Two as One Princesses

r away.
This alone doesn’t sound like anything special, but this might be the first time I’ve gotten this far away from her ever since I came to this world.
Reaching this point took more than 10 years, by no means a short amount of time.
Even if I start counting from when I was able to communicate with Ciel, it would still be 5 years.

「Ainsel, do you like this world~?」

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Hearing her suddenly say so, I had no idea how I should reply.
It wasn’t all just good things for me when I came into this world.
Rather, it was a daily struggle.

I didn’t have the leeway to look at what’s around me.

Still, at every important opportunity I could consciously have a look, the sights in this world weren’t bad at all.
Why? It’s because Ciel was there.
In that case, do I like this world?

The blue sky I haven’t seen in a while, the night sky where the silver and gold moons rest upon, the blue sea where the spirits frolicked about.

「Honestly speaking, I don’t know.
I haven’t given attention to this world enough to have an answer.」
「I see~.
Then that’s a relief~.」
「A…… relief?」
「It’s a relief that you don’t hate it~.」

Lisyl-san held my hand.
Her face had genuine happiness, I couldn’t figure out why she had that expression.
Perhaps understanding this, Lisyl-san spoke for more context.

「I was thinking that, while Ainsel hating the world would be sad, it can’t be helped~.
You’ve suffered through enough to feel that way, right? 」
「Now that you mentioned it, that might be the case.」

Normally, it probably wouldn’t be strange for anyone, or rather anyone in their right mind, to curse the world while staying at Rispelgia’s mansion.
Just after being sent to this world, your life is being targeted everyday.
Even I don’t know how I would’ve ended up if it wasn’t for Ciel being where I was sent to.

I suppose I would’ve been like a corpse, thinking about nothing at all.
To begin with, I’m a being that had already died, so I had no intention to involve myself in this world too much.

「However, from now on, I want to pay more attention to this world.」
「Yes~.
I’ll do my best to have you come to like it~.」

Seeing Lisyl-san with a wide smile, I realized something that made things click.
She’s a spirit.
A being that manages this world.
From her standpoint, having me like the world might have greater meaning when compared to those already living in this world.
Moreover, while only a little, I possess some of the Supreme God’s power.
Enough for her to say that I’m something like a parent, so I think she doesn’t want me to hate it.

As for people, in Estoque, I didn’t really associate much with the people of Estoque.
Not being able to leave Estoque because of attachment would defeat our main objective, after all.
From now on, being a bit more relaxed and socializing with other people could be good.

In the meantime, I suppose we’ll start with the servants of this mansion.

「Mohsa-san, you can come in.」
「Excuse me.
Would it be better that I provide two teacups?」

Being asked that, I looked at Lisyl-san and she nodded.
Can she drink tea? Or so I wondered, but since she nodded, she probably can.

「Please do.」
「Then please give me a moment.」

In an experienced motion, Mohsa-san placed two cups before me.
Since she didn’t put it on the other side, can she see Lisyl-san?

「Mohsa-san, can you see spirits?」
「No, I can only somewhat feel their presence.
The spirit-sama on top of your lap appears to be exceedingly powerful.
I cannot see her, but I clearly feel her presence.」

Anyhow, it seems like she didn’t think that I was a weird person just talking to empty air at midnight.
Though, Fiiyanamia-sama probably talks to spirits too sometimes, so it should be unlikely for me to be seen that way.

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「Lisyl-san, can you drink?」
「Don’t worry about it~.」

The cup clearly doesn’t match her size, so I was wondering how she’ll drink from it but she made the cup float in the air and skillfully drank.
I feel like I should be able to do it if I wanted to, but it seems like it needs rather delicate magic power manipulation or a fairly complicated magic circle.

Being someone who uses sorcery in place of a hair dryer, I don’t know if I have any right to say this but it’s a pretty way of using her power.

Staring for too long of a time would be impolite, so I took a sip of the tea as well.
It’s not just a regular black tea, it has a honey-like sweetness and the scent of ginger reaches my nose.
Breathing out after this somehow calming sip, I feel a pleasant warmth from the core of my body.

It’s Mohsa-san’s consideration for me, who’s in a chilly looking outfit at night.
As thanks, 「Thank you very much.
It’s very delicious and warmed me up.」 I gave my impression of the drink with a smile.

Hiya~! You thought the last chapter was the end of this arc? Think again! We’ve got a bit more of Ain and our very special spirit friend~!

First of all, I’ve changed the spelling of the name of the maid that’s assisting Ain (Martha => Mohsa).
It’s more phonetically correct and identifiable this way.
Secondly, for the pronunciation of Liessyl, it’s Lee-es/yes-syl.
It should be easy to figure from her nickname Lisyl but clarifying it would be for the best.
I’ll try to clarify as much as possible if there are more… *interesting* names in the future.
Also, just a little thing I noticed, but a lot of Japanese nicknames are First syllable + Last syllable (or two), which is a bit interesting.

Now, before I start gushing again, we got reintroduced to a familiar friend, the forest spirit Liessyl~! It’s quite nice that Ain tried to find her before the day ended.
We’ve also gotten a fair bit of info about the mansion and the servants living in it.

This chapter, we got a bit more of Ain introspecting, generally her being more upfront about how she never really appreciated the world outside of when Ciel’s appreciating it as well.
One thing I like about Ain is that she’s a bit more relatable in some aspects (though I can’t say for sure since I haven’t read other novels in a while).
Despite the fantasy world, she’s a bit too occupied to really appreciate it.
She’s got her share of pessimism and cynicism towards people (which, honestly, is understandable after what she’s been through).
The general overthinking that chips on her self-confidence.
I think it’s something people experience in their life at least once.
And what’s nice about this arc is how she’s moving on, little by little.
The short remembrance of the beauty of the world she’s in, the appreciation of Mohsa’s small gesture of consideration, and her seeing more of what she’s done than what she’s failed to do.
Life is a series of failures.
No matter how capable you may be, mistakes and accidents happen.
But sometimes, dwelling on them too much will only lead to more mistakes, which was quite close to happening this time.
Still, it’s hard to be self-aware, but as much as possible, it’s best to see what you can do that what you failed to do.
Tomorrow’s a new day.
Ain won’t have a body anymore, but there’s are things to live for and goals to look forward to.
Maybe socialise a bit more, make new friends, make the impossibly hard barrier a bit more harder, do some odd jobs to pass time and earn money, or just spend some time with love ones.
The story goes on.

Also, it’ll probably be an interlude fest starting from now on.
Of Ciel’s Pov of course~