Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (WN) - Volume 15 - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: 26

15-26 . God's Breath

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"Kuro-sama, you're back from Weasel Empire . "

Just when I got to Echigoya Firm, the smile of Tifaliza, the bearer of an intelligent beautiful look, quickly found me .

"I got your call just when I got back . Did something happen?"

I don't think it's a pressing matter since it was not an urgent call, but Tifaliza only ever contacts me for the periodical report so it must be relatively important .

"Yes, from Makiwa Kingdom--"

The name of the country which we, disguised as dragon knights, protected appeared .

Did some problem arise regarding the refugee support and restoration?

"--Pipin contacted us . "

Pipin is a former phantom thief and currently a slave who works as an intelligence operative of Echigoya Firm .

"If I'm not mistaken Pipin is . . . . "

"Yes, he's accompanying Kei-sama and Sharururun as a backup . "

Tifaliza supplemented faster than I could recall .

The former fake apostle and a reincarnated person, Kei was traveling to trace back the damages she had done with her Unique Skill due to her narrow mindedness .

"So something happened with either Kei or Sharururun?"

"Yes . "

Tifaliza affirmed my question .

I looked at the two's names on the marker column while I was waiting for her answer .

It's alright, neither of them are injured .

"According to Pipin, Kei-sama is able to use holy magic . "

"Hee, that's good to hear--"

I noticed the underlying problem as I indifferently congratulated .

"--is that true?"

"Yes, Pipin saw it himself . "

Tifaliza gave an immediate answer .

"I'll be going to Makiwa Kingdom for a bit . "

While hearing Tifaliza saying her farewell, "Please take care", and the noisy footsteps of the manager, I left Echigoya Firm behind .

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I moved to the base point closest to Makiwa Kingdom where Kei and the others are with Unit Arrangement, and hesitated as to whether I should change my appearance .

Satou should be more appropriate if I want to congratulate her, but appearing out of nowhere like Kuro, visiting Dasles City which is on the back region of the kingdom I've never visited before will be a problem .

--Well, whatever .

Such a trivial thing won't be a problem soon .

I change into Satou appearance with Quickdress skill and get out of the mountain hut base .

"Would be nice if the storm doesn't come--"

I muttered while looking up at the cloudy sky as if hinting the future .

I can see Dasles city below .

"It seems Kei and the others are in Zaikuon Temple near the castle . "

While using Magic Essence Camouflage, I teleport to the back of Zaikuon Temple which doesn't have a sign of life .

"Glory to God Zaikuon!"

"Come come! It's a celebration today!"

"Festival! Everybody dance today!"

There's a large crowd in front of the temple, the people are deliriously praising the God .

"The believers will come back now!"

"Umu umu, we can finally repair this temple . "

I heard familiar voices from among the crowd .

"--Kei . "

"Sa-Satou-san?!"

Hearing my voice Kei wearing Zaikuon priest clothing turned at me in surprise .

"Is he your acquaintance Kei?"

"Yes, temple head-sama . He's Pe-Pe-Pen--err, Satou-san, a noble . "

Apparently she doesn't remember my house name .

"Nice to meet you, temple head-sama . I'm Satou Pendragon . This may be trifling, but please accept my offering for the temple"

I hand over a small bag with 20 gold coins inside .

"Well well--how devout of you . "

Temple head grinned widely at the glitter of the gold coins peeking from the bag's opening .

The gleeful-looking temple head led me and Kei to the temple's drawing room and served their treasured Makiwa tea .

The tea was insipid and only had the color for it, but I overcame it safely with the help of Poker Face skill .

"Temple head! We have a visitor . "

"O-okay, wait for a bit . "

It seems there's a lot of visitors today, there's already been many of them coming during the little time we were talking .

According to the temple head, Kei had been making use of the [Compounding] skill she learned from her foster parent to help the restoration of Dasles City and gain believers .

"Temple head-sama, they're--"

Judging from the priest's expression, looks like they can't turn down the visitors this time .

"I will take my leave soon . "

"I-Is that right . I'm very sorry for not being a good host . "

"Could I talk a bit more with Kei?"

"Yes, of course you can . "

We left the drawing room, seen off by the grateful temple head .

"Oh my, looks like we ended up chasing the preceding visitors away . "

"Oh no, we were just about to leave ourselves . "

The one in the corridor, led by the priest earlier, is the current acting Marquis Dasles, Miss Shelmina Dasles .

Looks like she's overworking herself, she's hiding the dark circles under her eyes with makeup .

"Your Excellency Marquis!"

"That's incorrect . I'm only acting as a substitute until uncle comes back . "

Miss Shelmina denied the surprised temple head with a sour look on her face .

Shiga Kingdom should have told Makiwa Kingdom the passing of her uncle, Dwod Dasles the pyromaniac noble, but it seems they haven't announced it to the public yet .

They're probably going to do it once Dasles Marquisdom has been restored to a degree .

"Would you be the acting marquis? I'm Satou Pendragon from Shiga Kingdom . I'm stopping by as the people here have been taking care my acquaintance . "

"Shiga Kingdom's?!"

Miss Shelmina was surprised to hear my introduction, and then she introduced herself as she would to a noble of a foreign country .

She took my hand and began to talk about how grateful she was for the large airships Shiga Kingdom sent to help transporting the refugees .

"As one would expect from the country founded by Hero King Yamato-sama, even Shiga King is a noble person . "

We helped them using Echigoya Firm name, but it appears she thinks it was Shiga King who unofficially sent the help .

We ended up talking while standing, so Kei and I were led back to the drawing room .

"Is the thing I heard from priest-dono earlier true?"

"Yes of course . "

After she talked to me enough, miss Shelmina asked the temple head for a confirmation .

"It's true!　■ Bless"

"W-what are you--"

Kei happily stood up and chanted a holy magic spell .

Miss Shelmina's face stiffened at Kei's sudden action .

The blessing light rains down over the head of miss Shelmina the territory land lord's candidate .

--This is bad .

I jump over the table with a speed rivaling short-range teleportation and push miss Shelmina down .

The people who didn't understand the situation voiced their surprise .

>[Holy Magic: Zaikuon Belief] Skill Acquired .

So the revival is true .

"Excuse me . Please forgive my discourtesy since it was an emergency . "

"I-I'm saved . Thank you for your wise decision . "

The only person who understood my action in this place, miss Shelmina said that with a pale face .

"Get away! You insolent rabble!"

"Stop it! Viscount is my lifesaver . "

Miss Shelmina rebuked her enraged escort knight .

"Eh, um? You don't like God's blessing?"

I lightly whack the head of Kei who looks puzzled .

There are things that you shouldn't do even if they're out of good will .

--A land lord needs to control a City Core .

However, that has several conditions, and people who have received blessing from god are against one those conditions .

Of course, there's a trick that can be used to remove God's blessing by way of a ritual magic, however it seems that needs a huge amount of cost and time to perform .

"Kei, you shouldn't bless someone without their consent . There are people who have pledged their faith to another God . "

The temple head admonished Kei in an easy to understand manner in my place .

"Putting aside the mean, I certainly saw the actuation of a holy magic . That holy symbol is certainly--"

Miss Shelmina tidied her clothes, coughed once and said that .

Looks like she's not going to pursue Kei's rash action .

"--the same as the one in the temple . So God Zaikuon has really been revived . "

Miss Shelmina clearly stated the words I hesitated to say out loud .

That's right, Kei already had holy magic skill from the beginning .

However, Kei couldn't use that holy magic even if she chanted the right spell .

Because the source of her holy magic, God Zaikuon had died .

And now .

Kei is able to use holy magic .

In other words, God Zaikuon the source of the holy magic has been revived .

Nevertheless--it's fast .

Once, Demi God-mode Aze-san told me .

"When they had just arrived at this world, God Zaikuon and God Garleon challenged the Dragon God and got killed, however they were revived in 1000 years . "

But, if that's the truth, then God Zaikuon who was killed 30 years ago revived too fast .

"Then, we will double the amount of the current offering, in exchange please send priests to the free medical building . "

"Double the amount now--"

The temple head frowned to hear miss Shelmina .

"Could you get it back to the same amount as 30 years ago at least?"

"Unfortunately, right now the restoration takes top priority . "

Miss Shelmina shook her head at the temple head's entreatment .

Their financial is probably in a bad shape since the king seems to hardly assist .

I'll send some fund through Echigoya Firm at an appropriate time .

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"Is Viscount Pendragon staying in the temple?"

"I'm not, now that I've met Kei, I'm thinking of departing Dasles City by today's end . "

I only came here to say [Congratulation] to Kei after all, and I had confirmed the revival of God Zaikuon .

There's no need to stay here for long .

--Nn? Red luminous points are reflected on the Radar .

"But! I was thinking of holding a party to welcome Viscount Pendragon . . . . "

Miss Shelmina spoke regrettably .

Yet she's not going to forcefully detain me .

Welcoming a noble of a foreign country is probably going to hit their finance hard .

I open the map and confirm the identities of the red points while talking with miss Shelmina .

They're nothing to be afraid about .

They're level 20 small fries, the points that need special mentions are only their [Fiend Drug Overdose] states and that they're people that belong to the crime guild [Cannibal Snake] .

If I'm not mistaken, [Cannibal Snake] are the bunch who led the refugees and did some terrorism at the neighboring Silga Kingdom .

"--Viscount-sama! Right, black overcoat, behind a child!"

I heard Pipin's voice from beyond the crowd .

Looks like he's warning me about the owner of the red point reflected on the radar .

"--Tch . "

"Uwaaa"

A man in black overcoat who's using a kid as a shield assaults miss Shelmina with a dagger .

The guard who was going to cover miss Shelmina was rammed by another man from the flank .

It seems they slipped into the temple's crowd .

"Sharu!"

"--Did you call?"

With Kei's shout, a beauty jumped down the roof and landed on the black overcoat man's back .

She's Sharururun, a former phantom chivalrous thief, now a member of Echigoya Firm whom I, as Kuro, tasked to guard Kei .

A different man with brown overcoat behind the smashed man came assaulting while his body was transforming .

The brown overcoat man blocks Sharururun's dagger with his transformed claws

"Monster?"

"Uwaaaa, it's a monster!"

The members of [Cannibal Snake] who were hiding themselves in the crowd stirred a panic with loud voices .

--This is bad .

I pull miss Shelmina's hand to keep her away from danger and kick the small man who stealthily attacked with a dagger .

I invoke the [Calm Field] from magic column while I'm at it and stop the surroundings from panicking .

After that, I stun the [Cannibal Snake] members with the highly stealthy [Stun Hand] .

It's a faulty magic that's easy to block if there's no level difference, but that's not the case if I use it .

"V-viscount Pendragon . I-I'm glad that you saved me, but could you please let your hands go now?"

Miss Shelmina appealed with a red face in my arm .

Oops, I forgot that I was still embracing her .

"Shelmina-sama! There's no mistake, this tattoo is of the 『Cannibal Snake』 . "

"I thought uncle had annihilated them all, so there are some remains . "

The guard who inspected the man defeated by Sharururun said that .

"Viscount Pendragon, and the woman over there, thank you for your assistance . I will be sure to reward you later . "

"No need for thanks . I only helped Kei . "

Sharururun curtly brushed off miss Shelmina .

Offended by her attitude, the guard is glaring at Sharururun .

Kei who sensed the worsening atmosphere points at the sky while looking like she realized something .

"Look look! Sunbeam!"

Kei is pointing at beautiful light streaming between the thick cloud .

"It's like the sky is also celebrating God's revival . "

Kei spoke with an unnaturally bright tone to break the ice .

Lured by Kei's smile, everyone smiles .

Mysterious toll of a bell can be heard out of nowhere .

"What a beautiful sound . "

I can feel the superior skill of the bell craftsman from the tone of the deep calm toll .

I wonder if I should put a bell in the solitary island palace too?

I ask miss Shelmina while thinking that .

"Is this from the castle's bell?"

"I-it's not, I've never heard such a beautiful sound either . "

Yet, miss Shelmina returned a negative .

--Well now?

If she who has lived her whole life in Dasles City doesn't know, then where does this sound of bell come from?

My question is quickly answered .

In the worst possible way .

<<TAKE HEED>>

An intimidating voice descended from the sky .

It's like hearing several kinds of language at the same time .

Sounds of rustling sound and soil reached my ears .

Everybody besides me have fallen prostrates with their foreheads on the ground .

Even the land lord candidate, miss Shelmina is not an exception .

<<TAKE HEED>>

The voice descended from the sky once again .

Looks like it has begun .