The abused merchant’s daughter – 28 | Sousaku – 創作

Chapter 1, Episode 28: The Real Saint (Other’s POV)

"Is that the girl you picked up at that time? She's gotten bigger."

Kyle muttered as he was forcibly abducted by Cyril and arrived at Farne's location.

"And yet you were with the Saint of Eldia.......What does this mean? "

Lars, who was also brought in, grumbled.

After that. As soon as they entered the Eldia forest in search of Farne, Lars and Kyle were abducted by a wolf.
They were taken to the ruins of a decaying temple, where they were reunited with Farne.
For some reason, he ended up talking to Farne with a bear claw at his neck.

In her room, Riese was sleeping soundly.

"I was in danger of being killed, but Cyril-sama and Libelle-sama saved me."

Farne smiled as he patted Riese's head, who was lying on the bed.

『Libelle praised!! 』

And Libelle started to dance with joy.

"T-That's great……"

Kyle quickly moved away from Libelle using the opportunity.
Lars was there, observing Cyril without seeming to mind.
Lars, too, was a High Priest, but this was the first time he had ever come face to face with a non-human saint.
This would be because non-human saints often disliked humans and would not make contact with them.
……Then the dancing bear in the background and the sleeping girl.
An extraordinary sanctity could be felt from both of them.
A power so strong that it could not be compared to any human saint he had ever met.

A holy power that was comparable to Cyril's.

『Well, now that it looks like we have all the actors, let's have them explain the situation.
Why is this priest being targeted? 』

Interrupting Lars' thoughts, Cyril spoke.

"Probably it is Grasil's doing.
He has always had a rivalry with Farne.
I think they are trying to kill him now that he is traveling."

"Grasil, for me? "

Farne's voice sounded surprised at Lars's statement.

"You're the only one who hasn't noticed how much he's been flaunting his rivalry."

Kyle poked his head in with a sideways glance.

"I wonder if he tried to kill me out of jealousy alone? "

"Most likely he was going to kill you and fool the saint."

Kyle said, and Lars nodded.
The magical tools that change their appearance were relics from a time when civilization was more prosperous than today, and were extremely rare, so even the nobility could not afford them, however, Grasil's position as a high-ranking priest meant that it was not impossible for him to obtain one.

『When you say "saint," do you mean that fake Sharla person? 』

"Fake? What do you mean? "

Lars asked Cyril in a preoccupied tone.

『That saint is a fake. She had assaulted Liese and had been bathed in her blood for so many years that it was merely a reaction to the saint's power.』

Farne scowled at Cyril's words.
It was true that exposure to blood could have a magical effect on the person or object itself.
It was really rare, with the probability being extremely low.
However, even in this case, the daily exposure to blood barely imbued her with a little bit of magical power.
This was not a matter of a year or two.
It meant that Sharla had been assaulting Riese in a bloody and violent manner for a long period of time.

How could a very ordinary girl be capable of such cruelty?
The original cruelty may have been increased by Riese's compassionate power.

"Wait a minute.
Is Riese the girl there, correct?
That girl, no way? "

Lars asked, and Cyril nodded.

『The real saint of Kardiana is...... Riese right there.』

A black aura rose from Cyril at once as she said this.
Yes, Cyril also got Farne's memory and understood the sequence of events.
It was outrageous that that scumbag, of all people, would call herself the saint of Kardiana. It was not something she could forgive.
Cyril hated her so much that she wanted to chew her to death herself right now, but she was a saint of Eldia, so she couldn't do that anyway.
She could not leave the forest without Eldia's permission.

『Cyril angry! That's bad! Apologize, human!! 』

Libelle panicked and shook Lars and Kyle.
Farne and the others flinched at the aura she radiated.

『Is this clear? This is also the will of the Holy Tree of Kardiana and Eldia.
Whether or not humans will be able to survive in that land in the future depends entirely on what you do from now on.』

Behind Cyril, as she said this…… stood tall the grand sacred tree of Eldia.