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61 – Siella’s brief escapade

‘How did this… Happen?’

Human refugees rescued by the Four Heavenly Kings and Big Bull.

Saint Ciella, who was among them, trembled with her pale face.

While escaping from the imperial capital and moving around, I came across a group of refugees leaving the empire and thought it was a good choice when I joined them.

It was necessary to get as far away from the empire as possible, so all we had to do was go with the refugees who were trying to leave the empire.

Because I was incarcerated, in addition to the worn-out clothes, the simple robe my friends had prepared for me so I wouldn’t be noticed came in handy.

I wore the hood of my robe deeply and felt no discomfort even when I blended in with the ranks of refugees.

Of course, someone with a sharp eye might notice that the material of even the simplest robe was unusual, but at least there was no such person among these refugees.

Fortunately, Ciella was able to join the ranks of refugees without any problems.

There were some people who found it a little suspicious that her face was covered with her hood, but in the end, they accepted it without saying a word.

They were not an ordinary group of refugees.

“The viciousness of the fanatics is getting worse…”

“No more within the empire…”

A group of refugees who are trying to escape from the empire, even though the empire is holding on relatively well.

Most of them were passionate believers of the Goddess religion.

The current empire is in a situation where Prince Freud accepts fanaticism and treats goddess religion poorly.

Even when the fanatics entered the Goddess Church and committed mischief, the imperial guards pretended not to notice.

Of course, the Goddess Church protested against the crown prince several times, but to no avail.

In the end, the Goddess Church is even setting a policy of relocating the church’s headquarters, the Grand Church, to another country.

The empire has now reached a point where it cannot comfortably follow the doctrines of the goddess religion.

The church members were one of three.

You can either abandon religion or quietly practice faith amidst oppression.

If not, leave somewhere else.

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Because there was a war going on, there were many refugees trying to escape the empire in the first place.

Recently, it has decreased slightly as the war situation has improved, but even so, it does not mean that it is completely non-existent.

In such a situation, this group of refugees was made up of people who were trying to escape the empire, including members of the Goddess Church, priests, and their families.

So, when they saw the necklace around Siella’s neck indicating that she was a member of the Goddess cult, they thought she was her comrade and accepted her.

Ciella found out about it not long after she joined.

As most of them were devout believers of the goddess religion, they offered prayers to the goddess whenever they had time.

And, when he had time, he eagerly criticized the fanatics, the empire that accepted them, and Prince Freud.

And, it wasn’t just the crown prince they were chewing on.

“Saint Ciella…”

“Don’t even talk about that woman!! She’s an apostate who betrayed the goddess and accepted fanaticism!!”

After hearing her words, Ciella was shocked once again.

She swore that she had no recollection of embracing fanaticism.

However, they all believed that Siella had accepted fanaticism.

I had no choice but to do that.

In fact, Ciella was the wife of Prince Freud, and she could not stop him from embracing fanaticism.

Furthermore, after imprisoning Ciella, Prince Freud spread a false rumor that Ciella Frost had accepted fanaticism in order to appease the believers of the Goddess religion.

There was.

I wanted to go to them right now and tell them that it was a misunderstanding and that it was all a lie.

But in the end, Ciella lowered her head and said nothing.

In the end, it is true that they did not prevent fanaticism from being accepted because they were afraid of the crown prince’s violence.

“Sister? Where does it hurt?”

The little girl approached Siela, who was sitting in the shade with her head down.

She must have been in her early or mid-teens. Looking at the necklace around the girl’s neck, she seemed to be a member of the Goddess Church.

Siella held back the tears that threatened to come out and shook her head.

“No…It’s okay, thank you.”

“No, it’s okay if you don’t mind. Oh, try some of this! It’s delicious!”

Confectionery made with very little sugar.

This is a snack that is mainly made and sold at the Goddess Church, and Ciella also had the experience of making it several times while she was staying at the church.

The girl, who saw Ciella accepting her snack and bowing her head to express her gratitude, smiled and left the place.

Ciella held her snack in her hand and couldn’t take her eyes off her for a long time until the girl’s appearance disappeared.

Siela Frost was escaping with a group of refugees in her uncomfortable mind.

Explosive sounds were heard nearby.

“What do you mean?”

“It looks like a fight is going on between the Demon King’s army and the Imperial army nearby…”

“There is no choice but to quietly take a detour…”

In the end, they chose a slightly rough mountain road to avoid the battlefield.

It was difficult, but I thought it was at least better than passing directly near the battlefield.

That was a misjudgment.

“Oh, I have quite a bit of luggage?”

“I heard there is no game as good as these during war?”

A thief…No, he was a bandit.

They were bandits who hid in the mountains and preyed on passers-by along this road.

Because most of them were ordinary church members or priests, the faces of the refugees, who had almost no fighting ability, looked gaunt.

It was the same for Sierra Frost.

Repel them? It’s impossible.

Siela’s class is that of a saint, most of whom have specialized abilities for assistance and recovery, and the only combat she can do is the self-defense fighting skills she learned at church.

On her own, Ciella was not capable of taking down dozens of bandits with just one fighting technique.

If there had been at least a vanguard, I would have been able to get out of this situation by assisting them…

Ciella desperately shakes her head.

A high-pitched scream came to her ears.

“aaa?!”

“Oh, there’s a cute kid?”

“Hey, you’re still a child. Control your tastes.”

“What don’t you know? Isn’t it good that she’s a young child?”

A bandit grabs a young girl by her wrist and tries to drag her away.

The girl who was grabbed by the wrist desperately screamed and resisted, but she could not withstand the strength of the grown man.

“I don’t like it!! Let go of this!!”

“hehehe, just be quiet. I’ll make you look cute..”

“Let go!! Let go!!”

A girl who was worried about herself and gave her sugar cookies.

She was in tears and being harassed by bandits.

When Ciella saw that, she finally stopped thinking.

“Now… Let’s see… Wow?!”

When Ciella ran towards the bandit who was harassing her girl, she grabbed him and threw her entire weight on him.

A bandit who falls to the ground and loses consciousness.

Although she was barely active, she was still a woman who was in the hero’s party.

I had the power to somehow repel at least one bandit.

Even though there is only one person.

“Sister…”

“… Quick, let’s go to her parents.”

“Yes…Yes…”

After making sure that her girl had run away, Ciela looked at the bandits who were beginning to surround her.

Compared to demons, they are small fish.

If it had been Siela during her time as a warrior party, she wouldn’t have even considered them a threat.

However, you are in a situation where you have to fight alone without any companions.

Even if we could somehow defeat three or four people, we would have ended up losing due to heavy losses.

“That girl is not normal.”

“Surround them and attack them all at once. There is only one opponent anyway.”

And the bandits knew it well.

It was the moment when Ciella, ready to be defeated, left the spot and was about to attack the bandits.

“What kind of situation is this again? I tried to take a shortcut, but humans are fighting among themselves, right?”

What appeared there was a giant of enormous size.

A bushy beard and two large horns on his head.

An army led by a large man and made up of equally large demons and monsters.

It was none other than the Demon King’s army.

And, the large man leading them is none other than.

‘Huh…Black Iron’s Big Bull…?’

During the time of the warrior party, it was the Big Bull of Black Iron, one of the Four Heavenly Kings who disappeared as light from the holy sword of the warrior Hans.

Without realizing it, Ciella checked again to see if the hood was properly placed on her face.

“Big Bull. It looks like one side is a civilian and the other side is a bandit.”

“Huh? Really? It was the Demon Lord’s order to protect civilians as much as possible, right?”

“Yes, that’s right!”

Big Bull talking to a subordinate of similar size next to him.

“Demon… It’s a demon!!”

“It’s the Demon Lord! What should we do?”

“Damn it! I thought today would be a good day, but I got scabies!!”

Ahead of them, both the bandits and the refugees fell into panic.

Leaving them behind, Big Bull stepped forward.

“uuu!!”

And then, he shouted loudly.

A truly gigantic battle cry.

Those who were weak at the sound of that voice were enough to collapse in their seats.

“I am the Demon King’s faithful subordinate and one of the Four Heavenly Kings! I am the Big Bull of Black Iron!”

Hearing his words, both the refugees and the bandits turned pale.

Regardless, Big Bull continued his words.

“Listen to the humans over there! Stop fighting right now and go your own way! Otherwise, we will take them all down!!”

Hearing those words, the bandits looked confused and scattered.

But the refugees were different.

Thieves can run away, leaving behind stunned comrades or those who cannot move.

However, since the refugees were grouped together with their families and friends, they were unable to escape from the spot and it took time to check on each other’s well-being and settle things down.

“Hmm…Why do they remain?”

“Big Bull, I guess they were just attacked. If we continue like this, won’t they be attacked by bandits again?”

“Hmm! That’s right!!”

The reason is a little different, but the demons decided that they couldn’t move for fear of being attacked again.

Big Bull said with a worried look on his face.

“But we have to go to the rescue of Frey and Roselia… We can’t just split our troops here and escort them.”

“Hmm, then how about taking him with him like this?”

“You mean them?”

Big Bull’s subordinate continued speaking.

“Yes, there is a prison camp at the destination, so I think we can protect them there first and then release them later.”

“Hmm, that’s great as expected, Fugo. It’s a very good idea.”

Refugees who were delayed for a while to collect their comrades.

Due to a slight misunderstanding, they were captured by the devil’s army and brought to a prisoner of war camp.

And of course, Shiella, who was acquainted with the Four Heavenly Kings, could not help but feel as if her heart was trembling and on the verge of falling.