---Maria Events ----
Marie looked up at me with an anxious expression.
I was trying to have a mental celebration alone. That's a bad habit of mine.
"Your mother is safe. She has already been rescued. The public security of the Valkyrie Kingdom will be here soon. You need to tell them the details of the incident. And forget about me."
"What!? I have so many questions to ask you. And I want to thank you..."
Thank you? It must be a reward from a high noble...probably gold, silver, or treasure. No, I have a bad feeling about this. I shake my head.
"It's unnecessary. I still have things I need to do."
Goodbye, Maria.
"..."
Marie bit her lip in frustration.
Yes, I have a screen I must look at.
The stock chart.
I need to get to my computer quickly, or I will miss the wave. I can't linger here.
"Do you understand?"
I laughed and tried to walk away, but at that moment, Marie stood in front of me.
"I don't understand!"
"What happened...? Are you alright?" Marie looked up at me with a worried expression.
I shouldn't be daydreaming like this. It's a bad habit.
"No need. I still have things I need to take care of."
Goodbye, Marie.
"...hmph," Marie pouted, biting her lip in frustration.
Why? I'm fighting against time here.
"My savior, no...not the king...why isn't he here? ...No, not Phantom...wait, that's not it..."
Marie seemed lost in thought.
"In that case, farewell!"
She seemed preoccupied with something, so I decided to leave. But as I turned to go, she suddenly pulled on my clothes with an incredible amount of force.
What the...? Marie's supposed to have E-ranked strength!
What is she doing? The depressing scenario is already over. Please let me go.
I see. She must want me to remove the chain around her neck and the locks on her hands.
I pride myself on being a capable man, but I'm still inexperienced if I can't even notice something like that. "Gentleman me" needs more training.
"I see. I was a little hasty, too."
"Therefore!?" Marie said with a beaming smile. There was a clicking sound.
"What?" Confused, Marie's face showed bewilderment.
As her expression changed, rolling with the moment, I honestly didn't know what was happening.
"The shackles that bound you are gone. Now go free," he said.
"Oh, ah. I forgot," Marie replied.
"Ehh..." Marie's reaction was as if she had just realized it.
"Well then!? Goodbye!" Marie declared, raising her tone a notch higher than before.
"Wait!"
"Eh!?" This time, she grabbed me by the nape of my neck.
A nasty sound echoed in my skull. This person definitely isn't a "E" in terms of physical strength.
Her grip accurately hit the weakness of the human body.
I was impressed.
"At least!" Marie shouted, her voice rough.
"???"
"What's the point of all this?! The depression event is over. My Chastity is intact. My home is safe. My mother is healthy. I can live freely. Everyone is happy. That settles everything. What more could I ask for?"
"Please, please, could I at least see your face? Just one look... Just one look, please?"
Marie pleaded with tears filling her eyes and said something nonsensical.
"It's impossible!"
"What!?"
I pushed Marie away, surprised, and put my hand on her shoulder to speak to her.
"Maria, I..."
"Maria!?"
The moment Marie was called by her name, she let out a surprised and adorable voice.
Oops. I screwed up. Marie is a noble daughter. Even the official setting portrays her as a strong-willed person. She even has royal blood in her setting.
As an illegal intruder who caused a lot of commotion, I was the last person who should be addressing her by her name.
If I thought about it, I'd realize that I'm nothing but a suspicious person who destroyed things in this underground magic workshop. Expensive-looking portraits and vases are shattered, and the walls are gouged and riddled with holes.
Surely, she's furious with me.
I bet Marie is thinking something like this: "I'm grateful that you saved me, but what on earth have you done? You owe me compensation. I won't demand everything, but that's the least you can do as a sign of respect for me. And besides, show me your face, you suspicious person! I'll send you a bill!"
It all adds up. This is the great deduction of the famous detective, me.
I imagine a cold, ruthless face with blue veins on the forehead.
That's right. The odd feeling from earlier was probably just her desperate acting to hide her anger. She even forgot about whether or not I was restrained, and her expression was strange.
It's over.
If I'm found here, everything will be over.
The alarm in my head is warning me, 'Pattern Red! Pattern Red! Retreat! Retreat!' It's like the headquarters in my mind is issuing a warning.
"I'm sorry. I was too familiar with you."
"No..."
I felt fear when Marie dropped her face and trembled her lips.
"Hiiee!"
I knew my own face was twitching.
Oh no. I'm going crazy. It's over.
I have to come up with an excuse. No good. Nothing comes to mind. I have to say something random...
"Marie, I must go to a distant place to fight. I really apologize. It's my destiny."
"..."
I can't see Marie's expression.
I heard a voice from public security, "Are you okay, Maria-sama?"
Shit. There's no time!
Let me show you.
The ultimate forbidden technique.
A cheating technique that exceeds Extra Bullet.
The technique requires an emulator because the command input cannot be performed at human speed.
One of the serious forbidden techniques that were patched after being discovered by the management and can no longer be used.
"Excuse me!"
It affected traffic, being a kind of stack overflow.
It causes abnormal behavior that cannot occur under normal circumstances by using specific magic or skills at the same time to overload the game.
In short, it's a bug technique on the data.
By overloading the graphics rendering, it makes the character's action look like it skipped.
It is possible by activating specific and multiple magic, skills, and arts in the correct order, affecting the data rendering.
One of the forbidden techniques that use stack overflow.
It's the only serious forbidden technique I can use right now.
If it's possible, it's okay.
When are we going to do it? Now, right? Isn't that right?
By the way, Tachyon-san never returned to the group chat after that, did he?
He was wanted by the management and banned.
And he became a legend.