Eleonora had fallen completely into despair.
She dropped the sword in her hand.
Then she collapsed to the floor, sitting there limply.
From her biceps to her forearms, from her wrists to her fingers, every part of her arms ached so badly that she could no longer summon any strength.
More importantly, her fighting spirit had been beaten down until it was barely alive.
She understood now.
With her strength alone, there was no way she could stand against the entirety of Rakia Kingdom.
Nor could she resist a tyrannical, willful god.
Unless she could defeat every single person in Rakia Kingdom all by herself, she would never be able to escape this place.
'I'm sorry.'
'Mother.'
'It seems our resistance was futile from the very beginning.'
"Soone, take Her Highness back to the palace to rest."
King Marius gave the order.
...
Rayleigh had a flash of inspiration and used Ransōtengai to control the empty suit of armor, making it walk into the Great Cathedral and help Eleonora up before leading her away from the scene.
At the sa ti, he morized the goddess Phobos's Reiatsu.
With that, as long as she remained within the royal palace, he would be able to locate her through Reiraku.
Even if she went beyond that range, he could still use Bakudō #58 to track her from a distance.
As for the fact that Eleonora had not received Ares's Falna, so people below felt regret, while others felt relieved.
But they all knew it was only a matter of ti.
Eleonora walked through the royal palace with vacant, lifeless eyes.
Then, suddenly, a voice rang out.
"Which way is your room?"
"Hm?"
The girl abruptly raised her head and looked at the "knight" beside her.
"Are you Ulquiorra?"
"Idiot."
"Hah?"
"That thing beside you is empty armor. I'm hiding right now and communicating with you through a unique technique."
Empty armor?
Eleonora stared in shock and began feeling around inside the suit of knight armor in front of her.
Then she discovered that there really was no one inside!
Seeing this strange phenonon, she instantly connected it to what had happened earlier, when her body had moved beyond her control.
"So your ability works on things other than people too?"
"People are objects as well. In essence, they're no different from inorganic matter. But controlling humans is simpler, because I can borrow the body's own functions, which saves a lot of effort."
"What...?"
The girl looked utterly confused.
Rayleigh, however, suddenly grew animated.
"You're one of those antis, huh?"
"Huh?"
What was this guy talking about?
He was so hard to understand!
Following the girl's directions, Rayleigh brought her to the princess's residence.
It was spacious.
But if one asked whether it was luxurious, it did not quite reach that level.
At most, it was decent.
Considering that she had previously only been a dependent of a subordinate goddess, this kind of treatnt was normal.
Compared to her identity as a princess, her identity as a mber of Ares Familia would have been far more useful.
"Thank you for helping earlier. Being able to teach that narcissist a lesson honestly felt really satisfying."
Eleonora forced a smile as she spoke.
But there was not the slightest trace of the pleasure she described on her face.
"If I weren't a princess, that would have been nice. If I could, I'd like to be like the protagonists in stories, traveling everywhere, walking freely across the land, broadening my horizons, and adventuring to my heart's content."
The girl curled up on the bed, hugging her knees and resting her face between them.
Rayleigh had the empty suit of knight armor stand outside while he himself sat on a chair, tasting the special black tea provided by the royal palace.
Although Rakia Kingdom's national strength felt backward to him, the quality of this tea was truly beyond criticism.
As expected of parasites feeding off the nation.
They would never mistreat themselves.
Hearing the sound of him drinking tea, Eleonora's face fell.
"A pitiful princess is pouring out her tragic fate to you. Can't you show a little more consideration?"
Rayleigh opened the milk pot, added fresh milk into the black tea, and spoke with a calm expression.
"If I weren't considerate, your face would be black and blue right now."
"Tch."
The princess pouted.
After a mont, she could no longer endure the silence and asked again, "Hey, how many countries have you been to?"
Because Rayleigh had claid to be a wandering rcenary, that was why the girl asked.
She thought that a wandering rcenary must have traveled through many places.
Rayleigh was slightly stumped by the question.
From his starting point to Orario, he had indeed passed through quite a few countries.
Those countries each had their own characteristics, and their otherworldly atmosphere had been strong.
Rayleigh had liked them well enough.
But he could not really say whether any of them were good or bad.
"Mm... I've been to quite a few. Thailand, Singapore, Arica, things like that."
The girl blinked her large eyes, her curiosity fully drawn out.
She said in surprise, "So there are that many countries in the world."
"..."
No.
Those countries were not in this world at all.
Although Rayleigh silently retorted in his heart, he could not say that aloud.
"Oh, right! Have you been to Orario?"
The girl suddenly asked in a voice full of expectation.
That question made Rayleigh pause.
He had not expected her to bring up Orario.
"Mm. I've heard it's called the Labyrinth City, but I haven't been there yet."
"I see. What a sha."
Eleonora's excitent dimd for a mont.
But she soon recovered.
She said, "Orario is a city built on top of the Great Labyrinth, one of the Three Great Unexplored Regions. There are many gods and their Familias there, all aiming to conquer the Great Labyrinth."
"The adventurers of Orario are incredibly strong. In the war against Rakia Kingdom, there was even a hero who shattered an entire army all by himself. He was practically a figure straight out of legend!"
The girl seed to have opened the floodgates, speaking endlessly about Orario.
She was extrely interested in the stories that bards had brought from Orario.
She also knew of many famous adventurers in the city.
When Rayleigh heard titles like Nine Hell and Braver co from her mouth, his feelings beca rather complicated.
After all, those people were not exactly strangers to him.
One could even say he was familiar with them.
Their relationships were quite good too.
"If one day I can escape this cage, I'll definitely go to Orario and see the legendary Labyrinth City with my own eyes."
As Rayleigh listened to the girl's longing, what he thought in his heart was that princesses and royal daughters really did seem to be more or less the sa.
Asfi was the princess of the Seaside Country.
Kaguya was the princess of the Gojouno family, one of the eight great noble houses of the Far East.
Riveria was royalty among the elves.
Even the black and white elves of Freya Familia were rulers from elven tribes.
All he could say was that Orario truly deserved to be called the center of the world.
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