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KAORU CHAPTER 25: VISITORS
*** Maiyaru workshop ***
People from the workshop doesn’t change their attitude toward Kaoru.
The one they are looking for isn’t an angel of the goddess, but 「A helper that can cook food, cleaning and chores」
Moreover, if it would be best if the helper was a pretty girl.
Anyway, having a goddess’s friend or angel doesn’t really help anything with their work. Beside they already treated Kaoru like angel with how she help them, not because of the goddess or blessing.
And today, the workshop have visitors from the temple again.
Since they wanted to talk with Kaoru, they tried to invite her come visiting the temple by all means everyday. And Kaoru continued to reply 「I’m sorry, I won’t enter the temple of other religions」
There’s one time, Shera change the place from temple to a restaurant.
However when Kaoru examined it, that restaurant isn’t a store where ordinary people can go in. And there’s also a completely soundproofed private room in the back …, Buru buru! (T.N: SFX of boo or something)
Instant refused.
And then, this time, I got a message saying 「We will meet at the place that Kaoru like」
How persitent, she just won’t give up unless we meet once, so I decided to meet her.
Not in a closed room but where there’s many third party’s eyes.
***A few days later, a snack restaurant.***
I get some free time after finish clean up and prepare lunch at the workshop. I just need to prepare dinner after return.
Kaoru was waiting for the holy maiden to meet once and made her give up.
「My Apologies for making you wait」(Shera)
And then, Hold Maiden Shera, and five boys and girls appeared.
There are 3 boys and 2 girls from about 10 years old to about 16 years old.
Everyone had various types of beauty.
Hah
And Kaoru breathed a sigh.
「They are children that get teaching at the temple.
And when they heard that I would have a meeting with Kaoru, they asked me to take them together, they want to see and listen to Kaoru…」(Shera)
As she arrives, Schera smiledly explains.
「Eh… , is that so …
What is your purpose?」 (Kaoru)
Kaoru gives an un-pleasant reply.
Shera is a little panic, that Kaoru isn’t interested at all in the children. She only have one common topic left. That are the things about Goddess Celestine.
「Well, Kaoru, did you hear Celestine-sama say anything about that Male God?」 (Shera)
Although there are children, this is only a topic that she can talk to Kaoru.
Maybe she hopes that Kaoru will change her mind because she is also acquainted with Celestine.
「Oh, Ceres, did she talk to you about that as well?
Well, she was pleased that she was able to get in touch with him, but …」(Kaoru)
「Oh, really? That was nice!」 (Shera)
So Celes talked to Shera as well. But Shera didn’t know anyway to contact Celes again, that’s why she was surpised.
(Well, but was the measure I thought of effective?) (Kaoru)
「……… 」 (Both)
However, the talk does not continue from there. Next topic …
「By the way, about your question you asked of Celestine-sama’s statue from the other day.
Celestine-sama is also a goddess of fertility but that place is somewhat at poor state. Thus people believe in order to enrich the land, the statue of goddess of fertility need to be abundant from the poor state as well.
At the time of construction, people got such opinion …」 (Shera)
「……Is that so」(Kaoru)
A cold reply by the kaoru.
Tear dropped from her eyes. Kaoru noticed her own body.
「Somewhat poor state」, 「Somewhat poor state」, 「Somewhat poor state」…
Kaoru keeps muttering so, and Shera is silence.
「Ah, Kaoru. I will introduce these children, from the left …」(Shera)
「Ohhh, that’s fine. I won’t remember the name, I’m not good at it …」 (Kaoru)
「Eh…」(Shera)
Shera got shot down again.
[ No way, I can’t stop here!
When push comes to shove, I will use the children and manage to have some talk!
However, it’s still too early for the temple topic.
Too abrupt, it is too blatant.
I have to warm up the talk with more ordinary topics … ] (Shera)
And then, support comes from children.
「Uhm, we, I want to ask about the goddess!」(Child A)
「Ah, me too!」 (Child B)
「I also want to ask!」 (Child C)
As expected of the children chosen by the archbishop. It seems that they weren’t just about appearance.
Shera was impressed.
And the Kaoru said to the children.
「You know what, just imaging like you have a very rich friend…」(Kaoru)
「Eh?」 (5 children)
「And then someone you don’t know, come and push you.
They don’t ask anything about you, just want to listen to just about your rich friend as if they want you to introduce them to your friend.
Do you think that you can become a good friend with those person.
Do you even think you would like to be friend with them in the first place?
And do you trust someone who don’t know and talking to them about your important friend’ information?」(Kaoru)
「………」 (5 children)
「Well, I don’t have anything to talk about, so I will excuse myself」
Even when Kaoru stood up, both Shera and the children remained silent and didn’t move.
And Kaoru noticed after leaving the store as it was.
「Oh, in the end, I didn’t order anything …」(Kaoru)
***A few days later***
The female knight Francette came.
「Kaoru, Earl Adan had arrived in the kingdom」(Fran)
Kaoru heard the news that she was waiting and confirmed the meeting time is after lunch the next day.
By the way, Kaoru had told Francette and everyone else not to call her 「goddess」, 「angel 」or 「Goddess’s friend」
The next day, in front of the Earl Adan, there was a figure of Kaoru wearing 「Baron’s Daughter’s clothes」that his children and knight mistake her as a goddess.
Normally, you would ring the entrance knocker and get picked up.
No, usually the noble’s daughter will not walk alone.
I was guided by a butler and passed through to the back room.
Go into a private mansion like this is a problem.
However, Kaoru had prepared counter-measure.
She ordered the children, if Kaoru didn’t come out of the Earl House by sunset, notify the Temple and the Lyotal house, the workshop, and at the same time shout at the Central Plaza, 「the friend of the goddess is captured by the aristocrat」
Only when the worst happens, I have to use the name 「goddess’ s friend」Kaoru, because I want low impact and low profile.
Well, Kaoru judges that such worry is almost none.
There were already other members in the room through which the Kaoru came in.
Earl of Adan, his son Hector, his daughter Anice, Robert the captain of the escort back then, female knight Francette and royal king brother Roland.
Well, it’s time for conspiracy. It was really fun.
Members of this group have noticed that the goddess’ friend Kaoru and silver hair Goddess Kaoru are the same person. They will benefit from healing including their relatives, stakeholders, etc. And those people are very unlikely to betray Kaoru.
Kaoru explained to the members as follows.
I am a friend of Celes, I came to visit from other world with the recommendation of Celes.
Now that, I’m enjoying human life with a human being, that is a secret.
Right now I’m still appearing to everyone as a friend of Celes but as just a human who can borrow the healing power from the Goddess …
Keep in mind about the part 「just a human」
I don’t intend to shoulder a specific power.
However, I still tried to give blessings to humans a little, but it became troublesome and difficult to do. Thus if you collaborate with me, I will easier to give blessings to people.
Based on that, various things from now on would to be consulted and decided.
One side will connect to the royal palace, nobility, temple, etc. is the Baron Lyotal family.
Kaoru maintains the status quo.
Other side is Earl Adan and the King Brother Roland and female knight Francette.
By Roland ‘s request, we will also share this info to the king as well.
Of course. Otherwise it will be difficult to move, there’s a possibility that the we will be suspected as rebellion.
Well, Roland who refuse the king’s seat himself cann’t do such a thing, but there are idiots among aristocrats and royalties as well.
And lastly we decided to name this group of members.
「The light of the goddess」
Although Kaoru was strongly opposed, it was approved by a majority vote, as Fracette, Roland, brother Hector and sister Anice, …
For the time being, the activity will be.
「Selling healing potions with cheap price.
However, the effect is weak and limited, and if it is not used in 5 days, it will lose the effective.
The manufacturing and distribution route is state secret. The wholesaler is the royal palace 」
The reason why we declined the effective in 5 days is to prevent purchasing and use for war.
The main purpose were for injuries such as hunters and diseases of the general population.
The effect is weak but it’s still enough to help people.
The real miracle can only be done by 「the tears of the goddess」made by the power of the goddess. And no body can get that potion if he「isn’t qualified enough to be given the miraculous blessing of the goddess」
Kaoru suddenly remembered and told everyone two things.
First 「light of the goddess」has an outer organization 「goddess’ eyes」
They are currently working without pay, but in the future I plan to pay the members with regular employment of their members.
Second we will use Abiri merchant group shops as a sales route.
In this way, Kaoru finaly made her dubut on 「potion sales」