Chapter 24 – What about me instead of the saintess who only speaks harsh words?
Chapter 24
“Oops…”
When I opened my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling. The ceiling of a log cabin, crudely woven with wood wire. It looked similar to Daisy Village’s house, but a little different.
…Where is this?
“…Ah…”
I got up to look around, but I lay down again with a sudden headache.
Ah, my back hurts…
I was wondering why my head was pounding like this, but now that I think about it, I drank a lot yesterday. It’s been a long time since I drank beer without restraint…
“Hero~♡ Are you looking around like that, looking for someone~?”
“…Saint?”
When I arrived, the saintess stood in front of me, drawing an arc with the corners of her eyes.
“Did the banquet go well yesterday?”
“Yes~♡ Even though the warrior stretched out like a backbone soon~♡”
“…Sorry, it’s been a while, so I drank too much.
“Does the hero like beer?”
“I don’t really like it, but…”
It’s been such a long time since I’ve been drinking so I stopped without realizing it.
“Stop lying down and wake up. He will be leaving right away.”
“Oh, is that so? I should go say hello to the villagers.”
“Um~♡ Everyone in the village has been drinking until late at night, and no one has woken up yet. So let’s go first.”
Is that so?
“But wouldn’t it be better to say hello and leave?”
“Hero, it’s better not to give too much affection to a passing relationship.”
“…Why?”
It’s good to meet people and expand your network.
“Not all relationships bring only good things to the warrior~&”
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“…Well.”
Even if the saintess talks like sh*t, the one who thinks of me is someone who is sincere. If it’s what she says, there’s no need for her not to follow it.
“Go as soon as Chloe wakes up.”
“Yes~♡’
“By the way, saintess, my head hurts a little… Can you cure this with divine power?”
“…Do you have a lot of pain?”
“Yes.”
It’s been a while since I drank, so… I feel dizzy even while we’re talking.
“It shouldn’t be that the stupid warrior has a headache~♡ If you become more stupid there, you’re less than a tick~♡”
“…Ugh, it hurts more to hear that.”
“Whoops, I get it~ ♡ Now, Estelle Mama will heal her hair, Mama Boy Hero ♡”
…The first year.
“Saintess.”
“Yes~♡”
“I really have a headache. Please stop torturing me and make me feel better.”
“…You should have eaten it in moderation.”
“…I will.”
…You should drink in moderation next time.
The saintess, who had been smiling, changed her eyes and looked at me. Eyes like that again. With her worried eyes, she gently reached out to her, and she breathed powerful divine power into me.
“…Ah.”
The pounding headache in her head is gone and her mind is clear. The dizziness disappeared as if it had never happened, and the vision became clearer.
“Thank you.”
“…I’m not a hangover cure, so please refrain from taking it next time. The poor warrior ♡”
“Yes.”
I really should.
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“Can’t you see any of the villagers?”
When I came out to the street to leave the village, Chloe asked in a puzzled tone. I conveyed to her exactly what the saintess had said.
Hearing that, Chloe tilted her head.
“A hangover?”
“Yes, the saint said so.”
“…Um, is that so?”
After Chloe said that the saintess had said it, she had no doubts. She seems to be able to believe the words of her saintess.
We hurriedly moved. Because I spent more time in this village than I thought because I was subjugating ogres.
We walked nonstop to the next village, and as soon as we arrived, we went into a restaurant and sat down.
The reason for coming to the restaurant is obvious. I was hungry after a long walk.
As soon as Chloe sat down, she fell over on her table.
“Haa…It’s hard…”
“I had a hard time.”
Chloe was a magician who was not accustomed to walking for such a long time, so she had a hard time. She was the one with the tired look on her face.
“We will help you order!”
A restaurant employee approached us with a bright voice. She said as she handed us the restaurant’s menu.
“Please feel free to choose and tell me!”
The saintess is a vegetable stew, and I am a meat stew. When Chloe ordered the same meat stew as me, the waitress took the menu and handed us a newspaper.
“Today’s newspaper, I’ll bring you food soon!”
Are you saying to read while waiting because you’re bored? I have good sense.
There was something written in large letters on the front page of the newspaper. Articles that made headlines occupied all the front pages.
But I don’t know what it is. Not being able to read the text is inconvenient. If I had been possessed as an aristocratic character, I would have been able to read the text easily.
I showed the saintess her newspaper and asked countless times.
“Saintess, what is this about?”
“It says, ‘Arrest all the villagers involved in human trafficking!’
f*ck, what can I do with this body being illiterate?
“…Then did you teach me?”
“Is that so?”
“Oh, really?”
“If the hero has the will to learn, I will teach you~♡ I don’t know if the brave hero has the will to do so♡”
It seemed like learning letters was good. You can’t ask the saintess to read it forever.
…Human trafficking, by the way. Maybe it’s because it’s an era before the concept of moral ideals and human rights were established, but there are some people who commit such terrible things.
Wow, just imagining it is terrifying.
I poked at Chloe who was lying on her stomach. She lifted her head slightly to her weary face.
“Chloe, look at this. There must have been a village that was engaged in human trafficking.”
“…Yes?”
“It’s written here as a feature.”
Chloe was handed a newspaper by me and read the article. However, Chloe’s face was getting weirder as she read her article.
“Why is that?”
“Yes, yes?…Oh, nothing. It’s because I’m tired.”
“Ah.”
I thought something was wrong because I didn’t look good.
Chloe looked at her knight and briefly looked at her saintess. Her saintess smiled at Chloe’s gaze, and Chloe immediately lowered her eyes.
…Why are you like that?
After the food was served and a simple meal, we checked our plans for a while.
“It only takes two more towns to get to the city of Lancaster.”
“Well, then there are not many days left to be with Chloe.”
When she arrives in Lancaster, she will have to entrust Chloe’s safety to her church and return her to her place of origin. It was a bit unfortunate, but it was unavoidable.
“I’m sorry.”
It seems that I am not alone. Chloe said in a voice full of regret.
“Traveling with the hero was fun. But she can’t help but go back to school….”
“You can meet again later.”
“Eh~♡ Are you going to meet Chloe separately, hero~? This lolicon♡”
Heh heh…… What are you saying, b*tch! How the hell do you know the word lolicon!?
“I didn’t mean to say that, did I?”
“Ah~♡ I didn’t expect to be with the Lolicon Hero~.”
“Listen!”
…Crazy b*tch.
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Chloe looked at the two of her arguing, then asked Estelle.
“…By the way, saintess.”
“Yes?”
“I kept wondering while looking at the two of you, but why is the saintess talking so harshly to the hero on purpose?”
“?”
Abel tilted her head at Chloe’s words.
He looked at Chloe incredulously, wondering what it meant to say mean things on purpose. But Estelle, who was next to Abel, suddenly started to panic.
“Mu, mu, mu, what are you talking about!?”
‘…Why is this?’
Abel looked at her flustered Estelle with a puzzled look, and Chloe added one more word to Estelle.
“Isn’t that right? The saintess always speaks harshly to the hero, but the saintess is the hero…”
“Chloeet!?”
Estel hurriedly shut Chloe’s mouth.
“Ugh!”
“Ahahahaha, Chloe looks very tired. You say all the strange things~♡”
Her Estelle’s actions Abel looked at her suspiciously, but Estelle avoided her gaze and made her gesture to Chloe to keep her quiet. Chloe narrowed her eyes at the sight.
[Does the saintess like the warrior?]
It wasn’t a message sent through the eyes. Chloe had used her magic to transmit her words directly into her head.
Estelle involuntarily blushed at Chloe’s question. It was an act I was completely unaware of. Estelle was accustomed to hiding her emotions from others, but she couldn’t do that at this moment.
Seeing her change, Chloe was convinced. It is certain that Estelle likes Abel. So why would she deliberately say nasty things to someone she likes? Even though she has no intentions.
Chloe put her doubts aside and gestured. Meaning I won’t say anything more. Estelle read her meaning and lowered her hand that was covering Chloe’s mouth.
Chloe looked at her Estelle quietly.
She is a woman, and she has a pretty and lovely appearance and a body that is not too overdone and shows off properly. She was a woman who would follow men one after another even if she stayed still. If this girl has shown her crush, what kind of man could reject her?
But she doesn’t do that to Abel. It was Estelle herself who liked Abel, but for some reason, she was building a stack of dislikes for her on her own. Then….
“…Hero.”
“Yes?”
“How about me instead of the saintess who only speaks harshly?”
Abel and Estelle were astonished in different ways when they saw Chloe declaring the bomb.