Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 65. Public Subjugation ②
Dressed in a beautiful dress with layers of pale lace, Emily was supposed to be praised and admired on the stage that day for her achievements up to that point.
In the end, Emily still didn’t know why she had suddenly become unable to use healing or purification magic. But even so, she continued to pray every day until this day. She kept telling herself that the Holy Sword in Elliott’s hand was proof of her worth.
──Today, once this show is over…, there will be no more undead monsters either, and then, it will be a hassle and difficult, but after that, it’s just… I just have to do my best as the wife of a …… nobleman.
the world of the nobility, where she could be extravagant but was bound by etiquette and customs, seemed suffocating. It was depressing that she couldn’t be easily praised, as she was on the battlefield. But if the undead monsters were no longer around, it couldn’t be helped.
That’s what Emily thought.
When she stood side by side with Elliott in the VIP seats at the spectator subjugation venue, her heart leapt with joy at the thunderous cheers that erupted from the nobles and common people alike.
Watching Elliot slay the last one Undead beast with the holy sword made her heart flutter. She realized that she was the companion to that glorious hero.
However, this heart-pounding moment was suddenly interrupted by something she had never seen before, which appeared with a tremendous sound.
──Eh, what… is this?
The people, who had been cheering so loudly that their ears hurt until just a moment ago, had fallen completely silent. The king in the VIP seats, the nobles one level below, and even the wealthy people seated near the VIP seating in the corner of her vision. Everyone was speechless in front of the sight, and just stared blankly.
Her thoughts couldn’t keep up with the situation in front of her.
“…Is this also a sideshow to the subjugation?”
Someone finally spoke in the distance. The silence felt so long, but in reality it was hard to tell.
──I see, this is also something…
Is it part of the performance, a big finish? Before even the words that came to her mind could take shape, the tentacle-like things which had suddenly increased in number, swung down towards the VIP seats where Emily and the others were.
“H-huh… wh-what, no”
The wall at the end of the VIP seats, which was supposed to be protected by a barrier, was destroyed. Emily was panic-stricken and sat down on the spot.
She could see the magicians running around in panic, trying to re-deploy the barrier through the dust.
“Your Majesty…!!”
She could hear the Prime Minister’s voice, which sounded extremely panicked.
His Majesty the King was standing closer to the side that was destroyed than Emily. She managed to move her neck while sitting down and unable to move and looked at the scene, she saw the king crouching, holding his side.
“All the clergy are at the subjugation… and right now there no…”
The attendants said with a broken voice behind the Prime Minister, who was next to the king.
“D-Don’t, don’t worry, it’s just a scratch.”
“Buy, Your Majesty, if you are injured…!”
The weak voices of the King and the Prime Minister could be heard, exuding agitation.
“Th, that’s right, the Saintess… ! The Saint is here! Saint Emily, please heal His Majesty…!”
The Prime Minister raised his face and shouted at Emily , clinging to her.
“Eh…?”
Emily instinctively looked up when she heard her name, but as soon as she realized the situation she felt a chill, as if her body temperature was suddenly dropping.
──Stop it… right now, I don’t have any healing magic…
She averted her eyes and looked down, but she felt the gaze of many people directed at her. After a heavy silence, the voice of someone whispering suspiciously in the distance, looking her way, was heard very clearly.
“…What wrong with the Saintess…?”
“I don’t know, I heard that she’s the first to act in situations like this, though.”
“…His Majesty seems to have been injured… Why isn’t she moving…?”
The chills grew worse. The fear of revealing that she couldn’t do anything drove Emily into a corner.
──B-e-c-a-u-s-e I thought of s-u-c-h things…?
Her knees and shoulders were slightly trembling. At some point, on the way back from the subjugation of the stray undead monsters, the words she had fantasized about in her head came back to her ears like a hallucination.
“If the king gets injured, if I help him, heal his wounds, and purify him, then surely everyone will praise me and be grateful to me.”
The foolish delusion she had had back then now came back to haunt her.
“Saint Emily is not very good at healing in the first place.”
Suddenly, the gentle voice of a man rang out.
“Until now, healing has been the preserve of the clergy. Right?”
“…Eh, eh, w-w-w-hy a-a-are y-y-you s-a-a-y-i-i-ng t-t-th-at n-n-o-o-w?!”
The words that came out of her mouth without thinking seemed like a mistake. She could see the King, the Prime Minister, and the nobles’ faces turn in shock.
Panicked, she let her eyes wonder, then landed on Count Agreas standing calmly behind the king and the others. Despite the situation, he had a gentle smile on his face. Further back, one step behind him, Marianne stood with a cold, expressionless face.
Count Agreas stepped forward and gave instructions to the magician standing nearby in the VIP seating.
“It seems that the barrier broke because of that undead monster unexpected move. We have re-deployed the barrier, so please rest assured. …Your Majesty, I am very sorry. Due to the unforeseen incident, I was powerless, and it seems that the fragments grazed you. Fortunately, the wound seems to be shallow.”
The Prime Minister glared at Count Agreas, who spoke matter-of-factly, as if nothing was wrong.
“Count Agreas… was that also planned…?”
“Yes, of course. Don’t worry, we have the Holy Knight with us.”
Count Agreas smiled gently, and then turned his gaze towards the arena.
On the other side of the barrier, something huge and unknown was wriggling, and beyond that was Elliott with the Holy Sword in his hand there.
──That’s right… Elliott is here. My value isn’t in magic.
Emily rose unsteadily and looked in that direction, clinging to the sight.