Chapter 128: 128
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わたしが少しでも血が落ちるのを防ごうと手を上げた状態で、声の限り助けを求めて叫ぶのと、指輪が光るのはほぼ同時だった。青い光が一筋空に向かって伸びていく。
When I raised my hand in order to prevent blood from falling as much as possible, I screamed for help as long as my voice, and the ring lit up almost at the same time. Blue light stretches toward the sky.
バサリという羽音と共に黒い何かが頭上から降ってきた。ボン、ボボン！ と小さな衝撃が足元に響く。顔を動かすと足元に黒い矢が数本刺さっていた。わたしの周囲のトロンベが力を失ったようにおとなしくなる。
「神官長！」
Something black came down from above with the sound of a rustle. Bonn, Bobon! And a small impact resonates at my feet. When I moved my face, there were several black arrows at my feet. It becomes as if Trombe around me lost power.
見覚えのある矢にわたしは上を見上げた。羽を大きく広げたライオンもどきがこちらに向かって一直線に滑降してくるのが見える。
……あの矢があれば、もう大丈夫。
“Principal!”
しかし、わたしが神官長の姿に安堵していられたのは、ほんの数秒のことだった。トロンベがおとなしかったのは、束の間のことで、わたしの手から零れる血によってすぐにトロンベは活性化し始める。
ピタリと止まっていたトロンベが再び動き始めて、お腹から胸へと伸びてきた。次々と生えてくる新しい芽が更に巻き付き、足の締め付けがきつくなってくる。
I looked up at a familiar arrow. You can see lions with their wings spread down in a straight line.
「神官長、急いで……」
滑るように下りてきた白いライオンもどきから、全身金属の鎧で覆っているとは思えないような軽い動きで神官長が飛び降りる。その手に持っているのは、トロンベを退治するために闇の神の祝福を受けた黒い矢だ。矢でザクザクとトロンベを突き刺しながら、神官長がこちらに向かってやってくる。
…… If you have that arrow, it’s okay.
「マイン、これは一体どういう事態だ！？」
「巫女見習い、待たせた！」
However, it was only a few seconds that I was relieved to see the priest. Trombe was adult for a while, and it immediately began to be activated by the blood spilling from my hands.
やっと闇の神の加護を得られたらしいダームエルが黒いナイフを振り回しながら、わたしを救出しようと奮闘を始めた。だが、ダームエルの魔力が低いのか、神官長の黒い矢とは全く効果が違い、いくら切りつけてもトロンベは全くおとなしくならない。
「全く加護が効かない！？」
Trombe, which had stopped tightly, began to move again and extended from the stomach to the chest. New shoots that grow one after another wind further, tightening the legs.
「効いていないわけではない！ すぐにトロンベが復活するのだ！ 何故だ！？」
神官長が矢を刺した後、数秒間はおとなしくなるが、またすぐに力を得てトロンベは活動を始める。成長速度は落ちたものの、全く朽ちていかないトロンベに神官長は舌打ちしながら矢を刺し続ける。
“The priest, hurry up …”
「神官長、血が、わたしの血が……トロンベを」
「君の血だと！？ 最悪だ！」
The white lion that came down slidingly jumped down with a light movement that would not seem to be covered with metal armor. In his hand is a black arrow that has received the blessing of the god of darkness to defeat Trombe. The chief priest arrives here, piercing the trumpet and trombe with an arrow.
トロンベが活性化する原因を伝えると、神官長は声を荒げた。それだけで、兜の中では、カッと眦を開いて、眉を吊り上げている顔が思い浮かぶ。
「一体何のために君を現場から引き離し、わざわざ護衛を付けたと思っている！？ 何のための護衛だ！？ 無能が！」
“Mine, what ’s this ?!”
神官長はそう吐き捨てるように言いながら、護衛として残っていた騎士二人を罵った。ダームエルは黒いナイフを持って奮闘しているが、シキコーザは今、闇の神の祝福を得ようと奮闘しているところだ。
上司からの命令を無視して、護衛対象に対して刃物を突きつけて怪我させて、今の状況を作り上げたわけだから、護衛として考えるなら間違いなく無能だろう。
“Miko apprentice, made me wait!”
そして、神官長が矢でトロンベを制しながら、言っている文句でわかったことだが、わたしの魔力はかなり多いらしい。ダームエルはもちろん、騎士団の半数くらいは祝福を受けた武器で攻撃しても効果がないかもしれないと神官長が呟いた。
「いくら牽制しても傷口を塞がねば意味がないな。マイン、傷口はどこだ！？」
Dermuel, who seems to have finally gained the protection of the god of darkness, started struggling to rescue me while swinging the black knife. However, whether Dermuel’s magical power is low or not, the effect is completely different from the black arrow of the chief priest.
「ここです」
わたしは目一杯に左手を伸ばす。傷口を見た神官長は軽く舌打ちして、「エントヴァフヌング」と呟いた。黒い弓が淡く光るタクトへと変化する。
“No protection at all !?”
すぐさま神官長が「ロート」と呟きながら、タクトを振ると、赤い光が空に向かって伸びていく。赤い光が何かの合図だったのか、他の騎士達が次々と飛んでくるのが見えた。
「苦痛だろうが、絶対に泣かぬように。涙も血も魔力を含んでいるという意味では変わらぬからな」
“It doesn’t mean it’s not working! Trombe will be back soon! Why?”
そう忠告した神官長が光るタクトでわたしの傷口をゆっくりとなぞっていく。タクトから出てくる、もやもやとした光が傷口に触れた途端、ぞわりと全身が震えた。
「ひゃっ！」
After the priest stabs an arrow, it becomes quiet for a few seconds, but soon after gaining power, Trombe begins activities. Although the growth rate has dropped, the chief priest continues to stab the arrow in Trombe, which has never decayed.
自分ではないものが無理やり自分の中に入って来ようとしているような違和感と苦痛で全身に鳥肌が立った。生理的な涙が込み上げてくる。涙を零さないように上を向いて、ふーっとゆっくり息を吐いた。
傷口が熱くなり、まるで異物の侵入を防ごうとするように、自分の中の魔力が一斉に傷口へと向かって移動するのがわかる。わたしの魔力と神官長が流し込もうとする魔力がぶつかり合って、傷口が薄い黄色に光った。光が消えた時には傷口が完全に塞がっていた。
“The Priest, Blood, My Blood … Trombe”
「傷が……」
「傷口を塞ぐだけの応急処置だ。魔力で塞いでいるだけで、完治したわけではない。何より、トロンベの上で魔力を出すなど自殺行為だが、仕方あるまい」
“Your blood is the worst!”
疲れきったように息を吐きながら、神官長が呟く。傷口は塞がったけれど、トロンベは今まで以上に活性化している。
「神官長……」
Talking about the cause of Trombe’s activation, the priest chief shattered. That alone reminds me of a face that opens its eyelids and lifts its eyebrows.
「私は祝福を打ち切って、君の傷を塞いだ。トロンベに対抗できる武器がない。すぐに救援が来るはずだが……」
そう言いながら、神官長は空を睨み上げて、こちらに向かって滑降してくる騎士団に向かって「遅い！」と怒鳴った。基本的に貴族然としていて、隠し部屋以外で感情らしい感情を見せることがない神官長の怒声に、わたしは動けないままビクッとする。
“What do you think you’ve taken away from the scene and put on an escort ?!” What an escort is ?! Incompetence! “
「フェルディナンド様、救助信号とは一体何が……何だ、これは！？」
続々と降り立つ騎士達が第二のトロンベを見つけて、その中心に囚われているわたしを見て、目を見張る。
The priest asked the two knights who remained as escorts, asking them to vomit. Damuel is struggling with a black knife, but Shikikoza is now struggling to get the blessing of the God of Darkness.
「カルステッド、お前が選んだ護衛が無能でこの不始末だ。即刻マインを救い出せ。私は加護を打ち切ったので、使えぬ。枝が首まで伸びつつある。急げ」
「かしこまりました！」
ignoring orders from the boss, struck a knife against the object of escort and injured it to create the current situation, so it would definitely be incompetent if considered as an escort.
トロンベに対抗できる武器を持っていない神官長がわたしから離れて行き、代わりに黒いハルバートを構えた金属鎧が駆け寄ってきて、武器を一息に振りおろした。ドゴン！ という爆発音と共に、土煙やトロンベの小さな破片が巻き上がる。
「けほっ……こほっ……」
And, as the chief priest controlled Trombe with an arrow, I found out that he had quite a lot of magic. Of course, about 30% of the Knights, as well as Damell, attacked with a blessed weapon, the chief priest asked.
「カルステッド、マインには傷一つ付けるな！ 格好の餌になる」
これだけぎっちりと絡んでいるトロンベを払うのに、中心にいるわたしに傷を付けぬように武器を振るえと言い置いて、神官長はシキコーザと側仕えの方へと歩いていく。その背中からは怒りが漏れているのが目に見えるようで、非常に怖い。
“No matter how restrained it is, there is no point in closing the wound. Mine, where is the wound !?”
もしかしたら、貴族と平民という身分差の建前上、貴族であるシキコーザの罪状を全部被せられて、わたし一人が頭ごなしに怒られる展開になるのだろうか。トロンベが活性化したのはわたしの血が原因だから、と何か罰則があったり、罪に問われたりするんだろうか。
……あり得る。
“Here it is”
これから先の展開を考えて憂鬱になってきたわたしの周りには、大量の騎士が集まっていた。黒いハルバートを持った騎士達が地中に突き刺すようにして、手を休めることなくトロンベの根を断ち切っている。それと同時に黒いナイフを構えた騎士がわたしの首に絡みつき始めた茎を少しずつ切り取っていた。
「……加護が効き始めた」
I stretch my left hand to the fullest. The chief priest who saw the wound patted lightly and whispered “Entvahunung”. The black bow turns into a light tact.
ダームエルが心底ホッとしたような声を出した。手の甲の傷が塞がり、これ以上血が零れることがなくなったため、トロンベは活性化しようがないようで、伸びる気配はなくなったのだ。
闇の神の祝福を帯びた武器を使えば、先程の巨大トロンベと同じように、黒く変色した部分が出てきて、武器を当てたところから朽ちていく。
As soon as the priest whispered “roth” and shook the tact, the red light extended toward the sky. I could see other knights flying one after another, as the red light was a signal.
トロンベに首を絞められる恐怖から逃れることができたわたしも、ひとまず安堵の息を吐いた。
「くっ、やりにくい！」
“It will be painful, but never cry. It doesn’t change in the sense that tears and blood contain magical power.”
「ナイフを持っているのはお前だけだ。丁寧にやれよ、ダームエル」
どうやら祝福を受けた後は武器の形を変えることができないようで、騎士達は巨大トロンベを切り倒すために作りだされた大きな武器で少しずつ慎重にわたしの周囲のトロンベの枝を切っていく。
The priest who advised me to follow my wound slowly with the shining tact. As soon as the hazy light coming out of the tact touched the wound, my whole body trembled.
「ダームエル、それから、巫女見習い……マインと言ったな？ 何故こんなことになっているんだ？ あれほど怒っているフェルディナンド様は初めてだぞ」
大きなハルバートでわたしの足元の枝を切りながら、カルステッドが声を潜めて素早く問いかけた。
“Hy!”
「それは……」
ダームエルがガチガチッと金属の擦れる音を立てて、シキコーザの方を見た。しかし、積極的に告発する気がないようで、言葉は曖昧に濁される。
I got goose bumps all over my body with a sense of incongruity and pain as something that I wasn’t trying to get into. Physiological tears come up. He looked up to keep his tears from spilling and exhaled slowly.
はっきりしないダームエルの態度に、わたしは何とも言えない苛立ちと身分社会の厳しさを感じながら、自分の行動を考える。
……どうしよう？
わ か る You can see that the magical power within you moves toward the wound all at once, just as the wound gets hot and tries to prevent the entry of foreign objects. My magical power and the magical power that the priest chief tried to pour into each other collided, and the wound glowed a light yellow. When the light disappeared, the wound was completely closed.
喉に伸びつつあったトロンベも胸元まで切り取られて、話をするだけなら問題のない状態にはなっているので、全て暴露するのは簡単だ。
しかし、信用されるかどうかは別問題で、おそらく身分が物を言う状況になる。わたしの言葉がどれくらい通じるのか、信用されるのかはわからない。カルステッドも貴族だ。またこの状況の二の舞になることも考えられる。
“The wound is …”
「少しでも情報が欲しい。はっきり喋れ」
歯噛みするような苛立った声音でカルステッドが低く唸って、わたしとダームエルを促す。
“First-aid just to close the wound. It’s not a complete cure just by blocking it with magical power. Above all, it’s a suicide act, such as putting out magical power on Trombe.”
そういえば、神官長は「無能を護衛に選んだ」とカルステッドにも怒りを向けていた。今ならば、神官長の怒りの原因を探ろうとしているカルステッドが、保身のためにもわたしの話をきちんと聞いてくれるかもしれない。
「カルステッド様、わたくしがお話をしたとして、身の安全は保障されるのでしょうか？」
The chief whispered while exhaling as if exhausted. The wound was closed, but Trombe is more active than ever.
「どういう意味だ？」
シキコーザの行動が貴族として普通なのかどうか確認する意味を込めて、わたしはカルステッドに問いかける。儀式が終わっていない今ならば、少なくともいきなり殺されるようなことはないはずだ。
“Principal …”
「平民であるわたくしが正直にお話しても、気に入らなければ、貴族はわたくしの髪を掴んで振り回したり、目を抉ろうとしたりするのでしょう？」
「何だ、それは？……まさか、巫女見習いを相手に、したのか！？」
“I broke my blessings and closed your wounds. There are no weapons that can fight Trombe. There should be relief soon …”
カルステッドがガシャッと音を立てて、兜の顔を覆っていた部分を跳ね上げた。怒りに満ちた険しい目がダームエルを貫く。ダームエルはカルステッドの剣幕に驚いたようで、必死に自己弁護する。
「私ではありません！ シキコーザがナイフを取り出して、巫女見習いを脅したのです。助けようにも、身分を弁えよと言われ……」
While saying so, the chief ran up to the sky and shouted “slow!” Toward the knights who came down here. I am impressed by the priest’s angry voice, which is basically a noble and does not show emotional feelings outside the hidden room.
「阿呆が！ フェルディナンド様のお怒りは当然だ！」
黒く脆くなってきたトロンベをカルステッドが力任せに引きちぎった。メリメリと音を立ててトロンベが割れる。
“Ferdinand-sama, what exactly is a rescue signal … what is this !?”
神官長だけではなく、カルステッドも護衛達の行動には怒っているようだ。これならば、多分正直に話してもいきなり切りかかられるようなことにならないだろう。そんな風に状況を判断していたわたしに、カルステッドが鋭い目を向けてきた。
「マイン、話せ。全て、正確に、嘘偽りなく、神に誓って述べろ」
The knights descending one after another finds the second Trombe and sees me in the center of it to keep an eye out.
「かしこまりました。カルステッド様。神に誓って嘘は申しません」
ちょっと待てと言わんばかりに上げられたダームエルの手をカルステッドが払いのける。真面目に聞いてくれる雰囲気を察したわたしは二人の護衛がしたことを詳細に告げた。側仕えから裏が取れると証人の存在も強調しながら。
“Carsted, the escort you have chosen is incompetent and this is a mess. Immediately rescue Mine. I quit blessing and can’t use it. The branch is growing to the neck. Hurry.”
複雑にがっちりと絡んだトロンベから、決して傷を付けることなくわたしを救出するのには、かなり時間がかかった。全部話し終わっても、まだ終わっていなかったくらいだ。
「おい、大丈夫か？」
“It’s a clever!”
「……ダメです。わたくしの側仕えを呼んでください」
トロンベに巻きつかれていたわたしはボロボロだ。新調したばかりの儀式用の服はあちこちが擦り切れていて、血を含んでいた部分はまるでトロンベに食われたように穴が開いている。身体中が痛いし、必死に抵抗していたせいか、ぐったりと全身が疲れていて力が入らない。
The priest who had no weapons that could fight Trombe went away from me, and instead metal armor with black halbert rushed and swung the weapons in a breath. Dogon! Along with the explosion sound, a small piece of soil smoke and Trombe rolls up.
「巫女見習いの側仕え、どこだ！？」
ぐてっとして力が入らないわたしの身体をカルステッドが担ぎ上げる。トロンベの根を徹底的に断つためにはへろへろのわたしが邪魔らしい。金属鎧に担ぎ上げられるとあちこち痛いが、文句を言う気力もない。
“Keho … Koho …”
「マイン様！」
駆け寄ってくるフランにわたしは視線を向ける。カルステッドからフランへと身柄が移され、わたしはでろんとフランにもたれかかった。
“Kalstead, don’t hurt Mine! It’s a good bait”
「神官長、熱が出ていらっしゃいます！」
「さもありなん。そちらで休憩させて、あの薬を飲ませておけ。血も失っているし、魔力もかなり失っているはずだ」
¡To pay the Trombe that is tightly entangled with this, the priest chief walks towards Shikikoza and the side serving, arguing that he should wield his weapon so as not to hurt me in the center. It is very scary to see anger leaking from the back.
シキコーザから事情聴取していた神官長はこちらを一瞥しただけで、視線を元に戻す。兜を脱いで、表情が良く見えるようになっている神官長は、先程より怒りが増しているように見えた。
「かしこまりました」
Perhaps, due to the difference between the nobility and the commoner, will I be angered without my head because I was covered with all the charges of Sikikoza, the aristocrat? Is it because of my blood that activated Trombe?
フランが日当たりの良い温かい場所へと移動し、わたしを座らせると、バッグから薄い緑の液体が入った小瓶を取り出した。
「これを飲んでください、マイン様」
…… Possible.
「何、これ？」
「神官長の薬でございます」
A large number of knights gathered around me who became depressed in the future. Knights with black halbert pierce the ground and cut the roots of Trombe without resting their hands. At the same time, a knight with a black knife was gradually cutting off the stem that began to entangle with my neck.
わけがわからないものを口に入れるのは怖いけれど、きちんと飲まなければ無理矢理でも飲まされそうだ。わたしは仕方なくビンを手に取ろうとした。
「ごめんなさい、フラン。無理です。腕が上がらないみたい」
“… The blessing has begun to work”
血が滴らないように必死で上げていた両腕は、鉛のように重くて自力で上げることもできない。
わたしの背中を支え、蓋を開けたフランが口元に瓶を運んでくれる。漢方薬のような臭いに、うっと息が詰まった。煮詰められた薬草の臭いが鼻を突く。
Dermuel shouted with a deep relief. The wound on the back of the hand was blocked and blood no longer spilled, so it seemed that Trombe could not be activated, and there was no sign of growth.
「フラン、これ、本当に飲んでも大丈夫なのでしょうか？」
「神官長も先程召し上がっておられました。神官長が調合された疲労回復や魔力回復に効く薬だそうです」
If you use a weapon with the blessing of the god of darkness, like the giant Trombe, the part that turned black will come out and decay from where you hit the weapon.
疲労回復と言われれば、飲まざるを得ない。少なくとも神官長本人が飲んでいるなら、毒ではないのだろう。きつい臭いに顔を歪めながら、わたしは口に流し込んだ。
「んぐっ！？」
I was able to escape from the fear of being squeezed by Trombe.
ブハッと吐き出しそうになる口元を慌てて押さえた。一気に涙が盛り上がり、全身が震えた。舌が痺れて、喉の奥が焼けるように熱い。しばらくは何を食べても味を感じないのではないかと思われるくらい、強烈で壮絶な苦味だ。
口を押さえたまま、ひくひくと震えるわたしを見たフランがざっと青ざめながら、神官長のもとへと走る。
“It’s hard to do it!”
「神官長、マイン様がずいぶん苦しんでおられますが……」
「味を犠牲にした分、すぐに効果が出るはずだ」
“Only you have a knife. Do it carefully, Dermuel”
神官長はこちらを見ることもなくそう言った。
その言葉は正しく、ぐったりとしていた身体からだるさと重さが抜けて、すぅっと熱が引いていくのが自分でもわかる。
Apparently, after receiving the blessing, it seems that the shape of the weapon cannot be changed, and the knights carefully cut the trombone branches around me little by little with a large weapon that was created to cut down the giant trombove. To go.
「……すごい。熱が引いていくみたい……」
ものすごく効果の高い薬だ。しかし、良薬は口に苦し、と言っても苦すぎだ。味の改良を要求したい。効果のために味を犠牲にしたと言い切る神官長が改良なんてしてくれるはずもないけれど。
“Dermuel, then apprentice maiden … did you say Mine? Why is this happening? It’s the first time that Ferdinand is so angry.”
わたしが休憩して、回復している間に、騎士達によってトロンベは完全に退治されていた。巨大トロンベと違って、クレーターが開いていない。これはわたしの魔力で発芽したせいだと騎士の一人が言っていた。
自然発生するトロンベは地中に潜り、何カ月、下手したら数年かけて、辺りの土地の魔力を吸い込み、蓄えて発芽するらしい。その分、広く深く根付いていて、退治にも骨が折れるらしい。
Karsted squeezed and asked quickly while cutting a branch at my feet with a big halbert.
「全員整列！」
トロンベ退治を終えた騎士達は、カルステッドの号令によって、整列する。整列していないのはわたしの護衛を任じられた二人だ。二人は兜を取った状態で神官長の前に並ばされ、跪いた状態でじっと下を向いている。
“That is …”
「マイン、こちらに来なさい」
動けるようになったわたしも呼ばれ、全員がその場に集められた。わたしは神官長の指示通り、神官長の半歩後ろに立つ。背が低いせいで、ほんの少し顔を上げた護衛の二人と目が合った。声から予想した通り、二人ともまだ成人して間もないくらいの十代半ばのようだ。
Dermuel slammed into the metal and saw Shikikoza. However, it seems that there is no willingness to prosecute, and the words are vaguely clouded.
シキコーザは自己主張の激しい黄緑のような髪に、憎悪に満ちた深緑の目をしていた。整ってはいるが傲慢さが全面に出た顔付きで、全ての原因はわたしだ、とその目が雄弁に語っている。
ダームエルはおとなしくて地味な色合いの茶色の髪で、困りきったような、申し訳なさそうな灰色の目をわたしに向けてくる。兜を付けていた時にはわからなかったけれど、何と言うか、いじめられっこのような雰囲気がにじみ出ている気がした。
I am thinking of my own behavior while feeling the irritation and the harshness of the social society that I can’t say about Dermuel’s unclear attitude.
「では、シキコーザ、ダームエル。今回の騒動について、何か申し開きがあるならば述べよ」
神官長の言葉に、シキコーザは顔を上げた。
…… What should I do?
「……申し開かねばならぬようなことはございません。あれは平民。それだけで十分でございましょう」
その主張が当然通るものだと信じきった堂々とした態度に、わたしはそっと胸元を押さえる。相手が平民ならば、申し開きをする必要もない。それがここの当たり前なのだと思い知る。
Trombe, which had been growing in the throat, was cut off to the chest, and if you just talk, it’s in no problem, so it’s easy to expose everything.
「私は傷一つ付けるな、と命じたはずだが？」
「いきなり立ち上がった平民が勝手に怪我をしたことを責められても困ります」
However, whether it is trusted or not is another matter, and the situation will probably be something that tells things. I don’t know how much I can speak or trust. Karsted is also a nobleman. It is also possible to become a second dance in this situation.
神官長の怒りをにじませた声にもシキコーザははっきりと頭を振った。神官長は「なるほど」と呟いた後、ダームエルへと視線を向ける。
神官長に見据えられたダームエルはビクリと一度震えた後、下を向いて一気に喋った。
“I want a little information. I am drowning clearly”
「身分差を弁えよ、とシキコーザに言われ、私には抗うことができませんでした。申し訳ございませんでした」
頭を下げたままそう言ったダームエルを見て、神官長は軽く息を吐く。
karsted squeezes with a frustrating voice that bites his teeth, prompting me and Darmell.
「そうだ。二人の主張する通り、身分差は弁えなければならぬ」
「では……」
Speaking of which, the chief priest was also angry at Karsted, “I chose incompetence as an escort.” Now Karstedt, who is trying to find out the cause of the priest ’s anger, may listen to me properly for self-protection.
シキコーザが喜色に満ちた顔を上げ、勝ち誇ったようにわたしを見た。わたしは儀式用の衣装に空いた穴をそっと撫でて、悔しさを噛みしめる。
神官長が一歩前に出た。
Karsted, will I be safe if I talk to you?
「この場で最も身分が高いのは誰だ、シキコーザ？」
「フェルディナンド様でございます」
“What do you mean?”
当たり前のことだと言わんばかりに、シキコーザは答えを返す。ただ、神官長の質問の意図が読み取れなかったようで、わずかに首を傾げた。
「あぁ、そうだ。その私が、命令したのだ。巫女見習いに傷一つ付けぬよう、しっかり守るように、と。ならば、身分差を弁え、守るべきものが何か、優先すべきものが何かは自ずとわかるはずだ。そなたこそ、身分差を弁えよ！」
I ask Karsted for the purpose of confirming whether Sikikoza’s behavior is normal as a nobleman. Now that the ritual has not ended, at least it should not be suddenly killed.
衝撃を受けたようにシキコーザが神官長を仰ぎ見る。その顔は愕然としていて、信じられないというように目が見開かれていた。
「ですが、あれは平民で。神殿の秩序を乱す愚かな子供で……」
“If I speak honestly, but don’t like it, will the nobility grab my hair and wield it or try to squint my eyes?”
「全く情勢がわかっていないようだから、述べておこう。マインは平民だが、青色の衣を与えられた巫女見習いだ。魔力の多さを見込んだ神殿側が望み、領主の許可を得て、青の衣が与えられている。それに不平不満を漏らすのは、神殿及び領主に不平不満を漏らすに等しいとその胸に刻み込め！」
神官長の言葉に、シキコーザとダームエルだけではなく、後ろに並んでいた騎士の一部からも息を呑んだ音が聞こえてきた。
“What’s that? … No way, did you deal with a shrine maiden apprentice !?”
「そなたらも知っての通り、今、この国には貴族が不足している。それは魔力を扱える者が不足しているということだ。神殿から貴族社会へと戻ったシキコーザならば、それをよく知っているだろう？」
神殿長とどういうつながりがあるのかと思えば、シキコーザは元々青色神官見習いとして神殿で育ったらしい。それがわかれば、平民であるわたしが青の衣をまとっていることに強烈な反感を示すのもわかる気がした。神殿にいる青色神官は平民と同列扱いされるのは許せないと憤る者ばかりだからだ。
Karsted made a loud noise and jumped up the part that covered the face of the frog. Rageous eyes full of anger pierce Dermuel. Damuel seems to be surprised by the Karstedt sword, and desperately defends himself.
「実際、この儀式を執り行うことができるのは、今の神殿において、私とマインしかいない。儀式が行える青色神官がいれば、平民の巫女見習いがこの場に出されるはずがないであろう。その程度のことも思い至らぬ愚昧さには呆れる他ない。何度も言うが、マインは儀式を行うための青色巫女見習いとしてここにいる。そなたが危害を加えたのは、ただの平民ではない。青の衣を与えられた巫女見習いだ」
神官長は何度もわたしが青色巫女見習いであることを強調した。それは、平民ならば、シキコーザを罪に問えない事の裏返しだ。
“It’s not me! Shikikoza took out the knife and threatened the apprenticeship of the shrine maiden. To help, she was told to speak up …”
自分の身を守ることになる青色の衣装をわたしはギュッと握った。魔力を扱うのだから、青色として遇するように交渉しろ、と助言してくれたベンノの慧眼に今更ながら感謝する。
「そなたらは命令違反、任務放棄した上に、護衛対象へ危害を加え、本来は現れなかったはずの魔木を出現させ、騎士団を混乱させ、仕事を増やした。そして、護衛を任された騎士が護衛対象を害するということで、騎士団の誇りを傷つけた。軽い罪で済むと思うな。処分については、追って領主から沙汰があろう」
“Absurd! Ferdinand’s anger is natural!”
神官長は二人から視線を外すと、くるりと並ぶ騎士団の方を向いた。そして、一番前で跪くカルステッドを冷たい視線で見下ろす。
「カルステッド」
Karsted tears off Trombe, which has become black and brittle. Trombe breaks with a noise.
「はっ！」
「このような無能を護衛に選んだこと、それから、命令を聴くことさえ知らぬような新人への教育不足については、そなたの罪だ。追って処分を言い渡す」
Not only the priest but also Karsted seems to be angry with the behavior of the escorts. If this is the case, perhaps speaking honestly won’t break you. Karsted has looked sharply at me, who was judging the situation like that.
神官長が怒って当然だと言っていたカルステッドは、自分に対する処分があることも覚悟していたようだ。表情一つ変えることなく静かに神官長に向かって頭を下げた。
「この度の騒動、騎士団を率いる私の不徳の致すところでございます。フェルディナンド様のお手を煩わせることになりましたこと、深くお詫び申し上げます」
“Mine, speak. Everything is accurate, lie and swear to God.”
カルステッドが深く頭を下げると同時に、後ろに整列して跪く騎士達が一斉に神官長に向かって頭を下げた。
“I’m smart. Karsted. I swear to God and I don’t lie.”
Karsted lifted Dermuel’s hand, which was raised just to wait. I felt a serious atmosphere and told me in detail what the two guards did. Emphasizing the existence of witnesses when the side service can be removed.
It took me quite a while to rescue me from Trombe, which was intricately tangled, and never hurt. Even if I finished talking, it wasn’t over yet.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“… No, please call my side service”
I was tattered around Trombe. The newly-made ceremonial clothes are frayed all over, and the parts that contain blood are pierced as if they were eaten by Trombe. The whole body hurts and I was desperately resisting.
“Where is the apprentice of the shrine maiden?”
Karsted lifts my body, which is not very powerful. In order to cut the roots of Trombe thoroughly, I seem to be in the way. It hurts all over the metal armor, but it doesn’t have the power to complain.
“Mine!”
I turn my eyes toward the frantic rush. My personality was transferred from Karstedt to Franc and I leaned against Franc.
“The priest has a fever!”
“Sorry, let’s take a break there and take that medicine. You should have lost your blood and your magical power too.”
The chief priest who was listening to the situation from Shikikoza returned to his gaze just by glancing at it. The chief priest, who took off his bag and was able to see the expression better, seemed more angry than before.
“I’m smart”
franc moved to a warm, sunny place and sat down and took out a small bottle of light green liquid from the bag.
“Please drink this, Maine”
“What is this?”
“It’s a priest ’s medicine”
It’s scary to put something you don’t understand in your mouth, but if you don’t drink it properly, it will be drunk. I tried to pick up the bottle.
“I’m sorry, Fran. I can’t do it. It looks like my arms don’t go up.”
Both arms that were desperately raised so as not to drip blood are heavy like lead and cannot be raised by themselves.
franc, who supported my back and opened the lid, brought a bottle to my mouth. I smelled like a traditional Chinese medicine, and I suddenly got stuck. The smell of boiled medicinal herbs pierces the nose.
“Fran, is this really okay to drink?”
“The priest was also eaten a while ago. It seems that the priest is a medicine that is formulated to recover fatigue and magic.”
If it is said to recover from fatigue, it must be taken. If at least the priestess is drinking, it’s not poison. I poured it into my mouth, distorting my face with a strong smell.
“Ngu !?”
rushed and pressed the mouth that seemed to vomit. Tears swelled and the whole body trembled. The tongue is numb and the back of the throat is hot. It’s a bitter and intense bitter taste that you might not feel the taste of whatever you eat for a while.
While holding his mouth, Franc, who saw me trembling, ran down to the head of the priest.
“The priest, Mine is suffering a lot …”
“As soon as the taste is sacrificed, it should be effective immediately”
The priest said, without seeing this.
The word is correct, and I can see that the body is lumpy and loses weight, and the heat draws away.
“… It ’s amazing. The heat is going to go away …”
This is a highly effective medicine. However, good drugs are too bitter to say. I want to request a taste improvement. The chief priest who claims to have sacrificed the taste for the effect cannot improve it.
Trombe was completely exterminated by the knights while I was resting and recovering. Unlike the giant Trombe, the crater is not open. One of the knights said this was because of my magical power.
Naturally occurring Trombe dives into the ground, and if it is poor for months or months, it will take several years to inhale, accumulate, and germinate. For that reason, it is deeply rooted deeply, and it seems to be hard to get rid of it.
“All members line up!”
The knights who have finished extermination of Trombe are lined up by Karsted’s command. The two who are not in line are my escorts. They are lined up in front of the priest with their traps and faced down in a row.
“Mine, come here”
I was also able to move and all were gathered on the spot. I stand half a step behind the priest, as directed by the priest. I met two of the escorts who raised their faces slightly because they were short. As expected from the voice, both of them seem to be in their mid-teens, just as adults.
Shikikoza had dark green eyes full of hatred on her self-asserted yellow-green hair. The face speaks eloquently, with a face that is well-organized but full of arrogance, and that all is me.
Dermuel is a gentle, sober-brown brown-haired hair that looks to me with troubled, awkward gray eyes. I didn’t know when I was wearing a kite, but I was bullied and I felt like a bullying atmosphere.
“Now, Shikikoza, Darmell. If there is any openness about this uproar, please state it.”
Shikikoza raised his face to the words of the chief.
“… There is nothing I have to open. That’s a commoner. That’s enough.”
¡I gently hold my chest in a dignified attitude that I believe that the claim should pass. If the other party is a commoner, there is no need to make an application. I think it is natural here.
“I should have ordered you not to hurt one?”
“It’s no problem if the commoner who suddenly stands up is accused of being injured without permission”
Shikikoza shook his head clearly in the voice of the priest ’s anger. The priest asks, “I see,” and then looks to Darmuel.
Dermuel, who was staring at the chief priest, shuddered once and then turned down and swooped.
“Sikikoza told me to speak up, and I couldn’t resist it. I’m sorry.”
Listening to Dermuel, who said so with his head down, the Priestess exhales lightly.
“Yes. As the two claim, they must be able to account for the difference in their status.”
“Now …”
Sikikoza looked at me like a cheerful face with a cheerful face. I gently stroke the hole in the ceremonial costume and bite my regret.
The priest came out one step ahead.
“Who is the tallest person here, Shikikoza?”
“It is Ferdinand-sama”
Sikikoza returns the answer, just to say that it is natural. However, he seemed unable to read the intention of the chief priest, and leaned slightly.
“Oh, that’s right, I ordered. To protect the shrine apprentice so that I don’t hurt it. You should know what you want to prioritize.
Sikikoza looks at the priest as if shocked. His face was stunned and his eyes were wide open to believe.
“But that is a commoner. A foolish child who disturbs the order of the temple …”
“Since I don’t know the situation at all, let me state. Mine is a commoner, but she is an apprentice with a blue garment. The temple side expects a lot of magic and gets permission from the lord.” A blue garment is given, and it is inscribed in the chest that complaining is equivalent to complaining to the temple and the lord! ”
In the words of the chief priest, not only Sikikoza and Darmuel, but also a part of the knights lined up behind them was heard.
“As you know, there is a shortage of nobles in this country right now. That means that there is a lack of those who can handle magical powers. Do you know that well? ”
Shikikoza seems to have grown up in the temple as an apprentice of blue priests, considering what kind of connection with the temple head. When I knew that, I felt that I was a strong opposition to the fact that I as a commoner wore a blue garment. This is because the blue priests in the temple are only those who insist that they cannot be allowed to be treated with the common people.
“In fact, it is only me and Mine in the current temple that can perform this ritual. If there is a blue priest who can perform the ritual, the common lady’s apprenticeship cannot be put out here. I can’t help thinking about that level of foolishness, but I’m told many times that Mine is here as a blue priest apprentice to perform the ritual. It ’s not just a commoner, it ’s an apprenticeship with a blue garment. ”
The priest repeatedly stressed that I am an apprentice of a blue priestess. That is the flip side of being a commoner who cannot question Sikikoza for sin.
I grabbed a blue outfit that would protect me. Thanks again to Benno’s shame for advising me to negotiate to treat it as blue because it deals with magic.
“You then violated the order, abandoned the mission, harmed the escort, appeared a magic tree that would not have appeared, confused the Knights, and increased the work. The knight who was entrusted with the escort hurt the escort’s subject and hurt the pride of the knights.I think it would be a minor crime.
The priestess turned away from the two and turned to the knights side by side. Then look down at Karsted, who crawls in front, with a cold gaze.
“Calstead”
“Huh!”
“It’s your sin to choose such incompetence as an escort and to lack of education for newcomers who don’t even know to listen to orders.
Karsted, who the priest told me to be angry, seems to be prepared to take action against him. He quietly bowed to the chief without changing one expression.
“This riot is the place of my morality leading the Knights. I apologize deeply for having troubled Ferdinand-sama”
At the same time Karsted lowered his head deeply, the knights lined up in the back lowered their heads toward the priest.
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わたしが少しでも血が落ちるのを防ごうと手を上げた状態で、声の限り助けを求めて叫ぶのと、指輪が光るのはほぼ同時だった。青い光が一筋空に向かって伸びていく。
When I raised my hand in order to prevent blood from falling as much as possible, I screamed for help as long as my voice, and the ring lit up almost at the same time. Blue light stretches toward the sky.
バサリという羽音と共に黒い何かが頭上から降ってきた。ボン、ボボン！ と小さな衝撃が足元に響く。顔を動かすと足元に黒い矢が数本刺さっていた。わたしの周囲のトロンベが力を失ったようにおとなしくなる。
「神官長！」
Something black came down from above with the sound of a rustle. Bonn, Bobon! And a small impact resonates at my feet. When I moved my face, there were several black arrows at my feet. It becomes as if Trombe around me lost power.
見覚えのある矢にわたしは上を見上げた。羽を大きく広げたライオンもどきがこちらに向かって一直線に滑降してくるのが見える。
……あの矢があれば、もう大丈夫。
“Principal!”
しかし、わたしが神官長の姿に安堵していられたのは、ほんの数秒のことだった。トロンベがおとなしかったのは、束の間のことで、わたしの手から零れる血によってすぐにトロンベは活性化し始める。
ピタリと止まっていたトロンベが再び動き始めて、お腹から胸へと伸びてきた。次々と生えてくる新しい芽が更に巻き付き、足の締め付けがきつくなってくる。
I looked up at a familiar arrow. You can see lions with their wings spread down in a straight line.
「神官長、急いで……」
滑るように下りてきた白いライオンもどきから、全身金属の鎧で覆っているとは思えないような軽い動きで神官長が飛び降りる。その手に持っているのは、トロンベを退治するために闇の神の祝福を受けた黒い矢だ。矢でザクザクとトロンベを突き刺しながら、神官長がこちらに向かってやってくる。
…… If you have that arrow, it’s okay.
「マイン、これは一体どういう事態だ！？」
「巫女見習い、待たせた！」
However, it was only a few seconds that I was relieved to see the priest. Trombe was adult for a while, and it immediately began to be activated by the blood spilling from my hands.
やっと闇の神の加護を得られたらしいダームエルが黒いナイフを振り回しながら、わたしを救出しようと奮闘を始めた。だが、ダームエルの魔力が低いのか、神官長の黒い矢とは全く効果が違い、いくら切りつけてもトロンベは全くおとなしくならない。
「全く加護が効かない！？」
Trombe, which had stopped tightly, began to move again and extended from the stomach to the chest. New shoots that grow one after another wind further, tightening the legs.
「効いていないわけではない！ すぐにトロンベが復活するのだ！ 何故だ！？」
神官長が矢を刺した後、数秒間はおとなしくなるが、またすぐに力を得てトロンベは活動を始める。成長速度は落ちたものの、全く朽ちていかないトロンベに神官長は舌打ちしながら矢を刺し続ける。
“The priest, hurry up …”
「神官長、血が、わたしの血が……トロンベを」
「君の血だと！？ 最悪だ！」
The white lion that came down slidingly jumped down with a light movement that would not seem to be covered with metal armor. In his hand is a black arrow that has received the blessing of the god of darkness to defeat Trombe. The chief priest arrives here, piercing the trumpet and trombe with an arrow.
トロンベが活性化する原因を伝えると、神官長は声を荒げた。それだけで、兜の中では、カッと眦を開いて、眉を吊り上げている顔が思い浮かぶ。
「一体何のために君を現場から引き離し、わざわざ護衛を付けたと思っている！？ 何のための護衛だ！？ 無能が！」
“Mine, what ’s this ?!”
神官長はそう吐き捨てるように言いながら、護衛として残っていた騎士二人を罵った。ダームエルは黒いナイフを持って奮闘しているが、シキコーザは今、闇の神の祝福を得ようと奮闘しているところだ。
上司からの命令を無視して、護衛対象に対して刃物を突きつけて怪我させて、今の状況を作り上げたわけだから、護衛として考えるなら間違いなく無能だろう。
“Miko apprentice, made me wait!”
そして、神官長が矢でトロンベを制しながら、言っている文句でわかったことだが、わたしの魔力はかなり多いらしい。ダームエルはもちろん、騎士団の半数くらいは祝福を受けた武器で攻撃しても効果がないかもしれないと神官長が呟いた。
「いくら牽制しても傷口を塞がねば意味がないな。マイン、傷口はどこだ！？」
Dermuel, who seems to have finally gained the protection of the god of darkness, started struggling to rescue me while swinging the black knife. However, whether Dermuel’s magical power is low or not, the effect is completely different from the black arrow of the chief priest.
「ここです」
わたしは目一杯に左手を伸ばす。傷口を見た神官長は軽く舌打ちして、「エントヴァフヌング」と呟いた。黒い弓が淡く光るタクトへと変化する。
“No protection at all !?”
すぐさま神官長が「ロート」と呟きながら、タクトを振ると、赤い光が空に向かって伸びていく。赤い光が何かの合図だったのか、他の騎士達が次々と飛んでくるのが見えた。
「苦痛だろうが、絶対に泣かぬように。涙も血も魔力を含んでいるという意味では変わらぬからな」
“It doesn’t mean it’s not working! Trombe will be back soon! Why?”
そう忠告した神官長が光るタクトでわたしの傷口をゆっくりとなぞっていく。タクトから出てくる、もやもやとした光が傷口に触れた途端、ぞわりと全身が震えた。
「ひゃっ！」
After the priest stabs an arrow, it becomes quiet for a few seconds, but soon after gaining power, Trombe begins activities. Although the growth rate has dropped, the chief priest continues to stab the arrow in Trombe, which has never decayed.
自分ではないものが無理やり自分の中に入って来ようとしているような違和感と苦痛で全身に鳥肌が立った。生理的な涙が込み上げてくる。涙を零さないように上を向いて、ふーっとゆっくり息を吐いた。
傷口が熱くなり、まるで異物の侵入を防ごうとするように、自分の中の魔力が一斉に傷口へと向かって移動するのがわかる。わたしの魔力と神官長が流し込もうとする魔力がぶつかり合って、傷口が薄い黄色に光った。光が消えた時には傷口が完全に塞がっていた。
“The Priest, Blood, My Blood … Trombe”
「傷が……」
「傷口を塞ぐだけの応急処置だ。魔力で塞いでいるだけで、完治したわけではない。何より、トロンベの上で魔力を出すなど自殺行為だが、仕方あるまい」
“Your blood is the worst!”
疲れきったように息を吐きながら、神官長が呟く。傷口は塞がったけれど、トロンベは今まで以上に活性化している。
「神官長……」
Talking about the cause of Trombe’s activation, the priest chief shattered. That alone reminds me of a face that opens its eyelids and lifts its eyebrows.
「私は祝福を打ち切って、君の傷を塞いだ。トロンベに対抗できる武器がない。すぐに救援が来るはずだが……」
そう言いながら、神官長は空を睨み上げて、こちらに向かって滑降してくる騎士団に向かって「遅い！」と怒鳴った。基本的に貴族然としていて、隠し部屋以外で感情らしい感情を見せることがない神官長の怒声に、わたしは動けないままビクッとする。
“What do you think you’ve taken away from the scene and put on an escort ?!” What an escort is ?! Incompetence! “
「フェルディナンド様、救助信号とは一体何が……何だ、これは！？」
続々と降り立つ騎士達が第二のトロンベを見つけて、その中心に囚われているわたしを見て、目を見張る。
The priest asked the two knights who remained as escorts, asking them to vomit. Damuel is struggling with a black knife, but Shikikoza is now struggling to get the blessing of the God of Darkness.
「カルステッド、お前が選んだ護衛が無能でこの不始末だ。即刻マインを救い出せ。私は加護を打ち切ったので、使えぬ。枝が首まで伸びつつある。急げ」
「かしこまりました！」
ignoring orders from the boss, struck a knife against the object of escort and injured it to create the current situation, so it would definitely be incompetent if considered as an escort.
トロンベに対抗できる武器を持っていない神官長がわたしから離れて行き、代わりに黒いハルバートを構えた金属鎧が駆け寄ってきて、武器を一息に振りおろした。ドゴン！ という爆発音と共に、土煙やトロンベの小さな破片が巻き上がる。
「けほっ……こほっ……」
And, as the chief priest controlled Trombe with an arrow, I found out that he had quite a lot of magic. Of course, about 30% of the Knights, as well as Damell, attacked with a blessed weapon, the chief priest asked.
「カルステッド、マインには傷一つ付けるな！ 格好の餌になる」
これだけぎっちりと絡んでいるトロンベを払うのに、中心にいるわたしに傷を付けぬように武器を振るえと言い置いて、神官長はシキコーザと側仕えの方へと歩いていく。その背中からは怒りが漏れているのが目に見えるようで、非常に怖い。
“No matter how restrained it is, there is no point in closing the wound. Mine, where is the wound !?”
もしかしたら、貴族と平民という身分差の建前上、貴族であるシキコーザの罪状を全部被せられて、わたし一人が頭ごなしに怒られる展開になるのだろうか。トロンベが活性化したのはわたしの血が原因だから、と何か罰則があったり、罪に問われたりするんだろうか。
……あり得る。
“Here it is”
これから先の展開を考えて憂鬱になってきたわたしの周りには、大量の騎士が集まっていた。黒いハルバートを持った騎士達が地中に突き刺すようにして、手を休めることなくトロンベの根を断ち切っている。それと同時に黒いナイフを構えた騎士がわたしの首に絡みつき始めた茎を少しずつ切り取っていた。
「……加護が効き始めた」
I stretch my left hand to the fullest. The chief priest who saw the wound patted lightly and whispered “Entvahunung”. The black bow turns into a light tact.
ダームエルが心底ホッとしたような声を出した。手の甲の傷が塞がり、これ以上血が零れることがなくなったため、トロンベは活性化しようがないようで、伸びる気配はなくなったのだ。
闇の神の祝福を帯びた武器を使えば、先程の巨大トロンベと同じように、黒く変色した部分が出てきて、武器を当てたところから朽ちていく。
As soon as the priest whispered “roth” and shook the tact, the red light extended toward the sky. I could see other knights flying one after another, as the red light was a signal.
トロンベに首を絞められる恐怖から逃れることができたわたしも、ひとまず安堵の息を吐いた。
「くっ、やりにくい！」
“It will be painful, but never cry. It doesn’t change in the sense that tears and blood contain magical power.”
「ナイフを持っているのはお前だけだ。丁寧にやれよ、ダームエル」
どうやら祝福を受けた後は武器の形を変えることができないようで、騎士達は巨大トロンベを切り倒すために作りだされた大きな武器で少しずつ慎重にわたしの周囲のトロンベの枝を切っていく。
The priest who advised me to follow my wound slowly with the shining tact. As soon as the hazy light coming out of the tact touched the wound, my whole body trembled.
「ダームエル、それから、巫女見習い……マインと言ったな？ 何故こんなことになっているんだ？ あれほど怒っているフェルディナンド様は初めてだぞ」
大きなハルバートでわたしの足元の枝を切りながら、カルステッドが声を潜めて素早く問いかけた。
“Hy!”
「それは……」
ダームエルがガチガチッと金属の擦れる音を立てて、シキコーザの方を見た。しかし、積極的に告発する気がないようで、言葉は曖昧に濁される。
I got goose bumps all over my body with a sense of incongruity and pain as something that I wasn’t trying to get into. Physiological tears come up. He looked up to keep his tears from spilling and exhaled slowly.
はっきりしないダームエルの態度に、わたしは何とも言えない苛立ちと身分社会の厳しさを感じながら、自分の行動を考える。
……どうしよう？
わ か る You can see that the magical power within you moves toward the wound all at once, just as the wound gets hot and tries to prevent the entry of foreign objects. My magical power and the magical power that the priest chief tried to pour into each other collided, and the wound glowed a light yellow. When the light disappeared, the wound was completely closed.
喉に伸びつつあったトロンベも胸元まで切り取られて、話をするだけなら問題のない状態にはなっているので、全て暴露するのは簡単だ。
しかし、信用されるかどうかは別問題で、おそらく身分が物を言う状況になる。わたしの言葉がどれくらい通じるのか、信用されるのかはわからない。カルステッドも貴族だ。またこの状況の二の舞になることも考えられる。
“The wound is …”
「少しでも情報が欲しい。はっきり喋れ」
歯噛みするような苛立った声音でカルステッドが低く唸って、わたしとダームエルを促す。
“First-aid just to close the wound. It’s not a complete cure just by blocking it with magical power. Above all, it’s a suicide act, such as putting out magical power on Trombe.”
そういえば、神官長は「無能を護衛に選んだ」とカルステッドにも怒りを向けていた。今ならば、神官長の怒りの原因を探ろうとしているカルステッドが、保身のためにもわたしの話をきちんと聞いてくれるかもしれない。
「カルステッド様、わたくしがお話をしたとして、身の安全は保障されるのでしょうか？」
The chief whispered while exhaling as if exhausted. The wound was closed, but Trombe is more active than ever.
「どういう意味だ？」
シキコーザの行動が貴族として普通なのかどうか確認する意味を込めて、わたしはカルステッドに問いかける。儀式が終わっていない今ならば、少なくともいきなり殺されるようなことはないはずだ。
“Principal …”
「平民であるわたくしが正直にお話しても、気に入らなければ、貴族はわたくしの髪を掴んで振り回したり、目を抉ろうとしたりするのでしょう？」
「何だ、それは？……まさか、巫女見習いを相手に、したのか！？」
“I broke my blessings and closed your wounds. There are no weapons that can fight Trombe. There should be relief soon …”
カルステッドがガシャッと音を立てて、兜の顔を覆っていた部分を跳ね上げた。怒りに満ちた険しい目がダームエルを貫く。ダームエルはカルステッドの剣幕に驚いたようで、必死に自己弁護する。
「私ではありません！ シキコーザがナイフを取り出して、巫女見習いを脅したのです。助けようにも、身分を弁えよと言われ……」
While saying so, the chief ran up to the sky and shouted “slow!” Toward the knights who came down here. I am impressed by the priest’s angry voice, which is basically a noble and does not show emotional feelings outside the hidden room.
「阿呆が！ フェルディナンド様のお怒りは当然だ！」
黒く脆くなってきたトロンベをカルステッドが力任せに引きちぎった。メリメリと音を立ててトロンベが割れる。
“Ferdinand-sama, what exactly is a rescue signal … what is this !?”
神官長だけではなく、カルステッドも護衛達の行動には怒っているようだ。これならば、多分正直に話してもいきなり切りかかられるようなことにならないだろう。そんな風に状況を判断していたわたしに、カルステッドが鋭い目を向けてきた。
「マイン、話せ。全て、正確に、嘘偽りなく、神に誓って述べろ」
The knights descending one after another finds the second Trombe and sees me in the center of it to keep an eye out.
「かしこまりました。カルステッド様。神に誓って嘘は申しません」
ちょっと待てと言わんばかりに上げられたダームエルの手をカルステッドが払いのける。真面目に聞いてくれる雰囲気を察したわたしは二人の護衛がしたことを詳細に告げた。側仕えから裏が取れると証人の存在も強調しながら。
“Carsted, the escort you have chosen is incompetent and this is a mess. Immediately rescue Mine. I quit blessing and can’t use it. The branch is growing to the neck. Hurry.”
複雑にがっちりと絡んだトロンベから、決して傷を付けることなくわたしを救出するのには、かなり時間がかかった。全部話し終わっても、まだ終わっていなかったくらいだ。
「おい、大丈夫か？」
“It’s a clever!”
「……ダメです。わたくしの側仕えを呼んでください」
トロンベに巻きつかれていたわたしはボロボロだ。新調したばかりの儀式用の服はあちこちが擦り切れていて、血を含んでいた部分はまるでトロンベに食われたように穴が開いている。身体中が痛いし、必死に抵抗していたせいか、ぐったりと全身が疲れていて力が入らない。
The priest who had no weapons that could fight Trombe went away from me, and instead metal armor with black halbert rushed and swung the weapons in a breath. Dogon! Along with the explosion sound, a small piece of soil smoke and Trombe rolls up.
「巫女見習いの側仕え、どこだ！？」
ぐてっとして力が入らないわたしの身体をカルステッドが担ぎ上げる。トロンベの根を徹底的に断つためにはへろへろのわたしが邪魔らしい。金属鎧に担ぎ上げられるとあちこち痛いが、文句を言う気力もない。
“Keho … Koho …”
「マイン様！」
駆け寄ってくるフランにわたしは視線を向ける。カルステッドからフランへと身柄が移され、わたしはでろんとフランにもたれかかった。
“Kalstead, don’t hurt Mine! It’s a good bait”
「神官長、熱が出ていらっしゃいます！」
「さもありなん。そちらで休憩させて、あの薬を飲ませておけ。血も失っているし、魔力もかなり失っているはずだ」
¡To pay the Trombe that is tightly entangled with this, the priest chief walks towards Shikikoza and the side serving, arguing that he should wield his weapon so as not to hurt me in the center. It is very scary to see anger leaking from the back.
シキコーザから事情聴取していた神官長はこちらを一瞥しただけで、視線を元に戻す。兜を脱いで、表情が良く見えるようになっている神官長は、先程より怒りが増しているように見えた。
「かしこまりました」
Perhaps, due to the difference between the nobility and the commoner, will I be angered without my head because I was covered with all the charges of Sikikoza, the aristocrat? Is it because of my blood that activated Trombe?
フランが日当たりの良い温かい場所へと移動し、わたしを座らせると、バッグから薄い緑の液体が入った小瓶を取り出した。
「これを飲んでください、マイン様」
…… Possible.
「何、これ？」
「神官長の薬でございます」
A large number of knights gathered around me who became depressed in the future. Knights with black halbert pierce the ground and cut the roots of Trombe without resting their hands. At the same time, a knight with a black knife was gradually cutting off the stem that began to entangle with my neck.
わけがわからないものを口に入れるのは怖いけれど、きちんと飲まなければ無理矢理でも飲まされそうだ。わたしは仕方なくビンを手に取ろうとした。
「ごめんなさい、フラン。無理です。腕が上がらないみたい」
“… The blessing has begun to work”
血が滴らないように必死で上げていた両腕は、鉛のように重くて自力で上げることもできない。
わたしの背中を支え、蓋を開けたフランが口元に瓶を運んでくれる。漢方薬のような臭いに、うっと息が詰まった。煮詰められた薬草の臭いが鼻を突く。
Dermuel shouted with a deep relief. The wound on the back of the hand was blocked and blood no longer spilled, so it seemed that Trombe could not be activated, and there was no sign of growth.
「フラン、これ、本当に飲んでも大丈夫なのでしょうか？」
「神官長も先程召し上がっておられました。神官長が調合された疲労回復や魔力回復に効く薬だそうです」
If you use a weapon with the blessing of the god of darkness, like the giant Trombe, the part that turned black will come out and decay from where you hit the weapon.
疲労回復と言われれば、飲まざるを得ない。少なくとも神官長本人が飲んでいるなら、毒ではないのだろう。きつい臭いに顔を歪めながら、わたしは口に流し込んだ。
「んぐっ！？」
I was able to escape from the fear of being squeezed by Trombe.
ブハッと吐き出しそうになる口元を慌てて押さえた。一気に涙が盛り上がり、全身が震えた。舌が痺れて、喉の奥が焼けるように熱い。しばらくは何を食べても味を感じないのではないかと思われるくらい、強烈で壮絶な苦味だ。
口を押さえたまま、ひくひくと震えるわたしを見たフランがざっと青ざめながら、神官長のもとへと走る。
“It’s hard to do it!”
「神官長、マイン様がずいぶん苦しんでおられますが……」
「味を犠牲にした分、すぐに効果が出るはずだ」
“Only you have a knife. Do it carefully, Dermuel”
神官長はこちらを見ることもなくそう言った。
その言葉は正しく、ぐったりとしていた身体からだるさと重さが抜けて、すぅっと熱が引いていくのが自分でもわかる。
Apparently, after receiving the blessing, it seems that the shape of the weapon cannot be changed, and the knights carefully cut the trombone branches around me little by little with a large weapon that was created to cut down the giant trombove. To go.
「……すごい。熱が引いていくみたい……」
ものすごく効果の高い薬だ。しかし、良薬は口に苦し、と言っても苦すぎだ。味の改良を要求したい。効果のために味を犠牲にしたと言い切る神官長が改良なんてしてくれるはずもないけれど。
“Dermuel, then apprentice maiden … did you say Mine? Why is this happening? It’s the first time that Ferdinand is so angry.”
わたしが休憩して、回復している間に、騎士達によってトロンベは完全に退治されていた。巨大トロンベと違って、クレーターが開いていない。これはわたしの魔力で発芽したせいだと騎士の一人が言っていた。
自然発生するトロンベは地中に潜り、何カ月、下手したら数年かけて、辺りの土地の魔力を吸い込み、蓄えて発芽するらしい。その分、広く深く根付いていて、退治にも骨が折れるらしい。
Karsted squeezed and asked quickly while cutting a branch at my feet with a big halbert.
「全員整列！」
トロンベ退治を終えた騎士達は、カルステッドの号令によって、整列する。整列していないのはわたしの護衛を任じられた二人だ。二人は兜を取った状態で神官長の前に並ばされ、跪いた状態でじっと下を向いている。
“That is …”
「マイン、こちらに来なさい」
動けるようになったわたしも呼ばれ、全員がその場に集められた。わたしは神官長の指示通り、神官長の半歩後ろに立つ。背が低いせいで、ほんの少し顔を上げた護衛の二人と目が合った。声から予想した通り、二人ともまだ成人して間もないくらいの十代半ばのようだ。
Dermuel slammed into the metal and saw Shikikoza. However, it seems that there is no willingness to prosecute, and the words are vaguely clouded.
シキコーザは自己主張の激しい黄緑のような髪に、憎悪に満ちた深緑の目をしていた。整ってはいるが傲慢さが全面に出た顔付きで、全ての原因はわたしだ、とその目が雄弁に語っている。
ダームエルはおとなしくて地味な色合いの茶色の髪で、困りきったような、申し訳なさそうな灰色の目をわたしに向けてくる。兜を付けていた時にはわからなかったけれど、何と言うか、いじめられっこのような雰囲気がにじみ出ている気がした。
I am thinking of my own behavior while feeling the irritation and the harshness of the social society that I can’t say about Dermuel’s unclear attitude.
「では、シキコーザ、ダームエル。今回の騒動について、何か申し開きがあるならば述べよ」
神官長の言葉に、シキコーザは顔を上げた。
…… What should I do?
「……申し開かねばならぬようなことはございません。あれは平民。それだけで十分でございましょう」
その主張が当然通るものだと信じきった堂々とした態度に、わたしはそっと胸元を押さえる。相手が平民ならば、申し開きをする必要もない。それがここの当たり前なのだと思い知る。
Trombe, which had been growing in the throat, was cut off to the chest, and if you just talk, it’s in no problem, so it’s easy to expose everything.
「私は傷一つ付けるな、と命じたはずだが？」
「いきなり立ち上がった平民が勝手に怪我をしたことを責められても困ります」
However, whether it is trusted or not is another matter, and the situation will probably be something that tells things. I don’t know how much I can speak or trust. Karsted is also a nobleman. It is also possible to become a second dance in this situation.
神官長の怒りをにじませた声にもシキコーザははっきりと頭を振った。神官長は「なるほど」と呟いた後、ダームエルへと視線を向ける。
神官長に見据えられたダームエルはビクリと一度震えた後、下を向いて一気に喋った。
“I want a little information. I am drowning clearly”
「身分差を弁えよ、とシキコーザに言われ、私には抗うことができませんでした。申し訳ございませんでした」
頭を下げたままそう言ったダームエルを見て、神官長は軽く息を吐く。
karsted squeezes with a frustrating voice that bites his teeth, prompting me and Darmell.
「そうだ。二人の主張する通り、身分差は弁えなければならぬ」
「では……」
Speaking of which, the chief priest was also angry at Karsted, “I chose incompetence as an escort.” Now Karstedt, who is trying to find out the cause of the priest ’s anger, may listen to me properly for self-protection.
シキコーザが喜色に満ちた顔を上げ、勝ち誇ったようにわたしを見た。わたしは儀式用の衣装に空いた穴をそっと撫でて、悔しさを噛みしめる。
神官長が一歩前に出た。
Karsted, will I be safe if I talk to you?
「この場で最も身分が高いのは誰だ、シキコーザ？」
「フェルディナンド様でございます」
“What do you mean?”
当たり前のことだと言わんばかりに、シキコーザは答えを返す。ただ、神官長の質問の意図が読み取れなかったようで、わずかに首を傾げた。
「あぁ、そうだ。その私が、命令したのだ。巫女見習いに傷一つ付けぬよう、しっかり守るように、と。ならば、身分差を弁え、守るべきものが何か、優先すべきものが何かは自ずとわかるはずだ。そなたこそ、身分差を弁えよ！」
I ask Karsted for the purpose of confirming whether Sikikoza’s behavior is normal as a nobleman. Now that the ritual has not ended, at least it should not be suddenly killed.
衝撃を受けたようにシキコーザが神官長を仰ぎ見る。その顔は愕然としていて、信じられないというように目が見開かれていた。
「ですが、あれは平民で。神殿の秩序を乱す愚かな子供で……」
“If I speak honestly, but don’t like it, will the nobility grab my hair and wield it or try to squint my eyes?”
「全く情勢がわかっていないようだから、述べておこう。マインは平民だが、青色の衣を与えられた巫女見習いだ。魔力の多さを見込んだ神殿側が望み、領主の許可を得て、青の衣が与えられている。それに不平不満を漏らすのは、神殿及び領主に不平不満を漏らすに等しいとその胸に刻み込め！」
神官長の言葉に、シキコーザとダームエルだけではなく、後ろに並んでいた騎士の一部からも息を呑んだ音が聞こえてきた。
“What’s that? … No way, did you deal with a shrine maiden apprentice !?”
「そなたらも知っての通り、今、この国には貴族が不足している。それは魔力を扱える者が不足しているということだ。神殿から貴族社会へと戻ったシキコーザならば、それをよく知っているだろう？」
神殿長とどういうつながりがあるのかと思えば、シキコーザは元々青色神官見習いとして神殿で育ったらしい。それがわかれば、平民であるわたしが青の衣をまとっていることに強烈な反感を示すのもわかる気がした。神殿にいる青色神官は平民と同列扱いされるのは許せないと憤る者ばかりだからだ。
Karsted made a loud noise and jumped up the part that covered the face of the frog. Rageous eyes full of anger pierce Dermuel. Damuel seems to be surprised by the Karstedt sword, and desperately defends himself.
「実際、この儀式を執り行うことができるのは、今の神殿において、私とマインしかいない。儀式が行える青色神官がいれば、平民の巫女見習いがこの場に出されるはずがないであろう。その程度のことも思い至らぬ愚昧さには呆れる他ない。何度も言うが、マインは儀式を行うための青色巫女見習いとしてここにいる。そなたが危害を加えたのは、ただの平民ではない。青の衣を与えられた巫女見習いだ」
神官長は何度もわたしが青色巫女見習いであることを強調した。それは、平民ならば、シキコーザを罪に問えない事の裏返しだ。
“It’s not me! Shikikoza took out the knife and threatened the apprenticeship of the shrine maiden. To help, she was told to speak up …”
自分の身を守ることになる青色の衣装をわたしはギュッと握った。魔力を扱うのだから、青色として遇するように交渉しろ、と助言してくれたベンノの慧眼に今更ながら感謝する。
「そなたらは命令違反、任務放棄した上に、護衛対象へ危害を加え、本来は現れなかったはずの魔木を出現させ、騎士団を混乱させ、仕事を増やした。そして、護衛を任された騎士が護衛対象を害するということで、騎士団の誇りを傷つけた。軽い罪で済むと思うな。処分については、追って領主から沙汰があろう」
“Absurd! Ferdinand’s anger is natural!”
神官長は二人から視線を外すと、くるりと並ぶ騎士団の方を向いた。そして、一番前で跪くカルステッドを冷たい視線で見下ろす。
「カルステッド」
Karsted tears off Trombe, which has become black and brittle. Trombe breaks with a noise.
「はっ！」
「このような無能を護衛に選んだこと、それから、命令を聴くことさえ知らぬような新人への教育不足については、そなたの罪だ。追って処分を言い渡す」
Not only the priest but also Karsted seems to be angry with the behavior of the escorts. If this is the case, perhaps speaking honestly won’t break you. Karsted has looked sharply at me, who was judging the situation like that.
神官長が怒って当然だと言っていたカルステッドは、自分に対する処分があることも覚悟していたようだ。表情一つ変えることなく静かに神官長に向かって頭を下げた。
「この度の騒動、騎士団を率いる私の不徳の致すところでございます。フェルディナンド様のお手を煩わせることになりましたこと、深くお詫び申し上げます」
“Mine, speak. Everything is accurate, lie and swear to God.”
カルステッドが深く頭を下げると同時に、後ろに整列して跪く騎士達が一斉に神官長に向かって頭を下げた。
“I’m smart. Karsted. I swear to God and I don’t lie.”
Karsted lifted Dermuel’s hand, which was raised just to wait. I felt a serious atmosphere and told me in detail what the two guards did. Emphasizing the existence of witnesses when the side service can be removed.
It took me quite a while to rescue me from Trombe, which was intricately tangled, and never hurt. Even if I finished talking, it wasn’t over yet.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“… No, please call my side service”
I was tattered around Trombe. The newly-made ceremonial clothes are frayed all over, and the parts that contain blood are pierced as if they were eaten by Trombe. The whole body hurts and I was desperately resisting.
“Where is the apprentice of the shrine maiden?”
Karsted lifts my body, which is not very powerful. In order to cut the roots of Trombe thoroughly, I seem to be in the way. It hurts all over the metal armor, but it doesn’t have the power to complain.
“Mine!”
I turn my eyes toward the frantic rush. My personality was transferred from Karstedt to Franc and I leaned against Franc.
“The priest has a fever!”
“Sorry, let’s take a break there and take that medicine. You should have lost your blood and your magical power too.”
The chief priest who was listening to the situation from Shikikoza returned to his gaze just by glancing at it. The chief priest, who took off his bag and was able to see the expression better, seemed more angry than before.
“I’m smart”
franc moved to a warm, sunny place and sat down and took out a small bottle of light green liquid from the bag.
“Please drink this, Maine”
“What is this?”
“It’s a priest ’s medicine”
It’s scary to put something you don’t understand in your mouth, but if you don’t drink it properly, it will be drunk. I tried to pick up the bottle.
“I’m sorry, Fran. I can’t do it. It looks like my arms don’t go up.”
Both arms that were desperately raised so as not to drip blood are heavy like lead and cannot be raised by themselves.
franc, who supported my back and opened the lid, brought a bottle to my mouth. I smelled like a traditional Chinese medicine, and I suddenly got stuck. The smell of boiled medicinal herbs pierces the nose.
“Fran, is this really okay to drink?”
“The priest was also eaten a while ago. It seems that the priest is a medicine that is formulated to recover fatigue and magic.”
If it is said to recover from fatigue, it must be taken. If at least the priestess is drinking, it’s not poison. I poured it into my mouth, distorting my face with a strong smell.
“Ngu !?”
rushed and pressed the mouth that seemed to vomit. Tears swelled and the whole body trembled. The tongue is numb and the back of the throat is hot. It’s a bitter and intense bitter taste that you might not feel the taste of whatever you eat for a while.
While holding his mouth, Franc, who saw me trembling, ran down to the head of the priest.
“The priest, Mine is suffering a lot …”
“As soon as the taste is sacrificed, it should be effective immediately”
The priest said, without seeing this.
The word is correct, and I can see that the body is lumpy and loses weight, and the heat draws away.
“… It ’s amazing. The heat is going to go away …”
This is a highly effective medicine. However, good drugs are too bitter to say. I want to request a taste improvement. The chief priest who claims to have sacrificed the taste for the effect cannot improve it.
Trombe was completely exterminated by the knights while I was resting and recovering. Unlike the giant Trombe, the crater is not open. One of the knights said this was because of my magical power.
Naturally occurring Trombe dives into the ground, and if it is poor for months or months, it will take several years to inhale, accumulate, and germinate. For that reason, it is deeply rooted deeply, and it seems to be hard to get rid of it.
“All members line up!”
The knights who have finished extermination of Trombe are lined up by Karsted’s command. The two who are not in line are my escorts. They are lined up in front of the priest with their traps and faced down in a row.
“Mine, come here”
I was also able to move and all were gathered on the spot. I stand half a step behind the priest, as directed by the priest. I met two of the escorts who raised their faces slightly because they were short. As expected from the voice, both of them seem to be in their mid-teens, just as adults.
Shikikoza had dark green eyes full of hatred on her self-asserted yellow-green hair. The face speaks eloquently, with a face that is well-organized but full of arrogance, and that all is me.
Dermuel is a gentle, sober-brown brown-haired hair that looks to me with troubled, awkward gray eyes. I didn’t know when I was wearing a kite, but I was bullied and I felt like a bullying atmosphere.
“Now, Shikikoza, Darmell. If there is any openness about this uproar, please state it.”
Shikikoza raised his face to the words of the chief.
“… There is nothing I have to open. That’s a commoner. That’s enough.”
¡I gently hold my chest in a dignified attitude that I believe that the claim should pass. If the other party is a commoner, there is no need to make an application. I think it is natural here.
“I should have ordered you not to hurt one?”
“It’s no problem if the commoner who suddenly stands up is accused of being injured without permission”
Shikikoza shook his head clearly in the voice of the priest ’s anger. The priest asks, “I see,” and then looks to Darmuel.
Dermuel, who was staring at the chief priest, shuddered once and then turned down and swooped.
“Sikikoza told me to speak up, and I couldn’t resist it. I’m sorry.”
Listening to Dermuel, who said so with his head down, the Priestess exhales lightly.
“Yes. As the two claim, they must be able to account for the difference in their status.”
“Now …”
Sikikoza looked at me like a cheerful face with a cheerful face. I gently stroke the hole in the ceremonial costume and bite my regret.
The priest came out one step ahead.
“Who is the tallest person here, Shikikoza?”
“It is Ferdinand-sama”
Sikikoza returns the answer, just to say that it is natural. However, he seemed unable to read the intention of the chief priest, and leaned slightly.
“Oh, that’s right, I ordered. To protect the shrine apprentice so that I don’t hurt it. You should know what you want to prioritize.
Sikikoza looks at the priest as if shocked. His face was stunned and his eyes were wide open to believe.
“But that is a commoner. A foolish child who disturbs the order of the temple …”
“Since I don’t know the situation at all, let me state. Mine is a commoner, but she is an apprentice with a blue garment. The temple side expects a lot of magic and gets permission from the lord.” A blue garment is given, and it is inscribed in the chest that complaining is equivalent to complaining to the temple and the lord! ”
In the words of the chief priest, not only Sikikoza and Darmuel, but also a part of the knights lined up behind them was heard.
“As you know, there is a shortage of nobles in this country right now. That means that there is a lack of those who can handle magical powers. Do you know that well? ”
Shikikoza seems to have grown up in the temple as an apprentice of blue priests, considering what kind of connection with the temple head. When I knew that, I felt that I was a strong opposition to the fact that I as a commoner wore a blue garment. This is because the blue priests in the temple are only those who insist that they cannot be allowed to be treated with the common people.
“In fact, it is only me and Mine in the current temple that can perform this ritual. If there is a blue priest who can perform the ritual, the common lady’s apprenticeship cannot be put out here. I can’t help thinking about that level of foolishness, but I’m told many times that Mine is here as a blue priest apprentice to perform the ritual. It ’s not just a commoner, it ’s an apprenticeship with a blue garment. ”
The priest repeatedly stressed that I am an apprentice of a blue priestess. That is the flip side of being a commoner who cannot question Sikikoza for sin.
I grabbed a blue outfit that would protect me. Thanks again to Benno’s shame for advising me to negotiate to treat it as blue because it deals with magic.
“You then violated the order, abandoned the mission, harmed the escort, appeared a magic tree that would not have appeared, confused the Knights, and increased the work. The knight who was entrusted with the escort hurt the escort’s subject and hurt the pride of the knights.I think it would be a minor crime.
The priestess turned away from the two and turned to the knights side by side. Then look down at Karsted, who crawls in front, with a cold gaze.
“Calstead”
“Huh!”
“It’s your sin to choose such incompetence as an escort and to lack of education for newcomers who don’t even know to listen to orders.
Karsted, who the priest told me to be angry, seems to be prepared to take action against him. He quietly bowed to the chief without changing one expression.
“This riot is the place of my morality leading the Knights. I apologize deeply for having troubled Ferdinand-sama”
At the same time Karsted lowered his head deeply, the knights lined up in the back lowered their heads toward the priest.
The raws were pulled real-time from: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4830bu/128/When I raised my hand in order to prevent blood from falling as much as possible, I screamed for help as long as my voice, and the ring lit up almost at the same time. Blue light stretches toward the sky. Something black came down from above with the sound of a rustle. Bonn, Bobon! And a small impact resonates at my feet. When I moved my face, there were several black arrows at my feet. It becomes as if Trombe around me lost power. Principal! I looked up at a familiar arrow. You can see lions with their wings spread down in a straight line. If you have that arrow, it's okay. However, it was only a few seconds that I was relieved to see the priest. Trombe was adult for a while, and it immediately began to be activated by the blood spilling from my hands. Trombe, which had stopped tightly, began to move again and extended from the stomach to the chest. New shoots that grow one after another wind further, tightening the legs. The priest, hurry up The white lion that came down slidingly jumped down with a light movement that would not seem to be covered with metal armor. In his hand is a black arrow that has received the blessing of the god of darkness to defeat Trombe. The chief priest arrives here, piercing the trumpet and trombe with an arrow. Mine, what 's this ?! Miko apprentice, made me wait! Dermuel, who seems to have finally gained the protection of the god of darkness, started struggling to rescue me while swinging the black knife. However, whether Dermuel's magical power is low or not, the effect is completely different from the black arrow of the chief priest. No protection at all !? It doesn't mean it's not working! Trombe will be back soon! Why? After the priest stabs an arrow, it becomes quiet for a few seconds, but soon after gaining power, Trombe begins activities. Although the growth rate has dropped, the chief priest continues to stab the arrow in Trombe, which has never decayed. The Priest, Blood, My Blood Trombe Your blood is the worst! Talking about the cause of Trombe's activation, the priest chief shattered. That alone reminds me of a face that opens its eyelids and lifts its eyebrows. What do you think you've taken away from the scene and put on an escort ?! What an escort is ?! Incompetence! The priest asked the two knights who remained as escorts, asking them to vomit. Damuel is struggling with a black knife, but Shikikoza is now struggling to get the blessing of the God of Darkness. ignoring orders from the boss, struck a knife against the object of escort and injured it to create the current situation, so it would definitely be incompetent if considered as an escort. And, as the chief priest controlled Trombe with an arrow, I found out that he had quite a lot of magic. Of course, about 30% of the Knights, as well as Damell, attacked with a blessed weapon, the chief priest asked. No matter how restrained it is, there is no point in closing the wound. Mine, where is the wound !? Here it is I stretch my left hand to the fullest. The chief priest who saw the wound patted lightly and whispered Entvahunung. The black bow turns into a light tact. As soon as the priest whispered roth and shook the tact, the red light extended toward the sky. I could see other knights flying one after another, as the red light was a signal. It will be painful, but never cry. It doesn't change in the sense that tears and blood contain magical power. The priest who advised me to follow my wound slowly with the shining tact. As soon as the hazy light coming out of the tact touched the wound, my whole body trembled. Hy! I got goose bumps all over my body with a sense of incongruity and pain as something that I wasn't trying to get into. Physiological tears come up. He looked up to keep his tears from spilling and exhaled slowly. You can see that the magical power within you moves toward the wound all at once, just as the wound gets hot and tries to prevent the entry of foreign objects. My magical power and the magical power that the priest chief tried to pour into each other collided, and the wound glowed a light yellow. When the light disappeared, the wound was completely closed. The wound is First-aid just to close the wound. It's not a complete cure just by blocking it with magical power. Above all, it's a suicide act, such as putting out magical power on Trombe. The chief whispered while exhaling as if exhausted. The wound was closed, but Trombe is more active than ever. Principal I broke my blessings and closed your wounds. There are no weapons that can fight Trombe. There should be relief soon While saying so, the chief ran up to the sky and shouted slow! Toward the knights who came down here. I am impressed by the priest's angry voice, which is basically a noble and does not show emotional feelings outside the hidden room. Ferdinand-sama, what exactly is a rescue signal what is this !? The knights descending one after another finds the second Trombe and sees me in the center of it to keep an eye out. Carsted, the escort you have chosen is incompetent and this is a mess. Immediately rescue Mine. I quit blessing and can't use it. The branch is growing to the neck. Hurry. It's a clever! The priest who had no weapons that could fight Trombe went away from me, and instead metal armor with black halbert rushed and swung the weapons in a breath. Dogon! Along with the explosion sound, a small piece of soil smoke and Trombe rolls up. Keho Koho Kalstead, don't hurt Mine! It's a good bait To pay the Trombe that is tightly entangled with this, the priest chief walks towards Shikikoza and the side serving, arguing that he should wield his weapon so as not to hurt me in the center. It is very scary to see anger leaking from the back. Perhaps, due to the difference between the nobility and the commoner, will I be angered without my head because I was covered with all the charges of Sikikoza, the aristocrat? Is it because of my blood that activated Trombe? Possible. A large number of knights gathered around me who became depressed in the future. Knights with black halbert pierce the ground and cut the roots of Trombe without resting their hands. At the same time, a knight with a black knife was gradually cutting off the stem that began to entangle with my neck. The blessing has begun to work Dermuel shouted with a deep relief. The wound on the back of the hand was blocked and blood no longer spilled, so it seemed that Trombe could not be activated, and there was no sign of growth. If you use a weapon with the blessing of the god of darkness, like the giant Trombe, the part that turned black will come out and decay from where you hit the weapon. I was able to escape from the fear of being squeezed by Trombe. It's hard to do it! Only you have a knife. Do it carefully, Dermuel Apparently, after receiving the blessing, it seems that the shape of the weapon cannot be changed, and the knights carefully cut the trombone branches around me little by little with a large weapon that was created to cut down the giant trombove. To go. Dermuel, then apprentice maiden did you say Mine? Why is this happening? It's the first time that Ferdinand is so angry. Karsted squeezed and asked quickly while cutting a branch at my feet with a big halbert. That is Dermuel slammed into the metal and saw Shikikoza. However, it seems that there is no willingness to prosecute, and the words are vaguely clouded. I am thinking of my own behavior while feeling the irritation and the harshness of the social society that I can't say about Dermuel's unclear attitude. What should I do? Trombe, which had been growing in the throat, was cut off to the chest, and if you just talk, it's in no problem, so it's easy to expose everything. However, whether it is trusted or not is another matter, and the situation will probably be something that tells things. I don't know how much I can speak or trust. Karsted is also a nobleman. It is also possible to become a second dance in this situation. I want a little information. I am drowning clearly karsted squeezes with a frustrating voice that bites his teeth, prompting me and Darmell. Speaking of which, the chief priest was also angry at Karsted, I chose incompetence as an escort. Now Karstedt, who is trying to find out the cause of the priest 's anger, may listen to me properly for self-protection. Karsted, will I be safe if I talk to you? What do you mean? I ask Karsted for the purpose of confirming whether Sikikoza's behavior is normal as a nobleman. Now that the ritual has not ended, at least it should not be suddenly killed. If I speak honestly, but don't like it, will the nobility grab my hair and wield it or try to squint my eyes? What's that? No way, did you deal with a shrine maiden apprentice !? Karsted made a loud noise and jumped up the part that covered the face of the frog. Rageous eyes full of anger pierce Dermuel. Damuel seems to be surprised by the Karstedt sword, and desperately defends himself. It's not me! Shikikoza took out the knife and threatened the apprenticeship of the shrine maiden. To help, she was told to speak up Absurd! Ferdinand's anger is natural! Karsted tears off Trombe, which has become black and brittle. Trombe breaks with a noise. Not only the priest but also Karsted seems to be angry with the behavior of the escorts. If this is the case, perhaps speaking honestly won't break you. Karsted has looked sharply at me, who was judging the situation like that. Mine, speak. Everything is accurate, lie and swear to God. I'm smart. Karsted. I swear to God and I don't lie. Karsted lifted Dermuel's hand, which was raised just to wait. I felt a serious atmosphere and told me in detail what the two guards did. Emphasizing the existence of witnesses when the side service can be removed. It took me quite a while to rescue me from Trombe, which was intricately tangled, and never hurt. Even if I finished talking, it wasn't over yet. Hey, are you okay? No, please call my side service I was tattered around Trombe. The newly-made ceremonial clothes are frayed all over, and the parts that contain blood are pierced as if they were eaten by Trombe. The whole body hurts and I was desperately resisting. Where is the apprentice of the shrine maiden? Karsted lifts my body, which is not very powerful. In order to cut the roots of Trombe thoroughly, I seem to be in the way. It hurts all over the metal armor, but it doesn't have the power to complain. Mine! I turn my eyes toward the frantic rush. My personality was transferred from Karstedt to Franc and I leaned against Franc. The priest has a fever! Sorry, let's take a break there and take that medicine. You should have lost your blood and your magical power too. The chief priest who was listening to the situation from Shikikoza returned to his gaze just by glancing at it. The chief priest, who took off his bag and was able to see the expression better, seemed more angry than before. I'm smart franc moved to a warm, sunny place and sat down and took out a small bottle of light green liquid from the bag. Please drink this, Maine What is this? It's a priest 's medicine It's scary to put something you don't understand in your mouth, but if you don't drink it properly, it will be drunk. I tried to pick up the bottle. I'm sorry, Fran. I can't do it. It looks like my arms don't go up. Both arms that were desperately raised so as not to drip blood are heavy like lead and cannot be raised by themselves. franc, who supported my back and opened the lid, brought a bottle to my mouth. I smelled like a traditional Chinese medicine, and I suddenly got stuck. The smell of boiled medicinal herbs pierces the nose. Fran, is this really okay to drink? The priest was also eaten a while ago. It seems that the priest is a medicine that is formulated to recover fatigue and magic. If it is said to recover from fatigue, it must be taken. If at least the priestess is drinking, it's not poison. I poured it into my mouth, distorting my face with a strong smell. Ngu !? rushed and pressed the mouth that seemed to vomit. Tears swelled and the whole body trembled. The tongue is numb and the back of the throat is hot. It's a bitter and intense bitter taste that you might not feel the taste of whatever you eat for a while. While holding his mouth, Franc, who saw me trembling, ran down to the head of the priest. The priest, Mine is suffering a lot As soon as the taste is sacrificed, it should be effective immediately The priest said, without seeing this. The word is correct, and I can see that the body is lumpy and loses weight, and the heat draws away. It 's amazing. The heat is going to go away This is a highly effective medicine. However, good drugs are too bitter to say. I want to request a taste improvement. The chief priest who claims to have sacrificed the taste for the effect cannot improve it. Trombe was completely exterminated by the knights while I was resting and recovering. Unlike the giant Trombe, the crater is not open. One of the knights said this was because of my magical power. Naturally occurring Trombe dives into the ground, and if it is poor for months or months, it will take several years to inhale, accumulate, and germinate. For that reason, it is deeply rooted deeply, and it seems to be hard to get rid of it. All members line up! The knights who have finished extermination of Trombe are lined up by Karsted's command. The two who are not in line are my escorts. They are lined up in front of the priest with their traps and faced down in a row. Mine, come here I was also able to move and all were gathered on the spot. I stand half a step behind the priest, as directed by the priest. I met two of the escorts who raised their faces slightly because they were short. As expected from the voice, both of them seem to be in their mid-teens, just as adults. Shikikoza had dark green eyes full of hatred on her self-asserted yellow-green hair. The face speaks eloquently, with a face that is well-organized but full of arrogance, and that all is me. Dermuel is a gentle, sober-brown brown-haired hair that looks to me with troubled, awkward gray eyes. I didn't know when I was wearing a kite, but I was bullied and I felt like a bullying atmosphere. Now, Shikikoza, Darmell. If there is any openness about this uproar, please state it. Shikikoza raised his face to the words of the chief. There is nothing I have to open. That's a commoner. That's enough. I gently hold my chest in a dignified attitude that I believe that the claim should pass. If the other party is a commoner, there is no need to make an application. I think it is natural here. I should have ordered you not to hurt one? It's no problem if the commoner who suddenly stands up is accused of being injured without permission Shikikoza shook his head clearly in the voice of the priest 's anger. The priest asks, I see, and then looks to Darmuel. Dermuel, who was staring at the chief priest, shuddered once and then turned down and swooped. Sikikoza told me to speak up, and I couldn't resist it. I'm sorry. Listening to Dermuel, who said so with his head down, the Priestess exhales lightly. Yes. As the two claim, they must be able to account for the difference in their status. Now Sikikoza looked at me like a cheerful face with a cheerful face. I gently stroke the hole in the ceremonial costume and bite my regret. The priest came out one step ahead. Who is the tallest person here, Shikikoza? It is Ferdinand-sama Sikikoza returns the answer, just to say that it is natural. However, he seemed unable to read the intention of the chief priest, and leaned slightly. Oh, that's right, I ordered. To protect the shrine apprentice so that I don't hurt it. You should know what you want to prioritize.Sikikoza looks at the priest as if shocked. His face was stunned and his eyes were wide open to believe. But that is a commoner. A foolish child who disturbs the order of the temple Since I don't know the situation at all, let me state. Mine is a commoner, but she is an apprentice with a blue garment. The temple side expects a lot of magic and gets permission from the lord. A blue garment is given, and it is inscribed in the chest that complaining is equivalent to complaining to the temple and the lord! In the words of the chief priest, not only Sikikoza and Darmuel, but also a part of the knights lined up behind them was heard. As you know, there is a shortage of nobles in this country right now. That means that there is a lack of those who can handle magical powers. Do you know that well? Shikikoza seems to have grown up in the temple as an apprentice of blue priests, considering what kind of connection with the temple head. When I knew that, I felt that I was a strong opposition to the fact that I as a commoner wore a blue garment. This is because the blue priests in the temple are only those who insist that they cannot be allowed to be treated with the common people. In fact, it is only me and Mine in the current temple that can perform this ritual. If there is a blue priest who can perform the ritual, the common lady's apprenticeship cannot be put out here. I can't help thinking about that level of foolishness, but I'm told many times that Mine is here as a blue priest apprentice to perform the ritual. It 's not just a commoner, it 's an apprenticeship with a blue garment. The priest repeatedly stressed that I am an apprentice of a blue priestess. That is the flip side of being a commoner who cannot question Sikikoza for sin. I grabbed a blue outfit that would protect me. Thanks again to Benno's shame for advising me to negotiate to treat it as blue because it deals with magic. You then violated the order, abandoned the mission, harmed the escort, appeared a magic tree that would not have appeared, confused the Knights, and increased the work. The knight who was entrusted with the escort hurt the escort's subject and hurt the pride of the knights.I think it would be a minor crime.The priestess turned away from the two and turned to the knights side by side. Then look down at Karsted, who crawls in front, with a cold gaze. Calstead Huh! It's your sin to choose such incompetence as an escort and to lack of education for newcomers who don't even know to listen to orders.Karsted, who the priest told me to be angry, seems to be prepared to take action against him. He quietly bowed to the chief without changing one expression. This riot is the place of my morality leading the Knights. I apologize deeply for having troubled Ferdinand-sama At the same time Karsted lowered his head deeply, the knights lined up in the back lowered their heads toward the priest.
