Liz was digging a hole when the day came a long time ago. It's a big shovel for farming, even digging holes in the ground.
Lloyd, a cleric standing instead, asked as he put on his arms.
"What's buried?
"I don't know. But it's a good one. Something very important. I feel that way."
It is Liz's "survey".
When I was angry about Keefa, it came to me. Something buried in the dirt. That's very important.
The view I saw seemed to be in the temple, in the ground between the small temple in the southeast and the surrounding walls.
Once you check with Lloyd when you dig.
"It's okay, it's okay"
He was answered really lightly and guided me with a radiant face. Anxiety.
He also prepared a large shovel right away, but only one without having to ask.
"Right here, isn't it?" Liz was surprised to be guided. Not small at all for the name Small Temple. In other words, the ground between the small temple and the surrounding walls was really wide.
(Where do I dig?
I closed my eyes and tried to look at it again, but I can't concentrate at all because of the ongoing upset about Keefa. It felt like it would disappear as soon as I tried to grab what came to mind.
(... no. I don't know)
Originally, "Kan" is not as versatile as it is now, although sometimes it came off. I guess I'm still worried about Keefa. Thinking about it, I got more and more hungry.
Anyway, Liz put her strength into both hands holding the shovel and dug out the nearest part. The piece you're wearing gets dirty with dirt, but I don't care.
"There was?
Lloyd rides himself out and asks like he's excited. I'm just watching for what I'm waiting for. I was a little frustrated.
"Please help me if you care."
"Eh. I don't like it because my hands get dirty"
What a frustrating cleric.
It's called Lloyd, it's called Keefa, there's no shit. Turning the anger in into power, Liz kept digging even.
"When the Chief Cleric came back, he said he needed to speak to the Virgin candidates.... There it is?
"I'll finish it by then. … not yet."
The land surrounded by buildings and walls is full of sun all year round. The soil is therefore stiff. It shouldn't be buried so deep, but it's hard to dig.
"There was?
"Not yet."
Nothing came up, so turn on the hit and move on.
"There was?
"Not yet. The other clerics seemed busy working, but doesn't Mr. Lloyd have to go?
"Hmm. It's not okay."
I think I found out why Lloyd isn't trusted by the other clerics.
"Liz knew His Highness Keefa?
"No."
"But that atmosphere wouldn't have been a mess. You two getting along? He left the hall."
"-But Your Highness wouldn't have even known my name, would he?
"Speaking of which," Lloyd nodded as he leaned against the perimeter wall, becoming an increasingly unconvincing face.
Liz continued to moat. If I continued the simple task of digging this way, I felt like I could escape the upset that continues now.
When I heard a footstep and raised my face, a samurai doing the temple chores stood with a pompous face.
"Master Lloyd? What the hell is a Virgin candidate doing here, too?
Confused. If you saw an albino daughter desperately digging a hole and a cleric waiting gracefully beside it, that would be confusing.
Lloyd replied with a smile.
"Just looking for something. You're the one. What's going on here?
"I'm here to get this."
That's what the samurai said, and when she moved the bundle of straw straw that had piled up on the ground along the perimeter wall, the lid of the kettle came out from below. There's a pot buried in the ground, and only its lid is visible on the surface.
"" It!?
To Liz and Lloyd, who shouted unexpectedly, the samurai looked surprised, but immediately laughed and said.
"What, were you looking for this? If you'd told me, I'd have let you out in a minute."
Remove the kettle from the ground with familiar hands. It looks heavy but surprisingly powerful.
It was a pot big enough to hold it with one hand if I let it out.
"What's in it!?
A samurai smiled and opened her lid to Lloyd, who momentously listened.
Its contents were - fermented nasbi.
"If you keep it buried in the dirt, it can be delicious. This place is all day, all day long. Please don't tell me you're doing something unpunished. I like the current Virgin. Because the chief clergyman knows."
……
Liz and Lloyd looked at each other.
Even without words, we can see that they say "hard work" on each other's faces.
(No, wait. I'm the one who dug it all, and Lloyd was just watching, wasn't he)
"Well, it must be a 'good thing'," Liz thought next to Lloyd, who bumps.
(But -)
Liz snapped her neck. I'm not convinced by the truth.
(That's crazy. Well, I didn't see it clearly, but it wasn't like food or anything. I thought it was something very important)
Well, I guess it would be important if I made it the current Virgin. I like it.
Still, I'm not convinced to go back to Liz.
"The Chief Cleric is back! Come to the hall!
One of the clerics came to call, reluctantly but had to give up.
"I'll return the shovel before I go."
"Please"
Leaving Lloyd behind, Liz headed to the hall within the Second Temple.
The remaining Lloyd held the shovel and sighed.
"I don't know who the eggplant is. That's unexpected."
Thought you'd find something interesting.
The samurai took every pot, so he said he was following the bottom of the hollowed dirt with a tung at the end of the shovel.
"Is that it?"
There was something small and glowing.
"What?"
When I put my arms around it and took it out...
"Ring?"
Much older. It's rusty, and it's obviously cheap.
Never mind, I found it to be a silver ring with a blue stone to plush it with the soot of the shirt I was wearing.
"No way, is this what Liz was saying 'good stuff'?
Lloyd flashed his face. I don't know what that means. At that time
"Hey Lloyd! What are you doing in there, why don't you come quick!
There was a figure of the clergyman and the clergymen accompanying him in the crossing hall leading from the first tower gate, one of whom was shouting at Lloyd.
"I'm going now"
In the meantime, I put the shovel against the wall and headed to the chief cleric.
"Not at all. What are you doing without a job!
While your cleric was angry, the chief cleric saw Lloyd with a face full of wrinkles.
"Did you find something?
"No, well. It's boring."
When I said that and showed him the ring, the clergyman narrowed his eyes.
"Oh? This is familiar. It belongs to His Highness Keefa."
"His Highness's?
Lloyd opened his eyes. The chief cleric nods.
"Oh. I recognize you. When His Highness was a child, he took care of it."
"Heh."
Lloyd stared seriously at the ring in his hand. What did Liz say? "Good stuff" and -.
"'Something very important'..."
In the hall within the Second Temple, the candidates for the Virgin had already gathered. All black haired, dark eyed, magical women, about thirty.
It ranges from girls as young as ten years old below to women as old as they are likely to have grandchildren above. The outfits range from elegant clothes like Liz's to luxurious dresses that you can see as upscale aristocrats at a glance.
In that, Liz was still floating.
"After all, that Albino daughter was one of the candidates. I thought it was a mistake."
"Did you really see that key?
It is also assumed that you will be whispered. "Um," he said as he stood flat on the wall, hesitating to speak.
Turning to his face, there was a woman about the same age as Liz, who tied long dark hair together and wore a qualitative curly skirt.
The woman looked bright red and said as she swallowed her claws many times.
"Um! I think your hair and eyes, they're so pretty!
Liz was taken lightly. Returning a small "thank you," a woman sneezes her face and laughs. Liz felt her heart lighten to that modest but delightful smile.
"Actually, I'm new to Albino. Because I'm not even around."
"I was the only one in our village. I wasn't even in a neighboring village."
"I knew it was rare. I come from the Yordi district outside the King's Capital. I'm surprised they told me she's a candidate for the Virgin, even though she doesn't have a lot of magic. Oh, it's me, Claire. Claire Howard. Nice to meet you."
(Howard!?
In an instant, memories of a previous life ran around the back of my brain. The prestigious Howard family that lover Eugene has inherited.
But no way. "Howard" would be something else. Besides, Claire's outfit isn't noble, she's obviously a civilian. Though...
Liz only breathed, slowly pushing out the words.
"Hey, I ask you something weird, but what does it have to do with a nobleman named the Howard family who used to be in King's Town 500 years ago?
As Claire's black eyes surprised her, she turned round.
"How did you know? Surely my ancestors were aristocrats. He fell about 200 years ago, and now he's a civilian."
There seemed to be a very strange voice of consternation, and Liz hurriedly held her mouth. And I stared seriously at Claire in front of me.
(This child is a descendant of Eugene...)