Incompetent Academy and Failed Heroines

84 – Hunting (7)⚝

Because she was a saint, there were many procedures for Rosa to go out. First of all, I had to put on some clothes. First, she puts on a black gown that covers her entire body and a gold headband. Next, I had to put on a bright yellow veil and carefully wear a chastity belt.

“Now I have to pray, pray, pray!”

Excited Rosa knelt in front of her statue, stuttering more than usual. I recited her prayers with her and came out.

“This is Miss Irene, an apprentice nun.”

“Saint Rosa. It is an honor to help you practice today.”

Francesco looked at us with a pleased smile. He told me to stop and go in because he would follow me as if he were taking care of a small child. I saw him putting something in my hand.

“May the glory of the Blessed Mother be with you.”

It was a silver coin. It must have been the best the poor layman could give.

“Where…… Now, uh, where shall we go?”

“If you haven’t had lunch, a restaurant would be nice.”

The apprentice nun was five or six paces away from us, and she kept following. When I ask what she wants to eat, she politely bows her head and replies.

“I will do anything according to the will of the saintess.”

“Saint Rosa?”

“I-I…… She’s never had it anywhere, so what to eat…… Ha, what to do.”

I was in trouble, so I asked if I could eat roasted pigeons. She nods her head vigorously, so when I look back at her, Irene’s face is earthy. Both of them laugh together when asked what about the chicken. I don’t know the difference between the two, but what they want is a chicken.

“If there is something you can’t eat, tell me.”

We stopped by a moderately decent restaurant and sat together. She insisted that Irene not be sick with her saint, so she had to use two tables. As the waitress approached, Rosa lowered his eyes and opened his fingers.

“This…… It’s not too expensive, isn’t it?”

“It’s cheap here.”

“But with this money, the children…… Sin, I feel guilty.”

I put a silver coin on the table.

“It was given to me by Francesco.”

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Looking after Clie’s children with this, his expression brightens a little. I was hungry, so I ordered fried and stewed food, so I bought the same for Irene. Both of them refuse to order dessert after the three of them have eaten.

“I just had to fill my stomach. And, overeating…… It’s a sin. Eating for pleasure is that, forbidden.”

“What about Sister Irene?”

“Call me Irene. Therefore…… Warrior.”

I tried to say that my name is not a warrior, but I gave up. How is it? Haru is a horse girl.

“I tend to drink a lot of tea.”

I ordered and drank three glasses by myself.

“I’m full, so I won’t be able to drink it all. Doesn’t the church make it disrespectful to leave food behind?”

Roza licked her lips.

“That…… Yes it is.”

“Can you two help me?”

They both drank the lemon tea happily. It was the first time Irene, an apprentice nun, had tasted this kind of food, and she smacked her lips with each sip. They all came from poor backgrounds, or were still poor.

“Ugh…… Our yo, hero?”

─The whole time grossly imitating a kite.

“Yes.”

“May I stand and begin the sermon?”

Oops, this was a companion interview! I wanted to show Rosa that there is another world, a place enjoyed by those younger than you. So suggested.

“How about preaching while walking toward the academy lecture hall?”

“Oh, whatever…… I will explain it in a way that is easy for you to understand.”

Irene got up and said she would help us. As we started to clean up the tableware we ate, the waitress came out and said they would do it. The girl stubbornly refused, insisting that of course she ate what she ate with her own hands.

“Let me clean it up.”

After I said that, the employees backed off. She carried her utensils to the kitchen and repeatedly said that they were delicious. Cotton socks with cotton gloves. Rosa, wearing a linen headband and even a veil, looked quite like a saint. On the other hand, Irene, wearing only a simple nun’s uniform, reminded me of a poor high school student.

“Wouldn’t it be okay to listen while looking around where I study?”

“Yeah…… Yo, as the hero wishes…… Eh, yes.”

The pupils are loose. When I came out and took the lead, Rosa and Irene kept their distance and followed me. I chose a road with few people, but other people’s eyes were focused on it, perhaps because there were women in nuns’ costumes walking around.

From the outside, Rosa looks much younger than her age and has a pretty cute appearance. She is definitely prettier than Kite’s roommate, Noah. She was a beauty like a simple country girl. I feel like I’ve seen a face like this one day.

“The mill!”

—Isn’t that how a girl who was sold to a 50-year-old man felt?

“No, that’s right. Seriously, the cathedral is God’s mill. Awakening us, born of grain, with uprightness, enlightening us to daily food…… If you don’t want to hear me, I’m talking too much…… Today, I feel so good that I can’t make poetry or mistakes…… Please forgive me.”

“Keep talking. So that Sister Irene can hear it too.”

Rosa kept reciting passages from the bible she had seen, most of them from the chapter called Ron Carte. It is a chapter composed of fables, and it was the gospel preached by the believer Roncart, who was the first saint of Bersia. It was a way of distinguishing between right and wrong in a format similar to a fairy tale, so it could be seen as a collection of stories with lessons.

“Wait a minute.”

“Ah, ah…… I don’t know who, without notice, the hero’s spirit, feeling…… To chat…… Whatever you want, just ask.”

“This is where I take lectures. Would you like to look around?”

It was a place to study herbalism. It was well past twelve o’clock, and everyone had left, so it was rather desolate. Heoden’s lectures are held only from 9:00 am to noon. Since then, students, professors, and cadets gather mainly in the commercial district, so there is no choice but to be there.

“This is what it looks like…” … Mmm, I only saw it from afar.”

“Irene?”

“Yes, the hero and the saintess. Irene is here.”

“Would you like to take a look inside?”

Roza is worried and Irene is looking forward to it. As I stepped forward, they followed. Again and again, the marble floor made a noise, breaking the silence. To me, it was a facility that was not as good as magic or combat, but to them, it seemed like a different world. I looked around the room unable to close my wide open mouth.

“Go, you are studying in a place like this, really, great…… Ah, I understand why the hero is so smart!”

“Irene will someday…… Can I study in a place like this?”

─No.

Even I, the son of a knight with a manor, could not afford the tuition, so I received support from the lord. It is impossible for commoners to enter the academy unless they are children of wealthy people. The tuition fee is exorbitant before status. There was no way the church would support thousands of luzens of money. They are short on learning, and the scholarship benefits are also unsatisfactory.

“Yes, the two of you deserve to study here.”

─Now I want to tell a warm lie.

“Ba, I want to get some fresh air…… Hey, can we go for a walk? Normally, the two of us go only to the places designated by the senior nuns, and we go to the forest…… I just heard that the Great Forest here is very beautiful.”

Roza asked for it with a desperate gaze, so he agreed. As she headed to the place where she and Kite often took a walk, a trail opened up. A huge lake was visible on the right, and it was a beautiful view, if not spectacular. Step by step, walking in a place that is nothing to me, both of them can’t help but admire.

“Like this…… Alas, Our Lady!”

“Saintess, you are so beautiful. Are all these miracles of Our Lady?”

Feeling sublime, they stopped to ask if it was okay to pray here. There were cadets passing by the promenade, and it must have been funny to see two women kneeling down and reciting prayers. I covered Rosa and Irene so that their prayers would not be disturbed. Everyone averted their gaze as they glared forward with ferocious gazes.

“Aren’t you interested in entertainment when you have something to do?”

“Oh, no. No, you’re playing…… Today is poetry, sacred companion interview time, so we have to focus on edification!”

“That’s right, warrior. Irene feels full just by walking this way.”

These simple girls don’t need a more stimulating entertainment than this. Drinking, theater, gambling, and board games do not seem to be of much interest to them. I went to a deserted place and sat down on the rock where Kite and I rested.

“If you brought the Bible, would you like to read it?”

Irene gave Rosa a scripture containing their doctrines. A self-proclaimed or a false saint opened a book. Sitting on a flat rock, she read her verse by line and immediately added her commentary.

“This word. Oh, it’s easy to misunderstand…… What was it…… Poetry, the priest says.”

“He said it means the love of the saintess’s mother.”

“Right. Now, you must interpret it with a loving heart. Then you can understand why the child is asked to be given alive. This is a poem, a test, not a burnt offering. Anyway, if you have any questions, ask now.”

“I just want to listen.”

The spring breeze blows. A fishy smell came from far away. The wind blew Rosa’s veil and her pink hair fluttered. Her frightened eyes are directed at me and quickly lowered. She couldn’t make eye contact, then glanced at me, so let’s laugh quietly.

“Haaa…… Hero, are you listening?”

“Yes.”

“Note, because this is an important topic…… Joe, please stay focused.”

It really is a sleep deprived day. Even today, I have to ask Rosa to sleep. I think I can recover only then, but I can’t because Irene is by my side. They both look happy, and since Rosa Tan is doing her best to read the Bible, I’ll have to listen first.

“Bo, bo, look…… This part.”

─What are you doing now?

Rosa unbuttoned her robe as she pushed up her heavy eyelids. Her organza showed white undergarments through her fabric. She lowered her eyes, glanced at me, and began to spread her legs little by little.

“More, it’s hot…… Isn’t Sister Irene like that too?”

“It is as the saint said.”

Irene accepted as Rosa took off her robe. Then, the saintess pushed her waist forward with a sticky gaze, and she tucked her bible between her crotch and opened her crotch even more.

“Now, you should take a good look. Even if you have eyes, if you do not have faith, you will become blind.”

Rosa put saliva on his hand and turned the page. She wanted to point out what she was doing, but she had Irene by her side and she just looked at her without saying anything. The saintess’ strange voice was carried by the wind and tickled my ear.

“Ughhh…… So, the fact that Our Lady went to the hill that day and washed the thief’s feet was not out of spite.”