Chapter 80

Chapter 80

“This is the vow ritual”

“Now in the library …”

“Please wait. The story is not over”

“…… Yes”

I was moved from the front of the altar to the office desk by the priest. Sit down because Fran prepared the chair.

“Thank you, Franc”

“… I can’t thank you”

fran, with a face that was surprised for a moment, lightly broke his eyebrows. Perhaps I couldn’t say thank you. It seems better to go to Frida next time to hear about the aristocratic behavior.

“Can I start talking?”

“Yes, please”

I don’t know what the report is, but there are a number of wooden bills and parchment stacked on the edge of the chief’s desk. The priest looked at me, glanced at some of them.

Talk begins as if a teacher with a textbook teaches students.

“As you know, all the blue priests in the temple are from aristocrats. If you are a commoner, you have a good feeling about wearing blue clothing. ”

“Yes”

Even if I know it, my spine cools coolly when told to the face. When I started to speak of a shrine maiden, my life was about half a year old, so I thought it would be enough if I could read even a book in the library.

However, there were magical tools in the temple. By becoming an apprentice of a blue shrine maiden, it was possible to prolong life, and the relationship with the temple was no longer limited. It seems that we have to think a lot more, rather than throwing it away.

“Now the number of blue priests is really small and we need someone with magical power, so it can be neglected, but in a few years nobles will increase into the temple I do n’t know what will happen, let me tell you that in advance. ”

“…… Yes”

Hold your fist on your knees and bite your lips. If I mess up with the nobility, my family will be inconvenienced. I want information that I can spend safely here.

“Especially the temple chief refuses even the oath ceremony. The other blue priests seem to have no acquaintance, and the feelings of you as a commoner are not good. I will take over the leadership. “

My presence, who has no magic but only magic and money, is equivalent to trampling the privilege of aristocrats, so I can’t have good feelings. know. However, although the nobility has no good feelings, I think the priest has advised my relatives a lot.

“Isn’t the priest unpleasant? I am …”

“I appreciate good people. Especially now that the number of priests and priests has decreased, my work is concentrated. You are good at document work. You know you can help, but you can’t get away? “

My cheeks were drawn to the absurd black smile. The fact that I am good at paperwork means that the investigation I had done before has ended and various information about me has already passed to the priest.

Personal information protection is a world where there is no fragment. If the aristocratic priest asks, the opponent will be angry. What kind of information is being held? scared.

“I’ll do my best, what is my job at the temple? If you have something to do, please tell me”

“Oh. Your job is first to work as a paperwork as my assistant. This is the most important thing. In the morning, you have to work on paperwork. Next, prayer and dedication. Especially as a shrine maiden, if you don’t have the ability to pray, you will be in trouble.

“I understand your prayers, but what is dedication?”

“Put magical power on the ritual. Franc, shield”

The franc crawls small and returns a shield with a diameter of about 50-60 centimeters. The circular shield, which seems to be made of gold, is suitable for being called a sacred item, and has intricate patterns engraved with blue patterns in some places.

In the middle, it is about the size of a palm, and there is an embroidered yellow jewel that sways and sways as if the inside is burning. And, similar jewels about the size of marbles lined up around the shield. However, about half of the small jewels around were yellow, and about half were transparent like crystal.

“Touch this magic stone in the middle. Think of sending your magic power …”

“Yes”

It looks like a magic stone, not a jewel. When I gently touched it with my right hand, I was thrilled with a very fantasy thing, and the whole shield shone in gold. At the same time, a series of symbols like characters that have never been seen as complex patterns become light green light, which emerges as much as the wrist.

Wow, it looks like a magic circle! Wow wow!

When I was curious and staring at the glowing symbol, I felt that the heat inside my body was being sucked by the vacuum cleaner. It feels the same as when Frida used magical tools when he was eating and dying.

Since it’s a lot of trouble, I usually consciously opened the lid to keep the magical power in me. The heat of hot eating rushes out from the center, flows toward the palm of your hand at once, and is sucked in vigorously.

I was relieved to leave myself to the pleasure of sucking out unnecessary heat.

…… Is this not broken?

I remembered that I broke Frida’s witchcraft, and I was a little scared and pulled my hand. And the magical power that has been reduced a little is contained again.

Although the magical power was released for only a short time, the magical power that puts a burden on the body decreased at a stretch. I feel like I’ve become light as if the heavy stones on my body are gone.

“Fum. 7 small magic stones?”

Looking at the shield in the voice of the priest, there was a lot of yellow magic stones around the shield. It seems to be a specification that changes color when filled with magical power. You can see at a glance how much magic power remains.

…… I feel like a charger.

Try holding or closing your right hand that was releasing magic power. The heat of eating is really magical power, or the flow of magical power was surprisingly well understood because there was a clear exit, and when I was thinking, the priest chief looked into me worried .

“Mine, what is the burden on your body?”

“Well, it ’s kind of refreshing and my body feels lighter.”

“… Yes, don’t be burdened”

“I understand”

Is it a dedication to charge magic power to a sacred piece? This is a relatively easy job.

The most difficult thing is prayer. Standing on one leg is quite difficult with the current body. In particular, it is difficult to raise the arm diagonally rather than spreading the arm horizontally. Perhaps the angle and endurance time will be taught in detail.

“And the last job is to read the scriptures and learn the contents”

My ear responded to the words of the priest, which was gently and smallly added. Did you say you read and learn? I’m not confident in my memory, but leave it to me if I just read it.

“I’ll do it! Go to the library right away!”

I stood up and raised my hand to appeal to the chief priest. However, without seeing this, the priest begins to look through another piece of paper.

“I want to move on to donation before that. Sit down”

“…… Yes”

Talking about money is important. The donations I declared to pay were particularly high, so I was also concerned about the donations. Mainly how to pay and where to donate.

“You said you would donate a big coin …”

Reminds me that I was consulted by Benno after being lightly struck by the priest.

I was told, “I will collect money as a commercial guild every time there are ceremonies, but I have never done it personally.” Also, “There is a high possibility that it will stand out because there is too much money. Wouldn’t it be better to pay separately? .

“Well, if you are told to pay, you can pay, but can you pay in small installments like one small coin every month?”

“The donation is not what you specify, so it’s not impossible, but why?”

“If you suddenly pay the full amount, your acquaintance will tell you that some people may be dazzled by large amounts of money and increase their extra expenses. After asking people about where and how to donate, I thought it would be better to decide how to pay. “

As expected, I cannot say as Benno said. The murky words seemed to convey the intentions, and after listening to my words, the chief priest sighed for a while.

“50% of the donation will be used to maintain the temple and the rest will be distributed to the blue priest. The amount distributed to the priest varies slightly depending on the position. It is better for the depositor to start with 5 small coins and the rest with a single small coin every month.

“Why is that amount?”

When I tilted my head, the temple head presented a bundle of parchment in front of me. Looking through it, it was part of the book. The priest pointed at the papers.

“The temple’s income is roughly divided into dedication money given by the lord and ceremonial tribute, and support money paid by the blue priest’s parents’ house. The decrease is directly linked to the decrease in income.To tell the merchant in an easy-to-understand manner, the current temple is in deficit management. ”

I feel like I’ve been struck with a lot of intimacy, but I wonder if the shrine is a deficit management.

“Uh, the chief priest. Is that good to say to me?”

“It will be a job you will be involved in a few days later, so it should be no problem what I just taught you”

It seems that helping the document is not just helping with the calculations done at Otto, but rather that it’s done quite a bit.

“… I understand. How can I give money?” I always exchange money with guild cards, but the chief does not have guild cards.

“You just need to bring it?”

The priest will tell you so easily, but in my case, the big money is only exchanged with cards, and I have never held gold coins in my hand. It’s too scary for a child like me to walk from the commercial guild to the temple with a lot of money.

I am so timid as to help Marc carry even the fees for winter handicrafts.

“Even though it is easy for the chief who is used to big money, it ’s too scary for me to carry”

“Huh, what do you think the side serves for?”

Yes? Side serving?

I tilted my head looking around the side serving in front of the temple headline. There’s no way you can deposit a lot of money for the wrong side service.

If you are a franc, you may still hear the order of the priest, but Delia and Gil are likely to be used for harassment. As long as I look at my attitude, I can’t trust any side service yet.

“If you talk to someone else that you don’t get it, don’t you like it? I’m afraid of depositing 5 small coins.

“… Do you not trust the side service?”

When I was told by the priest with a mysterious face, I felt strange. Can an aristocrat trust someone else who is not good at meeting for the first time, and give them 5 small coins? Or is it something like contract magic that doesn’t betray you?

Thinking back to where I was introduced to the side service, there should have been no such contract. Because contracts related to witchcraft use blood, I know it.

“If you say that you serve the side, you’re the first person you don’t have forcibly, face to face, right?

Is that a friend with a friendly attitude? That’s impossible. Compared to the side service here, the guild leader is still reliable.

Adults that I can trust about money are limited. Can you come for Benno or Marc? The chief priest is an aristocrat, so if you think you can connect, Benno won’t refuse. I hope you don’t decline.

“Can you give me permission to put the person in the temple because I’m used to having a lot of money and I want to come with an adult I can trust?”

“Who is that?”

“I’m Benno of Gilberta Company, who is my commercial guardian”

“…… Fum, good”

If Lutz comes to pick you up, let’s consult with the store once. By the way, I would like to ask if you know how to use side serving. Is there anything in common with employee usage?

In front of me, the priest closed the book and handed it to Arnaud.

“This is all I need to talk about today. Mine, what questions do you have?”

“Yes! After 4 bells, I’d like to read a book in the library until Lutz comes to pick me up. Can I put it in the library? I want to work! “

“Lutz, you were a boy who was in control of your physical condition. From now on, let’s have your side manage your physical condition.”

I was asked if I could enter the library, but I was talking about physical condition management.

I look at the side service again. Gill who seems to be unmotivated by scratching his head, Delia looking out of the window, and Franc looking over the priest past me. I don’t think I can manage my physical condition.

“My family tells me to accompany Lutz until I can manage the side serving. Lutz has a heavy burden, so I want to be able to do it quickly. I wish I could do my best … so can I go to the library? “

“Ah. Franc, guide me”

“I’m smart”

Talk to the chief’s word lightly and cross your hands, and Fran smiles slightly. The proud face was completely different from what I had seen, and it clearly showed who the Lord of Fran was.

Well, but if you were a gray priest with a chief, it would still be safe. It seems that he is intimidated by the chief priest and does not seem to take any trouble. While making such an evaluation, I walk as if jumping behind the franc.

Whatever the library room! This is a job! My job!

Delia and Gill came from behind me who walked and walked lightly. A little away from the Priest’s room, Gill screamed.

“I don’t want to go to the library, I’m stupid”

Kachin! You are a fool who doesn’t know the greatness of the book!

Looking back, I swallowed my gil as much as possible, and Gill struck the nose and entered the battle.

“What’s that eye? You’re just a noble, no matter what you’re just a commoner?” I don’t think you’re the Lord, I will never obey your orders and I’ll be in trouble. “

Just as Gill doesn’t think of me as the Lord, I don’t think I’m serving Gill as well. There is no love. Therefore, let it flow.

“Yes, I know.

“… What! What do you understand ?? Are you stupid?”

I turn away from Gil who started yelling and I started walking.

Immediately after that, the girl’s high voice reverberated from behind.

“I’m really stupid”

“Delia?”

Dela screams with nose, even erasing even the smile on the surface. I thought it would be a type that frightens a man, so I was surprised that it was easy to get out of it while I thought it wouldn’t be true while the other side served.

Apparently, the evaluation of Delia must change. Perhaps it was not the Happo beauty type that frightens a man. Or is it a carnivorous hunter type that isn’t afraid of anyone other than the target?

When I was looking at Delia, I cried my crimson hair and raised my chin and chin like an arrogant girl cartoon character. I am afraid of being as young as 8 years old.

“Oh, moh! Even though I was able to become an apprentice with a temple chief, I was turned by a woman who couldn’t understand my charm. Really the worst!

Delia seems to be a lord of the temple head. It’s not friendly.

Even so, what are you thinking about spying? Is this also the direction of the temple head?

“Now, I’ll get you changed”

While leaning over the sudden exposure, and forgiving him to take turns, Delia lifted her eyes slightly and became angry.

“Moo! You’re really stupid. I won’t change. What are you talking about?”

That is this line. What are you talking about?

“Did you ask the temple chief to embarrass you directly? If you decided to change, I would doubt my ability!”

Talking to each other doesn’t seem to be able to communicate with each other. I can’t understand at all. There is no way close to the person who declares that the temple chief has directly asked for harassment. Limited to quick change.

Thinking so far, I realized that Even if Delia is eliminated, there must be an alternative side service from the temple head. Delia may be safer for me than the type that is good at concealment.

Delia slammed her index finger into me thinking.

“I’m not scared because you wore blue clothing! I’m going to be a mistress after you’ve been admitted by the temple chief!”

Did I make a mistake, or is a mistress contract for a young girl popular these days? At the same time, I remembered the shock when I heard it from Frida’s mouth, and I felt uncomfortable considering the year of the temple chief.

It’s unexpected that the temple head was a lolicon metamorphosis. I was betrayed by a gray shrine maiden who I had seen before, though I thought the secretary sex appeal was my favorite.

“…… That mistress is intimidating?”

“Yeah, you’re a mistress? Mistress isn’t the most wanted woman. You don’t know that too? Well, it’s useless even if I don’t want to be so cute” / p>

“Eh? Is the lover you want the most?”

This is clearly different from common sense. At the very least, Frida understands what a mistress’s position is like in my sense.It was. At least, he was proudly proud, intimidating and not aiming for it.

Gill praises her shoulders, laughing with a grinning smile, just like making me a fool who can’t accept a different sense.

“That’s natural? If you become a mistress of a blue priest, you’ll be in a position to use the gray priest in reverse. …… Is that all right, are you alright, why don’t you know this common sense? “

Even if you are scolded as ignorant, your anger will not come out. Rather, I didn’t want to know that the most successful career for an orphanage girl was a mistress of a power.

My mistress is the most common sense that I have never been in touch with, but they live in it, and this is common sense in the temple. No matter what I say here, I will not be accepted.

“Gill, words are too!”

Fran shouted when I saw me holding my head. But Gil beats me with no hesitation.

“It’s bad that you don’t know it. Everyone knows it?”

“… Mine, you mentioned the priesthood chief. Just give up when your attitude is too bad.”

“Yes, by the way, is the library still there?”

It’s great. I don’t want to give up Gil or Delia, or to have such strength and energy.

frantic who is intoxicated by the priest and probably not happy to serve me. Gil who makes me ridiculous if I don’t want to hear that.

It’s better to think about reading a book than to think about how to get along with this side service.

“I will report to the chief priest”

“Please”

A sighing franc opens one door and goes inside.

When I saw a paradise in the open area, my heart throbbed. I stretched out my arms while throbbing for fear of being blocked, and I walked towards the library, looking for a transparent wall. Unlike before, I was able to get inside without being blocked.

“Wow!”

At the moment of entering completely, the air changed clearly.

I trembling with excitement, I breathe the dusty air of the library in my heart. Is it because the parchment is mainstream and there are many wooden cards? Is it because of the different ink quality?

Still, I missed the smell of ink and the smell of old paper.

There are not many bookshelves in the library, and there are bookshelves with closed doors and bookshelves filled with wooden bills and paper scraps. There was a separate bookshelf for storing scrolls, and books rolled up like rolls of cloth packed in shelves in a handicraft were piled on the shelves, and labels with titles hung down.

A little bit like a cylindrical barrel for storing scrolls, and a label with the series name of the scrolls in it are affixed.

There was a long desk like a university in a place where the sun was shining through a window made at equal intervals and the sun was brightly lit and the window light could be taken. There are several books with chains on the top of the pedestal with the top plate slanted, and it appeals to me to read it.

“This is the scripture”

Inspired by Fran, I gently touched the cover bound with leather to read the scriptures connected to the chain. Then, remove the leather belt that is locked to prevent the mouth from opening.

At the next moment, the forehead spreads out and the cover comes up freely. It’s natural for wet parchment, but it seemed to me that the book was urging me to read.

Ah, this is the first book ever.

When I opened the cover, the sound of a heavy chain and a heavy chain sounded in the library room. The fingertips that turn the page that look a little yellowish tremble.

I started reading the book, tracing a handwritten character with a little habit.

“Hey, it’s noon. It’s time for lunch”

Even though I was immersed in a blissful time for a long time, a disturbing person appeared. The voice alone won’t get into your ears, but if you sway my shoulders, I’m forced to return to reality.

“Gill, the library is strictly forbidden in private language. If you can’t be quiet, will you come out? I read the book”

“Huh! Lunch!?”

Gill shouts, but for me it’s not a target for comparing lunch with books. If you can read a book, you won’t feel hungry if you don’t eat for two days.

“I don’t seem to be the main, and I don’t need Gill here! Get out because you can eat without permission”

“You …”

Gill opened his eyes openly and tried to say something even though people were kindly giving them freedom.

“Do n’t get in the way”

Before the reason breaks, consciously open the magical lid and spread the magical power throughout the body. I immediately tried to use the release of the magical power that I had somehow grasped in the previous dedication.

At the next moment, Fran grabs Gill and Delia’s neck and jumps out of the library.

Yeah, it’s quieter.

I push the string again, focusing on magical power.

The bell of No. 4 rang and did not get in the way until Lutz came.