Chapter 7: Chapter 7 : Sleeping Beauty
After a long day, Kyoko returns to her room. The room was chosen by Reinhard himself, so it's the best bedroom Kyoko has. The bed and pillows are soft, the balcony view is magnificent, and it's the biggest room Kyoko has. She even can run around, unlike the ones in her previous world.
There are too many things that happen after she gets transported into this world. She got weird powers, facing Bowel Hunter, saving her brother, and lastly, becoming one of five candidates for dragon maidens. She thought everything would go well after agreeing to make Reinhard her knight, but her anxiety was still there.
She's worried about her brother.
She doesn't feel worried when it comes to her brother. Usually, she will ignore or have a fight with Subaru every time she has a chance. It's siblings bond, you know?
But, this is another world. Dangerous can be anywhere, and that really makes Kyoko stressed. What if a monster attacks him?
No... He will be okay, right? Reinhard said he was with Emilia and lived at Roswaal Manor, the Head Mage Court in this kingdom...
The soft blanket was pulled, and the girl hid under it as she tried to sleep. Better sleep than thinking something worse, but that would make her more stressed because she can't sleep because she's worried.
"God.... What am I going to do now?"
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[The next morning]
Reinhard already left when Kyoko woke up. The Sword Saint stated in his notice paper that he would report to The Wise Men of Councils about her candidacy as well as obtain the proof of Dragon Maiden, The insignia.
So, she's free right now.
She doesn't know what to do. If she goes to the library and tries to read a book, she will not understand a single word because they use a different alphabet than Japanese.
She spends her morning walking around without any goal. As she visits the places, she tries her best to befriend anyone and interact with them. Luckily, some friendly maids are willing to speak to her.
Thanks to that conversation, she managed to collect several information about this house.
First, Reinhard still has a father and grandfather. Unfortunately, her mother gets afflicted with Sleeping Beauty illness, or in Kyoko's world term, a coma, while his grandmother, the previous Sword Saint, passed away during the Great Conquest.
Second, Reinhard has a bad relationship with his father and grandfather. His grandfather left the house after his grandmother died. His father became an alcoholic after his mother afflicted with Sleeping Beauty
Third, the story isn't complete. Half of them were told in short sentences by the maids as if they were afraid to talk about that. Maybe it's a matter of the House themselves, which Kyoko, the outsider, shouldn't know.
In the end, all Kyoko can do is roam around like a lost child. Until she found a mysterious room. That room wasn't one of Reinhard's choices when he introduced the manor to Kyoko. The hallway is empty as if none are living or walking there. It feels abandoned.
Driven by curiosity, Kyoko opened the door.
I mean, rules are made to be broken, right?
One step entered, and Kyoko was surprised by the inhuman beauty of the unconscious woman on the bed. Her long blonde hair looks more like a golden string than just a blonde color. Her face looks very calm, as if she is just having a good sleep without worrying the outside world.
Who?
Kyoko walked closer and placing her index finger under the woman nose, to make sure she's alive. What if she found a dead body that Astrea's family hidden as their dark secret?
Fortunately, the woman still breathing. She's just sleeping. For unknown reason, Kyoko feels that woman isn't in her slumber just because she's tired. Her intuition tell herself that this woman is coma.
And the only one coma woman that Kyoko know is.... Reinhard's mother.
That woman, that inhumanly gorgeous woman just like Reinhard is his mother.
That's mean she will be my mother-in-law if I mearry Reinhard----
KNOW YOURSELF BITCH!!! DO YOU THINK YOU'RE WORTH FOR BEING REINHARD'S SPOUSE!!?----
But, still, there's no way I will let other whore stole my hot man. I found that gold first, so he's mine. I just need his approval and I will bring him into my bed. Easy----
AHHHHH!!! YOU DO THAT AGAIN!!! CONTROL YOUR LUST, DUMBASS!!!
Kyoko looked at the unconscious woman back. She was impressed by the beauty that possessed by the woman, no wonder Reinhard can be handsome and beautiful at same time. He definitely take that feature from his mother.
Suddenly, She notice something when she looking closer towards the woman. Unfamiliar colours of mist, that can't be see by naked eyes, coming out the specific are.
The heart.
"This woman...."
Kyoko remember that she was told by the maids, that Reinhard's mother was afflicted with Sleeping Beauty illness. She don't know what exactly that illness but the symptoms almost same as the coma symptoms except for how the body of victim don't changed after a long coma.
Unconsciously, she's did it again. Her body moving as if she know what to do. She placing her palm on top of the woman's chest, closing her eyes and feeling the flowing mana into her body.
I see....
Kyoko realise something wrong with her gate, the door where the mana from atmosphere was drawing into the inside of owner.
It was blocking by something? What the heck is happening here? Wait, why would I know that? AHHHHH!!! IT'S GETTING MORE CONFUSED!!!
Kyoko sighed before moving her palm to the forehead of the unconscious woman. Slowly, her palm was glowing with soft white light, making the unconscious woman become more calmer, specifically, the mana flow.
For now, let's leave like this. I absorb the overflow mana on the blocking gate. If the overflow mana remain on there... What will happen? It's going blow or something worse can be? No... Just leave like that. If she's going die, I will blamed on natural case.
Kyoko, that's not how you treat your future mother-in-law.
Moving on as if she don't commit any crime, the girl walked and leaving the room just how she first enter.
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Reinhard reaching his residence after finished the whole headache with The Wise Men Of Council. It's not the Wise Men caused his headache but the nobles who working under it that caused the headache.
His luck on bad side today. He accidentally meet the most troublesome noble that have strongly hatred on Astrea's House when he about to report Kyoko's candidacy. So yeah, he's tired like a hell but still keeping a fake smile.
When he enter the main entrance, he found Kyoko running down from second floor, excitedly as she greeting her knight with healing smile.
"Welcome back, Reinhard! I'm waiting for you!!"
Somehow, her smile really make all Reinhard's headache going like a leaf floating on air. He's bowing a slightly, to greeting his mistress in polite way.
"I'm back, milady. Did you enjoy your first day in Astrea's Manor?"
"Yeah.... maybe? I enjoy chit chatting with the maids but still, I need something more interesting to relieve my boredom."
Reinhard's expression dropped from a smile to sadness, "My apologies for my lacks of observation. I should do something before leaving you alone in foreigner place."
"No, no, no. You don't need to apologize, Reinhard. I told you that I still have fun, but I rather have fun with you!!"
"Then, I will clear my schedule tomorrow."
"Wait, what? Aren't that going bad? You don't need to do that just because I told you I'm bored. I'm fine. It's just small thing." Kyoko said, feeling bad for her stupid choices to complain about her boredom to her busy knight.
"Your needs is my first priorities, milady. If you want something, it's my duty to fulfil it." Reinhard stated in polite way.
Kyoko who hear it, suddenly have naughty thoughts, teasing, "Yeah.... Not until I told you that I want take you in my bed. You definitely refuse that."
The Sword Saint flinched when he hear his mistress words. The heat rising on his face as he covering the blush on his cheeks with palm, "Please have some dignity, milady...."
Kyoko only chuckled, she really have fun teasing her knight in naughty way. Who can blame her when her knight is such hottie and handsome?
"Anyway, I would like to report about your candidacy results. Let's have conversations in my study room?"
"Not the bedroom?"
"....."
Reinhard try his best to control his flustered expression as he answered in embarrassed, "Not in the bedroom.... Milady...."
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