Volume 1 Chapter 5 Part2 (1/2)

Message from translator: New shi+p: Nellis x Max! Who's with me?

Volume 1, 5-2: Escape (2)

Around this ti to leave the temple when the priest Fentaus stopped her

“And where are you going?”

His questioning tone was uneasy Nellis laughed in her usual way and answered, “Just a little errand,” but her intuition told her that he saw through her lie, so she became serious Fentaus had a keen perception This was not due to having special powers like Nellis and Fin, but fro spent his days listening tofor a bit, she quietly said

“……I truly am thankful to you, Master Priest You showed kindness to us, who ca of you…Please overlook this Please, if you feel even the slightly bit of guilt towards the children in the orphanage”

Fentaus became startled by Nellis' whispered words and flinched “So he really did know,” Nellis thought, disappointed, and stared at hiaze diverted and hisBro Fin had said so That offering up orphans also happened in Nanais, and it wasn't bad for the children if they would be properly taken care of They would try to send smart children to affluentchildren to those people ant children to help out with their work…It was the sas, huh?”

Fentaus let out a surprised voice, as if he didn't intend to say it out loud Nellis nodded

“The director introduced hihly around e who looked like he could work in the mill”

She could clearly recall the day Fin first carown-up kid,' she felt like he wouldn't rew accustoht have been worried and interviewed her parents several times after the adoption

(Come to think of it, I think one time when Dad came back from the town, his face was super scary…Oops, can't do this here)

Nellis was about to be lost in her thoughts, so she quickly pulled herself back to reality

“Master Fentaus I believe that there are circus here to be this way But, I' because of our own circumstances, but we cannot abandon children e knoill suffer”

Nellis bowed her head In response, Fentaus asked in a grave tone

“Do you intend to bring everyone with you?”

“Heavens, no No matter what, that's impossible Besides, I trust that you aren't a slave trader, Master Fentaus And you won't sell ordinary children forabout Fernaine?”

Fentaus groaned, as if Nellis landed a fatal hit on hie this had caused him and opened her eyes widely In just a ed an extra 10 more years

Fear swelled in Nellis' chest It couldn't be Was that man thatto do not saving a pure child fro away a deceased's soul fro of Death?

Fentaus perceived her horror and shook his head slightly

“Please don't make such a face You have done no criius' nephew-in-law Even before that, his fae sums of donations for many years…Even I was faintly aware of all of this, but I feared the retribution of defying hi the children of our future into victi them to be violated by desires”

Fentaus dropped his head and covered his face with one hand, as if he had already received judgment on this And with the other hand, he held back the approaching Nellis

“Go”

“Master Fentaus……”

“Quickly go And…please, don't turn around”

His pleading voice was feeble, quivering as he held back his crying Nellis hesitated for just a breath and right after that, she prorets, and ran off

Even if she was to persuade hi” or “There was nothing wrong e did,” she couldn't reed in her chest Nellis continued to run until she ran out of breath and felt pain in her sides She stopped her feet only after she had passed through the square and entered the alleyway messily dotted with lines of stores

“Nellis!”

Nellis was called out in a quick whisper, returning her back to her senses and etables and tree nuts, Max was beckoning to her with his hand Nellis adjusted the bag on her shoulders, took a deep breath, and feigned a nonchalant expression

She leisurely looked around and walked over to various stores with a face that asked, “What shall I buy?” as she peered at their wares She went under the hanging garlic of the last store

The shopkeeper took a sideways glance at Nellis, but he didn't say anything and attended to the other custooods as she slowlythat the shopkeeper's body and the store shelves were obstructing the custoh a sh the back

Surrounded by a narrow courtyard was the shopkeeper's fa space Frorabbed Nellis' arh the stall acting as a storeroom, Max nimbly closed the room and strained his ears for any outside presences

“Were you noticed?”

As Max asked in a low voice, he turned to face Nellis As soon as he did, he quickly turned back around in a panic Without saying anything, Nellis had begun to take off her priestess clothing Incidentally, Max had already changed into secondhand children clothes he bought to look like a fars, and face, and soot in his hair, changing his appearance

“You know, Max, if you do that, you really look 10 years old”

Nellis joked around in a tone that contained no ill will While he was glaring at the door, the words, “If I was really 10,you,” were stuck in Max's throat

“Ah, sorry You angry?”