episode_0058

monster? Wasn’t it all over? I’m sure Isabelle said she had taken care of the remaining ones… . I felt like some ominous energy was creeping up on me.

I break out in a cold sweat, move my eyes slightly, and look at Isabelle again.

Her complexion had suddenly darkened. At one point, he was biting his lip and frowning blatantly.

“Ha… . I guess I should go out and see. Priest, priest, don’t go anywhere, just stay here. It’s dangerous, so I’ll clean it up and come back soon.”

“Ah, yes… . Be careful.”

Isabel let out a sigh that had built up deep in her lungs and stood up holding her knees. She trudged to the door and stood in front of the woman who was a wolf beast.

“Are you hurt?”

“Trigram, it’s okay. I can still fight.”

A female prisoner holding her side and breathing irregularly. That’s what they said, but no matter where you looked, they were in no condition to fight.

Blood was constantly flowing out of the abdomen, so treatment seemed urgent right away.

Isabel let out a long snort and shook her head, probably thinking the same thing as me. A woman who was a prisoner trying to get out was forced inside.

“That’s it. You go in and rest. The priest will treat you.”

“Ha, but… .”

“It looks like you’ll be disturbed, so stay inside. Where are they?”

“That… There is one if you go to the back of town… ”

“Don’t come out. I know that I will kill you the moment I hear that you went out in vain. Got it?”

“… ”

Isabel is making it hard for her to go out. Soon her eyes turned to me, who was watching blankly from behind.

“Priest, I need to take care of this friend. If I go somewhere, please stop me from going.”

“Ah, yes… . I understand.”

After hearing my answer, Isabel takes one last look at the prisoner woman, then turns her back and walks out the door. With that, she pulled out a machete from her belt and ran straight to the back of the village.

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“Are you okay now?”

“, thank you. Priest… .”

Some time has passed since Isabelle left. I treated the beast woman as she asked, and thanks to that, I drained the holy water to the limit and became very skinny.

ah… . I think I’m going to be anemic… .

This holy water is basically taking away moisture from my body, so I feel like my eyes are already spinning.

No, there must be quite a lot of people… . I pushed myself to my limit to save at least one more person, but I didn’t even have the strength to stand.

“Ha… .”

“Priest Isaiah, please drink some water.”

“Ah, thank you. Rachel Deacon.”

Deacon Rachel brings water to me, who is drooping from exhaustion. Fortunately, since we were the same priest, he seemed to have noticed that I was having a hard time and came running for a month.

But it would have been better if Deacon Rachel could only extract holy water here… .

Actually, I know I can’t expect too much from her, who has just become a priest. Bishop Lisa must have sent it along with me because he knew this, and his intention was clear to hand over the work that needed to be done in due course.

however… . Even if you know that… . When people are having a hard time, they don’t even think about it. All I could think about more desperately was that I could have extracted at least some holy water.

“I’m sorry. I don’t think I can help you.”

Deacon Rachel wiped away the sweat with a gloomy face, as if she could see through my heart. I smiled and said it was okay.

“We’re still in the learning stage. There’s no need to be too hasty. I’ll teach you slowly later. You don’t have to worry too much.”

“Yes… .”

Deacon Rachel answered in a dejected, crawling voice, probably because she thought it was pathetic that she couldn’t do anything even though she told her not to worry. I felt like saying more would discourage her, so I gently stroked her head without saying a word.

but… . It was too early… .

Deacon Rachel is still at an age where she needs to learn more from the monastery. He came in hastily without an ordination ceremony due to the denomination’s unreasonable increase in the number of people, so it was natural that he would not be able to do it.

“Ugh… . Sorry for the conversation, but that priest… . Can this get better soon?”

As I was taking a moment to catch my breath and chat with Deacon Rachel, a female wolf beast came up to me with a groaning sound. I took a quick look at her condition and lifted myself up from my chair.

“I can’t go anywhere now with that scar. Don’t think about anything for a while and get some rest.”

“Ugh… .”

As she tried to get up again, I forced her to lie down again. My colleagues keep saying they are in danger, so I have to go fight. But honestly, it was difficult for her to walk properly with her body right now.

Just as Isabel said, this prisoner woman was nothing more than a burden.

It’s a bit strange, but I think being here will be helpful to both Isabel and the rest of my colleagues.

And what… . Honestly, if Isabelle goes, won’t everything be resolved on its own?

Even if the monsters attacked again, I never thought I would lose, even though I am a warrior by name.

In fact, I have already confirmed her skills with my own eyes. I felt the most dangerous now without Isabelle by my side.

“… ”

by the way… .

hmm… . He’s a wolf beast… .

I narrow my eyes and quietly look her up and down slowly. At first I thought it was a strange face, but when I looked closer, it was a face I felt like I had seen many times before.

This beast woman is the Sylvia I know, right?

Sylvia was in charge of scouting for the warrior party in the world of ‘Sata’. It’s not clear, but when I think of a wolf beast, she’s the only one that comes to mind.

Normally, you would recognize it as soon as you see it… .

I look closely again to see if she is Sylvia.

How should I explain this… . If you look at her features, she is actually Sylvia, but her appearance is completely different.

Sylvia is clearly a tsundere character whose only charm is her pudgy stature and clinking, but the girl next to me right now doesn’t fit the bill in any way other than her appearance.

His appearance also became more adult… . Aren’t you too tall?

Maybe it’s because I’m small, but even taking that into account, I’ve grown too big. Her height was well over 180 and her appearance had changed to such an old-fashioned way that, unless I looked closely, I was doubtful whether it was really Sylvia.

The only thing I remembered about her was her golden hair, wolf tail, and ears, and the intersection of these features formed a convergence. If it had been a fleeting relationship, I would never have noticed.

Tsk… . Still, I’m glad. I can become the woman of my dreams, even if only in a parallel world… .

In the game, she always said that she wished she were taller. In a way, it feels like the dream came true in another world… . It was a little different from the shape she wanted, but somehow she achieved what she set out to achieve.

“Priest? Do you have anything to say?”

Oops… . I stared at it for a while without even realizing it was just a quick check.

A wolf beast asks as if he has something to say… . No, Sylvia. I forced a smile and quickly shook my head to make up an excuse.

“Yes? Oh, no. It was hard so I lost my mind for a moment.”

“Ah… . is that so. Ugh… . Just because of me… sorry. I’m going to force myself to pull out holy water and I’ll definitely repay this favor later.”

“Aha… . There’s no need to do that… .”

Sylvia lowered her head as if she thought it was because of her that I was having a hard time. I told him to raise his head quickly and not to feel sorry because I did what was natural as a priest.

what? But is he really the delinquent kid I knew? No, in the first place, Sylvia… . Right?

The way he speaks is the same, and it feels like he has become much nicer than I remembered.

Thanks to this, I began to doubt once more whether it was her, and it made me look at her more carefully than just before.

Hmm… . what? Has his personality changed like Bishop Lisa?

I can’t get used to the feeling of disparity. Normally, if I had taken the characters from the game as is, I would have come up with a certain estimate, but since each character I saw had a completely different personality, I couldn’t even tell if this was correct.

Still, since the voices are the same, it seems clear that it’s true… .

Miss, I don’t know. In the first place, there was only one wolf beast in this city. It made no sense without her. One way or another, it was clear that she was Sylvia.

“Anyway, take a deep breath. Because Sylvia fought hard enough. When you wake up, it will all be over.”

“Ha… . Yes, I understand. huh? But priest… . What is my name… .”

huh? name? ah… .

Damn… . I made a mistake. When I thought about it, we hadn’t even exchanged full names, but I already knew her name and naturally said it. My body froze and froze for a while, and then my brain moved quickly, and my eyes turned to the mercenary badge hanging around her neck as if we had made a promise.

“Ah… . that… . Yo, a mercenary group. It was written there. You are correct, Sylvia.”

“Ah… . yes… . You saw this.”

“I was applying holy water and it was visible.”

“Hmm… .”

Sylvia touches a mercenary badge that looks like a dog tag. I laughed awkwardly again and barely got over the crisis.