“Celestis-chan, that’s also a bit strayed from the main topic.” (Karen)
“Ah, so you are not going to be talking formally to me anymore huh. Well, that makes it feel as if we are pals now, so it makes me happy though.” (Celestis)
Celestis-chan at times nonchalantly says embarrassing things.
“Damn it! Until now, the only one that Karen could speak so casually with was me!!” (Mirack)
“You should leave it at that, or people will begin calling you lesbian, you know?” (Celestis)
At any rate, I…I want to help Haine-san who has gone to defeat the Mother Monsters.
But I don’t know where Haine-san went. That’s the problem.
I should have tried asking Yorishiro-sama when she was here.
“Karen-chi as well, how about not getting so worked up and just give it up this time around? It is not like this is your only chance to do go with him anyways.” (Celestis)
“That’s true, Karen. The duty of us heroes is to protect the people. Shouldn’t you think of it as Haine-san being able to leave without worries thanks to you fortifying the defenses of Apollon City?” (Mirack)
“Those words you said just now, I wish I could have recorded it to send to the people of the Fire Church.” (Celestis)
The two of them are kind.
Right, Haine-san will be returning after a few days anyways.
In that case, I should act as a faithful wife that waits for the return of her husband. Let’s proceed with the other things that should be done.
“And so, there’s actually another thing I would like to consult you two about…” (Karen)
“Fumu?”
“What is it?” (Celestis)
The two of them casually get ready to listen. So kind.
“I want to form a hero alliance!” (Karen)
The reaction of the two was similar.
“Hero Alliance?” (Mirack)
“What’s that?” (Celestis)
It looks like they haven’t digested the meaning of it.
“You see, the heroes have been acting separately, right? Shouldering their respective Church on their back, and at times, quarreling with each other. But lately, because of a lot of things occurring, we have been reaching compromises, right?” (Karen)
“That’s mostly the deed of one specific person though.” (Mirack)
“Now that you mention it, little by little, we have begun getting along.” (Celestis)
Being able to have tea and speaking with each other like this is, in a sense, a sign of progress in itself. And by pushing it even further…
“In this occasion, I want to expand the circle of cooperation between heroes. In other words, I want to create a cooperative structure with us light, fire, water heroes, and also the earth and wind heroes!” (Karen)
That’s the Hero Alliance.
Even if we are to help Haine-san’s plan in defeating the Mother Monsters, it would be better to have more allies.
Now that there are more than half of the heroes in this side, this is the best opportunity to give shape to a cooperative structure.
“I see. If it’s something that Karen-san wants, I have no objections.” (Mirack)
“Isn’t that fine. If we manage to defeat those so called Mother Monsters, no doubt we would be heroes that carved their names in history. Increasing our allies as preparation for it, I think it is fine. I want results, but I don’t like risks after all.” (Celestis)
Ooh, the two are more into it than I thought!
“Then, I would like to contact the earth and wind hero! Mirack-chan and Celestis-chan, have you met them?!” (Karen)
“No.” (Mirack)
“Nope.” (Celestis)
Uwa…
We suddenly fell into a pit already.
“No one here is acquainted with the earth or the wind hero?” (Karen)
“That way of putting it must mean that Karen-chi also isn’t acquainted with them huh. But, it can’t be helped, right? To begin with, the place where the Earth Church’s headquarter is located, Ishtar Blaze, is crazy far and a national isolation has formed naturally. It seems the Church itself has not had contact for several years as well.” (Celestis)
“And we don’t even know where the Wind capital Rudra State, where the Wind Church’s headquarters is, is located.” (Mirack)
It is just as Celestis-chan and Mirack-chan explained.
The Wind Church is specially secretive, and their activities are strictly hidden. It is that type of doctrine. Because of this, the location of Rudra State has not been revealed, and there’s even scary rumors that say people who have tried to reveal it have died unnatural deaths. The wind hero that protects this Wind capital has also been shrouded in mystery for a long time.
“Leaving aside wind, as long as we have the resolve to travel a long distance, it is possible to meet the earth hero, but even with a flying machine, it will still be a journey that will take several days, you know.” (Mirack)
“Totally a no then. If we were to leave to somewhere so faraway, in the moments where a big monster were to attack our city, we wouldn’t be able to assist. Thanks to the flying machines, we heroes have gained quite the freedom in movement, but there’s limits to that.” (Celestis)
Groaning with an ‘ueee’, the upper-half of my body falls onto the table.
What’s with this. Everything that I have thought of has been falling into pits one after the other.
We don’t know where Haine-san has gone to, so there’s no way we can chase after him, and there doesn’t seem to be any hope in meeting the earth and wind heroes.
“Ah, right. There’s no real need for all three of us to go, right? In the time one of us goes to Ishtar Blaze, the other two can assist in protecting that person’s base.” (Mirack)
“The Church wouldn’t allow that. As I have been saying over and over, the hero has to protect their own base.” (Celestis)