Chapter 24 . 2 : Saint Anxiety[Saint Side 1]

「The Demon King finally made his move . …Is what you mean to say, right? The time has come, huh . 」

In an instant, my face paled dramatically .

「I don’t know . I don’t know the current situation, but please calm down for now and listen to me . Now, have you calmed yourself?」

「I’m already calm enough . … . . So what could it be?」

「According to the report, not even one villager was injured in this incident . And they also reported that those demons had named that girl from the start . It’s as if their goal was that girl from the very beginning」

「That’s……… . What’s that mean? Isn’t that too strange?」

From what I knew, demons only differentiate humans through their age . And by that, I mean that demons can only distinguish if humans are young or elderly, not the precise age . And they do that because they cannot distinguish a human’s gender .

Or at least, that was what I thought up until now . Before now, I had never heard of a case where they kidnapped a specific person .

「The kidnapped girl is 17 years old, yet to marry, and has no boyfriend . 」

「Same age as me isn’t it . 」

The saints aren’t allowed to get married or have a lover . That’s why, hearing that a girl the same age as me didn’t have a boyfriend, made me feel some sort of affinity with her .

After all, it’s not strange for someone to get married at that age, but it’s not too late either . Then again, usually girls would feel anxious about the surrounding people’s eyes if they’re not married yet at that age .

In short, 17 years old is delicate age for unmarried girl .

「The name of the village is Marielle village . 」

「Oh my, that village has the same name as me? 」

「It seems that the name of the kidnapped girl is Lefiya . 」

「…… . . Old man . 」

「This is why I said, calm yourself . 」

No, wait a minute . Pardon?

What？ This . What did this suppose to mean?

There’s a 17 years old girl called Lefiya of Marielle village . And she was named by the Demon King personally and got kidnapped .

That’s the story right .

Coincidentally, I, here, am also a village girl .

Named Marielle of Lefiya village .

Also a 17 years old girl .

Oioioioioioioioioioioioioioi .

Are you kidding me . Are you f.u.c.king kidding me here . Are you kidding me!

I had never heard of a story where a Demon King is aiming for a specific girl from a rural village . However the situation would change if the said is a saint . Only at that time would a Demon King aimed for a specific person .

I mean, it’s the saint you know .

The one who is sent to beat those demons .

And that is my job .

I approached the high priest, and then bang my hands on his desk .

「What does that mean?! Don’t tell me! They’ve mistaken that girl for me?! 」

「Do not rush into such a conclusion . Such things have yet to be decided…Maybe… No」

「Shouldn’t we go to save her immediately!? I won’t let something like having others suffer because of me!! Prepare for war . Immediately . 」

「That’s my plan . 」

「EH?  」

「Preparing for war I mean . . Don’t worry, we’ll do it immediately since I know that you like to rush into things . Besides, we can’t use the Anti Demon King Pact in this case, because it’ll take too much time if we have to wait for allied forces to mobilize their armies . Thus, we have no choice but to rely on our own force to save that girl . 」

How unusual…my uncle’s state is somewhat different than what he normally is like .

It’s as if my uncle -who was the very definition of timid and indecisive person- turned into a completely different person .

What happened to him? But then, I noticed that his face is turning paler as time pa.s.sed by .

「I would’ve never expected that the high priest, who has always been putting caution on top of being vigilance, suddenly make such a hasty decision . I wonder what kind of reason made him to do so? 」

「I have no hidden motive . I just can’t help but feel that this is an urgent matter . 」

「But then, isn’t it too dangerous even for us to go against the Demon King in a fight? Let alone win, we can’t even be sure of our prospect of victory!」

「I do think so . But we don’t have to win this war . We just need to rescue the girl called Lefiya and avoid war if possible . 」

「As long as everything goes well according to the plan then it’ll be fine . However, things rarely goes according to plan . 」

「And we have to make sure it goes well even if it isn’t . We’ll take along the hero and the saint, which is you and your partner as well . Even that n.o.ble hating hero will be surprised if he knew that we are doing this to save a village girl . We will take along the order of the holy sword too . 」

By “Taking along”, don’t tell me… .

「Are you planning to go along too, dear uncle? 」

「I’ll be the one who will be holding the overall command baton this time . I’ll leave the command of the battle to the captain of chivalric order, but I’ll be there to ensure that there won’t be any battle . 」

「Understood . I’ll make the preparation so that we can move out immediately . Shall I inform hero-sama about this matter too? 」

「Please . Is there anything else?」

「As you command . Maybe you better have a short holiday, dear uncle . You don’t look too healthy ever since a while ago . 」

「Ah . Sorry, after this matter is finished, I’ll accept your offer…I really want to rest for a while . 」

「Your health is of the utmost importance, please don’t force yourself . Well then, excuse me . 」

The sudden change in my dear uncle is just too terrifying . It looked like he’s hiding something . His action is just too suspicious, but since the person himself didn’t let anything slip, I could do nothing for now .

Let’s just watch the situation for a while .

Thinking that, I settled my mind somewhat over that and left my dear uncle’s office .

Then my mind turned to the Demon King .

The King of the demons, the Tyrant Sunra .

Just thinking of him made my chest thump wildly, and it wouldn’t calm down for a while now .

The previous saint lost to Sunra, and was killed .

And I had to wonder how much my current self fares in comparison with the previous saint . After all right now I’d to face the Demon King who had killed her . Honestly, I didn’t want to think too much about it before, but now that thought kept popping up in my mind, even if I didn’t want to think about it .

It’s scary .

Ever since I decided to live as a saint, I’ve long since expect this kind of situation to come by, but scary things are still scary things .

I’ll die if I lose the battle .

Just like the previous saint .

I, by no means, am special .

But then, I recall that a village girl my age is experiencing an even more terrifying situation . At the very least, I had time to prepare for those sort of situation and had the resolve to handle it . I had to have this much resolution as a saint . Because that isthe sort of things a saint had to go through sometimes before defeating or killing a Demon King . But, she is different . She isn’t a saint, and yet she had to go through such a horrible experience .

She might be mistaken for me .

Thus, I have to save her .

I resolved myself, changing my fears to bravery .

Taking a deep breath, I forced my trembling limbs to settle down .