IMPORTANT: It’s kinda late but, there was an error in Chapter 64 that some of you guys may or may not have noticed.
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Holy Maiden
I follow behind the Pope. And Mery-san comes along behind me. Because there’s the incident in the room just now, the atmosphere is slightly heavy.
I was thinking during that. Christina-sama, who I met at the entrance, said that she won’t forgive me if I hurt her. Mery-san said to go back before I hurt her. The Pope said that she can’t carry on being alone like this.
It means that the Holy Maiden is carrying a problem that will cause her to be hurt huh. I wonder what it is. Is she terribly obese or something? I don’t really mind if it’s something of that extent though. For the time being, I’ll have to try meeting her.
As I follow while thinking about such things
“Here, we arrived”
the Pope says and stops. In here is the Holy Maiden huh.
“I’ve told Caro that you’ll be coming so Lei-kun, can you go inside by yourself? Mery is banned from going in”
“Un, understood”
I’m going in by myself huh~. I’m nervous. I’ll recall my encounters with my fiancees until now and use them to guide me.
On Alexia’s occasion, Alexia came in after the audience finished, she initially asked Sieg for a duel, but Sieg convinced her to do it with me, so I duelled Alexia, and I was liked by her.
……I can’t use it as a reference.
On Ferris’ occasion, I was struck in the face as soon as we met. ……I can’t use this as a reference either.
It can’t be helped. Let’s go, I guess. I can feel Mery-san’s eyes when I stand before the room the Holy Maiden is said to be in. Scary. But I resolve myself and knock the door. Thereupon
“Go ahead”
I can hear an impressive and beautiful voice. And then when I open the door and go inside,
“I have been waiting. Leivelt・Runwalker-san”
a young girl who’s about the same height as me was standing there. It’s just that what’s unnatural is the fact that she’s hiding her face. She’s wearing habit-like clothes and hiding her face with a mask. I wonder why she’s doing something like that.
Although I don’t know whether she could tell that I’m finding it odd, or she knows because she’s given the same kind of look every time,
“As I thought, are you bothered by it?”
“Eh? Eeh, that’s of course”
I say that and the Holy Maiden laughs self-deprecatingly.
“It’s fine even if I show it to you, but if you revoke the engagement after you see this, I believe Okaa-sama will be quite angry. So I think it’s better if I said it before you see it though, what will you do?”
“Even if you ask me, ‘what will you do’……”
I can’t just leave, right.
“I’ll see it. I don’t mind no matter what it is”
“……Is that so. Don’t regret it, alright”
I answer and the Holy Maiden gives off a slightly angry vibe. I wonder if I did something? And then the Holy Maiden first removes just the head portion of the habit that’s covering all the way to her head.
Thereupon, silky and shiny golden hair comes out from within. Its length reaches roughly to her waist and it sways smoothly whenever the Holy Maiden turns her head.
And then what appeared when the Holy Maiden placed her hand on the mask and removed the mask was, a face with beautiful features. Although she has a cold vibe from her almond eyes that she takes after her mother, she has a beautiful face. And then her right eye is, similar to her father, blue, but her left eye is glittering in gold.
“How is it, disturbing, right?”
She self-deprecatingly says to me. I tilt my head because I don’t understand what she’s saying, and the Holy Maiden tilts her head as well.
“……?”
“……?”
And then when I tilt my head to the other way, the Holy Maiden also tilts her head in the same direction, like she’s going along with me.
“……tte, say something! You have things you want to say, don’t you! Like, disgusting, like, monster! I’m used to hearing it, so say it!”
After I did something like that, the Holy Maiden snapped at me. ……I see, this is the cause of what everybody was saying huh.
I recall Marin-san from 4 years ago. At that time, she also had to quit the Magician Squad Captain just because of the fact that her eyes are of different colours was exposed. Although she’s currently working at the borderland, it seems she’s hiding it other than when she’s in the mansion.
And then I look at the Holy Maiden. I guess this girl has had some harsh experiences as well. I heard that Marin-san was abandoned by her parents simply because of that after all.
Although the Holy Maiden has had help from both her parents, it’s like what the person herself said just now, she’s probably been showered with acrimonious words by those who saw these eyes.
To make things worse, the Holy Maiden is known not just throughout the country, but throughout the entire continent. If it’s found out that such a girl has heterochromia iridum, the Pope and the others who were hiding it would probably be exposed to problems. She should be feeling a heavy pressure that an ordinary girl can’t fully withstand.
I can faintly see tears from her eyes. There’s no way she’s used to those words and yet she’s putting up a strong front.
I move closer the Holy Maiden without saying a word. The Holy Maiden takes a step back whenever I take a step closer to her.
“Wh, what! Sa, say something! Say som……eh?”
And then I hug her tightly. In truth, I probably mustn’t, but I thought that doing this is better than using some words now.
“I’ve said it right from the start, I don’t mind. So you don’t need to hide it in front of me as well. You don’t need to hold in it anymore”
And then I hug her tightly and strongly. Although the Holy Maiden twitched and trembled, she timidly brings her hands around my waist.
“……Is it fine? Even if I don’t hold back”
“Aah”
And then the Holy Maiden buried her face in my chest and started crying in an incomprehensible voice. All I could do was just to stroke her head.
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The Holy Maiden, who stopped crying after a few minutes, sits on a sofa that’s in this room and makes me sit on her opposing side. At that time, her face had become bright red like a boiled octopus. I’ll get embarrassed as well if you make a face like that to me though.
“……”
“……”
……This silent time is painful. I have to talk about something. Uuh, as I thought, do I ask things like the other party’s hobbies at times like these? Like what she likes? Aah, I don’t know! As I’m having such a mental conflict by myself, the Holy Maiden timidly speaks to me.
“I, I’ve shown you something embarassing, haven’t I. I shall introduce myself again. My name is Caroline・Arcadia. Although I think you’ve already known from the surroundings, I’m called the Holy Maiden”
“Yes, my name is Leivelt・Runwalker”
I was giggled and laughed at by Caroline when I introduce myself. Wh, what?
“Fufu, it’s fine to not speak so formally. The informal feeling just now is fine. Call me Caro”
Caro who says that and smiles at me. Un, adorable. An adorableness that’s different from Alexia and Ferris. Beautiful like a perfected doll with expressions.
“Okay, Caro. And what shall we do from now on?”
“Yeah. Are you really fine with it? I possess an eye like this though”
“I’ve said it numerous times, I don’t mind. There’s another person amongst the people I know who’s the same after all. I find both your clear blue eye and your gold eye, that shines like it illuminates any and everything, to be beautiful”
“Is, is that so……”
She looks downwards and her face turns bright red when I say that. Although she’s called the Holy Maiden and whatnot, as I thought, she’s just a girl.
“About my eye”
“Nn?”
Caro who suddenly begins to talk. Is there some kind of a reason behind that eye?
“It’s because of the Goddess’ Blessing. A person who possesses the Goddess’ Blessing is given titles and skills, and amongst the skills is one called,『God Eye』. It’s this left eye.
In proportion to the magic power, it can see far away no matter the distance, it can see the other party’s status, it’s also able to see the past and future. It requires an excessive amount of magic power so I’ve never used it before though”
Caro who says and laughs. Hah~, that’s amazing. Not only can she see far away, but she can have an insight into the status, and above that, even an insight into the past and future. Although it seems a proportionate amount of magic power is required for that, it’s straight up amazing.
“And I have another ability which is a skill called,『Ultimate Wall』”
Ultimate Wall. I look at Caro’s breasts-sama. Thereupon, a cushion flies from the front and crashes into my face.
“Gufu!”
“……I won’t forgive you the next time you do it!”
I look to Caro’s direction and she’s glaring at me while covering her chest with teary eyes. She’s bothered by it huh.
“An, and that『Ultimate Wall』 is another one of your ability huh”
“Eeh, this defends me against anything that has ill will. Physical, magical, poison, everything. It’s a constantly-activated-type that protects me. Just now when you hu, hugged me tightly as well, it would’ve activated if you had evil thoughts”
That’s close. Nevertheless, what an amazing ability. It defends her against all things huh.
“I’m able to extend the range by supplementing magic power to it, and the current me can encompass the State if I do my best”
All I can say is that it’s amazing. However, I wonder if it’s fine for her to say that much to me. Even though we’ve only just met today. Maybe Caro could tell what I’m thinking, she speaks out.
“It’s fine. You’re engaged to me, right? In that case, there’s no need to hide it”
She says with her face turning red. In that case, I guess I’ll talk about it as well.
