Fake Saint Of The Year

Alfrea was lost.

It was nice to walk around so that I could be sucked into the tavern that I saw when I was travelling in a carriage, but I couldn't even get to the tavern and got lost.

Moreover, I didn't check the road, so I didn't know where I came from, so I couldn't go home.

The capital of the kingdom of Bilberi is quite large.

It was because they were concentrating their population in the capital in order to concentrate on one point without dispersing their forces in small villages and towns.

In that vast city, Alfrea looked around like an old lady.

"Ohhh..."

He shouted impressively and looked at each building.

Compared to the Alfrere era, the present era is more regressive than forward.

Over the millennia, humans have been exposed to the threat of witches and monsters, reducing the number of human beings and shrinking the survival zone. Over the millennia, humans have been declining.

A thousand years of tragedy ended with Elise, no more monsters to be seen, and the land returned to nature... but even Elise can't completely heal the wounds of humanity.

The number of human beings lost in a long battle cannot be restored, and the only way to heal this wound is for people to give birth, raise children, and raise new generations over the years.

Even in those days, however, the robustness of the building far exceeded the Alfrea era.

In a world where monsters don't know when to attack, the sturdiness of buildings and walls is paramount.

For that reason, all the buildings in the King's City seemed very splendid to Alfrea.

"Huh? Something sweet smells... what is it?"

A sweet scent that appeals to the appetite from a distance, Alfrea runs to be lured by the smell without hesitation.

Just twenty seconds later, a knight passed by in search of Alfrea, but unfortunately, Alfrea was no longer there.

After just twenty seconds, you could have been protected, but you were an unbearable saintess.

A few men and women were eating food that they had never seen before, just as Alfrea was on her way.

It has an oval shape, and the purple skin is filled with yellow contents.

Nearby, there was a box full of magically heated stones, and there were still several identical objects rolling on top of the box.

They ate it deliciously for a while, but eventually stopped eating when they noticed Al Flair's hot gaze.

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When one of them moves it in his hand, Alfrea's gaze is also caught and moved.

Somehow, at this time, he had a vision of the dog's tail that was nowhere to be found in Alfrea.

"... ahh... do you want to eat?"

Eat!

The phantom's tail was just shaking...

Of course it is a hallucination. Alfrea has no tail.

When I gave Al Flair a nicely burnt object, he ate it.

Ahhh!

"Idiot! Someone's got a hat on him!"

"... but it's sweet! It's delicious! What is this?"

It was Alfrer who was surprised by the heat at first by cheeking freshly baked food at once, but after getting used to the heat, he was surprised by the sweetness of this food.

It's not the sweetness of the fruit, it's the sweetness that reminds me a little of the sweets that Elise makes for me.

The man answers Alfrere's question proudly for some reason.

"This one's called a sweet potato, lass." It's a new potato that Elise-sama recently cultivated and spread. Until now, we didn't have much to do with sweet food for the common people, but if we increase this, we can sweeten it. It's a great story. "

"I don't have any... fruits?"

"... I thought maybe it was because of the quality of the clothes you're wearing... but you're a good lady, aren't you?" Fruits are luxury products, and ordinary people like us don't get them that way. "

Is that so?

Yeah. Well, it's just a luxury product now. If you work hard, you won't be able to get it, but until just a few moments ago it was something that only some great people could eat.

Alfre's strangeness dazzled her, but she took the liberty of interpreting herself as a stranger to the world.

By the way, Alfrea's current outfit is a white dress for the saintly lady, but even when she looks at it, she doesn't think about connecting with the saintly lady. Even now that she is retired, she still has a strong impression of the saintly lady = Elise.

... or is it just too majestic for Alfrea?

"As soon as I grew up, I was ravaged by monsters, and ordinary animals that were short of food because of monsters were devoured." Because the land is thin, it is difficult to raise it in the first place. In the meantime, only a small amount of the food grown inside the walls of the capital was delivered to the great man.

Now that the monsters have disappeared and Elise-sama has improved the land, the fruits will increase and become less precious... but not now, but about ten or twenty years ago. "

Huh...

In Alfrea's time, the witch had only just appeared, so the human sphere of survival was wide, and the number of monsters was not so great.

So the fruit was not so precious.

As a result of the deteriorating situation over the millennium, it was in this era that the worst step was taken.

If Elise hadn't shown up, humanity would have been destroyed by the witches of Alexia or the next generation.

We still need time to truly recover from this.

"Hey, you kept me waiting." I tried frying the sweet potatoes. Let me know what you think. "

Oh, you did it!

As he spoke, the man with the pot approached him.

The pan is cut to the right size and has a lot of fried sweet potatoes.

"This is the guy who has been drying for about three days." I ate a little first, but I can still dry it out. "

"That's right. If you make a lot of it, it'll be a reliable stockpile for winter."

The taste is... oh, I can't cum. I think the kids will be happy. "

The men arrange the processed sweet potatoes in various shapes and express their feelings in their mouths.

Looking at it, Al Flair wondered even more now what kind of gathering this is.

Speaking of which, what are you guys doing here?

"I'm trying different ways of eating sweet potatoes." After all, this is a new food that still has a lot of unknown parts. That's why I'm trying to bake, boil, fry, dry... and see how much I can apply it. Elise-sama gave us these sweet potatoes, but it's up to us to apply them. I'm sure he'll taste even better if he devises it. ”

Food in this world was important to be able to eat anyway and to be able to preserve it for a long time.

The taste is secondary. If you can afford to pursue something like that, you can choose to store it for a long time, even if it's not tasty. Otherwise, I wouldn't have lived.

However, now that there is room, other than preservation, attempts to pursue the flavor purely have begun to increase.

The men here were also a group pursuing how to make it more delicious.

"That's good, that's good." If you work hard, the delicious food will be added to the table, right?

Good luck, Uncles. I'll put in a bountiful prayer and a blessing and such! "

"Hahaha, lass." That's the work of the saintly lady. Well, thank you. If you pick a lot of delicious sweet potatoes, you'll find them lined up at your daughter's house table. Please wait in anticipation. "

"Oh, yes. Bring some home if you like." Then ask the family what they think. "

In the end, they remained thinking of Alfrea not as a saint until the end, but as just a friendly noble daughter.

Alfrea holds dried and fried potatoes as souvenirs, and Alfrea receives them with great joy.

Then we set off for the church, and just fifteen seconds later, Finley, one of the Kingsguard knights, appeared there.

"Oh, you guys over there!" Didn't you see the Saintess around here!? "

Holy Maiden? No, I didn't see her.

They are by no means intentionally telling lies.

I simply didn't realize that Alfre was a saintly lady.

It is known as information that Elise has withdrawn from the throne, and that the first Saintess named Alfrea is now a Saintess.

However, even now that she's retired, Elise's influence is immense, and when it comes to the saintly woman, she reminds me of such a saintly woman as Elise.

And because Alfrea did not name herself, they could not recognize the woman who had just left here as a saint.

As Alfre walked a little, he found people hitting and playing with leather balls in the square.

Apparently, this square is a place for citizens to enjoy their entertainment.

Alfrea has been watching them for a while, but it doesn't seem that there are any rules in particular just hitting the ball together.

Until just a few years ago, everyone was desperate to live and could not afford to leave the present behind for entertainment.

Because of this, this world is not as developed as entertainment, and they don't know how to play well either... I mean, it wasn't sophisticated.

Alfrea then stepped forward with a slurp and spoke out from the side.

"Hey, don't you guys have any rules?"

"Rules? I don't know what to say... for example, what should I do?"

"For example, if you split up the team and hit the ball, the person would leave." So if the number of people reaches zero, you'll lose. "

"Oh, that looks interesting." Let's give it a try. "

Their play was said to be the same as children playing with snowballs, and it didn't make sense.

I enjoyed the fact that entertainment was so far away that I could play with it.

Alfrere made sense there, and the scene rose all at once.

No matter what the prize, if there is a win or a loss, it is the human who wants to win.

The pleasure of victory and the admiration from the surroundings arouse the desire to do it again.

The losing side is stirred up by remorse this time.

They quickly became obsessed with this new play, and Alfrea threw the ball at each other.

"Alright, let's go!" That's it! "

It's no wonder the dress gets dirty.

Alfrea throws the ball energetically and hits the opponent in a sandy dress with repeated wins and losses.

In return, I tried to catch the ball thrown by the opposing team... but because I was afraid of the ball's momentum, I dodged it and hit the ally behind me.

"Hey sister, that's not true!"

"Aya, I'm sorry!"

The man who had been out because of Alfrea leaves the room, and a laugh comes from around him.

That said, the man who got out is not really angry, but he seems to be having fun somewhere.

Then, listening to the exuberance, the knights and the bishop of the church rushed and discovered Alfrer playing with the citizens.

"Ah, Alfrea-sama!?"

"If you think you've finally found it, what are you doing?!"

"Oh, oh... the sacred saintly girl's dress... ah, it's so dirty..."

The bishop fluttered with his head held on to Alfrea's overwhelming figure, and one of the knights hurriedly caught hold of him.

His reaction is not surprising. In any case, Alfrere's figure was clearly different from the statue of the Saintess that had been imagined until now.

The saintly lady was a symbol of holiness, having always distinguished herself from the worldly world.

It has reached its peak in the era of Elise, and she has become an object of faith while living.

Yes, Elise is seen as a human being but as a higher-order being.

But what about Alfrere?

Rather, on the contrary... I dashed to the secular side with all my strength, falling to the same level as the people and laughing there.

There is no holiness in that figure.

"Hey, hey, what do we do?" Are you going to stop? This is the majesty of the saintly lady... "

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Questioned by Knight Finley, the head knight Rex thought arm in arm.

But as she sighed in embarrassment, she shook her head to the side.

"No, let's wait a little longer."

"But... that's how people feel about the saintly maiden..."

"No, I'm sure that's fine." I'm sure Elise-sama could have anticipated that and left it to Alfrea-sama. "

In response to Rex's words, Finley had a strange look on his face.

It seems that it will destroy the impression of the holy lady. What does that Alfre appearance mean to Elise as expected?

Strangely, Rex tells him his guess.

"There are no more witches." The monsters might still be there, but they would eventually disappear altogether. In that case, the role required of a saintly woman will also change. "

"... that's... that's right."

"Even if you want a miracle like Lord Elise, it will surely only be a burden for the future Saintess."

Even the Holy Maiden is the same as us... she's never a god.

Then... we should change.

Instead of wanting a miracle, we can walk ourselves. Don't push everything on the Holy Maiden, but from now on we can all walk together with the Holy Maiden...

You can't ask the Holy Maiden for everything.

In other words...... I'm sorry to put it that way, but if you drop the image and expectations of the saintly lady here all at once, it might be easier for the next saintly lady to be here..... "

It seemed like it was going to be a good story, but it suddenly got ruined.

In summary, Rex's words were, "It would be pathetic if you asked for the same level as Elise, so if you drop the evaluation here at once, no one will let the next Saintess carry the burden."

It's terrible, but it's true.

In fact, Eterna, who was supposed to be the true saint of the modern era, declined the saintly throne precisely for fear of comparison with Elise.

Rex turned forward and narrowed his eyes as he saw Alfre playing with his clothes dirty mixed with the citizens.

"... that's good." That's what the saints of the future will say. "

"... I think so."

Rex thinks he hit the ball and looked at Al Flair, who said he didn't have it.

(Erlise-sama... you left it to Alfrere-sama to look forward to the next generation.

It is no good to rely on miracles all the time. You lose the ability to walk on your own.

That is why the Holy Maiden should not be the bearer of miracles, but the one who descends to the earth and walks at the same stride.

I'm impressed by this Rex, Elise-sama's clever eyes...!)

--Needless to say, it's a casual misunderstanding on the part of Rex.

Elise didn't think so deeply and left Alfrea to succeed her.

Therefore, the evaluation rose on its own in the absence of the person, and Fiori's days are still passing today.

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Today (2/10/2022), the second volume of the False Saints is out!