Campione! - Volume Ex - Chapter 1.2

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The reason she yielded the chance to go to Bologna to her princess shrine maiden comrade was simple.

『Then, there won’t be any hard feelings. The one who draw the winning lot will go to his majesty’s place.』

『I accept. Then, I’ll pick this one.』

『Yosh, let’s battle! Uwaa!?』

Two paper scraps were prepared and the one that was colored red at the bottom was the winning lot.

The one who pulled the winning lot was her childhood friend, Yuri who had been supporting Kusanagi Godou’s hegemony together with her. Thus Seishuuin Ena came to London alone.

She was wearing a black pea coat and a similar black beret.

She combined it with a blue jeans and sneakers. With that boyish and dynamic outfit, she was currently traveling within London.

She used the underground train to head to Tottenham Court Road station. From there she walked just for a few minutes.

She arrived at the center of London where a Greek Temple was standing tall──not.

It was the entrance of Great Britain Museum that imitated such structure. Triangle roofs being supported by dozens of cylinder pillars. It was made to closely resemble a Parthenon Temple.

The plaza in front of this museum was the rendezvous place.

「Thank you for coming here, Ena.」

「Princess!」

Ena smiled at the lady who called to her.

She was a woman of blooming age wearing a white knitted garment and black dress. Her platinum blond long hair was sublime as usual, making her graceful beautiful face to be even more radiant.

Princess Alice. A lady of a duke house and the former chairman of Britain’s Witenagemot.

「I’m glad. I’m relieved that you look really healthy.」

Being always cheerful and openhearted, a perfect beauty with no trace of artifice was Seishuuin Ena’s selling point.

When she spoke frankly like that, Alice who was sitting on a wheelchair chuckled in amusement.

「Well. Today I’m not in a really great shape and also have a coughing fit you know? A condition like that can’t be called as healthy isn’t it?」(ED:Its meant she laughed to the point she chocked/coughed a little.)

「But, before you could only spend your days lying down on the bed right?」

「That’s true, but」

「Then, you’re healthy just as Ena thought. After all you somehow went out with your actual body and met Ena. Your complexion also isn’t that bad. Right?」

Ena asked for agreement at the person behind Alice.

It was a silver haired lady who was pushing the wheelchair. She wasn’t Princess Alice’s subordinate or servant, but a guest just like Ena.

Liliana Kranjcar nodded.

「You’re right. Previously you would only sent out your ghost body to come out in front of people but──now you’re permitted to go out in your real body like this.」

Liliana entered London earlier and visited Alice.

After being called by Kusanagi Godou until Armenia’s monastery, she swiftly flew to Britain.

Today she had the role of pushing the princess’s wheelchair as her escort as well as a knight.

She was wearing a blue shirt and black skinny trouser. On top of that she was wearing a beige trench coat that was fitting for the spring season. Just like how Erica Blandelli’s trademark was black and red, Liliana Kranjcar was also constantly persisting to wear blue and black.

The <ruby>blue and black<rt>nerazzuro</rt></ruby> templar knight talked to the princess.

「I believe that this degree of recovery is truly astonishing.」

「I’m happy to hear that. Perhaps it’s thanks to Godou-san.」

「I wonder about that. Our lord only tried using the authority of anti-fate in a whim. He too said that he doesn’t know whether it will work or not──」

「His majesty said that didn’t he? In his usual crude style.」

Ena laughed. Liliana too smiled a bit mean-spiritedly.

「Yes. He said that he only tested it with the expectation that it would be a gain if it goes well by some chance. The consequence of that with princess’s recovery is unclear, so there is no need to feel indebted because of that.」

「Yep. Perhaps you would became better even without his majesty doing anything.」

「……My. The two of you really said it!」

Alice who was sitting on a wheelchair burst laughing.

The princess shrine maiden who was granted a spiritual ability from heaven that was too excessive for the human body. But, in the past she would spend most of her time of the year in bed due to her weak constitution.

In contrast with her excellent spiritual ability, her body  was perhaps affected adversely by that.

Such hypothesis was also advocated but the truth of it was unclear.

However, one day. Kusanagi Godou who aimlessly visited Alice suddenly used a new authority.

The authority of fate alteration that the members of Witenagemot named 《Warrior of Anti-Fate》──.

After reconciling with the King of the End Rama, he usurped that authority from the God of Destiny that was binding the King of the End.

Several years after that Alice was showing a dramatic improvement in her health.

「The fate of sickness that was binding me was severed……. I wonder if it is that kind of trick?」

「Princess. There is no meaning in piling up hypothesis on top of hypothesis.」

「Yep yep. It’s fine even if you don’t force it to become his majesty’s achievement, so let’s get into the main topic now.」

Saying that what he did was because of borrowing someone else’s strength, so he didn’t ask for any compensation or gratitude for himself.

Kusanagi Godou obviously had that kind of side to him, it was a big factor why he was seen as a moral and chivalrous person. Because Ena and Liliana knew that, they changed the topic together.

Alice shrugged and lightly spoke.

「I understand. Then, let’s quickly go somewhere where we can relax.」

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The building of Great Britain Museum was naturally crowded with visitors.

However, this office was extremely tranquil. The mahogany desk and bookshelves, the soft carpet, and other things were creating a stately atmosphere.

Although Alice had resigned from being the chairman, she was still an authority within Witenagemot.

A workplace that was for her exclusive use was prepared within the museum.

「You two, you have heard “that report” from Alexander haven’t you?」

Alice spoke as soon as the wheelchair that Liliana was pushing entered the office.

In addition of Seishuuin Ena, there were only the three of them here.

「Alexander Gascoigne said that he encountered a phenomenon that he suspected to be related with that person who is still missing……Madam Aisha.」

Liliana replied 「Yes」.

「In the devil king civil war five years ago, six Campiones were sent away to the end of the diverse worlds who know where. Among them Lord Salvatore, John Pluto Smith-sama, and Prince Alec were already returned to 『this world』. It also had been confirmed that sect master Luo Hao is safe and sound. The ones whose whereabouts are unknown are only two people──Madam Aisha and Marquis Voban.」

「But, our king said that the marquis-san might be dead.」

Ena too said that worriedly.

「The one who isn’t on this earth and feels like they might make a mess──is Aisha-san as expected. How scary.」

「She is that kind of person after all. Even if the person herself doesn’t have any such intention, she should be the same, like a walking minefield.」

Liliana also spoke. Alice quietly sighed and agreed.

「Yes, truly. ……Actually after receiving Alexander’s report, we Witenagemot also started investigating──and found out something outrageous.」

「「…………」」

The two guests spontaneously fell silent. The princess continued.

「Madam Aisha’s corridor, do you two remember it?」

「Of course. The gate that is connected to various eras and the other world.」

「It was created here and there all over the world from the madam’s authority, the Fairy Corridor wasn’t it? Ena and others are also familiar with it but, even though it looks like it vanished, it would pop out due to some kind of impetus.」

There was no way to forget it even if they wanted to forget it.

Both Liliana and Ena had also experienced getting swallowed by that mysterious corridor into a time slip.

It became a great expedition to the ancient Gallia. The corridor that was dormant in Toscana Province of Italy was revitalized of all thing by the King of Sword Salvatore Doni.

And then Princess Alice spoke of a surprising report.

「Right. Even though Madam Aisha’s corridor looks like they have vanished, it’s not terminated by all means──or that’s how it should be. Until now that is. But this time’s investigation brought it to light. ……At present, most of the corridors had been completely terminated.」

「Eh, no way!?」

「Don’t tell me that it’s the effect of Madam Aisha dying!?」

「If that’s the case, then perhaps this matter would be harmless instead. But, we aren’t allowed to be optimistic. Remember, Alexander mentioned about the space distortion right?」

In contrast to Ena and Liliana’s shock, Alice was acting dispassionately.

She had to face every kind of difficulty without forgetting her composure. That resolve and determination was pushing the young lady of duke house forward.

「I’m feeling it although only vaguely. From now on somewhere in the diverse worlds there might be unprecedented calamity starting to occur──that’s what I feel.」

Vaguely. It was a word that Mariya Yuri would also use sometimes.

An owner of extremely outstanding spiritual sight was able to “vaguely” predict even 『the frequent regular danger to the world』.

Actually they were quite powerful words for Kusanagi Godou’s and his constituents.