Chapter 63 What The Hell Is She Talking About?
「Uwa…!?」
Malta, who exhausted both stamina and magic power in the battle with Maximilian, still showed a good fight and beat the knights.
However, probably because of that exhaustion, she bends her knees after hearing the horrifying singing voice that reaches her ears. The song gave her a strong feeling of exhaustion and pain that made her lost her strength.
Normally, a mermaid’s song is something beautiful that you would just listen to. However, Pamela’s song is… it gives strong negative emotions. Disgusting emotions… desire, hatred, and so forth. It’s a song that stirs such emotions and gives uncomfortable feels.
Sure enough, it had a great influence on Malta. It produced such an effect that she could not even stand.
Probably because of this power, Pamela was able to brainwash and control the kingdom knights who had been trained both physically and mentally. It stirred Herge’s desire for Magali and hatred towards Alistar.
「Ugh… Alistar…!」
Although Malta suffered and could not move, she was not brainwashed because Pamela did not sing it for her. This disgusting yet beautiful song is for Magali and Alistar only.
Can the stay in their sanity after receiving this?
When thinking of Alistar who got manipulated by Pamela, her chest becomes painful.
Malta raises her face and tries to confirm his situation with tears and blurry eyes…….
「「 ………?」」
She’s able to see Alistair and Magari who look calm while tilting their head suspiciously.
…………Eh?
「(…… Eh? What the? Why did she sing in this situation?)」
「(I don’t know. Malta seems to be suffering somehow… it scares me.)」
『Ehh…? You guys, why are you so calm…?』
Alistar, Magali, and the Holy Sword were confused respectively. The two couldn’t understand why Pamela is singing when she’s defenseless because Herge and the others are powerless now. However, this song is an attack in the first place.
The fundamental of their question as to why she didn’t attack or escape is wrong.
「(W-why…!?)」
Pamela looks upset for the first time while singing.
Well, that’s not strange. This is a song of vicious curse that was created from Pamela’s original talent and the voice taken from Malta. It is a super powerful magic that can stir and amplify the emotions of the other person and manipulate them freely.
This is an unavoidable attack that cannot be prevented even by blocking your ears. Alistar and Magali are just standing still openmouthed even after received it up close.
『D-don’t tell me…!』
The holy sword arrived at a hypothesis.
Pamela’s song is powerful. If there is a gap in the heart even a little, it will enter from there and stir up the desires and hatred of the subject and make them a puppet.
However….
What if there is no such gap in the heart…?
What if the hearts of Alistar and Magali are so tight that no third party could intervene?
What if Pamela’s song can’t invade their hearts no matter how powerful it is?
Also, this might can be said in another way.
In other words, because of their trash personality, they coldly look down on others without accepting others’ interference or opinions, so nobody can take advantage of them.
『T-to think that their trash personality can produce such good results…』
「(Why the hell did you suddenly criticize me?)」
It was a self-containment for the holy sword, but it only sounds like he was suddenly being abused for Alistar.
「W-why… why!? Why did my song doesn’t work…!?」
「Onee-sama, you’ve mistaken about Alistar… about the two of them.」
「What!?」
Finally, Pamela stops the song and shakes her body.
Since the song stopped, Malta also stands up and gazes at Alistar and Magali enviously.
「The strong heart that bounces back even Onee-sama’s song. Their spirits are unmistakably appropriate as a Hero and Saint. No matter how powerful it is, they won’t lose their mind by their desire or hatred. That’s why they were chosen. A kind and strong heart… Onee-sama right now can’t understand that, I guess?」
「Ugh…!?」
To Malta’s words, Pamela grimaces unpleasantly.
She wants to retort… but she couldn’t. Because it’s the fact that Pamela’s song didn’t reach to Alistar and Magali.
「(… I don’t really understand, but now is your chance! Holy sword, kill her!)」
『I said, killing is too much!』
Hyahhaa, Alistar raises the sword and tries to attack. He’s a sly man who happily tries to slash the opponent as soon as he sees her as a weak woman who doesn’t have fighting ability.
『Rather, it’s strange no matter how I think about it. Pamela’s desire is too strong…. It’s also strange that it was by birth.』
The holy sword said so and started to think.
Looking at Pamela’s state, he can only feel that her act is driven by that desire.
「(Is that so? My personality is like this by birth, you know?)」
『It’s rude to her if you lump her together with you.』
「(It was rude even though she did such horrible things!?)」
Even Alistar shocked by that.
Leaving such him, the holy sword thinks about Pamela.
Still, he can’t just leave her without any punishment after what she did. It’s necessary to make her powerless by giving her enough damage without her dying.
For that reason, he tries to control Alistar’s body …
「Sorry, can you wait for a moment?」
It was Malta who spoke to Alistar.
「(No) … What’s wrong?」
Alistar asked her while answering inside.
She might hesitate to beat her sister Pamela, but it doesn’t concern Alistar. Pamela is nothing but a stranger to him.
「…I don’t want to leave my sister as it is. Maybe… no, its’ more likely to fail. But, I want to try until the end.」
「(What the hell is she talking about?)」
Malta looks up at Alistar with wet eyes. Many people are likely to accept any request with that gesture. However, it doesn’t work for Alistar.
「(How foolish. Right now is the chance. What if I have a get into trouble later because I overlook her here? I mean, Pamela doesn’t matter to me even now. Okay, rejected. Let’s kill her.)」
『Of course we will do exactly what Malta says!』
「(It huuuurts!?) Y-yeah… you can try it.」
「Thank you!」
With the holy sword’s help, Malta was able to escape from Alistar’s evil clutch. After showing him a lovely smile, she moves one step toward Pamela.
Pamela dubiously glared at such her.
「…What? Are you going to vent your anger because I took your singing voice? Or because I sold off the mermaids? Or maybe you’re going to laugh at my unsightly state? Fufu, just do it. I am――」
「No, I won’t do that.」
Malta shakes her head and denies Pamela’s self-deprecating words.
Then, What is she going to do?
Pamela looks even more skeptical at Malta.
「I can’t help but feel pity for you.」
「………Ha?」
Pamela was stunned because Malta looks at her with pity, not anger.
「With your desires… No, I can’t help but feel pity looking at you manipulated by your desires.」
「…You feel pity for me? Even though you are just a failure mermaid…!!」
An expression of violent rage is attached in Pamela’s face. Was it because of her well-ordered face, or maybe because she held her anger up until now, the force is amazing.
Alistar was screaming a bit.
「That’s right. Unlike Onee-sama, I’m a failure.」
Malta smiled bitterly when she said that.
However … she was convinced that only she can stop Pamela. And her song that’s not good at all up until now… she has a strong will that she has to sing it now.
「Then, has Onee-sama ever heard my song?」
「That is……」
Never. Because there’s no need to listen to it. She was the one who took the singing voice from Malta. It’s a matter of course that she can’t sing well.
「Try to listen once. I will sing just for Onee-sama.」
Saying so, Marta opened her mouth.
Then, a pure and beautiful singing voice echoed throughout the mermaid settlement.
