Holy Maiden’s Party
“Holy Shot!”
“Gugya!”
The goblin that flinched from my attack. Lig who approaches like he’s aiming for that opening. He nimbly gets close to the goblin and decapitates the goblin with the sword he swings up from below.
“Haa, as I thought, it’s no match for me”
Lig says that and is getting carried away when
“Lig, don’t speak with contempt like that”
“Ouch!”
Arnold-san who knocks Lig’s head from the back. Because they are master and pupil who possess the same Paladin’s occupation, they are on fairly good terms. Moreover
“Haa, haa, mo, monster extermination is tough huh”
“Gu……gaga……gi……go……”
The young gi……oops, young boy who defeated this pack’s leader, the Goblin Lord that is considerably large amongst the goblins.
His appearance, a face so lovely that would confuse anybody and black hair that is tied into a ponytail. His height is barely short of 160, a boy who looks like a girl to anybody no matter how they look at it. He is the same age as me, 13 years old.
His name is Noel. The Human Race’s Hero.
An occupation even rarer than Lig and the others’ Paladin, it apparently appears only once every several hundred years like my Holy Maiden. Furthermore, because it will certainly appear simultaneously with the Holy Maiden, these two occupations are apparently being called a pair occupation.
And then, it’s apparently quite lucky that it’s found in the Holy Kingdom this time. It seems the procedure and so forth would have been quite laborious had it been another country.
In the 1 year since we first met when we were introduced to the citizens, we have always formed a team. The Paladin with a promising future, Lig; the Holy Maiden, me; the Hero, Noel; and Arnold-san who’s in charge of our guidance. There are also other members but, we are currently separated and it’s only us.
If one were to ask why we formed a team and are exterminating monsters, it’s because we have been ordered to subjugate the Demon King by the Holy King’s orders.
The Demon King is, the Demon Race’s King. In our world, there are us, the Human Race; Those who are beast on some part of their bodies or beast as it is, the Beastfolks; Elves whose speciality is magic and have longer lifespan than us; Demi-humans Race like Dwarves who have a ridiculous strength and skilful fingers; and then, resembling humans, resembling monsters, although there are all sorts of appearances, all of them have horn somewhere on their body and red eyes. That’s the Demon Race.
Amongst all the various races that are living in this world, why did the Holy King ordered the Demon King’s subjugation. It’s simple, for the Holy Kingdom that has a Human Race supremacy doctrine, the Demon Race that isn’t Human Race is impermissible.
All the citizens believe that that the Holy King said and are supporting our journey. Indeed, there are those of the Demon Race whose appearance are very far apart from humans but, I personally think that it’s not to the point of being called ‘Devils’ though……
Besides, the reason might also be that the Demon Country is the closest to the Holy Kingdom amongst the non-Human Race countries.
“Stella, what’s wrong, you’re making such a glum look”
As I am thinking about the journey this time, Lig talks to me. Behind him, Arnold-san and Noel were also looking at me.
“No, I was just thinking about something”
“Is that so? Well, don’t push yourself too hard”
“Th, that’s right, Stella-san”
Noel also worries for me. Lig clicks his tongue when he sees that though, I wonder why Lig dislikes Noel that much?
Moreover, Noel who’s stealing glances at Lig and Arnold-san. This, it has been like this since we formed a team but, he looks at them with his face dyed in red sometimes. It’s as if……
“Hey, don’t get engrossed in talking in enemy’s territory too much. This here is the middle of the Forest of Demons that connects with the Demon Country. There are lots of monsters and there’s no way that the monsters don’t approach from the noise of the battle and the smell of blood. Prepare to leave immediately”
We who heard what Arnold-san said, immediately prepare to move from this location. Amidst the forest with a melancholic atmosphere in the air, haa, I want to quickly meet you, Hardt.
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I approach the goblin that Stella made flinch with her magic, and decapitate it……geez, she’s hopeless without me huh, Stella.
“Haa, as I thought, it’s no match for me”
Even if I defeat tens, hundreds of them, I’m completely not exhausted. Well, if I’m exhausted by something of this degree then I won’t be able to do anything though. I thought of that and
“Lig, don’t speak with contempt like that”
, my head was knocked. Tsk, the fellow I hate the most. Arnold who’s in charge of the guidance on this journey and thus accompanying us. Indeed, he may be stronger than me now but, I’ll definitely overtake him.
Besides, I can’t stomach that fellow as well. The man who’s the furthest in and defeated the Goblin Lord. He has the appearance like that of a girl and it’s disgusting but, he possesses the unique occupation that goes alongside with Stella’s Holy Maiden occupation, the man who possesses the Hero, Noel. Because this guy who’s even more special than our occupation Paladin appeared, someone like me was overshadowed.
Because of this guy, I have thought of killing if it appears like Stella’s eyes are turning towards him but, it seems she won’t turn towards this guy who’s girly in some respects.1
There are times when Noel is looking at Arnold and me, I basically ignore it when he talks to me. Since rather than talking to someone like you, talking to Stella is more meaningful.
Stella is thinking about something but, I’m by your side so it’s alright. I’ll certainly protect you, not something like the Hero, I will kill the Demon King!
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“Haa, haa, mo, monster extermination is still tough huh.”
I mumble as I stare at the Goblin Lord that lies before my eyes. Fuu, good grief, how long more do I have to fight these monsters! It has been 13 years since I reincarnated into this world, who would’ve thought that I’d get my hands on this kind of occupation!?
……Oops, I got agitated in my head. I have to calm down. So that the fact that I who’s a man is a woman doesn’t get exposed.
It’s not like I’m saying something strange, you know? I’m a reincarnated person who’s rare even in this world. I who died in my previous life was brought into this world by a male god who I don’t really understand.
I was told something like, he wants me to find the ones possessing the power that was his. Because of that, although my occupation is a Hero on the surface, I was told that it will change after I meet the person who possesses that power. I’m reluctantly being the Hero right now.
Furthermore, I was for some reason made to reincarnate into a man. Because of that, I was called a pervert numerous times until I got used to this appearance. However, I won’t be crushed by something like that. Don’t make light of an M2!
Sometimes, I have delusions of getting assaulted by goblins and orcs but, more than that, I want to be tied up by a hunk3! If possible, it’ll be great if I can find someone who will tie me up while I’m searching though.
Firstly, I have to do something about this body. Although I was born as a man, I’m glad that my appearance looks like a cute girl. If it’s just the appearance then it’s a girl so, if I do something about this elephant-san……
For the time being, I’ll stare at the hunks who are nearby for now. I’ll act like I’m concerned for the Holy Maiden and get close to the hunks. Lig-kun looks at me with a displeased look but, that also gets me slightly excited. Well, it doesn’t fulfil the standard of what I wish for though!
……Haa, are there no hunks around who will tie me up? I look forward to the Demon King.
- This paragraph is pretty difficult to translate. It can have different meanings depending on how it’s read in the original text.
- ドM: Masochist
- イケメン: Ikemen. Basically, good-looking man, hunk
