Chapter 9

VOL . 2 CHAPTER 9: THE CHURCH OF GOD OF LIGHT

Yumiela, do you have any plans for today?

No, I dont think so, why dont we go back to the territory soon?

Patrick and I were discussing our plans for the day at the breakfast table . Theres nothing interesting happening in the royal capital so I want to leave quickly .

Im sure the messenger from the castle will arrive soon . You need to make an appearance in the royal castle, originally . So, dont you have to do some work there?

I told you, His Majesty is busy and he wont concern himself over a local noble like me .

I know that I should go to greet the king and queen in the royal castle, but I dont want to go if I can help it . Im sure they know about my presence in the capital but I wont move unless they contact me .

Patrick said in a dumbfounded tone .

A mere local noble wont be able to drive an army away alone .

Didnt you just go off on your own? And I wasnt alone, you and Ryuu were there too .

Well, visually Ryuu might have played a bigger role .

Visually? He was so cute that they lost their will to fight?

Ryuus cuteness will make anyone love peace . But its so funny that the neighbouring countrys troops were so afraid of us that they withdrew . Am I still the reason why? They werent supposed to be afraid of Ryuu .

After gathering his thoughts, Patrick sighed .

Yeah, I know that Ryuu have his cute side .

What do you mean with his cute side? Everything about him is cute .

More importantly, will you visit the royal castle or not . The messenger will arrive today, so give it up .

Stop it, if you keep saying things like that, youre going to jinx it .

It will come if I think it will . I pray with all my might that no messenger will come from the royal castle .

Then a flustered Rita entered the room without knocking . She seems to be in a hurry .

We have a guest .

Huh, is it from the royal castle?

No, its not

Okay, I thought I was done, but my prayer was answered . Thank God .

But who the heck came to visit? I was about to ask Rita about the guest identity when the mentioned guest entered the dining room on her own .

Im here to visit! I thought that if I visited early enough, Yumiela-san would still be at home! As expected, I hit the jackpot!

Eleanora Hillrose, I had completely forgotten about her . I would rather go to the royal castle, please .

Okay, Patrick please send her away . I looked at him for help before he told Eleanora .

Miss Elanora, I promised Yumiela that we would go out together today . If you refrain from

Oh! Its Yumiela-sans date! You should have told me .

How can I tell you when theres no good timing to tell you . Okay, I managed to repel the troublesome young lady . I knew I could count on Patrick .

Thats what Im talking about, Eleanora-sama . But Id love to see you again .

Of course, I wont be a nuisance between your love! So, where are you two going? Um, in case you were wondering

Eleanora says, blushing . And this is coming from someone who had the audacity to say shes going to marry the prince and then blush on the thought of a date . Im starting to suffer second hand embarrassment .

We havent decided where to go so I gave her an appropriate answer .

Lets see we were planning to stroll around the capital .

Both of you are going on a stroll? Riding carriages are nice but its also nice to walk together . The churchs neighbourhood is peaceful and lovely .

The church? Ive never been there .

Eh?

Eleanoras suggestion surprised me . Come to think of it, Ive never been to a church before . There must have been a small church in Dolknes town, but Ive never been there either .

One of the popular beliefs in this kingdom is Sanonism, its a belief that worships the God of Light . There were also indigenous beliefs that worship the gods from major attributes, such as water and fire .

Its not exactly a strict monotheistic belief, so theres nothing wrong with faithlessness but the problem is

I cant believe youve never been to church

Eleanora said this while covering her mouth with her hand in surprise . You dont have to be that shocked

I knew that Patrick wasnt as religious as I am . But when I looked at him, he looked as appalled as Elanora .

No way, Yumiela . Youve has never been to church before?

Eh, never . Was it bad?

There are no reason not to, but thats too

No, I dont get a chance to go . What do you do when you go to church? Praying? Unfortunately, I have never prayed to God except earlier . God, forgive me .

I didnt expect to get that kind of reaction, so Ill clarify myself .

You know, I didnt get a chance to go when I was little and there was no one to go with me .

Oh, saying that made me sad .

Patrick took my right hand and grabbed it with both his hands . Eleanora also did the same to my left hand and said .

Ill accompany you!

Yeah, the three of us should go together .

Im lucky to have everyone who cares about my wellbeing . I just dont want to go to God of Lights church .

The three of us were riding the carriage that Eleanora had come in to visit . I hold back my sigh, trying not to let them notice .

I have a bad feeling about Sanonism, God of Lights church . Im confident about being hated by people with light attributes . Light attributes are my weakness or Achilles heel .

Am I going to be okay? I wonder if I will be purified and disappear .

You can relax . If theres light, there would be darkness eh? Well, the High Priest often said that kind of thing .

I have no idea what youre trying to say . Or rather, the High Priest? Does she have an acquaintance at such a high position?

Do you go to church often, Eleanora-sama?

Ive been going weekly without missing . I already know everyone there .

Its surprising to learn that Eleanora is a devout person . Then I turned my attention to Patrick as he said .

Ive only been to the church in the capital once . I used to go to the one in my hometown .

Why did you stop?

The church in the capital is too dazzling since it was the head church for Sanonism unless youre a noble its hard to pass through, also I dont like the atmosphere .

Were going there, arent we? Im starting to get nervous .

Eleanora looked outside the window and spoke .

Were almost there . Even though Patrick-san said that, the church is open to anyone who wants to come in .

I also look out from the small carriage window . The magnificent building was so huge that I couldnt see everything from the small window . Ohh, Ive seen it from afar . So it was a church .

I cant see how a commoner can get into that one . And I dont want to go in there either .

As we stepped out of the carriage, Eleanora led us to the churchs entrance .

Okay, here we go!

I walked as slow as possible as resistance . I might as well watch them go inside and Ill go straight home .

But Patrick was walking beside me . Stop it, what kind of a gentleman would slow down to accommodate a slow-moving damsel? If youre a considerate man, shouldnt you just move?

Whats the matter, Yumiela? Do you really hate it that much?

Not really Patrick will open the door for me anyway, right?

I could always open the door, but

He pulled up the chair for me and gave me his coat when its a little chilly . Huh, Patrick understands a womans heart . Its not just him being nice . I like it .

If I went to church with that kind of fiance eh? Isnt this what you call a wedding?

It would be better to go in separately from Patrick to show that we are still different .

I quicken my pace

Ouch!

Yumiela?

I banged my forehead hard on something . Somehow it was quite painful . Usually if I was being careless and bumped into something, the thing would break and I wouldnt feel any pain or anything .

When I thrust my hand forward it was blocked by an invisible wall .

Patrick tried to follow me, sticking out his hand as I did, but his hand didnt seem to touch the invisible wall . For some reason, he could move his hand .

Eleanora, who got tired of waiting for us, came back when we didnt show up .

How much longer will you have to keep me waiting for Yumiela-san, youre amazing! I didnt know youre a great mime .

Im not .

Eleanoras hand was also trying to reach the wall, but something didnt prevent her from doing so .

Am I the only one who cant pass the wall, or am I being rejected by the God of Light? Fine, Ill accept the challenge .

A wall that only Yumiela cant get through, is this a barrier spell or something Hey, what are you doing?

Im just going to punch it a little .

I dont know what it was, but since I can touch it that means it has a form, which means I can punch it and since its punchable, it means I can break it .

Theres no way that I, Yumiela Dolknes, will be defeated by an invisible wall . This is a matter of pride .

As I turned my hand into a fist and held it up .

A young priest came rushing from the church while shouting .

P-please wait a minute! Im going to deactivate the barrier spell!

But it was too late . I thrust my fist with all my power .