Volume 4 Chapter 5 Part2 (1/2)
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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!
Another chapter!
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Author:
Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
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Enlightenment Arc
Chapter 5 As a Person B
「…… that’s
why I am going to hold an audience with the Lunaria Orthodoxy State’s Holy
Maiden tomorrow.」(Souma)
『I see……』(Maria)
In the display on the quasi-receiver
of the Royal Voice Broadcast, the beautiful visage of the Empress of the Gran
Chaos Empire, Maria Euphoria, started to show sorrow. Even for the Empire, the
strongest nation of the Humanity, the Orthodoxy State’s Holy Maiden would be
still a troublesome opponent.
This place was the 『Royal
Voice Room』 in Parnam Castle. It had been several days after I
was informed that the Orthodoxy State’s Holy Maiden had entered our country and
yesterday, there was a request for an audience from that Holy Maiden. And
tomorrow, I would be scheduled to hold an audience with that Holy Maiden. In
response to this situation, I asked Hakuya to inform Maria-dono’s imouto Jeanne-dono,
in order to established this emergency leader summit with Maria-dono.
I didn’t think that the Holy
Maiden would visit just for mere small talks. I didn’t know yet what her
purpose, but it was certainly not a something that will benefit the Empire, which
they viewed as an enemy country. This is the reason why I wanted to reinforce our
cooperation as the leaders of the secret alliance. I didn’t want them to have any
distrust when one day they know that I met with that Holy Maiden. I then asked Maria.
「Even
for the Empire’s “Holy Maiden”-dono, you have difficulty in dealing with the
other Holy Maiden?」(Souma)
『……
Please don’t call me Holy Maiden. Oh, “Great King” of Friedonia.』(Maria)
「Ugh…」(Souma)
What a superb counter. Well, for
the one who didn’t desire any praise, the people who praise them would be
annoying…… I am neither Ika[1]
nor a Giant Isopod[2] nor
Dedede[3].
When I was thinking about this matter, Maria sighed in a coquettish manner.
『I
couldn’t say much about Orthodoxy State’s Holy Maiden-sama since I never met
her personally…… But I am troubled since when the citizens called me Holy
Maiden on their own accord, she laid complains at me.』(Maria)
「…… Was
there no inquiry from the Orthodoxy State? If I was someone from the Orthodoxy State,
if Maria-dono donated has acquired a fame so high that you are referred as a Holy
Maiden, rather than pus.h.i.+ng someone from my side to become Holy Maiden, wouldn’t
it be faster to just officially ordinate Maria-dono as a Holy Maiden?」(Souma)
『Ah……
Which reminds me, there was a talk about that, wasn’t it? But, I refused it.』(Maria)
Maria-dono replied as if that
talk had nothing to do with her at all.
「Did
you refuse?」(Souma)
『If,
in reverse, you are the one being asked, will Souma-dono accept it?』(Maria)
「I
absolutely refuse.」(Souma)
『See?』(Maria)
Maria had a soft but slightly wistful
smile.
『What
do I need to do if I become a Holy Maiden? Just to whom, what kind of order I
need to give? The Orthodox State touted justification, saying to protect the
weak, while driving people into conflict. I don’t want to become a glorified banner
of such thing.』(Maria)
「Maria-dono……」(Souma)
『Although
my station is that of an Empress who govern over the Empire, in the end, I am just
a human. Rather than being wors.h.i.+ped as a Holy Maiden, I want to be loved by other
people, as a human, as a person.』(Maria)
―――I want to be loved by other
people, as a human, as a person.
I inscribed her words deeply into
my heart.
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『Lunaria Orthodoxy State』.
This country, the headquarters of
the Lunaria Orthodoxy, is governed by the Pope of Lunaria Orthodoxy. It is a
religious state whose history is about as long as Elfrieden Kingdom. It was said
that during the Continent’s Chaotic Era, in contrast to Elfrieden Kingdom, where
its Founder King, a Hero, brought together many races and unite them into one
nation, Lunaria Orthodoxy State was united by the religious force. It’s doctrine
『Save
the Weak』 , seemed to be
codified based on its experience of that era.
Originally Lunaria Orthodoxy is a
religion believed by a tribe, the Moon People: 『Lunarian』. The
so-called 『Lunarian』 was a tribe that not originally reside on this Continent, but came from
outside. Whether the outside that they referred to was some islands like the Nine-Headed
Dragon Archipelago or they came from a different world just like me, I don’t know.
However, in the legend, they came from the moon on the sky, hence their name.
The object of the 『Lunarian』
faith is their old home, the 『Moon』, that they wors.h.i.+pped as the Moon G.o.ddess: 『Lunaria-sama』. Since
『Lunaria-sama』 is s.h.i.+ning high in the sky as the 『Moon』, it
is prohibited to make idol statue of her. Furthermore, in the Capital City of
the inner sanctuary of the Lunaria Orthodoxy’s Central Church, there was the
so-called Moon Epitaph: 『Lunaris』 where the Moon Oracle was engraved.
Initially, it was only believed
by the Lunarian, but in that Continent’s Chaotic Era, it penetrated even to the
other Nations and Races as their mental support, that the number of believers increased.
Thereafter, there was a sectarian conflict within the same faith, there were
also disputes about which was accepted belief and which was heretical, but when
the dust settled, the current 『Lunaria Orthodoxy』 had
took form, a major religion that was believed by one-half of the Humanity in
the Continent together with the 『Mother Dragon Faith』.
As for the doctrine, they touted 『Save
the Weak』 and 『Mutual Aid』. “When there is trouble, everyone will help each
other”, perhaps this simple doctrine was the reason why gain new believers. Just
like its doctrine, the believers will do acts like fund-raising for impoverished
people or distribute food for poor people. It would be easy to comprehend that Lunaria