Chapter 26 (1/2)

Greetings, it's Asther.

I'll be taking care of this novel's translation from now on under the name tag “Arisa” (following site standard). As with the other novels I translate, I cannot promise a timely update, but I can promise an update every week unless something crazy happens.

Just like other translations I've done, I will only be putting the translator's comment/notes in the beginning of the first chapter I'm doing. From the next chapter and onwards it will be done after the chapter's end since I know everyone comes her for the chapter and not for my rant. The exception is if it's something important that readers need to know (i.e. meanings of some phrases), which I will put right in the chapter very briefly.

On that note, there are some changes that will be made from the translation done by our friends in the starting from for example the definition of Majuu and Mamono which I will translate into “Magical Beast” and “Magical Beings” respectively. Other changes will be made when we get to it.

Anyways, enjoy your chapter, enjoy your stay, and enjoy your day.

—Astherfeld Cryomorph

It's an Mysterious Old Man, but…

—From all around us, there were stares, stares, and more stares.

The people around the road kept stealing glances toward our direction.

But we still proceeded into the city in the middle of the road.

Yet there was not a single person that would stop us on our course.

Arisa is leading the way with me and Ellie following behind her.

She was looking directly forward as her long silver hair flutters while she walks.

We could hear whispers going on around us.

“Oi, is that perhaps…”

“That crest, it's definitely the sorceress…”

Why is the sorceress here? What's going to happen…?”

—Fear, surprise, and unease.

All those sorts of feelings are directed toward us.

We ignored them and continued forward without a word.

“I am the Fire Sorceress, Arisa Fio Asteria. I come to talk with the lord of this territory. Let me through.”

Arisa's eyes turned sharp.

It's as if she wasn't asking.

Suddenly facing a sorceress with such att.i.tude, the guardsman was clearly shocked.

(Poor guy…)

“B-But, we cannot just let you enter without confirming your ident.i.ty as the Fire Sorceress…that is the rule…”

The guards stated fearfully while keeping an eye out to the changes in Arisa's facial expressions.

“…do you realize what would happen if you oppose me?”

Arisa glared at the guards even more intensely.

The guards squealed wiht a Hii!

“Master, it is time…”

“Yeah, you're right.”

Ellie whispered at me.

The faces of the guards and the people around us that witnessed Arisa's wrath turned deathly pale.

It's understandable since it's Arisa, the sorceress that's probably more powerful than a large-cla.s.s magical beast. A large-cla.s.s beast could flatten a city, and she's more powerful than that.

I could easily imagine the people around us thinking…what would happen if you anger her.

(Ah well. This is a good time. It's embarra.s.sing, but this is the plan…)

But if I'm going to do it, I can't hesitate.

From now on, I'm her disciple and exclusive butler!

That's right, I'm her butler!

Only right here and right now!

I need to act like her butler…act like a butler!

I continuously suppressed the feeling of agony welling up in my chest.

I took a step closer toward Arisa, held her hand and said,

“—Arisa ojou-sama, is it not about time to cease your jest? You should not be wasting your precious time here.”

I used a formal language I wouldn't use normally.

And then, while my face looked calm and invigorating,

(I'm dead. I'm already dead. I died in agony)

Ellie stifled a laugh looking at me from the side.

“You're right, my beloved Edgar. Then…you there, can you take care of the necessary preparations?”

Arisa looked at the guard like she's looking at a piece of garbage, and then his feet froze as he stood with a c.h.i.n.k!

“—Hii!”

“…and make it easy.”

Arisa quietly smiled at the guard.

After a brief processing, they confirmed Arisa's ident.i.ty.

“We have confirmed your ident.i.ty! We apologize for the long delay! Please go ahead!”

The guards said thus and lowered their heads.

(…I'm really sorry, guards.)

“Yes, thank you. Well then, gentlemen, I bid you farewell.”

Arisa walked with her mantle fluttering.

Me and Ellie bowed toward the guards and pa.s.sed through.

There were no longer anybody that would stop us. Not the guards nor the people around us, and to that, I stroked my chest in relief.

Thus, for the first time since I was transported into this world, I entered a city.

The guard couldn't believe what had happened in front of him.

The silver-haired, red-eyed girl.

The girl with the spitting image of the rumored, legendary witch.

Additionally, on her black, military uniform,

A violet crest was seen.

—Without a doubt, it's the garb of the fire sorceress.

It was a garb that belonged only to the most powerful sorcerers in this world, inherited down for a thousand years.

It was so well known, people wrote nursery rhymes about it, so it was something that even children knows.

And the mana that's leaking out from that person…

It was similar to the sorceress that disappeared decades ago.

[The Fire Sorceress, Arisa Fio Asteria]

A matchless fire-attribute magician.

She had silver hair and pure white skin and a pair of crimson eyes.

That girl had the exact same appearance of the witch of the legends.

The previous Fire Sorcerer discovered her talent and took her in as an adopted child.

She then studied sorcery under him and earned the t.i.tle of the youngest sorceress in history.

Afterwards, decades ago, the previous sorcerer pa.s.sed way, the girl inherited the position and started to conceal her whereabouts.

That was the general knowledge about the Fire Sorceress Arisa.

Why did the predecessor made her a disciple?

How big of a talent did she possess?

Does her appearance have anything to do with her being a witch?

She was a figure with mysterious birth, appearance and power.

But that was what made her well-known.