Reincarnated Young Lady Aims to Be an Adventurer - Volume 8 Chapter 128

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Lu jumped from my shoulder and landed with a light thump on Gil’s shoulder, breaking his illusion for a moment, hitting Gil’s forehead with his front right leg.

Eris

Gil enjoyed this affection from the magical beast and blinked his eyes. He ducked his head down as if caught off-guard. An S rank with royal blood couldn’t have been blind-sided. Like Kodak sensei, he was pretending not to notice to play along. I really was being gently guarded by great adults. Lu hopped nimbly back to my head.

Gil… Now, King Gilbert took the former king from Alma’s dad into his arms yet again and walked away in long strides. Gardner and Cecil followed him out, running.

That was a wise decision. Gil was the king, now. It would be fruitless to stay and watch my battle with Schneider. I’m sure he has many things that are of a much higher priority than to watch a mere prince and a lord of a neighboring country do battle.

An older brother who had hid in the shadows ascending the throne – Judor simply couldn’t avoid chaotic drama.

“Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean that old guy’s the king? You’re telling me neither Schneider nor Gardner is taking over? Whether I choose one or the other, I won’t be queen anyways?” Maribelle’s choice of words was irritating, but she did have a point.

I quickly turned towards Schneider. “What will you do, now that the throne you so strove for is no longer on the table?”

As stated before, to break my fate, the best course of action was to beat down Schneider and Maribelle there and then. But… at the end of the day, it was possible that he had the king kidnapped just because he wanted to give him medical treatment. During his former life, the previous king was always stuck in bed in a body that he couldn’t control…

“…Serafiona, you are so kind. I’ll accept that you pushed Trundle into a battle of revenge for your sake.”

“To me, it was a perfectly good reason to go to battle. I would have you receive retribution for attacking Trundle. But… how do you not even consider retracting your declaration to fight, or entering negotiations?”

“Would you ever consider retracting your challenge? Against the one who tried to kill you and your former lord?”

“…If it would be best for my people, yes.”

“But you know, I may end up attacking your precious people later on.”

“…”

“You are not my ally.”

To tell the truth, I did consider for a moment that if he would humbly lower his head and admit his wrongs, there may be some way besides battle to punish him. As if to dissuade me from this naivety, His Highness spoke up. Besides, at this point, my comrades would be satisfied with nothing short of beating Schneider to a pulp.

“Now, then, let’s continue this battle.”

“…”

“…At least answer me this, Serafiona: What can you gain from this?”

“…I’ve already said this before, but if I win, we will never again be ordered to give up our weapons and remain defenseless. My people will never be invaded again. Your Highness, you who swore to never lie to me, you can trust me on that promise.”

Schneider grinned and opened his mouth to reply. Suddenly –

“You’re wrong! What we can gain from this is justice!” Maribelle shouted from the sideline, “Justice! I am here to establish a country with no war!”

…Oh, Yes. She and Schneider had been babbling about justice, just before.

Sasara, the elder sister shook her head and glared at Maribelle for interrupting the discussion of Schneider and I, for we were top contenders. She said, “My lord has said this time and time again, but it’s you who brings war here. If you truly believe in the spirit of what you say, shouldn’t you reflect on your own faults and vow to avoid repeating the past? If you’re willing to do that, we can reconsider all of this a little bit… Though, only a little bit.”

“No! You’re an evil young woman!” Maribelle answered, “That’s right, Trundle is evil! True justice would be defeating you! Without that, no peace will come to this land!”

“What about Trundle is evil? When exactly did we commit a sinful crime? Please explain to me so that I can easily and concretely understand,” Sasara demanded with a blank expression.

“W-Well, …If only the battle had started, I would have been able to show exactly how Trundle is the evil side, and I’m on the side of justice!”

“You know yourself that what you’re saying is illogical, don’t you? All those that are here now have lost people and things that were precious to them, and have been harmed in some way precisely because of the civil war you started. If you speak without thinking, you’ll cause a riot, you know?”[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“I-I’m the heroine, though!”

“Hey, what’s a heroine? Can you teach me, since I don’t know anything?” A dignified voice cut through the stadium. A voice so commanding and clear that even an old lady would hear it. Eris takes off her hood. With a jet-black ponytail, Eris appears dignified as usual. Eris hadn’t returned to the stands, after all.

The holy woman’s followers watched with eyes sparkling in awe.

“Who are you?” Maribelle asked.

Sukesan, who never leaves sister Eris’s side, was frowning just from seeing a rude person. “Young lady, can you not see this is the holy woman? What kind of weak education are they providing at the academy?”

“Holy Woman? What’s that? It wasn’t mentioned in Noba Kimi”

“…A Holy Woman is God’s spokesperson,” Eris said, “She has devoted her entire life to God. By the way, what’s a heroine?”

“A heroine is… the protagonist of this world. The role she plays includes doing good deeds, being complimented by everyone, and having a happy ending!”

“What do you mean ‘good things that get complimented by everyone’?”

Well, like ending a war and bringing about peace throughout the country.”

“And how is that done?”

“Huh? Through diplomacy, of course.”

“Diplomacy has already broken down. Rivers of blood have already been shed. How can diplomacy accomplish anything when people have had their families killed and are brimming with rage?”

“Uh… money?

“Money is always best, is that it? Well, are you rich?”

“I-I’m a student. Of course, I don’t have any money!”

“So then who will be the one to pay?”

“His Highness Schneider, of course!”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think His Highness Schneider personally has sufficient funds for that.”

“Of course he does! He’s a prince!”

“It’s not as if the royal family keeps much money. The money you’re thinking of belongs to the country. It is tax money – the result of the people’s hard work. No one can use that money freely – not His Highness Schneider, and certainly not you.”

“If it’s for the greater good, then it shouldn’t be avoided!”

“People listen to who they already believe in. Why would they listen to you, who has never done anything to earn any respect?”

“I. Told. You. It’s because I’m the heroine!”

“I don’t know anything about a heroine, but I know about being a protagonist. After all, I read many heroic sagas when I was a student. The protagonists of those legends trained themselves to the brink of death, attained victory through the strength they earned and gained great rewards. There were no stories of an unreliable protagonist like you, though…” Eris put her hand to her cheek and tilted her head to the side and continued, “Apparently, a protagonist and a heroine are two different things. Well, now, will you tell us what the next happy ending will entail?”

“I’ll marry a prince… or some other object of my desires, and we’ll live happily ever after!”

“How will you live happily ever after?”

“Flowers. A church full of flowers, and I’ll wear an amazing dress, and a glittering tiara, and get married before the people of the world who will bless us!”

“And then?”

“What do you mean ‘and then’?…”

“A marriage ceremony only lasts for a short time. What will you do after it to live happily ever after?”

“That’s, well…”

“Supposing a marriage does make you happy, to maintain that state, it is essential for both parties to work hard at it. And yet, you don’t put much thought into who it is you will marry? Although I do recommend marriage in a sacred place with someone you truly love, with the way you speak of marriage…”

Even if it was a lie, she should have just said she’d marry Schneider. Maribelle…

“To leave your happiness up to a random person is the most unreliable thing one can do, don’t you think?”

“Shut up!” The air around Maribelle began buzzing.

Sister Eris’s temples twitched in anger as she said, “The one who needs to be silent is you. You are in a position where you have not completed your education or entered work, and yet you have inserted yourself in national politics, colluding with His Highness Schneider to mobilize an army. As a holy arbitrator of peace, I cannot overlook this. You’ve blurted out that you want to bring about peace and end this war as a part of your completion of this scenario that has brought about so much harm.”

“I said shut up!” An undulating wind in the form of an attack shot out of Maribelle’s body.

“Eris-san!”

“Eris!!!”

“Your holiness!!!”

Kodak sensei, Sasara, and I stepped up in front of Eris. I left the defense of Eris up to the two of them while conjuring similar wind magic to offset the attack.

…The wind’s strength was impressive.

“All of you, all of you, all of you, should just do as I say!” Winds as sharp as blades whizzed forth from Maribelle. Sensei came to my side, and he helped offset the winds with his longsword, as well. This was top-level wind magic. Maribelle appeared to have used quite a lot of magical energy, and yet she didn’t seem to be tiring at all.

“Serafi, thank you.” Eris grinned and came out from behind Sasara. “I’ve already said this before, but to point a sword at saint Serafiona is an unforgivable sin to the church. Allow me to personally deal out a punishment.”

Eris… drew a longsword at her waist. The slender blade had silver engravings on it, glowing divinely. A sacred sword of the church? It was emanating magic. Not since the sister’s graduation had this warrior been seen.

“The Holy Woman is… going to fight…”

“God has… been enraged…”

“The first-born daughter has arrived!”

Cheers arose from the crowd!!![Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]