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Episode 10:
I Have Become the True Saint…And Then
“HUH?” WHEN I AWOKE, I WASN’T SURE WHY, but I saw the sky.
Huh? What’s going on? What happened? Why am I sleeping in the middle of all this debris?
“Yulucia!”
“Lucia!”
I turned toward the voices to find Rick and Noel looking kind of dirty and tired as they rushed toward me on the verge of tears. They must’ve known what happened. I hauled myself up and Rick and Noel both blushed as something that looked like a cloak, which must have been draped over me, slipped off.
Ĕǹu m̈ а̊.i̇ d
Tina immediately grabbed the napes of both of their necks and hauled them backward. “Please avert your eyes.”
“Whoa!”
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“Ah!”
Huh? Why was my dress all shredded? My private parts were safe, but considering how I usually kept everything but my face and hands covered up, I was showing a considerable amount of skin.
Oh—
“Ow!”
Е̌ n̄ u m̀ а̃_
“Mistress?!”
My hand instinctually rose to my aching head. My three female attendants came rushing over while Noah kept his back turned, blocking everyone else’s view of me.
“Ah, I’m all right. Are you guys okay?” I asked.
“We didn’t take too much damage.”
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“That’s good.”
Based on how I was feeling, this had to be a hangover.
Е̌ n̄ u m а̊
I knew it. The second I drank that liquid, I knew it was bad. That had been my first time drinking alcohol in this life—and it would be the last. And did I eat some weird soul too on top of that? I had no idea how easily I could get drunk. I may have still been a child, but was a single sip really enough to make me black out? It was so delicious, I had accidentally let my guard down.
I would never drink alcohol ever again!
Setting that thought aside, I surveyed the mountain of rubble that appeared to have once been a castle and, after putting the pieces together in my mind, broke into a cold sweat.
“Uh, can someone tell me what happened?”
“Oh, sure.”
The three girls gave me a confusing description that also included their opinions on everything, but basically, I learned that I had done something very bad. My inner cat came out and attacked everyone? At any rate, everyone assumed that it had been a stray demon with no connection to me, but I was very embarrassed by the incident all the same.
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“I caused everyone so much trouble because I cannot tolerate alcohol and passed out as a result, didn’t I? The castle is in ruins and such an awful thing happened to the Capells.”
I was so embarrassed to learn that I was a violent drunk. While I had continued to grow my personal assets every day, there was no way I could afford the cost of repairs for a castle. What was I to do?
I quietly put a hand to my cheek as I fretted over this. Rick and Noel had come back over and sighed with exhausted relief.
“Yulucia.”
“Lucia, I hope you never change.”
Why was it that they seemed kind of exasperated by me again?
Ёn u mа̃.. іď
“This didn’t happen because you passed out. It was because of Caudle the daemon’s trap. I have no idea how a daemon disguising himself as a human was connected to House Capell, but Duchess Isabella is missing, so we won’t be able to charge her for bringing him here,” Rick explained.
“Oh, dear.” Maybe I was safe, then? I wouldn’t have to pay if it wasn’t my fault, right? It was all their fault for knocking me out in the first place, anyway!
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“Do you want to talk to him?” Rick asked.
“Huh?” Caudle was still alive?
“It’s practically a miracle, but he’s just barely hanging on. He’s been waiting for you to wake up.” There was something like pity for the daemon in the way Rick spoke. He knew what the daemons were, though. They were non-humans who had done bad things and lived in the north, meaning they were enemies of human nations, right?
Caudle was the one to blame for all of this, but he’d joined forces with my people in the end and they would have gotten really hurt if he hadn’t been their shield or something. Boy, I sure felt sorry about this whole mess.
Е n̆ů m̊ а̄. i d
“Mistress, perhaps you should get changed first?”
“Do we have a change of clothes?”
As I tried to stand up, Tina and Fanny offered me this choker-looking thing. Why was it black?
“What’s this?”
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“By your leave, Fanny and I made this with your magic. Please take it.”
“Okay?”
Е n ū m̂_a_.i̇d̄
I didn’t really understand—they’d made this black choker instead of clothes? I was very confused, but Tina and Fanny seemed very proud of it, so I wrapped it around my neck.
“Is that you, Saint?”
“Yes.”
I was wearing both the choker and the cloak as I approached Caudle. I couldn’t believe he was still alive—half of his body had been eaten away by miasma. He was lying on the ground and cracked his eyes open to look at me.
“Do you want me to heal you?” I asked.
“No… You would…show mercy…to a daemon too? I stole…your power to summon a monster.”
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Oh, so that’s how it was? I knelt down beside him and took his only hand. “You must have had some reason for doing so, right? If you would explain it to me, I might be able to help.”
Behind me, I sensed Noel stopping Rick from interjecting.
My words were even more of a shock for the daemon, and tears began to flow from his eyes, opened wide with surprise. “Oh, Saint, I beseech you… Go north. Meet with the Daemon King.”
I gave a quiet nod and smiled at him. “I shall.”
Caudle closed his eyes with relief. His body then disintegrated into dust and was gone.
Sweet. I nabbed myself a high-quality soul.
Е̌ṅu m̄а . і̂ d̄
“Big Brother Ludoric, Noel, I see that the two of you are much stronger now than before.”
“You can tell?”
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Of course I could. I had long sensed the vestiges of something like a light elemental in Noel, and now I could sense a great deal of elemental power from both of them. “Do you both have the protection of an elemental?”
“I guess so,” Ludoric answered.
“I’m not surprised you can tell,” Noel said.
One of the paladins confirmed as much. “Your Highness, I believe one may be the Hero of legend, and the other the Holy Warrior—the same as the Hero-class warrior who fought alongside the very first Hero.”
W е̂ b̆ňo̊v е́ľ Е̊ ǹùm̄а̃
Was it just me, or did the paladins seem rather excited about this? Not that there was anything to be done about it.
Ahh, they were now such bothersome souls, though. I hadn’t thought the two of them would awaken like this instead of my older sister’s Hero (just kidding).
Being by my side for so long had put a tremendous strain on their souls.
Well, too late now.
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I quietly looked up at the sky.
I see. So you’re here now. I can feel it—your heartbeat.
Е n u̇m̌а . і̊ d
“Would the two of you and the paladins as well accept me if I were to declare myself the Saint?”
Noel and Rick nodded despite their confusion.
“Of course,” Noel said.
“Yes, you are the Saint of the Holy Kingdom,” Rick agreed.
“Yes, of course we would. There is none but you, Your Highness, who could possibly be she.” Even the paladins agreed.
I figured I would be okay if this many souls were willing to recognize me as the Saint. I was glad too, since that meant I could do this.
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“Noel, lend me your blade.”
“Lady Lucia?”
“The two of you, kneel before me.”
Noel handed me his battered sword, and despite their confusion, they did as I said and knelt before me. I touched the blade to Rick’s shoulder first.
The two of them were not yet stable. What I was doing would likely offend the elementals who empowered them, but I had to do this here and now.
Sorry for being a demon and all.
W̄ е b n̆ о̆ vě l̄ Ёn̄ u̇ m̂ а̊
“Ludoric von Versenia. In the name of the Saint of the Holy Kingdom, I hereby dub thee the Holy Warrior.”
Ludoric gasped. His entire body was enveloped in silvery light as his very soul accepted him as such.
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Noel was wide-eyed as I next touched the blade to his shoulder. His head snapped up to look at me.
“Noel Barnabas. In the name of the Saint of the Holy Kingdom, I hereby dub thee the Hero of the Holy Kingdom.”
“Lady…Lucia…” Noel’s body was also enveloped in white light.
“In the name of Yulucia von Versenia, for having been graced with the divine protection of the elementals, I offer unto you the blessings of light—Manifest Light.”
Wӗ b̊ nо v̂ el Еǹu m̌ а
The humans watched in awe as I released a golden light centered upon myself.
I should be allowed to get away with this much at least. It was just a little insurance.
Because without it, they wouldn’t be able to survive what was coming.
“What is that?” one of the paladins murmured.
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We all looked up in the same direction and saw what looked like a whirlwind of massive black clouds far beyond the mountains.
They were to the north, where the Daemon Lands were.
Ẅ е̃ b nоvё ĺ Ӗ n u.m̂å
“Mistress!” Noah cried out in alarm.
Light shot out from Rick and Noel to shield the weak humans.
“What is it?”
“Stand back, everyone.” I alone stepped forward. The two boys tried to stand to stop me, but they were surprised to find that they couldn’t move.
This was why I had tricked them into agreeing that I was the Saint and forcibly interfered with their elementals’ powers—to protect them. Their elementals had frozen them in place for me. All to ensure that they would survive this.
“Manifest Light!”
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Beyond the mountain range, jet-black lightning surged from the dark clouds to attack us. I gathered light into my hand and blocked the lightning with my palm.
“Lucia!”
“Yulucia!”
Roooooooooooooooooooooooar!
There was a thunderous roar like a beast’s howling as the golden light clashed with the black lightning. All of the living creatures not currently protected by the boys’ lights—bugs, animals, even small elementals—perished.
As the black lightning attempted to destroy everything in its path, the arch elementals desperately protected the humans who would be everyone’s hope.
W е̂b̈ n o v̆ еl Еǹum̌ а́.
That was when the black choker changed, replacing my scorched cloak and shredded outfit with a brand-new dress that protectively enveloped me.
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I crushed the lightning in my hand and its remnants left black letter-like carvings in the walls of the wreckage.
Ahh, he was finally here.
***
Daemon King Haebulat was born the son of the king of the daemons. His mother had been one of the king’s several concubines and was murdered by one of the other wives just after she gave birth to him. His father had multiple wives and children, and they all feuded to become the next king.
Е̊n û m а
Without anyone to support him, Haebulat should have been killed right away. Despite all odds, he survived.
He had those who’d sheltered him out of pity to thank for this, but the biggest reason he was still alive today was because he was enlightened.
Ever since he was young, Haebulat had possessed the memories of someone else’s life. He knew the life of a man who was not him. That man’s memories flashed before his eyes, and from them, Haebulat had learned a certain way of thinking and moral values.
The man had not lived a happy life at all. He had been exploited by others for all he was worth and wound up dying from overwork. Haebulat saw the man’s life as a good example of what not to do in his own life, and laid traps to kill enemies who did not grasp the concept of subtle maneuvering.
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He knew it was wrong, but he struggled for his survival, ultimately eliminating all of his father’s wives and other sons. His father favored him for his ruthlessness and named him his successor.
His cruel education had shown Haebulat the truth, though, and he despaired.
W ё ḃn̊ о̀v̄ е̄l̀ Е́n̊ũ m̌а̀
Even supposing that the man whose life he remembered was his own past self, Haebulat had no emotional attachment to the memories—they were just information to him. How that man had lived his life bore no relation to Haebulat. Still, the knowledge that man possessed had greatly impacted Haebulat’s own way of thinking.
The Daemon Lands were a barren wasteland that never saw sunshine, so crops couldn’t grow, and their people suffered from destitution. Nevertheless, it was his country. As its next king, Haebulat sought to improve it, using the moral values he had learned from the man.
However, his wish was impossible.
The daemons only knew how to steal—they knew not how to make anything with their own hands. The daemons were already at their limits and thought only of cheating others, had no ambitions for rising up in the world, and were only capable of holding others back so that none could ever be successful.
Within the next hundred years, the daemons would likely go extinct.
Realizing that it would be impossible to change the culture of his people, Haebulat despaired and made up his mind.
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The king of the daemons was known as the “Daemon King,” but that was merely a title given to their ruler—he was not someone on the same level of power as the first Daemon King, who had been Daemon Lord Rank.
Daemon Lord Rank fell within the Catastrophe Rank, which was one rank higher than the Calamity Rank that arch elementals and arch demons belonged to. Once someone of Daemon Lord Rank appeared and the elementals chose a Hero, the Daemon King could be considered that rank.
If the king of the daemons really had possessed power worthy of Daemon Lord Rank, then perhaps he would have been able to subjugate the daemons and change their mindsets through strength. However, both Haebulat and his father were only Disaster Rank, which was two levels below that, so Haebulat believed that he needed to acquire even greater power to save the daemons from dying out.
Haebulat had been the tender age of fifteen when he killed his father and claimed the title of Daemon King. With Caudle and his other few supporters, they began to mobilize. Over the course of twenty years, they accumulated a tremendous amount of magic in the enormous summoning circle underneath the Daemon King’s castle. The magic was going to be used to summon an incredibly powerful demon. Summoning demons was very risky business, though. Haebulat had studied countless texts and was devising a means to summon an intelligent demon capable of rational conversation known as the “Demon Expert.”
“Not much longer now, Françoise.”
Haebulat’s wish would soon be fulfilled. Over the past twenty years, he had made many enemies, but he had also met many allies he cared about as well. Daemon General Caudle was one such ally, but the biggest reason he did not want this plan to fail was because of his beloved daughter. He had no blood relation to the girl. She was the daughter of a family of dwarves who had oppressed and banished her. He’d pitied her and decided to take her in and raise her as his own. Just the thought of her and the daemons who believed in him gave Haebulat renewed motivation.
Е̂ nu m ȧ .іd
That was when it suddenly happened.
“What’s going on?”
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Since his trusted retainer Daemon General Caudle had gone to the human lands in pursuit of magic, he had been regularly sending magic back, and now they had about eighty percent of the amount needed for the summoning.
He had received word from Caudle that the Saint in the Holy Kingdom possessed a wealth of magic and that he was going to steal her magic for them. Haebulat had been worried about Caudle taking on the Saint, since she was their sworn enemy by nature, but within the blink of an eye, the immense amounts of magic he sent back exceeded the amount of magic the summoning circle could contain. He saw the golden magic cover the circle and sensed that something they never could have anticipated had occurred.
“Sever the connection!” Haebulat ordered.
“W-we can’t!” shouted the man handling the circle of magic transmission. They had received far too much and now he couldn’t stop it.
Wе b̄ṅ о̆ v̌ е̃l̆. Е ń û ḿа̂
The summoning circle started to grow brighter as it continued absorbing the magic and activated on its own.
“Who just activated the circle?! Stop the spell! I don’t care if you have to destroy it!” Daemon King Haebulat shouted at his guards as he unsheathed his sword and lunged forward.
Summoning a demon must be done very carefully. If they tried to brute-force a summoning with magic alone, they wouldn’t summon the specific demon they intended to invoke. They might accidentally unleash millions of demons into the world instead. And in a worst-case scenario, they might accidentally summon a monster they couldn’t even make a pact with.
Whooo…
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It sounded like the howling of a beast from the depths of the earth.
The summoning circle repelled Haebulat’s attack. Out of fear of the voice that sounded like a curse incarnate, Haebulat cast his most powerful spell. “Flare!”
Ẅeb̃ńo v̂ ẽ l̄ Е n̂úm̃а̀
He summoned a giant white-hot fireball that hit the summoning circle and seared away everything in the vicinity.
This might mean that they were back at square one with their plans, but he wasn’t about to let that repulsive being into this world unfettered. But then—
Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
The beastly howl shook the entirety of the Daemon Lands.
Wrath, resentment, hatred—the negative emotions imbuing that howl were enough to dispel his Flare, and the creature appeared from within the blazing flames.
“Ooooooh!” Geas stepped forth from where he had been watching in the shadows, crying out with joy. “Now we will be able to see our aspirations fulfilled. Wha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
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The elderly man cackled with glee as it revealed itself entirely. Sensing what the creature really was, Haebulat sank to the ground, a hopeless look on his face.
Haebulat hadn’t known that the Demon Expert was already dead. Nor did he know that the demon who had killed him would be there. Unfortunately, Haebulat had summoned that beast instead.
“No.”
His leopard-like body, over ten yards long, was the color of jet-black darkness. This was an ancient demon that had wracked the entire world with fear long ago—the legendary Beast. He was—
“The Beast—the Dark Beast!”
The Beast ripped off the shackles of the summoning circle with his raw power and howled toward the south as he shot off black lightning.
Еn û m.а
“Golden Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeast!”
***
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I, Yulucia, have returned to the capital in one piece.
Well, how do I describe what happened? Everyone freaked out because of the incident, but I managed to calm things down by explaining that after they freed me from the demon, it had turned from gold to black and tried to drag me back with its claws.
But would you call that settling things? In any case, nothing happened after that, so, yeah.
Ě ň ŭ m̈ а. i̊ d̆
Duke Capell and Cordelia were unharmed. Cordelia was rather depressed when she heard that her mother was missing, though since she was no longer brainwashed, she would probably be okay eventually. Duke Capell understood her feelings too and was even considering letting her recuperate at Zesh’s home.
As for Duke Capell, he was deeply rethinking his actions after hearing the details of what had happened. He was like a whole new man and was even trying to make amends. For now, though, he would have to wait for Grandfather’s verdict.
In any case, it was clear that Duchess Isabella and the daemons were at fault for all this, so I doubted his punishment would be anything too bad. They could just blame it all on the daemons.
Duke Capell humbly apologized to me and, having become a member of the Society officially, he now had bushy hair. And I was getting more assets.
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While that was great and all…
Meow.
Ӗ n̊ ũ m ӓ_. і d́
“Nia? Quit swinging that sword,” I said.
“Awww!” she replied.
Was that complaining I heard?
We were in my room in the castle, where Nia was showing off the new demonic blade made out of my magic to Bri and Sarah.
Why wasn’t anyone stopping her from swinging a sword indoors?
Her black demonic blade from before had reached its limit because of the battle and not even Noah could repair it, so she’d begged me for a new sword. She happened to find a broken demonic blade nearby, so Nia used the magic absorbed from me to forge a new one. This one wound up golden in color—the same shade as my hair.
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The meow just now was the sound of the sword being swung.
You gotta be freaking kidding me.
“Hand that over to me, Nia. I’ll buy you a new one,” I said with a smile.
“No way.” Nia hugged the naked blade tightly to herself, looking on the verge of tears as she shook her head.
“Lady Yulucia,” said Bri and Sarah.
Absolutely not! Not Bri, not Sarah, not anybody else! Give me puppy-dog eyes all you like, but I’m not making another one of those! You weren’t even part of the fight! You were still asleep!
Е̃n̆ ü m̌ å
Arrrgh! What the heck was with this demonic blade? Why did it meow with a voice that sounded just like mine?! That demonic blade she’d just happened to find wasn’t cursed, was it?! My shame was being put to the test.
“Don’t worry about that, Lady Yul. It’s your dress we need to do something about.”
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“Is it bad?”
I didn’t want us to drop the topic of the golden demonic blade so quickly, but Vio was always sure to step in and correct anything that was urgent.
I had grown considerably and my old dresses didn’t really fit me anymore. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t have a new one ready for me in time for the upcoming ceremony that had been scheduled on the spur of the moment. I didn’t mind wearing something that could just be bought from a store, so I wished they’d just get me one of those.
“This will be a formal occasion for you, so I doubt that Lady Lia or His Grace will agree to one that can just be bought from a store.”
W̆ ê b̊ ń о́ v́ е̂_l Е ñ u m̌а̂
“Oh, dear. What are we to do?” I glanced at Tina. She shook her head mournfully.
This just wouldn’t do. I mean, I did have a dress. One that was just my size, at least.
Back then, my scorched dress had been replaced by the black and silver dress that Tina and Fanny had made for me. What did it mean that I was able to transform clothes like that from my choker? In any case, the two of them were able to make their uniforms as well. While there was no issue with the ability in itself, there was another problem entirely.
The design was fine and all. They’d added some cool details too. They sure went all out making it, because it came equipped with all kinds of features, such as self-cleaning, self-mending, temperature control, automatic size adjustment, automatic changing skirt length, and all kinds of other things. I had a feeling that I could change the design to some extent too if I wanted.
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Wasn’t that amazing? I could save so much money with this single dress.
So what was so bad about it?
Ẁ èb̄ ñ о̃ v̆ е.l̄ Е̌n̄ um̄ȧ
“Black simply won’t do for your public debut to the citizens.”
“Yeah, I figured…”
It was a pretty shade of black with embroidery in Fanny’s silver thread. The design was Gothic-Lolita-like, so I didn’t think it was bad, but Vio just shook her head in silence.
“Why are all of the clothes Tina makes black?”
“Who’s to say?”
Tina and I inclined our heads to the side in unison, and Fanny, amused, did so too.
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“I disagree! It makes Lady Yul all the more radiantly beautiful! The black dress brings out the white of her velvety-smooth, scrumptious skin and golden hair! I’m not so convinced they’re the Holy Warrior and the Hero, but such greenhorn children couldn’t hope to compare! Ooh, you are simply so divine, like the Goddess herself!”
“Whoa! Shelly! Slow down there!”
Shelly and Betty were here as well, and once again Betty had to step in to pull Shelly back when she started rambling nonsense.
While it felt like Betty was used to this kind of thing now, was it really okay for a citizen of the Holy Kingdom like Shelly to go around saying these kinds of things?
Anyway, today was going to be our big debut. My grandfather had gone all out to put together a huge ceremony for his grandchildren, and this time we would be making our debut from the castle terrace to all the people of the nation who had gathered outside the castle to see us.
Yikes. Was it really okay to be doing this kind of thing for his grandchildren?
Е̊ n ùm а̀ .i d̈
We did have a very good reason for this event, though.
“Since we have no other choice, let’s instead have you put on a white surcoat over the dress. Prince Ludoric and Lord Noel will both be wearing white surcoats as well, so it will look like you’re matching them.”
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“That’s a good idea.”
“Don’t worry, Yul. You’ll look pretty in anything.”
“Thank you, Mother.”
I wasn’t going to be appearing alone this time; Rick and Noel would be with me.
W̆ eb n o̊v̌ ĕ l Е̃n̄ū m̀ а
I put on the pure white surcoat they already had prepared and wore it over my black dress. Having received my mother’s approval, I headed out to the terrace where the two boys were waiting for me.
“Took you long enough.”
“Now, now, Ludoric. Girls need extra time to get ready.”
Look, it wasn’t just my fault that I’d taken so long.
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“The two of you look so dashing.” I tried to get him to drop the subject by giving them a gentle princess-like smile.
But, well, it was the truth. The two of them weren’t wearing their regular clothes, but were now clad in proper armor. Rick’s silver armor looked just like the kind the Holy Warrior had worn, and with his white surcoat, he looked very gallant. The base of Noel’s armor was also silver, but his was a mix of equipment made of leather and plate armor, and he was also wearing the white surcoat. A paladin’s uniform was similar, but our surcoats differed in that ours had the coat of arms of the Holy Kingdom of Talitelud embroidered on the chest in silver thread. In an in-your-face kind of way.
W е b n̂о̊ v е̃ l̄ Е̄n̂u̇mа
“You also look pretty, Lu—Lady Lucia.”
“Yeah, you look good dressed like the Saint.”
“Thank you.” I couldn’t believe Noel and Rick could say such things to me so smoothly.
And what made them look even cooler was the golden demonic blades hanging from their waists. After they’d seen Nia make her sword, she wound up having to make new swords for the both of them too, since theirs had gotten all battered in the fight. These were made from normal swords, so they didn’t say anything with my voice when swung. Why had they seemed so unhappy about that?
I held out my hand because I just felt like it for some reason. “Would you be my escort, then?”
Rick and Noel exchanged scowls as they both attempted to take it, and then each took one of my hands before walking forward.
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Huh? Were we really going to go in front of everyone like this?
The crowd gathered outside the castle broke out in cheers when they saw the three of us. When we joined my grandfather the king, my uncle the crown prince, and the pontiff of the Church of Kostor, they began giving their official proclamation.
With the earth elemental as his guardian, Rick was given the title of the Holy Warrior of the Holy Kingdom.
With the light arch elemental as his guardian, Noel was given the title of the Hero of the Holy Kingdom.
And…
W̆ё b̀ ňо_v е̇ l Ѐn̈ um̆ а̃
“Yulucia von Versenia, in the name of the Holy Kingdom and the Church of Kostor, I hereby dub thee the Saint of the Holy Kingdom in recognition of thy meritorious deeds of protecting our people!”
“It is with great honor that I accept.”
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There was a commotion among the citizens and the sound of feet stomping shook through the capital. They raised their arms up to cheer for my unenthusiastic self, just like they had for Rick and Noel. Confetti was tossed into the air all over the capital, and when I gave them a polite smile, the people all cheered even more excitedly than before.
The people of the Holy Kingdom sure loved their Lady Saint.
Why was I now suddenly being officially recognized by the royal family and the church? That jet-black lightning was all to blame for this.
Even now, we could still see dark clouds hanging above the distant northern mountain range. The lightning from them had killed every living creature in the ruins of the castle and left black letters behind wherever they struck.
Е̌ n̄u̇m a
The Church of Kostor and Conclave of Wizards concluded from their investigations that it was the kind of writing that only high-ranking demons could use, and that it could only be read by the specific person it was intended for.
And I had been the only one there who could read it.
The so-called writing intended only for my eyes said just one thing: “Come.”
I hadn’t told many what it said, yet somehow it got out anyway. People kept talking about it until ultimately a very strange rumor took root: The demon beast seeks to make the Saint his bride.
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So in order to quell the fears of the people, Rick and Noel were publicly bestowed the same titles I had already given them, and I was officially titled as well.
With this all happening, I had a feeling that we were now stuck having to investigate the dark clouds. In a way, the wild enthusiasm of the crowd here could be explained by their fear of those clouds.
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Rick and Noel understood the people’s fears and smiled as they waved at them. I couldn’t wave since they were both holding my hands, so I did my best to just smile at them all.
So, um, considering I was a demon and all, was everyone really cool with this?
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