My Pet Is a Holy Maiden

Martial arts instructors continued to be Augin's mentor, the foundations such as running in and muscle strengthening, and the days of foundations.

On that day when all that hard training was going on, Augin, a martial arts training instructor, brought the Tatsumi, apprentices of cleric warriors, to a certain place.

It is always unusual for a strong augin to look back at the chicks in front of the door of a room that is somewhere unwieldy.

"Clerical Warrior Apprentice Gentlemen! Well endured my guidance to this day! Finally, from today on, we're going into a coach that actually uses weapons! That said, it's a training weapon to use!

As Augin grins, the apprentices celebrate.

The apprentices on this occasion now are Tatsumi and Bath, and a total of five of the three besides them. Given that there were more than 30 people initially starting the workout, it would mean that about a sixth remained until today.

Apprentices who have been repeating all their basic training for about 60 days from the start of the training to today. Some of them got tired of basic training and stuffed up with Augin asking them to use their weapons quickly.

But Augin gave no heed to the opinions of such apprentices, just imposed only basic training. Those who have rebelled against Augin and those who cannot stand the training have fallen further, and the number of apprentices continues to this day.

"This is a warehouse where cleric warriors have delivered the weapons they use to train. From inside this room, you choose the weapon that you think is right for you to actually use. If you don't want to try it and stick around, you can replace your weapon as many times as you want. However, as I said earlier, it must be a training weapon but a real one. Pay close attention to handling. Got it!?"

Hearing the apprentices' energetic reply, Augin pushed the door open. From inside, the smell of iron and the smell of even some sweat pours out, but the chicks rush into the warehouse, regardless of anything like that.

Of course, Tatsumi was no exception, and he stepped inside the warehouse with a happy look on his face.

Inside the warehouse, many different weapons were delivered.

Spears are erected on the walls, axes are thrown out on the floor, and swords are stacked unwrought in one corner of the room.

Tatsumi takes one of the stacked swords appropriately and tries a few barebacks.

Though the body seems to flow unexpectedly due to the weight of the slender sword, it is not Dada who has been repeating basic training neatly for nearly two months with the sensation of Tatsumi. Pushing his arms and lower body toward him, he fastened his body tightly to the point where he was about to swim.

The last two months of training have never been in vain. I realize that, and the joy comes in.

The thought came to my face, and from behind Tatsumi, who accidentally grinned, the low voice of Augin, which I was totally used to hearing these days, echoed.

You're gonna use your sword? There are not many people in this country who use swords as their main weapon, but are there many who use swords in your country?

Tatsumi, a brunette with dark eyes rare in the Kingdom of Largofili, is supposed to be from a distant exotic country. For this reason, Augin wondered if many people use swords in Tatsumi's hometown.

"Sure, in my country, you used to say a unique sword... but there was a time when that was used"

Tatsumi looks at the sword in his hand. Now the sword he is holding is a single blade, but his body is wide and straight. The only thing Japanese knives have in common is a single blade.

Still, there is an image in Tatsumi that if it is a fantasy world, it is a sword, and I admire something purely called a sword.

"… do we go here first, in orthodox style"

Tatsumi chooses a slightly shorter, one-handed sword from a stacked, blade-drawn sword for training.

Hold that sword in your right hand and equip your left hand with a circular shield. Shield on one-handed sword. As Tatsumi put it, fantasy would be arguably the most orthodox armed.

"You don't have to hold one type of weapon. When you can handle the sword to some extent, try using other weapons. Of course, narrowing it down to a single sword is that."

Being able to use multiple weapons and thoroughly learning only one type. Both have strengths and weaknesses.

If more than one weapon can be handled, the range of armed choices increases depending on the circumstances. It's hard to fight with a sword. It's a battle stick for an enemy, and if you can choose a weapon to suit the enemy's characteristics, for example, it's obvious that it will only be advantageous.

The downside in this case would be the inability to learn deeply about each weapon.

The handling of weapons is deep. Needless to say, if you're going to acquire the kind of deep skill you call depth and secrecy, you should narrow it down to one without cheating everywhere.

Will we be able to deal with it flexibly depending on the situation, or will we just abandon everything and make one path the best we can? It is also a problem located in opposite poles, and Tatsumi is not going to give an answer right now.

First, give me the sword. Then you just have to think about it first.

With that in mind, Tatsumi left the warehouse behind with the chosen weapon.

The apprentices, who chose weapons for each, returned to their usual training grounds after the warehouse.

Naturally, senior cleric warriors are also trained in the training grounds. To avoid interrupting that training, Tatsumi and the others have repeated basic training in one corner so far.

But not from today.

It's not the same as the senior cleric warriors, but they still go into training to wield their weapons with dignity.

That said, we don't immediately use weapons to meet each other. First, we will target Kasayamako, dressed in leather armor, and learn to handle basic weapons.

Tatsumi sets up a sword and four other people, including Bath, put up long spears and confront Kasayamako.

First, Augin explains the basic treatment of long spears. In fact, Tatsumi, who did not choose a long spear, also listens seriously to the instructor's explanation, thinking that it might be of some use.

and then.

Until then, I was seriously punching into my workout, with a whirling voice coming from the senior cleric warriors.

If Tatsumi and the others turned around, a platinum-haired woman dressed in pure white clergy clothes would slowly approach her.

"Oh, hey, Tatsumi. That..."

"Ah, oh. It's Cheeko..."

Calcedonia slowly proceeded to walk next to Augin as the cleric warriors who were at the workout stared quietly.

When Calcedonia greets Augin, Augin also quietly bows her head again.

"Oh, listen carefully, apprentices!

Augin, looking back to the apprentices, tells them out loud.

"From today on, you will be trained with weapons. But you may have more unexpected injuries than dealing with unfamiliar weapons. Such a fold, the Virgin and the prestigious Priest of Chrysoprese offered to give us a tour of today's training. Of course, if you get injured during training, the Priest of Chrysoprese will treat you. Thank you Chrysoprese Priest!!"

To Augin's words, Tatsumi and three other apprentices besides Bath greet Calcedonia with joy, "Thank you".

I can see Calcedonia famous for rumors up close, and when I hear that if I get injured, they even treat me, the tension between those three happens to be high.

Of course, Tatsumi and Bath also bow their heads to Calcedonia, but Bath had an accurate idea of Calcedonia's purpose.

I guess she offered to visit the training because Tatsumi is still here. I'm talking about Calcedonia, I must have come here in case Tatsumi got hurt.

─ ─ As it turns out, we're Tatsumi's prick.

Bath still turns his smile to Calcedonia as he shudders inside.

"Instructor Augin! If we get injured during training today, can you treat Master Calcedonia?

One of the cleric warriors who was watching the apprentices interact asked as he raised his hand to yes.

"You idiot! You take care of yourselves!

Laughter rises from the cleric warriors at Augin's roar.

"All right, apprentices! Let the fool go and start training!

To Augin's voice, Tatsumi and the others switched their minds and laid up their weapons again.

"Er... Koho!! Yamagata junior cleric. Is there a physical condition somewhere?

After waving his sword many times under the guidance of Augin, the target, Calcedonia, with a clear face, approached him on Tatsumi, who was replaced by Bath, who was waiting in turn.

"Uh... Chrysoprese Priest... Dear Sir? Beh, nothing. I'm not hurt...?

Public and private confusion is not good. Tatsumi responds to Calcedonia with a way of calling him unfamiliar with thinking like that. What an embarrassment and tickle to call someone you know well in an unusual way.

"That wouldn't happen, would it? There must be something wrong somewhere. Don't hesitate to tell me that you're not feeling well. I'll treat you right away."

"That's why it's okay!!"

"Don't say that!!"

A push question that suddenly started. Those who do not know the two - except Bath and Augin - rest their hands and stare at the two.

Tatsumi, who is running away with her face red and lit up, and Calcedonia, who is happily stuffed by that Tatsumi.

Especially those who have never seen Calcedonia like that, they just stare openly at what is now Calcedonia.

"So!! Because I'm not hurt!!"

"Well then, rub and solve the elaborate muscles Ugh!! I've been doing martial arts workouts, so I'm sure my muscles are stiff too!! Come on, don't hesitate!!"

"Oh, don't!!"

A continuous exchange between the two. The two of us haven't noticed that it totally attracts the attention of the spot.

As the big shadow slowly approached them, they casually shook their big fists like a battle stick down to the top of their heads.

"Ugh!?"

"Hiya!?"

Tatsumi and Calcedonia hold their heads on the spot for a sudden blow to their heads.

"... Damn, this stupid couple..."

If the stars opened their splashing eyes desperately and looked back behind them, an augin with an angry, then frightened, complex look lay his arms together and looked down at Tatsumi.

"Do that at home, at home. If you're at home, I'm not complaining about how much you guys are!

Augin is also a cleric of the Savaive God. The fact that couples are closer than being the patron saint of marriage, the clergy of his God, is in itself welcome.

The problem is that time and case can be handled.

Augin preached the neighborhood to Tatsumi and Calcedonia, releasing them where appropriate, judging that they seemed to be reflecting.

And when I looked back at the apprentices.

Instead of the apprentices, all the cleric warriors - except Bath - who were at the training ground looked at Augin with a pompous look.

No, it wasn't Augin they were looking at. It's Tatsumi and Calcedonia, who seem strange beyond him.

"What's the matter, you guys? We're all aligned, and we're exposed to dumb surfaces."

"Oh no, Instructor Augin...... yes, now the instructor said those two are a couple or something...... didn't you say...?

"Oh, you mean that. Those two would do the same for a couple of things that are not yet official. This is also known to the Supreme Priest of Chrysoprese, Calse's adoptive father."

When Augin finished the words, the workout site was surrounded by strange tranquillity.

And after a few beats.

"Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep!?"

Clerical warriors and apprenticeships raised a loud and dismaying voice together.

The extra size of his voice was such that Augin, who was nearby, accidentally blocked his own ears with both hands.

"Oh dear!? I thought it would be a great opportunity to come closer to Master Calcedonia without Master Morgarnike!?"

"Oh, I heard Master Morgarnike swung by Master Calcedonia and flew out of the temple for that heartbreak... could that have been true...?

"Ugh, you're lying...? Oh, that tatsumi...? Tatsumi, a cleric warrior apprentice and only a junior cleric, with the Virgin...?

"Yes, no, wait. Let's calm down here, calm down. If it's okay with tatsumi, doesn't that mean it's okay with us...?

"Oh? Oh!? Hey, if you ask me!? You are a genius!?"

"No, that's not it."

The last time I said that was Bath, who was silently waving his spear in disregard of a series of disturbances.

"'Cause Master Calcedonia's better off on a tatsumi, huh? Just so we're clear, he's not interested at all, except for Tatsumi."

It is Bath who has so far seen Tatsumi and Calcedonia up close. I know better than anyone else that there is no gap between those two.

And that Calcedonia's love for Tatsumi is much greater than the love Tatsumi has for Calcedonia.

The size of it is such that it is clear that a man is more crushed or wants to escape. But Bath thinks that other men won't have to know and that Tatsumi will be able to accept even her great affection.

"Oh, and then? It's better for you if you don't get a little bite out of Tatsumi with some weird trick, huh? If you do anything bad to Tatsumi, the Virgin could turn into the Demon King."

"How do you know that?

"As far as I can tell, I'm close to Master Calcedonia."

A berth with a smile and a thumbs up.

"Let me tell you something good. If you get along with Tatsumi, you can get close to Master Calcedonia to some extent, right? Well, you can never be more in love than you have a tatsumi, but you can be close if you're about friends. This... Be Like Me!!"

Oops, with the thumbs up, Bath points back at himself.

Bath, too, had admired "The Virgin of the Temple of Savaivo" not long ago. Nevertheless, that is only to the extent of admiration, never love.

And I got to know the Virgin, such an admirer, and her friend, Tatsumi.

The Virgin I actually knew was a very ordinary woman with no other philosophy. From the moment I found out that, in Bath, my longing changed to familiarity.

For Bath today, Calcedonia is not "the Virgin of the Temple of Savaivo", but merely "the wife of Tatsumi".

"Ready? The important thing is to throw away any weird underlings. That guy, from what he's been through, he's very sensitive to the bottom line. It is only the perception that Master Calcedonia is a" companion's wife ". That should keep him close, too."

The other apprentices listen to Bath's advice with a serious face.

Or so I thought.

"I see!! That's how you stay close, anticipate the time and take Master Calcedonia from the side!?"

"So don't be such a lowlife and say it!!"

Bath's fist, wielded abruptly, poked beautifully in the face of the colleague who said the dialogue.

Rumors in the Temple of Savaivo then spread rapidly.

It was that the Virgin, proud of her Temple of Savaivo, had finally found a man to accompany her.

Moreover, he says that the Virgin and her man already live in the same house and it is only a matter of time before they raise the rite of marriage.

Those who worship The Virgin shed tears of blood when they heard the rumors. And the followers plot various ways to raise the man to a blood festival.

But another rumor stopped them like that.

It is that "whoever harms the man who becomes the companion of the Virgin will be hated from the Virgin for eternity in the future after touching the wrath of the Virgin transformed into the Demon King and turning to the pain of hell".

I hate the man who took the heart of The Virgin, but I don't like being hated by The Virgin any more.

The followers who thought so decided to watch the Virgin and the man from afar in tears.

Some frantic followers aim for an opportunity to kick out a man who will be a companion with Tiger Sight, but they could not finally get that opportunity after seeing the two who were always going to come by amicably.

Thus.

The "Virgin" of the Temple of Savaivo and the exotic young man with dark hair and dark eyes, who would be his companion, gradually recognized his companionship from around him.