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-Highland Castle, Grand Meeting Room.
“What is the meaning of this?! Why is the Demon Lord army attacking us first?!”
The Highland Prince was stomping the ground with an angered tone.
Is that…his way of killing his anxiety?
Everyone here had a similar expression.
Everyone is stiffened from the tension.
Receiving a notice of the Demon Lord army’s advance, the Heroes, Oracles, royalty, and nobles from the countries gathered once more.
However, we can’t have Furiae-san be caught in trouble again, so we had her stay at the inn.
Sa-san and Lucy are there with her, so they should be safe.
The worry would be the actions of Oracle Esther, but it seems like she doesn’t have interest in me.
“Esther-san, let me confirm.” (Noel)
“Yes, Noel-sama, what is it?” (Esther)
The nervous voice of Noel resonated.
“The Great Demon Lord hasn’t resurrected yet. Correct?” (Noel)
“There’s no doubt about that. There’s still time before the resurrection of the Great Demon Lord. Their advance this time must be their impatience.” (Esther)
The voice of Oracle Esther was calm as always.
“…I don’t understand. Why are they getting impatient?”
The Great Sage-sama who was absent in the meeting of before was making a displeased expression.
“Who knows. There’s no knowing what the lowly demons are thinking. But this is a chance. The Demon Lord army this time around is dispersing its forces. The Dragon King Astaroth isn’t participating after all.” (Esther)
Oracle Esther was making a composed face.
As if saying the approach of the Demon Lord army isn’t a big deal.
“Dragon King, huh… It is true that it is favorable that it is not present. If that were to get serious, a nation could be destroyed in a night.”
The mutter of the Great Sage-sama made the air in the meeting room even heavier.
“The strongest Demon Lord Astaroth that’s said even the Savior Abel-sama couldn’t defeat…?” (Tariska)
General Tariska says with a serious tone.
“There’s some who said that Astaroth was as strong as the Great Demon Lord… I would have to say that’s an exaggerated story though.”
The one who said that with a joking tone was one of the Five Sacred Nobles.
“Well, that guy is not going to be joining the Demon Lord army this time around. More importantly, is there no good plan against the Beast King and the Sea Monster King?!”
A different Five Sacred Noble complained to the people around with a cracked voice.
“I will be talking about that.” (Esther)
The one who spoke up was Oracle Esther.
…Aren’t the Highland people going to be taking command?
“Esther-dono who couldn’t predict the future of the Demon Lord army’s advance this time?”
The First Prince of Highland provoked Esther with an ill natured tone.
“Prince Gaius, I did see this happening. I simply kept the amount of people I told this to to a minimum in order to reduce unnecessary chaos. I have told the Highland King, the Pope, Great Sage-sama, Princess Noel, and the General of the Sun Knights.” (Esther)
Heeh…that’s why she is so calm.
“Tch. So I wasn’t even worth telling?”
The prince spits those words out with bitterness, and clicks his tongue.
Oracle Esther responded with a smile.
How bold.
“I could predict the advance of the Demon Lord army. Moreover, the Great Demon Lord isn’t among them. Of course, since it hasn’t resurrected. That’s why we should be seeing this as a chance instead to bring down a part of the 3 Demon Lords. I have a grasp of the Demon Lord army’s movements with my Destiny Magic: Clairvoyance. With that as a guide, I would like General Yuwein of the Sun Knights, and General Tariska of the Fire Country to draft a plan.” (Esther)
The people in the meeting room went ‘Oooh’ at the words of Esther.
It is true that a plan made with the assistance of clairvoyance is certainly reliable.
“Now then, I would like General Yuwein to be the one explaining that plan, but first…” (Esther)
Oracle Esther looks at Princess Noel.
“Noel-sama, I will propose this. Please take the Trial of the Holy Maiden at once. If it is your current self, I am sure you will be able to become a Holy Maiden.” (Esther)
“But…I can’t be leaving the capital in a situation like this… Also, I took the trial half a year ago, but I didn’t manage to obtain the oracle of the Sun Goddess.” (Noel)
The sudden statement of Oracle Esther had words I wasn’t familiar with.
“Sofia, what is this ‘Trial of the Holy Maiden’ they are talking about?” (Makoto)
I whisper this question to Princess Sofia at my side.
“You know about the Holy Maiden Anna-sama, who was one of the comrades of Savior Abel 1,000 years ago, right? Anna-sama, who was originally the Sun Oracle, passed the trial of the Sun Goddess, became a Holy Maiden, and helped Savior Abel. Princess Noel has taken that trial several times, but…” (Sofia)
“So she hasn’t cleared it yet.” (Makoto)
Princess Sofia nods lightly.
Princess Noel is the next to the throne of Highland, and also the center of the Goddess Church.
She most likely has an amount of work on the same level as Princess Sofia, or even more than that. And yet, she is even constantly being made to take that trial…?
“Can’t the other Oracles do it as well?” (Makoto)
Instead of the busy Princess Noel, can’t they have Esther do it?
“The Holy Maiden-sama must get together with the Light Hero, you know?” (Sofia)
Princess Sofia shook her head to the sides.
(Aah…then that’s no good.) (Makoto)
The partner of the Light Hero, Sakurai-kun, has been decided to be Princess Noel.
While we were having that conversation, it moved to the next topic.
Looks like the topic about the Trial of the Holy Maiden has been postponed.
“Now then, we will be telling you the compositions of the Alliance Army that will be facing the Demon Lord Army.” (Yuwein)
A low pitch tone that travels well resonates in the meeting room.
The owner of that voice is the General of the Highland Army, Yuwein Bladnoch.
“First, the Light Hero Sakurai-sama and the Great Sage-sama will be heading to the Beck Coast at the north of the Commercial Country of Camelon. The Beast King and the main force of the enemy must be there.” (Yuwein)
General Yuwein reads out the composition.
Important information suddenly began flying out.
I was thinking I should listen properly to this, but someone tapped my shoulder from the side.
“The plan will be briefed with Highland being first, Great Keith next, and Rozes will most likely be last.” (Sofia)
Princess Sofia whispered in my ear.
Looks like Rozes is being treated as an extra since they have the lowest military power.
Then my name is going to be called last, huh.
“Wait wait! Why is there a need for the Light Hero-dono to come out first?! Wouldn’t it be better to have the Hero-dono stay at the capital, and have a forerunning unit weaken the Demon Lord’s power?!”
The one making noise again is the First Prince of Highland.
It is an action that stops the meeting, but…
(Isn’t that a pretty decent opinion?) (Makoto)
I agreed with the opinion of the prince.
Isn’t it dangerous to suddenly use your trump card, the Light Hero, so suddenly?
“It is because the enemy is also thinking the same, Prince Gaius. They wouldn’t expect the Savior’s reincarnation, the Light Hero Sakurai-sama, to be the first on the battlefield. Also, the Demon Lord Zagan that’s normally deep in the Demonic Continent will be brazenly coming out. We can’t let this chance pass by, right?” (Esther)
The one who answered was Oracle Esther.
“…But there’s no assurance that the Demon Lord will be there.”
“It definitely will be. I could clearly see it with my Clairvoyance.” (Esther)
“But the Light Hero-dono doesn’t have to be the first one…”
“Your average warrior will only increase the momentum of the enemy. Also, if the Demon Lord is injured, they will immediately shut themselves in the Demonic Continent. According to my Clairvoyance, our chance is now.” (Esther)
“…”
The prince had been defeated in the argument.
When you bring the clairvoyance card, it is pointless to even try to dispute it.
“Nothing else then? Okay, next…” (Yuwein)
General Yuwein once again gives his briefing about the composition of the army.
After a while, a voice rang within the audience.
“A question, General. We understand now that the Beast King Zagan’s army is coming from Camelon. So, who is going to be dealing with the Sea Monster King, Forneus?”
The one who said this was the Lightning Hero, Geralt Valentine.
(It is completely different from his usual hoodlum tone!) (Makoto)
He should be like this more often.
“Leave the place that the Sea King Forneus is coming from to me. If it is a water element Demon Lord, my Lightning Sword will work. I will mince it real good!” (Geralt)
Ah, he returned to the usual Gera-san.
“Oi, boy, have you already forgotten that you lost to the Spirit User-kun? You got defeated by water magic.”
“Shut up. I have grown since then. I won’t lose anymore, old hag! Guhah!” (Geralt)
The one who called Gera-san ‘boy’ was the Great Sage-sama.
And Gera-san got kicked by the Great Sage-sama.
That side alone is like a comedy routine.
Also, because Great Sage-sama said Spirit User-kun, gazes slightly gathered on me.
“Geralt-sama, the Sea Monster King Forneus can’t be defeated in this time’s war.” (Esther)
The one who entered that comedy routine was -once again- Oracle Esther.
“Huh? Why?!” (Geralt)
Gera-san is howling.
Shouldn’t you get up first?
You are still on the ground from that kick, you know?
“Forneus isn’t going to be invading the Western Continent seriously. The subordinates of Forneus will be attacking the settlements around the coasts, and will be leaving into the sea after that. I didn’t see it land and invade deeply.” (Esther)
“In other words, it is a diversion.” (Yuwein)
General Yuwein took over after the words of Esther.
“Their aim is most likely to avoid the six country Alliance from acting as one. According to the clairvoyance of Esther-sama, only the monsters under the command of Forneus will be showing up in a number of the coast settlements of the continent.” (Yuwein)
“We will have Geralt-sama go to the place that has the highest chance for Forneus to be present. Is that okay with you?” (Esther)
“…Got it.” (Geralt)
Gera-san nodded displeased at the words of Esther.
The briefing for the composition of the army continued.
“Glacial Hero, Prince Leonard, will be going together with the Wood Country army…” (Yuwein)
Oh, Prince Leonard is going to go together with the Wood Country.
With Maximilian-san there, there’s no need to worry.
“That’s all… Any questions?” (Yuwein)
General Yuwein folded the paper he was reading.
Eh?
“P-Please wait! There’s one other Hero in the Water Country!” (Sofia)
Princess Sofia raised her voice in a hurry.
“Fool. As if we would give a role to an Evil God Apostle. There’s no knowing when our backs will be stabbed.”
The one glaring over here is the Pope.
“…In my opinion, this isn’t the time to be reserving our forces though.” (Yuwein)
General Yuwein was showing slight favor on my side.
“General-dono, are you stating your opinion towards the Pope?!”
“…I spoke out of line there.” (Yuwein)
He pulled back.
The Pope is the number two most influential person in the Sun Country.
It can’t be helped.
The one that is higher than him is…
“Sofia, is the Highland King not present?” (Makoto)
I asked what has been bothering me for a while now.
The most influential person in the Sun Country, the Highland King, doesn’t show himself often.
“The Highland King is…not feeling well. He most likely won’t be showing up…” (Sofia)
Maybe there’s some circumstances behind it?
Looks like we can’t rely on him.
At this rate, it doesn’t seem like I will have a turn in this war.
(…Thinking about it, isn’t this lucky?) (Makoto)
I can avoid going to a dangerous battlefield.
“His Holiness, he is a Hero of Rozes too. It is a waste to keep war potential out. Let’s have him protect a random remote area. There will be many monsters in several locations for diversion anyways. He would be of use in clearing away the small fries.” (Esther)
Oracle Esther gave her opinion to the Pope.
No no, there’s no way an Oracle from a foreign country would be heard…
“…Can’t be helped.”
Oi oi, the Pope-sama actually listened.
Looks like I will be sent to the battlefield in the end.
“Then, the place the Rozes Hero-dono will be sent to is…”
The name of the place I was told was a name I haven’t heard of before.
Well, it is apparently a remote place after all.
I should ask Princess Sofia and Lucy about it later.
In this way, the long meeting finished.
◇◇
Princess Sofia and Princess Noel seem to have something to talk about, so they remained in the Highland Castle.
I returned to the inn and spoke to my comrades about the plans from now on.
“Cornet? We are going to that place then?! Got it!” (Aya)
Sa-san was the first one to respond with good energy.
Looks like it was peaceful and she had nothing to do in the time she was staying at the inn.
“Cornet, you say…” (Lucy)
It seemed like something bothered Lucy, she tilted her head and looked at Furiae-san.
Furiae-san crossed her arms and was making a displeased expression since hearing what I said.
“Princess? What’s the matter?” (Makoto)
There was no response from Furiae-san.
“Makoto, Cornet is not the name of a place… 1,000 years ago, in the Moon Country of Laphroaig, there was a metropolis by the name of Cornet which was the most prosperous. But that place is now…” (Lucy)
Lucy was the one who answered instead.
But she couldn’t say it till the end, and cut it vague.
“Right. It is as Mage-san says. Cornet isn’t a city; it is ruins that are nothing but rubble.” (Furiae)
Furiae-san spoke this heavily.
“The fallen metropolis of Cornet…was the place where I was raised.” (Furiae)
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Sorry but that was too much BS even for this story. Why are the other goddess allowing Destiny Goddess to interfere directly like this? Why is her word suddenly taken over the word of the Sun oracle? Since when was Camelot in charge of Highland? If anything it is obvious that this b!tch is either trying to use the demons to decimate Highland while using the Alliance forces to protect her country, making it the most powerful county in order to usurp Athena or she is just working with the Demon Lord plain and simple. Where was her clairvoyance when the other countries were in trouble? This is the first chapter in the story I didn't really like.
Thanks for the translation anyway! Great light novel so far except for this latest chapter.
You could say Ira is more so bending the rule rather than breaking it. She isn't using Goddess power directly in the world. Her actions are within the confines of what her human host is capable.
As for why The Pope (who follows Athena) is listening to that particular "Oracle", well there is a good reason for that but I'd have to drop serious spoilers to explain, and I don't plan to do so.
Well we've had this theory that Alex is somehow being used to hide Ira's divinity so that all the other Goddesses aren't aware that Ira has descended and is directly interfering with the human world despite it being against the rules. Everybody else just thinks Esther is the one in control of her body and they're letting her take charge over Highland because everybody places so much importance in clairvoyance especially the Destiny Oracle's clairvoyance. Ira for her part seems to place too much importance on her visions. And this is despite how she should know that the Snake Church can hide stuff from her clairvoyance like what happened with Great Keith and the comet recently. In other words Ira is just a dumbass and has no ulterior motives of trying to usurp rule from the other Goddesses or work with the demons.
Sooo... that Dragon King Astaroth... what are the chances they'll turn out to be a dragon loli?
Sounds like Ira places too much importance on her visions. It sounds like she believes they are 100% correct all the time despite the fact that she knows that there are people that can change destiny like Furi and Makoto since they are outside the world's fate and others like the Snake Church can even block her prophecies so she knows nothing.
She says that Forneus won't make landfall anywhere but there's probably a 99.9% chance he will and it'll turn out to be exactly where Makoto is assigned to and Makoto will end up killing Forneus despite Ira saying he won't die. Thus making her prophecies all false.
Anyways it's a dick move from Ira to assign Makoto and his party which includes Furi to go to Cornet to "protect" it after the Holy Gods' forces were the ones who destroyed it. Especially since Furi was raised there before Highland came along and razed the place again just to capture her. Also I'm expecting the shitty Pope to send people to try to assassinate Makoto. He might even go personally to witness it which I'm kinda hoping he does just so he can get killed by Forneus when he shows up in Cornet. I'm sure Ira didn't assign Makoto there as a trap to eliminate him but because she revealed his identity she painted a target on his back. There wasn't even a reason for her to have done it in the first place. Her entire goal for being here was to try to get Furi captured and imprisoned because she claims that she will kill Sakurai but let's be honest, it's all because of her bias and hate for Naia and her Oracle that made her draw the conclusion that Furi must be the culprit in her vision of Sakurai being stabbed. Makoto being Noah's Apostle has nothing to do with that and multiple Goddesses are vouching for him including Althena surprisingly. Also Ira doesn't even see him as a threat so it makes even less sense for her to reveal his identity to everyone.
Yeah why reveal Makoto 🤔🤔
Thanks for the double chapters.
And then the Pope plans got ruined and the only one that could possibly save the day is Makoto. Athena descends and strips the Pope of his position.
Now I want to know if my destiny magic is real.
I'm hoping Althena descends so she can give a Divine Bitch Slap to Ira.
I've read ahead but don't want to spoil so I'll only say this... look forward to Athena's descent at a certain point in the story. It is quite a scene...
I sure do hope that would happens. With a little seasoning of Althena facing Makoto and thanked him directly in front of everyone
Oh... the scene will be better than what you're imagining. LOL. Look forward to it.
Does Esther afraid of Makoto because she cant see his future (because Makoto is not tied to Fate)?
What i means by Not tied to Fate is no divination magic can predict the future of a person because they are outside of the system
Makoto really smashes prophecy a little too easily. Without spoiling anything to current chapters, that trend isn't going to end anytime soon. But you could easily guess as much anyhow.
Recall where Furiae saw so many fate strings on Sakurai but not on Makoto? Despite all the major events where he's a critical factor. Ira is better at fate reading obviously, but the effect may be similar. I think it is more than his faith in Noah playing interference.
This is a bit speculation - I think Makoto really is outside the "Fate" of that world - in the same way he's not affected by Charm and can look directly upon The Goddesses because he's sort of looking in from the outside the world. Is this another side effect of his RPG player ability? That's what I think. Which only makes him even more of a broken/bugged character if true.
No she doesn't take him seriously. When Makoto suggested that it could be him in the vision of Sakurai getting stabbed, Esther/Ira immediately denied it because she thinks his stats are too low. And now she is assigning him to some remote place where only small fry are supposed to show up because she thinks that he can't do anything with his strength.
No matter how it plays out, Ira still loses in the end. Heck, I'm expecting the gods to descend soon and I bet it's gonna be a blast.
Thanks for the chapter
Thanks!
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Totally suspicious. Anyway, with his new arm Makoto should be able to deal with most minor things.
Oh do I see a flag being raised? So totally expect Forneus to arrive at Cornet with a massive army ready to catch everyone by surprise.
Now the question is: does Ira know that Bad things (whether Forneus invasion or something else such as Pope trying to crush Takki-dono) will happen there and is, as others have said above, setting a trap to get rid of Takki-dono; or, does Ira not know that Bad things are about to go down there?
If the first then that seems like a seriously bad judgement call however it plays out.
If the second, well not anything we haven't come to expect from her shoddy/unreliable clairvoyance.
My money is on the second as she genuinely seems to think that Takki-dono can't actually do anything/achieve anything ["He would be of use in clearing away the small fries.” (Esther) - Yes Ira that 1,000 year old dragon was a small fry, or Shuri, or the Taboo version of Bifrons, or that Comet/Meteor. Oh! don't forget his party which includes an Oracle with powerful clairvoyance as well as the another hero who is the unseeded 2nd most powerful hero in the continent, yes definitely the best use of his party is in the clearing of small fries].
This raises the question, what does Ira think happened in the other countries when Takki-dono actually beat the odds? Or does she just not know about what he did?
How could she not know that he killed a demon lord and stopped a meteor? How could she not know about his spirit arm?
How could she not know about his ability to change fate?
Remember the last conversation between Furiae and Noel? Noel wanted to change fate and stop Sakurai from getting killed while Furiae wanted to just heal him afterwards. Ira probably has the same opinion as Furiae. In which case, she might just want Makoto out of the way since she doesn't know how he'll affect things.
Well, I think it's mostly cuz in the before chapters, the goddesses mention that IRA doesn't show up for the meetings that the goddesses have(the 6 main ones) and told everyone not to disturb her and locked the door. So why would IRA know anything about MC if all she is doing is being stuck in her room or doing whatever she is doing in Esther's body.
The situation with Sakurai is essentially what happens afterwards. If he dies catastrophe, if he lives less of a catastrophe.
The reason I question whether Ira knows about Takki-dono's achievements is because all of the situations he has been involved in (and stopped due to HIS direct involvement) would have had catastrophic consequences for humanity and its fight against the demons/Demon Lords/Great Demon Lord. That fight and humanitie's survival seem to be the goal of Ira which would imply that she would have wanted to do everything in her power to stop those catastrophes. But she didn't. She didn't forwarn anyone. Where as in this recent situaiton she did. Admittedly only a handful but the handful of the most powerful and influential who could mobilise. Your theory would hold water IF Ira appeared earlier and tried to arrange for Takkii-dono to be somewhere else in all of those other situations. With his track record of turning around catastrophes that NO one save Abel should have been able to would kind of mean he is the best bet for twisting fate in favour of humanity.
Furthermore, Ira's continued interactions/comments towards and about Takki-dono paint him as someone who is incapable of achieving anything and not worth her time or energy to convert. Given his achievements (which although involving others assisting him, are largely instigated and only achievable due to HIS involvement) are of such magnitude, his capabilities/crazy genius represents a potent potential asset should he be converted. Eir has already tried continually to convert him by dangling the fruit of Water Magic: Saint level before him, and as converting won't remove his additional abilities/skills acquired from Noah, converting him would only ever represent an increase in his power/abilities and therefore an additional gain as a tactical asset. Ira's utter disregard for the potential war asset he represents, to me, indicates her not rating his abilities highly. The only way to NOT rate him highly is essentially to not know of or, to disregard his achievements as not his own.
Remember that Ira hates Noah
I would go with her didn't know about what he did. Seeing her relying too much on her Clairvoyance, i doubt that she would look at the news regularly. She might be just doesn't care about it and only care about her clairvoyance. But that makes me wonder. Does Ira-sama didn't see the destruction of the water country's capital (cmiiw) when the Ancient Dragon attacked? if she did, then she should be at least wondering who the heck killed it and how
I'm saying only the Ancient Dragon because the one in the Highland, Ira-sama could just take it as Light Hero wraps things up, and in the Fire Country, well Noah-sama and Eir-sama can't say for sure what would happens so i thought that Ira-sama is the same. At the very least, she knows that there's something happening but couldn't pinpoint on what's going to happen.
Thanks for the chapter...