The consequences of a careless comment.
That day, I was at school. During lunch, while enjoying tea after my meal, an utterly mismatched shark-attack-style ringtone suddenly blared, shattering the tranquil atmosphere.
(……………………)
Lately, I had set the knights' contact ringtone to a shark-attack theme. Despite doing this to myself, I froze in place. My older brother and friends, startled by the ominous ringtone, grew wary.
"Rosarin, what trouble have you caused this time? Answer it already."
"I have no idea what this is about!"
Despite my objection, I had no choice but to answer the call.
"Hello, this is Rosarin..."
"Oh, Rosarin-chan?! There’s a massive swarm of spiders in town, and their leader is saying you’re their master—"
"I deeply apologize! I’ll retrieve them immediately!"
The caller was a knight who had known me since childhood. The moment he mentioned spiders, an image of Suigetsu-san-san popped into my head. Even though I knew he couldn’t see me, I bowed in apology.
"... What’s this about?"
"Probably Suigetsu-san-san leading a swarm of spiders into town..."
Everyone froze. Of course, they did!!
"I’ll go retrieve them!"
And so, I sprinted at full speed.
The scene I arrived at was absolute chaos. At first, I panicked, thinking it was a bloodbath and someone was gravely injured. But upon closer inspection, it was all nosebleeds.
Then there were the knights being scolded by what appeared to be their wives.
"... What is this mess?"
The sea of nosebleeds and the unfolding marital quarrels left me utterly bewildered. But wait, where were the spiders?!
"My Lord, I did my best!"
Suddenly, an unfamiliar beauty hugged me. Why was she naked? I hurriedly draped her in a spare cloak. Oh, so she was the cause of the nosebleed sea? But before that—
"…… Who are you?"
"My Lord... That’s so cruel..."
The beautiful woman clinging to me was undeniably stunning, yet I had no recollection of her. As she wept bitterly, I found myself flustered and confused. Chaos was truly the only way to describe the scene.
"Really, who are you? Where’s my Suigetsu-san?!"
Looking closer, I noticed a bunch of tiny spiders on the ground. Was she among them?
"Here."
"What?"
The beauty raised her hand.
"Suigetsu-san?!"
"Yes."
Once again, she raised her hand.
"Wait, what?"
"I am Suigetsu."
"EEEEHHH?!"
The beauty showed me her wrist, adorned with the magic device I had customized specifically for Suigetsu-san.
"What in the world?!"
"Hahaha! She worked super hard, My Lord!"
Knowing that Geraldin-san would be no help, I decided I’d get the full story from Suigetsu-san later.
"But why a human form?"
"Huh?"
Suigetsu-san patted her cheeks and examined her limbs. No, stop lifting your skirt—don’t show me that!
"EEEEHHH?! Wait, I can talk to you, My Lord! I’m so happy! Lord, My Lord! I’ve always wanted to talk to you!"
Suigetsu-san playfully clung to me. I see, she just wanted to talk. Sorry for not realizing sooner. Patting her gently, I asked her to put on proper clothes.
Once she was dressed, Fizz regained consciousness. Covered in nosebleeds, I quickly cleaned him up with magic and preemptively bowed deeply.
"My deepest apologies for my subordinate’s behavior!"
"... I understand this was an unforeseen situation, as I’ve gathered from the magic beast. Please ensure it doesn’t happen again."
"Yes! I’ll make sure she understands!"
Suigetsu-san then told me she wanted to go to the Rosenberg estate instead of home. Smiling, she handed me some thread.
It was a softly glowing, beautiful, silky thread.
"I can make this now! My friends said they’ll help too!"
"Thank you… Were you in any danger? Are you hurt?"
So that’s what this was about. Suigetsu-san, normally such a gentle magic beast, must have gotten overly excited about making thread for me, leading to this chaos.
"Oh my, isn’t she a beauty?"
Miss Butterfly, who happened to be there for a business meeting, noticed the thread in my hands.
"This... As expected of you, Rosarin-chan! You found something amazing!"
"There’s more. There are prototypes too. Do you think they’re usable?"
Suigetsu-san looked worried, but Miss Butterfly’s eyes gleamed with excitement.
"I can’t say until it’s made into fabric, but my gut tells me ‘this is it’! Give me all of it—I’ll turn it into cloth!"
"My Lord, I’ll do my best! Also, please give me some concentrated holy water!"
Wait… the thread’s material is boiled holy water? The same kind I tried to use on Shiva before he rejected it?!
"Which one do you want: regular holy water or the ‘other’ holy water?"
"... My Lord, is this… water? Is it really water?? Hmm…"
The gelatinous "holy water" left Suigetsu-san slightly perplexed. It resembled a slime but looked like regular water.
After a moment’s hesitation, Suigetsu-san consumed the "other" holy water.
Note: The sight of humanoid Suigetsu-san spinning thread was a shockingly surreal spectacle. Instead, please imagine Kurarin dancing wildly and shouting “"ULTRA SOUL!!!"”
"Ojousama, stay with us!"
"Huh?!"
The shock was so great that I briefly crossed into heaven to say hello to Kurarin!
"Leave it to me from here! I’ll create the world’s best dress!"
"Ah… Sure."
"My Lord, I’ll do my best!"
"Ah… Sure."
I firmly asked Suigetsu-san to stop spinning thread in human form as it was too shocking.
And then I realized—I forgot to mention I’d be perfectly fine with ordinary materials.
After that, I had a long talk with all my magic beasts to ensure this kind of thing wouldn’t happen again.
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