"Well, sit down." Would you like a cup of coffee or tea? "

……

"Oh no, don't look at me like that."It's okay, the people at the shop can brew it, so it's not poisoned. ”

Cecilia was brought to a cafe on the main street.

In a brighter atmosphere than before, Janice and Cecilia face each other with a smile on their face.

Janice raised her hand and called the clerk and ordered a drink for two, saying, "Well, I'll make you some tea."

"Don't be so vigilant.I'm not talking about getting something else to eat.I just wanted to talk to you. "

Talk?

Yeah, but don't you want to talk to me, too?

Confidently, Cecilia's face turned strange.Whether he didn't see her face or dared to ignore it, he laughed even harder.

"Because those are the only two people I called here."And yet I followed you. [M]I mean, you're going to come and talk about them to see me, right? "

"... why did you lure them out?"

"Before you do that, tell me why you wanted to see me."

Cecilia's face is getting more and more reluctant when she is told to do so.To stir her up like that, Janice grinned at Cecilia with a smile on her face.And I put hair next to my face in my ears.

Could you possibly have one of my earrings?

"Ahh!"

I knew it? That's a big win!

With a smile, Janice clapped her hands happily.

Cecilia lowers her voice to him.

"Maybe you left it there on purpose?"To lure me out? "

"No way! I didn't expect you to come."I was actually going to lure that candidate out.Did you say your name, Leanne? "

In other words, Ain and Zwei were lured out to lure Leanne into a tasting ceremony.With that in mind, Cecilia would have crushed his purpose.

As though mocking Cecilia's thoughts, Janice spoke with a bright voice.

"Well, she thought, 'I wish you could get caught' and spilled bait, so if you don't get caught, that's fine."I mean, you knights are the ones who have business. "

We?

"Yeah. I was actually going to ask the twins."It's funny, Cecil. I need you. "

Janice smiles nicely and puts her legs together with her elbows on the table.

"Cecil, you betrayed me and you became one of me."

Huh?

I don't know what you're talking about, and Cecilia's expression is dumb with her mouth open.

Janice peered at her with an emotionless smile.Even if I can tilt my neck, I don't know how to react.

Cecilia had a wrinkle between her eyebrows.

"I don't know what you're talking about.For now, you can't betray everyone. "

"Well, well, don't say that.Don't listen to me. It's downstairs as a bargaining trick.Besides, I'm not talking about stabbing my people later.He just wants me to give him a little information.Of course, I won't tell anyone you're a traitor, I promise. "

That's why!

If you betray me, I'll give you the [Sword of Selection] as a gift.

Cecilia was silent on the word "Sword of Selection".

You must have been excited.She sits herself down in a chair, standing up at some point.

"Of course, this is a reward for success, so I'm going to give it to you when my goal has been achieved."I don't think so? I don't think that's a bad idea.If you have my earrings, you want the Sword of Selection, right? "

……

Did you feel like listening to me?

Cecilia exhales all the air that has accumulated in her lungs.

Then, after a few moments of exhaustion, I opened my mouth.

“What do you want to do? What's the purpose?"

"I can't forgive the Catholic religion."

"Catholicism?"

"Yes. In fact, it's the Catholics who are spreading the 'barrier' throughout the country."

Unexpectedly, Cecilia took a breath.

With such a girl in her butt, Janice repeats her words.

"No, not exactly."That system has been around for a long time.There may no longer be anyone who truly understands and operates that system.But it was definitely the Caritadeans who created the system that made the Barrier possible, and I think we need to crush it. "

What do you mean?

[Barrier] is a system for grilling the candidate for Miko from among the people.

I don't know what you're talking about, and Cecilia bends her head.Janice then raised her index finger as if to teach her child to say, "I mean, I see."

"Anyone who is a citizen of the Prosperous Kingdom has a barrier."That seed sprouted and blossomed brilliantly, the candidate Miko.It was the barrier that sprouted, but did not bloom.The proof of this is that the mole that appears in the candidate for Amako is a [flower], and the mole that appears in the [barrier] is a [botanical mole], right?The Catholic Church sows the seeds of the Barrier throughout the land to find the Son of God, the object of faith. ”

If the story is true, the timing of the occurrence of the "barrier" coincides with the timing of the selection of the candidate for Amako, so it is time for the moles to blossom, so... it is easy to explain.In other words, because Miko's power was weakened, a "barrier" occurred, and Miko candidate was not born.

It was simply such a time.

"If it's a flower, it's the season..."

It is time for seeds to germinate and blossom during the year when the "Ritual of Selection" takes place.

"Of course, more than 90% of humans end up without seeds germinating."You don't even realize that you have such a horrible thing planted inside you.But don't you think it's terrible?The Catholics are putting their people at risk to protect their religion. "

If you ask me if it's terrible or not, I think it's really terrible.They are sacrificing people who have nothing to do with protecting what they believe in.

But if Janice is telling the truth, then it's a story.

Cecilia has no way of knowing whether the story is true or not, although it sounds appropriate.

"Besides, they have no respect for Miko or Miko, nor for the Holy Knight or the Knight."The "selection ritual" you're doing is actually a "pruning ritual", isn't it? "

"... what do you mean?"

"Pruning. In other words, cutting out the flowers (candidate) that we don't need for this period, and leaving the most beautiful flower (candidate for Miko)."Look, if there are a lot of flowers, the nutrients will be dissipated, right? "

And he said, "Do you have any reason to give them that?”Janice continued.