Chapter 50

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"……Ah……"

When the Holy Maiden's eyes met mine, she let out a frightened voice and was about to scream in the next moment.

"Sorry!!"

I quickly turned my body and immediately closed the door to the room.

...To be honest, I didn't expect the guest Tore mentioned to be the Holy Maiden.

Still, could she have come all the way from the capital alone?

"…A, are you still there…?"

While I was thinking about various things, a small voice called out from inside the room.

"Ah, yeah, I'm still here."

"…E, excuse me, I've finished changing, so it's okay for you to come in now."

With the Holy Maiden's permission to enter, I cautiously opened the door.

...However, there is one thing I must be careful about when talking to the Holy Maiden.

I must not let her realize that I know her true identity.

"Um, nice to meet you. My name is Luna. I am serving as the current Holy Maiden."

...Whether she knew about my concerns or not, the Holy Maiden unexpectedly revealed her true identity right away.

"Ah, is it okay to reveal that you're the Holy Maiden so easily?"

I had thought that the clothing she wore during previous charitable activities was to keep her identity hidden...

"……"

For some reason, the Holy Maiden fell silent and her face turned pale.

"Is it not okay…?"

Then, with a pale face, she asked me.

"Ah, it's probably better not to say it from now on. I won't tell anyone, so you can rest assured."

"Ah, thank you. But I was going to ask you not to say it from now on."

I was just being considerate, but it seems this Holy Maiden might have a strong competitive spirit.

If that's the case, I might as well use it to my advantage...

"Then, I shouldn't use formal language either, right? We don't know what might cause it to be revealed."

"Y-Yes, that's fine."

"Ah, by the way, how did you get here? It doesn't look like you have any guards with you."

With the Holy Maiden's permission, I immediately asked about something that had been bothering me.

"…Well, at first, I had a few guards with me, but we were attacked by a bright red dragon on the way."

Ah, wait a minute? Could the bright red dragon be the one we saw...?

"Dragons don't usually appear in such places, so it might have been a dragon that had just recovered from its injuries and we unfortunately encountered it..."

Yeah, it's probably the one I treated.

"That must have been tough."

I tried to maintain a calm demeanor to avoid showing my shock.

"The guards acted as decoys and let me go ahead, so I was able to get here, but I'm worried about the guards..."

"Y-Yeah."

I truly pray for the safety of the guards.

"By the way, why did you come here?"

Earlier, I asked how she got here, but I hadn't asked why she came.

"Th-That's..."

"GYAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Just as the Holy Maiden was about to say something, the king's scream echoed from outside the room.

I had completely forgotten, but it was indeed around the time Tore would start serving the food.

"That was... Father!?"

"Ah, hey!"

I rushed out of the room after the Holy Maiden and headed toward Tore.

When I caught up with the Holy Maiden, she was casting a recovery spell on the king, who was lying on the floor with his eyes rolled back, while Tore was sitting in the corner, hugging her knees.

"Heal! ...It doesn't seem to be working with Heal... then, Detox, Refresh, High Heal!!"

The three consecutive recovery spells seemed to have some effect, as the king's face, though still unconscious, showed a more relaxed expression.

"Phew, now I can rest easy. ...Oh?"

It seems the Holy Maiden noticed Tore's cooking after finishing the treatment.

"Come to think of it, I haven't eaten anything yet. Father seems to have enjoyed it, so I'll have a little too, shall I?"

If I thought about it calmly, I should have been able to figure out what caused the king to collapse, but the Holy Maiden, who was tired, had dulled judgment.

"…Ugh…"

Before I could stop her, the Holy Maiden took a bite of the food and followed the same path as the king.

I felt a renewed fear of Tore's cooking, which could even make such a beautiful face roll its eyes...

"…Sniff…..."

Tore, who knew she was responsible for this situation, remained in the corner.

"…Tore, everyone makes mistakes. J-Just try again next time."

"…M-Master…"

After comforting Tore, I approached the Holy Maiden, who was still lying on the floor, and began to treat her.

"Heal"

The food that the Holy Maiden couldn't treat with her spell.

However, the moment I treated her, the Holy Maiden's face, which had been contorted in pain with her eyes rolled back, returned to its calm and beautiful state.

"Phew, I knew it would be like this..."

After all, just once,

about the fact that the Holy Maiden's recovery spell looks like a degraded version of mine,

someone, please explain what's going on!!

And please fix this situation too!!

I muttered this to myself while looking at the two people lying on the floor.

I've finally reached the point where I wanted to write (or so I thought) when I started the series!!

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