Chapter 1, Episode 27: Difficult Issue

『Nevertheless, someone is coming straight toward us.
　This time it's two. It is as if they know where we are and are coming toward us without hesitation.
　What do you want to do? Do you want to kill them? 』

　In a cave. Cyril muttered as she looked at Riese, who was lying on the ground, exhausted from crying.
　Not feeling at home in the place where the grim massacre had taken place, Farne and the others had moved to a different location since then.
　They had now settled in the site of a former human temple, a remodeled cave.
　Riese and Libelle were sleeping on a bed made of dead leaves, and the tree spirits were waiting in front of the temple ruins, mimicking the trees.

　Only Cyril and Farne were awake at present.

"Are there any others waiting besides those two? "

　At Farne's request, Cyril sharpened her senses.
　Indeed, when there have been attacks in the past, several people have been waiting near the forest entrance.
　Of course, Cyril killed them without hesitation.

　This time there was no sign of anyone.

"……No, there aren't. Could it be someone you know?
　I hear there are factions in the temple that are fighting each other."

　Yeah. Cyril had also extracted the memories from the group of assassins and had determined that it was the priests of the Verno faction who were after Farne.
　Since there was no contact between the group of assassins and the priests of the Lars faction in the forest, the priests in the Eldia forest were allowed to live for now.

　The reason she did not tell Riese at all was that if she knew that it was the temple people who were after her, she would not understand the differences between the temple factions and might even kill the priests in the Eldia Forest.

"Yes. An assassin would never operate with only two people.
　They should always have someone to contact in the rear in case of a failure.
　
　It is possible that someone I know came looking for me before a search party was sent to find me because he sensed that I was in danger of being killed by a pro-Varnois priest."

　As he said it, Farne thought of Kyle's face.

　Kyle might have come looking for him alone.

　Perhaps when it came to his own search, Kyle would always be present.
　Because he would know the wavelength of his magic.
　For it was not so difficult to get here.

『Do you have any idea who it is? 』

"Yes. The tall guy with blond hair would be someone I know. His name is Kyle."

『I understand. I'll bring him in.
　But still, you were lucky.
　If you hadn't woken up, he might have been killed by mistake.』

　And then Cyril ran off, making a rather uncharacteristic joke.
　Farne imagined for a moment the image of Kyle being killed by Riese and shook his head.
　
　………I must teach her that she can defend herself without having to kill.

　I looked at Riese, who was sleeping, and thought.
　Riese probably kills them because she is afraid of retaliation.
　If you don't kill them, they will fight back, and she kills them without guilt because she is afraid.
　Murder is just one of her defensive instincts.

　If I explain to her that killing people is wrong, I am sure she will abide by it.
　However, even if she thinks her life is in danger, she might be too faithful to keep her promise and end up losing her own life.
　Even if she can understand that killing people is wrong, she cannot so easily understand why it is wrong.
　I don't want to put a higher value on human life, but as a saint, Riese must never die.
　Her protection must be a priority, not just superficial education.

　To explain what was fundamentally wrong with it...... was also a difficult issue.

　Farne pondered how to teach Riese ethics.

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