Chapter 3 – Iris Falling
“Iris-sama~~!! There is no mistake. This person is Iris-sama, Master!” (Finn)
Finn, it was nice you were putting out a large voice, but if you knew this child, I wanted you to inform me who she was. If it was from me, I could only see a cute girl with blue eyes and long, blonde hair.
“Hey, Finn, who is Iris? As I am ignorant to the ways of the world, can you inform me?” (Akane)
“Eh~~, you don’t know Iris-sama!? Even if you are ignorant to the ways of the world, there is a limit. Iris-sama is the saint of Sphere-sama, and it’s enough that it’s said that she’s the reincarnation of Sphere-sama, and that she and Sphere-sama are like two peas in a pod. Furthermore, while at 11 years old, she is a powerful holy magic user.” (Finn)
A reincarnation; Sphere was a goddess, so she should be somewhere even now. Well, it was probably something similar to around that. But, that she could use holy magic at age 11 was amazing.
“Hey, Finn. Why is such a great saint-sama without even an escort, and why is she alone in this big forest? If we didn’t come, she’d die without fail.” (Akane)
“That, that’s right. I wonder why.” (Finn)
Aah, before arriving at Sphereart, I was dragged into something troublesome. Well, it was okay to take this child to Sphereart as is, but something would certainly happen. In any case, could we get on the griffon and exit this big forest?
“Finn, get on the griffon. First of all, we’ll take this child and exit the big forest.” (Akane)
“Yes!” (Finn)
Here, was within the forest that was a little before Sphereart. As there was no mistake that it’d become something serious if we took Iris as is, we decided that we’d wait for her to wake up here and listen to her circumstances.
“Finn, have you spoken with Iris?” (Akane)
“Yes, 2 years ago, Iris-sama came to Rhedenburg. At that time, a plague was spreading widely all over the country, and Iris-sama wandered to many towns with her guards, and exterminated the plague in a flash. After the plague disappeared completely, a reserved party was held in the royal palace. We spoke just a little at that time. Still, having proper manners despite being 9 years old, she was an amazing person.” (Finn)
She was mixed up in something. In our world, it was a period of brimming with curiosity if it was a normal 9 year old, so she should do things like play with many children. Well, if she was trained as a saint from when she was a child, she may be different from an ordinary person? At any rate, let’s restore this child’s magical power. For now, I’d restore it to only 100.
“Well, first of all let’s restore Iris’s magical power.” (Akane)
“Eh? There isn’t a magic like that. In the whole world, the magic of magical power recovery was researched, but no country has achieved it yet.” (Finn)
“Oh, is that so. Well then, concentrate magical power on your eyes and watch this.『Magic Transfer』.” (Akane)
There was no attribute that corresponded with this magic. If I dare say it, it was no attribute. It was my original magic.
“Eh, no way, Master’s magical power entered Iris-sama.” (Finn)
“Certainly, I also tried to create magic that recovered magical power, but it was impossible. As of now, there are only recovery medicines such as magic potions for recovering magical power. But, it isn’t the case where there will always be recovery medicines on reserve. Even now, Finn has used all of them, right?” (Akane)
“Uu, that’s right.” (Finn)
“It’s a magic that I developed as an emergency measure for times like these. As it doesn’t have an attribute, it’s no attribute. Simply put, it is magic to transfer the user’s magical power to the other party. Although a complete recovery is impossible, it is an emergency measure.” (Akane)
“There was such a way? Many wizards were thinking about only magic like heal, so we didn’t think of transfer.” (Finn)
Iris appeared to have recovered consciousness.
“Huh, this place is? I’m certain I ran until the large forest, eh, eeeeh? My injuries were healed as well?” (Iris)
“You’ve recovered consciousness. We saved you because you were being attacked by evil tribes. Afterwards, as your injuries were severe, I healed them some time ago.” (Akane)
“If I remember correctly, I was being chased by a troll, evil tiger, black viper, ogre knight, and goblin knight, and the ogre knight raised his sword overhead, that’s right, somebody saved me at that time!” (Iris)
“Indeed, we were the ones who saved you. I haven’t introduced myself yet, huh. I’m called Sasha.” (Akane)
“Iris-sama, it’s been a while. I am Finn Rhedenburg.” (Finn)
“H-, Huuh!? Princess Finn, you should have been missing, how?” (Iris)
Heehh, she was confused when she saw Finn all of a sudden.
“I heard your name was Iris from Finn, but there’s no mistake, is there?” (Akane)
“Yes, I am called Iris Falling. Thank you very much for saving and also for healing me.” (Iris)
As one would expect from a saint-sama. Her tone was steady despite her being 11 years old. I want you to follow her example, Mika.
“The evil tribes that were chasing you, all of them were gotten rid of. This is proof.” (Akane)
I took out the evil tiger from the item box.
“Wa! It-, it’s the evil tiger of that time. I was truly saved. U-, uuu, thank you very much. Thank you very much. Uwaaann!” (Iris)
She was crying, the same as Finn’s time? Was it natural since she was 11 years old still?
–––––She cried for a while, and appeared to have calmed down.
“I’m sorry, I cried and have calmed down. That’s right, Princess Finn, why are you together with Sashsan?” (Iris)
Well, it was natural that it’d be on her mind, huh. Come to think of it, though I noticed it when I saw Finn and Iris, Finn was a healing voice, and Iris resembled the voice of an idol voice actress somewhere. Oops, I went astray on a byroad.
“It will be explained from Finn. That way would be better.” (Akane)
“Yes.” (Finn)
Finn taught her in detail about the happenings since she went missing. When she talked about the Lich and the Galum Gang, she was terribly surprised. And, when the explanation was directed to the situation where we came to this place, her eyes were shining when she looked my way. Ah, that feeling, it was just like a child looking at a hero.
“Amazing! Clarifying the cause of Princess Finn’s status abnormality, the subjugation of the Galum Gang, and the subjugation of the 4 B-class evil tribes, they’re all amazing! Certainly, please let me call you Onee-sama!” (Iris)
Onee-sama! No, that was a little–––. When I looked at Finn,
“It’s good! I am Master, and Iris-sama is Onee-sama. It is a good sound.” (Finn)
“No, just a minute.” (Akane)
“Princess Finn is Master? Certainly, both of the two are good sounds, it is the exact word for Sashsan.” (Iris)
Ah, it seemed it was impossible to stop this.
“W-, well, if Iris is pleased with it, that way of calling me is fine.” (Akane)
“Hooray, Onee-sama, thank you very much.” (Iris)
Somehow, I had a feeling it’d be hard to stop this flow, but it couldn’t be helped.
“So, under what kind of sequence of events, Iris, were you wandering aimlessly in that dangerous forest alone? Frankly, it was a suicidal action.” (Akane)
“Ah, that’s right, Onee-sama, please listen. Three days ago, when I was praying in the chapel, the instant I suddenly felt large magical power and thought ‘What?’, I was transferring to the inside of the forest. When I searched for presences, I was feeling strong evil power in the surrounding places, so while erasing the signs of my magical power hurriedly, I was walking about searching for adventurers the whole time. But, I was found on the way, and though I was trying my best while driving them away with magic somehow, I was discovered and cornered by those guys, and Onee-sama appeared when I was thinking ‘it’s no good anymore’.” (Iris)
For talking easy-to-understand in one ago, thank you.
“In other words, Iris doesn’t know who transferred her, huh.” (Akane)
“Yes, it was too sudden, and I also couldn’t search for the magical power. But, from Princess Finn’s matter, there’s no mistake that someone was probably manipulated by an evil tribe. Furthermore, because of using transfer, there were several people manipulated by an evil tribe¹. In the first place, within us human beings, there aren’t people that can use transfer, and I have heard that a large quantity of magical power is required.” (Iris)
This child, was she really 11 years old? Her way of thinking and way of talking was level-headed. I wonder if she could put it in order ‘because she was a saint’? Hmm, well, I’d try to not think about it deeply.
“The more it is, the more magical power needed in the transfer disperses. If that’s the case, if Iris returns to Sphereart as is, it will become something serious. An uproar will happen, and slipping into this turmoil, there is a high possibility it will cause something again.” (Akane)
“Yes, what should we do? I don’t want to be killed by an evil tribe.” (Iris)
Haa~, it couldn’t be helped, do I pitch in in help?