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Chapter 62 Part 1

How Eve Shares The Same Feelings About Goddess And How She Too, See The Goddess

She had brown wavy hair and was wearing light clothing that looked easy to move in.

Eve was clearly dressed for close combat, different from how she was when we saw her off at the inn, and she bowed lightly at us.

「…’Ssup.」

She seems unsure of what to say as she just bows her head several times while looking at us.

Although the haircut Sybilla gave her makes it clear that she’s a girl, since my impression of her is that she’s a boy, I can’t help but feel she gives off a younger brother vibe.

「Way to go, Eve-chan! You saved us! But still, what are you doing here?」

「Well you see… I spotted you guys from our orphanage on top of the hill with my good eyesight, so I’m thinking of following you all. The two big sisters were so strong that I didn’t even think they needed my help. I was genuinely shocked when the shield big sister blocked the monster with her shield and blew them away with it.」

「Of course, Emmy-chan here is a 【Holy Knight】 after all.」

「Holy Knight!? Eh, like, for real!? No wait, certainly, with that strength maybe…」

Seeing Eve’s sparkling eyes, Emmy could only scratch her head in embarrassment. Sybilla started a light conversation first and our eyes met for a moment.

Sybilla hugged Eve lightly for about three seconds… then closed one eye and put her fingertips to her mouth.

……Got it.

「Speaking of which, Eve-chan…」

「Yes?」

「Do you believe in Goddess?」

Straight hard-hitting fastball right off the bat!?

Be a little more subtle with it!

I can tell when our eyes met earlier that you’re trying to slowly persuade her to keep silent about my Dark Magic… but do you think it’s normal to suddenly ask something like that!?

No, if it’s her, I guess it is.

It’s Sybilla we’re talking about here after all.

……But the fact that Sybilla asked her this question out of the blue means she has some confidence.

I know she would never do anything that would endanger me.

Both Emmy and Eve froze in surprise at the sudden question…… but Eve managed to recover first and squeeze out a few words.

「…Eh? The Goddess?」

「That’s right~ like the Sun Goddess. Are you the type who’s like, “Anyone who dares to defy the Goddess, I, the one who has dedicated myself to her faith, will punish them!”, or something?」

「Haha, what’s up with that? The Goddess, huh… I mean, it’s not that I don’t have faith at all, but… she didn’t help us orphans at all in the end, so even if they told me to become an assassin for the Goddess, I’d be like,『screw faith, show me the money first!』」

A reply that came out of Eve’s mouth that was far rougher even for an orphan boy like me and Vince.

Of course, Sybilla laughed hearing that.

「Ahaha! What a cool thing to say, Eve-chan!」

「Rather, someone like you, big sis, is more Goddess-like to me.」

「……Alright, I like you even more now. Oh, by the way, about the bag of silver coins I gave you, Eve-chan——I did it without permission, but that actually belonged to this guy here, Russell.」

Eve’s eyes widened in surprise and she then looked at me and bowed deeply.

「Oh, uh, thank you very much, onii-san, I mean, Russell-san! There was a whole lot in there, so I ended up using up quite a bit for initial investment.」

“Initial investment”, that’s a difficult word I wasn’t expecting to hear from an orphan.

I wonder if the priest in charge of her education was good. I don’t know what they taught Eve there, but she seems smart.

I don’t know how much she understands the importance of initial investment, but… getting good equipment right from the start was a good decision.

「I don’t think that our education back in the orphanage where I came from was lacking. After all, we had Gemma Baa-chan, Frederica, and above all, Jannet, a teacher of my age who read all the books hidden in the basement of the old orphanage.」

「No, don’t mind it. It just so happened that I earned a lot of money from the guild, I wasn’t even sure how to spend it. You were able to help me out like this thanks to that money too, so all is good. And you don’t have to pay me back.」

「Hehe… you’re a nice guy aren’t ya, Russell-san.」

「I know, right?!」

When Emmy suddenly joined in on our conversation, Eve froze in surprise… and just stared at Emmy.

As if they both realized something, Eve and Sybilla had this big smile on their faces as Emmy mumbled, 「Ah…」.

…Thanks to Emmy’s reaction, I now understand why it suddenly becomes so awkward.

More importantly, Sybilla, stop glancing this way.

「Don’t worry, I ain’t sayin’ nothing. Onee-san is so pretty that as someone who also came from an orphanage, I can’t help but feel jealous, ya’ know. By the way, Sybilla-san…」

「Fufu, yes, what is it?」

「——Your question earlier, 『Do you believe in Goddess?』, have another meaning behind it, yeah? Of course, whatever the reason, I’m ready to follow your path since it seems like the correct path, but is it really that dangerous of a bridge to cross?」

Eve uttered a sentence after lowering her tone of voice.

Sybilla’s face, which had been smiling brightly, turned to a shock for a moment… and then she showed a fierce, determined smile, like a carnivorous beast.

Eve gasped as she saw this side of Sybilla for the first time.

……No, I was surprised too.

To think that an orphan raised in such a harsh environment had such keen senses.

I feel that they are different from those of us who grew up in a peaceful environment, not in the sense of knowledge or wisdom, but more of their fundamental 『alertness』.

「That’s good… I like it. I like a feral wolf that can still reason like you.」

And then, without hesitation… Sybilla manifested and spread her black wings wide.

It’s the wing that Sybilla would only show to those with whom she shared her secrets.

Her true figure, that of a Goddess, that she wouldn’t easily show to just anyone.

「My name is Sybilla. I’m the one they’d call the 『Twilight Goddess』.」

「……Hueh?」

「Oh, and by the way, we’re not some shady cult that tries to bring down the Sun Goddess or anything like that, alright? We’re more like a team operating in the shadow, with the same objective as them, to defeat the Demon Lord. Keep it a secret from everyone, okay~?」

Eve just nodded her head hearing those explanations.

She still looked shocked and speechless.