I Parry Everything: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 4] by Nabeshiki

Author:Nabeshiki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 82: Two Astirras

“Astirra...?” I mumbled. “I feel as though I’ve heard that name before...”

Indeed, the woman I’d met after stumbling into this strange place had given me her name, and something about it sounded very familiar. Was I just misremembering? No, I really had encountered it before. I was certain. The exact specifics of when still escaped me, but perhaps it had been somewhat recently.

“Huh? You do?” Astirra asked. “Have I...become famous, by chance?” She giggled. “Do they tell legends about me, the beautiful adventurer who risked her life to save her companions?”

“No, nothing like that.”

“O-Oh. I suppose I shouldn’t have gotten my hopes up...”

Astirra looked slightly disappointed, but I’d only been telling the truth. I was reasonably sure I’d heard the name from Lynne.

Astirra... Astirra... Who was that again?

As I did my best to remember, the scenery around us warped and twisted, and a woman’s voice echoed out of nowhere. “Ah, so this is where you were. I must admit, I didn’t expect a little mouse to burrow into a place like this. How did you get past my layered barriers?”

A sudden tear opened up in empty space, revealing a swirling expanse large enough to fit a person. We both stared at the vortex as a single woman stepped out. She was clad in white robes inlaid with gleaming gemstones, much like the massive skeleton to our side.

“Who is she...?” Astirra asked, looking shocked.

I was a little surprised too; the woman bore an eerie resemblance to Astirra. No, scratch that—had they been wearing the same clothes, they might have passed for being identical twins. I couldn’t spot a single distinguishing feature between them.

As I examined the woman more closely, though, something felt off—the mood that clung to her was cold, somehow. So while she certainly looked the same as Astirra, she came across as entirely different.

“Who’s that?” I asked Astirra. “A family member of yours? She looks just like you.”

“No, I don’t believe so...” she replied, sounding troubled. “She’s... Who is she?”

I supposed that meant they weren’t sisters or the like, then.

“I am Astirra,” the woman said, facing the other Astirra directly as we gave her studying looks, “the high priestess of the Holy Theocracy of Mithra.”

“Astirra...?” I murmured. I was only getting more confused. So they were both Astirra, but this new one was the high priestess? What was that supposed to mean?

Wait, “high priestess”?

The memory finally returned to me: Lynne had mentioned the name “Astirra” while telling me about this country’s high priestess. Still, as I examined the woman before me, I started to doubt my memory.

“Is that really the high priestess Lynne mentioned...?” I mumbled.

The high priestess was supposed to be an older woman of more than two centuries. This “Astirra,” however, looked much younger than that. I’d also heard that every single person in Mithra revered her...but that felt wrong too. This new woman seemed awfully cold compared to the Astirra standing next to me. She wasn’t at all like the person Lynne had described.

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