Hero blessed chapter 3: Makai´s diva and low-life business
"You are the chosen child"
As long as it remains in Sanct.i.tine"s memory, it is the first word spoken. An orphanage managed by one of the cardinals Cranklum as a charity activity - that fruit, a breeding inst.i.tution that makes faithful believers to the G.o.ddess and himself, Sanctine was born and raised there. She was taught as a child abandoned by her parents, but in reality she is a child who brought money to the men and women who have a wonderful magician"s hand and made them happy. The concept of genes in this world hasn"t been discovered yet, but it has been found from the rule of thumb that children inherit the properties of their parents. Therefore, children born from beautiful magician"s parents are likely to grow up as boys and girls with high magical power and beauty. In those days, Cranklum, who had become a cardinal and was aiming at the next pope, he needed to catch the hearts of the populace by his strength and beauty. For that purpose, he accepted five children, including Sanctine, who were brought up and raised.
"As you can see, ordinary children can"t use magic, but you, chosen by the G.o.ddess, are born with magic and are able to use it"
The director, a gentle middle-aged woman who bundles orphanages - who was rumored to be the mistress of Cranklum in the back side pointed to the children of the commoners pa.s.sing in front of the orphanage. The priest who was a subordinate of Cranklum from the time of the imperial children had continued to put the magic of 『Protection』 etc., so that the magic had grown so that it was possible to use rudimentary magic already though it was a young age of five years old.
"Magic is the love that the G.o.ddess gave to you, so always be constantly striving to increase love"
"Yes teacher!"
Sanctine and the other four nodded naturally to the words of the director, they spelled enchantedly until they fell and continued training to increase their magical powers. One day, one incident out of the five people silently leaving the orphanage happens. The girl who was brought back soon talked about it while crying "I wanted to see my real father and mother". The director who heard it scolds her with a quiet but tight tone.
"You are a G.o.ddess-savored child loved by the G.o.ddess, so to speak, not being deceived by those who only have blood, please give love to the G.o.ddess"
Sanctine and the other children were strongly convinced that those words were right, but the girl who escaped had a nonsense face. And a few days later, after the girl escaped from the orphanage again and was caught by the priests, she never came back.
"There was not enough love for the G.o.ddess"
The director told so sadly but didn"t tell what happened to the girl. Sanctine also forgot about the girl and so on, devoted herself to magic training. And on the day she celebrated her twelfth birthday, the four were taken to the Great Temple, declaring something while kneeling before the statue of G.o.ddess while Cranklum was watching.
"By this, I dedicate all of this power to the G.o.ddess Erezonia, I pledge to keep fighting the evil people who disrupt the world"s peace"
A holy ritual that becomes a immortal hero. It was only Sanctine and another boy that the symbol of the sun was carved to the body by being admitted by the G.o.ddess. Because two people who were not able to become a hero also had high power, they became priests as it was and went out to the land of the frontier to the travel of missionary and no one know what became of them afterwards.
"You are the chosen hero, you worked outstandingly"
Saying so, they were sent off by the director who wiped off her tears and Sancine and the other boy were sent out to Cranklum"s origin. Cranklum, who had been showing his face in the interval of his work until now, welcomed them into the mansion with a gentle smile. The day after that is basically the same as the time of the orphanage. During the day, magic is trained and at night they could read the scriptures of the G.o.ddess and cultivate their devotion to the G.o.ddess. And, it was a repet.i.tion to go out to the neighboring village with the priests under the command of Cranklum and to blow away the monsters who were rampaging by magic.
"Thank you very much, hero"
"I was frightened of being exterminated as it is, I wish to thank you for your help"
"Thank you for your help, elder sister"
The villagers, who had been attacked by a giant centipede monster, cried and thanked them. It was easier than exterminating rattles if she had an enormous amount of magical power, as long as magicians of the same size became a bundle, they will be no enemies. However, it was a threat to waste to abandon the village and to escape if they were not immortal heroes or strong warriors. To Sanctine, who grew up without knowing either hunger or cold at the orphanage, throwing away the field that was struggling and plowing = escaping = she knows how much weight the choice to protect only life is lost even if they lose their income source. However, she saw the villagers kneeling towards herself and shouting words of praise and she experienced the first feeling of trembling running from the back of her chest.
"I don"t like it, but I did what I should do as a hero"
"Oh, so kind!"
"This n.o.ble heart must be the reincarnation of the G.o.ddess Erezonia"
"Hero-sama.....no, Saint-sama!!"
Sanctine"s gentle smile made the villagers feel more and lay down on the ground. As the matter spread, Sanctine began to be called Saint and the boy who became another hero began to rage.
"What about Saint, don"t get excited about it!"
The anger of the boy who had been shivering, didn"t understand as much as Sanctine. He is inferior with magical power, even in appearance he is unbelievably mediocre and has a inferiority complex, as well as love and pa.s.sion that has embraced the glittering girl all the while. One day, an incident occurred when the boy attacked Sanctine, who was bathing in her room. Sanctine immediately blew off the attack magic and blew the boy away, as she didnt care about him, but the boy disappeared from the mansion due to the commandment of Cranklum in consideration of the situation. Sanctine doesn"t know what has become of this immortal hero. From this moment on, however, she wasn"t a chosen child, nor was she a hero, she was the only saint.
"You are the chosen saint, try to behave properly as a saint"
"Yes, Cranklum-sama"
Thanks to the words of the Cardinal, Sanctíne smiled with a saintly compa.s.sionate affection. The thing that was swirling behind the back is what, even she herself doesn"t know.
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The meeting with the king wasn"t yet fulfilled, although ten days had already pa.s.sed since the saint Sanctine visited the mining state Tigris.
"I wont tolerate it anymore, let"s let them know our power!"
The thirty priests who gathered in the chapel utter the voices of indignation together.
"Because the King is reluctant to cooperate, we won"t be able to destroy the wicked demon king forever!"
"The number of visitors to the temple in a few days has also decreased, and we have to make declarations quickly"
"Let the king taste the anger of the G.o.ddess!"
"Wait, it is too much to do such a thing......"
The only one who raised a opposite voice is the bishop who is in his fifties and originally kept this Tigris Kingdom Temple. It seems that the person who prophesied missionary more than a hundred years ago seemed to do quite a terrible act on healing magicians and medicinal herb selling which were originally from, and the people of this city are still rooted in disbelief against the G.o.ddess. Still the bishop did not cause big problems until now and managed to do anything. Even so, he can"t stand being steamed back. To the bearish bishop who tells that, the priests turn their eyes and looked down on him obviously.
"I won"t talk to you. Contempt to us is as good as contempt to the G.o.ddess, you´re not qualified as a G.o.ddess believer to overlook it!"
"Even so, I was told......"
Originally, although the bishop is higher in rank, the priests, who are directly reporting to Cardinal Cranklum, can"t be disobeyed because they have power to overrule the power of an average bishop. In such a complicated chapel, Sanctine, who was sitting quietly with her eyelids closed, suddenly stood up.
"I"ve received a 『Telepathic communication』 from Cranklum-sama"
"Oh, did it finally come!"
It has already been reported that the collection of magic wasn"t advancing because Tigris´s king refused the visitation and cooperation though the giant magic conductor 『Tear of Matarar』 was lent out. It was said that Cranklum prepared the solution and the result was borne at last though the money was poured to other cardinals and it had done the root.
"So what kind of punishment would the Archbishop do?"
To the priests who can"t suppress the feeling of defeat, Sanctine tells with a smile.
"Until your Majesty promised to cooperate with us, we will increase the amount of healing magic offerings to five times and prohibit the use of resurrection spells"
"Oh, that is wonderful!"
"Isn"t that stupid!?"
To the priests who raise an applause, the bishop made a pale face. In this town where there are many accidents in the mine, what kind of riot will happen if you do things that you not only get rid of treatment costs but also stop resurrecting the deads. Before that, having a means to revive the dead, repelling "as it is rotten and returning to the earth" to families and lovers who are wet with tears is not an act permitted as a person.
"Because the majesty"s duty can"t be hungry, that alone is a G.o.ddess"s faithful person"
"Evil demon king will be destroyed anyway - that is G.o.ddess Erezonia"s divine will!"
Prior to the eyes of the bishop who tried desperately to reply, a priest threw a spear axe and kept him silent. Still Sanctine tells the bishop who is trying to resist with a smile.
"This is a message from Cranklum-sama, bishop. From today, you will be transferred to the temple of the Boa kingdom with people accompanying you"
"Such a absurdity!?"
To the order to transfer to the Temple of Boa kingdom, the elderly bishop screamed.
"The rumor still remains that the temple couldn"t be rebuilt and that the soldiers who were killed by the demon tribe and the priest that died by the collapse of the temple remain......"
"Yes, it is a story left to the bishop"
To Sanctine"s innocent smile, the bishop gets dizzy and knees. He heard that the king of Boa Kingdom is intelligent but a little timid. He accused the Great Temple for the sins of Bishop Hugh, no matter how much grudge there is, how much resentment the G.o.ddess has acc.u.mulated. He goes to such a place and treats injured people and sick people while chased by the resurrection of the dead every day, and in the meantime, he needs to collect the reconstruction cost of the broken temple. It was almost like saying, "Die with overwork and worry" in the roundabout.
"Why doing such a thing......"
Why is the bishop who refused to fertilize my belly and run into harlotry and grieved the men who collide with the people of the city from radical faith and played serious duty while hurting the stomach? If he would strongly raise his crime, he would have had a decent nerve that he could not sacrifice his innocent people for the G.o.ddess and the Great Temple. Especially two years ago, when the former King Tigris who had bought incompetence of the G.o.ddess religion fell ill, it is natural as a medical doctor whether it can be cured by the secret of the Great Temple, but it is not a member of the G.o.ddess teaching, so it was a big thing that he was amazed by the cardinals with appropriate consultation. The priests dragged himself the bishop out who was hanging his head at the irrational. Meanwhile, Sanctine had an unchanging smile. As the Cardinal who is at the top of the G.o.ddess teaching ordered so, as this is a G.o.ddess"s faithful act, she shows the correct act as the saint.
"I sincerely pray for the bishop"s success in life"
On the back of the bishop who is thrust out of the chapel, Sanctine sends a word of offspring with a smile. Those words have no meaning. However, she didn"t call the name of the bishop once.
"Let"s go over to tell Cranklum"s words to the king"
"Today the bald minister cant stop us, we would like to see His Majesty the sickly King"
The priests laughed at the irony and urged Sanctine to go to the royal castle.
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Until all the inhabitants of the Tigris kingdom pour enough magic into the 『Tear of Matarar』, the G.o.ddess won"t resurrect the dead and wont treat any injuries or illnesses unless they pay five times the cost. The medical system of the city collapsed and the people who knew it might cause a riot. However, the G.o.ddess teaching has immortal heroes and one of them is the Saint Sanctine who is a human with the highest magic power. A thousand people, such as the general public, will be slaughtered together, and even if they defeat her, it is impossible to continue resisting against her, who comes back infinitely. It"s an extreme story, but if Sanctine takes her time, she can even kill tens of thousands of Tigris citizens by herself. It is meaningless to fight against such a monster. The people of Tigris kneel and there is no way to accept the rule of G.o.ddess Erezonia. To the priests who explained so with a sharp awkwardness, the minister nodded with a sloppy look, but did not stand up from the sofa.
"......I will consult with his Majesty. Please leave today"
"I don"t mind, but what I have tell you is that it will start right away"
"Before it"s too late, I hope your Majesty"s physical condition will be healed"
The priests release their anger of the past to the fullest to have a good feeling.
"Well then, I"m waiting for a good reply"
Sanctine stood up with an unchanging smile and left the drawing room behind. In this way the Kingdom of Tigris will succ.u.mbed to the G.o.ddess teaching and should have tens of thousands of magic power collected in 『Tear of Matarar』.
"......Not coming"
Even after the day of the next day, the messenger from the king never visited the temple. On the contrary, until the footsteps of injured people and sick people for treatment purposes, they ceased to be b.l.o.o.d.y. The prohibition of resurrections and the increase in expenses were declared in the signboard yesterday, so it was expected as the number of patients decreased, but it was strange that not even one person came. Furthermore, except for a few enthusiastic believers, the number of believers decreased. When everyone was twisting his head at the chapel why no one came, a young priest came inside.
"It is serious!"
"What"s wrong, why are you in such a hurry"
"There is someone who uses healing magic in the city!"
"What!?"
The priests change their facial expression to the inexcusable report. The act of treating injuries was an exclusive patent by the G.o.ddess religion and they were an important source of income. It isn"t allowed even just to violate it, but to tighten the cheeky king of Tigris now, they have just begun sanctions against resurrections and increasing costs. A private healer was rampant and the recognition of 「The G.o.ddess´s priests aren"t needed」 spread.
"No way, the king would have arranged for it!"
"No, it seems to be an unrelated civilian. Hearing the people"s story, he appeared suddenly a few days ago"
"Anyway, let"s stop it now!"
"Yes, I understand"
Together with enthusiastic priests, Sanctine goes out of the temple. The place where the young priest guided them was the side of the castle wall which is out of town. In order to let soldiers stand by in wartime, the side of the castle wall is an open s.p.a.ce, nothing else but children usually play there ball. But now there was a crowd of people who came to wish to treat injuries and diseases.
"Yes, line up side by side, don"t push"
"People with serious injuries have priority, those with minor injuries, please sit in the chairs here and wait!"
A cheerful girl with a black-haired boy and a hat and gla.s.ses organizes the gathered people. A beautiful little girl which wasn"t less than the ten years old is doing the healing of an injured person.
"Pain Pain fly away, 『Complete Healing』"
The man was attacked by a beast in the mountain and the light emitted from the palm of the little girl flows to the man who was stricken with a big hole in the arm when the spell was completed. Then, while the hole of the arm was seen, it closed and the blood returned to the face of the man who was pale.
"Oh, I don"t have any pain at all!”
The man shook his arm around and when he confirmed his condition, he gripped the young girl´s hands with deep emotion.
"Thank you Reno-chan, no Reno-sama!"
"When uncle feels better then Reno is happy"
"The fare is fine, its packed behind so please the next one"
The maid who wore a long hat which hid her ears was refrained from the side of the little girl pleased with a large smile calls the next injured person after the man. The priests were astonished from the sight.
"At that age, how can her healing magic be so advanced!"
"They´re not taking money, right!?"
Those who received treatment will only say words of grat.i.tude, before they leave the line without paying even one silver coin and no one blames it.
"It is impossible, this is not lucrative....."
It is not like the priest"s words serving the G.o.ddess, but that was a straightforward impression. In front of stunned priests, men who seem to be miners run with people on board of a tree.
"Please, he got caught up in a rock crumbling!"
It was a still young man who was brought by the wooden board, his neck bent in a abnormal way because of a fallen rock. In front of the unsightly corpse, that cute little girl doesn"t make a disgusting face and walks up with the maid. And while connecting her hands together and interchanging magic powers, she invoked the magic of miracles that cannot be cast unless it is a bishop or higher cla.s.s.
"Everyone is waiting for you, so please wake up and open your eyes, 『Death Revival』 "
The dazzling light enveloped the youth, the broken neck returned to its original state and slowly he opened his closed eyes.
"Ridiculous, Death Revival......!?"
The priests were shocked at the sight of the young man and the miners. Death is the greatest fear of life. The resurrection magic that defies it is the pillar that has supported the belief of the G.o.ddess religion. This little girl shakes their existence value, so that the priests turn their hostility to her while being astonished.
"What do we need to do to eliminate that girl surely?"
"But it"s not good to put our hands on her in front of people like this"
If they hurt this little girl who is like a savior who appeared in a place where you can"t receive resurrection or treatment at the temple, the people will be angry and attack the priests this time. It is easy to fight it off. But if it is known that they"ve killed a lot of people, the King of Tigris, who still didn"t show up, will be furious and could start a full-scale war with the G.o.ddess religion. The G.o.ddess who has immortal heroes is confident not to be defeated absolutely even if a war happens. However, the general believers who aren"t heroes in the process: the priests and their families and friends are at risk of being killed so that they can"t be revived as retaliation. Even if they blindly believe in the G.o.ddess Law, they are also children of the G.o.ddess. A baby is cute and was afraid to die.
"Let"s wait till the popularity stops for now"
"By the way, what is that?"
A young priest points back to the young lady. There was a tree setting like that used in theater.
"And what are they doing?"
A group of adolescents wearing strange clothes at some distance from the young girl or the injured people had brightened eyes now. In addition, those who finished having their injuries treated, family members who came with their injuries, children in the street were also left in a place and waiting for something to start.
"Is there anything else that will occur?"
The fierce priests´s warmths are gathered in a extra s.p.a.ce and the enthusiasm of people gathered there rises with a seconds step. Looking forward to the greatest moment that didn"t exist anywhere in this world, no one couldn"t even imagine it, which spoils the soul.
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Shinichi, a black-haired boy who had been organizing the people, looked at the breath of the young girl Reno roaring and raised a loud voice towards the people who gathered.
"Yes, today"s treatment ends here, please come again tomorrow except for those who are seriously injured and their lives are in danger"
"Ee～?!?"
Disappointing voices rise from the people lined up, but no one is angry. They´re not obligated to get angry but to be grateful because healing magic is applied free of charge. Besides, if you rampage you will be kicked out and you cant see the event that starts after this. However, there was only one person who made a fuss without knowing the circ.u.mstances.
"Oh, no kidding! Keep the guests waiting!?"
If you don"t pay money, you"re not a guest──Shinichi wasn"t necessary to do anything. A young group of youngsters waiting quietly at a distance surrounded the rogue quickly.
"A nuisance at the venue is taboo, you can leave!"
"""Hahaha!"""
"What you, bahuu!"
The young group strikes the rogue without hesitation, silences him and take him away as it is. When Shinichi sees them off, he calls to the plump youngster who is the representative of this youth group.
"Leader, I appreciate your effort today"
"This Shinichi-dono, cleaning garbage is an obvious way of manning as a fan"
The young man who was called leader said so, wearing strange clothes──happy coat and headband glitter proudly.
"I´m ashamed to have such a rude person as a member of this town itself"
"Hahaa, leader is splendid"
Shinichi laughs and says his thanks to the leader who heard the praise and made an thumb up.
"Well, let"s have fun today as well"
"Of course, I will enjoy it with all my might!"
When he put his thumbs upside down, he leaves the organizing of the audience to the youth group and Shinichi goes to the back of the stage made of wood. There the hired minstrel was adjusting the string instruments.
"Are you ready?"
"Ready at any time"
Shinichi returns a smile to the minstrel who plays strings as a trial. Then he returned to the side of the stage and sent a signal to the maid who was waiting.
"Ceres-san, begin"
"Certainly, 『Blackout curtain』"
Ceres´s magic surrounded the surroundings, the shadow of the castle walls where darker than originally, because it was covered with a deeper shadow.
"Coming, Coming!"
As the gathered people raise their excitement, a lot of people gathered will begin flowing quietly as they raise the excitement. As soon as the timbre reminiscent of a gentle breeze blows like a fiery flash, the seven-colored "light source" magic illuminates the stage and illuminates the person standing there unprecedentedly. An adorable twin tail that gathers brilliant black hair like wet, on both sides of the head. Shinichi designed it and spider woman woven, in this world it is heterogeneous, so it is unusual and eye-catching plaid mini skirt and vest. Thin legs were hidden in the thighs, but the absolute area born with the skirt is more glossy because of that. Absolute angel who descended to a mining city, its name ──
"""Reno-chaaaa───nn!"""
"Everyone, thanks for coming!"
Responding to the youths group cheering is Reno whose voice was enlarged magically. At the same time, pretty bear and rabbit dolls came walking from the stage sleeves and danced with Reno.
"From the world of blue light~, jumping out of the red day~ I knew the blue sky~♪"
It is a rhythmic voice that echoes to the tone of the up-tempo lute. It is completely different from a minstrel"s song which tells the hero"s activity and the chant of the temple which conveys the G.o.ddess"s affection. Singing the uneasiness and love of a girl who jumped out into a new world, it is a very common and familiar pop music, so it resonates with the heart.
"The air which continues forever~, I was sucked in by the moon and the stars~, I understand my heart~♪"
The skirt turned around as Reno jumped and the dolls also move their small limbs hard and jump in exactly the same way. Although Shinichi drew a design painting, the only could make 『Automatic dolls』 that Ceres made on that street 『Empathize』 with Reno´s movement, but to the children in the audience, it is as if they were real creatures and looked like one.
"Kya～, Reno-chan is cute～!!"
To the children who shake their little hands, Reno shakes her hand with a smile. And then their parents and grandparents smiled.
"""Uooo──!! Reno-chan, Riー、Riー、Riーn!"""
The youth group lead by their fat leader were raising a bold strange voice.
"Wh, What is that......?"
"A ceremonial ritual?"
The priests who were watching from a remote place were shivering for the first time in the frenzy, but they can"t be bothered by young people who only see it on the stage.
"The sky you were watching~, what color is it~♪"
"""Yess, Yess, Yesss!!"""
Although it isn"t a colorful psyllium, the figures that waving a fist in perfect order are splendid idol geeks.
"They"re disgusting lolicons"
"Ceres-san, it is a reward for people like them"
This maid was sending a cold line of sight from the stage sleeve, but the youth group still keeps cheering without noticing it.
"I want to see it with you someday~♪"
"""Noooooooooo───!!"""
Along with the end of the song, the youth group raises the biggest cheers. And Reno on stage laughed and waved with her dolls. Unfortunately, the live music event ends with this song, as they didn"t have time to memorize songs and dances. But the true battle is about to come.
"Now we"re starting to sell things!"
In front of a desk that had been prepared during the song, Shinichi still raises his voice to the audience without excitement.
"Today"s item is here, Reno-chan´s fan!"
A fan which has Reno-chan´s smile printed on it. It is an article that the Maou has pasted the paper which has Reno´s smile printed on it by himself as 『Psychic photography』, and the dexterity demon tribe such as the dog head attached to the frame.
Paper and frame are produced from the trees of Doggu Valley and the 『Paste』 which pastes paper is 『Starch glue』 produced by 『Atomic structure transformation』 based on potatoes, so the cost is almost zero──
"The price is reasonably affordable, it is only three silver coins!"
The amount of money presented by Shinichi was about 3,000 yen in j.a.panese yen, it was a superb pot price. However, in this world where there is no photograph and color copying machine and there are few magicians that can use high precision 『Psychic photography』, the value of a large silver coin (about 10,000 yen in j.a.panese yen) is enough even if it is an elaborate figure because there is, it is never a good deal. And above all, there are no shops that don"t sell goods, so it will be great as long as there are no shops selling merchandise.
"Yes, yes, yes, I will buy it!"
"Give me five! Here, 15 silver coins!"
Shinichi handles the youth group approaching with an wild momentum calmly.
"Yes, please calm down. We only have a limited number, so we can only give one to one person."
"The fan club wearing happi coat takes precedence, those in the general can line up here!"
Ariane who disguised herself with gla.s.ses and a hat also guides the guests with familiar hands.
"The set of Happi coat and headband, which is the proof of the fan club, is in stock again! As it is limited to five garments it will be 3 big silver coins, so please come as soon as possible!"
They don"t forget to stir firmly the willingness to buy with the limited commercial law which narrowed down the quant.i.ty. Even though it is not such a trickery of ordinary people, general customers other than the enthusiastic youth group also build a row in search of a fan.
"Mom, I also want a fan of Reno-chan!"
"Because my grandmother"s knee was healed, should I buy it in return?"
"I"m going to come back and thank you for anything, I"m a man. Hey, sell me that Happi coat!"
"No, I"m not interested in a young girl! But I"m just interested in that magic costume that is called happi coat!"
The goods are sold out instantly, including people who do a somehow unpleasant excuse.
"Giving free treatment and show off a song, they"re going to earn money by means of this....."
To that good business method, the priests unexpectedly admire. However, the characteristic of the sleazy staff officer was from here.
"Reno-chan´s fan, it"s sold out, thank you very much! ......Let"s move on to the main product for today"
In line with Shinichi´s declaration, Ceres steadily comes out. A red cloth was hung on her hand and a silver tray was held. Shinichi removes the red cloth after seeing that people"s eyes have concentrated enough on it. And it appeared──
"One-eighth, Reno-chan plaster figure · cat ear version"
"""Uooo───!!"""
Today"s biggest cheers rose from youth group Leader to elaborate Reno"s plaster figure workmanship.
"What is G.o.d"s idea of putting pretty cat ears and tails to cute Reno-chan!"
"What is this loveliness, a figure that looks like a rumored demon!?"
"What"s inside the skirt!?"
"Please buy it and check it"
Shinichi calmly announces so to the youth group, telling the signal to start.
"For this plaster figure, the start price is 5 big silver coins!"
Because there is only one item, it is a sale in auction format, where the one with the highest price obtains it. The average customers don"t partic.i.p.ate so much to a mere doll which costs five large silver coins (about 50000 yen in j.a.pan yen). However, the youth group who wore the happis weren"t able to retreat to this extent.
"Eight large silver coins!"
"One gold coin!"
"Two gold coins!"
Everyone raises their hands and the price quickly rises.
"Kukuku, even though the cost is for a plaster figure similar to free stuff, my laughter wont stop"
"That"s a good guess"
The auction continued to heat up while Ceres insults with her usual lines.
"20 gold coins, how about this!"
"Sweet, 25 gold coins!"
(This statue of my daughter is mine, bring all the gold coins from the warehouse!)
(Maou-sama, just wait silently)
Actually Maou-sama peeped with magic since the live event and now he wants to partic.i.p.ate, but Shinichi stops him. Meanwhile, the fierce battle was settled.
"Take it, that’s 50 gold coins!"
Approximately 5 million yen in j.a.panese yen, the other young people put down their hands on the amount indicated by the leader.
"Well, here"s Reno-chan"s plaster figure / cat ear version, leader made a successful bid of 50 gold coins"
"Oooh, I wonnnnn!"
The youth group sends applauseful applause to the happy appearance of their leader who pushes up both hands to the heaven and shouts out. Of course, ordinary customers and priests had cold eyes to see such an bottomless stupidity. However, this plaster figure was sufficiently worth fifty gold coins, as the dark fairy which is a master of blacksmiths and arts created such a art piece by hand.
"Then Reno-chan, hand it over to the leader"
"Yes"
Reno who was taking a break came over and handed over her own plaster figure with a little blush.
"I am happy to have you bought it, but I"m embarra.s.sed because it"s embarra.s.sing, so don"t look at it so much?"
"It"s fine. I will only look at it 20 hours a day!"
Reno handed over the plaster figure with a smile while everyone put on a Tsukkomi in their hearts, almost nothing all day.
"But it is because of Reno that the leader also loves dolls, I"m happy that the number of friends with the same hobby has increased"
"Umm, you are a bunch of things!"
Reno-chan the meaning of 『Doll lovers』 is absolutely different──and as everyone standpoint, the leader receives the plaster figure and then shakes it with Reno-chan.at the same time.
"d.a.m.n it, I envy you......!!"
"Hahaha, this is the privilege of the winner!"
To the youth group who grind their teeth, the leader hits his fat belly. To such a sight, Shinichi laughed─
"Next, Reno-chan"s plaster figure, bunny girl version"
Additional fuel.
"In addition to fluffy rabbit ears, what is this shameless costume!?"
"It"s totally okay, so I will take it with 10 gold coins"
"Uooo, 30 gold coins!"
"Leader, you just bought a figure!"
"Unfair, surprising someone from behind is cowardly!"
"You don"t have to fight!"
Shinichi gradually left the front of the desk while watching Reno-chan stop the stupid fight of these fellows.
"Ariane, I will leave it to you"
"Yeah, but is it okay?"
Seeing Ariane wondering what he was doing, Shinichi walked closely to the saint and priests who had been looking at them from behind a building.
"h.e.l.lo Saint Sanctine-sama, today is a good day"
"You are over-familiar!"
To Shinichi who has been talking sarcastic, the priests are angry and come at him with their spear axes. However, he did not fear them at all and looked into the eyes of the saint who looked at the front with the same unchanging smile.
"So, what do you want, if it"s a fan or a happi, it"s sold out"
"I"ve come to stop the free treatment"
"What !?"
Although it was a reply as expected, Shinichi deliberately was surprised by her.
"A wonderful charity that saves people in need of injury or sickness at no cost, someone who is a gentle saint wants to stop it!"
"Hey, your voice is too loud!"
The priests hurriedly restrains Shinichi who speaks out loudly so that people who were left without excitement of the live event and auction excitement can hear it. While obediently adhering to it, he asks the saint again.
"What do you mean, shall we stop doing charitable work for people?"
"Yes, please stop it"
"Why?"
"Because it’s prohibited by the G.o.ddess"s teaching"
The saint declared with a smile, without any hesitation .
"It is an important mission that G.o.ddess Erezonia has left to us to save the people suffering and give life to those who die"
"Yes, this is our mission as the G.o.ddess"s faithful believers, the surplus wont get out of hand!"
The priests urge strongly, but Shinichi did not fear them at all.
"Why is that G.o.ddess"s faith believing banning resurrection and increases the treatment cost to five times? That"s the reason why everyone in the city is coming to us"
"Well, that is......"
Priests were hit rightly, falter, but the smile of the saint did not crumble.
"His Majesty refuses our request, so it can"t be helped"
"Hooo, I don"t know what the request is, but if we go against ourselves, the people will be dead right?"
"............"
The saint didn"t answer. If she says "no" she will be lying and be disqualified as a saint. And, even if answering "yes", she will accept the suppression on the people, disqualifying as a saint again. So instead, the priests shouted.
"It is necessary to destroy the evil demons that appeared in the Doggu Valley!"
"Well, is it a sacrifice to the people of Tigris to defeat a demon who isn"t doing anything to the Kingdom of Tigris? That does not have any merit in Tigris, is not it just hara.s.sment?"
"The suppression of demons is the will of the G.o.ddess, don"t mock it!"
The priests were furious and threw a spear axe towards Shinichi but Shinichi continued without frightening.
"I didn"t say any bad word about the G.o.ddess teaching, but I heard that people in the city are having trouble with your way?"
Looking back and see the people who were behind the scenes. Half didn"t get involved in this troubles, which is pitiful as they only looked away but the remaining half of the winning people were staring at the saint with hostile eyes.
"As you can see, it seems like you´re disliked to a great extent, dear saint?"
"............"
"How about you sing and dance, wearing cute dresses, if you rock those big b.r.e.a.s.t.s, I think that you will be liked by the men in the city a bit?"
"How vulgar!!"
The priests finally got caught and this time they tried to pierce the spear axe, so Shinichi realized that it was a tide and turned his back around. To replace him, the youth group stuck to the priests.
"Is everyone of the G.o.ddess´s religion interested in Reno-chan"s live event too? No, it is nice to have more comrades!"
"What you guys, scatter!"
"Well, don"t say that, but I"m going to enjoy Reno-chan talk with us until morning today!"
"Ha, separate, gross! Sanctine-sama, lets leave this place today"
"... I understand."
Even though they are good at propagating, they are not good at being missionary, so they lost against the push of the leader and the saint and the priests escaped. Shinichi looks at it and smiles wryly, returning to Ariane´s side who cleaned up the auction.
"Good work, thank you for the tidy up"
"I don"t mind that, but what kind of horrible things did you say?"
While looking up and looking back, Ariane looked pitiful to the priests who glared at them. On the other hand, Shinichi laughs when it is epicardial.
"Isn"t it awful, does it look like a gesture that I play with hard-headed guys?"
"Yeah, Shinichi is a sleazebag!"
"......You"ve got to tell me"
To Ariane nodding with a bright smile, Shinichi is tapping her shoulder with a rather relieved appearance. In the next moment, Reno and Ceres that have finished changing clothes come along.
"So, how is this act and the overthrowing of the saint are linked?"
"Reno doesn"t understand it well, it"s a pleasure to make everyone happy with songs and magic......"
"Hmm, then shall we check the effect of the strategy again?"
While walking towards the outside of the castle gate, Shinichi explains the full plan so that people in the city won"t hear it.
"Effect 1, obstruct injection of magical power into the magic conductor"
Many of the citizens were not enthusiastic believers, but for the reasons of treatment of injuries and illnesses, they went to the temple and devoted magical power. Therefore, if they hear that they can receive free treatment by Reno, they won"t go to the temple.
"Because we digged up the grave hole from the side of the saint, such as dispute with the king, treating cost becomes five times, resurrection ban, etc. People will be steadily increasing in the future"
"Instead, it is going to be busy from here on"
I"d be dissatisfied with working Reno so much tired. To Seres who is sending a little sharp gaze, Shinichi lightly raises his hand and apologizes.
"Effect 2: Improve relationship between humans and humans"
In addition to free treatment, amuse people with singing and dancing. Moreover, since it is a novel idol live taking advantage of j.a.pan"s knowledge of the 21st century which was not in this world, there was no construction to eagle the hearts of people.
"If Reno who became popular of everyone reveals the ident.i.ty as 『I´m actually a demon』 the biased prejudice will be fine"
"Is it really going to work so well......?"
Ariane is skeptical because she was having trouble as a half dragon human.
"Of course, she won"t be able to get along with everyone right away, but since humans are cash creatures, Reno-chan isn"t something that can"t be hated continuously because she is a demon because they are profits for us"
Before the G.o.ddess´s teaching who enlivens demons, there may be few who stand out and advocate, but if the recognition that 『Demons can"t be bad people like Reno-chan』 spreads, it will someday lead to a real settlement.
"There is a saying that Rome wasn"t built in one day. Let"s keep this in mind"
Shinichi´s purpose of making a fun country isn"t to come true in a single morning, but it is also worthwhile.
"Effect 3, earn money with goods sales"
There is a large amount of gold in the demon king castle, but it isn"t inexhaustible and consumption becomes intense by the purchase of food in the future. Therefore, Shinichi wanted to raise his know-how of business in antic.i.p.ation of the future.
"If you hear that it"s completely free volunteer activity, people suspect that there is a backside, so those who showed intelligible desires would rather be trusted"
"Thoughtful thinking, it is reasonable"
It seems that the world seems to be the same also in the demon society that the world doesn"t turn only with good faith and Ceres shows agreement while sighing.
"And this is the most important though......Effect 4, is to be seen as an enemy by the saint"
"The purpose is to be hated?"
Because the purpose was to convince her becoming our friends, Reno-chan looks strange. However, it is necessary to have a process disliked in order to be liked.
"The saint wasn"t interested in saving the pinch, she might not be interested in others, so it was necessary to be stared up as an enemy and to be seen even if being hated"
The opposite of love is not dislike but indifference. In the absence of an interest that is not interested, no words will arrive. And, dislike is a negative direction, but interest is kept.
"A certain G.o.d said 『Hate is convertible to love』"
To dislike is that someone strongly thinks about the other party, that the opponent is left in an impression. Of course, it is far worse than "like", but it is used to an important person who occupies the heart.
"So, you can convert your likes to dislike with the effect that a bad guy does something good and looks like a good guy" he said.
With a fellow named gap effect, with the original image being bad, as opposed to impressing the opponent with a strong head difference. Of course, as the saying goes, "If you hate s.h.i.t and hate until the royalty", as the proverb goes, if you dislike it too deeply, no matter what you do it will only show up in minus, so exquisite adjustments are required.
(Well, even if it doesn"t work so well, if the saint comes to hate me, it is possible to depth peel from the Demon king)
If she hates Shinichi rather than the Maou and try to kill him before anyone else, there is a way for Shinichi to escape and protect Maou-sama´s castle.
(And when it was really helpless──）
Shinichi didn"t mention the black thought floating in the corner of his head. For that reason, he will receive suspicion from the women.
"Are you still aiming for the saint......?"
"If you like such big milks, how about keeping a cow?"
Ariane is an uneasy eye like a deserted puppy, Ceres sends a cold stare that looks kinky. However, only ignorant Reno to young love feelings was obediently worrying about him.
"I am not sure, but it is sad that Onii-san is disliked by people......"
"As long as there is Reno-chan, I will be fine if anyone hates me"
Pure tenderness was pleased, Shinichi hugged the small body of Reno.
"Hawawaa!?"
"If you have the energy to s.e.xual hara.s.s Reno-chan, then make the saint fall quickly"
"Okay, I got permission from Ceres, let"s do our best to work on the strategy of the saint"s strategy!"
"I don"t allow it......"
Behind Shinichi who is clenching his fist, Ariane leaves a voice of dissatisfaction behind. n.o.body knew that dissatisfaction would come true in a certain sense.