I Secretly Healed the Illness of the Twin Princesses While Wearing a Mask, and Now the Entire Kingdom Is in an Uproar ~Please Stop Trying to Expose the Street Healer~ - Chapter 32

We kept falling and falling.

“Bungee jumping is scarier than I thought without a rope.”

“Is this really the time to joke!? This hole is insanely deep!”

“Yeah.”

The hole we were falling into was so deep we couldn’t see the bottom. It didn’t look like the ground had just sunk; maybe there had been a hollow under the plaza all along, and the ceiling collapsed.

Well, thinking about that can wait. Right now, we just had to land without getting squashed.

“Hmph!”

Just before crashing into the ground, I swung my fist to absorb the impact. My arm got mangled from the recoil, but I could fix it, so it was basically no damage.

On the other hand, Veltica landed perfectly.

I guess with her skills, falling like this is no problem.

“Phew, we landed safely somehow. Wow, the sky looks so far away…”

“What should we do? Climb back up the wall?”

“That seems faster. Oh, let’s call a temporary truce until we get back to the surface.”

“I already planned on it.”

We paused and took a break from fighting, and that’s when a voice spoke up.

“If possible, could you consider another method?”

“Huh?”

“Hm.”

The voice came from the maid near Christina. Her name was Maidall, I think.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Faceless-sama, and Veltica-sama. I am Maidall, a maid serving Princess Christina.”

“…Nice to meet you, Maidall-san. You might already know me, but I’m Veltica. Please take care of me.”

“And it’s my first time meeting you. I am Faceless.”

Since I was meeting her for the first time as Faceless, a proper greeting was necessary.

“Were you caught in the collapse too? Are you hurt?”

“Yes, I am fine.”

“There’s no way someone could survive a fall like that. Don’t hold back.”

“I’m fine.”

“Well, I insist.”

“I said I’m fine.”

She really was fine.

I wondered if she was just lucky or if she was actually as skilled as Veltica.

…No, the latter was probably not true.

“You asked us to consider another method. Why?”

“Princess Christina actually fainted while falling.”

She showed us Christina, unconscious with her eyes rolled back and lying in a very ungraceful position.

Whoa, the princess was showing a side she shouldn’t.

She didn’t have any visible injuries, but anything happening to the princess would be a disaster.

Better give her a thorough heal, just in case.

“Mm… where…”

“It seems you’ve woken up, Princess Christina.”

“N‑Faceless, sama?”

As soon as Christina opened her eyes, she suddenly threw herself at me.

Her big and soft chest pressed against me while squishing into shape.

“I finally caught you, Faceless-sama!! You’re not getting away!! Now, be good and marry me!! Let’s do lots of ‘beep (self-censored)’ and ‘beep (self-censored)’ together!!”

“Princess Christina, please calm down.”

“When should we have the wedding!? For the first night, let’s ‘beep (self-censored)’ until morning! And I want about ten kids!!”

“Princess, calm―”

“I’ve even picked names for all the future children!! The first one will be.”

“Chop.”

“Guh!”

Those eyes staring at me were clearly not sane, so I reflexively chopped her neck.

When a princess goes out of control, a neck chop really is the best solution.

Still, between the capture Faceless strategy and everything else, Christina has been serious lately.

If I really can’t escape her anymore.

…Maybe I should just hand her over to my big sister?

At that moment.

I felt killing intent coming from Maidall, so I turned around and raised my fist on instinct.

“Oh, Faceless-sama. I’ll get embarrassed if you stare at me like that.”

“…My apologies.”

Maybe it was my imagination.

“But carrying Princess Christina while climbing the wall might be difficult.”

“Should we take turns carrying her?”

“It’ll be a disaster if we accidentally drop her.”

“…That’s true.”

Maybe Veltica and I could climb up first and lower a super long rope down―

Or so I thought, but I immediately abandoned that plan.

“You aren’t thinking of leaving Princess Christina, the first princess of the Xylica Kingdom, at the bottom of this pit, are you?”

“…Of course not.”

“O‑of course we’re not.”

Even though Maidall’s eyes were covered with a black cloth, I could feel her staring daggers at us. It was scary enough that leaving the princess behind was absolutely not an option.

“What should we do now?”

“I have a suggestion.”

““A suggestion?””

“How about trying to reach the surface from over there?”

She pointed to a huge metal door.

What’s that? Why is there a man-made structure underground?

I tilted my head in confusion, and Veltica’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“Could it be a dungeon!?”

“…Dungeon?”

“An ancient ruin!! Full of old magical items and treasures!!”

“Under the royal capital?”

“That’s not impossible!! Around the capital of Xylica Kingdom, many ruins from ancient magical civilizations have been found!! And dungeons underground usually have teleportation magic circles that lead to the surface!! We might be able to get out!! Ah, teleportation magic. It’s lost now because no one inherited it but―”

Veltica suddenly started talking nonstop, like a machine gun.

“Ah!! I-I’m s-sorry! I just got too excited and went on about it!”

“There’s no need to apologize. That was interesting.”

“I’m glad you said that!! Ah, I can continue if you―”

“I’ll pass for now.”

Thanks to Veltica, we now knew there might be a teleportation circle deep inside the dungeon that could lead to the surface.

If that’s true, we could get back without accidentally dropping Christina.

The decision we made is that we were going to explore the dungeon.

“Exciting, exciting.”

“…It sounds fun.”

“Yes, yes!! I’m having so much fun right now, Faceless-san!! This dungeon is probably undiscovered!! Being the first to explore an undiscovered dungeon feels just like the first hero!!”

With that, Veltica, Maidall, carrying Christina on her back, and I opened the huge door and entered the dungeon, walking down a long corridor.

The corridor was dimly lit, but the clean and white metal walls gave it a strange, almost futuristic feeling.

“…It’s dark. And somehow kind of sci-fi.”

“Es-eff?”

“It’s nothing.”

“I see. Huh? Could that be a golem guarding the dungeon?”

Veltica suddenly stopped.

Ahead in the corridor, she pointed at a robot torn apart by sharp blades.

…Looks like it was destroyed recently.

Veltica ran over to examine the golem in detail, but at that moment.

Kaching!! Sparks flew near my neck.

“Oh? That feeling, like slicing through metal… Faceless!! We meet again!!”

“…Why are you here?”

When I turned around, there was the Sword Saint I had met the other day while looking for that street slasher.

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Afterword

One-Point Story

Author: “Maidall, carrying the neck-chopped Christina, is enjoying the feel of her chest while walking.”

A: “So she really is a pervert.”

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