Chapter 20 (1/2)

Chapter 20

CHAPTER 20 – LADY SAINTESS ON THE RUN

Translator: Luk2048

At the town’s centre was a spring temple deifying the Saintess . Although saying a temple, it wasn’t much of an extravagant structure .

Around the spring copiously welling up with water were build four pillars, as if encircling it and supporting a half-spherical roof . That was it . One might as well see it as a slightly luxurious rain shelter with a water source .

However, it seemed like people’s faith was genuine, since everyone without exception was coming to offer their prayers . An outwardly zealous old man could be seen kneeling for a very long time with his hands joined .

“Now, there’s no main form of the one called Saintess here . I can feel a strange presence wandering aimlessly throughout the town, so she probably has to be running around the waterways . ”

“Since everyone’s praying, stop saying such things . Also get out of that temple . It’s rude . ”

Meanwhile, Rēko could be seen brazenly breaking into the temple and peering inside the spring . She pouted her cheeks in displeasure, not knowing there was a reason for the Saintess’ escape .

It goes back to the Saintess requesting help .

—— Please, Pet Dragon . That little girl appears to have opened up her heart to you . If you were to try to persuade her, she’d surely think over the town’s subversion .

It seemed like the Saintess has mistaken me for Rēko’s pet . Though taking into account our power relations.h.i.+p, I couldn’t say

it was necessarily a mistake .

Not especially aiming to correct her misunderstanding, I planned to answer in my mind that, “for now I persuaded her not to invade it” . Yep, it was exactly at that moment .

“You b.l.o.o.d.y fool . Understand just who exactly this Lord is . He is the great Evil Dragon Lord Rēvendia — of all things, to brand him the same as a trivial pet . You b.a.s.t.a.r.d have just now, committed a sin deserving worse than h.e.l.l . ”

Somehow, she heard it . Rēko just normally listened in to the Saintess’ voice, that should have been spoken directly in my mind .

And, since then, Saintess has been on the run . No matter how I shouted, it didn’t yield any response .

That was a given . She started a conversation since she thought I was a harmless pet, yet now that it turned out I was a real end-boss (falsely charged), there was no way she’d sit back and talk .

Rēko, who came out of the temple ignoring the surrounding her hostile gazes, said,

“d.a.m.ned Saintess . On top of insulting the Evil Dragon Lord, you don’t even intend to show your face . How insolent . ”

“No, look . If you get angry like that anyone would be scared . Try smiling, smile . It’s not like we came here to fight . ”

“—— That’s right . Not to fight, but to deal divine punishment . ”

“A divine punishment while smiling, that’s a psycho for you . ”

In the vicinity, guards were on

on standby, holding their spears . They might’ve been keeping watch, but their faces only held looks of resignation . They probably must’ve acknowledged that, were the Evil Dragon and his kin to rampage, they didn’t stand a chance . In reality, setting me aside, it should’ve been no trouble for Rēko to take care of those guards in one move .

One soldier ventured,

“S-Since it seems like you already paid your respects to Lady Saintess, if it would please you, I can guide you to your desired lodging…”

“Not to pay respects, but to declare wa——”

“Let’s do that! It’s been a while, you also probably want to sleep in a proper bed! Rēko, let’s hurry!”

My loud voice just barely managed to drown out Rēko’s improper remarks . It seemed like the guards became more wary after my sudden loud shout, but it still wasn’t enough for them to attack us . With their guard raised they took us to the inn .

On the way, I admired the town’s landscape .

Stores and houses were located only in the central part of the city surrounding the Temple, from where radially extended the waterways, around which were pretty much only fields and pastures . Normally, large-scale plantations were administered by powerful, at least to some extent, ent.i.ties like royalty or church, to prevent crop plundering and to manage the land .

However, here it was different . Just by extending the waterways, in which the Saintess’ divine protection dwelled, plunderers and vermin wouldn’t be able to come near .

Rarely one could find such a convenient plantation . As a

As a result even an amateur could see, that it was becoming a splendid grain producing region .