I Was Reincarnated As An Instructor In An R18 Game... - Chapter 33

The next day, I left directly from Croana’s house and went to the academy.

When I met Erika at the training grounds, she sighed with a deadpan stare, and Felica shyly kissed me as I was leaving the academy.

Erika said she had something to talk about with Marika-san, and headed to Flower Mist with the three adventurer girls.

Which is why today, I find myself walking alone under the sunset along the main street.

Suddenly, I noticed a Sister huddled at the roadside.

How did I know she was a Sister? It was because she wore that familiar navy-colored nun’s habit.

Wondering whether she was feeling unwell or injured, I approached and spoke to her.

“Are you alright?”

The Sister shook slightly as if surprised by my voice and raised her head.

Her face was slim and radiated purity, but tear stains marked her cheeks, and her eyes were void of light.

I couldn’t see her hairstyle due to the Sister’s veil, but I could tell that she had rare silver hair.

With eyes devoid of light, she said in a flat voice.

“God… does not exist… does He…”

“…He does exist.”

Spoken in a voice like a tinkling bell, her words prompted an immediate reply from me.

If asked whether He exists or not, He does.

Proof? That’s easy… myself.

Despite being a different world, He brought back to life my body that should’ve perished at the age of fifty.

Saying God doesn’t exist would be nothing short of blasphemy.

Perhaps surprised by my reply, a little light came back into the Sister’s eyes.

I kneeled down to match her eye level as much as possible, and spoke in a way meant to reassure her.

“That’s what I believe. But first, would you tell me what happened? A place where a Sister is being reduced to tears shouldn’t exist, right?”

“…Who are you?”

“I’m Reid, a combat instructor at the academy. I’m also the owner of Suzuya.”

“I am Meiya… Sister Meiya.”

“Meiya-san, for now let’s change locations. Is Suzuya, which is nearby, okay?”

She grasped the hand I offered with her slender, beautiful hand, so I helped her to her feet.

She was probably about as tall as Felica, her posture straight and her demeanor calm.

At the suggestion to move locations, Meiya-san sadly shook her head and spoke.

“The children… are waiting with empty stomachs.”

“…What do you mean?”

Bit by bit, Meiya-san began to share.

Six months ago, the church’s subsidies were suddenly stopped, and now there isn’t enough food for the orphaned children.

She had gone around to every restaurant she could ask, but with today’s food, she still couldn’t feed everyone.

Facing such a situation, she began to doubt the existence of God.

…But it seems she’s never come to Suzuya?

“You haven’t come to Suzuya even once, have you?”

“…Where is that?”

“…Hm?”

Meiya tilted her head, looking confused, and I found myself doing the same.

That’s odd, it should be fairly well-known among adventurers…

For now, I began guiding her to Suzuya, explaining along the way where it was located.

Upon hearing more, Meiya-san explained that she had thought it was only an inn, and had been too afraid to ask the adventurers.

…Well, adventurers do tend to look intimidating.

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The time was around 7 PM. Without streetlamps, it’s a time when walking becomes difficult.

If it were a night with bright moonlight, you might be able to walk without streetlights, but no one would actually do it.

Even though the royal capital is safe, that doesn’t mean crime doesn’t exist at all.

Just to clarify, it’s not that there are no patrols by the guards.

There are some sneaky, cunning bad guys out there.

“Nobles who cancel subsidies are basically insane!”

“…Calm down, Erika.”

“How could I possibly stay calm?!”

Walking the night path with me were Meiya-san, Erika, and the three adventurer girls serving as escorts.

After securing food for Meiya-san at Suzuya, we ran into Erika in front of her house while heading to the church.

Upon hearing the situation, Erika got angry, not by shouting, but by expressing her indignation through her presence and facial expression.

She was so angry that the three adventurers had to work hard to calm her down.

By the way, Meiya-san, who had regained the light in her eyes, was flustered by Erika’s behavior.

I wholeheartedly agree with Erika: any noble who stops subsidies must be crazy.

You might get away with it in some backwater town, but doing that in the capital is pure madness.

There’s no way it wouldn’t be discovered. This is the capital where the chancellor and king reside, after all.

There’s no other way to put it, they’re insane.

Guided by Meiya-san, we walked along 6th Street toward the city wall, and just as we were about to reach it, Meiya-san spoke up.

“That’s our church over there.”

“Again… it’s quite grand.”

“…To bring down a church of this scale. Clearly, they’re insane!”

“Whoa whoa, Erika-chan. Calm down~ Deep breaths, okay~”

As Minty calmed the fuming Erika, I returned my gaze to the church with a wry smile.

There were subtle lights on the outer walls, making them visible in the dark without being blinding.

Including the roof, its height was probably equivalent to a four-story building.

The grounds seem to be about as spacious as the academy’s training ground.

Following Meiya-san’s lead, I stepped inside the church. Opening the large double doors, I found the interior bathed in white light.

It wasn’t dazzlingly bright, but I could clearly see it was white light.

In the chapel where weddings and ceremonies would presumably be held, at the farthest center stood a sculpture likely representing God.

“Who’s there!?”

Looking to the side where the voice came from, a boy, about a head shorter than Croana, was watching warily from the door.

He had a slightly thin build, probably because he hadn’t been getting enough nutrition.

Behind the boy, who was poised as if ready to attack at any moment, I saw five girls slightly taller than him.

“I’ll protect the older sisters and the Sister!”

“…Yeah, you will protect them.”

I knelt on the spot and said while trying to meet his gaze as much as possible.

I could tell my words unsettled him a bit, but the boy didn’t stop being cautious.

From an instructor’s point of view, he’s doing great. Even when spoken to with sweet words, he doesn’t drop his guard, meaning he can respond quickly if something happens.

What I said wasn’t sarcastic at all.

He may be young, but he’s still a man risking everything. Who could claim they’d protect him in his place?

With a serious expression, I conveyed my proposal.

“I am Reid, a combat instructor at Filim Academy.”

“…I am Dill.”

“Dill, I’m serious when I say you’ll protect them. But you haven’t had any combat training, have you?”

“…I haven’t.”

“In that case, I’ll teach you. Also, I came today to request a job from you all.”

I could tell from their reactions that Erika and Meiya were surprised by my words.

This was something I had been thinking about on the way to the church.

Erika could probably have predicted that I would ask for them to do a job, but Dill’s combat training was a different matter.

No matter what, Dill needs to grow stronger.

He needs to be strong enough to protect his older sisters.

Why?

I was surprised when I saw Dill, the boy with short purple hair.

And then, those five older sisters.

Because in the game, they were famous as the founders of the Demon Association.

Assassin Dill, who guards his five priestess sisters, is considered one of the ten strongest enemies in the game.

In the end, they are annihilated by Roy and the player.

In other words, today when I met Meiya was a turning point.

The reason I think so is because the Demon Association was founded to resurrect someone.

Although the name wasn’t recorded in the game, that someone is probably Meiya.

There was no enemy named Meiya in the game.

If she hadn’t met me, there was a possibility that Meiya would have died.

…So, they were trying to bring Meiya back to life.

What strong children.

“I’ll teach you how to fight. So protect them, Dill.”

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