Act 17 - The Saint's Gospel

Seirei Gensouki 17 - Seijo no fukuin (精霊幻想記17聖女の福音 ).

Synopsis
哀れな民に救済を. 愚か者に聖女の福音を.

その日、シュトラール地方の辺境でひとつの国が滅んだ.

民衆を革命へと導いたのは、聖女エリカを名乗る黒髪の女性.

新生国家の初代元首となった彼女は、休む間もなく列強諸国へと自ら足を運ぶ――すべては、己の悲願を達成するために.

「貴様、ただの道化ではないな. もっと質が悪い魔女の類いか」

「私はただ弱者が存在しない世界を作り上げたいだけです」

一方、リオは復讐を終えた報告をすべく、ヤグモ地方への帰郷を決めるが、その途中で思いもよらぬ人々と再会することに……!?

Relieve to the poor people. The saint's gospel for the stupid ones.

That day a country of the Stralh region's outer edge was destroyed. The one who guided the populage to the revolt was a blackhaired woman naming herself the saint Erica. The her who became the head of  new nation, without rest goes herself to the other powerfull countries... Everything for the sake of fullfilling her wish.

[ You aren't just a fool right? Are you the worst quality's wicth?]

[ I just want to create a world where the weak ones don't exist ]

On the other side, Rio decides to go back to the Yagumo region for reporting that he fulfilled his revenge but on the middle of that he will meet again with unexpected people...¡?

Prologue: Oath.
This world is, everything in this world… I hate it, so I decided, I swore it, that day when I realized the kindness is just an ideal, at that instant when I lost everything unreasonably, the time when I was betrayed  and had everything stolen, to end this world full of stupid people, to fulfill my revenge, if it’s me I can do it, I have the right for that, because I have this terrible power for doing it, I will destroy it, this worthless world, my place to go back was thown away, no, I threw it with this hand, this me who can’t let it to anyone else, so I won’t go back anymore, I don’t have the intention of going back, this world, the humanity, I won’t forgive them and, above all, I won’t forgive myself, that’s why, I will keep pushing everything until the destruction, that’s my punishment, for not being able of saving that person that day, my …

Chapter 1: Daily life on the Galarc kingdom.
It has been ten days since Rio moved in with the people form the rock house to the mansion that François gave to him, Charlotte came to visit him today too accompanied by Satsuki, Christina, Flora and Liselotte, Charlotte tells Rio and Celia she has a job for them, a job from the kingdom that it will be properly paid and that it doesn’t mind if they just do it during their stay on the castle, Rio asks what the job is about, Charlotte says the kingdom wants the two to work as temporary teachers, Celia as special magic teacher on the royal academy and Rio as a special martial arts instructor, Rio tells her that Celia aside he hasn’t any experience teaching, Charlotte says she’s confident in Rio being able of being a good instructor, Rio thanks her but says that he isn’t familiar with sword style of the Galarc kingdom, Charlotte explains him that the kingdom doesn’t want him to teach from the basics, that it wants him to teach a way of fighting more real battle oriented to a group of volunteers for the sake of making them to gain experience.

Rio says he understands and thinks about it, he already has experience coaching Masato and the warriors from the spirit folk’s village who didn’t have experience on the interpersonal battle on it, but the knights will surely already have it and there would be surely aristocrats there too, he isn’t sure about how much he can really teach them or how much he would be listened to, Charlotte says she understands that him with a strong sense of responsibility doesn’t want to make any promises and asks him if he can’t think about it as just having a slight spar with the participants, that there was a lot of solicitudes for people who wanted to measure themselves against him, Rio says that if it’s just sparring he can do it and asks how many people will assist, Charlotte says that twenty people per lesson, that the kingdom will select the participants so no one with strange ideas goes.

Rio is impressed at her mindfulness, Charlotte says too that it’s fine to think about the first lesson as an experiment and to decide if he will do it again after it, Rio decides to accept to give it a try, Charlotte is happy and says she was sure he would accept that she wants to see again, Satsuki says to Charlotte that she looks fully on it, Charlotte says that Satsuki said too that it looked like it would be interesting, Rio asks who will be the participants for the first lesson, Charlotte says that Satsuki, some of her escort, some of Liselotte’s maids and some women knights that usually protect Christina and Flora, Christina explains that she heard this from Charlotte and she offered Vanessa and some of her subordinates and thanks Rio for having them on his care, Liselotte says too that several of the maids that accompanied her this time will be on his care too, Rio says that then there will some acquaintances too while thinking on his head about how somehow the lesson is full of women, Charlotte says that they would like to hold the lecture anytime between the breakfast and the lunch and asks Rio when it would be fine to hold the lecture, Rio says that tomorrow is fine.

Charlotte says she will have everything ready for holding the lesson the next morning at nine o’clock, she asks if the girls that live on the mansion will want to participate too, Latifa, Sara, Alma and Aisia say they’re in too, now Charlotte asks Celia if she’s fine with holding some special lessons too, Celia asks what kind of lecture she has to prepare, Charlotte says she doesn’t mind if she lectures kids from primary school of middle school, that it’s fine to do it just the times that Rio thinks are fine, Rio says he still will stay on Galarc’s capital for one month, to do what she wants with that time, Celia decides to accept Charlotte’s offer.

The next morning, on Rio’s backyard, Charlotte, Christina and Flora are standing there with several of their escorts in tow for attending the lesson, Liselotte is behind them accompanied by Aria, Cosette and Natalie, Rio’s group and Satsuki are waiting for them sit under a gazebo there, Rio welcomes everyone Rio tells them to sit and relax on the gazebo to the ones who came to see and tells the participants to pick a wooden weapon from a pile of them he left next to the gazebo and to follow him, Rio walks with a wooden sword towards the backyard center, Aisia and Satsuki follow him with wooden spears, Sara with a pair of daggers and Alma with a mace, Aria, Natalie, Cosette, Vanessa and her subordinates go after them and Celia offers a seat under the gazebo to Charlotte, Christina, Flora and Liselotte and everyone watch the lesson from there.

Rio stands on the center of the backyard, Aisia, Sara and Alma by his side, in front of him five women knights from the Galarc kingdom, Vanessa and four of her subordinates, Aria, Natalie and Cosette, Rio feels a little awkward being the only man between so many women even more because several of them are acquaintances, ironically it was Charlotte who limited the participants to women for Rio’s sake, because Miharu and Latifa’s group would more comfortable if there aren’t male nobles entering the mansion, the majority of the people who escort Charlotte, Christina and Flora daily are women too.

Rio introduces himself to everyone and introduces Sara, Alma and Aisia next to him as his helpers for the lesson, he explains everyone else that Satsuki the hero will participate with them today, Satsuki tells everyone she would appreciate it if they can drop the formalities with her even if she’s a hero, Satsuki smiles wryly when she realizes nobody looks like doing it, Rio tells everyone to fight with him one by one first so he can know how strong they’re, he tells everyone the strengthening magic is allowed and asks Sara to be the referee.

A twenty years old woman called Louise Sharon that leads Charlotte’s escorts volunteers as the first combatant, while the two separate themselves from the group, Louise looks at Rio’s back and remembers how Charlotte ordered her the previous night to fight first and Louise so her subordinates will recognise Rio too, she keeps thinking about Charlotte, she adores Charlotte after seeing her growing up for years as her escort, she never told her that because it would be disrespectful, but lately that Charlotte is “Ne, Louise. when will Haruto-sama come back?” ”Ne, Louise. Haruto-sama is incredible” ”Ne, Louise. Today Haruto-sama said this but…” everyday like that with the face of a maiden in love, not just her, the rest of the escorts too have complicated feelings for Rio who is the cause of this, “Can he really make Charlotte-sama happy?" If he puts his hands on another woman there won’t be mercy” If he puts his hands on Charlotte-sama there won’t be no mercy”.

Louise’s subordinates looking from afar thinks it will happen something interesting, Rio thinks that Louise’s gaze is strangely strong, Rio strengthens himself with just magic and not with his spirit arts this time and tells Louise to use magic too, she does it, Rio tells her that everything is allowed, being the weapon or martial arts, Sara counts five and signals the beginning, Louise rushes at Rio with signal and slashes vertically and him, Rio steps on her maai and parries her slash before she can put all of her weight and strength on it breaking her posture, Louise sweats cold thinking that she will be defeated just like that, but Rio stops his attack, instead he asks Louise why she didn’t do a follow up attack after his parrying, Rio tells her that the spar is for the sake of knowing her ability not the victory, Louise tries to excuse herself on her realising the difference in ability on the first attack, Rio doesn’t buy it and tells her that it isn’t like that, Louise loses her words at the Rio who didn’t miss the instant she pulled back despite its shortness and wonders about what kind of battle sense he has, Rio tells her to come at him again without holding back, Louise says she understands nodding rigidly and sighting.