The Invincible Little Lady: Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 9] by Chatsufusa

Author:Chatsufusa
Language: eng
Format: epub

19. There’s No Detective Here

Leaving the aftermath of the attack on the house to Emilia, we linked up with Ms. Iks and the grownups. As a witness, they called me to an intelligence-gathering meeting to get debriefed.

Miss Iks and the grownups had left to handle the monster attack, so they had little information on the bandit attack. The monster attack clearly felt like it’d been meant to keep them away. Emilia had also only faced the monsters, so the two maids, Fifi, and I were the only ones who’d run into the human assailants. However, Tutte and Sufia had been put to sleep as soon as they entered the room, and Fifi’s attempts to resist had ended when the restraining item was placed on her, after which she’d been pressed against the floor. She hadn’t been in any state to properly grasp the situation. So, naturally, all eyes were on me—I’d fought the bandits and even managed to get two of them captured.

Incidentally, the men had been tied up and hauled away to be questioned, but since they were apparently trained professionals, it seemed likely they’d be tight-lipped. However, they would be brought before Elizabeth, who was still in the villa for some reason.

The ice-blooded witch is still here?

According to Emilia, “Auntie can get anyone to talk. She can be quite brutal...” I wasn’t sure what “brutal” entailed, and I’d decided not to ask.

Anyway, to put the story back on track, all eyes were on me, but rather than be nervous, I was sulking instead—and the reason for my sour mood was something that’d happened shortly before that.

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“Bwa ha ha ha ha! A leopard?! Leopards cannot speak! What, did you see us demons speak to the demonic beasts and decide to compete with us? How adorable, Mary!”

I told Emilia about the snow panther thing I’d seen, hoping she might help me clear up Tutte’s misunderstanding, but she only laughed in my face. I angrily went red in the face.

“I told you already, it wasn’t a normal panther!” I protested, turning teary-eyed. “It was, erm, a very pretty panther! And it called itself a divine beast!”

“‘A divine beast’?” Emilia parroted me, wiping away tears of laughter.

“That’s right. Divine!” I replied with a smile, hoping this might clarify things.

Emilia, however, simply put a comforting hand on my shoulder with a pitying look on her face. “Mary... Divine beasts cannot speak.”

“You’re lying! It did too talk!” I protested again, once again turning teary-eyed. “It even whined and asked me to listen to its complaints!”

“Lady Mary, of all the legends I’ve heard of divine beasts, none of them mention one speaking,” Magiluka said, further driving me into a corner.

I hung my head, afraid to see her expression.

“You must be tired or something, Lady Mary,” Sacher said, pitying me for once. “Let’s head back and rest.”

Hearing him be so cautious around me just dealt even more mental damage to me.

Stop iiiiit! How dumb do I have to look to have the village idiot pity me?!

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