The Exiled Noble Rises as the Holy King: Befriending Fluffy Beasts and a Holy Maiden with My Ultimate Cheat Skill! Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 8] by Yu Okano

Author:Yu Okano
Language: eng
Format: epub

This girl is actually serious.

It didn’t take me long to be convinced of that. The girl in question was the <Holy Maiden of Swords>, Aht Heresy. With no shame whatsoever, she boldly declared that destiny had led her here to meet me.

It was suspicious, no matter how you looked at it. Anyone would assume it was a grift or trap or something of the sort. It was just too good to be true. But deep within her eyes, there was a glint of powerful, almost fanatical trust in me. I’d seen eyes like these many times before. More extreme members of the Church had eyes like these, of course, but I’d also seen them among those who served House Olipiage as body doubles for my father. If they were told to die, they would do so without question. In their eyes was a devilish glint which betrayed an inhuman level of conviction.

Though my gut instinct was almost certain, I knew it would be dangerous to rely solely on that. Just because she seemed trustworthy didn’t mean I should believe her without reservation. So first, I started by asking her some questions.

“Why do you want to serve me? You were devastating the forest just a minute ago. Weren’t you doing that to smoke me out, then capture or kill me or something?”

I started with the basics: her objective. If she didn’t give me a clear answer, she was definitely not to be trusted.

But in defiance of my expectations, Aht gave a deep nod and responded, “An excellent question. As you’ve presumed, I came here on orders from the Church to either apprehend or kill you, as you have the <Holy King> skill. I was causing havoc exactly because I was sure you were in the area. If I made a ruckus, I thought you would at least come to investigate. Even if you didn’t, I supposed that clearing the entire area would give me better visibility.”

That’s an extremely unsettling answer. She doesn’t seem to be lying, though.

Honestly, I wished it was all just one big lie or joke, especially the part about her coming to kill me. I hadn’t even done anything wrong. Why was the Church persecuting me like this? The Holy Maidens were one of the Church’s top military forces, along with the Order of Paladins.

And they readily sent one of them to assassinate me. Is my <Holy King> skill that dangerous?

About all I could do with it was form <Follower Contracts> with other beings that I had an accord with. That said, <Follower Contract> was tremendously convenient in its own right. It let me borrow skills, so ultimately I might be able to grow considerably strong with it. That would require training and effort, though, and hardly seemed to necessitate an instant death warrant.

As for <Flesh and Blood>... I didn’t know much about it, honestly. The most I’d gathered was that consuming monster flesh and blood would noticeably increase my strength. But even then, average humans had their mana increase a tiny bit too when they ate monsters.

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