4 - Trouble, or Goddess of Fortune? 麻烦，还是幸运N神？

Trouble, or Goddess of Fortune?

麻烦，还是幸运女神？

Grasslands spread out before me.

草原在我面前展开。

The sky was high, and the sun hid behind the clouds to produce an unpleasant chill on my skin.

天空很高，太阳躲在云层后面，让我的皮肤感到不舒服的寒意。

0;If the sun came out, it9;d definitely be warm.1;

（如果太阳出来了，肯定会很暖和。）

Winter was nearing its end. I held up a spear, as I remained wary of my surroundings.

冬天已经接近尾声了。我举起长矛，对周围的环境保持警惕。

I asked May to take on quilin form, and strapped a saddle on her to practice swinging a polearm on horseback. The spear was borrowed from Aria, by the way.

我让梅变成奎林形态，给她绑上马鞍，练习在马背上挥舞长柄武器。顺便说一句，这把矛是从阿丽亚那里借来的。

“Hey, don9;t hit my head when you swing that thing around. If you hit my horn, I will bite you.”

“嘿，你晃动那东西时别撞到我的头。如果你撞到我的角，我就会咬你。”

Watching me sit on her back, and deal with monsters, she seemed more concerned that the spear would collide with her head.

看着我坐在她的背上，与怪物周旋，她似乎更担心长矛会撞到她的头。

Porter was parked on a well-maintained road. Aria leaned her back to the machine as she watched over us, while Eva kept lookout.

波特把车停在一条维护良好的道路上。阿丽亚靠在机器上，看着我们，而伊娃则负责监视。

Clara was riding on Porter9;s roof, looking over at us.

克拉拉骑在波特的屋顶上，看着我们。

From within the Jewel, I even heard some laughing voices from the ancestors. The Sixth.

“只有莱尔。等等，为什么要骑马？这是故事书英雄的标准票价，所以我没有任何抱怨。”

On the way back after completing our requests, I would practice horseback spearsmanship whenever we9;d found a group of monsters. On top of it being hard to balance, I got the feeling it would be easier to fight if I got off.

Aria sighed.

“哎呀！”

“May, is that fine with you?”

“嘿，这不是太奢侈了吗？没有马，就骑神兽吗？”

即使你告诉我，我也会感到困扰。

May trampled the Goblin that stepped out in front of her with her forelegs.

我们发现了三只妖精，我劝大家让我一个人战斗。

When her sudden movements destroyed my balance, May laughed.

Aria came beside her.

“Ah, she feels more stable than Lyle.”

“That9;s your problem? You9;re just going to ignore the fact he9;s seriously preparing for war?”

当她突然的动作破坏了我的平衡时，梅笑了。

她听起来不太感兴趣。

“我的意思是，它瞄准的是我的腿。等等，你打算花多少时间在这些小薯条上？”

Aria seemed amazed as she looked at Eva.

我是按照老六的建议练习的，但我本来就没有马。没有办法，我只好让梅变成奎林形态。

阿丽亚来到她身边。

“I9;m making sure not to, but… horseback fighting sure is hard.”

我从May那里下马，并与她确认了这一点。

『尝试正确固定身体的轴心。战场上人多，分不清人与马的动作。』

骑着桂林的长矛身材相当威严。

I dismounted from May, and confirmed it with her.

Aria took her spear back from me, and happily jumped onto May9;s back. She had been a noble lady- albeit for a limited timeframe- and it seems she9;d ridden horses before.

“阿梅，你觉得可以吗？”

I9;ll be troubled, even if you tell me that.

“I mean, it aimed for my legs. And wait, how much time are you planning to spend on these small fries?”

Her spear-toting figure atop a quilin was quite majestic.

Eva looked around, before agreeing with her.

“虽然已经过去很长一段时间了，但感觉确实很好。”

At the very least, it9;ll be bad if I can9;t get the form together, I told myself as I practiced.

也许有。

至少，如果我无法将表格组合在一起的话，那会很糟糕，我一边练习一边告诉自己。

伊娃环顾四周，然后同意了她的观点。

“Only Lyle. And wait, why horseback? It9;s storybook hero standard fare, so I9;ve not any complaints, though.”

阿莉亚从我手中夺回了长矛，高兴地跳到了梅的背上。她曾是一位贵族女士——尽管时间有限——而且她似乎以前也骑过马。

完成委托回来的路上，只要发现怪物群，我就会练习马背枪法。除了很难保持平衡之外，我感觉如果我下车的话战斗会更容易。

“Hey, isn9;t this ridiculously luxurious? Not having a horse, do riding a divine beast instead?”

“啊，她感觉比莱尔更稳定。”

She didn9;t sound too interested.

I averted my eyes from the two of them.

我们打败哥布林后，克拉拉从屋顶上下来收集魔法石。

“Hey, let me have a go next.”

阿丽亚叹了口气。

There, May.

艾莉亚看起来很惊讶地看着伊娃。

We found three goblins, and I urged everyone to let me fight alone.

“那是你的问题？你就打算无视他正在认真备战的事实吗？”

“It9;s been quite a while, but it sure is a nice feel.”

我把目光从他们两个身上移开。

“I don9;t really care.”

“嘿，让我接下来试试。”

“Oy!”

梅伊用前腿踩踏了走到她面前的哥布林。

“我不在乎。”

I was practicing it at the Sixth9;s suggestion, but I didn9;t have a horse to begin with. There was no helping it, so I had May take on quilin form instead.

『Try properly fixing the axis of your body. There9;re loads of people on the battlefield where it9;s hard to tell apart the movements of man and horse.』

骑马作战确实很困难。

“我确保不会这样做，但是……骑马打斗确实很难。”

在宝石之内，我什至听到了祖先们的笑声。第六。

Fighting on a horse was truly difficult.

After we defeated the Goblins, Clara came down from the roof to collect up the magic stones.

“… It really has been a long time since I last rode.”

“……自从我上次骑车以来，确实已经有很长一段时间了。”

And ended up giving an excuse. Perhaps finding that interesting, Aria sent May running with her right hand on her spear, and her left gripping the reins.

最后给出了一个借口。也许艾莉亚觉得这很有趣，于是让梅右手握住长矛，左手抓住缰绳，奔跑起来。

Having finished collecting the magic stones, Clara removed her gloves as she spoke.

收集完魔石后，克拉拉一边说一边摘下了手套。

“She9;s skilled. She9;s got it down nicely. I9;d heard Aria was born into a warrior household, but… really, if she was a man, it wouldn9;t be strange if she became a captain or general.”

“她技术精湛。她把它记下来了。我听说阿莉亚出身于武士世家，不过……说实话，如果她是个男人，当上队长或者将军也没什么奇怪的。”

I looked at Aria.

我看着阿丽亚。

“You9;re right. But in the present day, there are plenty of women who play quite large parts on the battlefield. I9;m not sure about queens, but there9;re the two maiden of the Great War, and the holy maiden. See, three of them right in the area.”

“你说得对。但如今，有很多女性在战场上发挥着重要作用。我不确定女王是谁，但有两位大战少女和圣女。看，他们三个就在附近。”

Clara gave a sigh, before turning to face me. And her eyes were more focused than usual.

克莱拉叹了口气，然后转身面向我。而且她的眼神也比平时更加专注。

“And that holy maiden is the problem here.”

“问题出在那个圣女身上。”

I had transmitted the info I9;d received to Clara. She9;d read through the documents. So Clara knew about the current Holy Maiden as well.

我已将收到的信息传送给克拉拉。她通读了这些文件。所以克拉拉也知道现在的圣女。

Of course, the current one was terrible.

当然，当前的情况很糟糕。

『We won9;t be able to put Lyle in power, so I must refuse. Just trying to manage that country will take up all of Lyle9;s time.』

有时，由于周边国家的情况，贵族的女儿会被送入尼姑，一路晋升为圣女。担任大臣职务的大祭司们看似是真正执行裁决的人，但圣女却拥有她的那份权力。

Zayin9;s history was also a history of war.

0;Priests generally succeed their roles through blood, so they9;re not much different from nobles. Yet the country9;s top is decided by looks and talent?1;

听闻扎因的情况，老祖宗的反应也是一致的。第五和第六听起来特别恼怒。

Among us, she had the greatest eyesight, so after staring a bit…

来自为自己服务的圣女中神殿中，与血统无关，只要容貌与天赋俱佳，就会被选为下一任圣女。

老五说，在他活着的时候，他身边的封建领主就多次受到非理性的攻击，他是一个被迫忍受的人。

0;Waging war just after taking power…1;

但也许是因为前任是温和派，所以过去二十多年里，争吵就平息了。到那时简直太糟糕了，也许新一代与洛菲斯有仇，因为她曾多次试图与他们进行大规模战争。

In order, Third and up.

I immediately called out to everyone.

“Lyle, what do we do?”

0;For a theocracy to go picking fights with everyone around it… that9;s no good, isn9;t it?1;

按顺序，第三个及以上。

“几辆马车正在被追赶。马车很大，看来是跑不掉了。但是……”

『Just what could they be thinking? Should we get them back, and put a trauma so deep in their skulls they9;ll never wage war again?』

And the High Priests were no monoliths in time.

这没有任何问题，一般来说，大多数宗教本身就是将自己奉献给一位女神。问题出在这一代人的代表身上。

我立即向大家喊话。

The Theocracy of Zayin was a country that pledged its faith to the last Goddess.

我喊了伊娃，让她看向被追信号的方向。

……结果我不会站在扎因一边战斗。

听到她这么说，我开始考虑。

I called out to Eva, and had her look in the direction the chased signal was in.

“It9;s strange, I mean the ones chasing them don9;t look like bandits. There9;re definitely some circumstances behind that one.”

我们当中，她的视力最好，所以盯着看了一会儿后……

The Fifth said that even in the time he was alive, they irrationally attacked the feudal lords around him a number of times, and he was an individual who9;d been forced to endure it.

『Their reason for war is terrible. I9;m getting the urge to support Lorphys unconditionally.』

Hearing that from her, I began to consider it.

And because of that, there was a tendency for proficient ones to be selected.

（所以是在追逐环境？也许我们最好不要参与其中？）

He couldn9;t forgive them on an emotional level.

马车向右转向我们。

他无法在情感层面上原谅他们。

正因为如此，就有选择熟练者的趋势。

At times, due to the circumstances of surrounding countries, a noble9;s daughter would be sent into nun hood, and make her way all the way up to holy maiden. The high priests that held the roles of ministers seemed to be the ones actually carrying out the ruling, but the holy maiden had her share of authority.

“奇怪，我是说那些追他们的人看起来不像强盗。这背后肯定有一些情况。”

扎因的历史也是一部战争史。

From among the consecrated virgins in service to their temples, irrelevant to bloodline, one that excelled in appearance and talent would be selected as the next holy maiden.

“莱尔，我们该怎么办？”

“A few carriages are being pursued. They9;re large carriages, so it doesn9;t seem they9;ll be able to get away. But…”

On Eva9;s question, I decided to help them. When I touched the Jewel, the Third let out a bit of a fed-up voice. But he sounded a little happy.

就在我有种叹息的冲动时，【搜索】技能上出现了回应。正在追逐一个黄点。

“Someone9;s being chased. Clara, return to Porter. Aria, stay up there, and follow us! Eva!”

（神父一般都是靠血缘继承的，所以和贵族没多大区别。而国家的最高层是靠相貌和才华来决定的？）

The carriages turned right towards us.

大祭司并不是时间上的巨石。

But perhaps because the predecessor had been of the moderate faction, the squabbles had died down for the past twenty or so years. Up to then was simply awful, and perhaps the newer generation had a grudge with Lorphys, as she had tried to get into a large-scale war with them a number of times.

（一个神权国家去跟周围的人挑衅……这不太好，不是吗？）

0;So a chase with circumstance? Maybe it9;s best we don9;t get involved?1;

对于伊娃的问题，我决定帮助他们。当我触碰宝石时，老三发出了一丝厌烦的声音。但他听起来有点高兴。

With a perplexed face, she addressed me.

“有人被追赶。克拉拉，回到波特那里。阿丽亚，留在上面，跟着我们！伊娃！”

Having heard of Zayin9;s situation, the ancestors9; reactions coincided. The Fifth and Sixth sounded particularly irritated.

（夺权后立即发动战争……）

她一脸困惑地对我说道。

There wasn9;t any problem in that, and in general most religion in itself consisted of devoting yourself to one of the Goddesses. The problem lay in this generation9;s representative.

… And it ended up I wouldn9;t be fighting on Zayin9;s side.

『Crushing them will feel more refreshing.』

扎因教国是一个向末代女神宣誓信仰的国家。

『他们发动战争的理由很可怕。我有一种无条件支持洛菲斯的冲动。』『他们到底在想什么？我们应该把他们带回来，并在他们的头骨中留下深深的创伤，让他们永远不会再发动战争吗？ 』 『……他们的战争理由是不存在的。扎因这边就更不可能了。绝对不可能。』『压垮他们会更爽快。』『我们不可能让莱尔掌权，所以我必须拒绝。光是管理那个国家就会占用莱尔所有的时间。』

『… Their rationale for war is non-existent. Zayin9;s side is out of the question. Definitely out of the question.』

When I got the urge to breath out a sigh, a response came up on the 【Search】 Skill. A yellow point was being chased.

『Playing hero, is it? Well, there are times when the ones being chased are the ones in the wrong. And wait, the ones doing the chases do seem to be directing some hostility towards us.』

『扮演英雄，是吗？好吧，有时候被追赶的人其实是有错的人。等等，那些追逐的人似乎确实对我们怀有敌意。』

The Sixth.

第六。

『Be careful. Those movements aren9;t a simple bandit9;s.』

『小心点。这可不是简单的强盗。』

I issued out orders.

我下达了命令。

“Clara, move Porter to put it between the pursued and pursuers. May, turn back to human form. Everyone hop onto Porter, and keep the pursuers company.”

“克拉拉，移动波特，将其置于被追击者和追击者之间。五月，变回人形。每个人都跳上波特，并陪伴追赶者。”

We boarded Porter, and Clara began driving it. I moved myself to the moving Porter9;s roof, gripped the Jewel in my left, hand, and brought out the Bow.

我们登上了波特号，克拉拉开始驾驶它。我走到移动的波特屋顶，用左手握住宝石，拿出弓。

Eva also came up top, and stood stanced with her own bow.

伊娃也来到了顶部，并用自己的弓站立。

The ones chasing the carriage was a group of males on horse-top wearing full-body robes.

追赶马车的，是一群骑在马背上、身穿全身长袍的男子。

When they saw that we were approaching, they immediately sent three our way.

当他们看到我们靠近时，立即派了三个人过来。

“Ten pursuers… no, they have some more behind.”

“十个追击者……不对，后面还有一些。”

She fired an arrow. Perhaps she had some hesitation, and the projectile missed its mark. Our party had little experience fighting human opponents.

用【选择】技能锁定敌人后，我毫不犹豫地发射了光之箭。闪电朝他们袭来，三名骑手立即改变路线，采取躲避行动。

However, the third man in the center used his horse as a shield to escape the arrow. And after landing on the ground, he began sprinting our way.

The Seventh.

第七提高了声音。

The man had prioritized stopping my attack over the arrow. With the bolt now stuck in his thigh, his movements grew worse. I used a sabre to ward off a blow from the dagger in his left hand again, before using my other one to cut forward.

『你也要考虑如何封住他们的嘴唇。多麻烦啊。真是可惜了，这么忙的时候。』

（这个速度很快！）

“He saw through it?”

我开了下一个，但这一次，他扔了一把刀将其击落。

『I see. He at least has something going for him, in trying to challenge all of us alone.』

I pulled my spare sabre to parry the slash from his dagger. And making a landing on Porter9;s roof, he locked glares with me.

I immediately put it to action. His eyes opened wide, and after the robed man fell from Porter9;s roof, he rolled along the ground a number of times, and exploded.

One in the chest, another through the shoulder.

『原来如此。他至少有自己的优势，试图独自挑战我们所有人。』

（太浅了。）

伊娃喊道。

But the arrows followed along, and pierced through their robed figures.

『莱尔，别忍住。你的敌人带着杀人的意图而来。被追赶的一方很可能是完全错误的，所以为了他们而冒着死亡的危险简直是荒谬的。』

我拔出备用军刀来挡开他的匕首。当降落在波特的屋顶上时，他瞪着我。

Their movements were one thing, but their decision to send three our way was also a swift one. The Fifth gave me a warning.

就在那一刻，我走上前去砍他。

他很快就拉近了距离，我把弓变回宝石形态，拔出军刀。

当他的左手飞向某处时，第三个从宝石中发出了声音。

And in that instant, I stepped in to slash at him.

My opponent sacrificed an arm to avoid a fatal blow.

那人优先考虑的是阻止我的攻击而不是箭。由于螺栓现在卡在了他的大腿上，他的动作变得更加困难。我再次用刀挡开了他左手匕首的一击，然后用另一把刀向前砍去。

0;This one9;s fast!1;

Eva shouted out.

As his left hand flew off somewhere, the Third let his voice from the Jewel.

I took a deep breath, and made a pose to pull the bow.

『莱尔，赶紧把他踢开！』

Before I could remove the Jewel9;s chain entwined around my arm, he jumped towards the roof of our speeding Porter.

通过第二个的【全部】，我感觉到他体内的魔力有一种特殊的膨胀，我感觉到了即将到来的危险。

在我解开缠绕在我手臂上的珠宝链之前，他跳向了我们超速行驶的波特车的车顶。

我深吸了一口气，摆出了拉弓的姿势。

After locking onto the enemies with the 【Select】 Skill, I didn9;t hesitate to fire my arrows of light. The bolts came towards them, and the three riders immediately changed course, and took evasive action.

我的对手牺牲了一条手臂以避免致命一击。

然而，中间的第三个人以马为盾，躲过了箭。落地后，他开始向我们冲刺。

『You9;ll have to consider how to seal their lips as well. How troublesome. Good grief, in such a busy time.』

我立即付诸行动。他的眼睛睁得大大的，长袍男子从波特的屋顶上摔下来后，在地上滚了好几圈，然后爆炸了。

0;Too shallow.1;

Eva behind me looked at the man who9;d just erupted into flames.

从长袍中伸出的手紧握着一把武器。

While we exchanged such pleasantries in that narrow space, Eva fired an arrow from behind me.

第七。

By the Second9;s 【All】, I could sense a peculiar swelling in his body9;s Mana, and I could feel the impending danger.

但箭矢紧随其后，刺穿了他们的长袍身影。

I fired the next one, but this time, he tossed a knife to shoot it down.

一个在胸部，另一个穿过肩膀。

『Lyle, kick him away at once!』

我身后的伊娃看着那个刚刚爆发出火焰的男人。

It9;s not that I didn9;t move in far enough.

当我们在那个狭窄的空间里互相寒暄时，伊娃从我身后射出了一支箭。

The Seventh raised his voice.

“他看穿了？”

并不是我走得不够远。

『Lyle, don9;t hold back. Your enemy is coming with the intent to kill. There9;s the possibility the party being chased are completely in the wrong, so risking death for their sake is simply absurd.』

He quickly closed the distance, so I turned the Bow back to its Jewel form, and pulled my sabre.

“那里！”

他们的动作是一回事，但他们决定向我们派出三个人也是一个迅速的决定。五号给了我警告。

她射出了一支箭。也许是她犹豫了一下，子弹没有击中目标。我们党几乎没有与人类对手作战的经验。

“There!”

The hand that emerged from his robe was clenched around a weapon.

“… He blew himself up.”

“……他引爆了自己。”

Her expression indicated she couldn9;t believe it. When I looked in back towards the direction of the carriages, the pursuers immediately turned to retreated.

她的表情表明她不敢相信。当我回头看向马车的方向时，追击者立即转身后退。

And another explosion sounded.

又一声爆炸响起。

Turning around, I saw the place where we9;d incapacitated the other two was also a torrent of flames.

回头一看，我们让另外两个人失去行动能力的地方也是一片火海。

The pursued carriages dropped speed, and began coming towards us.

被追赶的马车放慢了速度，开始向我们驶来。

And I noticed of the two I9;d shot, it was the survivor who9;d initiated the explosion.

我注意到我射中的两个人，是幸存者引发了爆炸。

“Just what is this?”

“这到底是什么？”

When I muttered that, the Fourth let out his voice.

当我这么嘀咕时，老四发出了声音。

『Once more, it looks like you9;ve picked up quite a troublesome one.』

『看来你又遇到了麻烦。』

➐

We met up with the carriages, and observed the area before disembarking.

“我感谢您为我们提供帮助。当我们第一次遭到袭击时，有一辆马车落后了。如果可以的话，我希望你去帮助他们。我将全额支付你的服务费用。”

“… Could you be…”

Aria 看着燃烧的地方。

“莱尔桑，这很糟糕。特别糟糕！”

Other woman were aboard it, and they all wore the same robes. When Gastone hurriedly tried to return them all inside, the first woman took off her hood.

“Gastone, what shall we do about the ones who were attacked?”

“这并不困难。我希望你承担警卫职责。如果我们能到达贝姆应该没有问题。如果你完成了一个请求，你会不会已经在路上了？”

I nodded, and Gastone-san deeply lowered his head.

“我对你们拯救了我们表示最深的谢意。我叫【加斯托内】。看样子，你们好像是冒险者。”

It became quite hard to decline. There were some enervated voices from the Jewel.

From the Jewel came the Sixth9;s voice.

Aria.

但是……

“Eh? Something up with this lady?”

头上有着荒凉的白发，留着长长的胡须。他身材瘦弱，眼睛自然下垂，但眼下的眼圈却有些恐怖，让他的脸看起来很邪恶。

『绝对可疑。在这里礼貌地断绝与他的一切联系。救他一命已经绰绰有余了。』

And the ones to step off of the carriage was but another group of robed figures. As they stood on guard, a single short old man removed his hood.

Aria looked at the burning spots.

宝石中传来第六人的声音。

我们与马车汇合，在下车前观察了一下周围。

“It isn9;t anything difficult. I9;d like you to take up guard duties. There shouldn9;t be a problem if we make it to Beim. If you9;ve completed a request, would you already happen to be on the way there?”

加斯托内说话了。

我点点头，加斯托内先生深深地低下了头。

船上还有其他女人，她们都穿着同样的长袍。当加斯托内急忙试图将他们全部送回屋内时，第一个女人脱下了兜帽。

And I looked at the woman. I had seen a sketch reminiscent of her among the documents.

而走下马车的，却是另一群身穿长袍的身影。当他们站岗时，一个矮个子老人摘下了兜帽。

变得很难拒绝。宝石中传来一些虚弱的声音。

『Definitely suspicious. Politely cut all ties with him here. Saving his life was already more than enough.』

“……你会不会……”

May stepped down in human form.

克拉拉走到我面前，看到女人的脸，她也很慌张。

“Personally, I don9;t think there9;s a sane one to find among humanity.”

“Wah! I9;m sure I told you not to leave the carriage!”

我看着那个女人。我在文件中看到了一张让人想起她的素描。

梅以人类形态下台。

“就我个人而言，我认为人类中找不到一个神志清醒的人。”

“没有一个理智的人会那样自杀。”

“加斯托内，对于那些被袭击的人我们该怎么办？”

“哇！我肯定告诉过你不要下马车的！”

咏叹调。

“I give my thanks for coming to our aid. When we were first assailed, there was a carriage that fell behind. If possible, I9;d like you to go to their aide. I9;ll pay in full for your services.”

他是这么说的，但即使我拒绝，我也忍不住对这样的要求的内容感到好奇。

Clara came up to me, and seeing the woman9;s face, she was also quite flustered.

There, Gastone-san began to panic.

“No sane men would blow themselves up like that.”

“Lyle-san, this is bad. Really bad!”

With desolate white hair adorning his head, he grew a lengthy beard. He was quite thin, and while his eyes naturally drooped, the rings under them were something horrible, making his face look villainous.

“I give my deepest of gratitude for saving us. I am called 【Gastone】. From the look of things, you seem to be adventurers.”

But…

“呃？这位女士有什么事情吗？”

但如果这只是护送他们的话，至少我是这么想的，因为另一个穿着长袍的人从一辆马车上下来。从体型来看，应该是位女性。

Gastone-san held his right hand to his face.

那里，加斯托内先生开始惊慌起来。

“你刚刚救了我们，我知道我这样问可能是不可原谅的，但是你能接受我们的请求吗？当然，我们会给予奖励。”

“After you9;ve only just saved us, I know it may be inexcusable of me to ask, but could you possibly take up a request of ours? We9;ll put out a reward, of course.”

加斯托内先生用右手捂住脸。

追击者所骑的马匹已经驰向远方，追击者也随之而去。即使当我用技能检查时，他们的反应也越来越遥远。

And Gastone spoke.

“We9;ve only just completed a requests ourselves. There9;s a limit to what we9;ll be able to do.”

The horses the pursuers rode were riding off into the distance, and the pursuers themselves along with them. Even when I checked it up with Skills, their responses were moving farther and farther away.

“我们自己刚刚完成了一个请求。我们能做的事情是有限的。”

Is what he said, but even if I was to refuse, I couldn9;t help but be curious over the contents of such a request.

But if it was only escorting them, or so I thought, as another robed figure came down from one of the carriages. From the build, probably a woman.

May.

五月。

“Ah~ right, that sketch. This person does look like it.”

“啊~对了，那个草图。这个人确实很像。”

While she seemed a little irritated at Aria9;s statement, the woman let it slide. Blond hair, and eyes a light blue.

虽然她似乎对 Aria 的说法有点恼怒，但这位女士并没有理会。金发，浅蓝色的眼睛。

I had heard her age was in the mid-thirties, but I felt she could pass for her late twenties.

我听说她的年龄是三十几岁，但我觉得她可能是二十多岁的人。

“I have served as the previous generation9;s Holy Maiden of Zayin, my name is 【Thelma Zayin】. And I want to officially make a request. Would you take up our escort?”

“我曾担任上一代扎因圣女，我的名字是【塞尔玛扎因】。我想正式提出一个请求。你愿意接受我们的护送吗？”

The woman who named herself as the previous Holy Maiden looked right at me.

那个自称为前任圣女的女人直视着我。

I felt a cold sweat break out, but some cheers were risen in the Jewel.

我感觉出了一身冷汗，但宝石中却响起了一些欢呼声。

The Third seemed to be hitting against the table.

第三个似乎正在撞到桌子。

『Lyle, you did it! Let9;s take up the former Holy Maiden9;s request here!』

『莱尔，你做到了！就在这里接受前圣女的请求吧！』

『With this, Lyle can get involved in this story! What9;s more with a former-leader diplomacy card! How shall we use it, men!』

『这样莱尔就可以参与到这个故事中了！更何况还有前领导人外交卡！男人们要怎么用啊！』

『别让她跑了。绝对不能让她逃走！快去救她！』

『她跑了，说明有必要逃离扎因，又或许是洛菲斯的追击者……这下可有趣了！』

我想。

I thought.

（即使遇到麻烦的人，这些家伙也会很高兴……）

『The fact she was running means there was a need to flee Zayin, or perhaps those were pursuers from Lorphys… this is getting fun!』

『Don9;t let her get away. Definitely don9;t let her get away! Secure her at once!』

0;Even when a troublesome ones come along, these guys rejoice…1;

『Good things happen to good people. He did his good deeds by the day, and the Goddesses have blessed him with fortune for it. They can be useful now and again, I see. Very well, listen to her situation, and think up how you9;re going to use it.』

『好人有好报。他白天做善事，女神因此赐福给他。我明白了，它们有时会很有用。好吧，听听她的情况，想想你要如何使用它。』