It Seems Like the Balcony of My Room Is Connected to a Princess’s Bedroom in Another World ~The Lewd and Yandere Princess Won’t Let Me Go~ - Chapter 22-23

Chapter 22: Mission 2 – I Am Mukosekisha?

“31ⅢⅩⅠ, 32ⅢⅩⅡ, 33ⅢⅩⅢ…”

“You’ll bite your tongue if you talk.”

No, let me focus…

I counted the seams between stones and converted them to Roman numerals busily.

…Because it’s scary!

How many Japanese people descended from a castle balcony over 30 meters high with just a rope?

I never saw that on the news.

I felt crazy high from the unusual event of going to another world earlier, but now I am very calm.

I confirmed my height position clearly.

My arms felt strained, but I never allowed myself to give up.

It was truly a hardship.

If I overcame this, no, if I descended, I felt I would grow stronger.

The skin on my hands already peeled…

“Hey! Descend slowly! It shakes!”

High School Boy’s Night descended lightly, interrupting my counting and conversion.

The rope shook, and fear attacked me.

I thought meeting Anela was life-threatening, but I didn’t expect a different kind of danger.

The danger I imagined was about life-sustaining oxygen, H2O, not gravitational acceleration.

I never thought I’d face gravitational acceleration as an enemy outside a roller coaster… Should I have dieted?

I’m not fat, but not slim either… No, that’s not it!!

Why did I feel like I was having an out-of-body experience, observing myself?

I’m not dead yet!!

“Oh, I arrived…”

I noticed a familiar feeling in my feet.

Mother Earth was exactly this, and I felt enveloped in immense relief.

Hey, High School Boy’s Night, why did you casually brush dust off your body?

Is there no praise for my first mission achievement?

“The rope, we can’t recover it.”

Hey!!

Think about how to get back, not that!!

Forget Earth-friendly recycling and think about tonight’s lodging!!

Oh, this isn’t Earth…

It’s inconvenient not knowing this world’s name.

I might get criticized for overusing pronouns.

“Ughhh—”

I uttered a wordless cry because I finally noticed the scene before me calmly.

Gray stone buildings stood in an orderly arrangement.

They all resembled medieval Europe, like something you’d find on Goog〇e.

Many roofs were pointed, and the roads had rectangular stones embedded.

The gaps between stones were probably for sewage or rainwater. They spread from the buildings.

The human town was a bit far from the castle, but I saw the difference from Japan even from beside the castle.

“No choice… Let’s give up.”

Were you still thinking about recovering the rope, High School Boy’s Night!?

Don’t you feel moved by this scenery!?

“Hey, give up already.”

“I gave up.”

“…Okay.”

Let’s hurry and leave this area.

Staying around the castle too long might make us seem suspicious.

I should give up being shocked by High School Boy’s Night.

He’s my long-time friend, but honestly, I don’t understand what he thinks.

“Where’s Anela?”

Hey!!

We could be seen as suspicious!? And you’re asking about Anela’s whereabouts!?

While I looked away, High School Boy’s Night went to a distant spot.

And unbelievably, he talked to a middle-aged man in armor.

He’s obviously a guard!

We’re doomed to get caught!

“Never seen your face.”

See, they suspect us already.

“Your clothes aren’t seen here, but they look quite fancy.”

Sorry…

It’s just a T-shirt…

It’s only filled with wisdom from centuries beyond your world…

“By the way—”

But he seems quite friendly.

Maybe he’ll really tell us about Anela.

The guard uncle stuck his long spear into the ground and looked at High School Boy’s Night casually.

He didn’t seem hostile.

Then, I’ll go over and listen too.

“Do you have Koseki?”

Did my ears fail me?

The moment I reached the guard uncle, I heard unbelievable words from his mouth.

“You don’t have Koseki, do you?”

Stop!!

Hearing that word makes me want to go crazy!!

While I stood stunned, the guard uncle seemed to understand and stated his judgment slowly.

“You guys are Mukosekisha, right?”

Stop it!!

Why must I hear that word!!

“Koseki is needed to tell you Princess Anela’s location.”

Seriously, stop!!

That sounds like a shady religious pitch!!

Is this really another world…?

I want to debate that fiercely now…

“We’re nobles from a country called Hinomoto.”

Huh?

What’s High School Boy’s Night saying?

How can he lie so calmly?

“!! My apologies!! No wonder your faces are unfamiliar!!”

Why did you subtly change your phrasing?

Don’t downgrade me from human to Homo sapiens!

That’s far more rude!!

“In fact, Princess Anela is under protection now.”

The guard uncle, thinking High School Boy’s Night and I were state guests from Hinomoto, changed his attitude to polite.

What he said was odd, but he didn’t seem bad.

“Protection?”

Caught by his attitude, I asked back without thinking.

“Indeed. Recently, gems were frequently stolen from Princess Anela’s bedroom—”

Huh?

“His Majesty, concerned for Princess Anela’s safety, changed her bedroom’s location and strengthened security, planning to protect her until the case is solved.”

That’s not what I expected?

“Just between us—”

The guard uncle lowered his voice, as if about to say something important.

“The culprit hasn’t been caught yet.”

Of course not!!

They’re protecting the prime suspect!!

Man, I’m curious about Koseki, but what’s Anela really doing?

I covered my forehead with my hand…

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Chapter 23: Mission 3 – Duke’s Daughter of Seiran

“Is that story true?”

After we left the guard uncle, I asked High School Boy’s Night.

I thought this unpredictable friend might actually be a noble from a country called Hinomoto in this world.

The naming in this world was extremely sloppy.

A country like Japan might exist here, named ‘Hinomoto,’ and I couldn’t rule out that possibility.

High School Boy’s Night might be a human who came to Earth from this world like Anela—I somehow accepted this storyline.

“A lie can sometimes be useful.”

Hey!!

Why did you tweak a proverb and speak it like your own words!!

“So, it’s a lie, right?”

“You could say that.”

…

When was the last time I went silent inside?

Why did he even customize the phrase “you could say that”?

As expected of High School Boy’s Night, a man unbound by my common sense.

“We arrived at the town.”

“It seems so.”

We descended the hill with the castle and reached the castle town we saw from afar earlier.

Carriages passed one after another on the wide street.

People were too busy with daily life to stop and look at us, despite our fancy T-shirts. It felt a bit lonely.

“What do we do now?”

“Hmm, we can’t go back, so we need to find a place to stay tonight…”

“Do you have money?”

High School Boy’s Night’s words startled me.

How did he know my financial situation!? I thought for a moment, but he probably meant if I had this country’s currency.

It was honestly confusing.

“Do we have to go to a pawnshop international exchange…?”

“Can you read the letters?”

I thought he insulted me for a moment.

On second thought, he probably meant if I could read this world’s letters.

High School Boy’s Night attended the same school as me.

He surely knew my high grades in Japanese.

I never imagined I’d end up doing the same thing as Anela—it felt very reluctant…

“I’ll ask someone…”

“That’s wise.”

What was that?

It should be genuine praise, but it didn’t sit right with me.

The more I thought about it, the more it put me in a complex mood.

Then, a horse’s neigh reached my ears from close by.

I turned quickly in that direction and saw an overly decorated carriage stop in front of us.

Apparently, our standing talk blocked the way.

I stepped aside with High School Boy’s Night to make way for the carriage.

But even with the path clear, the carriage horse didn’t move.

“Hey!! Who blocked my way!?”

The carriage driver opened the door.

A girl in a bright red dress, clearly a noble lady, appeared with a piercing voice.

“It’s those people over there.”

The driver must also be a butler.

He politely answered the noisy lady’s question.

His speech was very refined, but essentially, he pointed us out as culprits.

“You’re the one who stopped my—Ruby Duke Family’s eldest daughter, Seiran M. Ruby’s—carriage!”

“You forgot about me?”

As soon as she stepped out, the girl called Seiran M. Ruby strode up and pointed at me.

Her behavior seemed to irritate High School Boy’s Night.

He stepped forward to assert his presence.

I get it, I get it!

It feels lonely to be ignored, right!

“What’s that?”

Seiran—shortened for convenience—curled the finger pointing at me and opened her palm.

Seeing her action, which seemed to demand something, I understood instantly.

She was trying to extort money from me.

So, I pretended not to understand.

I wouldn’t give in to such a threatening act.

A duke’s daughter doing something so shameful—

“Show me your Koseki.”

Huh?

Was that my mistake?

Did this duke’s daughter just—

“Show me your Koseki quickly!”

Hey!!

Don’t say it like it’s an ID!!

What’s wrong with this country!?

Why do they use Koseki as an ID!?

“We don’t have it.”

Hey, wait!

If you say that—

“You’re Mukosekisha, aren’t you?”

See, I knew she’d say that!!

Hearing High School Boy’s Night’s words, Seiran smirked.

It was the face of a detective hearing a culprit’s confession, thinking, “Is that all?”

My mood became extremely complicated—

“Anela is—”

“Wait!!”

“She’s a duke’s daughter; she might know about Anela.”

Please, give me time to think…

I thought you were calmer, High School Boy’s Night.

“Anela? You just said ‘Anela,’ didn’t you?”

“We did—”

“We said it.”

Hey!!

You won’t even let me speak!?

Seiran, who overheard our conversation, asked with interest, and I tried to deny it immediately, but High School Boy’s Night’s voice cut me off.

Why leak information here!?

“You’re acquaintances of Lady Anela? Unbelievable—no, I believe you.”

She looked at our T-shirts and turned her doubt into certainty.

Now I feel my worth is less than a T-shirt…

“I couldn’t meet Lady Anela at the royal palace, so I wanted someone to vent to.”

“Huh.”

“Stay at my mansion tonight! I’ll make you listen till morning!”

Somehow, we unexpectedly secured a place to stay tonight, but my heart didn’t feel clear…