Chapter 70 Day 1, I picked up a Saint. (Patreon)

Just when you thought that it was a wonderful start for a journey, then you found a mysterious carriage being followed by a bunch of monsters approaching your way.

Not to mention that we have just left the gates, so we can’t immediately stop the big march. There’s no other choice but to eliminate all the incoming threats right before us.

「Please, Please help us～～～～～～!」

There was also a call for help on that came from the carriage that was being chased by monsters. Un, I guess I have to help them too,

「Turn it to the side!!」

「Wha, why!?」

The driver who was moving the carriage raised a sad reply when I shouted that knowing that they might get caught by the demons if they did so, but if they collided with us, it would only make the situation even more troublesome. I won’t forgive them if they that, you know～

「If you don’t want to die, just do it now!!」

「～～～～Uuu!!」

The Carriage was then forced to stop and immediately moved sideways. Alright, now time to annihilate all of those things with magic.

「Flow!!Mix!! Get Buried!!」

After chanting, water soaked the surrounding ground where the demons are headed to, and then at the moment that they entered the area, the demons all started sinking into the ground. Recovering the materials would be a pain in the neck to do, so I’ll let them stay buried in that place. And it’s all done. I could hear La Veil who was next to me sighing and says「I want to fight some of them too…」. Sorry but I don’t want to hold back or show mercy if it’s against monsters.

The beast-men following behind us who witnessed the scene couldn’t help but raise a cheer after witnessing all of that. It seems like all their feeling of fear and hesitation completely disappeared after witnessing that.

Still, I wonder why most of the demons that were chasing them were mostly orcs? Not to mention that all of them look like they were all too excited which is different if compared to those times when I escorted those merchants. For now, let’s listen as to why all of this happened.

「La Veil, I’ll go and check out that carriage, will you stay here with Arena to guard it? Arena, I’ll leave the driver’s seat to you」

「umu, leave it to me」

「Count on me～♪」

Yosh, I headed straight to the white carriage and checked the people riding in it. I then spoke to the people that were seated outside in a friendly manner. It seems like she was surprised when she saw my face inside my hood.

「Hello there. That sure was quite a dangerous situation you had there? 」

「Eh, ah? Ah, no. I was saved!! You are really strong Ojou-san!!」

「Ah, ErーUn. I guess」

……Why is her response like that of a naïve person. I can’t really grasp her looks because she is covered with a hood, but she looks more like a young woman. For the time, being I’ll check her status. I wonder who this person is.

Mikka Sakurada（20）　Lv.52

Race: Human（Awakened）

HP  9599/9599

MP  10,014/10,014

ATK  5,516

DEF  5,888

MATK  11,207

MDEF  12,330

INT  4,200

SPD   7,540

【Inherent Skills】Automatic Recover, Holy Sword, Automatic Translation, Item Box

Skills: Sword Arts (D+) Concealment(C+) Appraisal(―)

Titles: Hero, Otherworlder, Blessed by the Goddess, Heretic

……Wow. It’s the third person… But this one had something wrong with her title. Why does she have a『Heretic』 title? Ahh, wow, that seems nasty like she did something really bad……but, why doesn’t she have sacred armor which is a medium in order to use her weapon’s characteristics? She won’t be able to use her power to its strongest form. 

「Ah, Tha, that’s right. ……Aidleー…san, right? 」

「Ohー…Un. That’s right. I am indeed called Aidle. That person behind you is? 」

「Eh, ah, about that. Um, for, for the time being, can we join your group? 」

「……Un. Its fine」

The tension finally started to calm down and this person is just someone who was trying to fulfill her duty I guess. Its ok, you don’t really have to feel down about it… I could also understand her intensions when I asked her told her at that time to change direction.

『La Veil, I think you would be fine, but be cautious for now. I know that Arena is quite intuitive at times like these but prepare『S .A. T. Mode』 (Special Arena-chan Time) just in case.』

『『Roger!!』』

I guess, I’ll call out to them. I knocked on the carriage door. Since it would troublesome to suddenly stop when it starts moving, a reply immediately made.

「Mika-san? Did we manage to escape from the demons?」

「I guess so. That crisis has been cleared」

「Eh? Ah…… You are…」

「Nice to meet you………Miko-san」

Cielo・Folbranad・La Veil Radd (15) Lv.2

Race: Human

HP  94/94

MP  101/101

ATK   13

DEF   14

MATK 22

MDEF  21

INT  280

SPD  10

【Inherent Skill】Prophecy, God’s Eye, Restraining Charm(Curse)

Skills: Water Attribute Magic (D-)

Title: Miko, Saint

Uwaah, the person inside the carriage was someone whom I didn’t really want to encounter. Still… Do I have to miss this chance… Well, let’s think about it. Should I really take away this chance to become closer to a cute little girl in the middle of growth that has silver hair, sapphire eyes? It’s decided. I should definitely become friends with and do my best to do so.

「…For the time being, let us introduce ourselves?」

「Ha, Hai…」

Starting again, we talk about our names and about other things we would like to know about. I have always wanted to listen to a beautiful girl like he. And it seems like my status got exposed somehow. In addition to that……

「Um… Miko-san. Why are you trembling?」

「Ah, that……too powerful, It’s my first time seeing someone that is extremely powerful…… also a fairy, are all fairies as strong as you are? Also, I would be happy if you call me by my name instead」

「Ah… Oh, is that so. Then it’s fine if I call you Cielo. Oh, and you could think of me as someone who is a little special compared to everyone else 」

Well, my status is certainly considerably abnormal. The hero was probably acting as her bodyguard, but if they would try to oppose me, they probably won’t even have a chance to win.

「Well for the time being…… you should calm down and take it easy since I won’t really stand against you not unless you did something bad. That’s right, Cielo. I have heard from the people of Haval, you came to that place help the people and heal those that were wounded from the subjugation? But well, I guess you were more interested in knowing as to who it was that actually did the healing, right?」

「……That’s right. I saw an oracle about something that happening at that place, that’s why I begged my father to check it. Oh, and a Hero also came along with me…… aand if I did manage to meet you, I would like to hear about something――」

I placed my finger on Cielo’s lips and warn her.

「Cielo…… you do know that you can’t lie in front of me. A fairy would understand if you are lying or not」

「Uu…」

She turned away and shut herself up. It seems like I somehow escalated things a little too quickly. I don’t really know what the catch is, but it feels like I’m being tempted to force her to speak about her secrets, I will still ask about it though. 

「…The truth is, we ran away」

「Ran away, from La Veil Radd? Are you trying to start a rebellion? 」

「No, that’s not it!! Ah… Sorry about that」

Cielo strongly denied what I said in a loud vice, but then apologized for raising her voice, but well I was the caused her get hyped so I also apologized. She was probably enraged because I said something bad about her country. This child probably loves her people a lot.

「It’s fine, I’m also sorry. What I said was probably something too insensitive for me to say. So, what really was your reason for running away? 」

「……A Hero」

Yep, just as I have expected. It’s an overlapping event it seems… Well, it’s good that I would be able to take care of two different things at once……

「And, the reason for running away is?」

「The Hero…… wanted to marry me, in order to have the power to control the church. If he marries me, he will technically become the next Pope」

「In other words, because you don’t want to be used for political reasons, you ran away?」

「No, it was father, the current pope who told me to run away…… The Hero who followed me was the one who helped me escape. She resisted and did her best to protect me so we could both escape!!」

I see, is that the reason for her『Heretic』title? Well, maybe because they considered her a traitor who fought against another hero, but if I was the one who is asked then those villains should have been the one to be labeled as heretics. Cielo’s tears then started falling down her skirt.

「Aidle-san, my real reason for wanting to meet, was because my oracle activated right before we were about to escape. What was shown was the sight of a pink haired girl healing a lot of wounded people and even recovering those that were known to be unrecoverable and the spell she was using was something different from the commonly known spells. That revelation was given by the goddess. That’s why I placed all my bet on meeting that person」

「Now that you have met me. What do you want to do from now on?」

「………」

You don’t know huh. Well, even I won’t know what I would do if I could if I saw that scene. God is also not showing any kind of sympathy. Well, it would also be bad if god offered too much affection. Silence overflowed inside the carriage, then I moved to the next question.

「And one more thing,  do you know anything about that 『Restraining Charm（Curse）』. Why is it included in your inherent skills? 」

I wanted to know about it, how she acquired that skill, why is it specifically set to attract male monsters. It is aimed to attract 1 male monster then would spread to other male monsters of the same species. Is a curse skill something that is commonly sound in this world.

「This curse, it was received because of the characteristics of the other Hero’s Holy Sword…… It’s power was to grant certain curses to the target he specified. Because…… He said that if he couldn’t be the one I marry, then I should just get married with a monster or a demon…… and then…… The country, the people that I protect…… They forcefully took over…」

I sat beside Cielo and quietly hugged her. She was shivering as she holds my arms and was crying. I see, so that’s again another hero I have to crush. If God is supporting them, then I may also consider God as my enemy. For someone to make a woman cry and be this pitiful. Something like that is not going to be forgiven.

「That hero, he might still be chasing after me…… because of the curse, he would be able to track me. That’s why, you might also get involved……」

「Hmm, I’ll do something about that. I also sympathize with your situation after all. Though we have just met, I would be glad if you will be able to trust me. You need to believe, even if it is something that is unbelievable, okay? 」

「……Sorry … Thank you, please take care of me」

Cielo finally smiled while still having a face messed up with tears. I will definitely make sure that you could smile and laugh all you want. After that, it would be planning on how to crush that Hero.

「Ah, right, let’s do something about that when the next break comes. I can’t have them suddenly stop after all. It seems like you don’t wan’t to leave my side yet? 」

「……Hai, I’m sorry」

「It’s fine…… alright, then do you want to play with this one-san?」

「O…one-san?」

Ah, I’m only 3 years old by the way. Well it doesn’t matter since she looks more like a Loli than me, right?

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「Ah, Um… what’s with this situation?」

Cielo was seated in Aidle’s lap and in front of them was some kind of board game being playedー

「Eh? Is it no good?」

「Eh……N, no」

「Then, it’s fine because if it’s this way then we could play properly」

「……」Gyu~

「～♪」

（Ah, she smells really good……）