(O3O)/ – Here is Ch-20!!!

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–…if I"m really… it right… -ell maybe not?

–…it"s cold… -ose the curtains….

I can hear a voice.

–No way… if you… -ight now… -ou will get caught.

A familiar voice.

–…dispose of it?… what if Leo… he will cry.

–……-ou"re right.

The voice is really familiar.

(…I know that voice)

It"s Leena"s voice… or more precisely, his voice.

Leo"s mind was becoming more and more clearer by the time.

But his head was hurting really, really bad.

I feel like this happened before.

“Oh look, he"s finally awake.”

“So you finally woke up?”

“I"m, sleepy….”

It feels like my head will burst.

“……Ow…!”

When he was about to say: “Good, morning,” pain suddenly welled up in his throat.

“—–!!!”

“Don"t speak, idiot!!!”

After waking up, he got a scolded by Leena.

“If we didn"t notice, you would be sleeping in the streets by now.”

‘Leena is always complaining when we speak." – Thought Leo, pouting slightly.

“Morning. Sleep well?”

And just like that, Bruno asked. He was always a man of few words.

But if it was just that, it would be good but,

“c.o.c.k! c.o.c.k! c.o.c.k!”

‘Why I"m sleeping here with a bunch of chickens." – Was the first thing Leo thought, when he noticed where he was.

While holding his head in pain, Leo glanced around the room.

Piles of firewood, chickens roaming through the floor and the sun that shone through some parts of the broken ceiling.

“The chicken house…?”

Yes, he was sleeping inside the chicken house of Hannah"s Orphanage.

“What happened…? I remember I was at the presentation… and then the ceiling….”

But while he was trying to remember what happened, Leo noticed that something was missing.

“The gold, coin-!?”

Leo searched his entire body for the gold coin.

But it was not there.

The gold coin he had taken from Albert had disappeared.

“Bruno! The gold, coin! Where, is it!?

Leo grabbed the s.h.i.+rt of his best friend and shook it, questioning the whereabouts of the gold coin, but because of the difference in boldly proportions Bruno didn"t even sway.

“Calm down. What coin…?”

“As soon as you wake up, the first thing you want to know is about gold coins… that"s the Leo we know.”

Bruno leaned his head to the side and Leena was troubled because of how greedy Leo was.

But Leo shook his head to the sides.

(I was holding it, so it should be with me, but…)

When Leo tried to explain, they noticed he couldn"t use the formal language that well, so they switched to Eland and Leo explained properly to them what happened before he lost consciousness.

“–So the ceiling, for some unknown reason, fell on you and you"re alive.”

“But why did you appear in Leena"s room?”

To which Leo said: “I don"t know.” Gold coins sure are mysterious.

“Wait, before you appeared in my room, you asked for help, right? Isn"t that the problem?”

“That, may be, so.”

‘Leo"s wish of being helped probably became a spell, that was activated by your subconscious mind, maybe." – Explained Leena.

“But, who would have thought that Harlet was that kind of guy….”

“That"s not the important thing here! We are talking about my gold coin! not Harlet!”

Using common sense, Harlet"s betrayal to the crown was more important than anything. But, from Leo"s point of view, his lost gold coin was more important.

Leena sighed loudly, which made Leo pout.

“And because you lost it, while you were unconscious, you want our help to find it?”

“Well…… yeah.”

Leo calmed down a bit after Leena"s proposal, and he said: “I"m worried about the coin.”

Leena said: “Okay.” And explained the situation they were in.

According to Leena"s explanation, Leo appeared in Leena"s room three days ago with a flash of light.

Leena was taking an afternoon nap at that time.

“You can"t! You have to work and earn a lot of coins!”

Leo was enraged when he learned of Leena"s lack of diligence.

“You and Bruno keep saying the same thing over and over.”

Leena tried to refute Leo"s anger, but she couldn"t win against him.

Maybe Leo was loosing his awareness as a man and becoming more and more female.

And because of Leo"s sudden visit, Leena and Bruno had to hide Leo inside the chicken house.

“But why keep it a secret from the others?”

“I heard this while patrolling the streets, the people of the academy are searching for someone named Leonora von Harkenberg. What did you do, for them to search you like this.”

For some reason, the Hannah orphanage was the first place they came searching for Leo. And that"s why they had to hide him inside the chicken house.

“Why….”

Leo turned blue.

The prince probably wants Leo"s head, for stealing the gold coin.

“What I"m gonna do… I don"t want to die….”

And seeing Leo trembling like a newborn deer, Bruno decided to ask again,

“What did you do…?”

And with a sorrowful face, Leo confessed what happened.

He told them that the coin he had polished for years was actually a Dragon Mark, that he saved the crown prince from some bullies when they were younger and demanded some compensation for the deed. And that when he was summoned to the academy for the first time, the coin"s original owner, prince Albert, found the coin and said he wouldn"t give it back, so at the presentation Leo found the opportunity to take it back.

“You… in that kind of situation….”

Leena wanted to strangle Leo.

“But…! But…! The coin was s.h.i.+ning more than usual…! And I…!”

Why do people climb mountains? Because there is a mountain there!

And that"s the relations.h.i.+p between gold coins and Leo.

“Prison…? Maybe torture…? No way… death.”

Is death penalty the only way out? If I give back the copper coins I stole from those other n.o.bles, maybe they will lessen my penalty. And if I beg for forgiveness maybe they will lessen it even more.

But the gold coin Leo stole from the prince wasn"t with him, how would Leo explain that he lost the coin.

“What can I do for him to forgive me….”

And Leena, tired of seeing Leo going back and forth between scared and depressed, said.

“If we change back now, I"ll be the one waiting for the death penalty, right?”

“Huh…?”

Leena"s face was dead serious.

“The prince is looking for this body, right? Not you, Leo.”

“Yes… but… we… I can"t….”

“You know that I"m right.”

“………Un.”

Leo didn"t try to refute and admitted that Leena was right.

(But… if we change now… Leena will be killed because of me?)

Leo was dreaming for this moment to come, but this is not how he imagined it to be.

It"s true that she turned his life upside down. But Leo didn"t hate her, and he didn"t want to see this happen to her because of his mistake.

The three remained in silence for a long time.

But before long, Leena broke the silence with a sigh.

“It can"t be helped.”

“Huh…?”

Leo"s eyes flickered.

Some would say that there is no way out of this situation.

Leo wanted to tell Leena that she didn"t need to do it, that he would be a man and a.s.sume his mistakes. But nothing came out of his mouth.

“What goes around comes around. I nearly destroyed your life once, I won"t run away from it this time.”

Leo was a bit surprised, knowing that she cared about what she did to him.

“But…! But…!”

“But what? Do you know any way out of this?”

Leena"s tone of voice wasn"t angry, just emotionless.

“In the first place, we made a contract. If you came back alive and well, I would give your body back to you.”

Leo always thought that Leena would violate the contract. But turns out, Leena wasn"t that much of an “A**hole,” like Leo imagined her to be.

But, if she didn"t have this level of resolution, in the first place, she would never have thought of trying to resist the Weiz Magic Academy yearly summon.

“B-but… you….”

Leo couldn"t think of anything. The only thing he didn"t want to happen, was to see Leena, an innocent person, caught in the mistakes he made.

When Leo made mistakes, Bruno would always be the first one to say: “This is wrong.” Or “No you can"t do this.” But the same Bruno, that was always resolute on doing the right things, was:

“I know that this is your responsibility, Leo. But lets have Leena take care of it this time.”

Actually, Leena and Bruno had become good friends as of recently.

It was strange how they could accept this without fighting back. And this was gnawing Leo"s heart.

“Oh, and… the gold coin I promised… I"ll tell you where you can find it.”

“Yes, we will receive your feelings with grat.i.tude and never forget about you.”

Leena"s face wasn"t sad anymore.

“You should find a way to persuade them or apologize. And if you can, escape.”

“That… but….”

To put it simply, their conversation looked like the script of a tragic story.

And while Leo was biting his lips, opening and closing his mouth, Leena slipped something into his pocket.

“But well, I can"t go right away. We need to wait for your magic power to replenish, because it was considerably used for your last spell.”

Then out of nowhere, Leena gave two gold coins to Leo and put it in his hand.

That"s the thing Leo loves more than anything, two pieces of Karlheinz Raimund gold coin.

“This…!”

“One is because of our contract, the other one is for returning my body to me… I"ll give the other one when we change back to normal.”

“……….”

Leo"s mouth was gaping open. He was entranced by the two gold coins.

Leo said he would escape from the academy, but by doing so, he ended up hurting an innocent girl.

He wanted the gold coins… but….

The hand that was holding the two gold coins lost it"s strength and Leo dropped the coins on the ground.

“I… I….”

“What are you doing, these are part of the contract. You don"t need to be worried about me, I know how to handle myself, okay?”

And to the end, Leena would always be Leena.

True, she may die by the hands of the imperial crown prince, but the fact she upheld her promise with a smile, said more about her personality and herself than Leo could wish for.

Leo felt someone holding his hand, Leena had grabbed his hanging right arm with her left hand and,

“Here.”

However, something strange happened when Leena tried to put the coins back on his hand.

“–Huh?”

Leo didn"t want to touch the coins.

He shook his arm free from Leena"s grasps, making the coins fall on the ground again.

“Wh!?”

Bruno forgot to use Eland and leaked a loud voice.

“Huh…? Eh? is this serious?”

Leena wasn"t believing what she saw.

And Leo was sweating a lot.

(No…! I don"t want this!)

Leo had never rejected any kind of coin, be it copper, silver, or even gold.

Bruno was making a face of extreme disbelief.

And when Leena saw the face Bruno was making, she finally understood that this was pretty strange. Leo would always welcome some free spare exchange.

Leo"s face was full of terror, something he would never point toward his beloved gold coins.

“No way… no way, no way, no way!!!” (Tl/n: NAI-WA!!!)

It seems that Bruno was a bit broken.

“Le… Leena, this is….”

Leo was no longer speaking in Elantic.

And being asked to, Leena went and saw something strange.

“It"s a summoning circle.”

The same one Leena saw at the day of the Enrollment Ceremony.

“…*Hic*…*Sob*… why now…!”

Even though Leo didn"t want to see Leena die, he wasn"t ready to meet Albert right now. Leo didn"t know what to do but cry.

“Wow!”

Because of the magic circle, some chickens started to fly inside of the chicken house.

“…*Hic*… uuh, why now…!”

“Hey, Leena! Help me stop this thing!”

“Are you crazy! You can"t stop this even if you wanted! This is the magic of the founder of the empire.”

Bruno didn"t want to see his best friend off like this. But Leo, with tears in his eyes, said: “I"m okay.” And smiled toward the two.

Leo wiped his tears. He wanted to cry, but he needed to be strong.

“It hurts…! The chickens are getting in the way!”

Leena screamed.

And Leo"s vision was blurred by feathers. A LOT OF FEATHERS.

“At least take one gold coin with you! It will help!”

Leena tried to make Leo grab one of the coins, but….

The summoning circle had activated. Leo was gone.

“I… couldn"t do anything.”

Bruno remained there, looking at the place Leo was before.

After a while, the chickens had become more calm.

“Collect anything usable, we"re going to find Leo.”

“Are you crazy! He was kidnapped by the prince! Even if you want to, the only thing that will happen is me and you behind bars, Bruno!”

But the fierce face made by Bruno made her step back.

Leena put her right hand on her forehead and sighed.

“Okay! Lets go! But if the situation becomes bad I"ll leave you behind!”

Her throat was becoming sore because of all the screaming.

“Yeah… Lets go.”

“Haaah, this guy!”

Leena, who"s strength and endurance was still questionable, chased after Bruno that started to run.

And on their backs, on the roof of the chicken house, a chicken, that for some reason looked smug, leaked a loud “c.o.c.k!” and vanished.

Weiz imperial calendar, year 1080, a night of full moon.

This day is recorded as the most beautiful night, that everyone present experienced, in the entire history of the empire.

The beautiful girl that everyone was searching for, appeared without any bruises despite the all the rubble that fell onto her, at that day on the presentation.

She was wearing a white dress.

Her purple eyes were s.h.i.+ning and her black hair was perfectly undulating in the wind.

Her smooth white skin reflected the moon light and white feathers danced around her.

Leonora von Harkenberg. The Altruistic Saintess and The Bringer of Miracles.

Her legend and the innumerable miracles she left behind, along with Prince Albert, later called The Golden King, their story had only just begun.

Tl/n: Hey guys, so… last chapter I said, “See you all next week” or something… but curiosity got the better of me and I ended up translating Ch-20.

You guys can see this as me being an hypocrite, but I had nothing better to do so… here is anther chapter?

Bye, bye∼♥ And this time for sure, see you all next week.