Chapter 86 The Angel’s Whisper and Discipline for the Princess
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Liliana-hime’s guard knight, Serena Crystalight.
Thanks to her smart and precise defense, the very ridiculous false charges against me were somehow cleared.
As for why I emerged unscathed from that desperate explosion—
I managed to get by with the explanation that “I always carry a secret healing magic artifact passed down through my family.”
At that moment, my ears didn’t miss the tiny whisper Liliana-hime let slip—so quiet that no one else could hear.
”…So that’s why you didn’t die. Honestly—he’s always so dense when it matters most…”
(I knew it. She’s definitely the real culprit. And from that tone, she has accomplices too.)
That’s only natural, of course.
No matter how much of a princess she is, there’s no way a young girl like her could single-handedly orchestrate such a large-scale assassination attempt inside the Royal Palace.
That’s precisely why no one suspects her.
And it’s only natural, emotionally speaking, that suspicion would fall on me—the one who opposes the royal family.
(If Serena hadn’t covered for me, I’d be done for.)
Because of the explosion, my scheduled audience with the princess was canceled.
At last, I was able to leave that smoky room.
”Oi, oi, Grimlock! What’s with that disgraceful getup?! It’s unsightly, and even more so, you’re indecent! And that smell! It’s unbearable!”
No sooner had I come out of the room than Elliot attacked me, grabbing the chance.
But Prince Liam—his liege—rightly told him off for his lack of thought.
”Wait, Elliot. It certainly smells terrible, but he didn’t end up like this by choice. He’s a pitiful victim caught up in a despicable bombing attempt aimed at Liliana. Don’t speak of him so harshly.”
With that, Liam arranged for a bath and a change of clothes for me.
For all his talk, the fact that he’d show such courtesy to me—his supposed romantic rival—tells me he’s a good person at heart.
I suppose there’s something to being blessed with light-element mana.
I gratefully accepted his offer and enjoyed a bath and fresh attire at the Royal Palace.
Afterward, I boarded a carriage and returned to the Grimlock Margrave Estate.
I remained tense throughout the entire journey, bracing for a possible ambush—but right up until the end, no attack ever came.
They must have intended to settle things in one blow with that explosive attack.
Word has it that the Royal Palace is still conducting a massive manhunt for the culprit, but they haven’t caught anyone yet.
(They’ll never find her, no matter how hard they try.)
No one suspects that the supposed victim, Liliana—the ‘Kingdom’s Angel’—is the real culprit, so she’s been excluded from the investigation.
They’ll probably track whoever smuggled the gunpowder and explosive magic artifacts into the Palace—
but more likely than not, the transport was done by subcontractors who were simply told to deliver materials, without knowing what they contained.
If I want to uncover the full truth of this incident, I’ll have to interrogate Liliana-hime herself.
(Well, for now, it’s still just my suspicion that she’s the culprit. No matter how suspicious her words were, I can’t exactly declare her one hundred percent guilty based on that alone…)
* * *
Three days after the bombing.
Elenor visited the Grimlock Margrave Estate pretending to “check on me.”
The visit was just a formality—
in truth, she simply couldn’t bear not seeing her beloved Xenos.
What a cute girl.
I’d been skipping school ever since the incident.
I wasn’t injured, but I figured showing up to school the day after being caught in a bombing—acting like nothing happened—would be a bit unnatural. So I decided to take a few days off.
And now the princess herself had come all the way to check on me.
She probably felt some sense of responsibility—as a sister—since the explosion happened during the audience her adorable younger sister had arranged.
”What’s this? You seem perfectly fine. I wasted my worry on you.”
That was her greeting the moment she arrived at the mansion—
but I chose to take it as her way of hiding her embarrassment.
I could indeed hear relief in her voice.
She’d apparently come prepared to cast healing magic if my injuries were serious.
To such a devoted girl, I gave a certain “invitation.”
”Since you came all this way, why not indulge in a little entertainment?”
So saying, I took Elenor’s hand without allowing any objection and led her to the bedroom.
The door closed, the outside light was shut out, and the room grew dim.
I had ordered my personal maid, Lilia, to prepare two sets of special costumes for Elenor.
”Go on. Choose whichever you like and put it on.”
So I commanded.
”Y-you bastard! You expect me to wear such ridiculous costumes?!”
What I had prepared for her were—
adorable pig beastkin cosplay costumes.
One was a plush-type costume that covered the entire body—cute and innocent.
The other was a sexy type with ample skin exposure, clearly revealing the body’s lines.
”…F-fine! If I must…!”
After thinking hard about her choice, Elenor chose—
surprisingly, the sexy one.
”Oh? So you intend to seduce me in such a lewd outfit. What an indecent princess you are.”
Elenor wore the revealing pink sexy costume, complete with pig ears, a curly spiral tail, and—as an optional extra—even an adorable pig snout.
”Y-you’re the one who told me to wear this!!”
The moment she talked back to me like that—
WHACK!!
A dry, crisp smack echoed through the room.
”Oiiink!♡”
Elenor let out a bizarrely cute squeal, just like a pig.
My personal maid, Lilia—who had been helping her change—had just delivered a full-force slap to Elenor’s ample rear.
”I won’t tolerate any backtalk toward Xenos-sama.”
Lilia’s beautiful eyes gleamed sharply with anger, and her tone was icy cold—a far cry from her usual gentleness.
She doesn’t usually act this way toward Cecilia or Lizel, but for some reason, she harbors clear jealousy toward Elenor alone.
I don’t think there’s any difference between the three women in terms of being “my favorites”—
Perhaps, as fellow “big-breasted characters,” she feels some one-sided rivalry.
Alas, the complexities of the feminine heart remain a domain I am utterly incapable of understanding.
So, while pondering such cosmic mysteries, I simply watched the utterly disgraceful spectacle unfolding before me—the princess in all her undignified glory.
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Summary:
Xenos survives an assassination attempt by Princess Liliana and deduces her guilt, but cannot prove it. He returns to his estate, where Princess Elenor visits under the pretense of concern, revealing genuine care for him. Xenos forces Elenor into humiliating pig beastkin cosplay, and his maid Lilia spanks her for backtalk, establishing dominance and dark comedy.
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Trivia:
Liliana is publicly known as the ‘Kingdom’s Angel,’ making her suspected guilt ironic and shocking.
Serena Crystalight’s defense is the only reason Xenos avoided being framed for the explosion.
Xenos used the excuse of a “secret healing magic artifact” to explain his survival.
Liliana’s whispered line reveals she knows Xenos survived and hints at her culpability.
Xenos believes Liliana has accomplices based on her tone and the scale of the attack.
The explosion was intended to be a one-hit kill, but Xenos survived unexpectedly.
Liliana has been excluded from the investigation because no one suspects the victim.
Xenos suspects subcontractors smuggled the explosives without knowing their purpose.
Elenor’s visit is motivated by genuine relief and care, not just obligation.
Xenos has been skipping school to avoid appearing unnatural after the bombing.
Elenor feels a sense of responsibility as Liliana’s older sister for the attack.
Lilia prepared two sets of pig beastkin cosplay costumes for Elenor in advance.
Elenor chose the sexy cosplay option despite initial resistance and embarrassment.
Lilia’s jealousy toward Elenor is unique and not extended to Cecilia or Lizel.
Lilia’s jealousy may stem from competition as a “big-breasted character.”
Xenos admits he cannot understand the complexities of the feminine heart.
The pig cosplay is meant to be humiliating and asserts dominance over Elenor.
Xenos views Elenor’s devotion as “cute” and possessive.
Liam offers Xenos a bath and clothes despite being his romantic rival.
Liam’s light-element mana is noted as a sign of his good character.
Notes:
• Liliana – Known as the “Angel of the Asgard Kingdom” for her golden hair and sky-blue eyes, this princess is the younger sister of Prince Liam and Elenor. While maintaining a refined, angelic public facade, she is a manipulative mastermind who wields explosion magic. As Serena’s liege and the true culprit behind recent assassination attempts, she carefully hides her dark nature behind whispered, noble asides.
• Serena – A member of the noble Crystalight family, this competent and intellectual knight serves as the personal protector to Princess Liliana. Distinguished by long silver hair and elegant, noble bearing, they maintain a formal and deferential demeanor. Despite their professional composure, they are genuinely concerned for the Princess and are easily flustered by unexpected advances.
• Lilia – Xenos’s fiercely loyal, trauma-resilient Head Maid is a lovely, pale, busty woman with long dark hair, a chest tattoo, and a nullified crest. Dressed in a black uniform, she maintains refined, icy elegance when disciplining others, especially Elenor. While formal and efficient with guests, she masks deep, jealous anxiety for Xenos, finding her greatest joy in serving him and sleeping by his side.
• Grimlock – Xenos’s family name.
• Elliot – Elliot Valias, a tall, slender, blue-haired noble and intellectual aide to Prince Liam, masks his deep, unrequited love for Elenor with crude, condescending arrogance. A pseudo-intellectual prone to quick accusations, he harbors murderous, freezing hostility toward Xenos Grimlock, driven by intense jealousy over Xenos’s intimacy with Elenor.
• Liam – Liam Asgard, the golden-haired, emerald-eyed First Prince of Asgard, is Liliana’s older brother and the liege of Elliot and Aldrick. Betrothed to Elisabeth, he is an arrogant yet fundamentally kind man who speaks with elegant grace. Though he underestimates his rival Xenos’s Zero Mana status, he shows consideration toward him, even as his obsessive pursuit of Cecilia threatens his political standing.
• Elenor – Princess Elenor, the haughty, analytical “Saint of Light” and sister to Liliana, is a silver-blonde swordswoman and healer with gray-blue eyes. Though a noble princess and Grimlock’s fiancée, she is the protagonist’s submissive, magic-sealed slave. A tsundere torn between royal dignity and affection for Xenos, she balances sharp retorts with intense devotion, often appearing in revealing cosplay.
• Cecilia – The eldest daughter of the Vermillion Duchy and a former saint, she is Xenos’s fiancée and one of his romantic interests. Known for her flame-red hair, blue eyes, and pet, Lumiá, she possesses a cold yet playful nature. Though she rejected Prince Liam, she adores Kuuko and teases Lizel. Lilia shows no jealousy toward her. She occasionally uses a ring to adopt a revealing dancer’s disguise.
• Lizel – A petite, graceful Blanchet count’s daughter, wind mage, and academy student with pink twin-tails, purple eyes, and a signature smirk. Known for her protective, anxious tsundere nature, she is Luca Dalton’s fiancée, Grimlock’s classmate, and Cecilia’s friend. Disguised in a dancer’s costume, she walks the “Path of Light” and is one of Xenos’s devoted romantic interests whom Lilia does not resent.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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