5 - Holy Maiden Candidate 聖N候選人

Thelma Zayin.

塞爾瑪·扎因。

The woman who once held the title of Holy Maiden drew closer to the burned down carriage as we kept lookout of the surroundings.

當我們注視着周圍的時候，曾經擁有聖女稱號的女人靠近了被燒燬的馬車。

There were traces of battle around, and in the burned carriage, were the bodies of men holding weapons, whom I assumed to be guards.

周圍有戰鬥的痕跡，燒燬的馬車裏有拿着武器的人的屍體，我認爲他們是警衛。

Whether their deaths had led to victory or not was cleanly burned away.

無論他們的死是否帶來了勝利，都被徹底燒燬了。

Eva held her hand to her mouth, while Aria9;s face was pale.

伊娃用手捂住嘴，而阿麗亞臉色蒼白。

I didn9;t feel too great either.

我也感覺不太好。

0;… Come to think of it, that was the first I9;d directly dispatched a human on my own.1;

（……想想看，那是我第一次直接派遣人類。）

I had rendered the return trip of some adventurers in Arumsaas impossible, but it9;s not like I had directly dealt with them.

雖然我讓阿魯姆薩斯的一些冒險者無法返程，但我並沒有直接對付他們。

I felt a strange sense of unease. Clara walked over to my side.

我感到一種奇怪的不安感。克萊拉走到我身邊。

“Lyle-san, only one of them survived. They9;ve lost consciousness, but they9;re more or less safe.”

“萊爾小姐，只有一個人活了下來。他們失去了知覺，但或多或少是安全的。”

第六個。

Hearing that, Clara nodded, and went off to transmit my words to the rest of our comrades.

『Put her in your debt here, and have her rely on you in Beim. Luckily enough, Novem-chan and the others are out searching for our own stronghold in Beim. They plan to buy a relatively big one, so you could even give them shelter!』

A hooded girl was standing beside her. From how those around were treating her, she was being cared for just as much as Thelma-san, so she must be an important one.

『你一定要給人留下好印象。當你在搞事情的時候，爲了讓自己更多地參與到這場混亂中，你認爲你可以嘗試提取一些信息嗎，萊爾？』

『在這裏讓她欠你的情，在貝姆讓她依靠你。幸運的是，小諾維姆他們正在貝姆尋找我們自己的據點。他們打算買一個比較大的，這樣你還可以給他們提供庇護！』

Is what Thelma-san said, but Gastone-san shook his head. He understood how dangerous it was to remain here.

祖先們比平時更加活躍。

0;I should9;ve taken Shannon. Rather than leaving her to lend a hand in cleaning, she may have been more useful on this side.1;

“Well, it isn9;t a bad thing to get her in our favor. And let9;s remain wary of this survivor of ours. Theres something bothering me.”

The ancestors were even more lively than usual.

「萊爾先生，我本來不想說的，不過請允許我說一下吧；爲什麼還要接受這個要求，還聽她任性呢？我們應該在時間允許的情況下儘快上路。”

Clara tugged at my sleeve.

On top of equipment gathered in accordance with their ordeal, I could tell they weren9;t bandits.

第三個發言了。

我看着前聖女塞爾瑪小姐。

Clara9;s words were correct. They were correct, but I had circumstances of my own.

“……你不能給他們一個更體面的葬禮嗎？”

Normally, I9;d have taken Monica along, but there was cleaning to be done in the property they9;d purchase, so she wanted to stay behind.

But due to a lack of time, he was digging out the holes with magic.

There was a possibility there would be poisons in their weapons, and I got the feeling concealed weapons were fair game.

克拉拉的話是對的。他們是對的，但我也有自己的情況。

I felt like letting out a sigh, but I endured it and turned my eyes to the survivor. He had yet to regain consciousness, and we had handed over some of the medicine we had on hand to treat him. The Fifth spoke.

Novem、Miranda、Monica和Shannon……他們四個人被留下來，除了收集信息之外，還爲了達到目的。貝姆的基地。

『……真可疑。即使他們如此徹底地消除了所有其他證據，留下一名倖存者仍然感覺很不合適。難道是陷阱？』

『You9;ve got to give a good impression. While you9;re at it, to get yourself more involved in this mess, do you think you could try drawing out some information, Lyle?』

It was too late, but I regretted not putting more thought into our formation. I addressed Clara.

塞爾瑪小姐如此說道，但加斯托內小姐搖了搖頭。他明白留在這裏有多麼危險。

I turned my eyes to the surviving man, but there wasn9;t anything strange about him. Even confirming with Skills, I couldn9;t really understand anything.

主要是寶石中的祖先。

但當她目送我們其他人離開時，她顯得非常孤獨。

通常情況下，我會帶莫妮卡一起去，但他們購買的房產需要進行清潔工作，所以她想留下來。

Our opponents were familiar with battle, and they were resolved enough to blow themselves up.

（麻煩啊，巨劍有點粗，弓也被擋住了。）

The Third spoke.

『… How suspicious. Even after they9;d erased all other evidence so cleanly, having a survivor left behind feels quite out of place. Is it a trap?』

（我應該帶上香農。與其讓她幫忙打掃衛生，她在這方面可能更有用。）

克拉拉拉扯我的袖子。

0;They haven9;t given up. I can only think they9;re getting their numbers together to launch an ambush.1;

When I remained vigilant of our surroundings, I sensed the pursuers close in the distance a bit.

“Lyle-san, I didn9;t want to say it, but if you9;ll let me have my say; why did you accept this request, even listening to her willfulness on top of that? We should have been on our way as soon as time permitted.”

Mainly the ancestors in the Jewel.

0;How troublesome. The Giant Sword will be a bit rough. And the Bow was blocked.1;

扎因的前大祭司【加斯托·貝尼尼】打算舉行最後的儀式，並埋葬死者。

I nodded, and headed in that direction.

但由於時間不夠，他只能用魔法來挖洞。

當我對周圍保持警惕時，我感覺到追擊者已經離我們有點近了。

The Sixth.

我想嘆一口氣，但我忍住了，將目光轉向倖存者。他還沒有恢復知覺，我們已經拿了一些手頭上的藥物來治療他。五號說話了。

“好吧，讓她對我們有利並不是一件壞事。讓我們對我們的這位倖存者保持警惕。有件事讓我煩惱。”

已經太晚了，但我很遺憾沒有在我們的陣型上多加考慮。我對克拉拉講話。

Novem, Miranda, Monica and Shannon… the reason the four of them were left behind, on top of information gathering, was to attain a base in Beim.

Zayin9;s former High Priest 【Gastone Benini】intended to perform their last rites, and bury the dead.

我們的對手熟悉戰鬥，他們有足夠的決心去引爆自己。

But as she saw the rest of us off, she looked extremely lonely.

根據他們的苦難收集的裝備，我可以看出他們不是強盜。

他們的武器中可能含有毒藥，我感覺隱藏武器是公平的遊戲。

克拉拉聞言點了點頭，然後就去把我的話轉達給其他戰友了。

我點點頭，朝那個方向走去。

（他們還沒有放棄。我只能認爲他們正在集結兵力發起伏擊。）

“… Couldn9;t you give them a more respectful burial?”

I looked at the former Holy Maiden Thelma-san.

一個戴着兜帽的女孩站在她旁邊。從周圍的人對她的態度來看，她和塞爾瑪小姐一樣受到了照顧，所以她一定是一個重要的人。

我把目光轉向倖存的男人，但他並沒有什麼奇怪的地方。即使用技能確認，我也無法真正理解什麼。

I didn9;t think they9;d start their counterattack so soon, but they were accustomed to battle. Turning the Jewel to the Giant Sword to fight would be too dangerous.

沒想到他們這麼快就開始反擊，不過他們已經習慣了戰鬥。把寶石變成巨劍去戰鬥，太危險了。

The information about the Bow was already transmitted to them, and perhaps they had put up some countermeasure with it.

關於弓的信息已經傳給了他們，或許他們已經採取了一些對策。

While I tried thinking up a new plan, Gastone-san came over to us.

當我試圖想出一個新計劃時，加斯托內桑向我們走來。

“I apologize for taking our time. Let us depart at once.”

“很抱歉耽誤了我們的時間。我們趕緊出發吧。”

I nodded, and issued orders. I had me comrades board Porter, and had us take up the rear.

我點點頭，下達了命令。我讓我的戰友們登上波特號，讓我們走在最後。

I also thought it best if we looked after the injured.

我還認爲我們最好照顧傷者。

“We9;ll take care of the injured.”

“我們會照顧傷者。”

When I said that, Thelma-san wandered over, and shook her head.

當我這麼說時，塞爾瑪小姐走過來搖了搖頭。

“We cannot trouble you to such an extent. And I want your party to concentrate on guard duties. The injured man is one who has been in service to us for many years. Please let us use our own hands to treat him.”

“我們不能給您添麻煩。我希望你們的隊伍集中精力履行警衛職責。受傷的人是一位爲我們服務多年的人。請讓我們用自己的雙手來治療他。”

From the Jewel, the Seventh let his voice.

第七號從寶石中發出了他的聲音。

“Hey, I9;m a bit curious, but…”

They had stripped off quite a few of the parts, but their constructions were sturdy. With a former Holy Maiden and High Priest riding them, it doesn9;t seem they were something prepared spur of the moment.

0;Purposely fall for the trap, and lure them out?1;

He was a cause of concern, but we abided Thelma-san9;s opinion. But the Third gave a proposal of his own.

I answered the question.

0;Hah, so when it comes down to it, it9;ll dull my blade. But if I hesitate, I may die. And I can9;t go around dying here.1;

我回答了這個問題。

“嘿，我有點好奇，但是……”

“Then aim for victory in the road ahead. The path becomes narrow, and our opponents seem to be in a hurry, so wouldn9;t they aim for such a point? You9;re using a Skill to raise this group9;s movement speed, so the other side will be a bit impatient.”

艾莉亞和伊娃也很可靠，但問題在於她們有猶豫。

我點點頭，側耳傾聽，寶石中傳來了五號的聲音。我忽略了它。

I turned to her, and she plopped herself down cross-legged, but she continued speaking without sending her eyes my way.

“It isn9;t a plan. I9;m just a quilin. I9;ve taken on humans seeking to seize me. And a number of them were quite troublesome folk. No matter how far you run and run, they9;ll give chase, so there wasn9;t a choice but to defeat them. But if you hold out slaying them, the survivors build up their knowledge, and build up their traps and numbers, so I always aim to take out the whole herd at once.”

他們已經拆掉了相當多的零件，但他們的結構很堅固。騎着前聖女和大祭司的人，看來不是臨時準備的。

“Run if we can. I9;d like to think they won9;t follow us all the way to Beim. But if we9;re going to fight, we9;re going to crush them.”

僅僅說他可疑是沒有任何作用的。我握着寶石，向塞爾瑪小姐和加斯通小姐提出了三代的提議。

而且因爲可能發生什麼事而把他綁起來也是不可能的。

『Lyle, tell them to lighten the load on a carriage so the important ones can get away, and load the man onto that one. At the very least, keep damage to a minimum.』

『I want to remove uncertain factors as much as possible, but you9;ll lose credibility if you force them apart.』

當我再次堅定了自己的決心時，梅把臉轉向我。

➐

Stationed at the back of the group, we looked at the three carriages pressing on in front of us.

梅爬上屋頂，向後看，開始與我交談。

他們有可能滲透到貝姆並埋伏。幸運的是，襲擊者盯上了我們，而且沒有任何跡象表明他們給家裏的孩子發過信息。

“What will we do if those guys from before come back? Run? Fight?”

Aria and Eva were dependable as well, but the problem lay in that they had hesitation.

他雖然令人擔心，但我們還是聽從了塞爾瑪小姐的意見。但第三人提出了他自己的建議。

“如果以前的那些傢伙回來了我們該怎麼辦？跑步？鬥爭？”

我們沒有那麼多戰士，但我們有梅。她是我們目前的人數中最可靠的。

“那是什麼？”

Twelve in number.

“如果可以的話就跑。我想他們不會一路跟着我們到貝姆。但如果我們要戰鬥，我們就會粉碎他們。”

數量爲十二。

我們站在隊伍的最後面，看着前面逼來的三輛馬車。

When I asked, May smiled.

The way back to Beim.

『萊爾，告訴他們減輕一輛馬車的負擔，這樣重要的人就可以離開，然後把那個人裝上馬車。至少，把傷害降到最低。』

“Do you have some sort of plan?”

The 【Speed】 Skill hastened our movement. If I pushed it, then outrunning them may be possible as well.

Just calling him suspicious wouldn9;t get anywhere. I gripped the Jewel, and proposed the Third9;s proposal to Thelma-san and Gastone-san.

返回貝姆的路。

I nodded and listened, when the Fifth9;s voice came from the Jewel. I ignored it.

老四也是這麼認爲的。

『… So pushing her to leave him with you won9;t work. If you tell her there may be something wrong, her sentiment for her friend will dull her decision. Lyle, he won9;t wake up for a while, but you have to stay on your guard.』

『我想盡可能地消除不確定因素，但強行分開你就會失去可信度。』

【速度】技能加快了我們的移動速度。如果我推動的話，或許也有可能超越他們。

我轉向她，她盤腿坐下，但她繼續說話，沒有把目光轉向我。

There was the possibility they9;d infiltrate Beim, and lay in wait. Luckily, the attackers were stuck on us, and there weren9;t any traces of them having sent a message to their boys back home.

我也不能說我沒有。

And I can9;t say I didn9;t have any either.

Climbing onto the roof, May looked behind, and started up a conversation with me.

The Fourth was of the same opinion.

當我問起時，梅笑了。

“What is it?”

“這不是一個計劃。我只是一隻奎林。我已經對付了試圖抓住我的人類。其中有不少人是相當麻煩的人。不管你跑多遠，他們都會追上來，所以你別無選擇，只能打敗他們。但如果你堅持殺掉它們，倖存者就會積累知識，增加陷阱和人數，所以我的目標總是一次性消滅整個獸羣。”

（故意落入圈套，把他們引出來？）

（哈，所以說到底，我的刀刃會變鈍。但是如果我猶豫的話，我可能會死。而且我不能就這麼死在這裏。）

『……所以強迫她把他留給你是行不通的。如果你告訴她可能出了什麼問題，她對朋友的感情就會影響她的決定。萊爾，他有一段時間不會醒來，但你要保持警惕。』

“你有什麼計劃嗎？”

And tying him up since something may happen was also impossible.

When I confirmed my resolve once more, May turned her face to me.

“那就在前方的道路上爭取勝利吧。路越來越窄，對手又顯得很着急，難道不就是爲了這個目標嗎？你用技能來提高這羣人的移動速度，所以對方會有些不耐煩。”

We didn9;t have that many fighters, but we had May along. She was the most reliable among our current numbers.

『You9;ve been through a lot, May… the tears are…』

『你經歷了很多，May…眼淚是…』

May gave a grin.

May 笑了。

“Even we will kill humans if they corner us so. But at such time, you9;ve got to get all the troublesome ones together, and take them out at once. Fall for the trap, and aim for the moment they all try to jump you.”

“如果人類將我們逼入絕境，我們也會殺死他們。但這個時候，你就得把所有麻煩的人都集中起來，立刻除掉。落入陷阱，瞄準他們都想跳你的那一刻。”

As I thought, she was thinking to purposely take the bait.

正如我所想，她是想故意上鉤。

“That9;s a dangerous one. If we9;re surrounded like that, there9;ll be casualties. You aren9;t here alone.”

“這是一個危險的事情。如果我們被這樣包圍的話，就會有人員傷亡。你不是一個人在這裏。”

There, May looked right at me, and scoffed.

在那裏，梅直視着我，嘲笑道。

“You9;re joking. Lyle, it9;s best you trust in your own power just a little bit more.”

“你在開玩笑吧。萊爾，你最好多相信自己的力量一點。”

Saying that, she turned her field of vision to the back, and didn9;t say another word.

說着，她將視線轉向了後方，沒有再說什麼。

➐

… Inside the carriage.

...車廂內。

Thelma called out to the young girl sitting beside her.

Aura lifted her legs up onto the seat in front of her, in quite a sloppy fashion. She didn9;t look like what one would call a candidate for leadership.

It waged war on its surroundings, and continued to pillage and plunder.

塞爾瑪向一邊搖搖頭。

“這沒什麼特別的。但這是多麼美好啊。爲了我們能夠在途中遇到冒險者。它們非常柔軟，而且很容易使用。”

The pillager9;s mindset built over long years of war had persisted through Thelma9;s time, and she had found herself unable to alter it.

“And so war came year after year, and I couldn9;t do anything of the hatred that had been passed down through the ages. In my time, our neighbors made an alliance, and came from all sides to wipe Zayin off the map, you know.”

在多年的戰爭中形成的掠奪者心態一直持續到塞爾瑪的時代，她發現自己無法改變它。

亞烏菈把腿抬起來，相當隨意地放在前面的座位上。她看起來不像人們所謂的領導候選人。

“And wouldn9;t that have been better for all of us?”

“這就是爲什麼我從來都不想成爲聖女候選人。還有很多選擇，不是嗎？本來就應該讓一個在總局裏有點欠缺的漂亮姑娘坐在空着的寶座上，卻非要把她拖進政壇不是嗎？”

She had a hunch towards the identity of the squadron chasing them.

Those divine knights she wrote off as blockheads were Zayin9;s official knight brigade. Under the name of the Goddess, the knights that abided the Holy Maiden. But their role wasn9;t really any different from the knights of any other country out there.

“……一旦我們到達貝姆，我就會繼續過平靜的生活。”

它向周圍發動戰爭，並繼續掠奪和掠奪。

And because of that, the anti-Thelma radical party was able to gather and organize itself. The candidate pushed forth by that radical faction was 【Remis】.

Her education was the same, but Aura9;s appearance was of high class. Thelma and Gastone had backed her, and recommended her as the next Holy Maiden.

“It isn9;t anything, in particular. But how nice it is. For us to be able to meet adventurers on the way. They9;re huge softies, and easy to make use of.”

塞爾瑪眯起眼睛，警告亞烏菈。

她身邊的女孩是【亞烏拉】。她的頭髮長而捲曲，而她的身材卻相當纖弱。

亞烏拉笑了。

學歷相同，但亞烏拉的外貌卻很高級。塞爾瑪和加斯托內支持她，並推薦她作爲下一任聖女。

Just as with Thelma, Aura was a member of the moderate faction. A little over twenty years ago, while being a Theocracy, Zayin was going through a stream of continuous war.

但周邊國家不會袖手旁觀，受苦受難。他們以類似的方式入侵扎因的土地，給當地民衆帶來痛苦。

塞爾瑪嘆了口氣，向亞烏拉道歉。

No, in violence, perhaps the divine knights were a bit superior.

“That9;s why I never wanted to be a Holy Maiden candidate. There were plenty more options, weren9;t there? They should9;ve just had a pretty girl a bit lacking in the head department sit on an empty throne, yet they just had to get her dragged into politics, did they?”

Thelma narrowed her eyes, and cautioned Aura.

不，在暴力方面，或許神騎士更勝一籌。

奧拉抬頭看着天花板。

“他們追我們只是因爲我們逃跑了。我們應該在扎因寺廟裏保持安靜。那些神騎士的蠢貨就是討厭處女涉足政治。”

“I do feel sorry for getting you dragged into the mess. But if we had run alone, then it would have invited harm unto you without fail.”

正因爲如此，反塞爾瑪的激進黨派才得以聚集並組織起來。那個激進派推出的候選人是【雷米斯】。

“我爲讓你陷入困境而深感抱歉。但如果我們單獨逃跑的話，肯定會給你帶來傷害。”

與塞爾瑪一樣，奧拉也是溫和派的成員。二十多年前，作爲神權國家的扎因正經歷着連綿不斷的戰爭。

過了一會兒，亞烏拉開口了。

Of course, it9;s not like her appearance and education were the only reason for which she was selected.

“After they saved us, what9;s with your attitude? If you didn9;t have that side to you, you9;d have been the perfect candidate.”

兩人之間陷入了沉默。

“這對我們所有人來說不是更好嗎？”“當然不是！”

“他們救了我們之後，你是什麼態度？如果你沒有這一面，那麼你就是完美的候選人。”

當然，她的外表和教育並不是她被選中的唯一原因。

“聽起來不錯。但其中應該有一個“如果”。我們僱傭的冒險者看起來很熟練，但我真的不知道接下來會發生什麼。”

The girl beside her was 【Aura】. Her hair was long and wavy, while her body9;s build was quite delicate.

塞爾瑪向坐在她旁邊的年輕女孩喊道。

She had gone against the current generation9;s Holy Maiden 【Remis Zayin】 in the Saint Selection process, so Thelma had taken it to herself to take her out of the country.

A silence fell between the two of them.

那些被她視爲傻瓜的神騎士，正是扎因的官方騎士團。以女神之名，侍奉聖女的騎士們。但他們的角色與其他國家的騎士並沒有什麼不同。

Thelma let out a sigh, and apologized to Aura.

塞爾瑪將頭靠在額頭上。可能是因爲頭痛。

Thelma held her head to her brow. Likely from a headache.

But it9;s not like those surrounding nations would just sit quiet, and suffer. They invaded Zayin9;s land in a similar fashion, and brought pain to their populace.

“Aura，你最近表現得很奇怪。”

“… Once we get to Beim, I9;m going to go on to live a quiet life.”

“They9;re only chasing us because we ran. We should9;ve just stayed quiet back at the temple in Zayin. Those divine knight blockheads just hate it when a virgin gets involved in politics.”

Thelma shook her head to the side.

“That has a nice sound to it. But there should be an, ‘if9; somewhere in there. The adventurers we9;ve hired seem proficient, but I really don9;t know what9;s to come.”

“於是戰爭年復一年，我對世代相傳的仇恨無能爲力。在我那個時代，我們的鄰居結成了聯盟，從四面八方趕來，要把扎因從地圖上抹掉，你知道的。”

“Aura, you9;ve been acting strange for a while now.”

After a while, Aura opened her mouth.

她在聖選過程中與當代聖女【雷米斯·扎因】作對，所以塞爾瑪一意孤行，將她帶出國。

Aura laughed.

“Of course not!”

Aura looked up at the ceiling.

她對追擊他們的中隊的身份有一種預感。

The subdivision of the divine knights kept for assassination, sent by the radicals.

激進分子派出的神聖騎士小隊，用於暗殺。

Under absolute secrecy, they9;d committed a number of ill deeds, and they were a squadron that existed for covert operations. They were the elites of the divine knights, and quite a troublesome existence.

在絕對保密的情況下，他們幹下了許多壞事，他們是一個爲了祕密行動而存在的中隊。他們是神騎士中的精英，也是相當麻煩的存在。

But they hadn9;t dispatched that great a number.

但他們並沒有派出那麼多人。

If they were able to make it to Beim, the assassins would probably return to the country, thought Thelma.

塞爾瑪想，如果他們能夠到達貝姆，刺客很可能會返回這個國家。

Aura rearranged the folding of her legs as she looked at Thelma.

奧拉重新盤起雙腿，看着塞爾瑪。

“Wouldn9;t this have been solved if you tried to get along with those blockheads? If it9;s you, Thelma-sama, then you could9;ve done it, right? In truth, couldn9;t you have retired over ten years ago, built up a temple or something in the sticks, and lived a quieter life?”

“如果你試着和那些笨蛋相處的話，這問題不就解決了嗎？如果是塞爾瑪大人的話，應該也能做到吧？其實你十幾年前就不能退休了，在荒郊野外建個寺廟什麼的，過點安靜的生活嗎？”

After her face became expressionless, Thelma began grumbling out complaints.

塞爾瑪面無表情後，開始抱怨起來。

“Even I wanted to retire and build up a family… but Gastone wouldn9;t stop crying. And we weren9;t able to find the next candidate. On top of that, the divine knights went on strike, and we couldn9;t use them at all. Yet whenever we relied on adventurers for their neglected jobs, they9;d complain… just what did they want me to do, dammit? I wanted to retire to the countryside and get married or something.”

“即使我想退休並建立一個家庭......但加斯頓卻不停地哭泣。我們無法找到下一個候選人。而且神騎士們都罷工了，我們根本就無法使用。然而，每當我們依賴冒險家來完成他們被忽視的工作時，他們就會抱怨……他們到底想讓我做什麼，該死？我想退休到農村去結婚或者其他什麼。”

Having flipped a strange switch, perhaps Aura knew she had done wrong, as she tried to follow through. She was in debt to Thelma.

按下了一個奇怪的開關後，也許奧拉知道自己做錯了，因爲她試圖堅持到底。她欠塞爾瑪的債。

She was able to serve by the Holy Maiden as a consecrated virgin, and was treated quite favorable.

After hearing that much, Thelma smiled.

“How about you find a quiet life in Beim too? See, marriage is still…”

“你也去貝姆過上安靜的生活怎麼樣？你看，婚姻還是……”

Seeing her enlightened smile, Aura9;s heart began to fill with pitiful sentiment…

聽完這句話，塞爾瑪笑了。

她能夠以聖女的身份侍奉聖女，並受到相當優待。

看到她開明的笑容，亞烏拉的心裏開始充滿了憐憫……

“Aura，我今年三十六歲了，你的意思是我還有對象嗎？即使十年前這會很困難？”

“Aura, I turn thirty six this year, yet you imply there9;s still a partner for me? Even when it would9;ve been hard ten years earlier?”