[If you don't know how to start a friendship, invite her to a meal... it never fails!]
... Artoria Pendragon
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It was the simplest value shared by humans... no, by all living beings.
No creature would refuse a free meal, even if they weren't particularly hungry.
As for whether the food might hide poison or some trap... Come on, these two girls, more "monsters" Than Servants, didn't care about such things!
"Ugh... why am I even doing this?"
Another roaring bonfire.
Jeanne Alter, who had barely rested, found herself under Alaric's "expectant" gaze, forced to pick up the already-prepared large fish.
She didn't understand why she was doing this... could these two monster lolis have used some "charm" magic? Had she unknowingly developed a liking for them?
Jeanne Alter pondered silently.
But when the pink-haired dragon-girl, calling herself Elizabeth Báthory, cheered and eagerly tore a piece of meat from the roasted fish, popping it into her mouth, Jeanne Alter felt an inexplicable stir in her heart.
A memory surfaced.
Not hers, but that of the girl named Jeanne d'Arc.
It was a long, long time ago, when the girl was not yet the renowned Saint of Orleans, but just an illiterate village girl from Domrémy.
Even so, she had her own legend.
"Go ask around... I'm the big sister known far and wide!"
Though her time hadn't yet come, the girl's leadership was already evident. Many children loved playing with her, and she had a knack for entertaining them... roasting fish was one of her skills.
"Speaking of cooking, I happen to have some expertise myself." Said Kiyohime... the green-haired girl... her eyes gleaming with longing as she watched the crackling fire.
She asked Alaric to catch another small fish and joined the "barbecue party."
Her culinary skills even surpassed Jeanne Alter's.
If Jeanne Alter's cooking was at the level of "good enough to make kids happy." Kiyohime's was at the level of "preparing to be a devoted wife for her beloved."
"What? You have a beloved? For real?!" Jeanne Alter stared in shock at the girl who seemed even younger than her.
"Of course! I have always had a beloved, and I am deeply loved in return... Don't you have someone like that?"
"Me? Of course I do, and plenty of them! Hmph, people who adore me could line up from Orleans to Paris!"
... A strange sense of defeat!
... Faced with Kiyohime's skeptical gaze, Jeanne Alter felt worse than if she'd suffered a crushing loss!
"Ugh, enough! Can't you two talk about something proper girls would discuss?"
"Like... singing or something?"
Elizabeth Báthory, the pink-haired dragon-girl who had devoured two roasted fish in no time, joined the monster girl tea party with a bold attitude.
Though their seemingly friendly exchange soon devolved into bickering... it remained just that, bickering.
... In the midst of an apocalyptic world, having a "frenemy" To trade barbs with wasn't such a bad thing, was it?
...
Time spent chatting always passed quickly.
Before they knew it, night had fallen.
In theory, it was time to head back... but for some reason, Jeanne Alter had no desire to leave.
Well, she knew why.
Going back meant idling with nothing to do. Here, she could laugh and talk with two fairly pretty girls, but back there, she'd only face a creepy mage with bulging eyes.
Though it felt a bit unfair to Gilles... even a witch bent on destroying the world preferred the company of pretty girls!
"So... did you know? I'm actually a witch born from anger, a villain set on destroying this world!"
During their conversation, Jeanne Alter, with a tone that feigned indifference but was actually cautious, revealed her identity.
... She was prepared for these two lolis to reject her and fight.
But the outcome was unexpected.
"Huh? Destroy the world?"
"Well, I admit that's a decent idea... but I think keeping a few humans in this near-destroyed world, like livestock, would better highlight the value of destruction."
"What do you think, Kiyohime?"
"I don't care, as long as I can be with my beloved forever."
"But if the world's destroyed and it's just me and him... ah, that'd be too perfect!"
These were true monsters.
One a natural sadist, the other a hopeless romantic.
Compared to them, Jeanne Alter felt like a saint... at least her desire to destroy the world and humanity only came after shameful betrayal!
...
Jeanne Alter chose to stay.
To remain with these two monster girls, spending a short but undeniably fun time together.
... Three monsters gathered together.
They were far from good people, let alone "friends."
Just companions who met by chance in this apocalyptic world, traveling together.
Yet, for Jeanne Alter, such "companions" were incredibly precious.
Especially Kiyohime and Elizabeth Báthory's self-centered, care-only-for-themselves personalities had a profound impact on Jeanne Alter, whose own sense of existence was still unclear.
... What matters isn't why you were born, but how you choose to live.
... The past cannot be undone, the future is out of reach; we can only live in the present.
These were the two lessons Jeanne Alter gleaned from her seven days with these monster lolis.
But before she could ponder their answers, a brief magical message from Caster snapped her thoughts back to reality.
[Lady Saint.]
[The evil dragon is ready.]
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