Lightning Empress Maid Chapter 63

Five Emperors Candidate Nanaki-chan

The days after that were very noisy.

where idd peace go

“Oi Envy! Get up, please! Food!”

“…………isn’t it only 4?”

morning!

The days where my life was thrown into disarray by the wild child that grew up in mother nature had begun. There were various problems in bring Nanaki to the capital. The most troublesome was that Nanaki’s hostility towards Ivaal-sama did not decrease. I intended to dispel this curse. But the one who stopped me was none other than Ivaal-sama.

suicidal?

‘Don’t you think this girl will become a good guardian?’

the best

I was stunned. He intended to accept it.

his death

‘I finally managed to find a successor. Teach her, Envy. This is the request of an old man.’

a dying one

Even without being told, I had intended to do that. I will return Nanaki to humanity, I had decided that. But, at that time, I didn’t have enough time. The Nanaki at the time did not have a way of reevaluating once she has recognised someone as an enemy. That’s why Ivaal-sama made use of that.

The title for transcended beings, ‘Five Emperors’, is inherited through a duel.

‘I had always thought. After retiring from the Five Emperors, what would be waiting? Just rot away in a peaceful world, is that the end of mine having fought non-stop? I didn’t want to know, so I stayed. But that is also finally at an end. This old man’s role is over, Envy.’

Nanaki’s turn

He had accepted death.

there is no other fitting ending

‘Yes, this is what retirement means. I have finally managed to meet someone who can make me retire. Hahahah! I am blessed, until the very end!’

err…if you say so

Until the day of the duel is decided, Nanaki has been allowed residence in the capital as a Five Emperor Candidate. I remember that Silver, Salia and Raicou as well as everyone else had surprised expressions. After all, that Ivaal-sama had brought back his own successor. And it was a child, a girl.

just a kid~

“Fooooooooooooooooooood!”

“Annoying! Greet after waking up! What do you say?”

“Good morning, this fucking bastard!”

“Girls don’t say fuck, say it again.”

“Good morning, this bastard!”

“That’s my line.”

improvement! Nanaki-chan learns fast

Just that, well, that child was very foul-mouthed so it was natural for there to be disputes about her suitability as a Five Emperor, I had to suffer as the one in charge of Nanaki’s education. The duel with Ivaal-sama has been set to be after Nanaki has learnt some dignity suitable for one of the Five Emperors.

not gonna tkae that long then

This is a large chance for me. It can be said that I got a little bit of an extension. Without rushing anything, one thing at a time, I taught her carefully. Nanaki is definitely not stupid. She can do it if she tries.

yesyes

“Okaay, then today I will teach Nanaki-chan this thing called money.”

“Wahwah.”

“This is the capital’s money. Without this you can’t buy anything. Hey, don’t throw it away!”

“But you can’t eat this.”

“Don’t eat it.”

useless

But, occasionally, I do think she is stupid.

not her fault

Not just with her tone, but for some reason teaching her the value of things was quite troublesome. Explaining to Nanaki who grew up in the wild the value of money was diffic

ult. Would you understand my troubles in teaching Nanaki the thing called the law if I said that Nanaki had said ‘Can’t I just take it if I want it?’ as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

n, whats the prob

To the girl that grew up removed from civilisation, it seemed that many of the things us civilised humans have created were annoying. She is free, saying it that way may be a little strange, but from Nanaki’s point of view we had very little freedom.

LIBERATION

“Nanaki lives here. Nanaki is thinking of protecting this place.”

“Not ‘Nanaki’, ‘me’. Call yourself ‘me'”

“Wataki”

“So close, yet so far……”

(T/N: Nanaki+Watashi=Wataki, watashi=me)

That Nanaki who was looking down on civilised humans fell before the thing birthed by the intelligence of the human race, the bath. The probability of encountering hot water in the middle of the wild is very low. At first she was making a ruckus about it being warm water and was on guard, but now it takes 2 hours to chase her out from the bath. If left alone she would stay there forever.

its heaven

“All day everyday, you have it tough Envy.”

“Ah, Salia. Thanks for you work. Come Nanaki, greet her.”

“Dau~”

“Speak in human words at least.”

“It’s fine, Envy.”

dauu~

Thanks to meeting many times in the large baths, I have received grateful words from Salia many times. Salia is one of the few understanding people that knows my suffering. Well, the only woman we would meet in the large bath in the deepest of the multilayered pentagons would only be Salia.

only 3 women in the central area?

“Good afternoon, Nanaki.”

“Yo, Good afternan!”

nan

And like that, Salia was an important friend that also took part in conversation with Nanaki.

very helpful~

“Why such a masculine response……”

“Well, it’s not easy to change the words that you’ve always been using.”

“Yeah. Also it’s not afternan, it’s afternoon.”

“Good afternanaki!”

afternanaki!

Bursting into laughter with Salia was also a good memory.

interval

“What is the pride that Nanaki speaks of?”

its simple~

That night, I tried asking. That noble word occasionally came out of that mouth that constantly spewed vulgarities. Without knowing anything about it, I asked as I warmed my body within my bed.

something that is very obvious

“——that Nanaki is still alive!”

living

Nanaki laughed proudly.

proudest thing

“This is very amazing you know. It would be nice to be praised for it but there isn’t really anyone around to praise me. Even though if Mother were alive she would definitely praise me.”

good job Nanaki~

I remember that Nanaki had folded her arms and nodded as she sang her self-praises. It was a sad memory. After all, to me it looked like she was acting tough. Because it made me wonder whether Nanaki was always looking for someone to praise her.

yes

“Nanaki is alive, that is Nanaki’s pride! Nanaki got it from Mother!”

simplest thing

——I was supposed to be strong.

that is always forgotten

With the disaster called the god world war suddenly befalling us, the human population drastically decreased and humans somehow live. In this destroyed world, fearing the moment the end would finally come, they live. In the world that we protect as the Five Emperors, in that sad world.

but you are not really living that way

In there, Nanaki laughed.

living requires true strength

The pride of being alive. Something that we must have as humans, at some point we have forgotten it. There was a girl that boasted of that forgotten thing. The basis of Nanaki’s strength is the strength to survive. An existence that has honed the natural instinct of living creatures to the very limit. Nanaki knows the ‘way to live’ in this world.

not pointless like most

Different from us, of course she is different.

she has reason to live

Nanaki wants to live. More than anyone, no matter what she has to kill. That’s why she is strong, it was such a simple matter. Nanaki that lived more desperately than anyone, and us who have lived by the world’s common sense. Have I ever been proud of being alive? Until today, until I heard that, I have never been proud of it.

then be proud of it now

Not wanting to live because you are almost killed, nor wanting to live because you almost died.

just because you are alive

Bearing that pride, Nanaki has lived desperately everyday. Such a small child, even after being separated from her mother by death, has desperately survived. Taking down the god she met, Nanaki has continued surviving. Absolute trust in herself who has survived, that is Nanaki’s pride.

for that pride

At that moment, I was convinced.

nobody will stand in nanaki’s way

——I cannot save the Ice Emperor.

end

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