I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

51. Chaos Is Right Beside Me!

Unlike Lan Si, that regretful person who must still be whimpering “regret,” the Queen’s “chaos” was dismantled easily and simply. It was as if she thought, “Ah, I can’t be ‘chaotic’ any longer or I’ll get scolded,” and then she proactively dismissed it…

Come to think of it: “Disguise” is also a form of restraint. If even someone like the Queen can’t restrain themselves and truly falls into “chaos,” then those of us bronze and silver types would probably have had our minds muddled by “chaos” long ago. The Queen’s “chaos” is just to give her an excuse, to let her indulge in the thoughts of that “real self” deep within her.

“I concede, Queen. Never again will I court death by fantasizing about ‘unveiling the true maiden.’ Your idol form is far more agreeable.”

“Forgiven then?”

The Queen, lifting me to my feet, brushed the fallen snow from her person, tilting her head to offer me that familiar, idol-like smile – innocent and pure.

Hard to believe this woman was moments ago plotting the demise of her own cousin, and now she’s beaming.

“No!”

I replied, face stern, but inevitably, my resolve softened once more. “At least, not for a few days yet.”

After all, the devoted simp is me – I have absolutely no clue how to ‘deal’ with the Queen, so I’m naturally forced to follow her lead.

However…

“However, that’s just me. Kefier is another matter. You need to address her yourself. I have no authority to decide for Kefier.”

Or rather, my decision is Kefier’s decision to be: if Kefier insists on punishing her cousin somehow, I definitely won’t object to Kefier’s wishes at this moment.

Yet, the Queen’s reply remained infuriatingly flippant.

“Eh? You didn’t think I was actually going to apologize, did you?”

“Louise!?”

Looks like you truly need to be taught a lesson! And I’m not threatening you, if Kefier decides to stab you out of revenge right now! I would definitely not interfere using any script influence.

“Sigh… I told you all, Kefier, Euclid…”

Thankfully, that “begging-to-be-punched” mode of the Queen’s was fleeting. Soon, she was tugging at my arm, sighing with distress.

“What you just saw was the truest version of me, yes, and utterly unlikable. So, now I’m quite puzzled, you see★～because what you just saw, is the real me!? Don’t you… find that strange?”

I think I understand: for the Queen, exposing her true self to us, especially to Kefier, to someone so accustomed to wearing masks, to employing every kind of facade, is akin to stripping naked and parading before me.

This must be the last thing the Queen wanted to do. Everyone has secrets they’d rather take to the grave.

Therefore, the Queen’s words also reminded me, letting me begin to suspect the source of this “chaos” from another angle.

“I’m very confused, see～ My secrets are very deeply buried, so why, after arriving here, did I suddenly feel this urge? Hmm～ I didn’t have this issue when I arrived here.”

Even when putting on an act of cuteness, the Queen was at least thinking while clapping her hands. “Probably, after the news of Mister Dio’s death came, I gradually started to have such thoughts～”

Kefier could no longer restrain herself. Unlike me, Kefier, for some reason, seemed to have held no grudge against Louise from the start. After having her fill of sulking, she immediately asked.

“Royal Sister, have you encountered any suspicious people lately…?”

“How could I～ I came to Northern Ireland in secret. Once I arrived, aside from you, I haven’t been running around contacting others～”

The Queen, back to her “normal” self, began her usual “cute performance.”

“I am the strangest one out of all of us. If I didn’t know Euclid’s identity, I would even want to suspect that you yourself are the ‘mastermind’ behind all of this～”

Is this something someone who just did something terrible and was lectured by me should say?

However, the Queen didn’t care and continued, “After all, see, everyone around you has been affected～ Kefier, Lance, me, and before, Dio… Everyone who has come into contact with you has become abnormal.”

Saying so, the Queen narrowed her eyes, “Could this be a play directed and performed by you, Euclid, just to swipe everyone’s goodwill? Ah, then I admit defeat. This game is just about over, eh～?”

“How could I have orchestrated this myself!”

Yet, I didn’t immediately respond to the Queen, because…

Her complaint had just struck a chord, jolting me awake: That’s it! If “Chaos” only affected those around me after evolving, and I couldn’t possibly *be* “Chaos,” then that meant… the source of “Chaos” was someone close by!?

Once the perspective shifted, the script, and my thoughts, cleared with a jolt! It was as if waking from a dream: Everyone around me “all” went chaotic!? No, there was one exception, someone who, from beginning to end, from our arrival in Northern Ireland to the present, even with close contact with those consumed by Chaos, had remained “completely,” “utterly,” “absolutely” untouched by its influence!

I was so focused on “solving” Chaos, that I… overlooked such a crucial point!

Because she was…

“Come with me!”

Ignoring the Queen’s question, I grabbed Keefeer and the Queen, one in each hand, and took off.

“We have to find Lance quickly! No, we have to stop *her*!”

I now knew who this person, completely unaffected by “Chaos,” was! Because at that moment… the script, guided by my thoughts, offered a fresh clue and a new danger!

[Pherro has taken away ‘Chaos’!]

Who was “Pherro”? None other than the seemingly ordinary black-haired fairy maid Nielou assigned to “serve” me!

Where was “Chaos”? “Chaos” now referred to Lance, who kept lamenting her “regret”!

First Arthur, then Diou, now Lance – each and every time, “Chaos” singled out someone special, and now that the script had appeared, my fairy maid, who was supposed to be in the city in Northern Ireland, was undoubtedly with Lance!

What was she going to do? How? And what would become of “Chaos” afterward!?

I didn’t have time to ponder it, because my mind reeled with shock at the thought of Pherro.

After all…

[“Chaos” Fairy Appears!]

She was the Chaos Fairy that Keefeer and I had desperately been searching for, hoping to “eliminate”!