EP9. Magic City (1)
EP9. Magic City
“····Tina?”
Sean’s mouth opened, and she took her eyes off the food that had fallen on the floor and looked at the boy in front. When their eyes met, Sean didn’t know what she was thinking. The moment she tries to talk to her as she blankly looks at Sean with her eyes that don’t know her meaning.
“Shaun! What are you doing!? Come fast!”
Levy, who was ordering food from the street vendor over there, turned around and called Sean. The girl’s call made Sean reflexively nervous without even realizing it.
However, he immediately returned to focus on the current situation. Because if the woman in front of her is really the Tina she knows herself, this matters a lot more.
However, not missing the moment that Sean turned her nerves, the woman moved her body hastily and ran past her boy. At the swift movement, Sean put his hand on her back for a moment, then hesitated.
‘…Isn’t that Tina?’
Sean is sure he remembers. He doesn’t even believe his own eyes.
But she said, if she really is Tina, why would she have to run away from herself like that?
“Shaun? Why are you blankly there?”
“····No. Nothing.”
In the end, Sean looked for a while on the path the pink-haired woman had left, then turned around and headed towards Levi.
Yes. Maybe she’s just a look-alike. Maybe it’s just an illusion.
But if that’s not the case. Really just if she’s Tina right.
Did Tina really notice that she was the Sean she met in the past?
Did she know that and ran away in a hurry?
Even while sharing the food Levy bought, Sean’s distraught expression did not ease easily.
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***
“But how do I find sepia?”
Levy asked as she munched her food in her mouth. The General Union Sanctuary had a bigger area than I thought. It was a situation that was embarrassing for Levi, who simply thought she was a little bigger than the chapel in the village where Lee Elcia was.
“Um… She just needs to find a place to worship the god of purification.”
“Aha. Then let’s ask!”
Shaun let out a small sigh as Levy immediately gave an answer without much hesitation. Even if he said that, he knew that the person asking the question would be himself, not Levy.
Levi, including herself, once you get to know her, she is active and friendly. However, she was a girl named Levi who was infinitely wary of strangers, shy and shy.
She’s hard to find her bright side, especially after the monster invasion of her village, unless she’s with herself.
In a way, the fact that Sepia was accepted so quickly can be said to be an unexpected result.
It could be that his condition has improved since he started the adventure.
Anyway, following Levy’s words, the two planned to ask a passer-by nearby.
Sean soon noticed an old man. Anyone wearing a robe made up of nothing but pure white evoked the feeling of a clergyman steeped in religion.
Perhaps the priest knows the geography of this place better, so Sean approached the old man, begged for his understanding, and asked a question.
“····Can I ask you something?”
“Sure. Anything I can answer.”
“Do you know where the sanctuary of the god of purification is?”
The old man readily gave the location. Not only that, but he also explained the surrounding buildings and explained them in detail so that Sean and Levy, who first visited this place, could understand.
“Thank you.”
“Thank you.”
“Heh heh. No. I just did what I had to do.”
The old man left with a hollow laugh. The two headed for the sanctuary dedicated to the god of purification as explained by the old man.
The two were able to achieve their goal quickly. She was able to find Sepia, who was kneeling in front of a small altar and praying.
Disrupting the prayer was clearly not a desirable behavior even for Sean and Levy, who were not familiar with religion, so they waited for Sepia’s prayer to end.
However, Sepia’s prayers did not seem to end. Finally, when the waiting time exceeded 10 minutes, Levy couldn’t overcome her boredom and whimpered to Shawn.
“…Actually, isn’t Sepia sleeping?”
“Sepia isn’t yours either, so there’s no way that’s the case.”
“····Shawn. What does that mean now?”
Of course, there was no way that the wise Levy would not know the meaning of Sean’s words, but Levy dared to ask Sean while rolling her eyes.
As Sean smiled mischievously and mischievously, the two naturally quarreled and quarreled. Of course, it wasn’t a serious fight, so I tried to be as quiet as possible, but Sepia noticed the commotion.
“····Sean, Levy. How are you both?”
At some point, the two of them responded with a smile filled with embarrassment and apology to the figure of Sepia, who had been kneeling before, straightening her knees and saying hello.
“hahahaha. Long time no see····?”
“…Was Sepia doing well too…?”
Sephia, who looked at the two once in a while, replied while maintaining her expressionless expression.
“They said he would come when he finished his business, but it seems like he was done within a day.”
“That’s why… The situation may have become a little ambiguous.”
She was sepia who didn’t know the specific reason and only knew about it, but she just nodded her head as if she wasn’t particularly curious.
“····We didn’t interfere…? Like a prayer.”
“It’s okay. I was thinking of moving soon.”
“Movement? Where are you going?”
“I’m thinking of going home. Would you like to follow me?”
“Is it okay if we go?”
“Of course.”
Levy didn’t hesitate. After asking Sean’s intention, Levy readily accepted Sepia’s proposal.
***
After arriving at the lodge, Sean and Levy had a conversation with Sepia. The subject of the talk was about Sepia’s work.
“By the way, is Sepia doing well with the confidential work?”
“It’s only been a day, so progress is being made steadily, although it’s slow.”
“I don’t know what it is, but I hope you succeed.”
“Thank you.”
As expected, it was Levy and Sepia who led the conversation. Sean, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, suddenly interrupted and suggested.
“By the way, why don’t we just talk casually?”
The two girls’ eyes were all on Sean at the somewhat unexpected content. Thanks to that, I was taken aback for a moment, but regained my composure and added an additional explanation.
“Looking at it, it’s not awkward, and they look similar in age.”
Like Kren or Gania, if she was definitely older than herself, she would most likely maintain respect, but no matter how much you look at Sepia, it seemed certain that she was similar to or younger than them, so she suggested it.
Sepia nodded her head and agreed to Sean’s proposal.
“I heard and saw it. It’s okay to speak comfortably. You do.”
As Sepia, who finally gave an affirmative answer, continued to maintain her respect, Levy asked cautiously.
“Why don’t you speak comfortably even in sepia…?”
“I am more comfortable now because I have lived as a priest and treated everyone with respect.”
“I can’t help it then…”
Shaun’s plan to completely eliminate the awkward atmosphere between the two that remained a little bit ended in an ambiguous way with only about half success.
After that, many things went back and forth. There were quite a few things to talk about because we spent a few days together in the woods on our way to Elioden. Even so, there was one thought that kept floating in Levi’s head.
It was about the sepia thief subjugation that I had just seen and learned about yesterday. But she didn’t bother to say it. The answer is fixed anyway, so there’s no need to reveal it and make it uncomfortable.
Instead, Levy took up another topic.
“Come to think of it, how did the child at the inn in the forest get cursed?”
“…Didn’t you say that Sepia seemed to have been killed in Elioden?”
As Shawn answered Levy’s question, recalling her memories of that day, Sepia was silent for a moment.
Sepia, who rolled her eyes as if in agony, finally hinted slightly.
“That’s right…. You have already witnessed the curse, so let me tell you a little bit.”
“Huh? I’ll let you know… Could it be that it was something confidential…?”
Levy muttered in an awkward tone. Not intending to embarrass Sepia, she hastily tried to retract her subject.
But before that, Sepia jumped up and talked.
“Unless you already know about the curse, it’s not good to hide it unconditionally.”
“·······.”
“Simply put, this is not the first time a curse has occurred around this city.”
With just that one word, Sean and Levy could roughly guess what Sepia was trying to say.
Sephia’s words were as expected.
“The reason I came to Elioden is to uncover the source of the curse.”
“····I heard you told me a little bit, didn’t you tell me everything?”
Sean’s question was joking, but his sincerity came out. However, Sepia shook her head and quickly denied Sean’s concerns.
“No. I didn’t say anything really important.”
“····It’s more important than this. I am curious.”
“Shaun. Don’t say anything weird don’t worry. Sepia. I won’t ask.”
When Levy didn’t take Sean’s words with a firm attitude, Sean muttered in a slightly unfair tone.
“····I have no intention of asking you to let me know either.”
Unfortunately, Sean’s self-talk didn’t reach the two girls. Sepia went on to explain.
“Do you remember what the innkeeper said?”
“Um, are you saying you entrusted your son to someone you know?”
“Yes. So I’m going to investigate the area around it.”
Sean and Levy nodded their heads in silence after hearing about Sepia’s mission that they only learned about.
Sean thought for a moment, then asked just in case.
“Don’t you need help?”
“It’s okay. It’s not an area where people can get involved. Besides, I already have colleagues who work together.”
“Ah. Come to think of it, did you say you had a colleague?”
Sean reacted calmly because he was not very interested in Sephia’s colleague, whom he did not know, but Levy, on the other hand, showered Sepia with questions with bright eyes, as if he was curious about the colleague.
“What kind of people are your colleagues? Are you close? Are you a man?”
Sean looked at Levy as if he was tired of it, but Sepia didn’t care and answered each one individually.
“It’s a woman. Not that friendly.”
“…You don’t have to answer all of them.”
“Shaun stay still. This is a very important matter!”
If you ask me why it’s important, Levy doesn’t have anything to say. Anyway, after Levi quieted Sean, he finally listened to Sepia’s answer.
“What kind of person… He is a kind and kind person. He even plays pranks sometimes.”
“Hey. You still seem like a good person.”
“Yes. There are no bad people among the priests who serve God in the first place.”
“Um… Is it?”
Hearing Levy, who is not very interested in religion, answer like that, Sean thought of Lielcia for some reason. The sight of her slapping her own butt still remains traumatic for Sean.
Looking back now, she couldn’t believe it had the meaning of a massage. He must have had fun while torturing himself. The fact that he hugged himself and choked him must be an extension of that bad taste.
If you look at things like that, maybe there are bad people among the priests…
“What god does that person worship?”
“I am the God of truth.”
“Then can we find out the truth?”
“That level of ability is only possible with an apostle. As a priest of the God of Truth, he is in charge of identifying heretics.”
“Hey. Whatever it is, it’s great! Anything else?”
Sepia, who was contemplating the characteristics of her own comrades at Levy’s question, soon came up with one of her characteristics. Actually, it’s not that big, it’s a very minor thing.
“And her hair color is pretty pink.”
“Hmm. Sepia’s green hair is pretty too!”
“Thank you, but it’s light green, not green.”
“Pink?”
Pink?