Chapter 21 - The Foolish Child (1/2)
Oh, what a foolish child!
Yuto Alzeider gazed at Akari as she stuck close to him by clinging onto his arm.
It’s absurd how she easily believed the words of a stranger she just met in the forest and got tricked into using her powers.
“Akari, I’ll talk to the members of your escort team first. You’re probably tired from the purification, so it would be better if you rest for a while.”
“But…..”
“It will be fine. Just leave it to me.”
“Um, okay.”
Yuto grins. Akari easily agrees whenever he flashes her a smile that had often been dubbed by them as suspicious.
How easy.
Ah, but certainly, ‘they’ probably don’t know how to handle this child. That’s why they’ve been getting their fingers burned until now. Well, if you ask ‘them’, it doesn’t really matter if she’s here or not; if not for the ‘request’, she’d probably be the type to get cut down first.
Apart from that, since the tainted lands and the demons aren’t such a big deal, they probably think that they won’t need the Saintess who won’t do the purification after all.
“Well, I guess it’s a lot easier if they just leave the purification of the tainted lands to the Saintess anyway.”
“Eh!?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
Well then, I’ll be looking forward to their reactions when we meet.
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It took Syltina three full minutes before she was finally able to speak.
“We’re glad you’ve returned safely to us, Saintess. We were even surprised that you were able to successfully do the purification.”
Yuto heard someone quietly say, ‘if you can do it then you should’ve done so from the start.’ It was probably Alhart or Kreutz who were behind Syltina.
“And who is this?”
Another whispered, ‘Why are you here anyway?’
Yuto thought it would be bad if he laughed, so he kept himself from doing so.
“Hello. I’m Yuto Alzeider. I was wondering if we can talk for a bit?”
“…… Very well. Tedla-sama, Frackt-sama, please accompany the Saintess outside.”
“Understood.”
“Of course.”
“Tyr, look after the Saintess. Call me immediately if something happens.”
“Understood.”
As soon as they confirmed that the two had escorted Akari to the carriage, Syltina and Alhart both grabbed Yuto’s arms and led him to a different location.
“Hey, don’t be so rough!”
“You’re not in a position to say that, you know?”
“She’s right, Yuto. Why the hell are you even here?”
“Do you…know each other….?”
“…… Milliane-sama, Yuto doesn’t bite, so, can you get closer? It’s hard to talk like this.”
Syltina called out to Milliane who had been hiding under the shadow of a tree ten steps away from where they were. But, even as Milliane went closer, she was still several steps away from them.