Hero blessed chapter 5: The saint who cant die a million times
At the back of an alley in Tigris where the book of the night went down, one young man was surrounded by three men of ill-faith.
"Brother, let"s leave something nostalgically"
"You don"t want to be dead and buried in the tomb, right?"
"Kuu......!"
Pointed at the cutting edge of the knife, the young man regretfully presents a purse full of silver coins. If this were up to a few days ago, he would have prepared to sting and resist. Even if he is seriously injured, even if he is killed, it is possible to cure with magic, so it is important to defend your wallet and pride by desperately running away and calling people. The treatment costs can be paid later by the criminals who the guards have captured and even if they aren"t caught, neighbors and business a.s.sociates will collect resurrection fees if they know that they have fought with the criminals. However, the temple of the G.o.ddess religion has banned resurrections and a kind-hearted girl who was giving free treatment outside the city disappeared four days ago. Adolescents were not able to win the fear of ending when they died.
"Hee, it"s a hard decision!"
One of the men receives the purse and kicks the youth with his knee.
"Gohaa......!"
"Hehehee, don"t play at night if you get lost like this!"
The three men left the spot after seeing that the youth couldn"t move and they kicked the crouching young man further.
"Hihihii, it"s easy to work now and it helps"
"This is also thanks to the G.o.ddess"
The men smile with joyful colors while counting the contents of the stolen wallet. For those who recognize them as criminals at first sight, the temple of G.o.ddess was originally a place to be avoided like the prison. If the temple were to treat injuries properly, there was a risk that those criminals would be arrested as the injuries would exposed them [Mind reading] revealing their criminal record. But as the temple banned resurrection, it would have been impossible to even think of the G.o.ddess Erezonia and everyone becomes depressed which makes it easy for the criminals. They felt like they had pulled out the bad G.o.ddess and their followers, and it was time for them to go to the shrine with the money they took. A white woman put her arms together in a narrow alley and she was approaching.
"Hii!?"
The men scream a little as if they saw a ghost, but it"s different if you look closely. Wearing a pure white priestess outfit and having a pale pigmented hair that shines golden in the moonlight. The beautiful and gentle smile belongs to the girl called the Saint who had been the temple"s master for a while.
"d.a.m.n, where did you get a sniff!"
The men set up the knife panicking whether the extortion a.s.sault of a little while ago had already come out. However, the girl lifted the hem of her priestess clothes with a smile that let a shudder run rather than cast attack magic.
"Do you want to play with me?"
Seeing the white, slender, but moderately fat, soft-looking thighs, the men swallow their spit involuntarily.
"He, hehee, I didn"t know the saint was selling not just healing magic but also herself"
In the general public, it is not allowed to touch the saint who walk on the flip road, but now it is possible to embrace the pretty, neat saint. The men were excited by the fact and disappeared into the dark of the alley while being invited. And──
"""Aaaa───!!"""
The men"s heartbreaking cries echoed through the darkness of the night.
Even after a few days of absence, the temple of the G.o.ddess was quiet. Although the fatal wounded are transported, they cant pay the high medical expenses, so the wounded and the sick wont come and a few of the ardent believers also move away from their feet. And the king of Tigris hasn"t responded yet.
"Slow, we"re going to wait forever!"
"They were forbidden to resurrect the dead. He is anxious and probably can"t sleep at night.……"
The priests murmur unconvinced and didn"t notice their blunders. Indeed, being deprived of the sense of security of being revived even if they die casts a shadow of great anxiety on the people of the city. That being said, they were buying too much hostility so much that the people wouldn"t want to give in to the teaching of the G.o.ddess. There were many fans who appealed for a thorough anti-war, saying that it would be better for them to be buried in the tombs, than to squeeze themselves and succ.u.mb to the G.o.ddess who removed Reno. Besides, there was also a reason that the resurrection ban had not been thoroughly enforced.
"d.a.m.n it, he got away again"
The priests, who had suffered minor injuries to their forehead and limbs, came back to the temple as they spurned a curse.
"He got away, carrying a corpse?"
"Yeah, we found him hidden in a carriage......when we tried to hold him down, all the people around him threw stones and he ran away in the middle of it"
The priests applied healing magic to their disgruntled colleagues in sympathy. The resurrection ban is limited to the temple of the Kingdom of Tigris. So, if you bring a corpse to the temple of a distant town before it rot, it was possible to receive resurrection magic. Of course, Cardinal Cranklum sent a letter to the nearby temples and ordered that the people of Tigris are not be revived. However, unlike a big city with dozens of priests, temples in a town where bishops live alone, there is a chronic shortage of funds and a deep relationship with the residents, so they cannot refuse a request for resurrection. In addition, many bishops who were dispatched to a small town were drop-ers who were kicked out of the road of success. The cardinal, who was the master of the great temple, had something in mind, so they had no intention of obediently listening to the order. The priests who grew up in the small world of the great temple didn"t know the subtleties of the world like this.
"Did Lord Cranklum"s plan to defeat the asmodians and bring Tigris to its knees?」
"From the very beginning, if we were to ask for your help……"
"You guys, you"re profane!"
The older priests scold the young priests who leak bearish remarks. Sanctine, who was silently looking at them, turned out to be tired of the barren communication and put her hand on the doork.n.o.b.
"I"m going out"
She walks along the boulevards of the city, while four priests escort her. The eyes of the people who got stuck in the figure were sharper and harder than needles.
"Because of her, Reno-chan......"
"I heard that, that rumor?"
"Ah, I guess she"s a strange pervert with a face"
Although the priests frowned grimacily to the bad mouths that are here and there, the smile of the Saint didn"t move as if it is glued. When Sanctine smiles at the housewives who gossip about her, the bad looks like a bad face let them run away quickly. When she matched her eyes with a strong man who was looking at her, he also escaped quickly.
(The mediocrity that was not chosen is noisy)
What comes to mind in Sanctine which is hidden behind her smile is the indifference towards the mensmen who have neither talent nor beauty nor faith. As the Saint who has strong magical power she was a chosen hero. All those people have to do is to ask and worship her. A feeling of pleasure that can be admired in the same way as G.o.ddess Erezonia. That"s why she behaved like a saint. She didn"t hate flowers, the pretty little bear she killed or her red beautiful dress, but she needed to do it to become a holy woman who is described as clean, pure and equally for the sake of the people.
"......It"s frustrating"
Sanctine mutters so that it cant be heard by the surrounding priests. Up until now, everything was working well. As written in the scriptures and said by the director, if she follow Cranklum"s command, everyone will praise and honor her, but why does it not work in this city?
"It"s because of that child"
Unbelievable that her naiveness and failure of the policy are inconspicuous, Sanctine hates the girl who has been incised. Black long shiny hair. Gentle red eyes deeper than ruby. Without fear of blood and diseases she healed many people with her white little hands and a wonderful big smile as well as her lovely voice like a canary and let the adorable voice resound like a canary—her feet were naturally on the outskirts of the city. However, that ugly girl shouldn"t be here anymore. When Sanctine looked around, a surveying engineer or someone with a deep robe painted something on the ground, whether it was a reinforcement work of the castle wall or not and there was also a young bard playing the lute in front of children on the side.
"Pity, the kindness of the evil witch caught the kind-hearted maiden Reno"
"Don"t lose, Reno-chan!"
"Reno-chan, do your best"
The children were excited and cheering up, but the song was clearly to blame Reno"s kidnapping and Sanctine.
"You, insulting us!"
Seeing the angry priests running up, the children cry and run away.
"It"s the evil cult, if you get caught you will be burned!"
"Aren"t you brave and get rid of them!"
"You guys are going to say......!"
The priests try to chase the children who run away. In order to block them, the bard stands up and complains.
"Did you not get bored just by crushing my top customers, you also get in the way of my service to children?"
The young bard was paid very well by Reno and her companions and he was inspired to make new music, but now he looked very sorry. However, the priests who hated the floating work, such as bards, had their faces reddered and yelled.
"Do you know what it will be like to be silent, to show the art of falling down and to beg for money?"
"......He, you call me a beggar"
The business smile freezes and the eyes of the bard sharpens.
"The way of the temple, which was forced to praise the G.o.ddess, was out of love......remember what happens if you insult us."
All that said, the bard walked out of the city just because there was no use in such unpleasant places.
"Huh, you seem like a beggar"
The priests snort and laughed, but the robber-like surveyor who was listening to the story had a pale face and prayed for well-being. In this world where neither television nor radio and even the internet exist, only merchants and bards can bring information to other countries and cities. Talking about the city and scenery of a foreign country that has never been seen in a light voice, active heroes and the romance of a princess who let your heart beat, to people who are not even uncommon and dont left their country during their whole lifetime. As well as narrators and idols, bards are journalists who bring information about the world to different places. And because of the tough work they do with their own skill, the unity of the bards is very strong, actively exchanging popular songs and rumors. In other words, the priests turned the ma.s.s media that dominated this world into an enemy by their unwilling remarks. There are many anecdotes that convey the power and fear of the song, as there are stories of heroes who are threatened with disseminating the reputation of themselves and their best friends by the bards and are deprived of their genius and finished the end of their work. Like the children, the priests have no idea of it.
"Sanctine, it"s only offensive to be in such a place, let"s go back to the temple"
"Rather than that, why not ask for the king who doesn"t reply?"
"I understand"
Sanctine makes a live reply and as said, goes to the royal castle. However, having returned from a usual minister in the reception room was a hold as usual.
"I"m sorry, but His Majesty isn"t in a state to see the saint nor to reply by his own will......"
In addition, the took the issue about a disease as a shield, but the face of the minister wasn"t so specific and there was an slight upset as if the whereabouts of the king were unknown.
"Hey, what are you hiding?"
"I´m not hiding anything, I──"
In front of the scene in which a priest asks the minister, Sanctine stands up with a bored face.
"I"m going home"
"Sanctine-sama, but......"
Sanctine went out of the reception room without replying to the priests. When it comes to a merit worthy of a saint, the defeat of the devil king, who had such a strong sense of mission, is now all empty. The faces of the priests who follow her are overshadowed by her emptiness of lost motivation.
"The state of the situation recently is strange. What the h.e.l.l happened?"
"If it is true that the rumor of the town is......"
"No way!? No, but then there are places where there are points......"
Their voices reached the ears of Sanctine, but no reaction. What occupied her heart was the face of the enemy who she should have succeeded in exclusion.
"......I guess I"m jealous"
Not knowing why Reno"s smile soared her chest, Sanctine forgot to smile even with a smile that she usually shows and squeaked his teeth.
As the sun went down and Sanctine was about to go to bed and rest, the door of her room was suddenly knocked on.
"What can I do for you?"
When the door was opened, a middle-aged priest stood there. He smiles in a strangely loose manner and comes into the room without hesitation.
"I heard that Sanctine is beyond one"s control, so I have come to see you"
"......What are you talking about?"
"Even if it doesn"t become concealed now, the rumor has been heard"
Seeing the odious smile of the priest, Sanctine sighs in her heart "Ah, again". She is a woman who is pure, but she knows that men are fascinated by her beauty and feminine limbs and women are jealous and whisper about scandals without roots or leaves. They say, "The saint is Cardinal Cranklum´s mistress". It is a foolish story. Sanctine already knows that Cranklum who is over 70 years old is still bringing in a woman because they live in the same house. However, because Sanctine is an important advertising tower for him, so he only looks at her as if he sees his favorite painting, but never shows eyes of l.u.s.t towards her. And if Cranklum asked for her body, even if he was her adoptive father or the cardinal, Sanctine would have repelled him with the greatest magic she could use. The reason is that she hates being touched or being held by a man, so that even gooseb.u.mps appear.
(After all, men are just caring about their bodies)
It is the same as that brave boy who tried to violate her by pushing her down. The men of the city and the G.o.ddess priests only see her rich b.r.e.a.s.t.s and b.u.t.tocks. No matter how much she tried to hide it, they would look at her indecently. That"s when she was thinking about how to act like a holy woman and try to refuse them, even though she was spiting in her heart.
"Now, Sanctine-sama, please let me release my acc.u.mulated desires!"
When the man suddenly lowered his pants while shouting, he put his hands on the wall and stuck his dirty b.u.t.tocks out.
"......What are you doing?"
This paradox that was too unexpected, Sanctine simply questioned the meaning. However, it was a ridiculously stupid and meaningless cry that turned out to be a part of her selfishness.
"So, please put Sanctine"s holy ☆ sword in my sheath! Iyaa, not knowing that you were a beautiful boy who had a breast augmentation is a lifetime ignorance"
There is only one word that Sanctine should convey to the priest whose existence itself is not so familiar.
"......『Impact Breaking』"
A transparent energy hammer was smashed into the b.u.t.t of the priest and the whole wall was blown away.
"Gohaaa......!"
"What"s wrong!?"
Upon hearing the roar that the wall of a room collapsed, other priests gather. They were astonished and embarra.s.sed, seeing the appearance of a friend buried in the rubble and the appearance of the saint who was solidified in an attacking magic posture.
"Is this done by Sanctine-sama?"
"Why is this......no way, she is trying to erase that rumor!?
"However you don"t have to do something like this to your friends......"
To the priests who showed eyes of criticism as it is a misunderstanding, Sanctine didn"t even have the power to explain the circ.u.mstances.
"......Leave me alone"
Being annoyed by them, Sanctine opened the window and jumped out.
"Sanctine-sama!?"
Ignoring the detained voices of the priests, she run away in the night city. What kind of rumors did the priests hear to commit such a foolish imitation, and did others consent without permission? She doesn"t understand. Didn"t know.Not knowing anything. And there was one thing Sanctine did not understand above all.
"......Name, what was it?"
She didn"t remember at all the names of the other priests who helped and raised the priest who came to her room. There is the memory that they were introduced before they left the Great Temple, but they have never been called since then. It was a relationship only for work and she didn"t want to leave those names even in the corner of her head, because those priests belong to those men who only look at her chest and b.u.t.tocks. In the ruthless relationship where she doesn"t even remember those names, it"s no wonder that those guys are swayed by rumors that don"t make sense. As she realized that, Sanctine"s legs are on the way to the outskirts of the city where she used to go naturally. However, in the narrow and unpopular path along the way, a shadow stood in front of her. His black hair and cloak blend into the darkness and only the white mask with an eerie smile appears to be floating in the air. That person slowly unmasked in front of Sanctine and exposed a more eerie smile under the moonlight.
"Good evening, Saint-sama. You saved me the trouble of calling you"
That said, the black-haired boy smashed the letter that seemed to have been prepared for the purpose of attracting her.
"But tonight was a disaster, kukukuu"
The boy with black hair who might have been monitoring that abomination by magic such as "Clairvoyance" from somewhere had a pleasant sound coming from the bottom of his heart. Sanctine was irritated and involuntarily tried to cast attack magic, but as he had expected it, the black-haired boy pointed to the alley next to him.
"You"re curious about what kind of rumors it is, aren"t you? The source of it is over there"
She didn"t like the tone of looking down from above, but Sanctine silently walked to the side of him and looked at the pointed alley. A man who seemed to be really bad of the pattern moved his hips out and had an expression of ecstasy. Sanctine"s eyes, thinned to the ugly scene, are immediately opened with surprise. There is another person who is making a rose on the side of the man and wipes the sweat on his/her forehead. It was a beautiful girl with pale gold hair and dark eyes── like Sanctine. The big b.r.e.a.s.t.s and flexible limbs are exactly the same. But there was one difference. The symbol of an ugly man was attached to her crotch.
Sanctine lost her voice for too much hate, but soon she returned to sanity.
"『Dispel』"
The 『Illusion』 magic that had been put on the fake has been solved and the true figure has appeared. Pure white skin, pale red hair, thin and shiny limbs. However, only the ugly thing of the crotch does not change, and insists that it is a man. And the bat wings on the back and the black long tail on the b.u.t.t told her that it was not a human──but an Incubus.
"Kyaa, I"m ashamed that I´m seen naked by a woman......!!"
"What are you talking about now by a gentleman rapist who dug more than 30 criminals?"
"It"s rape because I finally felt good"
"If it"s not a man and a man"s case, it"s a natural absurd bite, is it?"
It"s a common crime for men, but the black-haired boy was more interested in such a story and Sanctine is not interested in such. It doesn"t matter why a Incubus who should tempt a woman had attacked the same s.e.x.
"You"re a minion of the devil king"
"That"s right. I thought you would take some time for it"
The black-haired boy kindly revealed his prospectus, urging the Incubus to leave with the man.
"It was my job to block the injection of magic power to the magic conductor in order to protect the demon king"s body. And the purpose has already been achieved"
It is already known to the people in the city that Sanctine and the priests broke the show stage and that they lured Reno out to a.s.sault her, and that"s why she disappeared. As a pursuit, they used a pervert Incubus who has the hobby of dressing like a woman and like men. Spreading the scandal, "The holy woman is actually a man, and she is a rapist who attacks the same s.e.x at night".
"In fact, there was an impact on the people, along with the resurrection ban"
It is said that to kill people in innocent towns, she felt so bad that she was victimized to the men, who are not so sorry even if they were hit.
"By the way, with the right tactic of having the female dirty devil be narrowed down, we will stop because the approval rating of the men seemed to go up rather. I think it was better than that"
Sanctine doesn"t answer the vile question, but it just coldly returns. However, the black-haired boy laughed, lifting the end of the mouth with no hump.
"Anyway, your reputation has fallen to the ground and n.o.body will cooperate with you anymore"
Even if the king gives an order, people will not obey and the magic power to which 『Tear of Matterar』 is full will not gather.
"When I ask the Great Temple for cooperation"
"Which is the fastest, the support rushing in or the demon king making the great temple into ashes?
Sanctine cant tell if the boy bluffs.
"But it doesn"t matter, because you end here"
Even if the boy"s black eyes lit up with dark flames, Sanctine didn"t think it was horrible. She feels a little magical from him, but she wonders if there is even a percent compared to herself. There is no bear to bark with a mouse. However, the black death disease that dwells in a rat"s body can even erode and kill a huge bear.
"I"m finally convinced by the observations of the last few days──you are not a saint"
Sanctine´s hand, which was about to release attack magic, stopped in a convulsive manner.
"......What do you mean?"
"Reno-chan, said something like this"
The black-haired boy talks about the girl she hates, ignoring her question.
"I wonder if grandma Arbian hasn"t fallen down again, Batio-kun hasn"t had a cold back, the miners are doing well in the mine and so on"
That kind-hearted girl is still breaking her mind as she sees how the people who were treated are doing well.
"Do you remember the face and name of the ones you healed?"
Sanctine"s answer is affirmation in the name of silence. She cant even remember the name of the accompanying priests, so how shall she remember the names of the number of patients who she visits dozens of times every day.
"Well, a doctor"s job is to cure the patient and it would be terrible to blame it for being heartless"
But, as a saint, she is disqualified. The black-haired boy looks at her and points at the man who has been attacked by the pervert Incubus and remains fallen.
"Not worrying about the victim, but rather to look down on him with disdain"
If it was Reno, she would first run to the man and treat him. But Sanctine didn"t do that. Because she is a holy woman, everyone is just applied with healing magic and she is not worried about a dirty man"s body, as she didnt want to touch him with her fingers. After all, she wanted to be a "saint", so she only behaved like a saint. There is no pure devotion like Reno, no love that can be shared, that"s why she is only a small, empty vessel with a clean image. So──
"You are not a saint"
Words that deny all of her life, as she was born and raised to become a saint and she has lived only for that purpose. That"s why Sanctine saw a black-haired boy for the first time—Shinichi with his eyes.
"『Fireball』!!"
The attack magic released with enthusiasm is therefore easily avoided by reading the trajectory.
"Kukukuu, are you angry that I tell the truth, fake saint!"
With the blast bursting at the back of the path, Shinichi runs away into a complex alley.
"Don"t call me fake!"
Forgetting her clear wording and gentle smile which seems to be worth of a saint any longer, Sanctine chases after Shinichi in the form of resentment.
"『Fireball』!!"
Unleashing another attack magic towards the fleeing back. However, Shinichi didn"t turn around and jumps sideways and avoided it as if he has eyes on his back.
"Kuu......keep track of my enemies, 『Guided light ball』!!"
The arrow of light that Sanctine released continuously bends automatically following Shinichi who jumped to the side road at good timing again.
"I did it!"
Sanctine looked into the side road confidently of victory, but what was visible was Shinichi"s back, who kept running away without a single injury.
"Who!?"
There is no way that Shinichi can prevent her offensive magic with his lesser magic. So there should be cooperators nearby. Sanctine thought so and looked around, but there was no third-party hidden. If she was a little more calm, she would read the magic remnants and notice the black elf who was watching from the sky. She would realize that the maid is telling Shinichi the timing of evasion with 『Telepathy』 and protects him with defensive magic and changed the strategy to defeat her first. But──
"What"s the matter, fake saint, are you scared?"
"Yoouuuu───!!"
Sanctine now filled with murderous intent for Shinichi couldn"t make a normal decision. She keeps chasing him without knowing that he is being guided and when she notices, she arrives at the stage ruins in the outside of the town.
"HaaHaa......that"s what you"ve been up to"
Sanctine, who is not physically fit, is out of breath, but she smiles when she can finally kill Shinichi.
(If you get in the way, here"s the 『Holy light torrent』......)
It is the greatest and strongest magic that cant be avoided or prevented unless it is a demon king and the whole area will disappear without leaving any dust around. The decision was tactically correct, but failed on the premise. The boy named Shinichi, who she turned into an enemy, is neither a strong warrior nor a great sorcerer, and he is merely a staff member who has a good head. That"s why if he shows up in front of her, it"s because he has already done enough to gain victory.
"『Ignition』"
Before Sanctine casts a spell, Shinichi muttered with a gesture of pushing the switch with his right hand. At once, a number of small explosions occurred around her, and smoke with a strong irritating smell engulfed the area.
"Cough, Cough......this, are small tricks......!"
As if she had been bathed in pepper powder, the mucous membranes of her eyes, nose and mouth were in tears, but Sanctine closed her eyelids to enhance her magic. With her skill, she can trigger even a simple magic even without chant.
(『Strong Wind』 and 『Healing』)
The irritating odor smoke is blown away with a gust of wind, followed by healing of the eyes and nose. However, when Sanctine opened her eyelids, Shinichi´s figure disappeared from the front. And──
"Three steps ahead"
With the voice, her back was pushed hard.
"Kyaa"
The place where Sanctine fell down with a small scream. Her fate might have changed if she noticed that it was the position that Shinichi disguised as a surveyor was measuring in daytime.
"『Release』"
Soon after Sanctine stood up, Shinichi casts magic and the gate to h.e.l.l, which had been carefully disguised, opened the lid of the pitfall. A feeling of floating that loses one"s foothold is felt and Sanctine falls and the clash with the bottom of the hole came one second later.
"Aa…...gaa……!!"
Sanctine stood desperately and looked up, holding her breath in pain and confusion. A vertical hole with a diameter of three meters and a depth of about five meters isn"t bigger than she thought. A wooden board like a window was set up in all directions near the exit of the beautiful hole which was probably emptied by 『Digging』 magic. A low voice resounds from the ground before it comes to mind.
""『Release』"
The wooden board opens and something stuffed in the back pours over the head of Sanctine, like an avalanche. The crystals that shine in rainbow colors in the moonlight are a substance hated by rock hill and dark fairies, contrary to their beauty. Magic conductor──
『Tear of Matterar』
Much smaller than that, but not inferior in total, the crystal grains flow into the skin of Sanctine from the gap of her clothes and the magic is sucked up
"Ah, Aaaa───!!"
The testimony that she is a 『Saint』 and the testimony of power without fear that it is a human or a demon king, is taken away one after another from her whole body. Even desperately trying to run away, her white skin was only damaged and stained red in front of the buried and suffocating grains.
"Stop it......I"m trapped......"
A rope comes down from the top of the hole in front of Sanctine, who is buried in the magic conductor and ready to suffocate and unable to move one finger with a sense of collapse that has taken away all her magic power. It was childish, but it seemed that 『Restraint』 magic had been applied and when her wounded body is moved, she is slowly lifted and pulled out of the hole.
"Haa......cough......"
Sanctine lays on her back without the power to get up, and desperately spits out the grain of the magic conductor in her mouth. Shinichi stood beside her, looking down at her weird appearance.
"If there is no magic power, the saint is just a weak little girl"
Sanctines squeeze the last hold on the bottom of this situation.
"If you want to violate me......do it, it"s fine......"
After all it is the only thing a man can think of. Sanctine stares back desperately as if she would give in to her heart when her body was tainted. However, Shinichi raised her head with a wicked smile as if he had expected her to say that and tolds her.
"You are pig food"
"......Haa?"
"A character like you, suits to be pig food"
"Wh, What do you say......"
She didnt understand. The meaning of this boy"s words wasnt clear to Sanctine. Because she is a saint who is loved by the G.o.ddess and is more beautiful and stronger than anyone else. Is she really the food of an livestock?
"I"m telling you that I"ll let a pig eat your gut while you are alive, taking away your magic power to break you away, breaking the tendon of your limbs and applying healing magic so that you dont die"
"Th, That, matter......"
"How many injuries can you magically cure? You"re a hero, so you"re not going to die anyway, right?"
Then, the pupils who looked down as it was likely that she cant do anything was dyed to the feeling that she saw for the first time in her life. In the eyes of men who have seen her, like Cranklum, it is a calculated high color that tries to use her power or a lower color that is dyed with desire as she is a female who is stronger than a man. Only hate from inferiority was floating. However, the emotions that dwell in Shinichi´s black eyes are none of them. Emotional murderous intent to wipe out the stains on the wall, so ruthlessly as to sink a rat that has been trapped in water and just to eliminate the inquisitive disturber of Sanctine.
"Or rather, you prefer to become a pig itself? It"s a famous punishment in my world and it"s fun to cut off your limbs, crush your eyes, ears and throat, and eat feces in the toilet, like a pig"
"Yo......Yo, uu......"
A hoa.r.s.e voice came out of her throat. Her teeth make a rattling noise and the whole body freezes as if blood was drained. Even when she was overthrown by that brave boy, she just felt uncomfortable and I didn"t have such a feeling. Even when she first confronted the demon king, she felt that she could only have mercy when she thought she could easily make him a skewer with her own magic. Even when the demon king was able to prevent the 『Holy light torrent』, she only felt hope as she was an immortal hero who could win by any means. However, Sanctine shook from the bottom of her soul for the first time out of 『Fear』 as she was scared of the smiling Shinichi who looks like a devil.
"Haa, haa......"
Sanctine, who was driven against the wall and hyperventilating, had a pale expression . Shinichi who looked down on her, however, was in vain, against the ruthless expression she made.
(She should be broken with this. But if she is not broken…)
It"s only the mouth, if she can"t do that, if Sanctine still had the ability to fight back, then he would really need to do it.
"Please, stop already!"
Suddenly, a sad cry rang from behind.
"......Reno-chan?"
Looking back, Reno, who should have been left in the demon king"s castle, stood behind Shinichi with large tears in her eyes. Reno ran at Shinichi´s belly while he stood still and embraced him.
"Please stop. I don"t want to see older brother"s painful face."
"No, I am──"
"Reno will go back to the devil world if older brother doesn"t like it."
Reno affirmed with a resolute face, her eyes wet with tears.
"Even if we can"t eat delicious food again, it will be much better than Shinichi-niichan"s suffering, even if I´m going to eat something that isn"t delicious for a lifetime"
"Reno-chan......"
"I am sorry for saying that so selfishly, although it was originally Reno´s fault."
Saying so, she bowed deeply, wiped her tears, and smiled softly.
"But I want Shinichi-niichan to always laugh, even if it"s a little mean......that"s Reno´s selfishness."
Reno was a child, so she could say more selfish things. Reno looks up with tears in her eyes to endure the words she said in the bathroom now. Being able to show such a lovely face, Shinichi, who had his heart blackened, could do nothing but laughing and nodding.
"Okay, I"ll give up."
"Yes, I love older brother!"
Shinichi raised his hands and Reno, who has tears of joy in her eyes, hugged him strongly again. Patting her head, Shinichi felt that his tense heart was loosening.
"Ah, that"s right"
After a moment of joy, Reno sat down next to Sanctine, who was lying on the ground with a stunned expression, as she left Shinichi.
"......Uh."
Reno gently held Sanctine´s hand, whose body tensed as if she were going to get whatever.
"Pain, pain, fly away, 『Perfect Healing』"
The light from Reno´s palm wrapped Sanctine´s whole body and healed the skin that has been cut by the fragments of the magic conductor. In addition, magical power flowed in from the connected hands and gently warmed Sanctine´s body, which had been cold.
"Why......why!?"
Did Reno do such hard work and heal Sanctine who was weak - revenge was almost achieved! Reno smiled and answered Sanctine, who was completely puzzled.
"Since Sanctine-oneechan always listened to my songs."
As an idol, it was natural to help fans, which she a.s.serted without doubt.
"No, I am──"
"You may not believe in that, though."
Hushing Sanctine"s words who tried to deny, Reno told her clearly with a shining smile.
"If I can get along with everyone, Reno would be the happiest," she says with a heartfelt smile; not even a piece of hatred could be present. Illuminated by light, Sanctine finally understood. No, she knew from the beginning as she was just looking away. Just because she behaved like a saint does not mean that she was a saint; Sanctine was empty without a heart of mercy, and Reno was completely different from her, who was bloated only in her self-esteem. The kindness that truly cared for others from the bottom of her heart, didn"t care about the difference between humans or demons and poured the same compa.s.sion on the G.o.ddess who has attacked her as an enemy. It was a presence that Sanctine wanted but couldn"t have, and that"s why she was jealous, bitter, and fell in love with Reno.
Seeing Sanctine who raised her body silently, Shinichi took a stance involuntarily. But soon, he knew that it was unreasonable. What was floating on her face was not a fake smile. A smile of joy that springs from the bottom of her heart that Sanctine used to suppress and forgot a long time ago.
"You"re the real saint."
At last, she acknowledged her true nature and Sanctine hugged Reno"s little body in tears.
"I"m sorry I"ve done a lot of bad things up to now. I, I"ve always been jealous of you."
"Your were envious of Reno?"
"I was jealous of everything, not only your pure heart, but also in your appearance and in your songs."
She had black and vivid long hair, which is the opposite of Sanctine´s white hairs that make her look like an old man. A small and pretty body different from hers, which was used to being l.u.s.ted after by men. Unlike the one who did not sing even the holy song when the martial dignity of the saint was lost, it was a clear singing voice that resonated energetically. Reno, with a slightly embarra.s.sed face, gently patted the back of the crying Sanctine, who expressed that she was absolutely jealous of Reno.
"I don"t know well, but Sanctine-oneechan is very beautiful and nice."
"...…Eh?"
"Your hair is sparkling like the sun, and the big b.r.e.a.s.t.s are cool and I"m envious of them. Let"s sing a lot of songs together from now on, Okay?"
"......Really, you are very kind to me"
In the place where she was driven against the wall by Shinichi, Reno"s innocent smile pierced her and the breakwater of the heart was crumbling away. Sanctine showed her emotions as if she was another person, holding Reno´s small body with a hug.
"Reno-sama, my saint......I like, I love you......more than anyone else, more than G.o.ddess Erezonia."
It"s a shame, she was a million times cuter and able to convert hate into love. Seeing Sanctine, whose hate turned over and turned into love, Shinichi brought up a complex expression.
"It is unexpected that the target became Reno-chan, but is it just as planned?"
"Ah, that, I feel happy but I"m ashamed...…"
"Haahaa......that kind of awkward expression is very adorable too."
One conviction came across his mind when Shinichi looked at Sanctine, who exuded a hot sigh on Reno who is embarra.s.sed, as if to emanate the desires she has held down until now.
"You"re just a lolicon lesbian, aren"t you?"
"Maybe."
Sanctine didn"t react to his approach, and Ceres came down from the sky next to Shinichi, amazed but convinced.
"By the way, you brought Reno-chan here, right Ceres-san?"
"I was the one who took her from the castle with 『Teleportation』, but she was the one who said it."
In the direction that Ceres pointed, the red-haired former hero, who was supposed to be at the demon king"s castle with Reno, hung her face like a scolded puppy.
"Ariane......"
"I"m sorry! But I"m scared that Shinichi is going to change somehow......"
She wanted to stop him from trying to do a terrible thing that he wouldn"t be able to bring himself to show to herself or Reno. Seeing Ariane, who complained with tears eyes, Shinichi writhed and stroked her hair.
"Sorry, I was saved."
"Really!!? Ehehee, I´m glad......"
Ariane was delighted; she had a face that seemed to shake vigorously if someone had pat her imaginary tail. While being amazed at that again, Ceres muttered in a whisper so that Reno cant hear it.
"What were you really planning to do?"
If Sanctine didn"t break with that threat, would he have intended to destroy her mind with appalling torture? At that question, Shinichi breathed out loud so as to drive out the ferocious emotions that were in his chest, then answered by lifting the end of his mouth with a grin.
"If Reno-chan wants it."
"Then, I will never want you to do it!"
"I agree."
Ariane smiled widely while Ceres made a small grin. While laughing back to it, Shinichi exhaled a sigh of self-pity in his mind.
(I can"t say anything about the demon king......)
With the exception of strong people like Ariane, the blue demon king, Rudabyte, thought only about humans as insects. Although it was his beloved daughter Reno who was stopping the outrage as the conscience circuit, she seemed to have also been the last breakwater to protect Shinichi from doing something that will change him.
"But I didn"t aim at it──"
Shinichi muttered, while looking at the troubled face of Reno, who is pa.s.sionately hugged by Sanctine.
"After being threatened, it will be dropped gently, it"s the perfect execution of a yakuza trick."
"You"re a good guy."
He can"t counter the usual hoa.r.s.e voice this time, and while Shinichi is scratching his head, many footsteps are approaching from a distance.
"Voices! …...Over there!"
It seemed that the 10 priests who were concerned about Sanctine left the temple were searching for her by hand. When they saw the sight of Shinichi, they were surprised and set aside.
"You, what are you doing to Sanctine-sama!"
"As revenge for that time, you´re going to do ○○○ and △△△ to Sanctine-sama!"
"......After all, men are vulgar"
Seeing the warriors crying erotic delusions, Sanctine hada bitter face.
"Come to think of it, I forgot about these guys."
"They are not the hero, shall I get rid of them?"
"It"s not good because Reno-chan will be sad."
Ariane snapped at Ceres, who made a noisy statement and seemed to be still angry at the incident that made Reno cry. Then, while being confused, the priests surrounded them in a circle. It was at the time when Shinichi tried to hit Ariane"s shoulder and tell her not to kill them.
"Go there!"
Countless soldiers rushed up and encircled the priests in the wake of a familiar cry of a familiar tone.
"Wh, What!?"
"Ridiculous, the Tigris national army!?"
From the coat of arms decorated with the shields of the soldiers, three men who straddled a horse walked out in front of the astonished priests who realized their ident.i.ty. One is the balding minister they know well and the other is a strict middle-aged man who seems to be a magician. And lastly, there was a fat young man who is in the center. Taking off the usual headband and happi coat, he pointed at the priests with his hands in a glittering cloak and gold crown. The minister and the magician alternately shouted.
"Ahead! This is Tigris Kingdom´s young king, His Majesty Sieg Fattsu"
"Everyone, kneel down before His Majesty!"
"""Ha, Hahaaaa!"""
Under the strict magician"s pressure, the priests kneeled forcefully. Under such circ.u.mstances, the lad of the youth group, Sieg, came close to the one who stood imposingly and lowered his head.
"Shinichi-dono, I"m sorry to hide it from you, but as you may have heard, I´m the king of Tigris. I´m very sorry."
"Yeah, I knew."
"What, how!?"
Sieg was astonished that his special secret is already known. Shinichi pointed at his well-stocked belly and laughed.
"In a city where everyone does a lot of hard physical labor, they can"t afford to gain weight. Seeing as you have such extravagant meat, you"re the son of a n.o.ble or a great merchant, right?"
"Ununuu, I can"t tell you that my marshmallow body is going to be avenged......"
"There were also a lot of hints, such as saying that you hired a maid or tutor or the skill to put together the youth group."
Even so, seeing that he was the king was a surprise; but Shinichi didn"t show it on his face.
"Or more precisely, it"s about time you use dozens of gold coins for Reno-chan"s goods every day"
"Shinichi-dono, shii, that"s fine!"
"......Your Majesty, I"ll tell you more about it later"
Apparently, the payment for the goods was the money that was taken out of the treasury without permission. The minister made a menacing smile behind Sieg´s shoulders and exhaled a large sigh calm his stomach"s ache.
"Even though your Majesty has a habit of escaping and spending habits, there"s no face to meet with your predecessors."
"Because of minister who doesn"t give me money and doesn"t allow me to go out!"
"I would have said that I would give up that old and embarra.s.sing tone and allow it when you lose some weight......"
"Don"t bother! This marshmallow body is my bond with my late father"
"That"s why I"m telling you to lose weight so that you don"t get sick, just like your predecessors. Because of your fat belly, you´re not going to be able to find a queen even if you´re over twenty years old!"
"Oh, let"s not say that......you bald, tsurupika minister!"
"Who do you think has killed my precious hair roots!!"
Sieg and the minister exchanged back-and-forths so venomously that you could barely think that it was an exchange between a lord and his minister. But that"s always the case, and the subordinates don"t try to stop them and just smile and say, "That again......" In the meantime, the strict magician came in front of Shinichi, descended from his horse and politely bowed.
"My name is Dorithem Pinnyus, who is the magician who unites the magicians of Tigris Kingdom."
"In other words, did you see everything with magic?"
After affirming him with a smile, the magician headed to Ceres, who stayed alert, able to cast magic at any time.
"I seemed to be overlooked by that beautiful woman over there."
"I didn"t feel any hostility, so I left you alone, but was there a problem?"
"No, everything is alright in the end."
From the att.i.tudes of Sieg and the magician, there was no sign of hostility, so it was better to reveal and gain confidence than to be suspicious and hide the action poorly. After judging so, Shinichi asked a question.
"But why did you overlook what we did?"
"That"s, of course, in order to form an alliance with Shinichi-dono!"
Getting out of the barren quarrel with the minister, Sieg shook his belly and answered.
"With us......how long have you been aware of our true ident.i.ty?"
"We found it out right away. You appeared after the church prohibited free treatment, and you started a free treatment service of your own so as to prevent the magic from gathering. If you think of who benefits from it, there"s only one answer."
"Oh I see, it was too explicit"
It seemed that it was self-evident to Sieg, who was sensitive to the situation of neighboring countries and had information about the demon king apart from the G.o.ddess"s party.
"The story of incurable disease and cancer wasn"t good either. It is not known at all and how to cure the disease that seems to be hidden in the G.o.ddess religion is alien knowledge. It"s because you´re not a person from the human world, so I was convinced."
"No, it needs a much longer explanation…"
It seemed that Sieg hasn"t seen through the case that Shinichi is a human of a different world and summoned by the blue demon king.
"But anyway, the true ident.i.ty and ability of Shinichi and the others are excellent. I think that this is also the result of having gone out to the city and collecting information every day."
"That doesn"t mean that your allowance will not be dropped for expenses"
The angry minister glared at Sieg as he sweat bullets as Shinichi responded with a question.
"Aligning with us is turning the G.o.ddess"s religion into an enemy. Is it really good?"
"It"s not good, but I won"t let the G.o.ddess"s religion do as they want."
Sieg said that and glanced at the faces of the priests who hated him.
"I don"t think that everything in the G.o.ddess religion is bad. They have trained healing magicians and have dispatched a priest to a small village where he was admired by the people as he protected them from injuries and diseases. However, we cannot overlook the recent arrogant att.i.tude to hold people"s lives hostage with two forces of resurrection and heroes and manipulate them in a threatening way."
And above all, it can not be forgiven to have seen and killed the lives which should be saved, including his father who is the first king. To Sieg, who had eyes of vengeance, he tried to make a guess, but eventually he closed his mouth without saying anything.
(It may not be convincing at the point of saying that it may be to reduce the burden on the householder due to the population explosion due to the decrease in the mortality rate and the longevity of dependent families.)
When Shinichi learned that this different world had resurrection magic, there were some problems that went beyond his head. As a technique to solve that, the teaching of the G.o.ddess didn"t secretly cure cancer treatment as "the life that G.o.ddess defined." He didn"t know if this guess is correct. Even if it"s the correct answer, n.o.body will be forgiven knowing that the family and friends who have been killed could be cured.
"This is another person"s saga......"
"What are you going to do?"
"No, don"t worry."
Sieg continued to talk, even though he was laughing at Shinichi.
"Anyway, the G.o.ddess religion is unforgivable and it is impossible to defeat them as the Tigris Kingdom alone. But is it possible if it is Shinichi-dono?"
Without using the word demons or demon king, Shinichi responded with a smile to Sieg, who asked carefully.
"I guarantee my ability, but is it easy to believe so?"
Then, Sieg nodded with his eyes shining.
"I believe that Shinichi-dono isn"t evil because of the cuteness of Reno-chan, who will not attack us even if they repel the forces of the Boa Kingdom!"
"Umm, cute is justice."
"Yes, Reno-sama is justice."
"Hawawa!!?"
Being praised by Shinichi and Sanctine, Reno turned bright red.
"The bribes we"ve paid to Lord Sn.o.b for years are in vain and I was against it......but it is very hard to bend now to the ruthless people who forsook the former kings."
"It was the former king who took me in, who had only one choice: to give in to the G.o.ddess teaching or to persecute me, and he made me a court magician. If we will clear up that regret, let"s join hands with the evil G.o.d."
It seemed that the minister and head of the magicians didn"tagree fully with the alliance, but it seemed that the anger directed at the G.o.ddess"s religion and the loyalty to the former king has intensified. They looked like they have accepted Sieg´s judgement.
"So why not make an alliance with Tigris Kingdom?"
Sieg was looking down from the horse and reaches out his hand. Shinichi pushed Reno"s shoulder.
"Ask Reno-chan, she is the daughter of the demon king."
"What, Reno-chan was a princess!!?"
"Y, Yes, I"m my dad"s daughter, Renoraderu Kurolo Petorara"
Perhaps because she wasn"t used to the royal Sieg, Reno grabbed the thick hand that was stretched out with her small hand, a little tense.
"I also said it to Sanctine-oneesan, but if I can get along with everyone, Reno will be the happiest."
A handshake between a king and the daughter of the demon king, not between a fan and an idol. It was the first time in this world that humans and demons formed a friendship on a tribalscale.
"Reno-chan, I"m glad......"
Ariane and others are impressed and moved to tears, but there were those who couldn"t forgive it.
"Betraying the G.o.ddess to become a friend of the demons......you will regret that!"
One of the priests, who couldn"t stand it anymore, said that while standing up and trying to stab Sieg and Reno with his spear axe. But he was immediately beaten on his head and fell to the ground.
"Guaa......!"
Looking back while enduring the pain, he saw, a young priest who was neither a person from Tigris nor a follower of Shinichi.
"Did you lose your mind, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!"
"Will you betray the G.o.ddess?"
"There is no greater sin as betrayal!"
The young priest smiled with ease, while being surrounded by friends.
"I just think that I have the same feeling as Sanctine-sama──in other words, I just woke up that Reno-chan is better than G.o.ddess Erezonia!"
"You pervert!"
Although the priests tried to stab the traitor while dousing him with curses and profanity, it was a bit too late.
"Deprive our enemies of freedom, 『Restraint』"
Thanks to the magic chain created by Sanctine, all nine priests, except the lolicon who turned over, had their hands and feet restrained to the ground in an instant.
"Sanctine-sama, are you out of your mind!?"
To the priest who shouted "unbelievable," the saint responds with a smile full of heartfelt love, unlike her empty smile before.
"No, I finally got back to my senses, because I woke up to my love for Reno-sama"
No, you"re crazy enough──everyone except Reno thought so, but there wasn"t any energy left to put up a naïve tsukkomi.
"Everyone arrest them all!"
"Haa!"
The soldiers commanded by Sieg catch and drag the priests who cant resist away.
"It"s good that you caught them, but what are you going to do?"
"I don"t want you to do anything terrible......"
Asked by Reno with sad eyes, Sieg hit his belly and nodded.
"All right, I"ll just tell them how wonderful Reno-chan is and brainwash them to be friends of Reno-chan."
"Well, one of them has already betrayed them,"
It may be that Reno"s life was so attractive, but only the saint and those with a loose screw in their heads wouldn"t be anxious about whether it would be alright with the G.o.ddess religion as enemy. The shoulders of Shinichi, who had been thinking that way, were suddenly p.r.i.c.ked from behind with a finger. When he turned around, there was the man who had disappeared up until now, standing in his human figure with his wings and tail hidden.
"Persuasion of the priests, will you let me do it too?"
He had heart symbols in his eyes and Shinichi thought that he would persuade them with the mouth below.
"Captain, can I have him cooperate?"
"That person......huhuu, Shinichi is also quite evil."
"No No, not as evil as your Majesty."
The sad fate of the priests had been decided by Sieg, who was a bad commander, and Shinichi, who gets carried away.
"Emm, are you going to do something terrible?"
Reno called out with worries, but Shinichi returned a full smile.
"Its okay, we´re not hurting them. Rather, they will feel comfortable with the demon"
"If it is so, it will be good."
It was obvious that Reno, who was stroking her chest, was being deceived, but n.o.body talked about the vile truth.
"I think it"s not good for men, but......"
"That is a punishment that will scary Reno-sama. Let"s dig a million times."
"A man should consider the feelings of a woman."
With a slight fear of the relentless Ceres and Sanctine, Shinichi prayed for the souls of the pitiful priests.