Chapter 2, Episode 32: Titles are mysterious

　People are mysterious.
　When I was Riese, no one was interested in me even though they were green.
　When I went to the arena as a saint and defeated the monsters, I looked down from the sky and saw that most people were blue.
　Waving their hands and saying, “Thank you, thank you".
　Everyone behaved differently when I was Riese and when I was Sonia.
　I wonder why?　Because we look different?　Because I'm a saint?

　Sonia and Riese are the same person.
　When you get the title of “saint,” everyone suddenly turns pale.

　Titles are like magic.
　Even the same person can become great.
　Then…… Maybe Sharla wanted to be a saint too.
　I don't really understand that feeling yet. Maybe I'll understand when I grow up.
　
　I looked at the cookie wrapper I was going to give to Farne-sama.
　In the end, I was too busy and couldn't give it to him.

　As I sat on my bed in my room, swinging my legs back and forth and looking outside.

『What's wrong with your stomach?
　How can you eat that much in a stuffed animal-sized body?
　Where are you cramming all that food?』

　Cyril, looking as fed up as ever, snapped at Libelle.

『Libelle has a bottomless stomach! I can eat a lot! !
　I can't eat sweets when I go back to the forest! I'm going to eat a lot while I can! ! 』

　And she ate all of it, which was as big as a stuffed animal.
　Cyril tried to pull Libelle away from the sweets, saying, “Come on, give it a rest,” but Libelle refused to let go of the tin box containing the sweets.
　Libelle really likes sweets.

　Farne-sama, Lars-sama, and the others must be investigating the rampaging scorpion, as they were busy dealing with the priests who came to report on it and were engaged in serious discussion.
　They seem very busy and hard to talk to.

"Cyril. Cyril. What was that big scorpion? "

　I ask Cyril, who was fighting with Libelle over the can.

『I don't know. I'm not sure either.
　Besides, Riese, this is your jurisdiction. Ask Kardiana.
　Don't ask me.』

"I'm trying to talk to Kardiana-sama, but she's not answering. "

『That's right. Kardiana is meditating. It's the middle of the Sunlit Ceremony.
　At the end of the Sunlit Month, Kardiana enters into meditation.
　The sacred trees enter into meditation to build up their power, and the residents who live there pray that the sacred trees will be able to accumulate a lot of power.
　The Holy Tree won't appear just because a few humans died.
　Just to be clear, the Sacred Trees are not interested in human conflicts or disasters.
　Even if the scorpions rampage and cause damage to the city, it will be treated as a natural disaster.
　A problem that humans must solve.』

"Is that so? "

『Yes, that's right. On the contrary, it would be worse to receive a reply at this time.』

"Why? Why? "

『It means that something happened that the holy tree had to deal with, even if it meant interrupting meditation.』

　For some reason, Cyril's expression was sad.



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"Did you find out anything? "

　After parting ways with Riese and the others, Lars, who rushed to the arena, asked one of his subordinates.
　At the scene of the ruined arena, knights and priests were busily investigating the site.

"Yes, blue liquid was scattered in the cell where the Wasteland Scorpion was locked up.
　There are traces of the use of Galdarn's medicine, which was banned 200 years ago.
　We are currently analyzing the components."

　Lars nodded at his subordinate's words.
　Originally, scorpions that fought in the arena were about the size of two cows, not so large that humans couldn't handle them.
　A wasteland scorpion that large would be nowhere to be found in the wilderness.

　Galdarn's medicine was a drug created by humans to solve food shortages, and was developed to make livestock and other animals grow larger.
　However, their size varied from individual to individual, and humans were unable to control it, so eventually a village was destroyed by livestock that had grown too large.
　There was endless debate about whether the substance that made the animals grow larger was toxic, and unexplained deaths continued among the experimental animals that ate it. As a result, the substance was banned because its effects on humans were unknown.
　The manufacturing method has already been destroyed and should not remain anywhere, but……

　Is this the work of the Darsha sect? However, the Darsha religion and the organization that developed the medicine were separate entities.
　Was it a bit too much of a stretch to connect the two?

　It might be necessary to completely stop the flow of people from other countries, without any exceptions.
　On top of that, it will probably be necessary to investigate all those who do not have a family register.
　Galdarn's medicine was developed in a powerful country on the continent of Tornelia, located on another landmass.
　The composition of the medicine was kept strictly confidential. That knowledge should not exist on this continent.

　Besidesーー I can't imagine anyone living in Kardiana doing such a thing.
　
　Having witnessed the condemnation of Sharla and her companions, the inhabitants of this country, convinced of their own deaths, would never dream of defying Kardiana.
　As proof of this, most of the residents of the royal capital have heard about this incident and have naturally gathered at temples throughout the land to offer prayers of repentance. Because they fear Kardiana's wrath.

　If someone were to cause such an incident, it would have to be someone from outside the country who wishes for the destruction of Kardiana.

　Fortunately, there was no sign that the holy tree Kardiana had awakened from its meditation.　
　It means that the situation is not serious enough for the holy tree Kardiana to move.
　We must work with the authorities to find the perpetrator, he mused.

　When Lars gave instructions to his subordinates,

"Lars-sama."

　He turned around when his subordinate Ivan spoke to him.

"What's wrong? Ivan."

"There's some not-so-great news about that girl Claire.
　It might be better not to let her meet the saint anymore."

"Is there a problem? I heard that she was the daughter of a lower-ranking nobleman's concubine."

"Right. Three generations ago…… one of her ancestors was from Brachel, which is said to be the birthplace of forbidden spells."

　Lars narrowed his eyes at Ivan's words.
　There was also the story of Cyril. It might be necessary to investigate.

"So, where is Claire now? "

"I checked, and after the scorpion attack, her boyfriend Alberto came to pick her up and took her home.
　The priests were busy treating the wounded, so they entrusted her to Alberto."

"I understand. Take Claire and bring her back to the temple.
　It would be better to keep her there for now."

　Ivan bowed in response to Lars' words.

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