Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7 – SHRINE

The destination is a Shrine. It’s roughly in the center of the town.

It’s a white, stone building. Although old, the white color is preserved and the ivy crawling over the walls leaves a deep impression.

A big belfry is attached to the roof, just right now, dong, dong…… six chimes reverberate around the whole town.

The bell resounds every day at fixed times. It works as a clock for those who don’t possess a high price magic tool. It basically subst.i.tutes a watch.

It chimes once at 6 in the morning. Then, the chime increases once every two hours, the Shrine’s bell chimes until 10 in the evening where it chimes nine times.

Get up with a chime and sleep with nine. The people live around this bell.

Anyone can freely enter and exit the Shrine chapel.

The inside is s.p.a.cious enough to accommodate a good number of people, a pa.s.sage spreads straight to the altar in the back of the chapel from the entrance.

Oblong stools that can fit several adults each are lined along both sides of the pa.s.sage, facing the altar.

A light shines from the high ceiling, illuminating the chapel.

Serenity. 5 stone statues are in the interior of the altar wrapped in such atmosphere.

A statue of a woman in the middle. This must be the G.o.d of Creation Malianor. On both sides of Malianor-sama are five statues of men. On her right-hand side, there is the Fire G.o.d Salamanteel-sama and the Earth G.o.d Nomoodle-sama. On her left-hand side, the Water G.o.d Windell-sama and Wind G.o.d Sylphreel-sama――It’s Syl.

「Will you wait here for a while?」

I sit Allen and Elena on one of the stools, stand in front of the statue of Syl and look at it.

Ah, it’s Syl.

The stone statue has exactly the same appearances I remember.

People normally glorify and exaggerate the appearances of a G.o.d, but it seems that the actual appearances of G.o.ds have been properly transmitted to the people of Aetherdia.

（Syl~ Can you hear me?）

I close my eyes and call Syl at once.

(Tak.u.mi-san, I can hear you)

Syl immediately answers back.

It seems my voice reached him properly.

(Did you get used to the life over there?)

(I have arrived at the town just today. So I don’t think I can say I got already used to it. But, I didn’t have a hard time thanks to the magic and the convenient tools)

(That is good)

Syl was really concerned about me, it felt like that.

Having people that are concerned about you is nice. It feels somewhat warming.

――However! This and that are different things!

(Right, Syl)

(What is it?)

(You didn’t tell me. Isn’t there something that you have to say to me?)

I can imagine Syl’s body piki~in stiffen.

(W, what are you saying, I, I don’t know~)

…… No, you are definitely shaking.

If you are going to pretend ignorance, I’m going to put on a little better performance.

(Hoho~u… I see… You don’t know? Then, it can’t be helped. They finally seem to taken liking to me, but if Syl doesn’t know then I will have to put the poor children into an orphanage――)

(Wa, waa~!! Wait~!!

He gave up at once… I thought you were going to feign ignorance for a bit more, though~……

(I’m so~rry)

Ah, I don’t see him, but he’s definitely… prostrating……

(I thought it was strange. The starting location being A rank『Gaya Forest』, after all. No matter how you look at it, you would normally start at such impossible place! But, I was able to leave the forest before encountering a strong monster. Besides, it’s strange for children to be in such a place! Moreover, they are “Human?” you know? At first I thought, there’s a race like that in this world~ but, when I arrived at the town and appraised the people there, everyone was a normal human, demihuman, and suchmon. I was fully suspecting you, Syl. So, what’s going on?)

(Uu~)

(Don’t cry and start explaining. It’s not like I will get angry or anything)

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Syl bursts into tears while prostrating.

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