Sera opened the door . There were two knights standing watch just outside . Apparently, they were going to escort them to the king’s office . One walked in front, the other in the back . They walked as they took in their surroundings that they had not been able to focus on yesterday . There was no carpet on the floor . The windows were small, but there were candles placed at just the right places to keep the hallway well-lit . There were also intricate carvings on the ceiling and walls .

It did not take too long for them to reach the office . The guard who stood in front of the room announced their arrival .

The two awkwardly shuffled in . It was a bright room with a large window . There were several people waiting inside .

One person sat behind a large desk . Next to him, sat a middle-aged made with a big forehead . On the other side was a man with white hair whose hands were laid on the desk . There was a small desk near the window where a small bearded man sat . Next to him was a sparkly, prince-like person . And then there was Rasche, who stood leaning against a wall . Oh, wait . One of the beastmen . He seemed to smile upon seeing Maki .

Everyone stood up at once, which scared the two a little . The man with long ears looked like he wanted to say something, but the man behind the large desk held him back as he began .

“It is an honor to meet you, Saintesses . I am Arthur, king of the human territories within this Sun World . In your country, I would likely be called Arthur, son of Wildom . We do not have family names here . May I introduce everyone else first?”

The two nodded . So the tired looking man with blonde hair was the king . King of the human territories, he said . Chiharu worked her brain .

“And this here is Aeris of the elven territories . He is over 300 years old, but freely moves between countries as a goodwill amba.s.sador . ”

She looked closer at Aeris who bowed and saw that he wasn’t quite the old man with white hair that she had initially thought . He was youthful, with silvery hair and long ears .

“And this is Grudo of the dwarven territories . He was a good alchemist back in the day, but has since retired . He also comes here as a goodwill amba.s.sador to play, I mean, to commune . ”

He just said play . The old man’s eyes were glimmering as he bowed politely . He looked like a child who had found a new toy .

“The one leaning on the wall over there is Zynis, of the beastfolk territories . He has a most peaceful disposition and is also staying here as a goodwill amba.s.sador . ”

In other words, the other beastfolk weren’t peaceful?

“I hope there is no misunderstanding . The people of the beastfolk territories love to fight, but they are not violent . ”

Okay . This is a lot of information .

“That is the chancellor . The younger one is the prince . ”

“I am called Morse . ”

“And I am Edwy . Father, you really skimped out on our introductions!”

“Perhaps . ”

Perhaps . Chiharu chuckled inwardly . Edwy shrugged . It seemed that this was business as usual for them .

“Well then, may we hear your names, Saintesses?”

The two looked at each other and nodded .

“Maki Aida and”

“Chiharu Asou . ”

“Aiida and Asoo . The previous Saintess only wanted to be referred to by her family name . ”

“Oh, if it is normal to use your first name here, then please do . ”

“Then, Maki and Chiraaaru it is . ”

“It’s Chiharu . ”

“Chihaaru . ”

“…That’s close enough, I guess . ”

And so introductions were finished .

“Great, now will you sit down?”

They sat down on a sofa, and the others in the room also found their individual seats .

“Now, I am sure you must be very surprised to be so suddenly summoned to this world . ”

They nodded . Then the king began to explain to them how this world worked .

“In other words, your G.o.d just brought us here without permission . ”

“Indeed . ”

The king said apologetically .

“But why? We are just average people . We don’t have any special abilities at all . ”

Maki said .

“Saintesses always say that . They do not understand why they were brought over here . But that does not change who they are . ”

“But how do you know!”

Maki pressed .

“Because the palace was cleansed the moment that you arrived . Also…”

“Also?”

Arthur glanced over to Sera .

“You have the marks on your forehead . ”

“Mark?”

Maki and Chiharu looked at one another . Nope . The bangs covered it . Maki then says to Chiharu:

“Okay, let’s raise our hair together now . ”

“Right . ”

“Go!” “Go!”

Wh-why!

“Ohhh…”

“Saintess…”

“G.o.d…”

Before they knew it they were surrounded by the others, and their emotional exclamations . However, as for the two concerned…

“3 x 3 Eyes!*” “3 x 3 Eyes!*”

Can I please faint? Surely I should be allowed to lose consciousness at a time like this . Chiharu thought as she stared hard at Maki’s forehead . She could tell by Maki’s surprised expression that she had the same thing on her forehead too .

“No, now that I really look, that’s not an eye . It looks like a gem . Maybe an opal . ”

Maki says . Chiharu tries touching her forehead . There really was something there . How had she not noticed until now? It was hard, whatever it was .

“We came to another world and turned into freaks…”

Maki says sadly . No, that’s not the worst of it Maki-chan! Now we’ll never get married . And I was only just dumped . I’ll never meet anyone now…

“How beautiful! Just like your predecessor, it suits you two very well . ”

The chancellor says with a bright smile .

“And to think that it has grown so much in just one day . This is astounding . ”

The king adds . Grown? It’s going to get bigger!?

“Chihaaaru, don’t look so surprised . I shall explain . ”

The king says . And so the two face him and sit upright on the sofa .

“Sera, is this not the first time a Saintess has not fainted at this point?”

“Yes . If my memory serves correctly . ”

But I did want to faint . Really .

“As Saintesses gather Miasma, a rainbow-colored gem is created on their foreheads . It will plop right off once it has grown a little larger . ”

I almost fainted once again . From what I could feel, the thing was the size of my thumbnail . And that would just plop right off…

“Chiharu, be strong!”

“Ughh . Plop off…”

“It does make me wonder . Is there a dent after it comes off?”

“A den…”

“Chiharu!”

“Chihaaru, it will not dent . Do not worry . They say that there is no pain as well . Once it is gone, your forehead will be normal again, before it slowly generates a new gem . Your predecessor only made one gem a year by the end . ”

Right, one a year .

“And at first?”

“Well that is, um…”

The king’s eyes swam awkwardly before landing on Sera .

“It should be once a month for the first couple of years . ”

“Oh, just once a month . Then that’s perfectly…not reasonable!!”

Chiharu said as she jumped to her feet . She could understand the need to purify . But to have to excrete it as well!

“AHHH!” The room gasped .

Plop . The rainbow-colored gem fell to her feet . Chiharu slowly brought her hand to her forehead . Yes . There was no dent . It was smooth .

“Chiharu!”

Dear G.o.d . Chiharu, 25 years old . Has fainted for the first time .

The last thing she saw was a flash of white hair in the corner of her vision, and then she thought she felt a strong hand support her .

Sera opened the door . There were two knights standing watch just outside . Apparently, they were going to escort them to the king’s office . One walked in front, the other in the back . They walked as they took in their surroundings that they had not been able to focus on yesterday . There was no carpet on the floor . The windows were small, but there were candles placed at just the right places to keep the hallway well-lit . There were also intricate carvings on the ceiling and walls

It did not take too long for them to reach the office . The guard who stood in front of the room announced their arrival

 .

The two awkwardly shuffled in . It was a bright room with a large window . There were several people waiting inside

 .

One person sat behind a large desk . Next to him, sat a middle-aged made with a big forehead . On the other side was a man with white hair whose hands were laid on the desk . There was a small desk near the window where a small bearded man sat . Next to him was a sparkly, prince-like person . And then there was Rasche, who stood leaning against a wall . Oh, wait . One of the beastmen . He seemed to smile upon seeing Maki

 .

Everyone stood up at once, which scared the two a little . The man with long ears looked like he wanted to say something, but the man behind the large desk held him back as he began

 .

“It is an honor to meet you, Saintesses . I am Arthur, king of the human territories within this Sun World . In your country, I would likely be called Arthur, son of Wildom . We do not have family names here . May I introduce everyone else first?”.

 .

The two nodded . So the tired looking man with blonde hair was the king . King of the human territories, he said . Chiharu worked her brain

 .

“And this here is Aeris of the elven territories . He is over 300 years old, but freely moves between countries as a goodwill amba.s.sador . ”.

 .

She looked closer at Aeris who bowed and saw that he wasn’t quite the old man with white hair that she had initially thought . He was youthful, with silvery hair and long ears

 .

“And this is Grudo of the dwarven territories . He was a good alchemist back in the day, but has since retired . He also comes here as a goodwill amba.s.sador to play, I mean, to commune . ”.

 .

He just said play . The old man’s eyes were glimmering as he bowed politely . He looked like a child who had found a new toy

 .

“The one leaning on the wall over there is Zynis, of the beastfolk territories . He has a most peaceful disposition and is also staying here as a goodwill amba.s.sador . ”.

 .

In other words, the other beastfolk weren’t peaceful?.

 .

“I hope there is no misunderstanding . The people of the beastfolk territories love to fight, but they are not violent . ”.

 .

Okay . This is a lot of information

 .

“That is the chancellor . The younger one is the prince . ”.

“I am called Morse . ”.

“And I am Edwy . Father, you really skimped out on our introductions!”.

“Perhaps . ”.

 .

Perhaps . Chiharu chuckled inwardly . Edwy shrugged . It seemed that this was business as usual for them

 .

“Well then, may we hear your names, Saintesses?”.

 .

The two looked at each other and nodded

 .

“Maki Aida and”.

“Chiharu Asou . ”.

“Aiida and Asoo . The previous Saintess only wanted to be referred to by her family name . ”.

“Oh, if it is normal to use your first name here, then please do . ”.

“Then, Maki and Chiraaaru it is . ”.

“It’s Chiharu . ”.

“Chihaaru . ”.

“…That’s close enough, I guess . ”.

 .

And so introductions were finished

 .

“Great, now will you sit down?”.

 .

They sat down on a sofa, and the others in the room also found their individual seats

 .

“Now, I am sure you must be very surprised to be so suddenly summoned to this world . ”.

 .

They nodded . Then the king began to explain to them how this world worked

 .

“In other words, your G.o.d just brought us here without permission . ”.

“Indeed . ”.

 .

The king said apologetically

 .

“But why? We are just average people . We don’t have any special abilities at all . ”.

 .

Maki said

 .

“Saintesses always say that . They do not understand why they were brought over here . But that does not change who they are . ”.

“But how do you know!”.

 .

Maki pressed

 .

“Because the palace was cleansed the moment that you arrived . Also…”.

“Also?”.

 .

Arthur glanced over to Sera

 .

“You have the marks on your forehead . ”.

“Mark?”.

 .

Maki and Chiharu looked at one another . Nope . The bangs covered it . Maki then says to Chiharu:.

 .

“Okay, let’s raise our hair together now . ”.

“Right . ”.

“Go!” “Go!”.

 .

Wh-why!.

 .

“Ohhh…”.

“Saintess…”.

“G.o.d…”.

 .

Before they knew it they were surrounded by the others, and their emotional exclamations . However, as for the two concerned….

 .

“3 x 3 Eyes!*” “3 x 3 Eyes!*”.

 .

Can I please faint? Surely I should be allowed to lose consciousness at a time like this . Chiharu thought as she stared hard at Maki’s forehead . She could tell by Maki’s surprised expression that she had the same thing on her forehead too

 .

“No, now that I really look, that’s not an eye . It looks like a gem . Maybe an opal . ”.

 .

Maki says . Chiharu tries touching her forehead . There really was something there . How had she not noticed until now? It was hard, whatever it was

 .

“We came to another world and turned into freaks…”.

 .

Maki says sadly . No, that’s not the worst of it Maki-chan! Now we’ll never get married . And I was only just dumped . I’ll never meet anyone now….

 .

“How beautiful! Just like your predecessor, it suits you two very well . ”.

 .

The chancellor says with a bright smile

 .

“And to think that it has grown so much in just one day . This is astounding . ”.

 .

The king adds . Grown? It’s going to get bigger!?.

 .

“Chihaaaru, don’t look so surprised . I shall explain . ”.

 .

The king says . And so the two face him and sit upright on the sofa

 .

“Sera, is this not the first time a Saintess has not fainted at this point?”.

“Yes . If my memory serves correctly . ”.

 .

But I did want to faint . Really

 .

“As Saintesses gather Miasma, a rainbow-colored gem is created on their foreheads . It will plop right off once it has grown a little larger . ”.

 .

I almost fainted once again . From what I could feel, the thing was the size of my thumbnail . And that would just plop right off….

 .

“Chiharu, be strong!”.

“Ughh . Plop off…”.

“It does make me wonder . Is there a dent after it comes off?”.

“A den…”.

“Chiharu!”.

 .

“Chihaaru, it will not dent . Do not worry . They say that there is no pain as well . Once it is gone, your forehead will be normal again, before it slowly generates a new gem . Your predecessor only made one gem a year by the end . ”.

 .

Right, one a year

 .

“And at first?”.

“Well that is, um…”.

 .

The king’s eyes swam awkwardly before landing on Sera

 .

“It should be once a month for the first couple of years . ”.

“Oh, just once a month . Then that’s perfectly…not reasonable!!”.

 .

Chiharu said as she jumped to her feet . She could understand the need to purify . But to have to excrete it as well!.

 .

“AHHH!” The room gasped

 .

Plop . The rainbow-colored gem fell to her feet . Chiharu slowly brought her hand to her forehead . Yes . There was no dent . It was smooth

 .

“Chiharu!”.

 .

Dear G.o.d . Chiharu, 25 years old . Has fainted for the first time

The last thing she saw was a flash of white hair in the corner of her vision, and then she thought she felt a strong hand support her

 .