Hakai No Miko Chapter 10 (1/2)
Four days passed since Souma became conscious
After waking up, Souma had Shyemul and the elderly zoan, as introduced as the Elder to hie and common sense of this world
His day begins with hiether with Shyemul After that he is left in the care of the Elder, who teaches him about myths and the country's structure Shyemul comes to pick hiether to their tent Once they have lunch, he helps Shye that time, Shyemul teaches Souma about the trivial daily custo to his the stories handed down in the zoan’s village
Sou as well, was sent to the place of prayer by her and he arrived at the Elder’s place to study
“Elder, I leave him to you today as well — However, you don't need to teach his like you did yesterday” (Shyemul)
Shye that she has so, she said that to her grandmother
“Oh? What exactly? Did I grow senile? I can’t remember it well…”
“You, you das you don't have to, you immediately pretend to be senile when it suits you!” (Shyemul)
Sou wryly at the side of the quarreling two
Yesterday, Souht by the Elder about the『Divine Children』
“Can you understand that you are a 『Divine Child』?”
Upon the Elder’s question, Souet it
“As you were told already, The Seven exist in this world The Gods don’t show up in person, but they are alatching over us”
What surprised Souht about this world was the fact that Gods really do exist
Once he explains that Gods don’t exist in his world, or that he at least never heard about theh they are believed in, the Elder ended up being surprised about the reverse being true
“Of course, even in the world over here, it’s not like the Gods can interfere with us that much either”
The Elder pointed the tip of her wand at a line of (insects siround
“Soreat number of them?”
Once he tells her that he naturally can’t do that, the Elder nodded with a 「That’s how it is, isn’t it?」
“It’s the saht revere them, there’s no way for thele member of that race Also, even if their own race falls into distress, it isn't easy for them to help”
The elder nudged a stone in front of the ant line with her cane in order to obstruct thes that like wet places appear from below the stone and scatter away
“It would be great if they saved their own race, but if they end up causing trouble to other races because of that, it ht also develop into a conflict between fellow Gods The Gods won’t do anything for most of the people even if they exist”
The elder thrust the tip of her cane at Souma’s forehead
“However, the small exception to that are 『Divine Children』”
Currently he is wearing the headband he received from Shyee seal with its co when it was applied on his forehead
“Divine Children are people that are considered to be watched and given special attention by the Gods As proof of that, a seal of the respective God appears soranted a power as grace”
“But as there such an interest in me…?” (Souma)
He couldn’t believe at all that there’s soht be interested in about him He considers himself as an extremely common japanese child
“That’s so only the Gods knoever, you said it yourself that you heard a voice at the time when you dropped into this world The Goddess has an extraordinary interest towards you, I think”
“Aura, was it? The name of the of the Goddess who turned me into a divine son” (Souma)
“Don’t speak that name with too loud of a voice”
The Elder lowers the volume of her voice and confirms that there’s no one nearby
“It’s regretful, but even I don’t know the details what kind of Goddess Aura is Just that Aura’s a greater God ruling over death and destruction and that she likely pulled you into this world as well”
The Goddess Aura who dragged him into the world over here
Just what kind of intention did she have for bringing me over to this world?
“If you want to return to your former world, you have no other option but to rely on Aura Itas you have the seal on your forehead, it serves as proof that Aura is interested in you Soht come”
“It’s possible to meet with a Goddess?” (Souma)
“Of course it is”, the Elder nodded deeply ”Although it takes the shape of dreams or illusions in most cases, it’s possible to speak with a God Most of the ti chosen as 『Divine Child』, but…”
“However, I don’t possess a power like a grace or so like that” (Souma)
Souraces from the Elder, but it seems like he isn’t endoith any of these
“Hr unusual, but it’s also not knohether you haven’t been granted a grace yet or whether it’s a grace that doesn’t stand out in your usual daily life”
“Such graces exist?” (Souma)
“Yeah For exa able to breathe underwater, that poon’t be able to race where you won’t fall ill, as there have been in the past, that’s certainly so you can’t easily discover either”
At that rinned broadly
“Oh, yes! That Shyehter of the God of Beasts”
“Shyemul is one, too?” (Souma)
That was the first time he heard about it As far as Souma remembers, he never saw a seal on Shye a divine child
“Yeah At the time when the the God of Beasts asked that child what kind of grace she’d like to have, that child begged hi for any power For that reason she was given a grace that brings about calae that child becaainst her own pride”
“Brings about calamity, you say?” (Souma)
“Well it’s nothing that grand If one tries to use poison in a duel with her, they will end upa ain, depending on the degree of defileth as well But unless sorave, it should just be at the level of experiencing pain”
There was so Souma and the Elder didn’t know The human, as the company commander in the fortress were Shyeony
“I see, so Shyemul was a divine child as well” (Souma)
For the current Souma, Shyemul is the only person he can rely on If it wasn’t for her, Souo Shey a favour, but Souratitude he won’t be able to repay through words alone
Because she is a divine child just like him, albeit that of a different God, he was somehow very happy
“Ah, yeah, right It would be the best if you get Shyemul to show her seal to you for future reference”
The Elder proposed that all of a sudden
“The seal?” (Souma)
“Yeah Because we zoans are this hairy, the seals are hard to find Even just showing it is quite difficult”
I see Certainly, if you have as much body hair as the zoans do, it’s probably difficult to discover the seal on your body
“I guess Shye dayti, it will be fine to request of her 『Please let me carefully examine your seal for future reference』 Got it? You have to definitely ask her”
Soue for the Elder to emphasize it that fervently, but persuaded himself with there’s probably some reason to it Because of that, he requested it from Shyemul exactly as the Elder told him to
I don’t want to remember the events of that time overly much
At first Shyemul opened her eyes widely in visible surprise Then she wrinkled up her nose, flapped her mouth open and shut, and showed various funny expressions After that she faced Souma directly and admonished him
“Soestion But, my seal is, you know Umm, that is, how to say it? It’s above the nipple of etting ready for bed Even as a joke, please understandtold 『Please let ht not know as a huht appear this way, I’e” (Shyemul)
And so on and on and on
Soueous, had no choice but to earnestly apologize until Shyeot over her bad mood
Of course he wasn’t able to look at the actual seal, but he was told by Shyemul that the seal of the God of Beasts depicts 「three claw marks」
“Well then, I will coain Please wait here until then” (Shyemul)
Finishi+ng the quarrel with her grande
Once he saw her off, Sourin Since it gave hi back The Elder was all smiles and said,
“Hoere that child’s breasts? They are big, aren’t they?”
Sou utterly amazed
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Souma was troubled about what to do
At the ti fro for her While glaring at Soulance, the Zoan told the Elder “The clan chief is calling for you” After apologizing to Sou the lecture ether with the zoan
On this occasion, Souo back by himself until Shyemul comes to pick him up and thus he decided to kill ti been told by Shyemul and the Elder that this place is a sacred place of prayer, Sou to arbitrarily tas around him or to casually walk around
Helplessly sitting down atop a stone at a spot slightly away from the place of prayer, he waited for Shyemul to come
When Sou since he couldn’t see Shye sound occurred in a thicket nearby
Sou whether some animal will appear Even in japan he heard in the news about people getting attacked by bears that failed to go into winter sleep every year Much less to say that this is a different world There’s no guarantee that there are no anierous than bears
“…!? C-Children?” (Souma)
However, what appeared from within the thicket were two zoan children
A largish child with a height that’s not beyond Sou sie cloth with a hole in the middle for the head
They are probably an older brother and a younger sister