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Defiled Hero Chapter 048

Defiled Hero

The Blind Girl

I set foot inside the church. The path extended straight inside the church. The rows of seats extended to the side.

Thanks to Astrea's nosiness, we're inside the church.

There's n.o.body here right now. After spending a little bit of time, we can leave. If Astrea has a problem, I'll push through. There's no reason to go along with Astrea past that.

『I said there was no reason, but I want to hear something good.』 (Astrea)

(...We're leaving in five minutes.) (Izayoi)

Sitting on the front row, while waiting for time to pa.s.s, memories resurfaced.

I was called to this world five years ago. With no battle experience at all, I was your usual cross-dressing boy.

Having become Zenesys' disciple, we lived together like family, and I trained. Before, I would spend time with my 『family』 in this place.

At the time, Zenesys was the leader of the knight order.

Zenesys' wife. A blind child was born from the two.

Zenesys' wife, about two and a half years after I arrived in this world, became sick and died.

While I thought about it, my internal clock counted five minutes.

...So she's out after all.

It ended without things becoming more complicated. As I thought so, a complicated, inexplicable feeling was born within me.

Well, it doesn't matter anymore. It's got nothing to do with me. I stood up while thinking about that, and was overcome with uneasiness.

「Umm... Six steps here, because the platform is here... One step sideways, two steps.」 (???)

A young silver-haired girl with her eyes closed walked forward slowly and timidly.

「Next is... Ten steps here...」 (???)

She continued to talk and walk, arriving at what appeared to be a wooden box.

「*—Kya*」 (???)

Sure enough, she b.u.mped into the box and fell over.

Before I knew it, I held her close to my chest.

My body moved unconsciously to catch the falling girl.

「...Are you alright?」 (Izayoi)

「Eh? ...Ah, yes. I'm alright.」 (???)

She had a puzzled expression. Carrying her, I set her on the bench where I was just before.

「Um, thank you. For helping.」 (???)

The girl, with her eyes shut, faced me and bowed.

「Umm, I am Anya. I manage this church. What brings you to the church?」 (??? → Anya)

「I am... Izayoi. I had a little something to take care of, but I've finished already.」 (Izayoi)

「Izayoi. Thank you very much for earlier. I haven't been able to see since I was born, but, I've been able to remember where things are once I walked there.」 (Anya)

「Things like what happened earlier will happen again. You should stop walking around by yourself.」 (Izayoi)

「...*Mou,* treating me like a child. I can do fine by myself.」 (Anya)

「It can't be helped if you can't see. Don't you have someone to escort you? Because you're the king's daughter.」 (Izayoi)

「Yes. That's true, but I'm fine by myself, so I refused. Everyone always worries about me. They come here to tell me to behave myself.」 (Anya)

Five years have gone by, and her character hasn't changed although she's grown considerably.

「I can do this much by myself, so be at ease. Here, watch me.」 (Anya)

She stood up as she said so and began walking.

「Umm, because this is here, there's a wall, so this is.... *au.*」 (Anya)

(TN: *Au* is cute SFX for *ow.*)

After advancing carefully, Anya collided with a regular wall.

「Aren't you thinking the distance is larger than it really is?」 (Izayoi)