How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 18 [Parts 1 to 2] by Dojyomaru

Author:Dojyomaru
Language: eng
Format: epub

Since its inception, the learning hub of the capital known as Ginger’s Vocational School has steadily grown in popularity. With the construction of additional buildings to match its ever-growing scale, the name has since changed to Ginger’s College.

Today, many young women clad in white robes were gathered in one of the lecture halls.

A woman standing at the front of the crowd asked, “Is everyone ready?”

“““Yes, Saint Mary.”””

The response caused Mary to let out a troubled little laugh. “I’ve told you I’m not a saint anymore, and all of you are former saint candidates now, aren’t you?”

They were the members of the Lunaria Girls’ Choir, composed of former saint candidates who’d fled the Lunarian Orthodox Papal State.

The choir girls showered Mary with looks of admiration as if she were their big sister.

“No, Lady Mary, you were the one who saved us from the Orthodox Papal State!”

“You are our savior!”

“No matter what anyone says, you will always be a saint to us!”

Hearing these words paired with their adoring gazes, Mary didn’t know how to respond.

“Ha ha ha! Why not just let ’em worship you if they want to? I don’t see the harm,” came a voice in a very casual tone.

Mary glared at the speaker. “You say that as if it’s so simple, Your Holiness, Archbishop Souji...”

“Hey, hey, don’t go glaring at me,” Souji said, spreading his arms wide. “This is undoubtedly the result of your own actions. I hear with Fuuga’s supporters currently holding sway in the Orthodox Papal State, there’s a rain of blood as they carry out constant purges in the name of hunting heretics. If these girls had stayed in the country, they would’ve fallen victim to the hunters. Those supporters want to cement the authority of Fuuga’s saint, so the existence of other candidates is nothing but a nuisance to them.”

“Fuuga’s saint... You mean Anne, I suppose?”

Mary’s expression clouded over. She’d extended her hand to Anne when they were going to escape from the Orthodox Papal State but was refused. Anne was one of those she’d failed to save. Or rather, if the girl chose this for herself, perhaps it was wrong to think of it as failing to save her.

Anne... What are you thinking now? What do you feel when you see the blood that flows at your feet? Does it not break your heart? As one who wanted to live a life where you were needed by people, and is now used as a prop to support another’s authority...

As Mary was thinking this, Souji suddenly clasped his hands around her temples and shook her head.

“W-Wait, what are you doing? Please stop,” Mary protested, but Souji just chuckled.

“Well, you know...you just had such a sour look on your face. I thought I’d give it a bit of a stir.”

“Don’t shake me like that. Jeez, look what a mess you’ve made of my hair.”

Freeing herself from Souji’s grasp, she puffed up her cheeks as she fixed her disheveled hair.

Seeing her expression, Souji laughed and said, “Yeah, that’s more like it! Openly displaying your emotions suits you far better than a brooding expression.

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