Chapter 5
Satou here. When I hear the word higher dimensional worlds, my limited knowledge only gets me to think about interstellar jump cruises (warps) at most. An SF-mania friend told me all kinds of things back in the days, but I couldn't understand one bit about what he said.
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"Master, may fortunes be with you so I say."
Nana struck the shupin pose while saying that and then she got out of the duchy capital's villa carrying a huge bag on her back.
She's probably visiting the duchy capital's orphanages and sealkin kids.
"Let's go as well."
Sera who's embracing my arm heads toward the front gate.
Tenion Temple is located right behind this villa that I have just bought.
As such it would have been faster to go through the back, but Sera told me that my outward appearances as a noble was more important than doing things faster, thus we got to the temple with a carriage through the front gate.
"Your excellency Pendragon, if you'd please come over here."
After a commotion at the entrance of Tenion Temple, the present head miko-san led us to the room where the previous head miko, little girl Lily was waiting.
We parted ways with the present miko-san at the passageway toward the sanctuary, then us two, Sera and I went inside the room.
"Please come in, Nanashi-san. Or perhaps, I should call you Satou-san?"
"Please go with Satou when I'm in this form."
Even after she's turned into a little girl, the head miko-san--Lily still retains her atmosphere.
I smiled back at Lily who smiled at me.
I feel relaxed whenever I'm around her, maybe it's due to her holy mother-like aura.
"Satou-sama! How long are you going to stare at each other!"
Sera thrust herself between me and previous head miko-san, reproving me, "Have you forgotten why we're here?"
She murmured sulkily, "Talking with eyes is unfair", before she cut in but I should pretend not to hear that here.
"Ufufu, oh Sera, is that jealousy?"
"N-no it's not."
Teased by Lily, Sera turned her pouting face away like a child.
Lily is probably like a mother to Sera as she grew up under her care.
"Bridal Knights was it? Sera informed me that you have formed private knights."
"Yes, since there had been a sharp increase of people who were trying to forcefully solicit the girls."
"Oh my? I heard that the knights consist of candidates of people that will be your wives--"
"That's a misunderstanding."
Gotta correct what's wrong.
"So it is. I'd love to join the group if you're all right with a miko apprentice."
"We'd be very happy to have Lily-sama."
"Truly? I'm so glad."
Lily clapped her hands, elated like a child.
Attentive Ears skill picked up her saying in a low voice, "Too bad about the wives part not being true though."
Her eyes met mine, and then she stuck out her tongue and laughed shyly. Looks like she was just joking.
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"My what a convenient magic. But I guess that's too bad for Sera?"
"N-no, not at all!"
Hearing the mind magic I developed to avoid the naked body-to-body contact ceremony, [Mind Connection Advance], Lily seemed amazed before proceeding to tease Sera.
The denying red-faced Sera looked a bit disappo--"It's really really not like that at all, okay!"--not.
"Really? Okay then let's perform the ceremony with our clothes on."
A part of miko-san encircling us seem disappointed like Sera as well, but I must be just imagining things.
I changed into the ceremonial holy vest, received the holy crest transcription and performed the slightly simplified ceremony.
『--O God.』
Telepathy skill transmitted Sera's inner voice to me.
This part got said out loud in other temples, hence the calling with inner voices is probably exclusive to Tenion Temple.
『Great God who watches over us.』
Responding to Sera's call, a tranquil light falls down from heavens.
Back then it looked like a mere white light, perhaps because I hadn't got used to godly powers, but now it looks like a faint green light is mixed in the white light. This must be God's Tenion intrinsic color.
Sera's face comes off ecstasy.
She's entered the trance state.
<<<BLESSING>>><<<ANCIENT KING>>><<<TRIALS>>>
A torrent of words and images list was transmitted to me all at once through Sera.
My view was filled with noise before turning white and cleared up.
『Well done collecting all gods' marks, Satou Pendragon. As promised, I will invite you who have splendidly cleared all the trials to the Garden of Gods.』
An image of Sera standing in the center of the white light conveyed God Tenion's words.
『Go through the door of light while holding steadfast to your heart.』
At the direction Sera pointed her finger to, a door of light with a green outline showed up.
The instant I turned my attention to the door, I realized that I was already standing in front of it.
『Hold your heart steadfast. That will protect you.』
I nod at God Tenion who repeated the condition and go pass the door.
<TLN: If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka .com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel.>
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"A temple overflowing with green lights?"
Torrents of undulating waves of white and green colored lights are wrapping the temple like a cocoon around it.
"This is the 『World of Rift』. Tenion-sama's sanctuary."
As I looked around the area, I turned my gaze toward the owner of that voice.
A woman wearing green colored miko uniform was standing there.
--Aze-san?
No, she's not.
Her face looks exactly the same, but she's got a different hair color.
According to AR reading, apparently she's a high elf of Bareonan Clan.
"What's the matter? Child of man."
"Please excuse me, it's just that you look like someone I know."
"You're acquainted with a high elf?"
"Yes, I'm a close friend of Boruenan Forest Sacred Tree, Aialize-sama."
I had wanted to say she was my lover, but since I shouldn't tell lies here, I held myself back.
"Really."
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