The Spearmaster and the Black Cat

"Lolo, fly here. 'Cause I'm gonna talk to that woman a little bit."

"Nah."

Lolo is also staring at the light of the gate when it rings' ok '.

All right, let's go.

- Immediately after diving the gate and exiting the mirror, the woman calls with Master Lulodis.

I was in prayer.

She opens her eyes and when she looks at me suddenly appearing out of the mirror, her eyes dot and stop the words of prayer.

And the moment my eyes crossed...

"Kee-ha."

- I'm sorry.

A woman screams.

I hurried forward and held the woman's mouth with my hand.

"I won't do anything. Will you not make a scene?

Something criminal.

She is shuddering and snorting tiny.

They figured it out.

I was holding my mouth. I let go of my hand for you.

"Uh, let's start by saying hello. Hello."

"Wha."

She blinks and looks at the black cat (Lolo).

"Ah, yes. Cat? Uh, hello. Are you God's servant?

You've come with God, well, you've got people out of the mirror.

Is it natural for that to happen?

"... no, no. An adventurer. And now I can say that I own this mirror."

"Were you an adventurer? I'm sorry for your loss. The phenomenon of mirrors glowing here continued, and people finally appeared from the inside, so I wondered if God's miracle had happened... I wondered if the emperor of Lord Lurodis, the Light God, had descended..."

She told me whether it was a church thing or not, and when she looked strange, she made me and the black cat (Lolo) come and look at me.

"It's not that big a deal. I'm sorry to surprise you. First, let's name it. My name is Shuya Kagari. Call me Shuya. And the black cat on this shoulder is Rolodine the user demon. It's called Rollo."

"Really? Lolo and Master Shuya, right? I am Rubia the Abominable."

Abominable? In the meantime, through, I nod and look over the room again.

"Rubia, I'm sorry, can you tell me where this place is?

She looks up and looks at me.

Is this kid a little over a hundred and fifty centimeters tall?

"Fine. This is the sacred church in [the town of Beltzam]. It is located southwest of [Zongdu Hesrifah]."

[Zongdu Heslifa]... I remember hearing it.

"Who is Zongdu Heslifa?

"It is the sacred patriarchal capital where the pope of [the religious state Heslifart] will live"

"Oh, I see."

I remember it by its country name.

A while ago, she attacked me about a beautiful woman (a vampire hunter).

Was his name Nora Aegbain?

Nora was talking.

Zongdu has a cathedral and says it's not the same size as the church on Heka Trail.

So the location of the church (here) is from Heka Trail, north of the north.

It's a region beyond the Gordix Grand Desert.

"... Um, is Master Shuya a well-known magician?

"No, don't do that. All of a sudden I'm familiar with Rubia, too, but I don't have the same pattern. And I'm not such a famous sorcerer. Some magic works, but I'm a warrior."

"Is that true? Use a mirror like this -"

Rubia interrupted the conversation on the way.

A small object (Trapezohedron) on the 24th side off the groove at the top of the mirror was coming back over my head.

It drifts through the universe as usual and swirls around my head.

"You surprised me again. Sorry."

I reluctantly grab a 24-sided object (Trapezohedron) and keep it in a small bag attached to my chest belt.

"Yes, no"

"By the way, is this mirror your property?

"No. They say it was donated to the church quite a while ago, but I don't know the details."

Hmm.

Still...... crazy.

I've been doing a lot of mastery checks since just now, but there's no magic vegetarian reaction around.

There were multiple reactions the other day, what do you mean?

Why don't you ask straight?

"... well. Is there a priest or something in this church right now?

"There is no one but me now. … the priest is on his way to [Mount Fortna] with other eunuchs"

Mount Fortna. You mean a pilgrimage trip?

I know there are things like that, but normally, do you want to leave me alone?

"Why is Rubia here alone?

"I..."

Rubia leans down and drops her temper.

Hmm? Hard to say.

"If you don't like it, you don't have to talk about it. I want to take a little tour of this town, so I'm gonna take a look outside."

That's what I said, I left Rubia and tried to leave the room.

"Oh, wait. I'll go, too. I'll show you."

"Well, nice to meet you"

The church is no different than the last time I came for reconnaissance.

I went up the stairs from the hallway and out to the side of the altar where the altar was located.

In the center there is a chapel and a long chair lined up.

He went through the outside side of the bench to the door where there was an entrance and exit as he looked at the religious paintings decorated along the wall.

Outside I see fields where corn-like plants grow unchanged.

Lolo leaps off his shoulder and runs to the field.

"Rollo, don't eat what's in the field, okay? Don't make it rough."

"Nnh, nya"

"Lolo, the black cat, she's fine. But it's strange. I can't believe people and cats show up out of those mirrors..."

Talk as you walk the dirt road away from the church.

"Ha, right,... By the way, you said this is [the town of Beltzam], is it far from Heslifa, where the capital is?

"Walk, I think it will take more than ten days. [Mount Fortna] is close."

As you walk at 4 km/h, the time you can walk in a day is about 7 to 10 hours...... is there more or less 300 km/h to Zongdu Hesrifah?

A horse or something would get there fast.

"... ok. Thanks. I'm sorry for all the questions, but is there an inn or something here?

"I do. It's all the way up that hill, all the way down the street away from town."

Is it at a distance?

"It's a long way from here."

"Is Master Shuya from the city?

Seems to be a decision.

"I don't think that's the way it is...... why?

"Because it's normal for inns to be out of town in these countryside. If there are streets directly in the town, the area of arable and grazing land will be reduced, and fields near the streets are prone to vandalism. It's also to make it easier to protect against raids from monsters and bandits."

Heh, you mean that. Is that what you make around here?

Near [Fadique] and on the streets of [Heka Trail], there was a city along the street.

Ah, that's why there was so much bandit damage then...

Oh, I just made a mistake, there may have been genuine towns and villages in a remote position like this [Beltzam].

"... I'm sorry, you know, he said I was urban"

"Hehe, did you still"

Rubia smiles.

Rustic and beautiful way to fix hair hung on the shoulder.

Golden hair and eyebrows, clear blue eyes.

Her skin burns a little and makes her feel young, but she's beautiful.

The collaboration between the long hair and long ears of gold seems to be a real elf.

But you don't have an elf-specific mark on your cheek.

And the outfit you're wearing is a qualitative piece of clothing full of black stains and dirty dirt.

My face is beautiful, so I can't bear it. Impressions like Cinderella before I met the prince.

"... I wonder what kind of life Rubia had in church?

"Uh, I'm helping the priest. I have a combat profession midwifery and because I am good at restorative magic, I use restorative magic to heal those who are sick or injured. I've also helped with hard work and monster extermination."

Fine, that's colorful.

If you keep having that conversation,

"Priest. Ah."

The kid came running out loud.

Hmm? He's got a crying face.

"Faye, what's wrong?

"Oh, there's no priest? But I don't care if you're a witch, Lit, Lit jumped off the fence and hurt his head."

"Okay. Let's hurry. Master Shuya, now."

Rubia, speaking with a serious face, lowers her head gently before running with the child.

I followed her because I was concerned.

The scene followed by running up hills and down dirt streets is lined with a lot of back-length fences that surround the fields in places with flowery gardens of vegetables that are different from cornfields.

There was a boy squatting on the ground in front of it.

"Ritto, are you okay? I'm gonna do some magic right now."

"Ugh..."

The boy is bleeding out of his head, but he seems conscious.

Rubia put her hands on the boy's head and the magic began.

"Grand Heel"

What!? No chanting? Rubia's eye color stains blue to red.

For another moment, but over her head, a goddess appeared with a wand shining in bloody red and black in both hands.

The goddess has three eyes and disappears with a merciful look on her face.

Rubia's thin hands glowed red, and the boy was engulfed in light.

The effect light that wraps the boy disappears quickly.

I saw it for a moment, like that goddess...... like I saw it somewhere.

"That, what is this place?

The boy stood up like nothing was happening all the time from the spot and was looking fine.

The head wound appears to be fully healed.

"Rite's silly."

The little girl, called Faye, is hugging Lit the boy and slapping him in the chest.

"That, Faye? Rubia the Witch."

The child called Lit looks at Rubia in surprise.

I cured you, what are those eyes?

"Lit, you fell out of your head, you got hurt, didn't you? Faye has informed me."

Rubia doesn't seem to care about the gaze of disgust and the word witch that can be directed from her child, and she has a tender face to work the child who made her recover.

"Ah."

As I recall, Litt was touching his head and checking for injuries.

"Lit. No more climbing this fence"

"Yeah......"

Say thank you to Faye.

"-Fay. Thanks. Thanks for your help. Thanks to Rubia the Witch."

"I'm glad I saved you. Witch, thank you."

Faye is hugging Ritt.

The boy was telling me to stop lighting up.

"Hehe, come on, thank me, go back to our own house"

"Huh."

"See you later, seriously."

The boy and the girl ran away well.

I'm also curious about witches...

Look at Rubia's face.

Why, what is it?

I don't know why this woman is called a witch.

Instead of a witch, she would only look like a goddess or a witch from this satisfying expression of mercy......

Why are you a witch?

I mean, I can't ask straight, so I'm also concerned about the goddess with the blood-wet wand I just had, and I decided to listen to it with the unchanging magic.

"Rubia is amazing. Like the goddess just showed up for a moment, but what does it have to do with the lack of chanting? Is that some kind of ability?

"Oh, yes. Are you a goddess? I don't know about that, but is it often unchanging to the wizard? And it surprises me. I was born with healing magic without the need to chant."

"Heh, that's an amazing ability. And yet, why are you having an Easter, not a priest?

"It's..."

She lay her eyes down hard to say.

I'm concerned. Do you want to hear it?

"I apologize if I offend you. I ask because I don't know anything about the church, but I think I could be a priest if I had such great abilities..."

"No. It's outrageous that you're a priest. I am an abomination. I'm just happy to be living in this sacred church of Beltzam."

It was through, but what the hell, an abomination...

"Abominable child? Where's Abomination?

"Eh."

"Hmm? What, the reaction? You just look like a normal pretty girl to me."

"Oh, no. I've never been told before...... I should have seen my eyes change red earlier, and even if I saw these“ long ears ”they would think so?

Is it a little shorter than normal long ears, no, Kish, Breeze?

"Yes, though. What's wrong with that?

……

Hmm, I leaned over, and I shut up.

The cheeks are dyed red. I'm more concerned with witch and abomination words than with such a cute reaction.

This child seems to have lived in an area where persecution and slander are commonplace.

"Ah, thank you..."

"No, not enough to thank me like that..."

There are only words that come out of it.

"That's not true. No one's ever lived to talk to me like that."

I'm curious, so listen. Oops.

"Really? If so, that's terrible. But why do my eyes change color and I'm an abominable child with long ears? I was throwing words at you earlier that the children were witches."

"Because it's true. I have been called a witch since I was conceited. Don't even chant. I could use restorative magic, so I treated him like a heretic child. They say that changing the color of these eyes is evidence of those who draw the blood of the Demons. Long ears are evidence of elves, so, as an abomination, they were immediately deposited in the church."

What? I had an unexpected, foreign reaction, yo.

I've been a witch and a heretic and an abominable child since I was a young child... that's awesome discrimination, dude.

But it's a world with slaves, I guess it's everything.

Instead, is it better not to be a slave, just to be kept in church?

"... are those eyes and long ears so abominable?

"Yes, because in this country, the Elves are considered to draw the blood of the Demons." In [Heslifart, a religious state], as a being close to contraindications, a being like me is one in which the Holy Church keeps itself and awaits the judgment of Lord Lurodis, the Light God. If they don't, they'll be sold as slaves or sentenced to burning by the Holy Knights. "

Ooh, no, a burning is a medieval witch hunt......

Salam witches or Jeanne Dulk.

"Maybe Rubia is a half elf?

"My father and mother seem to be human beings. So I don't think it's half."

People? Does that mean ancestral return?

“Apparently"... maybe I don't know my real father or mother.

Or who truly draws the blood of the devil tribe?

Yui also told me that she had demonic blood on her, but I hadn't heard any discriminatory words like hers from Yui.

Nola said the countries of the South down from the Mahaheim Mountains have a lot of people who profess a large number of gods, and it seems like this Heslifart alone social system.

"... ho, elves are treated like demons in this country"

"Yeah, yes. A long time ago, when the war broke out in the Elves' country [Befalitz Great Empire], many of the people who lived in the area were slaughtered by the Elves… I don't know how."

History repeats. or.

"We hear that most other countries are tolerant of elves, so all travelers from afar will be surprised. I hear that at the border, there are often skirmishes between an elf adventurer and a national guard who knows nothing about trying to get into the territory. And many elves are captured and enslaved.... It's rare to be deposited in a church like me."

Ugh, a discriminatory country?

"Religious state doesn't seem to be dat..."

"You don't like it, do you? But all the churches that raised me are warm. You take good care of me, too."

The church's taking care of you? Warm? Saying that doesn't make me feel any shards of warmth from Rubia's outfit......

It's getting pathetic when I'm listening.

"... that's good"

Sympathy, but only words that come out of it.

For example, why don't you leave this country because I'll pay for it?

Or something like that, the place is too far away to be responsible...

"... Yes"

"But what about leaving you alone?

"I can't help it. The pilgrimage journey seems important to the priest. You told me you'd leave this place to me. It seems the pilgrimage will take forever, so it's been, like, leaving a message."

"Why? Ever?"

"In the sacred churches of the provinces, priests go on pilgrimages, saying that churches where no one is present may be overthrown. He said. So he asked me to protect this place..."

With such a grieving Rubian grin, Black Cat (Lolo) ran back to see if he was satisfied with the field.

It's not like the Church of Christ I know.

Normally, you should take care of your local community, work hard as a pastor, and be a part of a community that carefully shares every day with everyone.

Well, I can't help but think in a modern image.

"Nah."

Black Cat (Lolo) jumped at me when I was fooling around like that.

Stop with your right shoulder over your jacket while using your tentacles well.

Gradually, you're starting to stain your masters with tentacles.

Perfect over a gymnast landing.

Mm-hmm. Dirt... dirt marks on my new coat.

"... Mr. Lolo. Your feet, your meatballs, they must be dirty."

That said, grab the root of the black cat (lolo) and hug him.

I lowered it straight to the ground.

"I'll wash it, you stay on the ground there, okay?

"Nha."

Remove the leather cloth from the back sac of the chest belt and let out the living magic water.

I washed these meatballs and wiped them one foot at a time.

But he's releasing water. He's worried about the fundamentals, and he starts hitting cat punches like shadow boxing toward the water he's releasing, and he starts playing.

"Cute ~, it's funny. Lolo."

When he manages to wipe the meatballs like that, Black Cat (Lolo) crosses from arm to shoulder to do a triangle fly and dives into the headscarf.

"I don't usually wipe it like this, but actually, this clothing, my coat, it could have been brand new"

Anyway, it gets dirty, but I want to keep it in mint condition for the first hour or so.

"That's an amazing beautiful product. The embroidery on your chest belongs to Master Ilias?

"Oh, yeah. You know exactly what I mean."

"Yes, it's rare in this country, so there's not much faith except in the God of Light and the Spirit of Light"

Is it close to monotheism?

Christian fundamentalism (fundamentalist), is it a teaching close to Islamist fundamentalism?

"... no way, wearing this coat, being persecuted?

"No, I don't think so... but there might be..."

It's possible... is it that thick?

Religious nation, too scared......

When you live here like you denied God, you sue the verb, like Galileo Galilee?

But it can be.

Watch the church for elves, witches, otherwise slaves or burns, right?

If my presence is exposed, the Knights of the Pope are going to fly away because it's not a demonic place, because it deserves contraindications or something.

There's such a dangerous group of people as the Pope's...

This country... I don't like it.

Well, for one thing, I know the place name, and it's time to go home.

I thought I'd go where the inn is, but it's far away...

... Yes.

When I heard about a frightening discriminatory nation where persecution was routine, my motivational switch to explore disappeared somewhere.

"... shall we go back to church?"

"Are you sure you don't want to go to the inn?

"Yeah, no more, no more"

"Okay. Let's go back."

And walk back down the dirt road to get back to church.

But near that church, I felt multiple magic vegetables.