6.
"Hey, Lecan."
"Welcome home, Nike"
"Lekhan. Why did you go home first! Ah, you lost it."
"Loss?"
"Yeah! They called me to stay overnight at the Lords' Hall and fed me some awesome treats!
I'm glad to hear that.
Nike picked up Lekan.
"That's all you got to say, Lecan."
"I'm sorry I left you. Why don't we just eat?"
"Right. Shall we?"
7
"Nike, there's a problem."
"Huh?"
"The Temple is issuing an appearance order to Edda"
"What?
"On the eighteenth, Edda went to the Adventurers' Association and got a job going to Coggles. On his way home, he treated a bastard named Gyom."
"Mr. Gyom is not a bastard. He's so sweet."
"Gyom was having an affair with more than one woman, and that was stabbed apart by his wife. Whether it was a bad place to get stabbed or a bad move around, Edda passed where she couldn't move after losing a lot of blood anyway and was treated with" recovery ""
"Oh, my God."
"I recovered so much that a dying human being could walk away fine. Naturally, it's a rumor."
"No. I asked Mr. Gyom to keep this a secret. Mr. Gyoom has sworn to keep this secret even in exchange for his life."
"With multiple witnesses, rumors spread quickly. Gyom sold Eda to the Temple."
"What? No way. Because Mr. Gyom..."
"The Temple knows that Edda exercised the magic equivalent of an intermediate (recovery) without prep chanting. Gyom said he put away the change."
"What's wrong with the temple?"
"A man like Cleric Cassis comes to the Adventurers Association every day after twenty days with a temple soldier, lets Edda out, lets him know as soon as he returns, and when he hides it, he punishes him, he makes a threat. He also went to Edda's lodging."
After a little silence, Nike scolded Eda with a scared face.
"Eda."
"Yes, sir"
"I told you. Some magic can happen to go to hell if they find out it can be used, and magic they don't allow in the future should never be used outside."
"Yes.... that? Did I tell you it was Mr. Nike?
Speaking of which, I feel like I had that conversation when I was looking like Sheila. You don't listen to people, but you remember what you don't need, Lekan thought.
"Edda. You know this is a big deal? You broke your promises to Sheila and Nike and treated Gyom on your own."
"Ugh, yeah. But..."
"And in front of so many people,"
"Kid, I didn't realize. I can't believe there's people around."
"As a result, the Temple is ordering you to appear."
"How could the temple?"
"Because the Temple wants to have an excellent"
"Ah, oh. Well, I guess so."
"If you go to the temple, you are told to help people by being deceived, praised, and"
Can you help people?
"That's right. However, only those chosen by the Temple can be cured. I mean, only those who paid the temple plenty of money. You're trapped and you can't go out on your own."
"Eh."
"You'll get a lot of pay. They'll make me wear beautiful clothes, too. They'll give you plenty of good meals."
"Oh, that's life?
"Except for the work ordered by the Temple. You will marry a man chosen by the Temple and make children"
"Will the temple decide your life?
"Of course, me and Nike will never see each other again"
"What?"
"If that's okay with you, go to the temple. After that, I don't know anymore."
"Even if they tell you to go"
"You have to decide which one to choose. Even if you're fourteen. Come on, choose. Do you want to go to the temple? A little more with us."
Edda silenced with a troubled look.
I looked at Nike with a face asking for help, but Nike has a tougher look than Lecan.
I was nagging and thinking about it for a long time, but eventually I looked up and told Lecan.
"I want to be with Lekan. I want to be with Nike or Sheila."
"Okay. Then I'll protect you."
Lekan stared at Edda's face.
It's a young face.
Previously, I assumed it was the year I could be an adventurer, so I thought it was small or like a boy, but it wasn't, and I'm not old enough to be a decent woman yet.
Princess Rubianafel, even at the same age of fourteen, seemed much more rested. But I don't suppose the 14-year-old of the civilian population is the same.
I wonder what experience you've had.
"I'm not miserable. Wizard, what the hell!
Then, no one will fool you, no one will turn you around, and you will live.
You don't do anything unfair or unjust.
I've been told it's misogyny.
I've been ridiculed and stuck around.
I've had experiences that I feel are unfair, and I've been unfairly seen.
Indeed, Edda is not judgmental and does annoying things.
But it was because there was no one to teach the right judgment, and there was no one to do it properly when it bothered people or did wrong.
From now on, let's do it right.
But before I do, I have words to say.
"Edda, you're so sweet."
"Huh?"
"I guess I felt sorry for Gyom, huh?
"Ugh, yeah."
"You thought you'd be dead as it was, didn't you?
"Yeah."
"So healed"
"Oh, yeah."
"Did you get the money?
"Yes, no. Instead, it's an absolute secret."
"Right. You are gentle. That's a good thing."
"Oh, oh."
"But Gyom was not a man worthy of his tenderness"
"Ugh, yeah."
"Gyom went to the temple with that foot he promised you, and sold you for gold"
…………
"Gyom, that's what it was. I didn't see that coming. It's your fault."
"Ugh, yeah."
"You thought this job to Coggles was a good one."
"Yeah. I'm sorry."
"You wanted to take this job for Nike and me."
"Yes. That's right."
"You thought Nike and I would be happy."
"Yeah!"
"So before people took it, and I took the job"
"Sorry. Sorry."
"I'm glad to hear that."
"... Huh?
"Thank you, Edda"
Edda finds Lekan with a stuck look.
"I just should have asked Nike for his decision before he still took it on. You should have asked me if I could take this job."
Edda nodded in tears in her eyes. Tears fell loose.
"Until now, you haven't had anyone to tell you. What is a good thing? What is wrong with it? how to take things and how to judge them."
Edda stares into Lecan's eyes, spilling her mellow tears.
I'll teach you.
Edda's eyes were wide open.
"From now on, I'll teach you"
With a flashing look, Edda finds Lekan.
"I, all this year, under Sheila, will learn to formulate drugs"
Eda nodded, with a mess, wetting her tears with her right arm, yeah.
In the meantime, you're my apprentice.
"Apprentice?"
"That's right. Magic and then an adventurer's apprentice."
Eda looks at Lecan with clear eyes. The bluff is straight.
"If there's something you don't know, ask me. Don't hold it in yourself."
With terrible force, Eda nodded.
"You're just a kid. You can count on the decency."
"Yeah."
"Next year, you'll be fifteen"
The nobility has a clear birthday and the age changes on his birthday.
But the common people have no habit of recording or celebrating birthdays, and their age changes at the dawn of the year.
Now that it is the middle of the fourth month, there will be more than six months before next year.
"Yeah."
"Next year, I haven't decided what I'm going to do."
"Yeah."
"You, too, should decide what to do after that."
"Yeah."
"Once again, you can go to some temple"
"Yeah."
"Don't make up your mind now. Learn now."
"Yeah. Lecan"
"What?"
"I'm sorry. Thanks, and nice to meet you."
"Oh."
Edda does, she does things sooner.
But there is no malice there.
What is causing the mistake is goodwill and honesty.
If that purity made him fit for Purification, it would also mean that it was Edda's purity that saved Lekan's life.
Lecan thought I'd stick around for about six months.