- 283: Shadow, fire, and water
And then, after repeating exchanges between Mirack-chan, Celestis-chan, and I that would make one’s brain go limp, it felt as if there was no end in sight.
“I want to say ‘I love you’ to Sasae-chi and Hyue-chi…” (Celestis)
“How about writing a letter?” (Mirack)
*Knock *knock
The door of the dressing room was knocked, and one girl enters the room.
“Karen-sama.”
“Ah, Doraha-san.” (Karen)
Dark skin and black hair; a girl that looked as if she had crawled out from the shadow of the ground itself.
“Ah, this girl…” (Celestis)
“The girl that we normally see at the Light Church…” (Mirack)
Celestis-chan and Mirack-chan are people that come pretty often to the Light Church even when they don’t have much of a business there, so they remember Doraha-san.
“Karen-san, I have come to give you a report. At the goods corner, after the Phalaris goods were sold out, the Celestis goods were sold out as well.” (Doraha)
“Seriously?! Yay!!” (Celestis)
The very first one to raise a hurray after hearing those news was Celestis-chan herself.
At the moment the sales began, they were making a killing.
It was lacking behind the Phalaris goods by a lot, but I am glad to see that her idol hero bill of sale was able to stay afoot.
“In reality, when the sales were over, the remaining goods were all bought by Captain Vesage…though.” (Doraha)
“Ah, so that person came as well.” (Karen)
His pay got better after being promoted, but is his money going to last if he does such reckless buys like that?
Let’s believe in the possibility that the remaining goods of Celestis were few.
“Rather than saying he came here, it is more like, he was part of the production staff.” (Doraha)
Eh?
“Eh, didn’t you know, Karen-chi? Today’s live was made possible by the cooperation of the Aurora Knights, the Fire Militants, and the Stream Marines. Acquiring the venue, the production, the management of the sales and customers…” (Celestis)
This is the first time I heard of this.
Even in those areas there’s the cooperation of the Churches?
“My idol activities should have already been separated from the church, but this time only, it was a sudden live, so it is a special case. The light and fire people were using this chance to gather information on the know-hows of the water’s production team.” (Celestis)
““Hm?””
This not only confused me but Mirack-chan as well.
“Hey hey, by the way, Karen-chi.” (Celestis)
Celestis-chan calls me with a voice as if sounding me out.
“I have been thinking about this since a long time ago but, who’s that girl?” (Celestis)
“Who do you mean by that girl?” (Karen)
“As I said, that girl. That darkish girl that looks like she has been surfing in the summer!” (Celestis)
When she pointed that out, I immediately realized she was talking about Doraha.
Now that I think about it, have I even done a proper introduction of Doraha-san to everyone?
…I feel like I haven’t.
Doraha-san being in the Light Church is due to special circumstances, so it is pretty hard to talk about that to other people though…
“T-Then, this is a good chance, so I will be introducing her, okay? This person here is Doraha-san!” (Karen)
I place my hands on the small Doraha-san and introduce her.
“Yeah.” “Okay.”
“…”
“…………”
““That’s all?!””
Mirack-chan and Celestis-chan raised their voice together.
It can’t be helped, you know! There’s no more information I can talk about Doraha-san!
Doraha-san was originally born in the Dark Underworld Country that prospered more than a thousand years ago.
When the Underworld country fell, she turned that anger into wrath and had her power run berserk, and ended up turning into a fiend that could swallow the whole world, so she was sealed and has lived like that until this modern era.
We ended up meeting Doraha-san by searching for the mystery of the Dark God Entropy, and fought a fierce battle. With Haine-san’s power that erases everything, her berserk state was resetted, and she managed to return to the surface world after more than a thousand years.
After that, with nowhere to return to, Yorishiro-sama took over the care of Doraha-san. Now, she is the personal guard of Yorishiro-sama and a part of the Light Church.
And all of that…
“I have no confidence in properly explaining this.” (Karen)
And that’s how it is.
It was so out of norms that even if I were to say it as it is, they wouldn’t be able to understand what I am even saying.
It is not as if Haine-san and Yorishiro-sama have told me not to say anything, but it must be because they knew that even if I were to speak about it, no one would believe me.
That’s why I will persevere in the silence.
“Closing the shell? There should be no more secrets between us, right? It is fine, so spit out all you know.” (Celestis)
“Isn’t it faster to directly ask this girl rather than asking Karen? Oi, Doraha, try to introduce yourself. Where were you born in and how you ended up joining the Light Church?” (Mirack)
The two have changed their target to Doraha-san herself?! How is this going to turn out? To tell the truth, I haven’t been able to properly gauge the personality of Doraha-san…
I don’t know how she will act when interacting with people of other nations.
Just what in the world will happen?!
“Don’t talk to me so casually, you filth.” (Doraha)
…The air stiffened.
“Worshippers of lower Gods like Nova and Coacervate are trying to be friendly towards Karen-sama and I? Know your place.” (Doraha)
Uwa, so it has come to this.
Now that I think about it, the Underworld Country Doraha-san lived in was destroyed by tribes that are currently the Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire Churches.
Even though she is so polite to Yorishiro-san, Haine-san, and I.
So Doraha-san was an extreme case of xenophobia.
- 284: Details of shadow
“I am truly sorry.” (Karen)
I apologize for the impoliteness of Doraha-san as her guardian.
At the same time, I now had to explain why Doraha-san hated the other churches so much, so in the end, I had to reveal her incredibly uncommon circumstances.
“Eh…so this girl is from an ancient civilization?” (Celestis)
“That explains the transient feeling this girl gives out.” (Mirack)
Celestis-chan and Mirack-chan show no unpleasantness in having being insulted.
I am stroking the head and chin of Doraha-chan who was still going ‘grrr’.
“Eh?! You believe that story just now?!” (Karen)
