Chapter 210 – Preparing for Parenting?

000

When Cleon left the monastery with Perdia, the sun was deeper beneath the horizon than when he entered the monastery.

The sky turns endlessly blue, and if you raise your eyes even a little, the orange sunset disappears from your field of vision.

Such an ambiguous time where darkness and light are separated.

Twilight speeds people’s feet, and long shadows urge people to return home safely before total darkness sets in.

“~♪”

When the time that may be a bit chaotic passes slowly, Perdia slowly walks one step ahead of Cleon and sings her hum her.

The busy look of people passing by and the sounds they hear there serve as an accompaniment.

Illuminate the sunset flowing through the buildings.

To her, she walks with light steps like a cat on a stage that is still unfamiliar to her.

She was more mature than when we met at the academy before.

The girl’s growth is rapid.

Caught up in the flow of her fate her, she who spends her time of wrath, her growth her comes more quickly, and she will change her into a more wonderful woman.

Looking at the back of her sky, Cleon raises her hand to shade her as if her eyes are dazzled by the backlight of her sunset.

Perdia, who could be seen beyond, was pitiful yet beautiful to the point that every time she blinked, she was sometimes mistaken for an adult figure.

“Whoa… Cleon-sama ♪”

Per Dia’s call as she slightly turned her body around and looked back at Cleon with a pleasant, tender voice.

Cleon feels her flash her, her shimmering light fading, puts her hand down in her pocket and looks at her.

Perhaps thinking that as a substitute for an answer, Per Dia turned to her Cleon and said.

“Today… Thank you… For taking the time.”

Whether it takes so much sincerity to put her heart into words and express it in words, she speaks clearly, word after word, phrase after sentence.

Gave it time Even if she said so, she was simply asked to guide the royal road and responded.

For several days, she had been working at the monastery and at the request of the Tromeia family, so she had been working with her group day and night, so she had no time to spend on her own her.

She was a bit like Cleon, who wanted her to calm down, but Perdia said.

“Just being by Cleon-sama’s side… Perdia gets better…”

‘, She said as if a person were a potion of human stamina and held onto Cleon’s thick hand her with both of her small hands her.

Recalling that feeling, even Itak, remained vividly in her hand her, Cleon replied with a wry smile.

“I asked you to come to the royal capital from Elessia, but I forced you to do it while I was learning my position. This much is nothing.”

“No…Fufu♪ If I can be of help to Cleon-sama…♪”

A voice filled with joy every time he says a word conveys his feelings to his loved ones without hiding them.

In response to her kindness, she was worried that she might be fooling herself a little.

She takes her steps so that she can reciprocate even a little to Perdia’s expectations of her.

001

The place where the two arrived was the store of a large merchant located in the royal capital.

Unlike a small shop run by a merchant who enjoys a position close to aristocracy, it is natural to close early because money is spent just by maintaining magical power when the sun goes down.

Even in the evening, it was a distinctive store with bright lights, sophisticated music, and a neat and tidy interior.

Thanks to this, commoners are a bit reluctant to find it often, but for nobles, it is an ideal use of wealth.

As for the items handled, there was an extra 0 at the end of the price tag compared to when purchasing the same type of item from a small merchant’s general store, probably because there were many items for such aristocrats.

It is also characteristic that they check the dress code when entering, and excessively free-spirited clothes are denied entry from the entrance.

Thanks to Ferdia wearing the dark blue gothic dress she had received as a gift from Luti, and Cleon wearing the somewhat sophisticated outfit she was wearing to visit the Tromeia family, she was able to prevent the misfortune of not being able to pass through the entrance .

The characters inside the building slowly and smoothly walk through the aisle of a large store, half of which are clerks, and look around.

Miscellaneous goods, furniture, toys, food, magic tools… Etc.

While enjoying a walk through the shops where the types of items dealt with are classified into zones, the place where Perdia suddenly stopped is-

Even within such a store, it was a small area related to medical supplies.

Compared to the high-end furniture and the wine display area, the scene felt a bit shabby.

Only an elderly bearded clerk was sitting at the counter, sorting things out to close early.

Most of the items on display look old, probably because there are few customers.

As expected, it is close to common sense that the method of treating people on this continent—no, in the world—is not “Medicine” But “Healing” By divine magic.

Before the rise of the Church of the Protection of Saints, most of the priests in the world were representatives of God, and there were only one or two in a village.

They say that it is against the providence to use the power of God at will, and they are reluctant to use healing techniques except in dire cases.

Because of that, only the scion of a wealthy family who can offer a large amount of offerings to the god, or only the lucky ones chosen by the god, can receive healing magic.

Human medicine was needed even then, and it continued to develop.

However, the church asserts that what humans should believe in is not ‘God’, but the will itself to protect humans.

He urged the clergy to use the power of divine magic for humans, not gods.

As a result, as the number of priests increased and a temple was built in the village, the hands of the priests reached all humans.

Even if you get hurt, even if you get sick.

If you go to the temple, you can heal your body comfortably without having to sew up painful wounds, perform surgery, or take medicine with side effects.

Even on the battlefield, even among adventurers, the job of ‘doctor’ became a job that would inevitably be abandoned if there was a ‘cleric’.

Doctors could only provide first aid during battle, but priests could only cast spells.

Many doctors abandoned their jobs and went out to find a new path based on the knowledge they had accumulated.

It is also said to be the beginning of the “Alchemists” Who are now making potions and other magic potions.

I couldn’t say that the spread of divine magic was particularly bad.

Actually, if you look at the results, except for the lives lost in huge wars or disasters that can’t be helped even with divine magic…

It was also true that the average lifespan of humans increased significantly before and after the spread.

The reason why the ‘Teeth of the Veil’, an assassin group that Perdia was originally in, disguised as a ‘clinician’ was because people were less interested in it, but they were able to dispose of corpses or naturally touch the human body and study its structure. .

Now, Ferdia did almost no assassination work, and instead focused on gathering information using that technology, rather focusing on her work as her as a member of the council.

It wasn’t even 30 seconds that she stopped her steps in front of this little medical equipment store.

However, her gaze seemed to be feeling something, and she looked back at Cleon with a nostalgic feeling.

“I’m sorry. Mr. Cleon. Let’s go.”

“No. It’s okay. If you want to buy something, you can buy it.”

Cleon says that, but Perdia smiles a little and shakes her head from side to side.

“No. Most of the instruments here are also in Elesia’s clinic.”

“Is it.”

At Cleon’s words her, Perdia nodded her head, and then she slowly approached Cleon and grabbed his arm her.

She then rubs her cheek for a moment and then quietly opens her mouth to talk.

“…My mother- said to have been a doctor.”

“…”

Perdia accepted Cleon’s words as saying that she would listen to the continuation of the story, and she continued.

“My father was an adventurer who worked in Elesia. He met and fell in love with his mother in the desert land on the west side of the continent, and the two of them settled in Elesia. In the desert land, priests are still rare, so medicine has not declined that much. “My mother was one of those doctors.”

In the desert she was talking about, there were few people living in the first place, and it was a place where the religious movement did not actively advance under the harsh environment, so it was natural for her to do so.

“However, my father impregnated me with her mother her and died shortly thereafter during her request her. The one who helped her mother her, who was left alone, was her father’s friend her, the previous apostle.”

“…Your master.”

Cleon remembered the man he had defeated and returned to.

Afterwards, he took responsibility for failing his mission according to his according to the organization’s rules and took his own life, thus completing his life his.

Ferdia nods her head. Her cheeks naturally rubbed against Cleon’s arm of her, and she felt a slight force in her hand of her.

“My predecessor ran a clinic with my mother, but within a few days after I was born, I was attacked by humans from another organization who had a grudge against my predecessor…”

Then she closed and opened her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath.

“Mother, she was murdered.”

Cleon looked down at her for a moment. Little by little, there was a feeling that her hands were shaking.

“The previous generation completed their revenge splendidly. Perhaps they thought that everything was a tragedy caused by their own immaturity. After thoroughly isolating the human who killed her mother so that no additional graves had to be dug, they buried him in the shadows. “

And. When Ferdia opened her eyes again, her eyes were still gray.

But her gaze was to have a light in the iris when looking at Cleon.

“After that, Cleon-nim knows very well. My revenge was already done by my master, so I should have completed his revenge his. And it is none other than Cleon-nim who helped me with that.”

“…”

Beatrix’s older sister – A magician in the academy’s enforcement department.

Cleon, who devised the script of her life in order to catch her, and Perdia, who helped her.

The screenplay was a great success, and the ending met Perdia’s resentment.

“…But. I always think of the story my ancestors said. The profession of ‘assassin’ should not increase any more in this world. It should not exist.”

Was it an expression of his guilt her?

“It shouldn’t continue that people resent people and dirty others’ hands in order to kill someone.”

Or, was it regret for losing the person entrusted to him by resentment?

Nevertheless, he raised Perdia and several of her children her as his heirs her.

Was that the only way he knew?

“I know it’s a contradiction. But… The original purpose of the Assassination Group is to be contracted to kill criminals whose sins can only be washed away by death. …As executors of the lesser evil who destroy evil, they raise us as assassins. Please forgive me…”

In the case of Cleon, it was close to a false accusation, but his tabernacle tooth her only accepts requests for wicked people who are difficult to judge by law or who have become difficult to catch by focusing on escape.

He said that the world does not want the existence of assassins, but the existence of assassins is still necessary.

In such a contradictory situation, in the words he conveyed to the children, was his sincerity, his connected properly?

At least- Perdia seemed to understand the meaning.

“And- I actually think my mother said something similar.”

“…Wasn’t your mother an assassin?”

At Cleon’s serious question, Perdia smiled a little and shook his head.

“I’m a doctor. My mother is a doctor, and she said it was a job that should disappear from the world.”

At those words, Cleon’s face turned to an incomprehensible expression.

It was understandable that the assassins, even if the purpose was good, should be eliminated because the method was ethically questionable.

However, doctors do not. In a place where there are no priests, it is an existence that can save people’s lives.

If anything, they were the exact opposite of assassins, and they were indispensable people who should not disappear from the world.

“It’s not that difficult. What my mother meant exactly- it should be a job that doesn’t require a ‘doctor.’ A world where there is no discrimination just because of a weak body.”

It was a utopia story. However, if it comes true, it will surely be a wonderful world.

Veiled Bite Assassins exist to punish the wicked. However, if there are no wicked people, they become useless.

Doctors exist to heal the sick places of others. However, if there are no sick people, the doctor becomes unnecessary.

“If the two ideals come true. I will become a person who does not need to be an assassin or a doctor… Then, at that time, I think I will know what I wanted to do and what I wanted to become. “

“-But, for now, both are necessary. So you-“

“Whoops. It’s like that.”

Perdia winked at her with one of her eyes and moved away from Cleon.

“But. With Cleon-sama’s help, I can become a ‘necessary existence’ beyond that.”

“Human relationships don’t necessarily have to be premised on ‘help’. Perdia is already helping enough…”

When Cleon said that, Perdia looked back at Cleon with a sluggish gesture and showed a mischievous expression.

“If you compliment me like that, I might end up being a conceited kid.”

“Ah. That might be just right.”

The two of them laughed like that and continued their late night date again.

“…”

And the old man at the medical equipment store, who was glancing at the scene, sighed as he let the two men who were salting in front of his store go.

002

Perdia continues to walk a little after that, chatting with Cleon, or talking about her products while looking at the items that are actually being sold.

The time was getting late, and I could see the starry sky twinkling in the window outside.

“Ferdia. Slowly-“

Let’s go back The moment I was about to say that, I saw Perdia stopped.

What stopped her this time was-

[Child care products corner]

“…”

Cleon felt strange and approached Ferdia, whose distance had widened.

“Ferdia…? Was there ever a child young enough to need supplies like this? Her tabernacle’s teeth her…”

When Cleon asks if that’s the case, Perdia turns to Cleon and she smiles brightly.

“Come to think of it… I haven’t told you yet.”

“…What…?”

Perdia quietly clapped her hands while she whispered so that only Cleon could hear.

“Congratulations, Mr. Cleon. You have already become a father-to-be of several children.”

“…!”

When Cleondon heard Perdia’s words, she felt goosebumps run down her spine for some reason.

“As far as I know, there are two of them in the academy… And, Luti and Letios… Two… And finally, ‘Lyla’ and ‘Iona’?”

“…Why do you know…!”

Iona already knew about Laila’s pregnancy, but she thought that only she knew about Iona’s pregnancy.

But as if to break Cleon’s thoughts, she speaks.

“When I checked Iona-sama’s body for any abnormalities, I found out that she was pregnant. After talking a little, it was later than `Lila`-sama.”

“Hey, Iona…”

I don’t know if it was because I was being interrogated or if it was voluntarily, but I didn’t know if it was the privacy of my private life-

“But I was relieved that Layla was pregnant.”

“…What are you talking about?”

Cleon asked as if he did n’t know the reason for her nonsense of her, and she replied with a smile.

“Cleon-sama, you’re the kind of person who would allow me to become a mother even for someone with a poor body like me.”

That said… If Layla had heard it, flames might have sprung from all sides of her.

Of course, Perdia is a wise kid, so she won’t do anything that worries Cleon.

Cleon also had a period when she thought that way.

Not going back to her lodgings her, until I went with her to a room in her inn her.