433-Certainly a family






 The conversation was interrupted by the idiot's interruption, and I turned to Liliwood-san to ask her to resume it.

''.........Um~ Kite, why am I being made to 'sit up straight'?''
You interrupt me and we won't get anywhere, so sit tight, okay?
"Aren't you being a little crappy with Alice lately? She's a lovely, lovely lover, you know? I think they could have spoiled me more! I mean, spoil it! Please take me in your arms!
"...I'm sorry, Mr. Lillywood. Please continue.
Ignore him?

 Since the conversation really doesn't progress at all, I decide to leave it at this point and ask Liliwood-san to continue.
 Liliwood-san turns a dumbfounded gaze at Alice, who is making a noise while sitting upright in a disciplined manner, before nodding once and resuming the conversation.

''Then, let's go back to the story.......But before that, let's say for the sake of Chartier's honor, let's say that the 70% of the high-ranking demons she took care of, all of them behaved unchallengedly by shielding their power and Those who were. He was like the pussies of the demon world who were abusing and killing the good and powerless demon race, so I think that's what he was thinking about.''
...I see.

 Well, to be honest, I didn't doubt that part from the beginning. Alice certainly has a dry side, but she's not the kind of person who would kill an innocent person indiscriminately. I believe in that point, for what it's worth.

''Yes! Yes, sir! Objection!
''What........what is it? Chartier
'Mr. Lillywood you don't have to pick up the law.
"I'm sorry, by the way,

 Gentle Liliwood-san couldn't seem to ignore the idiot who raised his hand and asserted himself, so he reflexively replied.
 While thinking that the conversation was going to be interrupted again, I turned my gaze to ask Alice, the party involved, to talk to her as well, for once.

''Since this is very important, let me tell you.......I took care of the '60%'! The other 10 percent was 'Pandora'.
'What? Mr. Pandora?
 However, I don't know where I went wrong in raising her, but she grew up with a special proclivity to search for demons just like that trash, torture (and) torture them until they begged me to kill them, and then destroy them... ...

 The and part is too fussy! My thoughts about Pandora having a painful past were erased in the second half!

"And since she's a loyalty bug, and she's 'a dominant person as well as a douchebag to certain people'... she watches me being scolded by Kite, sometimes 'with her fingers in her mouth and drooling'.
'That information I didn't want to know! Huh? I mean, I'm in that particular partner!

What's going on in that man's head?

 Oh, man, Pandora. You're a ridiculously dense person. Could it be that you're thinking, 'To be able to scold my absolute boss, Chartier-sama, I want you to scold me too'? If that's the case, then that man qualifies as a horrible twin to Mr. Eden in my book!

"Well, well, we're not talking about that anymore...
No, no....
"...good luck.
Stop cheering like a jerk!

 As I nodded while shivering, Liliwood-san resumed the conversation while giving me a disgusting follow-up.

''........Well, I also recognize Chartier's skill and achievement in bringing order to the demon world. It was a bit unsatisfying to be given the title of Six Kings without permission, but the situation where the weak were not oppressed was rather desirable.''
....

 Huh? Surprisingly high marks? So why was Mr. Lillywood so wary of Alice?

''........It just seemed that it wasn't as Chartier wanted it to be, and the feelings of impatience inside were growing. I was concerned about that situation and I asked Chartier once, ''What are you so impatient about?''.......'
What did Alice say?
I have to die quickly to serve my purpose! And that was the answer I got. There was a dark and cold nanika in Chartier's eyes at that time.......I couldn't understand it. The motive of fulfilling a purpose to die.....so that's why I was thinking of it as creepy.''
'Oh, well, I was pretty rough in those days, too. I'm sorry for what I did to Mr. Lillywood.

 I know what Alice was looking for. She fulfilled the will of Mr. Iris, who wanted her to fall in love with him, and then she took on madness to kill herself. That must have seemed to Mr. Lillywood to be an ungainly thing.
 And although Mr. Liliwood said earlier that in just a thousand years Alice had created order in the magical world, that was a very long time for Alice.

 She even came to the other world to fulfill her best friend's will and die, but things have not progressed at all. Before she could find someone to fall in love with, lives must have disappeared one by one in the old world of magic, where there was a lot of conflict. And this led to Alice's impatience....

''Come to think of it, it was said that 'If you interfere, I'll kill Liliwood-san too'.
'Oops! I've got a pressing matter! I'm going to take this--ggh!

 Well, I'm not going to say anything about the past, because I'm sure Alice has had her own set of circumstances. But as for Alice who tried to run away, I'll just grab her by the scruff of the neck and hold her.
 Then, seeing our exchange, Lilliwood smiled happily.

I'm sure I have a pretty good idea what you were in a hurry to do now. You..........were looking for Kaito-san, weren't you?
Mmmm.
I just don't feel the same darkness and coldness from you now as I did in the past.
Well in my defence, it was just a bit rough at the time but I do consider Lillywood and the others to be family.

 Looking at Liliwood-san, who calmly tells her that he doesn't think it's creepy anymore now, Alice scratches her cheek with a slightly bummed expression.

''I know. It's a good thing that you are somehow doing the right thing for us. ?
Well, I'm sorry for... well, I'm sorry for taking it out on you at the time.
''........I don't care about it. I have no doubt that you are an important family member to me.
...Oh, thank you very much.

 Alice, who tells me so shyly, may indeed have changed in a good way compared to the past.
 At least with the current conversation, I could feel that the ramblings between Mr. Liliwood and Alice had completely disappeared.

 Dear Mom and Dad - as Mr. Liliwood said, we're each beings with a mind of our own, so there will be times when we disagree with each other. There will be times when we'll fight with each other. And yet, despite what they say, they still have feelings for each other. These two - they are indeed family, aren't they?