Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

She gently rubbed her shoulder and woke up.

"... mmm... hmm?

I open my eyes wondering what it was with my boggling head. Then there was someone's face.

"We're here, Mr. Iris."

And with that voice, I'm hacked. Or so I recall.

- Tell me whose lap I'm sleeping on right now.

"Oh, excuse me"

"No, that's okay. If you're tired, you're following me."

Did you hit a turnaround while you were asleep? I was lying on my back.

As my head awakens, as soon as I open my eyes, I also find out why I didn't know she was the one peeking into me.

……

Eyes and nose tips, there's Mr. Rose's chest. A huge fuzz like mine hides more than half her face. Who can blame me for seeing my light peachy fluffy hair and finally realizing it was Mr. Rosé?

"There you go, Mr. Iris?

Mr. Rosé peeks into me with a Kyotong face. Then my chest approaches only for that matter. When I felt the overwhelming difference in power had been shown in various ways, and I woke up physically trying to avoid it, I was just a little depressed.

That's when I was worried about my chest.

Stepping out of the carriage, it was a big deal to leave me alone.

Turn, Tatara Tatter Turn!!

"Uh-huh!?

Suddenly it sounded like a trumpet and I freaked out.

"What!? What!? Wow, red...... carpet? Huh!?

"Calm down, Iris"

If I had anticipated a strong cobblestone, the sensation was betrayed with a carpet of sharks reminiscent of the hallway of the castle.

I knew it was the trumpet that thought it sounded like a trumpet, trying to pinch the red carpet leading to the church door, with dozens of players playing.

"... this, this... what?

"There are people inside waiting for that. Come on, let's go"

Saluena takes my hand and walks out like one day.

I stuck to Saluena in frightening and moved on in the non-ringing music.

"Wow... wow. This is the Church of the King's Capital..."

There were three spires built in the church of Sorletta Ritta, and a bell hung from one of them was telling everyone in the city the time.

But there are already three of them in the church just in the shrine. The slightly gray walls that give it a sense of age are finished with fine sculptures, as if the building itself were one piece of art.

No, I guess it does. The capital of the dragon kingdom of Auschnell has been here since its founding a thousand years ago. It's a story that this church catacombs also have the tombs of the first king, Lanolut, so it will normally be built here for about a thousand years.

How many spires are there? As far as I can see from here, are there dozens of them small or small? I heard later that the heavenly side of that spire is arranged with statues of the kings of time, and that every building except the castle may have a decision not to be built beyond its height.

I didn't know that at the time, so there were a great number of towers, and I just saw them with my mouth open.

Gaggo, goggo, goggo... and the entrance door opens. The red carpet continues inside. Saluena pulled my hand and stepped inside the church. I follow chocolate chocolate and then.

"... hey... saluena?

"What's up?

"Wah, the people waiting for me... who?

"We'll find out soon enough"

When I knocked at the door, it was already part of a vast chapel. The front was fitted with stained glass depicting the Holy Flower Ticcarodecca with a blue tone, dyeing the sun's light blue.

The floor is made of white marble, the same as the church in Sorletta. But thanks to the indiscriminate reflection of that stained glass of light, it was softly stained with an empty color in the church.

We walk slowly as the hymn plays.

On both sides were plenty of wooden benches for worshippers, and near its front row were seated those who put together robes and put metal armor on them from above. If you look closely, they're all women. I don't have it today, but I have all of you aside with a big shield like Mr. Rosé always carries around. And the shield depicted the crest of Ticcarodecca.

(Dear Clerical Warrior? Besides, so many......)

When I came to the front of the altar, the hymn stopped ringing.

"Welcome aboard. Dear Iris Calvafon,"

Beyond the candlestick where the candle flames sway. Standing there with a cane is a woman wrapped in a robe with a design of holy flowers. Unlike Sister and the clergyman, Ticcarodecca, who is marginalised by a seven-colored shining thread, points out that she is a woman of higher rank.

"My name is Marie Arone, and I'm the bishop who keeps this church"

Bishop... Bishop? When I say bishop, you're in a better position than Mr. Alonda, right? Or wasn't the bishop the highest ranking in the substantive Church? In some cases, there is no possibility of being the greatest church official in this country.

"Uh, nice to meet you, Master Mariarone. As you already know, my name is Iris Calvafon."

"Heh heh, no need for such tough language. Don't feel comfortable calling me Marie."

"Yes... Dear Marie. Wow, about me, Iris and..."

Master Marie is wearing a thin veil on her head, from which her blue hair stretches long. Her eyes are sorrowful and her long eyelashes cover her eyes. Was I... was I just past thirty? I think you're younger than your mother.

"Heh heh, you're an adorable kid as we were talking about. Priestess Rosalis"

"We're out of time, Hibishop Marie. Yeah, as you can see, she's a sober woman."

Hibishop? Did you just say hibishop about Marie, Mr. Rose? I kind of felt that because I meant the bishop of the Church of the King's Capital, but this Mariarone, he can make me even the Archbishop.

I am not sure about the nobility, but I have also taught Mr. Alonda how the Church works, and I know it within the bounds of common sense.

The Archbishop is the honorary rank of the bishop, and that is what the bishop, who binds all the churches of this continent, is called. That number is only a few in the world. It counts with my fingers on both hands. Above them, there are only popes and goddesses anymore, a good person to call the head of substance in the Church organization.

"... Huh..."

Surprisingly, a strange voice leaked. If this is the case, maybe I should have gone to the bathroom first, when I started thinking about that half the time I meant it.

Katoooooon!!

When Marie struck the cane in her hand, the cleric warriors who had sat on the bench until then stood up in unison.

"I just wanted to say hello, and my role today is over. From here on out, about you. I will watch over the miracle of the goddess."

"Huh?"

When Master Marie said so, the Sisters who were chanting the psalm descended from the stage and were lined up behind Master Marie. That number is more than a hundred, graciously.

Saluena opened her mouth as so many people watched her.

"Iris. Remember what you received at Sorletta's Guild after crusading the Original Spirit Carbuncle at Nogrint St."

I didn't know what was going to happen or what I was going to do, and I guess my anxiety was showing up on my face. That's what Saluena said quietly as she stroked my back.

"Oh, yeah......"

As a reward for defeating Carbuncle, we have a lot of gems and...

"Ah..."

I found a connection between my past memories and my present sight, and I looked up.

Count the number of cleric warriors. Two on one bench, twenty-five in total. So fifty for all.

That matches the other reward received.

"Could it be... that the cleric warrior who is here..."

"That's right. Before leaving Sorletta Ritta, I asked Alonda to summon me."

Saluena grabbed my shoulder and slowly turned around. There were fifty cleric warriors there, looking to me.

"It was a good gathering. The Knights of the Goddess (Riviera) (Iluana). They inscribe their names on her fingers!

When Saluena shouted that out loud, which she usually wouldn't, the cleric warriors held a shield at the same time as when they stood up, putting it up in front of her chest.

Then the ticcarodecca depicted there pale...... no, it began to emit a powerful white light.

And as if to echo it, the ring on my left index finger also began to shine.