The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

55 – It’s just because it’s amazing.

Right after Alicia escaped her pursuer. Saint Velia was resentful in her hiding place. She

She took away her family, who had kidnapped her to give the b*tch her despair. She

Belia, who regretted saying that she should have killed her, rather than let her die, just barely let her live, urged the returned fairies to chase and catch her.

But her fairies rejected her Velia’s words.

「No! Scared!!”

「It’s no use hiding!」

After the fairies were repulsed at first, Velia calmed them down, saying that if they disappeared, there would be no opponents, so they pursued them again.

But this time, an elf joined her opponent and suffered great damage.

The arrows of the elves that pierced their fellow tribesmen seemed to have become a great trauma to the fairies.

Velia had a headache for her.

She wondered who the hell was that priest who broke in and took her family out.

No more than that, how the hell did she get into this place.

Velia, who took her power from the World Tree, banned anyone except fairies from entering this place.

However, she wondered if the intruding priest had come in casually, and that she had been able to take her hostage and leave without being noticed by anyone.

Without the world tree’s power, that would be impossible.

‘No, wait a minute.’

Velia thought.

Without the world tree’s power, what the priest did would be next to impossible.

So, is it because of the power of the World Tree?

Where the hell…?

I don’t know if there is such a thing…

‘Ah…!’

She remembered.

What came to Velia’s memory was hundreds of years ago, when she went on a journey to defeat the demon lord.

A treasure given to a young priestess by the World Tree.

I still remember the image of the World Tree giving her a treasure containing her power.

Even as I smiled at that figure at the time, I was deeply envious.

‘Why did I forget that?’

With that treasure, it’s understandable that she was able to enter this place.

Velia’s expression contorted with anger.

“If that’s true…We have to find…The treasure right away…”

In Velia’s mind, it was okay to be her hostage.

Velia immediately went into action.

An oracle came down to Cardinal Gerald just prior to the discovery of four disembodied heads in the central church.

‘Find a follower with the shrine maiden’s family, that person is an apostate.’

Actually, those who have believed in the World Tree for a long time should feel strange about the oracle at this point.

Yggdrasil, the World Tree, is a benevolent being who loves all life even if he does not believe in himself or changes the object of his faith.

For that reason, there has never been a case in history where the World Tree Church has also recognized other religions for a long time and taken a hard line even if they convert.

I can’t believe that the oracle of the world tree is talking about apostates.

But that didn’t matter to Cardinal Gerald, who was thrilled that the oracle had come down to him for the second time.

But even so, Cardinal Gerald could not know anything.

The shrine maiden’s family obviously refers to the family of Duke Ignis.

But Duke Ignis hasn’t been heard from for years, and so have other family members.

The only person who can know the news is Eve Ignis, the older sister of the shrine maiden, but she is away on a mission for the Wizards.

Even among Duke Ignis’s family, Eve Ignis had a strong tendency to hate the church.

So she is with the priest of the church? It was an unimaginable story.

Cardinal Gerald, struggling with such thoughts, heard a report that would serve as a clue the next day.

The girl of the Merlot family is with Duke Ignis.

The oracle fell right.

Then the apostate must have been none other than Alicia Merlot.

The apostate had to be punished.

But Alicia Merlot is strong.

Although she is still young and does not hold a large position in the church, she is a combat priest who possesses fearsome physical abilities in addition to strong divine power. She is

She is a person who has been heard many times, until she suggested that she should rather play a paladin.

Gerald immediately went to the barracks where the Paladins were stationed and summoned the Paladins.

“The 2nd Holy Knights of the Central Church have gathered now.”

The leader of the 2nd Holy Knights stood in front of the cardinal fully armed.

“What about the 1st Knights?”

“You’ve left training!”

“I see.”

The 1st Holy Knights, the elite of the Holy Knights.

They had now welcomed new recruits and had gone on an away training trip.

‘I can’t help it.’

I wanted to put in the elite 1st Holy Knights just in case, but time is running out to wait for them to return.

Even if the opponent was strong anyway, it would be possible to subdue or kill them with just one combat priest or the 2nd Holy Knights, Gerald judged.

“I will give the mission to the 2nd Knights.”

“Yes! I see!”

“Currently, there is sighting information of Alicia Merlot in the Duchy of Grace in the western part of the Kingdom of Palaginia.”

“Yes? Sister Alicia?”

At the leader’s question, Gerald chewed inwardly and continued, saying, ‘Huh… What about the sisters…’.

“…That person is an apostate. Go and punish him.”

“…Yes? An apostate?”

“Yes. He is an apostate who dared to turn away from the World Tree. Be sure to punish him.”

“Ha…But…”

A feeling of bewilderment lingered on the leader’s face.

He was a member of the family who ate together at the same church, and then suddenly became an apostate.

When the captain hesitated, Cardinal Gerald raised his eyes and raised his voice.

“This is an order.”

“Cardinal… But our church…”

“Are you defying my words?”

Seeing the cardinal’s eyes glaring at him, the leader felt a chill run down his spine.

Cardinal Gerald, who can be said to be the top of the cardinal faction, is holding the church tightly.

I don’t know what will happen if I incur his anger.

It doesn’t matter if he’s the only one, but considering the many members of the Knights…

‘I don’t know how things work, but…’

In the end, the captain bowed his head as if to succumb.

“…I will follow your orders.”

“Hmm…Should have done that a long time ago.”

Zenon, the leader of the 2nd Holy Knights, decided to sortie as ordered.

But he didn’t intend to do this seriously.

Eventually Cardinal Gerald had to receive a report a few days later that the target had already left the Duchy of Grace.

A small garden within the academy grounds, not far from the dormitory.

There were several chairs and tables set up for people to drink tea or have simple refreshments.

Usually, it is a place that nobles who often have tea time often visit, but in the case of the academy, commoner students who were drawn by noble friends were often seen.

“……”

“Ho… Black tea, lady.”

Luca placed a teacup in front of Riel with a nervous expression.

Riel holding a teacup and taking a sip.

Then Luca from behind, and Phyllis from the front watched with bated breath.

After a while.

“Yes. It’s delicious!”

When Riel said that with a bright smile, Luca’s expression, which had been hardened by her tension, brightened.

“Whoops… It’s worth teaching.”

Phyllis muttered that behind her, so I involuntarily nodded her head.

Luca That kid. You must have put in a lot of effort.

He must be… Her face has been cut in half.

“…Phyllis did a good job too.”

“No, but… She’s by my side, but being too nervous is a problem… I’ll have to fix that later.”

…Yes.

Maybe it wasn’t because of Riel that he was nervous, but because he was in front of you, Phyllis.

I was about to say that, but then I gave up and took a sip of the tea Phyllis gave me.

Well, it’s delicious.

Phyllis trained Luca whenever Riel and I went to the academy.

From cleaning, laundry, cooking, driving a car, to martial arts and secret techniques.

…The latter two are something ordinary maids don’t learn.

For that reason, I could often see Luca showing signs of exhaustion among the attendants who always greeted her after class, but even so, Luca’s housekeeping skills improved day by day.

Phyllis and Luca stepped back, leaving Riel and I at the table facing each other.

“So what’s going on? I thought I had tea time almost every day.”

When I said that, Riel smiled.

“Um~ That’s happened a lot these days, right? But I think the number of people living together has decreased a lot.”

Certainly, recently Emilia and Iris-senpai have been together a lot.

Since the God of War, there are times when Ariana Ferris intervenes.

…Those two still cower when they make eye contact with me.

“…Are you feeling uncomfortable?”

A smile came out without my knowledge at Riel’s uneasy gaze.

“How could that be? I’m always welcome.”

“…hehehe.”

Riel smiled brightly again.

Then, as if she suddenly remembered, Riel opened her mouth.

“Oh, that’s right! Come to think of it, it’s summer vacation soon.”

“Uh…Has that happened already?”

Come to think of it, I thought the weather was starting to get quite hot.

Since I was just living in a cold place, I wondered if I felt the heat a little too much, but it seemed that the summer vacation season was already approaching.

“Yeah! So…Kyo wants to know what the plans are for summer vacation.”

“Hmm…Wouldn’t it be normal to spend it at home?”

The academy’s summer vacation lasts less than two months.

Anyway, as someone who suffers from a lot of heat, I have a strong desire to return to my hometown.

Aside from that, there are a lot of things to do after returning from vacation…

“Yeah…So, that’s what I mean…”

“……”

Riel hesitated as she tried to say something.

“…Ugh…That’s it…”

“Hey…Hey! Riel…?”

“Huh? Huh?”

I also had something I wanted to say to Riel.

However, since Riel brought up her story first, she tried to listen to what Riel wanted to say, but she felt Phyllis notice her from behind.

Because of that, I unknowingly called her Riel, and she stopped Riel from what she was trying to say and looked at me.

…I don’t know. Let me just say

“That…If you don’t mind…Would you like to come to the county during vacation?”

“Uh…?”

“No, that’s it… Her mother said she wanted to see Riel again… I’d be happy if Riel came along…”

Riel looked at my face with a surprised expression.

No, he would be surprised if I suddenly asked him to come to my house during vacation.

“That…And since Emilia also lives in the county…We might be able to meet her.”

…For now, Emilia also used it as an excuse.

I felt a little guilty, but it’s not wrong, so it’s okay, right?

“So… How about that?”

Riel looked at me with her eyes wide open.

“Ahahahahaha!!”

Then she suddenly started laughing out loud.

What, why are you laughing all of a sudden…?

“Hey… Riel?”

“Ahahahaha…No, it’s okay…It’s just because it’s amazing.”

Uh… I don’t know what’s strange about it.

But Riel was smiling brightly as if she was happy.

“Yes, I’ll go. There’s no one in my house anyway.”

“That…Yeah…!”

Good!

As she cried out inwardly, she soothed her nervous heart.

“So… What was Griel trying to say?”

“Huh? That?”

Riel smiled broadly.

“I think it’ll be fine if you don’t tell me!”

…

What was it really?

Her tea and tea were about to run out.

“Brother, young lady.”

Phyllis approached quietly.

As Riel and I focused our attention on Phyllis, she pulled an envelope from Phyllis’s arms.

“This is a telegram that has arrived, Master. He has arrived at the dormitory.”

…

When did he go to the dormitory again?

…No, it’s funny to even think about that now.

She took her envelope from Phyllis and looked at it.

The person who sent the telegram was none other than Her Highness, Princess Aine.

She opened the envelope and looked at the short sentence written on the paper inside.

… Calming her heart in her surprise, she held out her paper to Riel.

Riel also saw the sentence written on the paper and opened her eyes wide in surprise.

[Prince Andrew Ignis, Duchess Rachel Ignis. Return to the duchy.]