Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... belly? Mm..."

You haven't noticed it since I told you, it's Lorraine who saw her stomach part again.

So it seems that for the first time Lorraine sensed something hanging in her abdomen.

"... what is this..."

and a look of confusion, but I ask.

"It's not like you have some kind of experiment with some crazy creature in your belly, is it?

to my question like that. Lorraine thought a little silently before

"... you don't have anything like that right now"

I replied.

Not now. Not now.

Sometimes?

That's what I wanted to get into, but that's not where it matters now.

"In the meantime, that, won't you take it out?

"... oh, right. Which"

That said, when I stuck my hand through a gap in my clothes, he grabbed something.

"Mm, this. All right..."

I said and pulled it out.

Then it was in her hands...

"... hmm? Could that have been confiscated from me before?"

"... of, it seems. What is this? It's moving."

That's what Lorraine said. What she has in her hand.

It is a Lorraine figurine I created before from the wood of the shrub spirit (Shrubs Ent).

That's too much. Neither me nor Lorraine have a particular hand, but they're moving themselves.

To be honest, I'm scared.

"... cursed?

When I asked,

"No, I don't think that's why... because I can't feel the signs of darkness that are common in spells. If I say that, so will your mask..."

The doll is moving even as Lorraine says it is.

The way it moves...... I wonder if there's anything more.

Because I have hands and feet... I don't think so.

Well, but still, for now...

"... Was that you we were talking about earlier?

That's what I ask the doll.

Normally, it's a pretty dangerous sight.

Because you are trying to make indefensible contact with an unknown being, not that you are speaking seriously to a doll, in the sense that.

Well, there are dolls in the world that act autonomously, and there's a profession of puppeteers who use those dolls to play plays and work as adventurers again. It's not that strange, but the public's eyes on them aren't very kind.

A lot of puppeteers feel weird... And that's true.

Many people are a little out of character because of the need for an understanding of extremely advanced magic guidance techniques and a passion for extraordinary dolls.

I tried to get one foot into the world like that too... but it was a courageous move there.

To my words, the doll turned its face toward me,

"That's right, that's right. Hello."

I said.

It doesn't match the movement of the mouth with the voice.

It was some kind of anxiety conversation.

but the content of the conversation itself is not strange.

In the meantime, I shall meet Lorraine in the eye and continue the conversation.

"... so... what the hell are you? I think it might be something that was worshipped in this temple..."

Then the doll gets up in a terrific motion and tells me.

"It fits pretty much like that. Even so, I'm a spirit. The main hall is separate, and the main hall is that way. So no great power... I gave Lent some protection, but I'm sorry, with soggy protection. 'Cause you only have two believers, so you have no choice."

That was a misconceived statement.

Where do I start for now......

Troubled, Lorraine opens her mouth.

"... first of all, you... no, you're a god spirit, is that okay?

Yeah, that's definitely where it comes from.

It's a question that I'm comfortable with.

says the doll.

"For once, I wonder if it will. But like I said, it's a spirit... almost a spirit. I've been away from the main body for a long time, and I'm already independent."

"... What is the body?

It's Villogetto, the god of plants.

The plant god Villogetto is said to be the god who presides over plants and fertility, and at the same time also over war and harvest.

It is also said that he has a harsh personality of being a frivolous and noisy God, and that for richness there is no more war.

Being separated from such a thing seems calm to have this doll for a long time...

"Why did you live in this doll?

Lorraine keeps asking questions.

"Well, it's hard for us to be present in the eyes of normal people without generations. It's not like it's a temple, but this many temples, in the mountains, are boulders... I wanted to talk to you two this time, and I was wondering what I was going to do, and I had this in Lorraine's stomach, so I was just fine."

"What do you mean just fine?

"This is made from magical materials, isn't it? We can't stay in something made of normal materials. So we got lucky this time."

Are you telling me that it was this god spirit or that I could see the Spirit because Lorraine happened to carry this doll?

I did get lucky...... but why was Lorraine carrying this stuff around again?

Let's hear it later.

Speaking of which, he said two followers.

When I remembered and asked, the doll ran past me and Lorraine, pointing out,

"Shh..."

I said.

... No, no.

When the hell did you say you believed?

I did pray, but even in the last decade I've prayed enough to count.

I don't think so.

You guessed what I thought of that, the doll,

"... there was no one else coming to this temple, so I had no choice. I know you've been thrown out. Whoa, more than that, we have to give new believers protection too!

I said that with a bump, then suddenly tensioned and floated in the air.

Then he flew around Lorraine, letting out a gleaming light, saying something in inaudible language.

Then a twitching light erupted from Lorraine's body.

That's the light I'm used to seeing.

In other words,

"... holy chi"