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From Cain’s perspective
…Slowly… I’m coming back to consciousness.
How long… how long have I been asleep?
I’m not fully recovered, but my magic has returned.
I began scanning the area with magic once more.
This place… where am I?
It looks like some kind of inn.
That’s right! What happened to the heroines!
I tried to rush out of bed, but after sleeping for who knows how many days
Maybe because I moved my body for the first time in a while (using magic), I ended up falling right out of bed
Damn it, I have to hurry…
Just then, the door in front of me opened
Standing there was
“Cain…-san?”
It was the Saint
Seeing me standing there dumbfounded, she hurriedly helped me back into bed
“Please don’t move and just wait here,”
she told me
…Why am I being nursed by the Saint?
Besides, she shouldn’t have a good impression of me.
That’s right.
I saved her… so skillfully, so skillfully…
Ah… that’s right.
When I rescued her from Senjukan, I shielded her right in front of her eyes.
Even so, is she going to nurse me?
Or does she intend to capture me?
That’s bad.
I still have unfinished business.
…Either way, this doesn’t look good for me.
Maybe I should make my escape while I still can…
With that thought, I placed my hand on the window.
But with a crack, my hand was repelled.
From the way it felt just now, there was no way I could have broken through.
What kind of magic the hell are they using?
What’s their objective?
Just then, the door opened again.
…The Saint, the Princess, the Knight—they’re all here…
I wonder what they’re going to do to me…
The heroines all came in, but for a while, none of them said a word.
However, when the Saint gave a nod, the Princess began to speak.
“…First of all… I’d like to say thank you for saving me.”
“No thanks needed. I didn’t save you.”
I replied.
I can’t let my cover be blown now that I’ve come this far.
Then the Saint said,
“Is that so… I’m going to ask you a few questions now. Please answer them before I let you go. Don’t worry. They’re simple questions.”
…What kind of questions are these?
And what’s the point of asking them?
“Why did you save me?” or something like that?
“Here’s the first question. Did you try to kill me? And did you hire the Assassins’ Guild to kill me?”
What’s the point of this…
“Yeah. I tried to kill you, and I did place an order. What on earth were you looking at?”
Upon hearing this, the Saintess frowned.
“…Then, the second question. Did you try to kill the Princess? And was that attempt thwarted by her personal maid?”
“That’s right. Are your eyes blind?”
This time, the Saintess looked sad.
…Why is she looking so sad?
…If I had emotions, I probably wouldn’t have been able to hide them either…
Huh?
Something’s wrong.
The magical power that was there just a moment ago is rapidly disappearing.
W…hy…
Everything went pitch black before my eyes, and I could no longer move my body.
The last thing I saw was the heroine’s face, looking terribly distressed.
P… please don’t… make that… face…
And then I lost consciousness again.
From the Saint’s perspective
I heard a loud noise from upstairs, so I rushed to check it out.
There, Cain had fallen out of bed.
He’s finally, finally woken up!
I hurriedly called for the princess and the knight’s son, and we headed to Cain’s room.
…He touched the window, didn’t he?
Could it be that he was trying to escape?
I won’t allow that.
While he was asleep, I went down to Cain’s side every day to pray and continue practicing holy magic.
And now, I’m activating a technique I’ve just barely mastered.
Sancti Veritas (Holy Truth)
It’s a lower-tier version of the
“Absolute Judgment”
that Cain used. Does that make sense?
The difference is that instead of holding a trial, if someone lies, I can confiscate something from them to reveal the truth.
This time, I decided to confiscate his magical power.
This way, if he lies, I’ll know, and I’ll also discover the truth. If he loses his magical power, it will become clear how he’s managing to move his body.
First question:
“Did you try to kill me? And did you hire the Assassins’ Guild to kill me?”
“Yeah. I tried to kill you, and I did hire them. What on earth were you looking at?”
Back when I was in school, I would have believed those words.
I check for magical reactions.
~liar~
Truth: He has no intention to kill me. He rescued me from the Assassins’ Guild.
My heart is pounding.
So… so he really was… the one who saved me.
And yet, and yet I believed those vague rumors… and treated him…
I still have one more question to ask.
“…Now for the second question. Did you try to kill the princess? And was you stopped by her personal maid?”
“That’s right. Are your eyes blind?”
The result was the same this time too.
~liar~
Truth: The personal maid is an assassin. And she protected the princess.
Once again, what emerged was a cruel truth.
In other words, we slandered the person who protected us, and even stripped him of his title.
And as the price for lying, his magical power will vanish.
With that, all the strength drained from his body, and he collapsed forward.
I managed to catch him, but I realized another fact.
He… he had been forcing his body to move using his magic…
I don’t know the cause… I don’t know the cause, but… probably… probably it’s our fault…
There’s no way his body is in any kind of decent shape…
I have to hurry… I have to hurry and tell everyone…
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