Love Letter From The Future

2. The Lord is with you (39)

The forest at dawn was soaked with warm moisture.

The smell of fresh grass filled his lungs. As if to symbolize the grace of nature, the lush greenery was green, and the sunlight was warm.

It was a peaceful landscape.

It was unimaginable that it was a place where hundreds of demons lurk. Even more so, it was a place where Mine kidnapped orphans and conspired.

Trying not to let go of the tension, I took a step. Even though it’s been quite a while since we entered the forest, there was still no response from the monkey masters.

They were magic beasts under the control of demons. They probably didn’t run away, but they seemed to be in an ambush or preparing for a final battle in front of the cave.

We weren’t the only ones who chose today as the day of the showdown.

Masoo and Mine should have realized it by looking at our search route that had been exposed. It means that the time has come to decide the winner.

A whopping seven powers were moving. Most of the faces of the silent party were hard. The sound of strained breathing tickled his ears.

The air was heavy. The saintess, unable to withstand the atmosphere, quietly approached me and whispered to me.

“… … They say they run away when they are in danger, is that true?”

“Does anyone risk their lives to joke?”

The saintess seemed offended by my blunt voice. She snorted, “Hey,” and let out a voice of bewilderment.

“You are so reckless.”

“Tell me that you are full of spirits. It’s just that I can’t bear to live with it.”

Hmm, the saintess looked at me with a slightly confused look. When I glanced at her as if to ask what she meant, the saintess shook her head as if nothing had happened.

I was just repeating what I had heard the other day.

“… … It confuses me again.”

“I have always been the same. The one who gets confused is always the saintess.”

The saintess glanced at her surroundings. Perhaps because everyone was nervous, not many people paid attention to the saintess who was talking to me in whispers.

At most, Seria and Elsie-seniors glanced at each other from time to time. It was a yard where even Celine was trembling at the thought that she might meet Mine.

The party was missing the space. The only ones who remained calm were Delphine-senpai and Yuren.

Of course, I was no exception. It felt like my hands would tremble if I let go of my heart even a little. But the strange thing was, the deeper I went into the forest, the slower my heartbeat was.

It was an unknown feeling. Muscles relax, nerves sharpen. My golden eyes were naturally wary of all directions.

And more than anything else, this feeling that touches the heart.

It was an intuition of a kind I had never experienced before. So I was anxious, but also relieved at the same time.

In many ways, a strange uplifting feeling was better than excessive tension.

Even the saintess felt somewhat restless. No matter how much he was in charge of the rear, he was responsible for the life of the party, so he couldn’t help but be nervous.

So, in order to relieve that anxiety, they are fighting with me.

Since I was in a position to lead the party, I was willing to accept it as long as it helped me in battle.

After confirming that there were no obstructions, the saintess opened her mouth again.

“Are you a noble?”

“Yes.”

“It’s strange to be friendly with a commoner, but do you even care about orphans that much? Have you ever been home-trained wrong?”

At the slightly problematic remark, my mouth fell silent for a moment. However, the saintess shamelessly pouted.

It was a part that showed how she usually looked at nobles. I put my hand on my forehead and sighed.

“… … No, what the hell do you think of aristocratic home education?”

“Obviously, what. Wouldn’t that be a way to promote a sense of choice and efficiency as much as possible?”

“Isn’t that the same for the saintess?”

At my words, the saintess’ body trembled. Light pink eyes that shook as if they were stabbed in the right direction looked at me.

“You’re not willing to sacrifice your life to save orphans, are you?”

“… … That, that’s a simple logic of self-assertion. Sacrificing one’s life for others is permitted by a few good people, but not by dark-hearted humans like us.”

At that pitiful excuse, I swallowed a blank laugh and glanced at the saintess.

“The only thing dark inside is the saintess… Ugh!”

Before my ridicule continued, the saintess’ pinch hit her side. I had to grit my teeth and endure the pain.

It was unreasonable. Needless to say, the party was by her side, so she couldn’t wield violence against the saintess. Because of that, I had to unilaterally endure the saintess’ violence.

I really have to scold you someday.

I gritted my teeth inwardly.

Perhaps it was an inadvertent action, the saintess also looked a bit flustered after pinching me. Her pupil couldn’t find a place to go, but soon the saintess blushed slightly and lowered her head.

“Mi, I’m sorry… Quit subconsciously.”

“Anyway, don’t think too badly of the nobles. The saintess and us aristocrats, aren’t they all the same human beings?”

“… … I-I’m different!”

The saintess cried out in tears. At least, the whispering sound got a little louder, but it was enough to draw the party’s attention for a moment.

Her hands covered my mouth. When the sound was louder than expected, I was taken aback. Fortunately, the party’s gaze was soon withdrawn.

The saintess fanned her hands to cool her blushing face. At the same time, he cleared his throat and tried to regain his form.

“Go, saving a few orphanages can only save a few hundred people. I know because I’m from Goa. In order to save children who have nowhere to go, more fundamental institutional reforms are needed.”

“… … So will you leave the orphans behind?”

“Now, don’t keep talking like that… … !”

After noticing the saintess’ weakness for the first time in a while, I made fun of her with a joyful heart. Then, when the trembling saintess appeared to be on the verge of exploding, she hurriedly tried to deal with it.

“Well, it is individual freedom. As they say, there is no obligation to lay down your life for others. follow your heart.”

However, the saintess was already upset. She glanced at me for a moment, then looked away from me with a snort of hum.

she was a funny woman You put the fight first, and you get angry first.

In the end, even among the party, someone appeared who couldn’t stand the sight of us hanging around. It was Yuren.

He giggled and called out to me and the saintess.

“Sister, Ian! Stop fighting for love and prepare slowly. They say it will arrive soon.”

“Sah, it’s not a fight for love!”

The saintess’ reaction to Yuren’s joke was quite intense. I too frowned and tried to say something negative, but then I stiffened my body.

The backbone is stiff. Something was running at the borders of my senses.

Read at readwn

Judgment was quick.

I pushed the saintess away and immediately drew my sword. And without even looking back, he struck down the sword.

A crack, and the sound of hitting bones.

Because the aura was not overlaid, it was impossible to sever it with one sword. But it was enough to mortally wound one monkey with the hideous blue pupils.

Long fingernails protruded like blades from the hand that extended from the outstretched arm. If the sword hadn’t pierced from the shoulder blades to the chest, those nails would have pierced the skin of the saintess or me.

Kieee

That scream was the signal.

One by one, shadows began to appear on the surrounding trees. It was more stealthy and faster than before. Even the ferocity seemed stronger from the previous encounter.

At first glance, they were dozens of shadows.

I shouted while lying on the ground and ignoring the saintess who was looking at me with a fatherly attitude.

“Senior Delphine! How many are there!”

“I don’t know, dozens at least! At least fifty of them!”

Delphine’s voice as she drew out her sword changed the group’s momentum.

We had to face dozens of pairs of blue eyes that pierced the hazy air of dawn.

Of course, the monsters didn’t wait for us.

At once, dozens of monkey demons jumped to the ground. The agility of the monkeys who hit the dirt floor was beyond imagination. As if it were natural, I could easily jump over my height.

If the dust proof was broken even once, the saintess and Elsie would be in danger. I gritted my teeth and drew my sword.

The blade got stuck in the heart of the monkey witch who rushed at it with a whimper. Without even time to appreciate the dripping blood, the monkey witch jumps over it and rushes at me.

But now, an aura was forming on my sword.

Blood drips, draws a vertical line.

The bell slash that was cut up in one breath cut another monkey’s demon in two. Even so, it was difficult to handle the demonic beast that rushed at them.

If I, who had grown so much in the past two months, was at this level, I wouldn’t even look at Celine.

I looked at Delphine-senpai. As expected of the most powerful among us, she instantly turned three monkey beasts into lonely souls with a thunderbolt-like thrust.

The monkeys struggled to death, screaming from the burning pain of their hearts. There was a sizzling sound of skin touching the golden aura.

Delphine-senpai’s eyes became a little more cautious, but it seemed that she still had some room left.

So I shouted to Delphine-senpai.

“Senior Delphine! Help Celine!”

“… … Then what about my empty seat?!”

The objection from senior Delphine was valid. I stuck the knife into the neck of the monkey beast that was charging at me again, and withdrew the knife as if throwing it down, shooting down the monkey beast that was attacking from the side.

Suddenly hit by the corpse of his colleague, the Monkey Witchbeast stood up in bewilderment, but what awaited him was a flying hatchet.

Bakak, blood and brains embroidered the air.

It was only then that my mouth, which had some room to spare, burst into a shout again.

“I’ll do something!”

After hearing my words, Delphine seemed to hesitate a bit, but sure enough, when Celine screamed, she immediately turned around.

Celine was a swordsman who mainly used heavy swords. In the many-to-many melee, the efficiency was not particularly good. It’s better than nothing, though.

Even so, since the two of them were stuck together, they should be able to serve at least 1.5 people, if not as much as the area that Delphine was blocking. I only had to block the remaining 0.5 servings.

Then, support from the saintess and Elsie-senpai would start coming out, so the battle would be more stable.

Thinking so, I thrust the knife into the body of the monkey beast that flew in again, and retrieved the hatchet while overturning the guy who was aiming at the back.

While struggling to ignore the premonition that even this would be just the beginning of a battle that would last all day.