KAORU CHAPTER 24: PEACEFUL DAYS

The expression of Fernand, the first Prince of Brancott Kingdom, is dark.

The day after the tragedy at that party, Fabio and Alan went to check the dinning hall where Kaoro worked but they couldn’t find Kaoru.

One of the waitress said that 「Kaoru was called by some big noble and she said she shouldn’t come back anymore, thus she quit so that she wouldn’t cause trouble for the dining hall」

Had she been prepared so far? Had she been chasing that far …?

After that, Fabio and Alan did some searching in the city. There was a story of a bleeding girl went outside the gate on the evening of that day.

From the testimony of the gatekeeper, that bleeding girl went out of the city gate without having baggage.

Was she safely arrived at other towns?

I wonder if she got a job properly with that scar.

Every time I think, my heart is heavy and it gets dark …

「Fernan, I heard an interesting story」(Fabio)

Fabio excited tells me as he arrives.

It is quite unusual for the always calm Fabio.

「What kind of story is it?」(Fernand)

Fabio grin to me who show a little interest.

「Please do not be surprised, this is the information I bought from the merchant from Gurua that just arrived to our city today 「Goddess Celestine’s friend」 appeared in Gurua

(T.N: I forgot to explain it before, Gurua is capital name, Balmoa is country name)

She made a miracle and saving people.

She even made both the king and the temple lose face」(Fabio)

「What, that is …」(Fernand)

Fernan was amazed.

Such a story that is unlikely to be a fairytale, that’s why Fabio thinks it’s interesting.

「And about this 「goddess’s friend」…」(Fabio)

Fabio continue that story …

「Age 11 to 12, black hair, black eyes」(Fabio)

what?

「She was called Kaoru」(Fabio)

「Think of errands allow us going to Balmoa Kingdom!

Government, courtesy, anything will do, and we must go as soon as possible!」(Fernand)

「Yes, yes, I knew you would be said so, we already prepared …」(Fabio)

As expected of Fabio.

「Okay, I will bring her back, if just like you say that she have caused a dispute with both the royal palace and the temple in that country, it will be hard for she to stay, just convenient to me!」(Fernand)

Even though he was somewhat regret what he did, but it seems that the habit of thinking conveniently for himself isn’t so easy to be cured.

*** Capital Gurua ***

「So Peaceful …」(Kaoru)

(Translator joke: Kaoru: looks like I can enjoy my peaceful days for the next 18 chapters, there’s no way someone would come and disturb my peaceful day)

Kaoru was having a peaceful day.

After that 「Public interview」, I was worried a little whether people with bad heads might come.

However, it seems that the threat has worked.

Even if you capture or threaten me, the miracle is what you ask of the goddess, it’s meaningless because 「everything will be decided by the goddess」

It’s impossible to hold hostage to demand ransom from the goddess.

I also told that if they dare to anger the Goddess, everyone from any faction and even the whole capital city as well will get punished.

「Do not lay a finger on Kaoru」order was spread from the leaders.

After all, Kaoru is 「the friend of the goddess」

There are advantages and disadvantages, the cost effectiveness, the risk and return. Risk such as make enemy with the royalty and all the noble.

The temple side as well. It was impossible to forced a girl who wasn’t believer to the temple. And the they don’t want to become a heretic.

The commoners also recognized that 「Kaoru is an average girl who had the love of the goddess」

Although they people weren’t satisfy, they never dared to opposite Kaoru.

Well, how can someone can claim to be 「an average girl」at the point of 「receiving the love of the goddess」

The injured people and the family who have sick person may not be calm, but when thinking about the anger of the goddess if they try forcing Kaoru, it’s impossible to do anything funny.

Still, people knew that Kaoru was working at the workshop and people  are like 「I want to see her face」and 「Please let me see her」…

But unfortunately, Kaoru isn’t touching the business relate of the workshop, she is only cooking, cleaning, doing chores at the back of the workshop. So people couldn’t meet even if they went to the workshop.

Even when Kaoru went out. There weren’t so many people who could notice Kaoru in the first place.

Although this world have fewer black haired people, but with high population from a capital city, there are still nany black hair and black eyes people.

And although there were a lot of people gathered at Central Park at that time. Apart from the royalty and temple who were close enough to distinguishable, there were only a few commoners who saw Kaoru’s face of the kaoru close enough to be distinguishable.

And This is a world with no pictures (camera), no mass communication media that would spread it.

Therefore, information about kaoru was only transmitted at most as 「a cute girl with black hair」

Both Royalty and temple didn’t spead any information so people wouldn’t even know the color of Kaoru’s eyes.

For that reason, Kaoru casually went out to the town today.

Apart from buying food from market, Kaoru also has work with the libraries and run down house.

As Kaoru walking while eating skewers bought at a stall a while ago. There’s a beautiful lady walking in front of her.

Actually that beautiful lady is still at the age to be called as a girl.

But from Kaoru’s viewpoint, most Westerners over the age of 15 look like adults.

Well, in this world where the adult age is 15 years old, Kaoru’ recognition is wrong…

She has crisp movement, and a sword on her waist.

Looking at the clothes, is she a knight or a knight apprentice …?

And when Kaoru get close enough, that woman …girl suddenly stopped and stared at Kaoru’s face. She shrieked with a surprised voice.

「Oh, my goddess!」(Francette) (T.N: puns intend)

Is this a longevity manga?

「…Who?」(Kaoru)

Kaoru was suddenly shout-like called by an unknown girl, and she was confused.

「I… I’m a knight Francette!」(Francette)

「… No, I’m not asking your name」(Kaoru)

There was a reason that Kaoru didn’t notice the female knight Francette. At that time, she didn’t tell Kaoru her name …

Well, even if Kaoru got her name, Kaoru will probably forget about her.

In trouble with the girl who continues to call her as Goddess, Kaoru pulled the girl to a nearby snack restaurant … Because there was no fancy shop like cafe or coffee shop in this country.

There was still time until lunch, so the interior was vacant.

Kaoru sat on the seat in the corner which isn’t conspicuous and asked the girl again after ordering food properly.

「…So who are you?」(Kaoru)

Francette desperately explained. The they met in that forest with the Earl’ children.

The siblings’s grandmother got healed. She used the other two in the royal palace … etc

Kaoru got stunned.

「The abnormal speed of the royal palace reaction, is it because of that …?」

Kaoru take a breath and touch Francette’s face.

「No way, is this for real … as expected, the mystery skills of the superhigh-life-organism rivaling God …」(Kaoru)

「uhm… what?」(Francette)

「No, nothing… 」(Kaoru)

While distracting Francette, Kaoru thought.

(How did she recognize me?

Aren’t I different from the goddess?

No, actually only the color of my hair is different, but my face is still the same …

However, it’s impossible for she to recognize me with different hair color and clothes after only one time meeting …

Is it because she witness the miracle so she worships me and remember my face.

Good! I got the way out) (Kaoru)

「Knight Francette, I have something I would like to ask you」(Kaoru)

「My pleasure, please order whatever you want!」(Francette)

Francette firmly answers to Kaoru while lowering her voice similar to Kaoru.

Well, the distance to other customers is far enough.

Kooru briefly explained her wish.

「… So now, I am supposed to be a 「friend of Celestine」

Well, that itself is true … but I was mistakenly as an ordinary daughter.

No, That’s also not a lie, because right now I am living in a human figure. I’m just an ordinary girl who has a little healing power」(Kaoru)

「Wa~ haa …」(Francette)

At that time, Francette returned with Earl Adan to his territory, to organize his affairs. And she just returned to the Capital the other day.

Therefore, she didn’t know the details of the matter at the central square.

「That’s why I am now enjoying the human life as an 「average girl」I don’t want to be disturbed」(Kaoru)

「Yes, Goddess’s secrets is safe with me…」(Francette)

Francette straight her spine and swears with serious look.

「Ah, yes, there’s also that, but what I would like to ask for is something else …」(Kaoru)

Kaoru explains.

Although somehow Kaoru already had a quiet life, but it’s difficult to give people blessings in the present state.

What Kaoru wants is a friend on the side of power.

That friend also has a secret, can be trusted, has the power to protect herself and the body of the Kaoru.

So Kaoru asking Francette if she can make a secret contact with the Earl who employ Francette. In return, Earl and his relatives will have benefit from goddess blessing.

「Well, but I already resigned working for Earl Adan, I was moved to the Kingdom by the Earl himself …」(Fracette)

「Huh?」(Kaoru)

Just when she came up with a plan and thing become like this, Kaoru was stunned.

「… and, from the day after tomorrow, I will serve the royal palace as an escort for Roland-sama, the King’ brother」(Francette)

「Whaaaaaaaat?」(Kaoru)

Okay, change of plan. Let’s go with plan B

***At that time, in the royal palace. ***

「Brother, then how about a peace-of-mind approaching …」(Serge)

「Oh, don’t push yourself, let’s deepen our friendship and gain trust」(Roland)

「Let’s leave it to the people of the Lyotal family for the time being, after that let me spread the circle little by little from there…

Ah, in order to make it easier for other nobles, should I move Lyotal’s son to the countryside and give him some job title?」(Serge) (T.N: countryside often have no-GREAT noble)

Hear his brother, King Serge siad so, Roland shrugged his shoulders like shocked.

「But then, the one get closer to Kaoru won’t be 「Noble aristocrat」anymore …」(Roland)

「Ah……」(King)

***At that time, in the Temple of Gurua capital city. ***

「Archbishop, then, again with a hollowing measure …」(Perrier)

「Yes, deepen interchange little by little, so that we can invite her to our temple.

What is her mother country that she abandoned. How can it be that there’s no Celestine-sama sect in that country. But she can become Celestine-sama friend…」(Sornier)

Archbishop Sornier told Bishop Perrier so and changed Holy Maiden Shera.

「Holy Maiden Shera, please do it.

You are the one who had a conversation with just a couple of people since the last time goddess Celestine gave her Oracl to everyone.

Surely you can earn the trust from her friend

Please choose some suitable people and do it」(Sornier)

「Yes, please leave it to me」(Shera)

And then Archbishop, suddenly asked Shera.

「By the way, Holy Maiden Shera …

It has been more than 50 years since then.

I wonder if you could tell you what you said to the goddess at that time.

It is no wonder that I became anxious about it after 53 years.

I would like to know before dying …」(Sornier)

But Holy Maiden Shera shook her head as she smiled.

「No, that secret will go with me, into my grave …」(Shera)

「Oh, well, I knew that you would answer like that …」(Sornier)

Archbishop Sornie also smiled and said so, but he seemed a bit disappointed.

(I can not tell! I was consulted with the Goddess about 「How can I draw attention to the attention of a guy?」

I thought about the countermeasure for the whole time!) (Shera)

It was certain that Holy maiden Shera will bring this secret to the grave.