Trapped(?) Hero and their privileges.
I was politely carried into another room, where I got shackled with shackles that sealed my magic power. What a luxurious room. Shouldn't a priest be more thrifty?
I touched the shackles that sealed off my magic. Well, I guess I can break these shackles easily. While pretending to be asleep, I checked my physical condition just to be sure, but there was no problem…
“Beautiful Princess Hero.”
The entranced Knowledge Pope tried to touch me. Oh no, I completely missed the timing to get up! As I thought this, Poppo-chan snapped at the Knowledge Priest. Nice one! Poppo-chan!!
“Such disrespect to the Hero selected by the Gods… and yet you call yourself a priest!?”
Poppo-chan defended me as he let out coercion.
“I am a priest. I have served the Gods all my life. So I am the one who should get the benefits of Beneficiaries! Why are the incompetent fools the only ones to receive the favor! This beautiful Hero should be mine too!"
What a boring man. Was Yuki kidnapped by him?
“Get out of the way, bird of God! That Hero is mine!”
Poppo-chan is not much of a fighter. I heard that he specialized in support, such as protection spells. But Poppo-chan was facing the Knowledge Pope and desperately trying to protect me.
“That’s enough, Poppo-chan.”
I raised my body and glared at the Knowledge Pope.
“Leave.”
“... Fine. You are a caged bird anyway. You will definitely cling to me in no time. I have the one you love in my hands anyway.”
I looked at the Knowledge Pope, who was leaving with a loud laughter. He pissed me so much, I threw a pillow at the door when he left!!
“Guh!”
“Gyaa!”
One by one, the men on guard duty were knocked down, and my shackles were broken as well.
“I’m sorry for being late, Rosarin Jouchan.”
“Kuranosuke-san!”
The dashing and handsome Grandfather Samurai-sama appeared gallantly.
“Where are we?”
“The kidnapped Beneficiaries’ lodgings. The place is as unbecoming as ever.”
“... I heard so from Kurarin, but you were also kidnapped before, weren’t you?”
“Yeah. I had my hands full just trying to escape… the time I can stay sane is too short. There are many kidnapped Beneficiaries here, what is your plan?”
“I have got an idea. Moreover, I have to rescue Yuki. I heard from Shiva that he’s in a bad shape.”
Shiva asked me to rescue the kidnapped Beneficiaries. As the Knowledge Pope spoke earlier, the Beneficiaries received the compassion and blessings of the Gods. That is why the pious priest went berserk and kidnapped them, as he thought he should be the one to get the benefits.
Shiva and his group tried to persuade him through an oracle, but it did not work because oracles cannot be addressed to individuals.
And one of the kidnapped Beneficiaries was a friend of mine… Shiva asked me to see my friend. I would help him even if he didn't ask me to! So here we are now.
“Hm, then it would be in one of the rehabilitation rooms. The rebellious Benificiaries will be 'purified' there before living with the others."
“Fu, fu, fu. I have worked hard, Ojousama!”
“Rabisha-chan!”
Today, my magic has made Rabisha-chan look human. She was dressed as a priestess. Why did she come out from the ceiling, though? She’s becoming more and more of a ninja.
“Thanks to your high profile, we have all the information you need. At any rate, since there's nothing anyone can do about Yuki-sama, I have come to report back to you.”
“Alright! Take me there!”
Drinking a potion that restored my magic power, I was brought to the rehabilitation center. A person who looked like Yuki was locked up in one of the rooms. He seemed to be desperately trying to maintain his barrier.
“Don’t come any closer!”
It seemed to be a special barrier, and in response to Yuki's will, it turned into an offensive magic.
“Yuki, it’s me. It’s Rin. Rin of the Fluffy Supremacy clan.”
“...... What’s the password?”
“Fluff is supreme! Mofuru mofuru!!”
When I showed a train-like movement, Yuki burst into laughter. Incidentally, this password was used by the clan Fluffy Supremacy. As the name suggests, we were a group that loved fluffy things.
“... Bufu.”
The barrier was immediately lifted. Yuki was quite exhausted. At any rate, he was in quite a dangerous situation.
“I know I’m noticing this quite late, but you were a girl, Yuki? Ah, Kanata-san asked me to say his regards as well.”
Yuki was a beautiful gothic lolita girl. I didn’t know her in real life, but I know she was my Yuki. In the game, she used a handsome male character who looked similar to Okugata-sama. We used to party and play together, so we are online game buddies.
“Yep. Rin is… quite fancy-looking. Kanata is here too?”
By the way, Rin often used plain-looking characters similar to her in the games. Rosarin is indeed quite flashy in comparison.
“I am just a soul, you see? The body belongs to a girl called Rosalia. Call me Rosarin, please.”
“... Alright. So it's not your original body. Once again… I am Yukihime Sawara. I thank you. Rosarin... please! Save my partner!”
“Partner?”
“We have been traveling together for a long time. They threatened to cut off my partner's fingers if I didn't do what they said... please! Don't bother with me, just save Yuro!"
Yukihime was desperate. She sobbed and clung to me. I can't believe they have driven my stouthearted friend to this point…
“Fu……… fufufu.”
Not only did he kidnap my friend, but he also threatened to harm her partner as well? And it's very likely that her partner is in a terrible state, too.
“Fuhahahahahaha!”
“Rosarin!?”
“Uwaah… they made the person who they shouldn’t anger the most in this world lose her temper. Not my problem, though~”
With boiling anger, I amplified the magic with my ring and deployed it.
“Hey!? Yuro is still there, you know!?”
“I have confirmed that this Yuro-san and the others are in the dungeons. He is with my husband, so he will be fine. Besides, this magic is not destructive or harmful to humans.”
“Then ok.”
“It’s okay!? As expected of Ojousama’s friend!”
No, you are my friend too, okay? By the way, the information about the person called Yuro-san, was transmitted to me by Rosie when he contacted me about the de-brainwashing of the Popes. That child really is a capable boy.
“Wow~ a giant~”
Kurarin was squealing.
Huh? I felt a strange pull of magic power during the magic deployment. I looked around, and it seemed to be this castle? Church? It was crystallizing the Beneficiaries’ magic power little by little.
I thought the food, ornaments, and artwork looked strangely expensive, it might be because they were earning money from this kind of thing.
I might as well take it all.
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