“You’d be worried.”
“There must be more to it than that.”
“Nyran.”
Chiharu looked downward.
“I felt sorry for the monsters.”
“Sorry for them?”
“You all don’t understand. But the monsters never hurt us. They don’t suck our lifeforce. They just want to return to the miasma’s circle of life.”
“Circle of life…”
“I think that happy life like humans and dwarves roam this world. But in this world, miasma also has a life and roams.”
“But, still!”
Edwy let out a shout.
“We’ve always been taught to hunt dangerous things. Things that drop magic stones. How can we allow you two to approach such a danger?”
“I knew you would say that. But…”
Chiharu looked at Maki and nodded.
“There’s something I noticed while traveling in the dwarf lands. There was a monster that was lost. It was tired and wanted to go home. And it was only us who could quietly send it back.”
“I’ve never heard of a monster that was lost…”
Edwy said. Then Nyran opened his mouth.
“Well, we saw it. So I will believe that there are monsters who are lost.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Chiharu said. Then Maki added.
“I’m sorry that we kept it a secret. But there is something else I want to talk about.”
“What? Maki?”
Kaider answered.
“The monsters here weren’t from the dungeon.”
“What? What are you saying?”
“They were born here.”
“That’s impossible.”
Grudo had been silent up until now, but he suddenly muttered.
“Indeed, this chamber was here from before, and we just connected the railway tunnel to it. However, it is still not a dungeon. Besides, this is so far away from the shadow world. Monsters appear in dungeons because they are close to it.”
“So, there were never monsters here before?”
“Well, there were, rarely. However, if what you say is true, then this railway is in danger…”
Grudo looked pale.
“Amia said he either fled or hit monsters with his tail when encountering them. So maybe monsters do appear in caves naturally.”
“Maki, that’s rather important information you are saying there…”
“How often have monsters been spotted?”
“Just once every few years.”
“In that case, we can just come here now and again and calm the monsters.”
Everyone looked at Maki with exasperation.
“Surely it is not that simple… Is it that simple?”
“Are you sure?”
Grudo and Aeris asked.
“Well, it did make us very sad at first. But we’re fine now. The monsters are happy to turn into magic stones. We wouldn’t want to go and do an entire dungeon, but it’s not much trouble to meet lost monsters and return them to the circle of life.”
Maki said. And then Chiharu continued.
“So…”
“So?”
“If that’s to be our job, we want to get paid.”
This was most surprising. Maki burst into laughter.
“Well, you won’t have to hire Adventurers, right? So…”
“Chiharu, you…”
“You can’t eat if you don’t work. But you should be paid for work.”
Chiharu said with a smile. Edwy remembered something as he saw that Kaider and Nyran were speechless. Yes, Chiharu had always been like this. When she had talked with his father about the magic stones. It had been very amusing. Edwy chuckled at the memory. Aeris and Grudo now looked relaxed.
“Very well, Chiharu and Maki. We will discuss it with the king.”
“Hey, Edwy. Are you sure?”
“It’s fine, Kaider. The king will understand. He knows that the Saintesses are very independent.”
It wasn’t about the reward, but about their safety. The Midland people seemed to feel that the discussion had ended satisfactorily, but Kaider and Nyran were not convinced. And like that, the train continued on to the merfolk island.
Thanks for the new chapter!
Lol everytime I see “circle of life” in the sentence my mind just automatically plays Lion King’s theme song 😂😂😂
Anyways thank you for translating this! IDK about the others but I love that the story is not too heavy and that it’s not wrapped up in intrigue. While I think the fact that the author def has faves (cough Chiharucough) which is kinda annoying as the title was TWO SAINTS~. I like chiharu no offense but Maki has more character imo. But well… Anyways thanks again and happy holidays 😊
That’s a phrase I will always associate with the Lion King. 👍👍
Wahnahhhh, bahhhh, nah nah nah nahhhhhhhh
thanks for the chapter <3
i read the first chapter of the manga version yesterday, then I found the novel. thought it was pretty interesting haha
but then I couldn't stop so i binge read through the whole day to this chapter. (my eyes hurt now)
-dude the part where maki and chiharu touched the monsters at the dungeon made me cry (actually did tear up a bit because of my sister's music in the background)
-I'd like to express my gratitude to the translators of this novel. it's high quality translation and it's quick. it takes so much time and work-thank you very much!
Thanks for reading!
The fact that monsters are born in places not even near dungeons, I feel like there would be some on Inland as well. Then they would seek help from the Saintess, or worst won’t. That would be shameless.
The only thing that bothers me about the story so far is how little people from this world really knows about their own world. I can understand it to some degree because of the typical secrets and/or lack of comunication among the races and countries in this kind of stories, but it starts to get ridiculous when the protagonists who’re new to the world show better understanding.