Chapter 79 – You don’t have to put up with it.
Chapter 78
…Knight type?
“A knight type is…”
“Like that monster, I mean a monster that fights like a human knight. Among the high-risk monsters…”
Celine let out her saliva nervously.
“…The most demanding of warriors.”
…Did I touch you for nothing?
“They said it was the Leviathan class. Wouldn’t it be worth it?”
Amon-class monsters also won.
“…Don’t be too conceited, hero. There is a big difference between my blessing and Estelle’s blessing. Basically, I am far behind in the quantity and quality of divine power.”
“…Is that so?”
“Still, it must be true. Because you can catch Drakan without a blessing. But what I’m worried about is that a group of monsters led by that monster are coming.”
Um… That’s right.
“Sure.”
《 Divine Arrow 》
The arrows of the whirlwind of the wind suddenly appeared.
“Let’s get it done ASAP.”
“… Cheeky… Human…”
The monster moved first this time. It was said to be a knight type, but it really moved by kicking the ground as if a human was coming to fight. However, the speed was so fast that I missed the moment of movement.
What’s so fast!?
“Hero, right.”
Hearing Celine’s words, I swung her holy sword to the right. Then, there was the sound of swords clashing with each other, and the monster that appeared suddenly was pushed back. And the arrows created by Celine pierced and threatened the monster.
“… Knight-type monsters are characterized by agility rather than strength. In terms of speed alone, the hero will be faster than the Amon-class monsters we encountered last time.”
…Then shouldn’t you change your name to Agile type monster?
“But how did you know the direction, Celine?”
“Because I’ve seen it a lot.”
“Ah…”
I also followed it with my eyes at first and then lost it. Celine, who has seen many high-risk monsters while working with Levius, must be familiar with her.
“It could be because the warrior lacks experience. So let me read you the directions. Listen to me and act, hero.”
“..Yes, I understand.”
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Okay, let’s put aside my thoughts this time and move with Celine’s support. I tightly gripped the holy sword and stared at the monster. The monster ran forward with six eyes shining.
I tried to follow the movement without taking my eyes off it just in case, but it was too fast.
Ugh, I missed it again.
“Hero, come down to the left.”
“Yes!”
If it’s an attack from the bottom left…
I pulled out the holy sword to the upper right and struck it straight down.
Chaeeng!!!
“…It won’t break.”
I tried to knock it down on purpose, but the monster’s sword didn’t break, no matter what it was made of.
“Right abdomen.”
As I listened to Celine’s words and pulled her body aside, the monster’s grip slipped past me.
…I almost got my stomach pierced.
Still, there is a gap. It was thanks to the monster’s big movements. I turned the holy sword sideways and cut it, and the monster’s chest was severely cut.
“Keuk…Human…To the subject…”
I held the holy sword straight again and said.
“Thank you Celine.”
“…Hero, I’d rather not drag it out any longer. As soon as we deal with the monsters, I think we should run away with only water in a canteen.”
“…Yes?”
“I think the Queen of the North noticed.”
Celine pointed to the sky, and something fluttered and flew in the sky. A monster resembling a lizard that flaps its wings like a bat.
“…Is that a wyvern?”
“Yes, there are swarms of wyverns flying around. If you get caught, we could all be cooked like the snow pigs we ate yesterday, so we have to deal with it and run away.”
“…I understand.”
Selene glared at the monster and said.
“I’ll earn you one second. Get ready.”
…One second?
“Now.”
I didn’t even have time to prepare my mind, as soon as I heard Celine’s words, I kicked off the ground and ran. Then, as if the monster reacted to my movement, he jumped out as well.
Damn it, I still can’t see it.
“Run fast to the right.”
As Celine said, she quickly ran to the right as if her muscles were exploding.
《Divine Chain》
Tsar Tomb! Cheeky!!
“!”
The movement of the monster stopped momentarily. A chain of wind appeared from the air and restrained the movement of the monster for a very brief moment.
It was only then that I realized that a short time of one second could feel so long. One second on the battlefield felt completely different from the usual one second.
For a very short time, it was a monster that stopped moving as long as the fine clock hands moved once, but because of that, my eyes caught it and a huge gap was created.
Seogeong―――!
The monster’s neck snapped and flew through the sky. The monster’s body, which had lost its head, fell on the ground powerlessly.
“…Ha ha.”
…If it wasn’t for Celine, I would have developed it myself.
“Hero, there is no time to rest. Come on, just grab some water and go.”
“Oh, that’s right. Yes!”
I quickly took out a water bottle and filled it with valley water. Then, with the hand that did not hold the holy sword, he snatched Celine’s waist. And he put her on her shoulder and hugged her.
“Hey, hero!?”
Wait… I feel like they’re kidnapping people and taking them away.
But above, the wyverns were roaring and looking for us in a desperate situation, and it wasn’t the time to care.
“…Let’s do this for a while and run! We have to run away!”
“That, you can just hold it!”
Oh, I don’t know! Just go!
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“Haa…Haa…”
I ran down the valley and found a small cave and entered it. The depth was so short that it was difficult to call it a cave, but it seemed sufficient to avoid the body.
After a while, I looked up at the sky.
Have you been bullied? The shape of the wyvern was not visible in the sky.
“Whew…”
“…Get off now, hero.”
I looked to the side. Celine’s ass was in front of my eyes.
“…Her hips talk these days.”
“…What are you talking about? That is s*xual harassment.”
“Just kidding.”
Please don’t sue me. Carefully setting Celine down, she said as she straightened her clothes.
“…I told you it was dangerous.”
“…I thought it would be okay since I also caught Amon-class monsters.”
“That’s because the blessing the saint bestowed upon us was incredibly powerful. Is it the Goddess’ blessing? It cannot be compared to the grace I bestowed on you.”
“Ah…”
It’s the same saint, but is there such a difference?
“Still, Celine is also a saint. I didn’t think there would be such a big difference…”
“… The hero doesn’t know much about the reality of her saintess.”
“Yes?”
Celine let out a small sigh.
“Do you know what the original saintess meant?”
“…Isn’t that the word for a sacred woman revered by the Order?”
“That’s what I meant. Then why is she revered?”
…Um.
“…Well?”
“That’s because being a saint is a special being chosen by the goddess. It’s a proxy that the Goddess has directly ordained.”
“Mmm.”
“That’s why she is a saint who is revered by the church and also by people. But, unlike her holy sword, the warrior and the goddess, don’t give her a substitute every time her generation changes.”
“…Yes? Then what about the warriors who come out every generation? Wasn’t the hero supposed to have a saintess with her?”
“…That’s why the customary system for selecting saints was created.”
“Are you choosing a saint?”
Didn’t she say earlier that she was a proxy chosen by the Goddess herself?
“Because even if the goddess doesn’t choose, the saintess is necessary. So, she selects people directly from the church and worships them as saints. She chooses even fakes to accompany the hero and to influence the church.”
“… Huh.”
Was it like that? Then, is Celine also a chosen saint?
“Of course, there were ‘real saints’ among them. However, the last one was the saintess of Goddess Euraria who appeared more than 50 years ago…”
“Was it?”
It was a way of saying that there were more twists left. Celine looked at me and said.
“There was a real saintess next to the hero.”
“…Yes?”
“You’ve seen it before. Saint Estelle’s hair is dyed red.”
“I’ve seen it before.”
It changed like that when I purified Chloe. You say that’s the use of divine power, that is, the power of the goddess?
“…Ah.”
I see what you’re talking about. Then other saints couldn’t use that kind of power? I thought I could write them all.
“That’s why there is such a difference. Of course, there are other innate divine powers, but being chosen by the goddess doesn’t have an effect.”
“So Estelle is a saint chosen by the goddess, and Celine is not a saint chosen by the goddess?”
“You understand so quickly.”
“…Well.”
That fact was hidden.
…I just didn’t hide it, so I guess I didn’t know.
“So please be careful next time. I’m not as strong as Saint Estelle, and I can’t even give you a powerful blessing.”
You should be careful. But even if that was true of her, I didn’t really like Celine’s comments that seemed to undermine her own self-esteem.
Her self-esteem has been undermined while living with Levius, but she doesn’t have to do that in front of me.
“…Even so, Celine had her own strengths.”
“Yes?”
“You read the movements of the monsters and told me everything. Honestly, if it wasn’t for that, I might have already died.”
“That was…That was all I could do. It’s hard for me to hit Leviathan-class monsters with my holy spell…”
“What are you talking about? I was able to win thanks to what Celine said, and it is all thanks to Celine that we were able to pack water like this. Celine is the number one contributor!”
I gave Celine her thumb. In this case, the stick is the best.
One may not be enough. I’ll give you a special double stick.
“…Puha.”
Celine gave her a light laugh. She grabbed her stomach and gurgled, and she laughed. I’m glad she seems to be feeling better.
“Ahahahaha, the hero is really… cute.”
“…Why are you doing that grossly?”
“It’s true.”
“Yes?”
Celine grinned.
“I don’t think the hero is aware of how attractive he is.”
“…Yes?”
“Hero, I heard from the saintess that there was a woman who liked the hero before.”
…You mean Chloe?
“But…Why?”
“His seat and Saint Estelle’s seat…Are there two seats occupied?”
“…Yes?”
Celine smiled brightly and beautifully.
…Wow, that just looked really pretty. She almost fell over….
“Would you be willing to give me one more seat?”
…Yes?
Celine approached me with her hands behind her back and looking up at me.
Why, why is this? I’m patient too, so let’s not cross that line…? The timing isn’t very good.
As I took a step back, Celine took another step closer. As I ran away, she took another step closer. In doing so, she was pushed all the way to the wall of the cave.
“Haa…I’m sorry to Saint Estelle.”
“…That, Celine? We don’t do this I have an Estelle!?”
“It’s polygamy anyway, so what does it matter?”
“Uh huh!? I have a limit to my patience.”
“You don’t have to put up with it.”
What…
Pushing me up against the wall, Celine untied her hands behind her back and whispered as she put her hand on my shoulder.
“The hero made a mistake. This is what happened because the hero seduced me without realizing it. So let’s apologize to Saint Estelle together.”
“What are you talking about!?”
“Don’t keep acting like a virgin. Now that you have experience, what are you taking away from it?”
“No, we’re not even like that…!”
Celine looked at me with her eyes wide open. Celine let out a deep sigh as if she was frustrated and lifted her tiptoe.
And she whispered quietly, as if no one was listening, but only to hear.
“I like you, you fool.”
…Huh.
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“The hell…When did this start? To be honest, I have no idea.”
“The hero kept being nice to me and taking care of me… You made a woman’s heart flutter.”
…When am I?
Of course, she took good care of her, but it was only because she felt sorry for Celine, who had suffered by Levius’ side.
Huh?…Is that the cause?
I think I’ll have a crush on myself if there’s a woman who takes care of me and treats me well.
…You dug your own grave again.
Celine said, staring at me with her hand on her shoulder.
“First of all… Shall we start with the established facts so that Saint Estelle will not be able to deal with it even if she finds out?”
“…Yes?”
“That way the jealous saintess won’t kill me. She doesn’t want me to die.”
“No, that…”
If you don’t want to die, you can’t do it with me, right?
“That Chloe anyway? If you include him, there are already two. Two or three, won’t there be a big difference?”
……Is that so?
Celine’s eyes softened. Her charming red eyes twinkled and captured my image.
Her light pink lips parted in a pretty arc, and her sweet voice flowed through them.
“Aren’t you curious? What kind of taste would a saint of the Church of Ludria have…&”
…Crazy.
In the end, Celine crossed her line first. I’ve been putting up with Celine for a while, but… I can’t stand it any longer.
I put my hands around her shoulders.
“…Celine.”
“Yes, warrior.”
“…Really last chance. We will give you a chance to choose. If you don’t want to cross the line, please turn around.”
“You are considerate until the very end, hero. But….”
“!”
Celine rather hugged me tightly, she said.
“Isn’t that a bit useless consideration right now?”
“…….”
I grabbed Celine’s waist with both of her hands.