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Translator’s Corner (Note: This story is fiction)

Forgotten Menored the blistering heat Their expression merry as they shopped for dresses and shoes After all, one of theh the date had not been set yet, she was proposed to and accepted

「Nee-chan, how’s this one Do you think Yojiro will like it?」

One asked the other, with upturned eyes She could not have been called a stunning beauty, but was certainly above average

「Aiko, seriously, Miyaguchi-san will love it no matter what you wear!」

Her twin sister, albeit older by a few uess… Oh, did I tell you? I’ht He said that you can co back to the hospital I told you about the patient in ht? The one with the stab wound? He was desperately trying to tell 」

「Eh? He was probably delusional fro?」

「Geez, Aiko Even if you’rethe hospital head’s son, you really should take your job seriously!」

Yuuko admonished her sister She loved to assuh she hardly fit the part Yuuko was a bright and cheerful person but she took her job seriously And she deeply cared for her sister

「Well, then I’ll let you kno the party went later tonight, then!」

Aiko said s

But she never returned

Saint Demon Confrontation Arc

087 The Holy City

A city enveloped in a tranquil light

A holy city protected by a holy barrier

This was a high level defense barrier developed through many years of arduous study

This barrier prevented uninvited outsiders from entry and protected the city for over a thousand years

It is truly the eht allowing the city’s natural light to be regulated It is thus brighter in the afternoon and darker at night

The tehout the year creating pleasantly cool summers and inters

And thanks to the isolated farhout the year

A paradise where no one starves

Every child receives equal education and every citizen is employed

A paradise of law and harmony

Such is the Holy City Ruberius of the Holy E to the Great Holy Chaentle warmth that enveloped her seemed to sooth her heavy heart

This country is wealthy

No one hungers or sleeps in the streets

Everyone is given a role that they respect

They wake up at the sound of thebell and fall asleep at sunset

Those with superior abilities help those with inferior ones And this harmony ensures that the citizens’ happy life continues

A land of equality under god This reality called the Holy City unfolded before her

Hinata looked at the faces of nearby citizens

They all had a tranquil smile on their face

But, she couldn’t help feel that so whenever she was in the city

She could transfer froracia Kingdom’s Western Saint’s Church in a split second

These two cities were connected via a grand racia’s capital was the most advanced city in the world and housed both the Council and the Freedom Association

Thus, in order to spread the church’s teachings there they prioritized the creation of a direct access into the city

In fact, around six hundred years ago Ingracia Kingdoic for transfer ic and decided to connect their cities

As a result, rather than on this holy land, they gained the ability to establish the church’s headquarters in the Ingracia Kingdom

Hinata, however, found the holy city to be the ideal and sought to create a society that would not need to fight with neither Ingracia Kingdoht a society where the as not devoured by the strong

However, Ingracia Kingdom and the Holy Empire Ruberion as too incompatible

And that caused her to feel out of place

The Free city Ingracia and the Harmonious city Ruberius; truly, they are polar opposites

And her disco at children’s faces

She could hear children’s voices co from the school built adjacent to the Great Holy Cha late, a few children were desperately running towards the building

Those who could run faster were grasping the hands of those ere slow

A common scene that was hardly problematic Yet Hinata found it uncoracia?

There was a school next to the Church

So she often saw children playing outside What was it like?

At the crack of dawn, the belated children ran out the gates with a smile Those too sloould not be able to learn

At that time, those ere quick had the proud look as if they obtained as naturally theirs

What do you think would have happened to these children ould help others like the kids of Ruberius?

Certainly, none of them would make it to the lesson and be yelled by the teacher

Of course, they only had to wake up earlier

Yet this was a trivial difference

But for some reason Hinata’s discomfort just wouldn’t fade

What was different?

Are those faster not kind? No, that’s not it

Though they ignored the slower kids, they did not make fun of thehed

They were having fun even while getting yelled at by the instructor

In that case, what about here in Ruberius?

The kids all have the same facial expression

A tranquil smile

The same one as worn by the adults–satisfaction

And somewhere within that expression was a sense of abandonment, hence the cause of Hinata’s displeasure

She only started paying attention to this after the Slih it must have been simple nonsense, Hinata unintentionally hts

She couldn’t possibly show such an unsightly appearance before the Seven Celestial Sages

Last ti told that Veldora was reborn, she received a report froes had called for her, for some reason they weren’t able tosaid, that ht have been the first ties And noticed so she hardly cared about

Last ti her about Veldora, was the first tiether

Previously, she would study under each one and

And, after graduating as a disciple, she had neverher orders

At athered at the sae these people were

They’ve been probably running around the world for some unknown reason

If that’s the case, then Veldora’s rebirth is an uniinably important event

Since Hinata had never personally endured Veldora’s rae its importance based on the response fro the trip to Tenore a de so close to huerous ate them all

But, was this fellow Japanese who reincarnated as a monster truly a hindrance that needed to be re to their creed, he was undoubtedly a wicked demon

So why does she feel so lost…?

Moreover

(I see, I feel lost, huh…)

Hinata was self-reflecting

Feeling uncertain was unlike her Thus ht, even she could feel lost

She lived in order to create a “An equal world without struggle”

A world where children abandoned by their parents could live happily

Perhaps that was an idealistic and in herself to this fact, the church appeared the embodiment of that ideal

Since then, Hinata would never doubt the Church’s Creed and systeate it

Unlike her ion, she was at a position where she protected the creed

And that was the source of Hinata’s confidence

Though she didn’t believe in god, she would recognize it as long as it was of use

Achieving one’s goal wasthe Western Saint’s Church

And now, for the first tihts and the church’s teachings