My Childhood Friend the Demon Knight Hates Me - Episode 27: Elucidation

27 Elucidation

Translator: Lioness

Editor: Arya

“Oh, you’re awake, Lady Suria! Are you feeling alright?”

“Roa-kun, …?”

The first thing that greeted my vision was the lovely face of Roa-kun.
　
Next was Uur who looked at my face. “Suu! Suu has awakened!”, He happily chapped his watery tail.　

I slowly raised myself up as I reached out to pet him and realized that I was inside a room in the church that had been given to me.
　
The cream-coloured room I was used to seeing.
　
It was a room with a bed, covered with comfortable and great quality sheets.

“I’m …, well, what happened to me after …?”

I touched my forehead and let my brain work a little bit.
　
I vaguely remember those happenings until I succeeded reminiscing about exterminating the devil with the help of the Queen’s treasure sword in order to save Marina. What happened afterwards?　

Where was Marina? Where was the man who did it?

And what time was it now?
　
My body was lazy and I was… very hungry.

Just as I thought about food, a stupid sound emerged from my abdomen, I panicked and turned over while holding my stomach.
　
Oh, my God.
　
It was an unladylike sound.
　
Uur made a fuss about it and shouted “Suu is hungry!” When I glared at Uur who lacked the understanding of the ambience, Roa-kun chuckled with care.

“It’s natural to be hungry. Since yesterday’s incident, the date had changed and it’s already evening … Miss Suria has been sleeping for more than half a day.”

“Oh, … that much?”

“Yes. It is because of the fatigue caused by the overuse of your spiritual power, I think that there is nothing wrong with the body, but do not overdo it. We’ll talk about it precisely later, but first let’s eat. I’ll bring it here, so please wait a moment. … Ah! Before that, I’m going to report to the knight about what happened to Suria-sama!”

“That Knight … is Reiss?”　

Roa-kun nodded and said, “Yes,” then stood up from the chair next to the bed, ruffling her smooth blonde hair.　

Apparently, Reiss was in front of my door. He had been waiting for me until I woke up.
　
Roa-kun was the one who usually escorted me to my room, and I wish Reiss would come in … but when I remember that question, Roa-kun seems to be in trouble. I lowered my eyebrows.

“That knight stubbornly refused to get closer to Miss Suria … However, the moment you were brought inside this room, he had been waiting outside for almost 24 hours a day for you to wake up. He was also injured, so I would like to take proper care of him … He was only given a first aid and refused to do more.”

“I’m so worried about Suria,” He smiled, and Roa-kun took off his white robe and quietly left.
　
I combed my shaggy hair with my hand then turned my head sideways to stare at the brown door.
　
Beyond this thin door, Roa-kun and Reiss were talking. Reiss’s words and actions in the warehouse at the time of the incident stunned me in various ways, and I wanted to talk to him about it slowly if possible, but … I don’t know how to spell it out.

I told myself that the next time I woke up, I’d asked a lot of questions to him.　

… Also, yes.
　
It was kind of disappointing that I didn’t have courage to do that, but it was somehow Reiss who came to help me in my worst crisis.

I think I must thank him.
　
But first, I need to hear about that incident from Roa, before that, we would have to eat dinner first. After eating, I’d like to take a bath, since my body was getting sticky from all of that sleeping.

I stretched and glanced at the door, got out from the bed and put my feet on the ground.

•••

I thanked Mr. Roa for bringing the food to me by hand, and after finishing my meal in my room, he told me the following summary of the incident.

After I collapsed, the man was taken into custody by the apostles, and the victims, including Marina, were taken into custody by the church.
　
Fortunately, the ritual ended in an attempt, and the kidnapped spirit users were not noticeably injured. Rather, all of them seemed to have vague memories from the time when they were chasing the butterfly.
　
This was probably better than having trauma of being kidnapped. After the hearing of the case, it seemed that everyone had safely returned to their respective houses.

Also Marina was picked up from Levion’s house by lunchtime and went home as usual.
　
Even though she was connected to the murderer, she didn’t know about the man’s plan, so she was still a victim after all. The family was concerned about Marina’s physical and mental health, and recommended that she must recuperate in a distant place, somewhere far away from the location of the incident. She was going to leave tomorrow morning, so I was still unable to show her my completed sword dance.

As for the man who was the culprit, … his punishment was still pending.
　
I heard that the man with the demon out of his body fully admitted his fault and hung his head, claiming he would accept any punishment. As a result, no serious damage was done and it seemed that he would not be sentenced to the maximum penalty, after all he was possessed by a demon, and of course it was still not a light punishment for him.

However, when I opened the letter that Marina left for me and Roa, I found out that she was still willing to wait patiently for the man to return one day.
　
“If you get tired of waiting, you may have an affair,” she said with those elegant letters, maybe she was stronger than I thought.

The letter ended with a simple sentence, “Thank you, Suria-sama.”

—- So, the case involving the missing spirit users was over for the time being, and this evening came with the night of the full moon.

There was no need to be alarmed because of the full moon anymore. There were no demons in this country anymore.
　
And before I knew it, the day after tomorrow was the day when I had an audience with the Queen as a spirit princess.

After talking with Roa, I had a light bath. Inside the room, I opened the window curtains and let the full moon light up the slightly dim room of mine, and I was organizing my luggage after a long time now.

The reason was simple, because I had no time to carry it prior and now I had free time.

I was busy with the Spirit Princess training life, and I’m once again examining the packages that were left in the corner of the room. Uur was currently playing with the light spirits in the form of small birds by the window, so I was the only one working.
　
The spirits of light thanked me in unison, “Thank you for saving him!”

… Speaking of which, the arm banded apostles at the scene of the incident also came to bow to me profusely.
　
“It’s a great power! We’re very impressed with your energy, compassion, and power!” She praised me with her passionate eyes, and I could only reply, “Oh, thank you.”

I’m not very good at receiving compliments. I hope you didn’t mind.

“Oh, …?”

As I was turning over the bags, I suddenly noticed a small bag.
　
It looked somewhat similar to the one I had brought, but the colour of the string binding the zipper was slightly different.

I’m not sure if it was the same or not.

“Reiss’s bag?? Am I right?”

I remember seeing him carrying this bag on his carriage when we left the Arlvaire territory. I thought it looked like my luggage. Sure enough, the luggage had been switched.

Wraith also wanted to get rid of it and didn’t seem to realize he was wrong. I’m certain I would have to take a closer look to check the strap or see what was inside.

This meant that the contents of this bag were not something that you would want to take out frequently. But if memory serves, I think Reiss was holding it like it was precious.
　
It was a little awkward to have something in your hands when it was not actually yours.

My bag only contained a hair clip, so it didn’t matter if I had Reiss’s bag in my hand.

I think it was still better to exchange them as soon as possible.

And actually, I hadn’t had any contact with Reiss since I woke up.
　
The only time I left my room was to take a bath, and I was accompanied by a female apostle. I’m sure Reiss was resting in his room since he was injured and there was no night patrol today.

Yeah.
　
If I go to his room now, it might give me a chance to … talk about things slowly with him.

It was not even midnight yet, so I decided to get up and grabbed my bag.
　
Something in a corner of my mind, I wonder what was inside this bag. I said a word to Uur before heading towards Reiss’s room.