Volume 9 Chapter 36 Try Order Key
In the same voice as earlier, the girl said.
"Nice to meet you, Lisha, Mevia, Yunea, Bertina. I'm Shurka."
"Nice to meet you."
Lisha and Yunea politely bowed and replied.
The other members looked at Shurka with faces filled with caution.
Sitting in the same place as Finn and Kushina, if she refer the person as "our master," there is no doubt that they are from the "Try Order" side.
"Oh, thank you very much. I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable. Well, we're in the same position, so could you overlook it?"
"What do you mean, the same position? There's a big difference between a prisoner and a jailer."
Mevia snorted.
In response, Shurka answered without breaking her smile.
"No, we are in the same position. You might have a vague idea, but everyone here is qualified as a 'key.' In other words, we are all magicians qualified as 'Saints'."
"Whoa! Are you a Saint too?"
"No, I'm not. The Yunea and Bertina on your side are different too. What I'm talking about isn't some silly title certified by the church, it's about the essence."
Mevia narrowed her eyes at Shurka, who shook her finger sideways.
"Do you know the qualifications of a Saint?"
"Isn't it intriguing? It's a secret the church has carefully concealed. The answer is yes."
"If you're a magician at your level and affiliated with the church, there's no way you wouldn't know."
"Affiliated? I wonder if I can be called affiliated. As for me, I don't want to think even the slightest bit that I'm associated with something like that."
"..."
Mevia fell silent, lost in thought.
It's unknown how much information 'Try Order' has obtained.
But there are things that can be understood at a glance.
Shurka, like Mevia and Sharla, possesses the qualities of a Saint.
Moreover, it could be at an equal level, and maybe even higher than them...
"...but, wait. That Saint's talent shouldn't manifest in men."
Yunea timidly spoke up.
In front of her gaze were Finn and Kushina.
"..."
"Ugh!"
Yunea trembled under Finn's piercing glare.
It was Kushina who spoke first.
"It's a simple matter for me. I currently possess the Saint qualification that should belong to Sharla."
At that moment, the sound of magic powers colliding once again came from Lisha's direction.
"Return Sharla-san's magic! Do you even understand what you've done?!"
"I understand. But I have no intention of returning it. Sharla can escape from any other dimension to her own, and her individual combat power is also monstrous. Frankly, she's the most difficult 'Key' to secure."
Lisha, who continued to unleash magic power, once again lost her strength and collapsed into a chair.
"It's scary. Was it this ferocious?"
"Be careful with your talk. Honestly, I'm the one who's most upset about what you did."
Mevia glared at Kushina.
Her old companion's magic had been taken away from her. Her anger is beyond her imagination.
But Mevia also knew that saying it here wouldn't do anything. She turns her gaze in another direction.
"So, what's your reasoning?"
"...There's no way I'll answer."
When asked, Finn answered without even looking at Mevia and the others.
"Oh, that's okay. If you're here anyway, there's no point in hiding it."
"Don't say anything selfish. I joined forces with you guys, but there's no reason for you to dictate to me."
"Hahaha, I'm not giving you any instructions."
Shurka snapped her fingers while laughing.
In the next moment, some kind of power wriggled within the white room.
Mevia noticed that something had been destroyed, and only Finn immediately understood what had been destroyed.
"You!"
"At this point, there's no need for secrets between us. No matter what truth is revealed, the outcome won't change."
The three of them quickly understood what Shurka and Finn were saying.
Finn's skeletal structure changed from that of a male to that of a round-faced girl.
As if the overwritten image disappeared, what was once Finn vanished, and in their place sat a girl with golden hair and red eyes.
"Huh...?"
"...So that's how it is."
Finn widened her eyes and hurriedly lowered her face.
"Don't look! Shurka, change me back!"
"Well, it's impossible since it's already broken. Besides, your current appearance makes it easier for me to explain what happens next, Fiona-chan."
"Don't call me by that name!!"
Finn――Fiona tried to corner Shurka, but she seemed to be in the same situation as Lisha, unable to stand up. Lisha, who couldn't quite grasp the situation, tilted her head, her eyes wide with confusion.
"Fiona...? Is that your her name?"
"Maybe. If having the qualifications of a Saint means that's the real her, then she must have been using magic tools or something to change her appearance until now."
"Why would she do something like that?"
In response to Lisha's innocent question, Fiona glared at her and snapped,
"Shut up!! I hate sheltered, ignorant people like you the most! Listen, the qualifications of a Saint are nothing but a curse for anyone other than a select few chosen individuals!"
Lisha flinched at Fiona's throat-ripping scream.
"Do you understand what kind of life I've had to live just because I was born with this hair and these eyes?! I was deprived of everything from human rights, freedom, family, and everything else from the moment I was born!"
With a force that seemed to want to destroy the chair, Fiona shook her hair and screamed.
"...So, that is..."
Lisha doesn't understand.
She didn't understand what Fiona was saying.
In the first place, Lisha doesn't even know much about Saint's qualifications.
"What do I care?"
"...What did you say?"
"I said I don't give a damn about your circumstances."
Without averting her gaze from Fiona's eyes, Mevia declared.
"Human rights, freedom, family. It's only natural that such things don't exist. It's the responsibility of those born with power."
"The slaves of the church say something different. They seem to have forgotten not only their fangs but even how to bark."
"If barking could change something, I would have done it. Unfortunately, the people around me won't allow me to cry or submit to such irrationality."
Mevia's eyes seemed to be looking at Fiona, but they were not.
She was looking at the comrades who had carved their own path in any fate.
Fiona clenched her teeth and made a sound.
"So, we've established that everyone here is a 'key.' There must be an explanation for why we were brought here."
In response to Mevia's question, Shurka crossed her legs.
"Yes, well, there's nothing left to hide, and your hero is probably listening in as well. Fine, I'll tell you. We have plenty of time until the judgment is made."
To speak of the long years, the first words were too heavy, and Shurka slowly began to speak.
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