(EP-235.1) #3

235 – Dawn #3

“I’ll do it. Hiss hiss.”

Lily threatened as she hissed like a snake with raised scales.

Not that I was scared of her, but I did feel the urge to give that head some hill.

Considering how she startled me earlier, one smack wouldn’t be enough—two, maybe three…

But I refrained because Aira’s expression, as Lily tightened her corset, was calm and peaceful. There was no need to disturb her unnecessarily.

Lily said.

“Tarantera-nim, you seem to be in a good mood! Did you have a pleasant dream?”

“A pleasant dream…”

But Aira shook her head.

“No, I didn’t have any dreams. But what will happen today will be like a very good one. I can already picture that wench Serazade’s wretched face.”

The vote counting was today.

Aira seemed absolutely certain that she would defeat Serazade in the Queen Contest. By now, the counting should be almost finished, and the winner should be determined.

What was surprising was that Aira wasn’t demanding, “Go check the results immediately!” I fully expected her to do so.

At that moment, an eager Lily spoke up.

“Shall I go check the counting results first? If I ask in the name of Queen Tarantera, they’ll definitely answer!”

“There’s no need for that, Lily. Isn’t it obvious and self-evident that I have already won~?”

“That’s true! But… we never know until the ballot box is opened.”

I always thought Lily was a complete yes-girl, but she made a very sensible point. You could never truly know the results until you opened the box.

It was like Schrödinger’s vote.

Until it got confirmed and observed that a definite result was produced, there existed a plane where both the victorious Aira and the defeated Aira simultaneously occurred.

“… Lily, are you doubting your Queen’s potential? Do you think I’m going to lose to that Serazade?”

However, Lily’s rational thinking seemed extremely unpleasant to Aira. As a result, Lily’s eagerness just delivered her into getting scolded.

“Forget it. I’ll take care of the cape. Theo, help me with my cape.”

She even took Lily’s task and handed it to me. I didn’t know for sure, but it seemed like Lily’s standing with Aira was dropping.

“Uh-umm, my, my Queen….”

Seeing Lily so flustered was quite amusing.

… Anyway, Aira said she’d take care of the cape, why was she asking me now?

After helping Aira with her morning preparations, we walked out into the scorching summer morning. Aira looked at the dry sky with narrowed eyes and said.

“It’s hot. It would be nice if it rained.”

‘Rain?’

Then I suddenly recalled the weather forecast from “Vassago” that I saw early this morning.

It definitely said that after a clear sky, it would rain in the afternoon. I didn’t think it would rain on such a sunny day, but it was probably a good idea to bring an umbrella just in case.

“Even though the weather is clear, it might rain in the afternoon, so I’ll bring an umbrella.”

“Hmm, is that a fairy’s intuition? That it will rain? I’ve heard fairies are sensitive to the weather.”

When had I ever been asked this question before?

I decided to just go with it.

“Yes, we can’t have Aira-nim getting wet in the rain.”

However, Lily didn’t seem to like my flattery and muttered under her breath, “Hmph, rain on such a clear day….”

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Kwarururung-!

“Kyaa!”

Someone screamed at the loud thunder. When I looked at that someone, Lily, pretending to be clueless, got angry at me instead.

“Why, what?”

“…….”

That was silly.

This called for some discipline!

So, when the thunder rumbled again, I pinched her bu††.

“Kya!”

Lily screamed loudly. Aira, who had been silently staring at the darkening sky, asked.

“Lily, don’t you think it’s unbecoming for a servant of Tarantera to scream at thunder and lightning?”

“I-It’s not that! He pi-pinched my bu††…!”

She sounded like an elementary school student tattling to the teacher. However, Aira, with a solemn expression, scolded Lily instead.

“Theo would never do such a thing. Don’t try to drive a wedge between me and Theo with such words.”

“But, it’s true….”

Served her right~.

Wooo-wooo.

At that moment, the speaker-like crystal placed in the indoor auditorium hummed loudly.

The rain-drenched moderator— white beard Hynax, dried his hair and clothes and now stood on the high stage, addressing the crowd.

━Ah, ah, there was a setback in the event due to the sudden downpour. However, the afternoon event will proceed as scheduled in the auditorium, so please join us.

As Hynax said, a sudden storm hit in the afternoon. Even now, if I listened closely, the sound of the wind howling loudly shook my mind.

Aira said.

“What a sudden rainstorm. It seems like it’s a day for spiders to get married.”

“Spiders?”

.. Shouldn’t it be a fox’s wedding?

However, I didn’t make such corrections like an amateur. Even if I said something, Aira would definitely say, “Then let’s change the saying to ‘a spider’s wedding day’ from now on.”

I was pulled out of my thoughts by Aira patting my head.

“Theo, thanks to you, I didn’t get wet in the rain. How did you know? Even the Sages who study the weather couldn’t predict today’s rain.”

“It’s just, a half-fairy’s feeling.”

A good foresight…

This confirmed that the new magic Vassago I obtained could work well.

━Then, we will now resume the event with the announcement of the voting results and the crowning of the Queen of July.

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[T/N: Fox’s wedding — it’s said that foxes create rain on a sunny day to fool humans and keep them away from places. Source from japandaily.jp]

Edited by: faker