My Childhood Friend the Demon Knight Hates Me Chapter 19

The Capital Arc Part 10

Chapter 19

「Nah! Nhg……! Umm, if you could let me go……!」

「Ah, sorry」

Roa-kun's face up to his ears were like it was about to burst.
After grabbing Roa-kun and the warmth of his hands transferred to me, my mind eventually calmed down. That was just the natural reaction if someone you're not familiar with suddenly grabbed your hand.

Roa-kun's female attribute seems to be higher than me.

「I'm fine. I want to listen to the story's continuation now. If Roa-kun's still have time. 」

「I, I'm still good to go……」

「Umm, for the second reason why the demons have entered our country causing some incidents, that is ……… it had connection with the Sacred Bell Chant 」

「The Sacred Bell Chant? Why? 」

「……That is about the main task of the Spirit Princess, actually, it should be the Head Priest-sama who should talk about it but」

『If it's you, you surely can perform the real『Duty of the Spirit Princess』with ease』

Marina-san's who was smiling with a confident face when she said that to me flashed to my mind.

「In the first place, why do you think does the Spirit Princess needs to have an audience with the Spirit Queen in every three years. It is because in that order the Queen's 『impurities』doesn't pile up. 」

「What do you mean by impurity……？」

「You might want to think of it as  something like 『negative energy』. In exchange for the Queen protecting our Naft Kingdom with her great powers, she would taking on different kinds of negativity, the Queen then will be endangering her life before she goes to the country.」

「In exchange for the Queen's impurities. 」

「Right. It's then necessary to have the ritual of sword dance in order to perform the purification ceremony. That is why the Spirit Princess chosen must be of with considerable amount of spiritual mana, a good att.i.tude and personality especially the spiritual mana which is essential for the purification ceremony」
Roa-kun loosened his cheeks saying 「Suria-sama's spiritual mana has also has the highest amount of purification quality」while smiling.

In the first place, I thought there are considerable number of Spirit Users that has affinity with the water spirits but.

Water spirits seems to possess great purification powers. Most of the Spirit Princess chosen before were able to communicate with water spirits. That being said Marina-san too seems to be interact with that reptile-like water spirit.

I had a feeling that he can clean a plate full of sweets rather than that of impurities, that kid.

「Were you able to understand the duty of the Spirit Princess from the story? 」

「Yeah, I understood it. …… why does the sacred bell chant connected with it, could it be that it causes the demons to rampage. And will the Queen's protection weakens when the impurities acc.u.mulates? With that gap, the demons will then attack right」「That's absolutely right! That's the Sacred Bell Chant, the period when the Spirit Princess have audience with the Spirit Queen. In other words, before acc.u.mulated impurities has been purified, the Queen's powers is at its weakest during that period……… however, even this is only known to a few people of the church. Also it's only known by the Spirit Princess from the past. The incidents during this time are with the period of the Sacred Bell Chant. I was thinking it was just a coincidence at first but………the stories s.h.i.+fted then with the involvement of Demonic Possession」

「So the cause of the incidence during the Sacred Bell Chant's period were deliberately caused by the demon users……?」

So that's it.

So you're saying that, during the Sacred Bell Chant, the Queen's power is weakened―――― and the culprits were the demon users which only few people of the church knows about.

「It's not my intention for you to have any doubts but……. There were some information regarding Demon Users' existence being spread. And with the incidents that occurred during the Sacred Bell Chant, there's no mistaking it. 」

「…… I wonder what did those demon user culprits do they want to those taken spirit users? 」

「Thinking about it……it must be some kind of ritual. A ritual that requires a large amount of power to be used by the demons. Those spirit users that were abducted mostly will be used as sacrifices」

「Sacrifices……」

It became chilly with that awful statement.

That means that the lives of those who were abducted will be in danger if they won't be saved as soon as possible.
I can't quite imagine the demon's ritual but it without a doubt, it's something terrible. I rubbed my arms as I fell the chills ran through my body.

「We are conducting investigations with the new lead of demon users information right now. However, we need to hurry. The night of the full moon is approaching」

「Full moon？」
「Demons uses that light from the moon as the source of their powers. In contrast to that, spirit uses the light from the sun as the power source. And if our a.s.sumption is right which the demon users will be conducting the ritual, it probably is the time during the next night of the full moon」

That's right.

Even the information which the wind spirit Rick-kun obtained was that it was during the night with strong moonlight did that disappearances occurred, or something like that.

And since the demons uses the light from the moon, it's during those time it was the best to abduct someone.
As I was thinking about that, my eyes s.h.i.+fted to the light spirits who were still dancing since a while ago outside the window. Today, the moon is hiding behind the clouds. But during the day of the full moon the sky will be clear and the moonlight will s.h.i.+ne to the ground.

The demon would probably be glad and would be having their laughs as the gold moon s.h.i.+nes upon them.

「――――We can't let the demons succeed to their ritual for the sake of the Spirit Queen. We will definitely stop their ritual and ensure the safety of those who have been abducted. And have those demon user culprit to be captured and kneel in front of the Spirit Queen. I'll be doing my best for that reason. That is the duty of the Spirit Priests of the church」

Roa-kun declared while firmly clenching his tiny fist as his pale indigo eyes blazed with determination.

For a moment there, his face was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with manliness which made me astonished.

Roa-kun despite having a promising future, he always worry about it, being cute and somewhat kind of cool.

「Please be careful too during the moonlight is strong, Suria-sama. …… Even though I said that, it shouldn't be a problem for the chosen Spirit Princess-sama and Knight-sama that that was bestowed with protection by the Queen, I think the demon users won't be targeting you.  Even though it's weakened, it still a special protection given by the Queen with her own powers during the period of Sacred Bell Chant. You might not sense it but the Queen's power should have worked Spirit Princess-sama and Knight-sama」

「Even with Reiss……?」

「Yes. We even handed the『Spirit Mana Crystal』to Knigh-sama. The crystal, not only does it's used to store Spiritual Mana but it can also seal demonic mana. Actually it's also used as an ornament to the Queen's Treasure Sword. Even if it's only used during the Sacred Bell Chant, that is a valuable treasure」
Roa-kun muttered forcefully「The reason why the Head Priest-sama personally enchant that crystal with his own spiritual mana and handed to Knight-sama is probably…… in order to help Knight-sama for protecting Suria-sama because of the recent case of disappearances, I think but……」. Even the wind felt chilly when he was muttering by himself.

Somehow, the moonlight shone down and peeked at his face.

Roa-kun left in a hurry after talking leaving with a bow.
I asked 「You're leaving already？」in a teasing manner, finally his face was as red as an apple, my bad habit of wanting to mess whenever I see a cute child didn't really disappear.

The story was eerie and made me uneasy so what I said was half-serious……but let's just keep it at the back of my mind.

「N~e Uur. Are you still awake?」

「――――Nnn？　Nnnー？　Suu, you called？」

I intend to give up if he won't come out but I heaved a sigh of relief when Uur came out while rubbing his emerald eyes.

「Sorry for waking you up. …… Since it's been a while, should we sleep together today? It rea.s.suring having Uur being by my side」

「It's alright! If that's what Suu want」

「Thanks」
And then I embraced Uur's fluffy body and rolled down to the bed.

Reiss' cold red eyes flashed on my mind just before my consciousness faded.

Translator’s Note

Hi guys it’s been two weeks huh, sorry for I was busy doing some other stuff.