My Pet Is a Holy Maiden

This is about the time after Tatsumi had a formal engagement with Calcedonia.

"You... Tatsumi Yamagata?

As he walked down the hallway of the temple, he was suddenly called by his name from behind, and Tatsumi stopped and looked back.

Bath, who was walking beside Tatsumi, sighted behind his back in the same way.

Ahead of their gaze. There's a man cleric with a tough face. Behind him are more than ten male clerics.

They looked at Tatsumi's face with a uniformly extremely serious look. No, I was staring.

"Yes, I'm definitely Tatsumi...?

Leading tough faced male cleric. From the holy mark and clergy clothing he wears, it can be seen that he is in the priesthood.

The ranks of the priests behind them are varied, but no one seems to be more stately than him in the lead.

A person two times higher than Tatsumi or Bath. Besides, Tatsumi doesn't know anything about him.

As Tatsumi twisted her neck inside wondering why she was suddenly called out, her neighbor Bath snuck me in the ear.

"... these are the zealous followers of Master Calcedonia. You should be careful."

Rumors have recently been whispered all over the Temple of Savaivo that that Virgin has finally been engaged.

Naturally, then the rumors must also enter their ears, the followers of Calcedonia. With that rumor pinned in their ears, they must have come to the other side of the rumored Virgin, Tatsumi.

"I need to ask you something."

A tough-faced man walks out a long, long time ago.

He was big and disappointed in his body as well as his face, and Tatsumi felt that the pressure on him just stepped forward had increased a lot.

"You... with the Virgin... no, is it true that you are engaged to Master Calcedonia...?

After all, Tatsumi sighs inside.

But there's nothing offensive about him. His engagement with Calcedonia was based on the consent of both parties, as was the admission of Giuseppe, Calcedonian adoptive father and supreme priest of the Temple of Savaivo.

So Tatsumi clearly replied that he would take his gaze straight from the front.

"Yes. Me and Calcedonia are Mr. Giuseppe...... no, in the presence of the High Priest, officially engaged though?

When Tatsumi answers that, the followers of Calcedonia, who were behind the leading tough-faced man, make a deliberate noise.

Some of them had fallen from their knees and had a flashing look on their faces, as well as fists on the floor in tears.

"Well... the rumors... were true..."

The leading tough-faced man also murmured so with some vain expression.

However, when the man immediately gave a harsh look, he remained even thinner in Tatsumi. Tatsumi also has no reason to pull, so she confronts the man with her chest stretched out.

A man one minute bigger than Tatsumi looks down at Tatsumi with a harsh gaze.

That's how I was a man staring at Tatsumi for a while, but when I accidentally placed my hands on Tatsumi's shoulder more and more, I mentioned this.

"... we, the" Brigade to Look at the Virgin from the Shadows "... your... no, I fully support you!

─ Uh... What did this guy just say?

I couldn't immediately understand what was said, and Tatsumi accidentally exposed her dumb face.

Tatsumi turns to Bath next door to ask for help. But Bath is just looking at Tatsumi again with a pompous look on his face.

If this is - the man with the tough face in front of him - perhaps he is the leader of the "Staring at the Virgin from the Shadows" regiment - the words "We will never admit that you are the Virgin's companion or anything else! If they say," I can still understand Tatsumi. Because it's a common pattern.

But I didn't expect the followers of Calcedonia to say "fully support" me.

That's right, I didn't even imagine Tatsumi.

To tell the truth, Tatsumi knows a lot of things that have been said in the shadows since she was officially engaged to Calcedonia until today.

Some of them spoke plainly so that they could hear Tatsumi.

Until now, Calcedonia has not responded diligently to any noble or royal proposal. If she were to be engaged to an exotic man who suddenly appeared, anyone would think of it as this.

Of course, when Tatsumi was engaged to Calcedonia, she was prepared for this to happen, and no matter what she was told in the shadows, if she could stay with Calcedonia, she could tell herself to let her endure anything.

But.

Such a situation was just too unexpected.

In the margins of Tatsumi, who doesn't know how to react, the captain-like man - for now, I call him the captain (tentative) - will continue to say hard words.

"We, the" Regiment to Look at the Virgin "from the Shadows, have been watching her... from the shadows of Master Calcedonia. That's why I know. Recently... since you showed up, she seems really happy."

The captain (tentatively) gave a very gracious look on his face.

When Tatsumi saw it, she realized that these people were really thinking about Calcedonia.

It's honestly complicated that other men put their thoughts on their thinkers. But it was Tatsumi who came out later - at least from those who did not know about his relationship with Calcedonia's previous life - and that would be the only way.

Apparently this captain (tentatively), whatever he looks like, has a gentle personality.

Tatsumi, who so decided, also smiled, when he tried to express his thanks to the leader (tentative), who was holding both his shoulders in disappointment.

Unexpectedly, Bath, who was lying beside him, looked strange and asked the captain (tentatively).

"You guys...... uh," A group staring at the Virgin from the shadows "...... was it?

"I don't know. We are a group that looks at the Virgin from the shadows."

Behind the captain (tentatively) answering so, the members of the "Staring at the Virgin" from the Shadows "nodded their hearts again and again.

"So, that 'group staring at the Virgin from the shadows', what exactly have you done so far?

Sometimes the opponent's position was higher, and Bath was polite with words, but for some reason the look was frivolous.

But the other captain (tentatively) answers that question proudly just because he noticed it or not, which is exactly what he asked me.

"As its name suggests, every day we have looked in the shadows at the Virgin, Lady Calcedonia. Its history dates back to the time when Calcedonia was adopted under the Chrysoprese before she was called the Virgin under two names. Dear Calcedonia, who was found to have a unique magical gift and adopted her. That's exactly what you deserved to call innocence and pity at the time..."

The captain (tentatively) spoke of old Calcedonia with a distant eye.

The age of the captain (tentatively) is probably from his late thirties to early forties due to his appearance. Maybe a little younger, but still it won't mean you're in your twenties.

A man of that age talks enthusiastically about Calcedonia when he wasn't even old enough.

At this point, Tatsumi's assessment of the leader (tentative) - including the members behind him - had changed class from "kind" to "bad" earlier.

"By your guidance, Calcedonia, who showed no magical talent, eventually became known by those around her as the Virgin. But from our point of view, it is utterly raw under the designation" Virgin "and so on! She... No, that's the one you sent to earth by the Savaive God! We should call her" The Heavenly Virgin ", not" The Virgin "!

The man theorizes forcefully as he wields his clenched fist.

But I want you to remember.

Now, Tatsumi and Bath are in the hallway of the Temple of Savaivo.

Naturally, there are other clerics passing through this corridor. They wandered in the middle of the hallway and looked clearly annoying at the men who were preaching something - including Tatsumi.

Inside, at some point, he joins the "Regiment to Look at the Virgin from the Shadows," and whenever the captain (tentatively) sticks his fist up with the words, he says, "Yes! That's right!" or "That's right!" and some were making a scene together.

Tatsumi and Bath, on the other hand, look completely laid back.

If you look from the edge, they may also look like fellow members of The Virgin Staring Out of the Shadows. With that in mind, there would be no need for Tatsumi and Bath to be rude.

While doing so, the force theory of the Commander (tentative) continues.

"─ ─ ─ Therefore, we swore to keep an eye on Master Calcedonia in the shadows and to protect ourselves! Since that day, we have always stared at Master Calcedonia! No, I've been protecting you! At one point, even when encouraging various duties in the temple! Also at some point, in the chapel, when you speak the word of God to the faithful! Sometimes they go to the Yukan to cleanse their bodies! Sometimes, you can go in there to avoid being suddenly attacked by an impudent person! One of us has been sneaking up on you from afar for a while!

"Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa!"

Tatsumi screams unexpectedly when she realizes that there is a part of the man's words that cannot be missed.

However, the captain (tentatively), who seems to be doing well, does not try to stop the theory of power as much as Tatsumi screamed.

"Recently, Master Calcedonia has left the temple and begun to live with you. We are also near your house... but we are constantly keeping an eye on the surveillance, even a little further away. Don't worry! We'll keep an eye on Calcedonia's underwear until it's taken in so that it doesn't get stolen from her!

"You're a stalker, that's it!!"

If this is modern Japan, you can't escape telling the police it will be a pain in the ass.

But there is no sexual harassment, no stalking, no concept in this world. Unfortunately.

Besides, apparently, this' Brigade to Look at the Virgin from the Shadows' is - or at least the Brigadier (tentatively) is not doing it offensively.

"... you're unnecessarily tacky..."

"I mean, you didn't realize these guys existed?

Tatsumi shook her neck to the side in silence in response to Bath's question, which looked tired as if she was frightened.

Like the man said, I guess he was lurking a little further away from Tatsumi's house. Besides, there are a lot of times when we're alone, we only see each other.

When I got home today, I secretly decided on Tatsumi to warn the neighbor's wives.

"By the way, Tatsumi? What the hell did you mean by that earlier?

Sounds like your hometown word to me, but the captain (tentatively) was leaning his neck strangely.

"... I mean people like you..."

Tatsumi shrugged in her mouth. But to the ear of the captain (tentatively), who was at close range, it seemed to have arrived well.

"Well, you're referring to shadow meritorious men like us in your hometown as' Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh '... and it sounds like some powerful word... ok, I like it! In the future, we will change the name of" The Virgin "to" The Virgin ", but how about that, gentlemen!?"

To the voice of the captain (tentatively), the members behind him said in unison, "No objections! Agree."

Thus.

It was here that a group of stalkers, the rarest in the world - in Tatsumi's subjectivity - were born, with a full sign that they were stalkers.

"By the way, I just wanted to make sure of you..."

The members of the "Virgin" Shitaka Regiment, who renamed it, don't get excited about the new name. In the meantime, the captain (tentatively) made his large body flesh thin again to Tatsumi.

"... from what I hear, well... what, being close to you can also be close to your fiancée, Lady Calcedonia... is that true?

Apparently, the real reason they support Tatsumi as Calcedonia's fiancée was sheer inferiority.

Later on, "The Virgin" said that the Oaks had somehow been dissolved.

The reason for the dissolution is uncertain, but one of the people who was a member said it was leaking like this.

"... oh, they show off all those sweet occasions... I can't do it..."