Chapter 290: Human sin

Angelica and the girls who are saintess candidates were eating in a room in an inn in Comer city. There is no meat on the table, only bread and bean soup. Considering the style of the inn where Angelica and others are staying, it is a very simple meal. Moreover, Angelica had the meal carried to the room instead of the dining room all the way.

"Well then, let"s listen to your report"

After eating, Angelica wipes her mouth with a napkin.

"The reaction of the aristocracy is not good. There is a difference from the information we had been given in advance"

"It"s the same here. It seems that there isn"t as much room for aristocrats as it used to be since Udon Kingdom"s political change"

"Watch your words. This is not the Holy Country Jardalk. Avoid misleading statements where you don"t know where or who is listening"

"Yes, Sister Angelica, I"m sorry"

A girl reprimanded by Angelica expresses her apology with no expression.

"What is the reaction of influential people other than aristocrats?"

"I can"t say it"s going well. I was able to meet with the chairman of Mago Company, he showed only interest in the holy G.o.d medicine, but didnt receive it"

"The same is the case with other merchants, and those who have begged us to give in are not as powerful as we are asking"

There is a clicking sound of the fork and tableware hitting. Basically, only those who report to Angelica speak, so the sound resounded more than imagined.

"So how was your audience with Marquis Muss, who governs this city?"

"I had an audience"

A girl raises her hand. For some reason she has a faint reddish cheek.

"You did well. Marquis Muss, who is said to be incompetent among the aristocrats, is a tentative figure. He is a cunning figure among the royal n.o.bles who are so incessable that he becomes a Marquis"

"No. Sister Angelica, he"s not the kind of bad guy that people say. He"s very kind......hou......he was like a prince in a story"

Did she remember the audience with Muss? The girl sways her body while daydreaming.

"What are you saying? That"s exactly why Marquis Muss is afraid of your condition right now! I should have gone myself if this was the way to go. I will be in charge of today"s audience. This is good!"

"That"s right. He promised me to take some time for me while he is still busy with affairs today. That"s terrible, Sister Angelica"

In the unusually emotional appearance of a girl who expresses her opinion, Angelica senses a glimpse of Muss"s horror, known as humanity. And――the sound of the fork and tableware hitting the room echoes again.

"Just a while ago, what is it? Sister Evalina, your manners are bad"

Angelica and the others had already finished their meal, but only Evalina was unsuccessful in trying to stab her fork into the beans in the soup and she hit the fork and plate many times. It was Evalina who made the cause of the sound.

(Someone has deceived those innocent children, otherwise they wont say Im a liar)

"Sister Evalina, are you listening? I have something else to say. Even though I warned you, you went to the slums, didn"t you? Explain it"

(Maybe it"s the work of the person called Yuu. It"s an unmistakable evil to deceive innocent children who don"t know anything, it"s villainy. I can"t forgive, I can"t forgive. As a believer of Irigamit, the G.o.ddess of light, I can never overlook it)

"Sister Evalina!"

The plate with the soup cracks with a clicking sound. Slowly, the soup expands as if eroding on the table.

"Hii. Si, Sister Evalina?"

(I have to get the kids back on the right track. I"m the only one who can do that now)

"Sister Angelica"

"Y, Yes"

Angelica, whose name was called by Evalina, involuntarily sounds shrill and nervous.

"I will take another action today"

"Y......Yes? Ah, but. Hii"

Evalina just looked at Angelica, but that alone scared Angelica.

"Is there any problem?"

"N, No. Nothing. However, we were originally planning to stay for 10 days in Comer, but I was contacted that we only stay till tomorrow. It seems that there was a difference in contact that became a sudden change, so......is that true?"

"Sister Angelica, I understand"

"I, I"m glad you understand"

Evalina smiles and replies to her, leaving the room as it is. Angelica"s forehead, who remained in the room, had a ball of sweat on it.

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Comer City"s slums. When the rogues on the road meet, they hurry and turn their eyes away or disappear as if they were fleeing to the alleys and ruins. The boy who is the cause――Yuu walks down the road without paying attention to such a thing. If a well-dressed person usually wanders into the slum, the party who approaches as much as not missing the prey is a pitiful appearance of those who are taking care of a part of evil. However, from the other side, those who are willing to look at Yuu and get involved will emphasize that they are nothing but idiots.

"Yuu-niichan"

"Namari, Momo, h.e.l.lo!"

"Mari-neechan, good morning"

However, it seems that the children living in the slums do not know the delicate relationship between such adults and as soon as they see Yuu, they flock.

"What? Mari-neechan, what about Koro and Ran?"

"Even if they look like animals, Koro and Ran are rank 5 monsters. It seems that someone who was worried about walking around the town complained to the Adventurer"s Guild"

"Eh!? Neither Koro-chan nor Ran-chan do anything wrong!"

"Adults just care about strange things"

"A man had a wolf and he said that the wolf in the house wouldn"t bite people. But one day the man disappeared and the worried village residents went to the man"s house. There was dry blood stuck to the floor and there were torn clothes and skeletonized bones that seemed to be from that man. Do you know what I mean?"

Yuu preaches to the children who say cheeky things not to trust monsters and animals easily.

"Koro and Ran are fine"

"Hey"

"Ah, that"s right"

It was useless.

"Yuu-niichan, are you going to the orphanage? Can we go with you?"

"No"

"Why?"

"It"s okay, isn"t it?"

Girls holding hands with Namari knead while waving their hands.

"That"s right. The sweets that Yuu-niichan brought last time were really delicious!"

"Right? That"s a sweet from a famous sweets shop in the royal capital, and even if you know how to make it, you can"t get that taste

"Tsk"

A boy who didn"t divert the story regretfully clicks his tongue.

"That"s right. Einal is in a brothel with a half-elf woman"

"Grandpa Bob isn"t on good terms with the aunt who lives next door"

"The butcher shop over there sells a mixture of old meat, so you have to buy it on the go"

Children tell Yuu what information they know. All the information is insignificant――

"The other day, a n.o.bleman I had never seen was walking in the aristocratic district"

"Then yesterday I saw a woman in a white robe entering the mansion of Marquis Muss"

"I saw it too. A woman in a white robe was talking to a merchant"

――Some information that cannot be ridiculed are mixed in.

"Hey"

"I know. It just happens to be what I"ve seen and heard"

"We don"t chase after it. That"s right, right?"

"Yeah. I"m not doing anything dangerous"

The children glared at by Yuu explain that they are not chasing deeply in a hurry.

"I understand. You can follow me, but there"s nothing big about it"

"Hooray!"

"I have to let everyone know"

"Why do you need to let others know?"

"If I keep silent, I"ll get into a fight later"

"Okay okay, we arent unfair"

Yuu forcibly consents whether it is such a thing when the rule of children who live in the slum is not understood well. Yuu and his friends take the increased number of children and ask about the orphanage.

"Yuu-niichan"

"Listen, listen!"

"That"s right? A liar sister has arrived"

Young children flock to Yuu"s feet.

"What is it"

As Yuu asks for an explanation, he glances at the older boys.

"Yesterday, while we were going to work, there seemed to be an Irigamit woman coming and she told an old story"

"She is a liar!"

"She lied because she said beastmen are bad!"

"These guys have been stumbling since yesterday. If you like, Yuu-niichan will tell a old story"

Yuu is hugged by children with tears and runny noses.

"I just came to see what the orphanage was like"

"Yuu-niccan, really story"

"Okay, I will do it"

From younger to older children to the slum children, they sit in the yard of the orphanage.

"Haa......"

Yuu looks over the children, sighing blatantly. Mixed in with the children, Namari and Momo are also waiting for Yuu to speak. Marifa only refrains quietly behind him. It is an old story that he has already told many times and Yuu himself is tired of it. For the children who still have to talk, Yu starts talking.

Once upon a time, much longer than the Holy Calendar. At that time, most races, such as beastmen, elves and dwarves, despised humans as a vulnerable race. The human race was so weak that they lived in fear of their days like insects crawling on the ground. But the human race can"t do anything about it. They didn"t have the time or human resources to raise many people. One day, they got together in a human nation and held a meeting. The content of the meeting was about how to improve the status of the human race and whether there are any good proposals to nurture the best people. They spent a lot of time discussing it, but no representative from any country came up with a good idea.

"Kanmurida Kingdom"

"Don"t go before!"

It"s a waste of time to discuss anything and when they try to end the meeting, a man raises his hand. The man was one of the guards who followed the representatives of the Kanmurida Kingdom. The man, who is not even a representative, begins to speak. He said「If you don"t have human resources, you just have to bring them from elsewhere」. With the exception of a group from the Kanmurida Kingdom, no one could understand what the man meant. In a bewildered meeting, the man continues to talk. 「I know how to summon people from different worlds that are convenient for us」, said the man, who was good at alchemy as well as summoning.

"That"s what happens to Sister"

Some countries have voiced that such inhumane imitations are unacceptable, but most are in favor of the Kanmurida Kingdom.

"Why?"

Humans were so weak and they were oppressed by other races every day. Royalty in any country wanted to protect the people of their country with any means. Various countries begin to summon, stamping out the voices of a few opposing countries. When the Holy Country Jardalk could not help losing, they summoned a girl from a different world. Black hair and black eyes――yes, it is a girl who is called 『Black Saintess』 after that.

(What a lie to the children)

However, contrary to the expectations of the Holy King, the Black Saintess was a helpless girl with no power. The Holy King mourned. Because summoning required a huge amount of sacrifice...he couldn"t exercise it. The black saintess screamed and protested at the disappointing royal aristocrats of the Holy Country of Jardalk, calling them on their own. However, the Black Saintess had only one power that no one had. She was able to communicate with any race. However, if it does not do any good from the people around you, you will be showered with hearty words.

"That"s terrible!"

It was a tough world for a middle school girl to live in.

"Yuu-niichan, what is a middle school girl?"

"Ah, it"s like an old group"

"I see"

However, the Black Saintess still did not give up on living. She does what she can. That was all that the Black Saintess could do. She only contacts the beastmen, using her unique power to communicate with others. It didn"t work from the beginning. After many quarrels, sometimes fights and still patiently negotiating, the Black Saintess finally succeeded in meeting the Beast King, the king of the beastmen. Each human nation was surprised. The beastmen were such a ferocious and terrifying existence.

"I"m not so scary, right?"

"Because everyone already knows that"

The black saintess who successfully interacted with various races, but one day she revealed a ridiculous monster. It was called an existing thing because it was frank even to call the name.

(You"re a heretic. No doubt this boy is a heretic!)

"Who read the thing?"

"No, I don"t think anyone is calling. However, there are some trashes who think about similar things in every world"

The thing is large enough to reach clouds and just moving causes a ground sound as if the earth was frightened. The terrifying power was not even a match for the eight great dragon kings. The black saintess"s judgment was swift, as every race was in turmoil, not knowing how to respond. Even if they fought individually, they were sure to lose, and they gave up. That is, she was fighting the thing by bringing together the power of all races. No matter how great a king is called by a mighty one, it is impossible for different races to join forces. But the Black Saintess did it. No, only the black saintess could do it. From the humans, the beastmen, the dragons, the ancient giants and the heavenly beings, each hero was chosen to lead everyone. These are the ones who are called 『Heroes of the beginning』 after all. 『Heroes of the Beginning』 will lead tens of millions of troops gathered from various races and challenge the last battle against the thing. Many lives were already scattered. The black saintess is one of the 『Heroes of the beginning』and the hero of light――

"That"s it!"

When the children, who were surprised by the loud voice, looked back, Evalina, who had jumped out of the gra.s.s, stood there.