My Pet Is a Holy Maiden - Volume 1 - Chapter 75

Chapter 75

Several days later, Tatsumi was in Giuseppe’s office like usual .

Today was one of the days that Giuseppe would teach Tatsumi magic, and while he was here, Tatsumi would ask about the cut-in-half jo .

Of course, the part about Calcedonia’s clothing being ripped off was the couple’s little secret .

While hearing the chain of events from Tatsumi, the old man fixedly stared at the broken jo in his hands .

“Hmmm, this is…very beautifully cut apart . ”

The sliced edge of the jo shined like a polished gemstone . At least, a normal cross-section of a tree wouldn’t look like this .

Giuseppe’s eyes shined as if he was a child given a new toy .

“Also, Calsey thinks that this was caused by my magic…but, can the Heaven system really do this kind of thing?”

“That’s right…yes, just wait for a bit . ”

Giuseppe stroked his long beard gone white with his age . He was facing the large bookshelf in his office, thinking about something .

Then, he pulled a book from one of the shelves, and flipped through the contents . Soon enough, he returned to Tatsumi with the book in hand .

“This, it’s this . According to this book, the weapon of Thiet Zamui, the original Heaven system mage, could cut through trees, boulders, and whatever else stood in his way . ”

This book was probably one of the books Giuseppe collected back when he was interested in the Heaven system .

“Is the information trustworthy?”

“That’s unknown . This book was written a while after Thiet’s death, and many facts get distorted over time . However, Thiet’s main weapon still exists . ”

“Huh, really? Is it here?”

“Nope, it’s unfortunately not here . The weapon is held by the Church of the Sun God Golaiva . ”

The Grand Mage Thiet Zamui was alive around five centuries past . Even in modern Japan, many things from the past are still around, so it wasn’t surprising that the Grand Mage’s weapon still existed .

Furthermore, magic exists in this world . If magic is used, whether it be five centuries or a millenia, it’s unmistakably possible to preserve it .

“After Thiet Zamui’s death, nobody could use the weapon . Since Golaiva is also the God of War, it was offered to Golaiva’s Church . Though, since you also have the Heaven system, maybe you could also use the weapon . ”

Giuseppe laughed happily, and Tatsumi’s interest in the weapon the Grand Mage left behind flared .

It was a weapon from myths . Tatsumi didn’t think that he could wield it, but he at least wanted to see it once .

“Now, back to the matter at hand . Is slicing possible with the Heaven system, was it?” Giuseppe once again began to talk .

Other than the book that Tatsumi just saw, there was another story about the Grand Mage cutting things .

And from that, Giuseppe believed that the Grand Mage had some sort of slicing power .

“To begin with, the weapon we just talked about isn’t a weapon that normally cuts . He must have had a magic that gave him the ability to slice . ”

“What? The Grand Mage’s weapon isn’t a sword?”

The legendary weapon was also known as Trueslash, so Tatsumi had assumed that it was a sword, or at least a weapon with a blade .

However, from what Giuseppe just said, the weapon in question didn’t seem to be a bladed one .

“Yep, it isn’t a sword . On the contrary, people who don’t know any better wouldn’t think it was even a weapon . I suppose that it’ll be faster to show you than to give a long explanation . And the Partiarch of the Church of Golaiva, Bugarank, wants to see you, so he’ll definitely let us see the weapon!”

Giuseppe laughed happily, the same as ever .

After leaving Giuseppe’s office, Tatsumi was walking in the Church of Savaiv .

He was going to the templar’s training area to train with the other templars .

While on his way, a few junior priests doing chores came into his sight .

They were lugging a large amount of firewood somewhere .

Tatsumi looked at the junior priests with nostalgia .

As he was a full-fledged priest and a templar to top it off, he naturally wouldn’t be doing these chores anymore .

But, when he had just came to this church─no, when he had just came to this world, he spent a lot of time doing menial tasks like the junior priests in front of him .

“How are you doing, Bogart? I haven’t seen you since I stopped being a junior priest . ”

Bogart’s role is to manage the other junior priests . Before he was promoted, he used to always meet with Bogart, but he hasn’t anymore .

It was impossible because of work currently, but he could catch up with Bogart next time there was an opportunity . Thinking that, Tatsumi continued walking .

Once again, his footsteps stopped .

“…Now that I think about it…”

Tatsumi remembered the time when he was a junior priest .

It was when Tatsumi was first made to chop the firewood .

It was, of course, his first time cutting firewood, but the wood was cut too quickly and too easily .

At that time, he thought it was the power he got from transmigrating, so he started to seriously train as a templar . And, after he got the sealing bracelet from Giuseppe, it became much harder to do the wood . 1

At the time, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, but now it was obviously strange .

The Heaven system of magic was specialized in movement; it represented the vastness of the heavens that only a Heaven-system user could easily travel across . Nonetheless, he easily cut apart the firewood without any troubles .

“…Could it be…?”

The slicing magic of the Heaven system . Maybe Tatsumi has had this power from the start .

Giuseppe was in his office after his lesson with Tatsumi was over .

Naturally, the patriarch of a major religion was a busy man . Being the meditator over internal conflicts, replying to requests from minor churches, and talks with influential believers that even the church can’t ignore .

In these busy days, the lessons with Tatsumi were a much-needed breather for him .

In the lesson, they talk casually . Stories from both their worlds entertained them both .

Moreover, Tatsumi was positive, and a good student . He learned well, and his talent sometimes even surprised Giuseppe .

“My son-in-law can really entertain me . ”

Slouching in his office chair, Giuseppe thought of the previous exchange between him and his favorite disciple .

“The slicing magic of the Heaven system…I can’t help but be excited over if he can really master it . ”

Many stories of the previous Heaven mage have been left behind .

However, those stories are dramatized, and are more exaggeration than real .

A story must be interesting to be a story, after all .

Still, Giuseppe had always thought that there was some type of slicing magic in the Heaven system, and Tatsumi could be his proof .

His excitement for Tatsumi was completely understandable .

As his teacher and his relative, Giuseppe awaited Tatsumi’s growth .

However, the patriarch’s secret fun came to an abrupt halt .

The royal palace had called for an emergency meeting of the four church leaders .

And in that meeting, the king and all who held major power within the nation discussed one thing .

A giant dragon was approaching the Kingdom of Largofiely .