Chapter 11 (1/2)

Chapter 1, Episode 11: Baptism

The princess maiden wore plain, white clothes, with a black skirt

It gives off a sense of open- her own charm to that, she enhances her allure

The healing fragrance exuding froh to carry your senses away

Her beauty was enough to enrapture you, and her soft, gentle skin was glistening in the sun’s rays

And there was so about her

Her ears were oddly long and pointed

Perhaps because she noticed Hiro’s iaze, the princess arden in full bloom

「Did my ears catch your eyes?」

「Ah, umm… well, they’re an unusual shape」

「Hehe, that’s true They must be unusual to humans」

Unoffended, she laughs while touching her own ears

Liz, as standing next to hi her elbow into Hiro’s side

As he turns to face to her, she brings her mouth to his ear

「She’s an elf They have a trait of long life, but what people envy about them is that they’re all just so beautiful~」

「I-I see It’s true that her face looks otherworldly…」

You’re just as beautiful There’s no way Hiro was capable of saying anything quick like that

The princess maiden watched the thisper as she maintained her smile

「Also, they’re really smart There’s an elf in my oldest brother’s staff of officers, and—」

「Princess! What are you doing in a place like— wait, you again! Boy!」

「Uh, uh, I didn’t do anything!」

The bear-like Tris looks furious as he approaches

But he loses momentum midway

There was a wo between him and Hiro

「Master Tris, I ask that you please keep your voice dohile inside Frieden」

「M-Mies」

Tris gets on one knee and lowers his head

「I’lad you understand」

As the princess ain turned towards the two, Tris turned to the side and opened a path

「Please, breakfast has been prepared We can converse at leisure there」

「Ah, yes, please」

「I was hungry Thanks!」

The princess maiden led the way, and as the two followed…

「N-Not just once, but twice… I’ll remember this, boy」

Is what could clearly be heard as they passed by Tris

Hiro pretends he doesn’t hear him and picks up his pace

He senses a bloodlust shooting towards hiination

The interior of Frieden is divided into 4 areas

The central area is the site of baptis is worshi+pped

This is where newborn babies or first-time visitors of Frieden are invited to

The eastern area is where , and is closed off to outsiders

The western area is the residential quarters for the maidens and ri hall can be found there

Hiro and Liz had been invited to the residential quarters

Tris and Liz’s private soldiers were up all night at the inn

While on their way to the western area, the princess maiden stops in her tracks and looks to Hiro

「If I remember correctly… you haven’t been baptized yet, have you, Master Hiro?」

「Baptized?」

「Oh, you haven’t, Hiro?」

He doesn’t recall receiving any baptism since he came from his world

「Yes, I don’t recall receiving one…」

「Then, would you come with me to the site of baptism, Master Hiro?」

「Guess there’s no choice Hiro,to you」

「Hets cursed」

The princess aze to Liz

「Please go on ahead and enjoy your breakfast, Lady Celia Estreya Do you know the way to the dining hall?」

「Don’t worry I’ve been here a few tiet lost」

「Then I shall take Master Hiro to the site of baptisht with you?」

「Yeah Hiro, there’s nothing to be afraid of, so relax and receive your baptism」

Liz takes Tris and disappears into the hallway

The princess rasps Hiro’s hand

「Now then, this way Ahh, I’et separated」

「I-Is that why?! Y-You scared me」

Hearing those words through her s with a h to explode

For a while thereafter, they walked silently along a passageway surrounded by white walls

They turned so eways looked so sier tell the way back

Gradually, it started to get dimmer and dimmer, and finally, they came to a stop…

「We’re here This is the site of baptism」

「… This is…」

Hiro was taken aback

The princess o of his hand and disappears somewhere

Hiro doesn’t notice though That is the extent of how overwhelmed he is

The passageway stops abruptly, as if cut by a sharp blade, and before Hiro, stretched out a forest

Hiro’s feets moved forward on their own

An icy blue streaainst his skin

The chirps and tweets of shout the air

As he comes out the other side of the forest, Hiro walks out to an open area and arrives at a spring