The Daughter of Evil - Volume 1 - Chapter 2.13

Chapter 2: Section 1: Scene 3 
♦Allen~Elphegort kingdom’s “The Central Region of the Capital City, Aceid”~

I can’t take this discomfort anymore. I kindly requested the driver to stop, and then walked down the carrriage to take a break.

Being concerned of what I felt, the driver gave me some medicine, which I soon took. The driver said that he often encounters people getting dizzy on the carriage like me, so he always prepares some medicines just in case. After I listened to his advice, I was prepared to walk around and divert attention. Nevertheless, I still feel ashamed……

The central region of Aceid is more lively that the southern region we visited a while back, but the purpose of the people here don’t seem to be shopping; instead, there was a location in the streets where a lot of people clustered.

In curiousity, I went over the crowd.

“~~~?”

As I came closer, I heard a lithe and graceful song coming from inside. In the middle of the crowd, a girl was singing.

 The people were reveled by her song; and some of them were shedding tears.

I don’t know why; when I listen to her singing, it made me feel very warm.

It reminded me of my mother singing a lullaby for me when I was little…… I can’t remember what it was, but with her voice, I seem to slightly regain a long-forgotten childhood memory; as well as my mother’s gentle smile.

The girl looks like my age, or is she older than me? Judging from her dress, she doesn’t seem to be an aristocrat, but just an ordinary citizen.

But…… her voice and appearance, are just as beautiful.

I have seen the aristocratic wife and all the ladies in the Palace, expecting them to have luxurious status; my impression on the maids that I worked with was that they were active and lively. However, this girl’s beauty is different from both of them. Not only on the outside but uhh…… how do you describe something this good? She is inclusive of everything tender; at the same time, she has a slim fragile glass-like sense; the coexistence of the two qualities are in her.

People say that her song is magic. There is an old legend about Sirens who use sweet singing to tempt fishermen and maim the story of their lives. A wonderful song to charm people.

Maybe, I’m, at this moment, in her magic.

I suddenly found out that my discomfort had disappeared.

After she finished the song, she slightly paid tribute to the crowd; followed by a turbulent flood of applause from the people.

“Wow~Great!”

“Really nice! Wonderfully incomparable!”

“You really deserve to be our Diva! Our Michaela!”

……Michaela?

The shy girl once again paid tribute to the people.

A teenager went to her side.

“Thank you, Michaela-nee!”

“It’s nothing. Don’t mention it …… So, how are you? Did I cheer you up yet?”

“Mhmmm! I’ll go to work now! Even if I’m just one person, I will not throw in the towel!”

The teenager said goodbye to the girl. After leaving, the other people went shopping; the workers went back to their jobs.

Knowing that the girl who was about to leave was named Michaela, I quickly ran and stopped her.

“E-Excuse me……”

“Cute foreign boy, do you need something from me?”

Michaela smiled sweetly and asked me.

When I heard the word “cute”, a sudden anger filled my heart; but when I looked at the girl closely again, the emotion flew with the wind.

Her beautiful green hair was really breathtaking. She must be Gumilia’s friend.

“Uh, uh…… Do you, by any chance, know a girl named Gumilia?”

Michaela’s face instantly burst out into a ray of light.

“Are you Gumilia’s friend?”

“I won’t say friends…… Well, I’m actually one of the Lucifenian palace servants…… and Gumilia’s at the palace too……”

“Is she having a hard time!? How’s Gumilia? Is she doing all right?”

Seeing Michaela made me very happy. Heck, her smile alone could make me feel happy.

“Well, she’s doing very good. She asked me to give you this thing.”

I removed from the bag the Spring Onion Gumilia gave me. Having a Spring Onion inside for a long time, the bag smelled like Spring Onion.

“T-……This is a Spring Onion! …… And no, this is not just an ordinary Spring Onion! It is a ‘very amazing Spring Onion’!”

Michaela took the Spring Onion, and she became more excited…… Is this stuff really that amazing?

“…… Is that Spring Onion really that amazing?”

“Thank you, it’s very amazing! Very, very, amazing!…… Ah, what’s your name?”

“My name is Allen.”

“Thank you, Allen!”

Anyway, since I’ve completed the favor Gumilia entrusted me with, I could finally relax.

“My pleasure. For now, excuse me as I’ve got some business to attend to.”

“Wait, Allen!”

Michaela stopped me as I was about to leave.

“I want to thank you; could you come over here and follow me?”

“…… Sorry, but the Queen sent me to go to the merchant Keel Freesis; I’m in a hurry.”

After listening to me, Michaela immediately replied excitedly:

“……! Exactly! I’ll lead the way for you! I live at Mr. Keel Freesis’s house!”