Tis Time for "Torture," Princess (姫様“拷問”の時間です)

The Hellhorde and Imperial Army have been locked in battle for many years.

Led by their grand inquisitor, Torture Tortura,

the Hellhorde's elite inflict their torture on a daily basis.

She faces fierce beasts, flames, unknown devices and spells,

yet the princess does not give in.

She would never give in.

She would never let the words, "I surrender!" leave her lips so readily.

Meanwhile, the princess's former friend, the assassin Sakura Heartrock,

fails to assassinate the Hell-Lord, and sets off on a new path.

'Tis time for torture, Princess...

is what I'd usually say, but...

we have Hellholm Pre-School joining us today for Bring a Kid to Work Day.

Bring a Kid to Work Day?!

Are you going to make these children torture me?!

All together now!

Princess!

Thanks a lot for having us today!

You're all raring to go!

I hope I have enough secrets for you all.

Your Highness?

Listen, Ex.

Thinking about it, I give in to Maomao-chan when she's by herself,

so I never stood a chance against so many of them.

Stop with the calm self-evaluation.

Today, we'll show you a torture we practiced very hard!

We hope that you enjoy it!

Sure!

'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess

The kids from Hellholm Pre-School will be performing on handbells.

A-one, a-two...

Thank you for listening!

The princess confessed

It seems that the first word that the princess ever spoke was "bread."

Maomao-chan's first word was "Mama."

On that note, I hear today's torture...

was a spectacular handbell performance put on by Maomao-chan and her friends.

That's correct.

And? Where's the video?

What? A video?

We didn't receive a video, so I don't believe it was recorded.

What?!

I-It can't be...

You mean I can't see Maomao-chan playing handbells?

Your Majesty?!

Your Majesty!

The Hell-Lord passed away.

No, he's not dead.

However, the shock of missing Princess Maomao-chan playing handbells

has made him inconsolable.

Papa's in a funk.

He's so bummed out, his horns are drooping.

My apologies for not recording a video.

You were just busy doing your job, Torture.

Anyway, to cheer Go-chan up,

we'll ask the Hellholm Pre-School kids to put on another handbell show!

I see.

The Hell-Lord's wife calls him "Go-chan."

The other preschoolers have agreed to help us out.

But a normal performance would be boring, so we'll make it a surprise.

I call it...

Operation: Handbell Flash Mob!!

Operation: Handbell Flash Mob!

First, we'll get a secret out of the princess as usual,

Papa

Kanadge

and have Kanadge report it.

When suddenly, Kanadge...

Kanadge

We've failed to extract a secret from the princess.

Or so he says!

Huh?!

Which alarms Papa!

The torture has failed?

Is Torture not feeling like herself, either?

And then!

Upbeat music starts playing out of nowhere!

What? Is that music I hear?

Kanadge

Kanadge starts dancing along to the beat!

Woo-hoo

In come the preschoolers and their guardians!

What in the world?

What's going on?

And then the handbell show!

Let us begin the handbell performance.

A-one, a-two...

Papa

Papa's moved to tears!

Thank you for listening!

That was incredible!

The Hell-Lord cheered up

Lulune had always wanted to try her hand at a flash mob.

And she believes that it's not a flash mob unless there's dancing.

Is it okay if I go out for the night?

It's dangerous to go out at night!

Is it some kind of event?

You see, they're holding a festival tonight.

I was thinking of inviting a friend.

Say no more!

Go enjoy yourselves!

Yeah!

She should be done with today's torture right about now.

I didn't make it very clear last time, but I'll invite her properly today.

I get to go to the festival with you, Vanilla-chan?

I'm so happy!

The princess is sure to be overcome with joy!

I even got some allowance money.

I can't wait.

We've delivered our report to the grand inquisitor!

That means we're done with you.

Damn it...

Your Highness, get a hold of yourself!

Looks like the torture's just ended.

Princess—

Oh yeah, Princess-chan.

There's a festival tonight. Wanna come with us?

What? Really?

Yeah, I'm down!

Awesome!

That's great!

What food do you think they'll sell?

I hope there's shaved ice.

Sounds good! And takoyaki's a must!

That's always tasty!

Right. I forgot the princess is popular.

Makes sense that someone else would invite her.

I messed up.

I should have called her to ask beforehand.

That'd be the right move.

I always mess up...

Papa. Mama.

I'm sure they'd be sad if they knew how I felt right now.

My phone!

Oh, Vanilla-chan!

All of us are about to head out to the festival.

Want to join us?

Yes!

Everything looks so good.

Delish!

So hot!

Hey there!

Almost!

Too bad.

What a shame.

I know what color I want, but it looks hard to get.

Leave it to me!

As the daughter of the noble House of Peschutz,

I'm great at water balloon fishing.

You're amazing, Vanilla-chan!

I'm back!

You're back?

Welcome home.

Have fun at the festival?

Yeah! I had a great time!

'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess

Shooting Gallery

Princess-chan, time for some torture!

Today's torture is a shooting gallery.

Shooting Gallery

Guy running the stall

Each prize has a point value based on its size.

1 point

3 points

5 points

You'll each get five rounds, and whoever gets more points wins.