Goblin Slayer, Vol. 10 by Kumo Kagyu & Noboru Kannatuki

Author:Kumo Kagyu & Noboru Kannatuki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2020-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

The burbling of the brook was tremendously comforting in this gloomy world. It was hard to resist the temptation to take a little nap, although there certainly wasn’t time on this task. The temptation was all the stronger because this was her own turf, the sun-speckled courtyard deep in the Temple of the Supreme God. It wasn’t as if working from dawn till dusk would actually make one more capable. And her attendants were always nagging at her to get more rest.

Surely the world wouldn’t end if she took an hour or two of sleep…

Hmph. That’s just a convenient excuse, and I know it.

Sword Maiden gently pulled the sword-and-scales over to her where she had been basking in the warmth of the afternoon sunlight. She heard footsteps coming down the corridor. Familiar footsteps—but something strange accompanied them in the distance. A rattling of armor. The sound was one of disharmony. Confusion. A mix of races and genders.

“Tell me, have some adventurers come…?”

“Ah, y-yes, ma’am…”

Without looking up, Sword Maiden could tell Female Merchant had frozen with a start at the entrance to the garden. Normally Sword Maiden made an effort to “look” at people, but she was feeling rather lazy at present.

“They say they wish to meet with you, Lady Archbishop. I’ve asked them to wait for the moment…”

“Hmm.” There was a hush as she rose, bracing herself against the sword-and-scales, provoking a reverberant jangle from the latter. “And how, may I ask, was the capital?”

“The same as always, I suppose.” Female Merchant (Sword Maiden perceived) smiled with a touch of bitterness. “His Majesty exercises himself over matters of governance, but still there’s no end to the plotting of the noble houses and the powerful merchants, or the scheming of the evil sects…”

“Which is simply to say the world never lacks for seeds of adventure.”

“…Yes, ma’am.”

Sword Maiden chuckled; in contrast, Female Merchant looked somberly at the ground.

I understand that’s a good thing, but just the same, Sword Maiden thought.

Female Merchant had endured awful experiences, seen too much, and yet even still, she had not lost her fastidiousness. Sword Maiden saw all that as very much a joyous thing, but no doubt it often pained Female Merchant herself. Sword Maiden should know—she was the same. She had delved the deepest dungeon, and between that and the many adventures afterward, she had seen much…

“This town is just the same way,” she whispered, as if instructing a wavering disciple.

She took a step toward Female Merchant, closing the space between them and reaching out a hand to touch her cheek, hearing the trembling “Oh” that came in response. The skin was like silk beneath her fingers. Sword Maiden smiled at the gentle heat it radiated. “There are always those who run, hiding from the sun, through the shadows. It’s simply the way of the world…and we must recognize it.”

She stroked the cheek gently and felt Female Merchant jump. It was so sweet, Sword Maiden’s eyes squinted in amusement beneath her bandage. She was more and more sure that she must have looked this way to those around her when they had braved that dungeon.

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