Chapter 101 – Part 2

「I am unworthy of such words」

「Fu, if you ever change your mind, pay a visit to the governor-general anytime.

If your grades at the Magic Academy are top of the class, then rather than the military, you could have prospects as a mage or a civil officer for the governor-general.

Village chief, I apologize, but we will be taking some of the weapons and armor left behind by the goblins.

Your people have ownership rights to everything here, but we can’t overlook the weapons of five thousand goblins circulating freely.

This is just my opinion, but the forging techniques and production systems that the goblins use in the wastelands of darkness must be greatly different from current presumptions.

Right now, we have plans to send the forces at Galois north, but in order to do that while still being cautious, we will need materials, like the weapons of the goblins」

There is truth to what Sir Zeda says.

Given the fact that the once remote regions of the frontier era now had a large army steadily heading south, and they even had arms that were to an extent uniform in quality, it wasn’t difficult to imagine that an unwelcome change was occurring within the goblins’ ranks.

There was a possibility that the goblins might retaliate by next spring at the soonest, and they would move their armies once again.

The situation with the neighboring kingdoms to the east and west were also strained, and I heard a rumor that tensions were high in the air between the land-holding lords. But from the incident this time, there were now seeds of a foreign threat from the north being sewn.

The equipment that we strip off of these goblins’ corpses can later be handed over to the Galois army, in exchange for money.

「I, Zeda, will take responsibility for telling the governor-general about this incident.

Five thousand, no, a force of four thousand was repelled in a single day with only some reinforcements from Ente Forest. I’m sorry but no one in Galois would have expected this to happen.

There is also that iron wall, and the golems. This village is extraordinary. I will send a report, and prepare some laborers to come clean up the bodies of the goblins」

Right now, the biggest problem for Bern Village was how to clean up all the corpses, so Sir Zeda’s proposition was something to be happy about. At that time, Mairahl, known as Iira in this form, came walking out of the village and called out to us.

She wore pure white robes and necklaces that modestly decorated her chest, all of which were impeccably clean and without a single stain. Even as she walked between four thousand dead bodies, her elegance and dignity could not be marred.

「I am sorry to interrupt the conversation」

As soon as the sound of Mairahl’s voice made its way to our ears, no, at the very moment when her presence became known, Sir Zeda and all his subordinates naturally tried to kneel and bow their heads before her.

She was one pillar among the creation gods, and was the main god responsible for creating humans long ago. In front of their creator, Sir Zeda and the other humans were simply trying to show the greatest respect to her, as her creations.

「Sir Zeda」

Mairahl stopped him and the others with a single word, as a faint smile rose to her face.

If the reason for their attempts to bow was Mairahl, then it was also Mairahl who stopped them.

「Ah, no, how rude of me. You are priests of Mairahl. I heard you helped protect Bern Village during this incident. As a knight of Galois, I am deeply grateful」

「All of it was simply the will of the god Mairahl’s good heart. Please don’t concern yourself over it」

Well, this Iira was really Mairahl herself, so what she was saying wasn’t wrong.

Anyway, what kind of idea does Mairahl have?

「I am IIira. I am a travelling priest. Please excuse me for having overheard your conversation just now. In regards to the handling of the goblin remains, there is a problem.

It might be a little forward of me to suggest this, but if it is alright with you, I would like to be the one to hold a funeral for these goblin remains.

It will not trouble Bern Village or any of you from Galois. I can conduct the entire funeral by myself」

「Indeed, since the goblin bodies do release a miasma, their bodies have no use. It would be extremely helpful if you could help with that, but what do you think, village chief?」

「Yes. Even rural villagers such as us would not eat goblin or orc meat, nor use their bones to construct anything.

It’s not that their bones or skins are unusable, but doing so would not be worth the time and effort. Above all, I hesitate to utilize the bodies of goblins because they are the creations of evil gods.

If you would clear out these bodies for us, Iira-sama, then we would gladly welcome your help」

Both Sir Zeda and the village chief must have been worried about how to dispose of the goblin bodies, so Mairahl’s offer was extremely convenient for them, but they held doubts as to how exactly she was going to do it.

「Now then, before everyone’s eyes, I shall make these remains disappear」

Mairahl looked back at me once, with a slightly mischievous smile on her face. Then she brought her hands up to her chest, linking her fingers together in a posture of prayer.

In the eyes of those looking from the outside, she simply looked like a devout priest offering up a prayer to her god, but all I could see was Mairahl just praying to herself, so I thought it looked strange to me.

「O, lives born from the gods of darkness. As your bodies cannot enter the cycle of rebirth, let it become sustenance for life on this earth」

A jade green light faintly spread from Mairahl’s entire body as she prayed, and that light began to wrap around the goblins’ corpses.

Sir Zeda, the village chief, and everyone else all gasped as they gazed at the spread of the holy light. In particular, for Retisha-san and the other followers of Mairahl, this was a miracle created by their god, impossible for any of them to bring about, so witnessing such a miracle moved them to tears.

「Oh, how could this be, all those bodies have completely disappeared」

「There wasn’t even any need to dig a grave. As expected of the work of a god」

「O, mighty Mairahl……」

Sir Zeda, the village chief, and Retisha-san spoke, in that order. As we watched over it all, the goblins’ bodies were wrapped around in that jade green light, and then melted away and disappeared inside of that light. Even the blood that soaked the ground and the stench in the air all disappeared into the light.

In the blink of an eye, the bodies of the goblins all disappeared. I waited until that happened, and then I released the magic circle I’d laid out on the ground to keep the bodies frozen. Now, all we could see was the sight of armor and weapons rattling to the ground, having suddenly lost their owners.

「With this, the remains have been handled, without needing disposal. No words of gratitude would ever be enough to thank the magnificent Mairahl」

I said that while looking at Mairahl, who gave a small smile back to me as she unclasped her fingers.

「She only answered that which was asked of her. Mairahl does not seek words of gratitude」

「Even so, it is the truth that she was a great help. That is why words of thanks are needed. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you, Mother Mairahl. Thank you very much」

Since I was talking as if the female priest before me was Mairahl herself, Sir Zeda had a slightly confused look on his face, but that was exactly the truth.

Well, even though she was the real Mairahl, upon being called “Mother” so directly by me, she grew surprisingly bashful, and slightly embarrassed by it.

After that, Sir Zeda and the others took a part of the goblins’ armor and weapons, and returned to Galois, while we split our time between retrieving and caring for the remaining equipment.

Fortunately, no one was injured or killed, so there was no need for first aid treatment. With the help of all the villagers, we separated the damage of the equipment into two categories: that which was only lightly damaged and was still usable, and that which was too damaged and needed to be cast aside. Because of this, I was able to concentrate on the clean up work.

It need not be said that my magic and Selina’s magic were once again useful for the clean up, so we became so busy, we had no time to rest.

During that time, all the gods and angels who were disguised as adventurers accepted my offers of friendship with good answers, and then they each returned to their own worlds.

It took a few days for the work of repairing and cleaning the equipment to finish, and for our comrades of the village who had evacuated to Galois to return. The gods who remained in Bern Village during that time were Aldeath, Amias, Caravis, Mairahl, and Chrono Maze. The others had already left.

The village chief and Shenna-san had prepared bounty rewards for those “adventurers,” but there was no time to hand it over, as they had already returned to either heaven or the demon world.

The threat of the goblin army invasion was removed, the clean up that came next was generally finished, and after the villagers who’d evacuated to Galois returned, a victory banquet was held.

Because there were no casualties from this fight, we could indulge in the feeling of victory without any reservations, and we were joyful from the great amount of bounty and weapons we had earned. So in short, we had reason to be quite festive.

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