Chapter 68 Aimed Place
「Ahh, Saint-sama.」
「Please… please bring us light…」
A little far from the kingdom’s royal capital, there’s a huge and magnificent building. It’s beautifully decorated with stained glass and looks like a church. It’s a wide and magnificent structure that can accommodate hundreds of people. In other words, that person is yearned by many people to the point it needed a building like this.
Speaking of Saint, in this kingdom, it refers to Magali. Saint from this era… a person who protects and guides this country.
However, for the people who are gathering here, it doesn’t refer to Magali. The one they are relying to, the one they are clinging to, it’s not Magali. Ahead of many people who are kneeling and praying, a small girl stands alone.
Her age is younger than Magali’s. She really like a kid. Her smooth and beautiful golden hair hangs down around her back. She has a well-ordered face. Her expressionlessness makes her feel like an elaborate doll.
That girl is wearing a gorgeous and luxurious outfit. She looks down at the people who asked for salvation.
After stands still for a while, she slowly spreads her arms…
「Ohh…!」
Light poured from the sky.
The people who basked in that warm light are cheering. Some are crying with happiness.
The girl looked down on them with an emotionless expression.
「Thank you, Saint-sama!」
「Saint-sama! Saint-sama!」
In that church, loud cheering was rising.
The girl turned her back and started to walk, leaving the stage. Next to her, a man suddenly appeared. They enter a small room separated by a door from the large area of the church.
「Good work. Looking at the situation just now, our position in this city is rock solid.」
「Yes, Otou-sama.」
The man shows a filthy smile covered with desires that he never shows in front of people.
The girl who called him father nodded without expression.
「But, is it really okay with such weak magic?」
「Yeah, don’t worry. Your recovery magic is certain, but you don’t have much magic power that can cover that many people, right? Besides, those who really need your power… no, miracle, they can’t even get here. In the end, those guys can only cling to others. You don’t have to worry about it.」
「Yes.」
The girl said so not because she cared about them, so she nodded easily. The adults who rely on such a child, it has nothing to do with her.
And that is the same for the father in front of her…
「Ah, right. Get ready to pack up. That said, you don’t have much to bring, so it won’t take long.」
The girl tilts her head to the man’s words.
She had been in this town for a long time and never went outside. If she tried to get out, the man would stop her.
And yet, why he suddenly said that?
「What, we have spread enough faith here. Also, I can’t extort it anymore here.」
「Understood.」
Extort… what he means is money. Of course, he can’t say such things in public. The reason that man started a religion that worships the girl as a saint is to get money.
The girl is being used for it, but she’s not thinking anything in particular. She also doesn’t think about the believers that being extorted. She might be killed if that gets exposed… well, she doesn’t care about that.
It’s also troublesome to think, so she stopped thinking about it.
「Then, where are we going?」
Asked by the girl, the man grinned.
「A place with the most population where our influence hasn’t penetrated yet… the royal capital.」
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Power… I need power.
To build what I want to build and to protect it from unreasonableness.
In the end, a person with strong power wins in this world. If you cannot change the world, you have to adapt to it.
In terms of fighting power, it may be said that it has become sufficient. He won’t lose to most living things. If human, he can fight against such as the leader of a knight or a top class adventurer. If monsters, he can defeat monsters such as a dragon or behemoth.
But… but, that’s not perfect.
No matter how strong he may be, there’s something that can turn it over. Also, it’s not good to be optimistic that there’s no stronger person than him. The world is wide. It’s not good to be self-conceited.
However, it is difficult to expect further growth in terms of fighting power.
Then, what to do?
It is necessary to acquire power other than fighting power.
「Hmm……?」
A paper is fluttering down.
He usually doesn’t care, but for some reason he was attracted to it.
When he picks it up and sees it…
「Saint, birth …」
What written on the paper was that the Saint of this generation appeared.
Saint… it’s something that even he, who makes little contact with the outside world, knew.
The symbol that protects the country, and…
「Heals people …」
Healing … It may be a metaphorical expression. The people may be healed just by her existence.
However, if she has the ability to physically heal people…
「It might be the most necessary thing for me right now.」
His fighting power is sufficient. The next thing he needs is something other than it…
The man’s desire was directed towards Saint Magali.
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「Hii….. S-somehow… I have an unpleasant premonition…」
Magali’s ability to detect danger was magnificent.
