Fiancée of the Wizard Volume 8 Chapter 6 Part 1
My sense of time had become quite ambiguous. Apparently, it had already been midnight since quite long ago. I did not know when. However, it seemed that the sun had already completely sunk. A curtain of darkness was covering the sky. Amidst the darkness, the large pale moon was glowing brightly. Stars of multitudes of colors scattered the sky and twinkled brightly.
With this bright light, even though it was night, shadows formed at my feet. I felt like I have not seen the night sky in ages. I was so captivated by the night sky that I did not care about the chill of the mid-winter wind. How beautiful……well, now was not the time to be saying such things. Hey me, stop escaping from reality.
Yes, the man, Noct, and I had teleported by the man’s magic to the village where the priests were in the Schtorenvihein territory……that was fine, but.
「H, hey you! You filthy beings, where did you appear from!? 」
Hm, as I had thought, it was totally not 「fine」. It was not fine at all. What was the man thinking? Teleporting in front of the priest that had troubled us earlier. Isn’t he dumb? I glared at the man beside me. However, I immediately shifted my gaze away from his beautiful face. I did not need to even ask what he intended to do. Undoubtedly, it was no other than his attempt to vex the priests. Well, I definitely understood how he felt like in doing so. Even more so, considering the current situation, I wanted to tell him to vex them more. Thus, I did not mean to be bothered by him. Nonetheless.
This place was very warm, regardless of being outdoors under the winter sky. This was because an unbelievably huge quantity of magical stones of fire was gathered here. Seemingly, the aforementioned priest from the high church had been drinking with the priests and holy knights under him. He had dropped a wine glass from his hand, and was trembling in anger.
He did not know what we had gone through in coming here. How thoughtless of him. Thinking so, I could not help but feel terribly irritated. I did not know what sort of purpose they were having a feast for. However, wasn’t this a little overboard? Wasn’t it terrible? Well, if somebody else points out that I should not be expecting anything from the priest, that’s it, but. Nonetheless.
While I scrunched my eyebrows, beside me, the man held a plain unaffected expression. He muttered as if genuinely feeling cumbersome. 「How noisy」. Upon hearing the man’s words, Noct jolted. He was opposite the man, beside me. His whitish silver ears were both lying down and twitching. It was as if his ears were observing his surroundings.
I thoroughly understood that I should not be saying this right now, but still. I wish the man was at least one-tenth as cute as Noct. Well, I guess I should not be saying so. Because the man seems so reliable, I could also retain my composure.
Well, for starters, I softly held the hand of Noct who was trembling. Noct immediately reddened, and looked down. However, he did not fling my hand away, and instead fearfully held my hand back. Indeed, cute.
While I was busy thinking so, the opposite hand was suddenly held tightly as well. Well well. I contained the laughter that welled within me. When I looked up at the person the hand belonged to, the man was not looking at my side. Instead, I saw that his ears were slightly reddened. With the man on one hand and Noct on the other, finally, I could not help but burst out laughing.
「What is so funny! You, you slut! 」
In an attempt to make my laughing inaudible, the priest in question noisily shouted. His voice reverberated in the noiseless night.
The lower-ranking priests and holy knights in the surroundings had been stoning dumbfoundedly at us who had appeared in front of them suddenly. However, seemingly they had regained their consciousness upon hearing the priest in question’s shouting voice. Hurriedly, they stood up and held their wands and swords pointing at us. The priest in question looked around as if satisfied. Then he snorted while standing up in a wobbly manner due to the alcohol.
「You despicable pure-black……! Where did the magical constraints go!? Earlier, I had sensed a huge blast of magical power in the north, but that must be your doing, right! Doing as you please after running away without permission, huh!? You shameless betrayer!! 」
Was he shouting because he was drunk? Or was he actually saying it from the bottom of his heart? Anyways, the priest scolded the man without any hesitation. As if annoyed, the man gazed at the priest for a while. Then, he tilted his head slightly.
「Ah. You’re the one that is saying as you please. Even though I had brought Filmina and Noct to you as you had wished for, hm? 」
Letting go of the hand holding me, the man reached out his empty hand into mid-air. Then, upon his hand appeared the robe that signified that he was a magician who worked at the Black Lotus Court. He wore the robe over his shaggy prisoner’s clothing. Then, he wrapped his hand around his wand as if to show off. Then he smiled at the priest. His smile was very beautiful, yet also very terrifying. While everybody gulped and gazed at the man’s expressions, the man deepened his smile in a seductive way.
「Although certainly I did leave you guys behind to teleport to Filmina, you guys had not tried to find me. Instead, you guys had been indulging in drinking and feasting. You guys should be shameful of yourselves」
「H, how impudent……! 」
「I have a gift for you. Accept it」
Because he was so angry, the priest opened and closed his mouth repeatedly like a fish that had been pulled up the shore. At this priest, the man took out something from mid-air, and lightly threw it.
Making a beautiful arc, the something flew in the air. I knew what it was. That was why I softly asked the man, 「Is that alright? 」. But the man answered without hesitation, 「I don’t mind」
Without noticing our interaction, the priest received the something by reflex. Then suspiciously, he scrunched his wrinkles and glared at the man.
「What is this mere pebble! 」
「Ah. Treating the demon lord’s core as a mere pebble huh. Wow, the main church’s priest is really something different, huh」
「!? 」
The priest’s face paled instantly. Then he wordlessly dropped the “something” ……that is, the shard of the demon lord’s core that had completely been nullified and turned into a stone by the man’s magical power. The others also froze in surprise. Amidst this, without any hesitation, the man picked up the shard of the demon lord’s core that had rolled to his feet. Then, the man laughed.
「Most probably, you had guessed that I would not come back. Then you had intended to spread the allegation that I was a betrayer that taken sides with the demons, right? Then, you would take pride in how your decisions were not wrong. And you had planned to use this to reinforce your career…… well, too bad. Should I pity your plan’s failure? Well, I won’t apologize, but」
「W, wha……! 」
It was perfect sarcasm. His tone, what he said, and his beautiful smile all contributed to making a perfect sarcasm. The priest paled face now turned red. Definitely, this red is not due to the alcohol. Noct who was holding hands with me also scrunched his face in a way that was not fear. Hey boy, I understand how you feel. But this is only the beginning.
I smiled wryly with blank eyes looking far away. Meanwhile, the priest seemed to notice the eyes looking at him. Then as if in order to regain his composure, he coughed two or three times. Then he smirked. It was a smile so full of greed that it was unimaginable that he was a priest that serves the goddess.
At this smile, Noct jolted again and cowered. I could sense that from his hand I held. Instead of saying to him that it is alright, I tightened my clasp on his hand. Meanwhile, the priest said in a condescending manner.
「Well, sure. I shall give you praise for capturing a demon. Firstly, pass that boy. Then, I shall consider what to do with you and that woman later…… 」
「Demon? 」
Interrupting the priest’s words, the man muttered. Then he purposely tilted his head in the opposite direction than before.
「Who are you referring to? 」
「……What are you saying? Don’t you understand that now is not the time to be joking around? 」
The man asked the priest innocently like a young child. The priest sneered in a mocking way. However, yet, the man’s questioning expressions still remained. The priest stopped smiling, and suspiciously scrunched his brows. After observing this, the man dropped his shoulders as if disappointed. Then, he sighed loudly.
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