226 # 226 Farne, and a big idiot.








Is Sakura the same person as this Farnese Forneus guy after all?
There is no doubt about it. This is Master Farnay. I've been guarding him since he was a child, so I can't be wrong.

 Spica-san, who sits face to face with me in a chair in the castle's hall, crisply assures me that there's no way I could have mistaken her for someone else. I didn't know with all my heart that there was no way I could mistake it for something else, until now.

''It's because of these 'eyes of transformation'. This is an artifact that distorts the perceptions of certain people and disguises its existence. Its target setting must have been the demon race. Probably, the other demon race people also saw Farnes-sama as having black hair.

 After saying this, I turn my attention to the medal Sakura was holding on the table.
 I see. So, because of this thing, the demon tribe saw a different face, a different hair. We looked normal to them, though.

'What about Sakura? Does the name Farnese sound familiar to you?

 Sakura, who was sitting next to me, shook her head with a shake.

'Nothing. I can't remember anything about Spica or what happened before we met in this country. I assure you.
'Oh no... no, I suppose I should consider myself lucky to be alive.

 Spica-san is depressed. Hmm, I wonder if this is all that matters.
 Come to think of it, Spica-san said earlier that she was escorting Farné all along........ Huh?

'Wait a minute. Wasn't Spica-san's Frennel family, as I recall, a family that has been the guard of the Xenoas royal family for generations? Does that mean Farnese, or does that mean Sakura is the princess of Xenoas?

 Spica-san swims her eyes with a look of "shit". I shouldn't have asked? I wonder if it was something he wanted to keep hidden.
 Eventually, he exhaled heavily and began to speak to me.

''Well that's true. I'm already not a person of Xenoas, and since it's a matter of fact, I don't think it's okay to talk about it. It is true that Farnes-sama is the bastard son of the Demon King, Zelgadi von Xenoas-sama.

 I don't know if she doesn't quite grasp that it's her own thing, but Sakura is still looking at me and tilting her head in my direction.

The best way to do that is to have a bastard child other than your legitimate wife. But is it something you would keep hidden?

 I don't think it matters if it's a child in a side room or not. No, if it was a child he had with another woman who wasn't even in his side room without telling his right wife, would he hide it? Is it possible if your wife is a wickedly scary person?

"Only a few people know of Madam Farnay's existence. That's because Master Farné didn't have a king's horn, the proof of the Demon Royalty, so he was erased from existence.
Oh, yeah?
''By nature, those with the blood of the Demon King are born with horns, regardless of gender. However, Farnes-sama didn't have that. He was definitely the son of the Demon King from the quality of his magic power, but he was an abominable child without the proof of the Demon Royal Family. Farnes-sama's existence has been erased from the royal family's records, and he has been declared non-existent.

 What's that? Horns or no horns, it's your child. Isn't it a terrible idea to erase them from existence!
 When I was frowning, Spica-san, perhaps sensing this, quickly followed up.

''Demon King-sama said that it was better for both Farnes-sama and your mother, Fiana-sama. The Demon Royal Family without horns is just an object of contempt.... Rather than being looked at as an oddity, he thought that he would be happier if he lived as an ordinary human being.
Human? Sakura........is Farnay's mother human?
''Yes. Originally, a child born to the Demon Royal Race would be born to the Demon Royal Race, no matter what race the spouse was of. Therefore, Farnes-sama with no horns was judged to be a human like your mother. It's probably a mutation of some sort that resulted in a strong maternal bloodline. But...

 Spica glanced at Sakura and stammered. Then something else must have happened.

 Spica said that after all, Sakura's mother had refused to let her become a member of the side room. If she became a side room, she would be separated from Sakura.
 For the next few years, both parents and daughter were ostensibly living as guests of the Frennel family. It was an uneventful and peaceful life.
 However, when Sakura was 10 years old, a change occurred. A king's horn, which should have been absent, grew back. Both the Frennel family and the Demon King were surprised and puzzled by this. Because as the cherry blossom horn grew, its magic power also increased.
 In the Xenoas royal family, the one with the highest magic power, regardless of gender, would be the next Demon King. And Sakura's magic power was much higher than that of the princes.
 Sakura's mother didn't want her daughter to be the successor to the Demon King, but the nobles didn't think so. In particular, the mothers of the princes, the queens' own families, would be suspicious.
 They wondered if she was planning to take the throne of the Demon King in preference to their own princes.
 Both the First and Second Princes had lost their mothers to illnesses, and their parents' families had been the backbone of the prince's support.
 To such people, Sakura's existence was nothing more than a hindrance.
 In order to protect Sakura, the Demon King gave her the Eye of Transformation that I mentioned earlier. An artifact that absorbs magic power and shows a false appearance to those around it. Once the cherry blossom grows, Wangkaku will be able to shrink it by his own will, so it was apparently a treatment until then.
 One day, however, Sakura and Spica were out shopping together when they were suddenly attacked by masked assailants.
 The attackers were skilled men with weapons, and Ms. Spica had a sword but no shield. She managed to use herself as a shield and let Sakura escape, but then she was caught in a suicide bombing by the masked attackers and lost consciousness.

''That masked assailant...''
It turned out later that he was Euron's assassin. I don't know if it was on Euron's orders or if it was part of a business deal.

 I knew it. Well, in my case, Sakura saved me. Did it bring back the memories of the time I was attacked? If that's the case, all of Sakura's memories will probably come back someday.

'Afterwards, when I woke up, on my bed in the mansion, my father informed me of Farnes-sama's death. A part of Farnes-sama's body had been thrown into the garden of the mansion. I still cannot forget the despair I felt when I saw that right leg and right hand.

 Then, burdened with the regret of not being able to protect the people he should have protected, Mr. Spica left home. In principle, the Frennel family has no faults. The death of the princess of the Demon Kingdom, who never existed in the first place, would not harm the family name.
 But Spica-san couldn't forgive that. Above all, she couldn't forgive herself. So he left home.
 Naturally, Spica followed the footsteps of the people who killed his master. It didn't take him long to discover that the masked men were Euron's assassins, but just as he was about to get to the heart of the matter, the great invasion of the Freys happened.
 As a result, Euron was destroyed and the mastermind was never found. It seems that just as she was wondering to herself what she should do now, she fell ill with the Devil's Hardening Disease and arrived in this country in search of a place to die.

''Hmmm, from what I've heard, I have a few questions.
What do you mean?
'Firstly, that it was Eshen, not Xenoas, who picked up the cherry blossom, which I had lost a limb and was dying. If the assassin was from Euron, what reason would Euron have to kill the cherry blossom? And that the cherry blossoms didn't have horns in the first place...
You know what, Your Majesty? I can get the horns.
What?

 Sakura, who was sitting beside me, squirmed and opened her mouth as if she was having trouble saying it.
 Sakura closed her eyes. Then a small silvery white horn grew out from above her ear. Is this what is called a royal horn?

''I knew you were hiding your horns?''

 Apparently Spica-san, who had determined that Sakura was Farnay, knew that.

'Why didn't you tell me?'
'At first... I was afraid of being different from the others. Later I found out that this country doesn't discriminate against demons either, but I didn't have a chance to say it...
Was it because he was a demon that he rescued Ms. Spica from the dead?

 Kokoro Sakura nodded. How often do you take a patient with magical hardness disease that might infect you as well.......so Sakura didn't have any contact with him at that time? It seems that it was an employee who brought it into the Silver Moon.
 Now that it's come to this, there's no doubt about it. Spica-san's right, Sakura is probably Farnese Forneus of the Demon Kingdom Xenoas.

I'm sure you're right, Sakura.......is it Farnese? What do you want to do from now on, Farnese?
Sakura. The king gave me this name. It's my favorite name.

 If she says so, cherry blossoms will do. Maybe that's better when you're in my country.

'I don't have my memory back, so I don't really feel it. I don't want to go back to Xenoas, nor do I want to take revenge on the people who tried to kill me. It's just....
"Just?
I want to meet your mother.

 Sakura tells me, staring up at me.

'What about your father's demon king?'
I don't know and I don't care.

 Bassa. Hmmm, well, from what I've heard, it didn't seem like they had much of a connection. Sakura, who has no memory, probably felt that way too. She doesn't seem like such a bad person, though....

''Where is Sakura's mother now?''
I think he's still staying at home. I was so shocked by the death of Master Farnay that I was bedridden, but...

 No wonder, huh? Well, we need to show him our faces and show him that we're fine. I've lost my memory, but....

I wish there was a spell that could bring her back. Recovery didn't work either. Maybe if I go to Xenoas, maybe I'll remember some of the old times.

 Walking around the city where you were born and raised, it might trigger something in your memory. Or meet your mother.
 Well, let me look into Spica-san's memories in "Recall", and then I'll go directly to the Frennel family's "Gate".............

'Oh!'
Oh, Sire.
Wait, what's going on?

 The two of them were looking at me with concern, startled by my voice, but I was having none of it. Oh my God.....

"What........what an idiot I am.......! There's a memory retrieval spell. You used it all the time! Stupid!

 Go! And then I bang my head on the table. I want to die. I'm so stupid I want to die. He's an irredeemable a**h*le.
 It's called "recall" magic. It's a spell that allows you to read a person's memories and store them in your own. It's a great way to get memories and open the gate to places I've never been.
 At the same time, this spell can make me remember details that the other person may have forgotten.
 For example, it's hard to remember what you ate a week ago. So, by using this magic, I can make the other person recognize that memory by looking into it.
 In the first place, "recall" means "recall" or something like that, but it also means "recall". It's already too stupid to be a word. Hit me. Teeth knocked out.

''I'm ... sorry. Sakura, I'm so sorry.
I don't mind. I don't care.

 No, even if you don't mind..... I'm filled with a sense of apology. Huh..........
 If there's a hole, I want to go in it........