she corrected me. I didn't even notice that it almost happened. Also, I noticed that he seemed to be having a very stressful dream. It must be a nightmare. I'd wake him up if I could, but I think it might be best saved for Big Sis Sarah to do it. I looked at the Demon again." Your name is Ruby, right?" The Demon nodded her head to my question. She doesn't seem to be very talkative..." Are you one of the 3000 Demons that followed Marquess Matthew here to Paradise?""

No, I'm from the Flameskin Family. We're 1 of the 2 last Great Families of Paradise."" Ah, I've met Garnet Flameskin!"" You've met my Mother? Where?"" During a training exercise between the Diablosian Royal Army and the Bestian Royal Army! So, you're that Ruby!"" That Ruby?" It seems the mention of Garnet finally got a reaction out of Ruby. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings." Yes, Garnet used to tell me stories during our meals at the mess hall.

The way she told it... I always thought you were younger than me."" She has a habit of telling embarrassing stories about me from when I was younger. I suppose I should be happy she isn't here now. I don't know how I'd be able to face my new Friends and Coworkers."" Fufufu."" What's so funny?"" Nothing, it's just that with the mention of your mom, you've relaxed already."" Yeah, well, even though you were rough with him, it doesn't seem like you're an enemy of Matthew.

I completely didn't even notice that he was carrying a suitcase for you as well. I'd have read the letter as well, but Emily took it with her." Ruby started to calm down and speak to me in a relaxed manner. I suppose that would usually be seen as disrespectful, but since she was that Garnet's daughter, I suppose I should just expect her to be more informal with me moving forward." Why did you even come here? If you're really Princess Alice from Bestia, why would you want to come to our town?"

Ruby asked me about my intent. though unlike someone like Aunt Aqua, she's not asking me this with the intent of finding out ulterior motives, she's just like her mother in that regard, asking out of genuine curiosity. Almost Like an innocent child, instead of trying to find something out for use later on. I smiled as I remembered those fun conversations as I tried to forget about all of those sparring matches that ended with black eyes, sore muscles and cracked bones.

I suppose answering Ruby's question would be the best way to forget about all those times I had to wait in agony till a Medic began to heal me with White Magic?" My Father, King Alan, and I were visiting Uncl.... King Warrick and Queen Aqua, my Father and King Warrick are old Friends, so when time permits, he likes to visit King Warrick to check on him. King Warrick is usually so busy with work ever since the war with Promethia happened that he doesn't really have the free time to visit us anymore.

So, seeing that we're currently not in any wars, we usually visit." I began to explain how I ended up meeting Marquess Matthew, I was debating whether or not I should tell Ruby about how I thought Marquess Matthew was a human Spy at first, so I attacked him. Or about how he was able to best me in our first clash of swords. /SCREECH! / PAIN! The door had suddenly opened as I was about to continue my story for Ruby.

I can't help but think that door needs some maintenance, the doors in Canidae and Felidae, the 2 capital cities of Bestia and the places I was raised, never had such squeaky doors. Nor in Blackstone. I could only hope that the rest of Paradise didn't have such squeaky doors. I don't think my enhanced hearing from being a Beastman will be able to handle it. As I was thinking this, the person who opened the door walked in, it was the human girl, Emily... I think was her name? But behind her was a familiar face."

Big Sis Sarah!" I smiled as I called out her name." Is that you, Alle?"" Yeah! It's me! Long time no see!"" How long has it been? Right before I had to join the Royal Academy? You were... 13 at the time? Now you're 18, right?"" Yeah!" Big Sis Sarah hasn't changed, she smiled at me, and we were both happy to see each other. That was, until she saw Marquess Matthew." I see My Husband has caused some trouble for you."" No... Not at all..." I lied a little.

I mean, at the end of the day, Marquess Matthew was just granting my Father and I's selfish requests." Well, I'm sure this is something Uncle Alan thought up. My Husband, for better or worse, probably thought turning him down would reflect badly on my Father... Or something like that. Tell me, what does Uncle Alan want that would involve you traveling home with My Husband?"" Oh, well, actually, I was about to explain that to Ruby as well. Dad and I tried that "ice cream" stuff that Marquess Matthew made.

Dad and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Marquess Matthew mentioned something about having more products and my Dad mentioned sending me or 1 of my other Siblings to here so we could try them. I chose to go for... A few reasons, but mostly, it's because I have experience with business deals." I thought about that woman again! Oh, I'd want nothing more than to find her one day!" Ah, yes, Aunt Brenda does work as the liaison for all of the business deals for the Bestian Royal Army doesn't she?""

Yes, Aunt Brenda taught me a lot."" So, I guess we should be treating you as a protentional customer then?" I'd prefer if you just treat me the same as usual. I mean, if these other products are anything like the ice cream, I don't think you'll need to do much convincing."" Yes, My Husband's food ideas are amazing to be sure. Though I do find it a bit weird that people I consider Family will become customers to My Husband's business."" But Uncle Warrick is already a customer, right?""

I guess, but Father didn't need to bring anyone over, Matthew just brought the prototypes to Father and Mother and hashed out a deal then and there."" Well, just think of it as a visit from me to see how you're doing after getting Married. I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the Wedding, we were busy doing different kinds of training for all of last year. News of your Marriage didn't even reach us until we got back home a few months ago. Though, we weren't informed your Husband was a Human.""

Yes, we found it best not to share that information to other Countries. But if I remember right, Father should've written Uncle Alan a note about it?"" Well, Dad wouldn't be Dad if he didn't ignore his desk whenever he was back Home."" I would hope he would grow out of that habit of his."" Well, Mom and Mother An seem to be able to handle the paperwork. Dad even made 2 custom wax seals so they could sign papers in his Name."" Aunt Aria and Aunt An are Saints, I swear.""

I don't know how she has such patience sometimes? I wonder when she actually rests sometimes."" Speaking of resting, I think it's time to wake up My Husband. Excuse me for a moment, Alle." Sarah walked by me and walked to Marquess Matthew and then she bent down and... Wait! Why would she do that with all of these people here!?