Goblin Slayer, Vol. 14 by Kumo Kagyu and Noboru Kannatuki

Author:Kumo Kagyu and Noboru Kannatuki [Kagyu, Kumo and Kannatuki, Noboru]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2022-08-24T00:00:00+00:00

“Phew…!” Priestess let out a breath as she departed the skáli, putting the hubbub of the banquet behind her, released from the press of people. The cold wind that gusted outside was a tremendous relief, overheated as she felt simply from having so many people in one place.

I see…

She thought maybe she understood what it was like to drink wine. She went walking along over the crunching snow, feeling that things were somehow cheerful and bright despite the night darkness. Was it the stars or perhaps the twin moons? In any case, it turned out not to be too hard to find the húsfreya: All the footprints, presumably of people coming to the banquet, led up to the longhouse, but just one set went away.

Don’t have to be a ranger to follow this trail.

Even she could do it. Priestess could tell whether the distinct prints belonged to a goblin or not.

She was behind the longhouse, on the edge of the village, but not so far away that the light and the chattering voices didn’t carry to her. The húsfreya, surrounded by the twinkling, dancing snowflakes, turned when she heard Priestess’s footsteps, her one good eye squinting as she smiled. “Gracious, heading to bed already?”

“No.” Priestess smiled back, shaking her head. “Just getting some air.” Priestess stood beside her and exhaled again, white fog drifting from her mouth. “Thank you so much for today. I can’t believe there’s boar and everything, even though you just had a battle…”

“A drekka is always like this! And how can we fail to show hospitality to our visitors?”

She added that even if one’s mortal enemy came to one’s home, if they came as a traveler, then it was only generous to welcome them in. She really did sound as if she considered it perfectly natural.

“That’s amazing,” Priestess said, unable to come up with anything more articulate or incisive. And so long as you took your foe into your home, they would know they were also your guest, even if they were your enemy. Two sworn foes, not forgiving each other but testing the limits of each other’s magnanimity… It was astonishing.

While Priestess was still busy looking impressed, the húsfreya shook her head as if she could see it all. “I suppose that my husbondi has begun his usual diatribe?”

“Ah—ah-ha-ha…”

“The fool,” the húsfreya murmured; Priestess pretended not to hear her. Nor to notice that her face was red.

What should she say? She knew what she wanted to say, but she couldn’t quite put it into words.

But… Well.

In fact, what she wanted to say could be summed up quite simply.

“…He’s a wonderful husband, isn’t he?”

“Mm…” The húsfreya nodded but didn’t say anything more, not immediately. Her hand brushed the bundle of keys at her hip. The girlish gesture made Priestess wonder if in fact the húsfreya was not much older than she was. “With this face, not a one would have blamed him had he broken off the engagement in disgust.”

“I think it’s lovely.”

“Then you don’t speak the truth.

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