Chapter 139: Spirit and Great War of the Past

Chapter 139: Spirit and Great War of the Past

「Oi, that’s…」

「No way! Is that… Ciel-sama?」

As the party walked inside the Horo village, they could hear such voices coming from the pedestrians.

Although it had been a long time, as one would expect, many people still remembered Ciel, a hero.

The villagers had dark brown skin. In addition, Aria had long noticed that they had another peculiar trait about them.

「Everyone is wearing a beautiful choker.」

Yes, every villager wore a choker inlaid with beautiful, six-colored pyroxene.

「The villagers in this Horo village are from the Horo tribe. They are believers of Six Pillar of 〝Spirits?. And these chokers are the proof of their faith.」

Ciel explained to Aria.

「Spirit nyaw?」

「Yeah, some people in this world have the power to call forth spirits. The Horo tribe people are one of them. That’s why there is a Six Pillar of Spirits’ faith in this world.」

「Since that’s the case… are there other spirits outside those six, meow?」

After hearing Ciel’s reply, Vulcan asked another question. Ciel nodded and continued her explanation.

The Horo tribe believed in various spirits such as the spirit of fire—Ifrit, the spirit of water—Undine, the spirit of wind—Sylphine, the spirit of the earth—Nom, the spirit of ice—Celsius, and lastly, the spirit of light—lightning. Those were the names of the six spirits.

Apart from them, there was another pillar, a spirit hailed as the spirit of thunder—Bolt.

「…? Why doesn’t anyone in the Horo village believe in the spirit of thunder?」

「Aria, the reason for that is the 〝Great War? that happened a really long time ago.」

Ciel replied to Aria with a sad look on her face.

A long time ago, there had been a great war between spirits, which ended up involving the people.

In this extremely tragic war, the people split between the Horo tribe, who took the side of the six spirits, and the Elebor tribe, who took the side of the thunder spirit.

Eventually, the six spirits won that war and the spirit of thunder, Bolt, was sealed in a small shrine in Elebor village, the residence of the Elebor tribe.

「Six spirits and a stray spirit, Bolt. Although the situation seems to be different, it somehow looks like the situation with the six great demon kings and the holy demon king Beelzebub in our world.」

Aria muttered after hearing Ciel’s story.

「But then, Ciel-san’s power, don’t tell me…」

「Yeah, great job noticing that, Cedric! It’s just as you guessed. The ice power I use is the blessing from one of the spirit pillars of this world, Celcius.」

When Ciel affirmed his guess, Cedric muttered 「I see…」

That was the truth behind the power of Ciel, the female hero who wielded the power of an arch spirit from another world.

It was for this reason when Ciel used her ace in the battle against Belphegor, she also opened the gate to this world.

Even though Cedric still had many things to ask, it looked like he would have to wait for another chance. The reason was that they had already arrived right in front of the mansion of the Horo tribe’s patriarch.

When the gatekeeper saw Aria and co. approaching the mansion, he became vigilant. However, his expression became one of surprise when he saw Ciel amongst the party.

His reaction might only be natural since he knew Ciel had returned to her original world.

「Y-You’re… Ciel-sama… right?」

「Yeah. I want to meet the patria― I mean 〝Mina?. Is she in the mansion right now?」

「Roger that! Please wait for a while, Ciel-sama. I’ll go inside to report first!」

The gatekeeper opened the mansion’s gate right after saying that and ran inside.

A few minutes passed.

Aria and co. had been sitting in a certain room in the mansion.

「It’s been a while, Ciel-sama.」

The one who came out from the mansion to greet them was a young, beautiful woman.

Dumbfounded expressions appeared on the faces of Aria and co. After all, “Patriarch” normally refers to a middle-aged or an older man.

「It has indeed been a while, Mina. You’ve become even more beautiful than the last time I saw you.」

「Oh my! You’re making this old woman shy.」

This woman who was bashfully smiling at Ciel’s remark was none other than the Patriarch herself. Her gentle eyes narrowed down as she approached Ciel and greeted her.

「By the way, do you have another errand in this world? And… these people are…」

After smiling for a while, Mina glanced at Aria and co. with a gentle look in her eyes.

Since they would become quite conspicuous if they kept standing outside, Mina invited the group into the guest room of the mansion.

「The truth is, a demon king from our world has come to this world.」

「A demon King… If my memories serve me right, you’ve told me before that they are existences similar to the thunder spirit, Bolt, in this world, right?」

「Yeah, that very same demon king. And we’ve come to this world to subjugate that demon king, Belphegor .」

After that, Ciel gave her the same explanation as the one she told to the village head of Ibra village. Then, Ciel introduced Aria and co. to Mina.

Thereupon, Patriarch Mina―

「I understand. If you’re telling the truth, it means that this world is facing a great crisis right now. I shall use our information network to gather all information about Belphegor.」

She gave a reassuring answer.

「Thank you very much, Mina.」

「Don’t mind it, Ciel-sama. I’ll feel really troubled if you do that.」

Mina gently smiled as she tried to stop Ciel from lowering her head.

「Everyone should be tired from the long journey. You should take proper rest for today.」

After saying that, Mina called the employees in the mansion and made necessary arrangements for Aria and co.