Chapter 99: Travel Planning (3)

Chapter 99: Travel Planning (3) This was the saint's first time encountering a warrior.

She had heard rumors that a hero had appeared, so she used the temple's wide information network to request this meeting, but in any case, this was her first meeting.

His appearance, which was comparable to that of the legendary warrior, was enough to make one wonder if he was indeed a warrior chosen by the goddess herself.

A legend is just a legend. Of course, I thought it was a story that had been glorified over the years, but after actually encountering the hero, I realized that perhaps much of the praise for the hero written in the legend was true.

The hero has only drawn the holy sword, but his achievements and skill level are worlds apart from the warrior who defeated the demon king recorded in legend.

"... "

The saint exchanged greetings with the hero and glanced at her hero party.

The party members had been briefed in advance and knew about it on paper.

I carefully remembered who was what type of person by comparing them one by one with the characteristics listed in the document.

A man with a simple face despite his large body is probably the tank of the party.

Since he is currently inside the city, he is wearing normal clothes, but I heard from reports that he is wearing thick armor and wielding a mace and shield at the front.

Although light clothing is better for enchanting, it does not provide absolute mass.

The green-haired elf behind him is an archer. The longbow hanging behind her back did not seem to be able to be pulled back even if the saintess pushed it with her legs.

The young-looking woman with characteristic black hair who is chatting with the elf is a priest.

Looking at her clothes, she belonged to a different order than the saint, so she didn't really have a relationship between a superior and a subordinate, but it was cute to see her flutter and show respect when her eyes met.

I heard that the lightly dressed man slyly looking at the figure from behind was a scout.

Did you say that he has a light attitude, but his skills are certain, and he is more serious about his work than anyone else?

Still, considering that the light attitude was pointed out several times in the document, it seems that the person who wrote the report was disappointed, thinking that it would have been great if it weren't for that.

'But that doesn't mean you can include your selfish interests in the report.'

At this moment, the report writer's workload increased for the time being.

Anyway, these four plus the Hero himself were five people, making up the current Hero party.

It's a bit disappointing that she doesn't have a wizard, but the saint is just an outsider. Although she could give advice, she had no choice but to trust that the hero party would take care of it.

While the saint was watching her hero party closely, her hero party was also looking at her saint.

I can feel various emotions from that gaze.

The wonder of why they were looking at them in silence, the curiosity of meeting someone called a saint for the first time, the respect of seeing a person of high rank even though they belong to different denominations, and the lust of looking at a beautiful woman.

'Even if he is a member of a warrior party, a man is still a man.'

That didn't really bother me.

The saint had the ability to read people's minds.

「Mind reading: You can get a general idea of ??what other people are thinking.」

It is not the ability to know the exact content of one's thoughts, but rather the ability to intuitively know that one is thinking something like this.

Using this ability, the saint was able to rise from being a symbolic figure in the church to a position of actual power.

Because she had no intention of ending her life as a pretty decoration.

And in the process, she met numerous people, and among them, there were very few men who did not have sexual desires upon seeing the saint.

Although there were cases where other emotions were temporarily stronger and the sexual desire was suppressed, such as the large man who was now looking at me with curious eyes, there were literally countless cases where there was no sexual desire at all.

The saint was already used to the lustful gaze, so the saint did not find it particularly unpleasant.

In the first place, isn't it natural for men to look at attractive women and for women to look at attractive men with lustful eyes?

Of course, actions such as staring at the chest are against etiquette, so that's a different story.

However, what the saint wanted to check now was not what kind of feelings she had.

'I can feel your thoughts. 'Everyone.'

Even the hero party was no exception to the saint's abilities.

The saint could clearly feel the thoughts of the four people.

It was natural for her. Because so far, there have been no exceptions to the saint's abilities. Until now.

The only recent exception was Soira, an unremarkable, no, normal D-rank adventurer.

'I couldn't read any thoughts from him.'

Being able to know thoughts is very tiring.

Because information you don't want to know is explicitly approached.

But Soira felt nothing.

When she first saw Soira at the temple, she tried to refuse to meet her, but that was the reason why she changed her mind and invited her.

Clearly, she was not an ordinary person.

The saint had known only one person in her life who could communicate and whose thoughts could not be read.

Goddess.

In her conversations with the Goddess, only her sacred atmosphere was felt, and the vivid thoughts that could be felt in her people were not conveyed. Even when the goddess came down as an incarnation.

Soira didn't feel sacred, so it's not like she was the incarnation of some god or anything... I was convinced that it was definitely something that transcended humans.

The saint's intuition was not wrong.

Soira's status as a 'player' is higher than anyone else in this world, literally higher than even a god.

The reason she gave her an insignificant request and gave her extraordinary repayment by granting her request in person was to establish a relationship with Soira.

"... "Saint?"

I thought that if it was a warrior who was given power directly by the goddess, his thoughts would not be read similarly, but seeing that he was read, it seems that is not the case.

Then why couldn't Soira's thoughts be read?

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"... "Saint!"

The saintess, who was about to fall into a swamp of her thoughts, was brought back to her reality by the strong voice of her warrior.

"Holy woman, are you okay? She suddenly said nothing... "

"Ah... Sorry. She showed off her shameful side. She seems to have been mesmerized by meeting in person the hero she had only seen in legends."

"Hmm, the priests I met while traveling had a similar reaction. Still, I'm still quite immature, and I'm embarrassed."

"Hero Serina, you will soon become strong like the warriors who came before you. Huh. The story is a little late. This time, what I would like to ask of her hero and her colleagues is... "

Getting to the point, the saintess thought as she looked at the warrior who returned her sharp gaze once again.

For now, the best way is to keep an eye on that adventurer named Soira.

———-

"It's a surprise. Why is the hero here?"

"Are those people just now heroes?"

"Uh. Isn't there that pretty person in front? That person is a hero."

However, I think the hero party had a bit more people compared to when I played it.

She was so distracted by the warrior she suddenly met that she couldn't see it clearly. 'Achievement Character' only guarantees the result, but the process is arbitrary, so it's not strange that the party is different from when I did it.

"But how does Soira know the hero?"

I thought I missed Flora's question.

Ah. That's right.

Now that I think about it, I have never met a hero. It shouldn't have been there.

How can I gloss over this...

At a time when I was struggling with no thoughts coming to mind, Asil reached out a helping hand.

"Well, wouldn't a cow have her own circumstances? They say it's polite not to ask adventurers about their past."

"Is it? Do you have that kind of courtesy?"

"Huh? Uh, uh... There is such a thing, but... "

It's a strange feeling to hear it from Asil, who until recently would have lived in front of a computer, surrounded by the wonders of modern civilization.

"I don't know much about that... I'm sorry, Soira."

"Oh, no! Are you okay? "Aren't we just adventurers?"

I was a bit tired trying to comfort Flora, who was downcast.

"But what do we do now?"

Once Flora's matter was over, she said

"What are you doing?"

"The request is over, right? "I don't have a specific goal and just want to know what to do."

"You asked the goddess something. "Is that problem solved?"

"Huh? Ah. That? That is... I don't know, but anyway, all I can do right now is wait."

"Wait?"

"Well, what should I say? In other words, I asked how to return to my hometown, which is extremely difficult to return to, but it is impossible now and will become possible later when the war with the Demon King's army is over."

It's a war, so it will end soon, but at this point, I'm the only one who knows that, right?

"We've been at war for almost a hundred years. When do you say it will end?"

"That's right. Anyway, since the goddess herself said so, I feel like it is clear that it is only possible once the war is over."

"Is it going to feel like that? "Aren't you so desperate that you even went to see the saint?"

"What... That's true, but it's something I've already given up on halfway, so it's okay to hear a confirmation that it's possible."

"Then? Are you going to go to the front and fight the devil's army?"

"No... She thought about it too, but she was honestly kind of scared... "

Asil's thoughts were natural. No, it should have been obvious, but it wasn't.

As the war continued for so long, it felt like it was natural, and many people went to the battlefield without thinking it was a big deal and lost their lives.

In that respect, Asil, the possessed character, has a more realistic sense.

However... Then, when the scenario is over, she might go back.

Obviously, WM lets you choose whether to move on to free mode once the main scenario is over, or start a new game like I did.

In Free Mode, scenarios start randomly, history is naturally written by the people who live in the world, and various things become possible.

It is quite possible to create one more world and move at least one NPC.

But that's something I have to choose to do when the ending comes?

Well, I've become quite close with Asil, and I'm not so narrow-minded that I can't listen to that kind of wish.

Now that I think about it, I think that might be fun too, right? After having a lot of fun in the fantasy setting, follow Asil to enjoy the 21st century setting.

The 'time' that the goddess spoke of would be the timing when the hero defeats the demon king. That's the 'invasion of the devil's army' scenario.

However, although it is confirmed by the 'achievement character' setting that the hero will defeat the demon lord, we do not know how long it will take to get there.

Looking at the hero I just faced, it seems like there's quite a bit left, but right now I'm weaker than the hero, so I can't really tell how strong he is.

"Anyway, I just need to kill time. "I don't think I'll be bored with you guys, so I'll leave it to Soira to decide what to do."

"... Huh? What. Why me? "There's Flora too, right?"

"Isn't Flora going with you? "It seemed that way."

"Huh. "I will follow Soira around."

I suddenly found myself in charge of the party leadership.

Well, since the party members are good, it might not be that bad.

Anyway, what to do next...

Right. There was something I saw earlier. Should we do that?