Bonus chapter...
After the duel with Shakuna, I was officially hired as an escort.
I don't rember that I asked her to hire ... but it was sothing that I couldn't refuse.
"...I don't mind, though. I've been planning to kill that Guru from the very beginning."
One of the purposes of my coming to this country is to defeat Guru Rudanaga, or Rujanaga.
Strictly speaking, there is no guarantee that Rudanaga and Rujanaga are the sa person at this ti. There is a possibility that they are different persons with similar senses of the word in their nas.
" Oh, you are here... Baskerville-sama."
"Hmm?"
When I was lying in the shade of a tree by the oasis, collecting my thoughts, Ryuna ca to .
The blind Priestess walks up to with a white cane, checking step by step.
I frowned slightly and took her hand as she approached .
"Ah..."
"Sit down. It's not bad to sit in the shade of a tree, even in the desert, isn't it?"
"Yes... Thank you very much!"
Ryuna looked slightly surprised... but soon her face broke into a big smile like a blooming flower.
I flinch at her innocent smile and cough to cover it up.
"So... What's the situation with your sister? She's not hurt, is she?"
"Onee-sama is in the tent, hugging her knees in dejection. She seems to have been shocked by the defeat at the hands of Baskerville-sama."
"...I won't apologize. That fight was brought by her..."
"Well, she's always had a talent with swords and magic... and she's gotten a bit cocky... so I think this will be good therapy for her. I'd like to thank you..."
"...To be treated like that by her own little sister, she's quite a big sister. I'm sure she must be going through a lot."
Shakuna in the ga had a calr personality.
Perhaps so incident will happen in the future that will change her personality.
"Hey... Why did you decide to hire ?"
"Eh... Is there a reason?"
When I ask her what I've been wondering, Ryuna blinks in surprise.
"You see, you're about to be killed by that Guru and your king's father is being manipulated. There are few people you can trust, and you need help... I understand that. But do you really want to hire a strange foreigner who just fell from the sky?"
"That's... Because I'm a Priestess..."
"Well, you 'saw' it with your eyes, right? I don't think you can trust with just a vague image of the moon shining in the dark. And it's insane to offer up your body as a reward for hiring as your bodyguard."
If she had offered money or treasure as a reward, I would not have doubted her so much.
However... Ryuna's boldness in offering her own body as a reward makes question it.
Thinking back, Ryuna was friendly to from the very first eting. She was not angry at all when I saw her naked... and I don't rember receiving so much trust from her.
"...Rudanaga, the guru..."
"Hmm...?"
"When Guru Rudanaga visited the temple where I lived... I saw a future of doom in my eyes. A future in which giant snake covered the heavens, devoured the earth, and the people cried out in grief. I saw a vision in which I would be sacrificed to the great snake, eaten alive, and suffer forever without being allowed to die in its belly.
"Did you see it... in Rudanaga's soul? Or did you foretell the future?"
"I think... it was the latter. Rudanaga is trying to resurrect a terrible monster. For that, he wants as a sacrifice. At first, I talked to my father about it, but he wouldn't listen to . He said that a great guru would never do such a thing."
Ryuna bites her lip with a pained expression.
She has seen her desperate future, and her father, the one she should be relying on the most, is not at all dependable.
Just how terrifying that must have been.
"Only onee-sama and so of the priests believed in the future I saw and helped escape from the temple. Most of the people in the palace can't be trusted, including my father."
"I know you've been through a lot... but what does that have to do with you hiring ?"
"When I t you in this oasis, I saw a different future. Not the sa as when I t Rudanaga. A different future than the one of doom and despair."
"...What kind of future is that?"
"..."
When I asked her... for so reason, Ryuna covered her face with her hands as if she was ashad.
It's hard to tell because her skin is brown, but she seems to be flushed.
"Don't make say it! You're embarrassing !"
"E-Embarrassing you...?"
"I can't marry soone again after what you did to ! Please take responsibility!"
"Hey, what did I do!? What did I do to you in the future!?"
"Noooo! Please don't make say it! It's sexual harassnt!"
I questioned her desperately, but in the end, Ryuna did not open her mouth until the very end.
The girl's intense embarrassnt made imagine that I had done sothing terrible... I wonder what really happened between and Ryuna in the future.
The truth is still in the dark.
It exists only in the mind of Priestess, who cowered in embarrassnt.
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