After annihilating all the monsters that were attacking the caravan, the caravan started moving again towards its goal, the Magic City of Manarak.
「Sorry… sohow, I ended up sacrificing you, Pora-san.」
I bowed to Pora inside the moving carriage.
「I don’t mind but… no, I don’t know whether it’s okay or not…」
Pora accepted my apology with a rather complicated look on her face.
… In just a matter of a few days, Pora had transford from the saint who’d singlehandedly broken Notes’ barrier while healing people during the Aarburgh incident, into a summoner who could use a giant dragon’s spirit.
She must’ve been thinking over a lot of things over the past few days.
Rather, regardless of the title, it was sothing that was forced onto her by sheer coincidence– of course, the reason being .
「Uhm… it’s about Philia-chan… who she really is?」
Pora looked at Philia with an anxious look on her face.
As I thought, at this stage, I guess I’ve got no choice but to tell Pora about Philia’s background. I an, it’s impossible to keep her in the dark since we’re going to be traveling together from now on.
I sent a signal to Philia with my eyes, asking her permission regarding telling Porea about her origins.
This was a huge secret after all.
Philia was leisurely hanging out her body outside the carriage’s window as usual, enjoying the scenery outside.
She turned to when I looked at her, an adorable smile blossoming on her face as her eyes t mine.
It’s so cute… but that wasn’t what I ant.
「Philia-chan… can I tell Pora-san about your origins?」
When I asked that, the smile imdiately vanished from Philia’s face. She looked at expressionlessly.
It seems that she has no idea what I’m talking about.
I still have no idea how much of the mories she’s retained from five thousand years ago when she was still known as the God of Fear, Zorophilia. But still, I don’t think it’s a good idea to thoughtlessly disclose soone else’s past as a third party.
Philia smiled again as she crawled on the bench before sitting on my lap.
「Philia-chan?」
Philia then looked up at my face.
「Philia, don’t understand difficult words, so Philia will leave it to Kanata!」
She gave her go ahead with the cutest smile on her face.
… So her silence from earlier was because she had no idea what I was talking about.
It seems that Notes’ ancestors had planted an extrely powerful curse on Philia. That combined with an extrely long period of being sealed appears to have resulted in Philia forgetting who she really was.
Or maybe, she just simply forgot about herself.
Well, this might be a blessing in disguise. Moreover, due to her special circumstances, any misjudgents related to her might affect too.
Maybe the reason why she said 『I’ll leave this matter to you』 was because she was being considerate towards us.
「Philia-chan…」
When I called her na, she leaned her back on .
Her eyes closed as if she didn’t have any worries about the matter at all.
It seems that she’d already fallen asleep after being tired of all that frolicking around.
… As I thought, I might once again have overestimated her.
「She is a person who got sealed long ti ago, and her seal was released by Notes.」
「… FUE?」
Pora stared at in wonder.
「Originally, Notes was going to use Philia-chan’s power to overthrow the kingdom. He never expected that Philia-chan’s power surpassed his imagination but… even I got cold sweats when fought her.」
I an, I never expected for her to change herself into , she even created four copies of to kill the real .
「…」
Pora’s mouth flapped repeatedly like a fish out of water.
「Pora… san?」
「She even managed to corner Kanata-san… just what kind of a monster she is…」
「Just what kind of existence I’m in your mind, Pora-san?」
Pora quickly covered her mouth when she noticed her verbal slip.
「Naturally, the current Philia-chan doesn’t have any wish to fight . Though the ancestors of Notes seems to cast powerful curse on Philia-chan to control her will, I’ve already solved that curse.」
「B-B-But… s-still… is it… really safe?」
Pora asked with a restless look on her face.
I understood the reason behind her restlessness. I an, I was worried to death about what I should do regarding Philia, but I don’t think that killing her or leaving her behind was an option. Yet, I couldn’t think of any feasible idea except for bringing her along with us.
「Hyuu~」
That mont, Philia’s body slipped down as her head landed on my lap. She was already sleeping soundly. She was smiling pleasantly in her sleep.
Even Pora’s face relaxed the mont she saw Philia’s adorable sleeping face.
「I understand your worry but… it’s not like abandoning Philia-chan is an option.」
「You’re… right.」
Pora nodded lightly, agreeing with .
After that, our journey was smooth sailing. There were no more monster attacks anymore after the first raid.
Five days later, a city surrounded by ramparts ca into sight.
I could see a tall and pointed roof on the other side of the rampart.
「Is that magic city Manarak?」
「Most likely. Pora heard that it isn’t that far from Aarburgh but… this is also the first ti Pora has co to this city. It is rumored to be the best place for things such as the alchemy research institute. It’s library is supposed to have the biggest grimoire collection in the entire kingdom.」
「I see… Lunaire might be really delighted if she cos to this place…」
I muttered those words to myself.
Though such a plan wasn’t realistic due to her hades impurity… she might be dying to know about the latest developnts in magic and new grimoires.
Judging from the roof beyond the ramparts, that city must be a magnificent place.
If possible, I wanted to visit this city along with her.
「Kanata… san?」
I suddenly ca to my senses upon hearing Pora’s voice.
「Welp, I ended up daydreaming. My bad, can you just ignore my rambling just now?」
「Well… I an, that person called Lunaire-san is your teacher, right?」
Pora asked with a puzzled look on her face.
「Yeah. Should I say that… it’s not just magic, my combat skills are also sothing taught she taught .」
It seems Pora always has so strange worries about Lunaire.
Well, that might be natural considering how I blew up the story about Lunaire.
「Is sothing the matter about her?」
「No, it just that everyti Kanata-san is talking about Lunaire-san… uhm… you always sound so passionate…」
「She is my benefactor after all.」
Pora might be wondering about what kind of a person Lunaire is.
「Judging from the na, Lunaire-san might be a woman but… I wonder how old she is right now?」
「Th—」
Woops, I almost blurted out “Thousand years old”.
Fortunately, I stopped right away.
Because telling Pora about Lunaire’s age might make the forr realize that the latter is a lich.
Though it doesn’t an that I didn’t trust Pora, it’s better if she doesn’t know about this fact. Maybe I should convert her age to the limit of a human’s lifespan.
「Around eighty years old.」
「Ooh… So Lunaire-san is a grandma huh…」
Pora heaved a sigh upon hearing Lunaire’s age.
Though I noticed that she might have so sort of a misunderstanding due to this matter… Well, I think it’s no big deal since Pora and Lunaire would never et anyway. [TL : Mark this line, he just set a death flag!]
「Is there sothing the matter with that?」
「N-Not at all! It’s not a problem at all!!」
Pora shook her head. Her face was flushed red.
I wonder about that but… well, all is well as long as Pora understands that.
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TN : Re-Releasing since it got deleted by accident!
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