Chapter 162 - Volume 8 (2/2)

The other three otherworlders had also been trained, but it seemed that this girl Mizuki was head and shoulders beyond them.

“U, uh…… what can I do for you?”

“Ah, yes. …… did you treat all of these people alone? Won’t your MP be in trouble?”

“ah, it’s alright, there’s the doctors too, so I’m not alone. Besides, Yuru-chan has given me plenty of lessons in using my magic efficiently.”

Mizuki, as if remembering her special spartan-like training, began pouring with cold sweat.

“Really? I’m sorry about that girl……”

“It’s alright! Yuru-chan can’t possibly lose! We’ll definitely manage to help her!”

Mizuki’s eyes suddenly changed in expression as she declared her intention to save the Saint, and all of the soldiers around her were looking at her with gentle eyes.

“Is that so…… I see”

Sefira smiled gently, and gazed long at Mizuki, convinced that she could be used.

Leading people onto the right path – that was one of the qualities of a true [Hero].

It was also one of the things that not one of the heroes had.

“What would you do…… if I told you there was a way to save Lady Yurushia?”

“eh!?”

“Here we go.”

Sefira drew Mizuki out of the barracks with those surprising words.

“Uh, umm, what do you mean by that?”

“To save Lady Yurushia as you are now would be difficult…… no, it would be difficult even if you had the other three Heroes.”

“B-but”

“But! You have hidden power. Given that you were raised by the Saint Lady Yurushia, you can definitely do it.”

“I-is that true?”

Mizuki, staring at Sefira’s eyes and listening to her voice, began to believe in her unsubstantiated words.

Sefira’s words sounded right. Sefira’s words were believable.

“B-but…”

“It’s alright. If you gain more skills, soon you will become stronger.”

As Mizuki expressed her lingering doubts, Sefira smiled gently at her again.

(…… it doesn’t show in the appraisal. I wonder if she’s been blessed by some strange spirits.)

Heroes received the blessings of the spirits of light and became Heroes by receiving the title of [Hero].

For example, Kyoji was blessed by the great spirit of water, but it did not show in the appraisal, either.

“Now, come with me. I’ll make sure that you get all the right skills.

“……I……”

“Excuse me for cutting in.”

“?!”

Sefira jumped back a few meters, surprised at the sudden voice when she hadn’t noticed the presence of anything there.

“Ah, you are…”

“…ah, Noa-kun.”

Mizuki, who had been staring blankly for an instant, noticed Yurushia’s pretty boy butler and chirped out.

“Ah, yes, Yuru-chan is still…,”

“Yes, we’re also doing our best, so please be patient.”

“Yes……”

“………”

As she was suddenly interrupted, and Mizuki began to chat with Noa, Sefira gritted her molars.

He was one of the Saint’s attendants and servants and was probably a direct combatant.

Sefira thought that some of Yurushia’s power as a [Saint] was related to the strengths of these attendants. That’s why she wanted to pull them away from Yurushia.

These followers merited caution. But that was because there were four of them.

With four attendants that were probably hero-class in strength, Yurushia had the power of a Hero as a Saint.

But now, there was only one of them. And Sefira’s ability was more effective in men than in women.

“Noa-sama, could you listen to my wish?”

“Yes, what is it?”

As Sefira smiled at him, Noa smiled back.

Soft, tender brunette hair. Although he was still a teenager, he had a cold beauty that dazzled just by looking at someone else.

Even Sefira who had lost all carnal interest in humans had her head clouded, and as she shook herself free of that haze…… she glimpsed for an instant a [Darkness] that boiled in the back of Noa’s eyes like jet-black magma, and she tore her eyes away from his.

“……n…o, Not… it can’t be”

“Is that so? I understand that you want to help Mizuki, but Milady has an educational policy in place for her, so would you please hold off for a moment?”

“………”

Noa left, leaving Mizuki and Sefira with a chilling, creepy smile that caused Sefira to erupt with cold sweat herself.

Author’s Notes:

The main character isn’t present, so it’s back to serious.

Noa is not like the other three. Whenever Noa gets a turn it gets difficult for everyone else because Noa is peerless when he gets the chance to shine.

Next time, the heroes move.